The Sun. — London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

ROYAL N' 7,1 LIFE-BOAT INSTI2 U TION. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present—Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Admiral Gordon, Mr. Alexander Boetefeur, Captain De St. Croix, Mr. W. H. Harton, Colonel Palmer, and Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of life-boats to the institution. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of £l7 93. was voted to pay the expenses of the society's life-boat at Carnsore, near Wexford, in putting off on the 26th ult., dur ing squally weather, and saving the lives of the whole of the crew, c - msisting of 3G men, of the ship Blanche Moore, of Liverpool, bound from that port to Calcutta, which was observed to be i , ) distress on the Long Bank off IVexford, and which vessel has since become a total wreck. The second service clasp of the institution was voted to Mr. James Barrett, the officer of coastguard at Carnsore, in acknowledgment of his brave services, extending for 16 hours, in the life boat on that occasion. He had already received the silver medal of the society for his previous ser vices in saving life from shipwreck. A reward of £2O was likewise voted to pay the expenses of the society's life-boat at Caister, in putting off on the 21st ult., during blowing weather, to the rescue of the crew of the schooner New Whim, of Portsmouth, which was observed to be a complete wreck on the West Scroby Sands. On reaching the vessel she was found to be a complete wreck, and her crew taken on board a schooner, whence they were taken off by the lifeboat. The lifeboat, on its return to Caister, rendered also good service to a distressed brig and to the crew of the wrecked brig Union, of Cowes. A reward of £8 13s. was given to pay the expenses of the Civil Service lifeboat of the institu tion stationed at Wexford, in putting off and taking safely into harbour on the 9th ult., in conjunction with a steam-tug, the brig Ayrshire Lass, of Ar drossan, with her crew of four men. The vessel bad struck during blowing weather on the Long Bank. A reward of £8 6s. was also voted to pay expenses of the Scarborough lifeboat, belonging to the insti tution, in putting off on the 21st ult. in reply to signals of distress and rescuing three out of five of the crew of the smack Choice, of Hull, which, during a strong wind, had driven from her anchors on the beach. A reward of £3O 10s. was voted to pay the expenses of the libcboats at Lowestoft and Pakefield, which are in connection with the institution, in pro ceeding out on the 23d ult. to the assistance of the crew of 14 men who were found in the rigging of the brig Amicozia, of Genoa, which was totally wrecked on the bar of Stanford Channel. Rewards amount ing to £7B 9s. were also voted to the crews of the society's lifeboats at North Peal, Penritb, Rosslare, Holyhead, Cahore, Pembrey, and Margate, for va rious services during the past month. The silver medal of the institution and a copy of its vote on parchment were voted to W. Hughes, fisherman, Pittenweem, Fife, for wading into the surf at great risk of life and bringing safe'y ashore, through a very heavy sea, two men, whose boat had been knocked to pieces, and who had taken refuge on a rock near Pittenweem. Various other rewards were also granted for saving life from various shipwrecks on ouivcoast. Alr. J. Hargreaves has presented to the institution £5OO to defray the cost of a lifeboat to be named the Grace and Sally, of Broad Oak. New lifeboat houses were ordered to be built at Brighton and Falmouth, and Mullion, on the Cor nish coast. The international jury of the Paris Uni versal Exhibition had awarded their highest class gold medal to the National Lifeboat Institution for the perfection to which it had brought the self-right ing lifeboat and its equipment, and for aiding to rescue by various means nearly 17,000 shipwrecked seamen of all nations. Leg.icics had been left to the institution by the late Mr. W. J. Hall, of Trinity square, of £l,OOO, and by the late Mr. M. Lane, of Cheltenham, £lO. Payments amounting to nearly £l,OOO were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. Reports were read from the inspec tor and the assistant inspector of lifeboats to the in stitution, on their recent visits to different stations. Naval and Jqilitary Intelligence. Yestergay Major-General J. 0. Travers, C. 8., Inspector-General of Royal Marines, resumed his inspection of the officers and men of the Chatham, or First Division of Royal Marines Light Infantry. At 10 o'clock a.m. the whole of the officers and men of the battalion were formed on Chatham Great Lines, under the command of Colonel-Commandant G. Lambrick, aide-de-camp to the Queen, and on the arrival of General Travers and his staff shortly afterwards the day's inspection commenced. On reaching the ground the division presented arms and saluted, after which the Inspector-General rode along the companies formed in line, at quarter-dis tance columns. General Travers afterwards rode to the saluting flagstaff, when the whole of the com panies marched past in slow and quick time. It was remarked that better marching past had never been witnessed on Chatham Lines. An extended course of light infantry and other manceuvres followed, to test the efficiency of the officers and men in field day and other movements, fifteen rounds of blank ammunition having been served out to the non-com missioned officers and men, and twenty rounds each to the men of the flank companies. At the close of this portion of the inspeetion, the battalion was marched back to the Royal Marine Barracks, where the officers and men were drawn up on the parade ground and addressed by Gen. Travers, who, in the course of his remarks, expressed his unqualified satisfaction at the result of the day's inspection, and the excellent manner in which both officers and men had acquitted themselves. Yesterday afternoon was devoted by Gen. Travers to the inspection of the grand division and other offices at the Royal Marine establishment, together with the books, accounts, and official records of the division. The inspection of the battalion will be resumed and brought to a close to-day, after which the Inspector-General will commence the inspection of the second, or Ports mouth division. The sailing frigate, Nankin, 50, attached to the service at Chatham, and the last sailing ship built at that dockyard, is ordered to be removed round to Pembroke Dockyard, where she is to undergo the necessary alterations and repairs, to adapt her for harbour service, The Nankin has not been in com mission for a great number of years, since which she has been lying idle in ehatham harbour. She will be towed round to Pembroke by the paddle wheel steamer Medusa, 2, 312-horsepower, Master- Commander Potter. The Barossa, 21., 400-horse power, unarmoured screw corvette, has unshipped her boilers at Chat ham Dockyard, preparatory to undergoing some heavy repArs in readiness ior being brought forward for commission. She has been removed out of No. 4 dock to make room for the newly-launched screw steamer Myrmidon, and in consequence of the num ber of iron and other vessels building at Chatham it is probable the Barossa will be removed to Sheer ness to be completed. Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Industry, Staff Commander Youel, was yesterday undocked at Woolwich after repairs, and the double screw gun vessel Plover was docked in her place prepara tory to going down the river on her first official trial. The new lighter vessel Fanny, launched at Deptford on Wednesday, was yesterday towed down to Woolwich yard -by the tug Monkey, Master Commander Smithers, to be rigged and completed for service. Second Master Moor has been appointed to the command. Her burden is 160 tons, and length of keel 90ft. She is intended to carry naval stores to and from her Majesty's dockyards and home stations of the fleet. She was built from improved designs of Mr. Saunders, the Master Shipwright, in , the short space of four months, and is much admired. The " christening" was per formed by Miss Noddall, daughter of the master at tendant and.harbour master of Deptford-dockyard, at which were present Commodore Edmonstone, C. 8., aide-eke -camp to the Quee n , an d o th er o ffi c i a l s of Woolwiuh, in addition to those of Deptford. The Victoria, screw three-decker, 102 guns, 4,127 toes, 1,000 horse-power, Commander Cod rington, late the flagship of Vice-Acirairal lion. Lord Clarence F. Paget, C. 8., commanding her Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean, arrived at Spithead yesterday under sail, and on anchoring exchanged the customary salutes with her Majesty's ship Victory in Portsmouth-harbour, the flagship of Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Pore :-Ad miral and Naval Commander-in-Chief of her Ma jesty's ships in the South-west district. The Victoria sailed from Gibraltar on the 28th of May, after having transferred Lord Clarence F. Paget and suite to his Lordship's new flagship, the iron-cased frigate Caledonia. Fine weather prevailed from the time of leaving the Rock until arrival at Spithead, with strong but generally fair winds. The greater part of the passage home from the Rock was made under sail. The following naval officers and other passengers have arrived home in the ship :—Dr. Clark, invalided from her Majesty's ship Arethisa ; Mr. Clapp, master, invalided from her Majesty's Abip Skylark ; Mrs. Gardener (from flagship) ; Lieats. Clifton and Turnfull, on promotion ; 20 women and children, four invalided seamen, and eight time expired seamen. No orders were waiting the Vic toria on her arrival relative to the port for her dis mantling and paying out of commission, but they were expected down from the Admiralty for Devon port. The Minotaur, screw iron frigate, Capt. James G. Goodenough, carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral F. Warden, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the Channel fleet, sailed from Spithead yesterday for the ,rendezvous of the fleet in Portland Roads. The time-expired men brought to England from India in the sailing Indiaman Trafalgar, Capt. Stackpoole, R.N.R., whose arrival at Spithead was reported in 7he Sun of yesterday, were disem barked from the ship yesterday morning, and for warded on to their several regimental depots. The Trafalgar afterwards sailed for London. Yesterday a party of 53 non-commissioned offi cers and men, selected from the various corps com posing the 3d Depot Battalion at Chatham, pro ceeded from the garrison to the Isle of Grain for ,he purpose of being employed, in conjunction with the Royal Engineers, on the fortifications and de fences constructing at the confluence of the Thames and Medway. Three officers left Chatham with the detachment. Railway and other Companies. MIDLAND. Yesterday a meeting of Bradford shanholders in this company was held at Bradford, in reference to the proposed amalgamation of the Midland Com pany with the Glasgowand South-Western Railway Company ; Alderman Brown in the chair. _ . The aIiAIRMAN urged the importance of the shareholders of Bradford supporting the share holders of the Midland Company in the proposed amalgamation, their interests as shareholders being directly involved in this course. Mr. W. BROWN, who spoke in support of the pro posal, moved a resolution to the following effect : " That, after carefully considering the proposal of the directors for the amalgamation of the Midland with the Glasgow and South-Western Company, it is the opinion of this meeting that such amalgama tion would be greatly to the advantage of the Mid land system, and therefore contid.mtly recommend it to the support of their brother shareholders." Mr. COOKE seconded the motion, and it was car ried unanimously - . Mr. J. MARGERISON moved—" That an appeal be made to those Midland shareholders who have en trusted their proxies to the Manchester Association urging them to withdraw the same, in deference to the almost unanimous opinion of those shareholders who head the discussion of the question, and also to attend next Thursday at Derby and vote for the amalgamation." Mr. E. H. WADE seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. GLASGOW AND SOUTII-WESTERN. The adjourned Marneliffe meeting was held in Glasgow ou Wedneslay to receive the report of the scrutineers with reference to the poll demanded on Tuesday. From an interim report it appeared that of the shareholders present at the meeting on Tues day 11-1 of them, represcntin;.; £720,031 of the paid up capital, had voted in favour of the amalgamation bill, while five shareholders present, representing £36,893 of the paid-up capital, had voted against the bill. Some questions as to the proxies =mined to be settled, and the meeting was accordingly ad journed till to-day (Frid ty) to receive the final result of the poll. WEST CORK. A Wharneliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, New Broad-street, City— Mr. J. Everitt in the chair. The Solicitor read the clauses in the bill, the ob jects of which were to extend the time for complet ing the railway, to create and issue debenture stock at a rate of interest not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum, and to authorise the raising of further capital by the issue of a pre-preference not ex ceeding£s9,9oo, to complete the line to Skibbereen. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the bill, said it was the only way in which they could expect to extricate themselves from the difficulty in which they were placed. Mr. W. GRAY seconded the motion. Mr. MAcKsEnt obj?.cted to giving the directors power to issue debentures at 6 per cent., and it was agreed that the rate of interest should be altered in committee to 5 per cent. The motion was then agreed to, and the pro ceedings terminated. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week ending the 18th of May amounted for pas sengers to £7,598, for emigrants to £533, for mails, &c., to £986, and for freight and live stock to £l3.22l—total, £22,399, and fJr the corresponding week last year to £23,874, showing a decrease of £1,475. The total receipts from the Ist of January to the above date amounted to £480,681, and for the same period last year to £488,367, showing a decrease of £7,686. WATERLOO-BRIDGE. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street ; Mr. Anderson in the chair. Mr. Powell, the chief clerk, read the report, which stated that the receipts fur tolls during the half-year ending February had been, for foot tolls £5,376, and for horse tolls £4,939, making a total of £10,315, against £10,658 in the corresponding half of 1866, there being a decrease of £390. The total income was £11,870, and the expenditure £l,BOB for general expenses, £1,318 interest on bonds, and £8,750, being a dividend of 4s. Bd. in the pound upon £37,500. The reserve balance was over £4,501, against £5,311 last half year. The bridge, road, and works were in a sound condition. The CIIAIR3IAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said there were rumours as to the purchase of the bridge, but the directors knew nothing about any such intention. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings, GRAND JUNCTION CANAL: The half yearly m..!eting of proprietors was held on Tueslay, at the office in Surrey-street, Strand ; Mr. Anderson in the chair. Mr. Rogers, the scretary, read the report, which stated that the net receipts for the half year had been £33,095, against £36,122 in the corresponding half of last year, being a decrease of £3,026. The expenses, however, were less in 1866 by £1,833. The profits for the half year, after payment of in terest on preference stock, were £25,673, which, added to the balance left over, made £30,962 avail able for dividend. The directors recommended a dividend of £2 2s. sd. per share, free of income tax, payable on 11,329 shares in the original stock, amounting to £25,490, leaving a balance of £5,471. The works on the canal were in good order and re pair, and the whole of the reservoirs were full of water. The report was adopted, the dividend declared, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Lord liedesdale'a committee, the Great Northern Bill was adjourned until the 18th. In the House of Commons, group 12, the Lou don, Chatham, and Dover Bill was again proceeded with and adjourned ; the London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 3) Bill was proceeded with and ad jourrred, and the London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 2 and No. 4) Bills was adjourned. THE CHARITY CHILDREN AT S 7. PAUL'S. The annual gathering of children belonging to all the charity schools of the metropolis was held in St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday. A great congre gation, numbering at fewest ten thousand persons, came together on the occasion, which is justly esteemed by many as one of the most interesting events, and withal one of the most beautiful spec tacLs of any that occur in London during the twelvemonth. Tie arrangements made and the service performed are every year similar, and were yesterday without any novelty, but the effect was equally striking, and as sincerely admired by those who witnessed it, as ever. The weather was pro pitious, and rain did not fall. The several schools walked in procession, or were transported in vans, &c., to St. Paul's Churchyard. Their ap pearance in the streets, and their gathering round the Cathedral, as each troop came up, excited the usual attention and interest. More than 4,000 children were brought together. Inside St. Paul's the archways under the dome were filled with tiers of seats, the lower and central of which were allotted to the girls and the upper ranges to the boys. With the exception of the Mile-end Old Town School, which dates its existence so far back as 1714, and has a red uniform, the boys are all clothed in dark colours. The girls, however, while they nearly all wear the old-fashioned white linen cap and cape, can easily be distinguished by their different coloured dresses and ribbons—light or dark blue, pink and green, and, the worst of all, a bad yellow. The managers of the proceedings arranged the several girls' schools on the benches with considerable effect as to the coloured dresses. Like - the boys, ther3 was only one band of the girls who wore red. dresses. The open space below the dome was reserved for the Right llon. the Lord Mayor, the aldermen, and the more distinguished members of the congregation. His lordship, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and Miss Gabri,A, with several of the aldermen, arrived at 12 o'clock, and, preceded by the mace and sword-bearers, was conducted to his seat near the pulpit. • The immense area of the western nave was densely crowded, as were also the galleries at the eastern end. At noon precisely the children rose to the signal of their conductor, Mr. Buckland. The 100th Psalm was sung first. The Psalms were chaunted by the cathedral choir stationed in front of the organ at the top of the southern gallery, the children joining in the " Gloria." "Te Deum," and " Jubilate Deo" were next given. Before the prayer for the Queen, the Coronation Anthem was performed by the choir ; in those parts of the grand chorus, " God save the 'King, long live the: King," the children joined, and they rendered the music with splendid effect. The fine chorale, " Sleepers awake ! a voice is calling," was sung before the sermon, which was preached by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle. The preacher took as his text the 15th verse of the 3d chapter of 2d Timothy, " And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scrip tures, which are able to make thee wise unto salva tion through faith which is in Christ Jesus." The discourse was upon the necessity of education based on scriptural teaching, concluding with an appeal for a generous liberality towards the object for which those present had assembled. Four verses of the 104th Psalm were sung after the sermon, and the service was fittingly concluded with the " Halle- Inja.h Chorus." IREL AN f►. DUBLIN, June 6. Very little light has been thrown upon the designs of the strangers who so mysteriously landed on the coast near i)ungarvan on Saturday last. It is, how ever, pr,:tty evident that they cannot have been of a belligerent character, as no arms of any kind were found in the possession of the 26 who were arrested that day, although the first accounts of the occur rence described the whole 66 strangers who landed as being armed, and a subsequent report stated that one of them possessed a revolver. The vessel which brought them to the coast was, it appears, a long, low, rakish-looking craft, of great speed, showing no colours, but of American build. S'ae appeared to be crowd 3 I with men. After hovering about the coast for some time she was joined by a hooker, into which most of her passengers were seen to get, and on nearing a low promontory called Cunnegar Point, they jumped overboard and waded throughthe water, which was more than three feet deep. On reaching terra firma they dispersed in various directions. The owner of the hooker, a fisherman of Dungarvau, named Patrick Whelan, has been arrested. He states that, passing near the brigantine, he was signalled to come alongside, when a person evi dently in authority offered him 13 to bring off two men. Whelan agreed, and bringing his vessel under the bow of the brigantine, in an instant a crowd of men rushed into her. The bargain was nego tiated in Irish, which Whelan's interlocutor spoke fluently. Whelan states he only saw four men in the brigantine at that time, and was totally surprised by the sudden inroad of his unex pected passengers, who, however, when once they got on board his vessel, settled down quietly, and behaved in the most decorous manner durin g the progress to land. None of those who were arrested attempted any resistance. Four, who were arrested together, said they werepart of a troop of emigrants en voyage to the Brazils or Buenos Ayres, and that their ship having sprung a leak they were trans ferred for safety into a Norwegian brigantine, which was compelled to land them on the Irish coast in consequence of shortness of prOvisions. They de clined to give the name either of the Norwegian brigantine or of the vessel in which they had first taken passage, answering in monosyllables upon being sharply pressed, and ultimately maintaining an obstinate silence. Others said that they were a party of hop-pickers, bound for Rent, and that an accident to their vessel had obliged them to abandon her. Two others, named Palmer and Donovan, said that the party were on a fishing voyage, that their vessel took fire, and that the brigantine relieved them. These men, however, had nothing of the ' appearance of sailors, and all the party looked like Irish Americans, while on several were found dis charges from the American army. Two or three arrests, made in the evening near Youghal, bring up the number to 29. They have all been remanded for further investigation, and the police are making diligent inquiries, but as yet nothing has been ascer tained to diminish the mystery in which the whole affair is shrouded. A supposition, hazarded by some of the Irish papers, that they were Fenians who, hunted down by the police and military, were en deavouring to escape from Ireland, and were ob liged by want of food or stress of weather, to again seek the inhospitable shore, will probably prove to be correct. A great Protestant meeting was held last night in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, which was crowded to excess. The chair was taken by Mr. Stewart Blacker, of Carrick-Blacker, who, in a long address, treated of the attacks now being made on the Protestant Church, and assailed Mr. Gladstone for having said that the Irish Church must be sacrificed, because while the State endowed Maynooth the Establishment could not be defen(lei on the principles of truth ; and with Mr. Glad stone he classed Earl Russell, for his recent resolu tion in the House of Lords, by which Protestantism in Ireland would be attacked in another form. Mr. Blacker then criticised the proposition to throw open the offices of Lord Chancellor and Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland to Catholics. Political parties, he declared, were contending for the dubious honour of sacrificing the safeguards provided by the Eman cipation Act, and declared that they were not being destroyed fast enough. We have before us not merely a scheme for doing away with the provision which confines the office of Lord Chancellor to members of the Protestant religion, but we have it also proposed that the Lord Lieutenant should be THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1867. —or, at least, that he might be—a Romanist. (Cries of " Never 1" and " 'We won't stand it !") In fact they want to bring us back to the unhappy days of James I. and James ll.—to the days of 1687, when we had Sir Richard Nag as attorney general, and George Dick Talbot, the Duke of Tyrconnel, as lord lieutenant. (Hear, hear.). Why, very soon they would leave not a single protection within our reach. As to the religion of her Ma jesty the Queen, she will have to stand alone as the sole person whose office is not seized upon by Roman Catholics ; and I will ask, if these things go on, — if this avalanche of concessions is to go on gathering strength,—how long will it be—recollecting that Rotnanists have the aid of ritualism and Puseyism (hisses and cheers) —till all our safeguards arc swept away ? (Cheers.) Why, ere long we shall have a Roman Catholic on the throne. (Cries of "No, no.") Resolutions were moved and seconded by the Rev. Charles Seaver, Rev. Dr. Drew, Mr. William Johnson, Ballykilheg ; Lieutenant-Colonel Archdall, Lisnaskea ; Mr. Richard Lloyd, J.P. ; Mr. James lhrt and others. It is officially announced that the sentence of death passed on the Fenians convicted of high treason at the Cork Special Commission has been commuted to penal servitude for life. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT RACES.—THURSDAY. THE GOLD CUP DAY. Grave fears were entertained that the prestige of the Cup Day would be seriously affected by adverse weather, and Wednesday night seemed so unpro pitious that the most sanguine had dismal forebod ings of a wet morrow. Fortunately, however, after dull morning matters improved, and by noon the sun shone out as brilliantly as the greatest votary of pleasure could desire. Unmistakeable signs of " Gold Cup morning" were perceptible in town, and the entrance to the Waterloo station was com pletely blocked by carriages from Belgravia and the less aristocratic Hansoms. Special trains were speedily filled, and there was something like per sonal encounters and combats for the possession of seats and carriages. The lalies, despite their gauzy and zephyr-like dresses, were as resolute as the ruder sex in obtaining railway accommodation. The first race was appointed for 1.30, and by noon the Stand awl enclosures were filled, the attendance being very great, and the display of fashion and feminine beauty was never exceeded, even at aristo cratic Ascot, famous for its annual exhibitions of English loveliness. The visit of the Prince of Wales is always regarded by the pleasure-seektrs as one of the chief characteristics of the Cup day, and the greatest excitement prevails as the hour approaches for the arrival of the royal procession. Before one o'clock the course, from the end of the royal enclosure downwards, was cleared, and presently the scarlet li very of the royal outriders could be discerned at the extremity of the New Mile course, the party having come from the seat of the Duchess of Sutherland by way of Windsor, through the Long-walk and Park. As it approached nearer to the Stand the procession was seen to consist of five carriages in Ascot State, that is, carriages drawn by four horses, the postilions and footmen wearing scarlet and gold liveries ; Lord Colville, the popular Master of the Buckhounds, wearing a green coat and gold chain, the insignia of his office ; while Mr. King, the Royal Huntsman, and his whips, headed the pro- cession. The Prince of Wales was received all along the line with the greatest enthusiasm, and on his Royal Highness's carriage entering the enclosure to the Queen's Stand, the bookmakers, headed by Mr. Steel, assembled at the rails, and taking the time from the " Leviathan," gave several hearty rounds of cheers with military precision. The occupants of the other carriages were also strenuously cheered, and when the Prince and Prince Teck appeared at the windows of the Royal Stand, they were greeted with oft renewed cheering. The Prince of Wales was accompanied by their Royal Highnesse3 the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, I riuce Teck, the Grand DucheF.B of MeckleuLurgh Straitz, the Princess of Saxe Weimar, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Caroline Cusk, -Gen. Kuollys, Colo , Sel Ringscote, and Major Teesdale, and the creme ae la creme of the aristo crack*. The a-pect of the course, with its Royal Stand filled, its carriage company, its faihionables, and its plebeian element, has been so often and so lengthily described that it would be useless recapi tulation here ; suffice it to say that the company was very large, but that it did not exceed, though it fully equalled, that of the previous year. From the appearance of the card there was every pros pect of a poor day's sport, but the reverse was the result, as the six events produced some very interesting and exciting contests. The proceedings were resumed with the Maiden Plat e , o f 100 sous, for which there were six runners, th e mos t f anc i e d of the lot being the " pot" of the As co t St a k es , .th e Icvolhtipbyclirte.detTteh7 r ace was ne ver i n d ou b t, as the Vixen, and Lord Glasgo w ' s Mi ss Vixen colt waited on his oppcnents until fairly within the straight, when he came away and cantered in by four lengths. The Priest, who was coloured on the card, was backed for a lot of money at the lists in the morning, but he did not run. The Fourth New Biennial Stakes followed, but produced only three runners, against eight last year, when it was won by Sunnylocks, Marksman being defeated a couple of lengths. Lord Lyon, who was called upon to concede a year and 321 b to Wild Moor, who ran fourth in the Derby, was made the favourite as a matter of course, but the odds laid on " The Lord" were not extravagant, amounting only to 2 to 1. A woful exhibition he made of the Duke of Hamilton's colt and Harpenden, the race merely serving as an exercise gallop for the hero of the " triple crown." Harpenden was beaten off. Seven of the eight coloured for the Fifth Biennial Stakes went to the post, the absentee being Michael de Basco. See- Saw, who ran Cecrops a close race oil Tuesday, was elected favourite, the next in demand being For mosa and Bisinark. The result was a rare turn up for the backers of Kenyon's mount, as Lord Fal mouth's Tregeagle made all the running, and won easily, See-Saw being second, and Bismarck next. This surprise was followed by the race of the day, the Gold Cup, in which as much interest was cen tered as on any previous occasion, not excepting the memorable year when Ely and General Peel ran a dead heat. The runners included three winners of the Oaks in three successive years—Regalia, Tormentor, and Hippia—the Cesarewitch winner, and several other celebrities, including Mr. Chap lin's recent purchase Rama, Julius, Opoponax, and Montgoabert. In all there were ten runners against three last year, when Gladiateur ran away from Reg Ilia and Breadalbane. Hippit was the favourite at 5 t) 2, but the commission sent out in favour of Lecturer brought the Marquis of Hastings' horse close on the heels of the Oaks victress, as he left off at 11 to 4. Rama, who seemed to have improved much since he was pur backed at 5 t o 1 ; w hil e R e galia, chased to " lead" H erm it i n his work, was also at 100 to 15, and Opoponax, at 10 t o 1, had friends. The lot were saddled in good ti me , a nd paraded in the pad dock for the inspection of the Royal party, who seemed to take a lively interest in the competitors as they were being led about by their respective trainers. Julius wore the Duke of Newcastle's right colours, but Cannon, on John Davis,carried the red cap, to distinguish him from Lecturer. Rama, with Custance in the saddle, was the first to show on the course, Lecturer and Fordham next, and Hippia last. No incident occurred in the canter, and without de lay the lot were despatched. John Davis, the moment the flag was lowered, carrying out the ob ject for which he was started, took up the running, improving the p ace a f ter ro unding the hotel turn. The race, in it s vary i ng c h an ges, fully described below, and it i s su ffi c i en t here is to s iy that when they reached the straight a most interesting and exciting race commenced. Rama was next the rails, but Hippia, held a slight advantage of Mr. Chaplin's colt, Lecturer, and Regalia, but the quartette were nearly abreast. Rama was the first beaten, and Regalia, in the centre of the course, took up the running and had a very formidable appearance, and indeed shouts were ra i s ed proclaiming her victory, when suddenly Fordham was seen to make one of his famous rushes on Lecturer, and the game son of Colsterdale, answering the call of the popular jockey i n the most resolute manner s won by a length and a half amid tremendous cheering, and on returning to the scale both horse and rider received an ovation, the shoeless Cesarewitch winner being surrounded by a large crowd eager to catch a glimpse of the " pony." Regalia, as last year, finished second, and Hippia third. The victory of Lecturer appeared to be peculiarly acceptable to the public, by whom the fortunes of the marquis seem at present to be re garded with extraordinary interest, and every one seemed glad that the Danebury stable had landed a coup. The Marquis of Hastings and the immediate followers of Day's stable throw in for a large stake. Lady Elizabeth, who bids fair to become the Achieve ment of the year, was brought out against eleven runners for the New Stakes, and she scored her sixth victory, witholt sustaining a defeat - ,, with ease. Rabican, from Count Lagrange's stable, was talked about. Nothing was, however, in the race but Lady Eliz i abeth, who won with such ease that Fordham was enabled to pat her neck. Hermit was indulged with a couple of antagonists for the St. James's Palace Stakes, but he won in a canter by three lengths. The " talent" laid odds on placing them, which feat they accomplished. The members of the Ring were so much occupied with the day's sport that very little time was left for speculation on future events. Hermit was, however, in consi de rable request for the St. Leger, the short price of 2 to 1 being accepted about him, while Lady Eliza beth, from the superior form she displayed, was elected first favourite for the Derby at 12 to 1. Details are appended. A Plate of 100 sous, for maidens ; throe year olds Bst 71b, four and upwards 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; maiden Arabs and Barbs allowed a stone ; S winley Course. Lord Westmorland's c by Vedette—Vixen, 3 yrs, Bst 71b . (Goator) 1 Mr. Bignall's Man of Ross, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Cannon) 2 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip f, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Norman) 3 The following also ran :—Watchman, Vivien, and Walton. Betting—Even on the Vixen colt, 2 to 1 agst the Miss Whip filly, 7 to 1 bar two. Won easily by four lengths ; a similar 'distance separated second and third. The Fourth New Biennial Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 200 added ; three year olds Bst, four 9st 21b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; a winner of 2,000 sovs 121 b, 1,000 71b, 500 41b extra; horses which have never won in England allowed 51b, maidens 71b ; the second to re ceive 50 sovs out of the stakes; Old Mile ; 44 subs. ' Mr. Sutton's Lord Lyon, by Stockwell—Paradigm, 4 yrs, 10st (inc. 121 b ex.) (Chaloner) 1 Duke of Hamilton's Wild Moor, 3 yrs, Bst (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. J. Day's Harpenden, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Hibberd) 3 Betting-2 to lon Lord Lyon, 3to 1 agst Wild Moor, 7 to 1 agst Harpenden. The last-mentioned held a clear lead of Lord Lyon, Wild Moor being about a length in rear of the favourite until making the turn into the straight, where Harpenden dropping away, Lord . Lyon was left with a clear lead, and won in a canter by 12 lengths. Har penden being beaten off. The Fifth New Biennial Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10ft, with 200 added ; two year olds 7st, three 9st 31b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; winners of 2,000 sovs 121 b, 1,000 71b, 500 41b extra; throe year olds which have never won in England allowed 51b, maiden three year olds 71b, maiden two year olds 31b; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes ; ; 43 subs. Lord Falmouth's Tregeagle, by Wild Dayrell—Silver Hair, 2 yrs, Est 111 b (Kenyon) 1 Marquis of Hastings's See-Saw, 2 yrs, Est 111 b (Butler) 2 Mr. Beadman's Bismarck, 3 yrs, 9st 31b Daley) 3 Formosa, Hatchment, False Alarm, and Homy also ran. Betting-6 to 5 agst See-Saw, 3to 1 agst Formosa, 7to 1 agst Bismarck, 100 to 8 agst Tregeaglo, 20 to 1 each agst False Alarm and Hatchment. _ _ . The competitors were despatched at the first attempt, Tregeagle, wide on the left of his horses, holding a lead of Formosa in the centre of the course, See-Saw and Bismarck on the right. Opposite the Stand the favourite made a determined effort to overhaul Tregeagle, who, however, was never headed, and won in a canter by two lengths ; Bismarck was a bad third, Formosa four lengths off fourth, Hatchment fifth, False Alarm sixth, and Honey, last throughout, beaten off. - - - - The Gold Cup. value 300 sous, added to a Subscription of 20 soya each ; the second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes ; three-year-olds 7st 51b, four Bst 101 b, five, 9st 31b ; six and aged gat 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; to start at the Cup post and go once round (about two miles and a half. 33 subs. Marquis of !fasting's Lecturer, by Colsterdale—Algebra, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (pordham) 1 Mr. Graham's Regalia, 5 yrs, gat (lleartfield) 2 13aron Rothschild's Hippie, 3 yrs, Tat 21b (Peake) 3 The following also ran : Tormentor, Maid of 31asbaln c, John Davis, Montgoubert, Opoponax, Rama, and Julius, Betting —5 to 2 agst Hippia, 11 to 4 agst Lecturer, 5 to 1 agst Raw, 100 to 15 agst Itsgalia, 10 to 1 agst Opoponax. After being saddled the comp3titors were paraded in the ltoyalEnOosure, Runa leading, followed by L ec t u rer, Hip pia being last. They went on to the course in this order, and after taking their canters were conducted to the start ing post, and without any delay the flag was lowered to an excellent start, John Davis in the centre of the course mak ing tho running with a clear lead of Opoposax, Rtina, and Hippla, side by side, being slightly in advance of Tormen tor, Julius, and Lecturer, this trio being about threelengths in frost of Maid of Mitsham colt, Regalia,, and Montgou bert. In this order they passed the Stand and proceeded to the hotel turn, whore John Davis, with the object of serv _ ing his stable companion Lecturer, considerably improved the race and des ended the hill fully four lengths in ad vance of Opoponax, Rtma and Hippia being about two lengths in her rear, Julius heading the.others, the last pair being Lord Glasgow's colt and Montgoubert. No change worth recording occurred in their positions until reaching the Swinley bottom, where Rama and Opoponax in com pany decreased the distance between them and John Davis, they being now a length only in the rear of the son of Vol tigeur, while Hippia and Tormentor together were clear of Lecturer and Regalia, Montgoubert and Maid of Masham colt at this point being a long way in the rear. At the three quarters of a mile post %ma and Hippia headed John Davis, the last-named a few strides further on dropping into the rear, his mission having been fulfilled, Lecturer was now going on third, Opoponax fourth, and Regalia next, but as they approached the turn for home Lecturer and Regalia closed with the leading pair. When fairly in the straight Rama was lying next the rails slightly in the rear of Hip pia on the loft, and the Baron's mare being also in advance of Lecturer and Regalia ; but the four were so nearly abreast that each seemed b possess an equal chance of success. Before reaching the distance Rama compounded and the race was left to the three placed. but in a few strides further Regalia took up the running, with Hippia on her whip band, and the race was looked upon as a match between the pair. At the commencement of the enclosure Hippia made a determined effort, but, dying away, Regalia appeared to have the race in hand. Suddenly, however, Fordham, next the rails, called upon Lecturer, and the game little Colsterdale appeared at the neck of Regalia, and heading her with the greatest ease opposite the Royal Stand, won easily by a length and a half, amid loud and prolonged cheering; Hippie, was third, beaten a couple of lengths, and about the same distance in advance of Julius ; Rama cantered in fifth; many lengths in rear of the Duke of Newcastle's colt; the maid of Masham colt was sixth, and Mortgoubert seventh. Opoponax, Tormentor, and John Davis pulled up on the post in close company. Time as taken by Benson's Chronograph.—Duration of race, 4rnin. 41secs.; time last year, 4min. 351 sec. The New Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for two year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of 100 sovs value, including the winner's own stake, 51b extra. T.Y.C. 66 subs. Marquis of Hastings's Lady Elizabeth, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. T. V. Morgan's Chelsea, Bst 101 b (Snowden) 2 Baron Rothschild's King Alfred, Bst 101 b Thdey) o The following also ran :—Ruric, Ajax, Maid of Masham colt, Drake's dam colt, John Leech, Donaldblain, Rabican, Imogene filly, and Benefactress. Betting—Even on Lady Elizabeth, 3 to 1 agst Rabican, 6 to 1 agst Chelsea, 100 so 6 agst King Alfred. Rabican cut out the work, followed by Chelsea, the favourite, and Ruric till outside the distance, where the leader was in difficulties, and, Lady. Elizabeth coming through her horses, completely "spread-eagled" the field, and won in the commonest of canters by half a dozen lengths; King Alfred was a bad third, Rabican fourth, Donaldblaiu fifth, John Leech sixth, the Maid of Masham colt seventh, the last three being the Imogene filly, the Drake's dam colt, and Ajax. The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 cove each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; maidens allowed 71b; the second to save his stake; Old Mile; 19 subs. Mr. Chaplin's Hermit, by Nowminster—Seclusion, Bst 101 b (Custance) 1 Sir J. Hawley's The Palmer, Bst 101 b (Wells) 2 Duke of Hamilton's Wild Moor, Bst 101b...(A. Edwards) 3 Betting--3 to 1 that Hermit finished first, The Palmer" second, and Wild Moor third. Wild Moor made the running, the favourite lying last till crossing the road, where Palmer took a clear lead, maintaining the advantage until reaching the enclosure, when Hermit, on the inside, went to the front, and won in a canter by three lengths. Wild Moor was a bad third. BETTING , ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 3 to 1 agst Vauban (offered) 5 to 1 agst Achievement (offered) DERBY, 1868. 12 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken) 4to 1 agst John Day's lot (wanted) REPRESENTATION OF MONTROSE.—A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Monday— Pro vost Mitchell presiding. The meeting resolved to present a petition tO Parliament, asking for an additional member to the Montrose burghs. The petition states that the prin cipal towns in the group have greatly increased in wealth and population singe 102, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The meeting of Sovereigns in Paris has not thus far turned out as auspicious an event as the Imperial host anticipated. The Emperor of Russia, after having to submit to unequivocal marks of disrespect during the whole of his stay, was last evening fired at by a young Polish miscreant with a pistol. We are awaiting particulars of the dastardly attempt, and are only assured that no injury was sustained, except by the would-be assassin himself. When we heard that the Emperor Alexander had been "sadly mobbed" at the Hotel de Cluny, and " grossly insulted" at the Palais d.; Justice, we were inclined to put down the report either to sheer fabrication or "to wilful exaggeration ; and at all events, we could not believe that the ill-bred pranks of brainless students, or the senseless clamours of briefless gownsmen, could have caused the Czar any serious annoyance. It is just possible that the ex cessive precautions taken by the 1 olice against such untoward contingencies have acted as indirect sug gestion, if not as downright provocation, to the ill inclined. That closely-covered carriage on a stifling hot day, the " spanking trot" at which it conveyed its invisible charge through the midst of a disap pointed multitude, and the two thousand municipal guards in plain clothes may have been very discreet and quite necessary dispositions, but they could hardly appear otherwise than indicative of mistrust of the people ; and, as the Emperor Napoleon him self rides and drives and walks about the Paris thoroughfares in as perfect a security as any of his subjects, the measures adopted at this juncture could hardly have any other object than that of screening from imaginary harm the august person age seated by the Emperor's side, and could not fail to give rise to surmises as to the possible reasons for encompassing that personage with such extraordi nary protection. The manifestation of of a part, however despicable, of the Parisian population towards the Czar, on the ground of his ill-treatment of his Polish subjects, and regardless of the claims the present Russian autocrat has on the sympathies of mankind as a well-meaning and enlightened legis lator, naturally awakened anxiety as to the treat ment in reserve for the King of Prussia. Faithful to the appointed time, King William I. arrived in Paris on Wednesday, at four o'clock in the after noon. Out of the vast multitude that thronged his line of progress there could not be many to remember his former visit, the only one ever before paid by the same Prince to the French capital, three-and-fifty years ago, when, a young stripling of eighteen, he rode in by the side of his father. Strangely must the sights and sounds greet ing the aged Monarch in 1867 clash with the faint recollections of the young cavalry officer of 1814: Many are the views and even principles, many the schemes and even resolutions, that must be outlived and abandoned by any one who in our stirring times has left the whole period of half a century behind him. A stern man, firm of purpose, slow to learn, is King - William of Prussia, acknowledging his Crown from the Almighty alone ; identifying his own erring judgments with Providence's unfailing de signs ; willing that God's Kingdom should come upon earth, yet unable to conceive how that result should be obtained otherwise than in his, KineWil- Ham's, own way. Even for King William in his seventieth year the journey to Paris has, perhaps, more than one wholesome lesson in store. It is good for Mercury to go to the sculptor's shop and hear what value mortals set on his godhead. There are other views of right and wrong in the world than those that may be taken from the Potsdain horizon. King William has now come to a country where the name of Prussia itself has not for many years been popular ; where, perhaps, at this present moment hardly any other name is uttered with greater bit terness. From the sound part of the French popu lation, we feel confident, the Emperor Napoleon's guests were safe from insult, and Crowned Heads reach too far up in the purest atmosphere to be at all affected by any turmoil raging in the turbid regions below. The first tidings we received of the • King's entrance removed any apprehensions we might have conceived. " A large crowd was assembled," but it was a silent, undemonstrative multitude. This is neither better nor worse than could be anticipated. There is no gold that can buy and no power that can command genuine popular enthusiasm. On the other hand, there could be no doubt that the nobler part of the Parisian population could not have heard of the disorders of which the Quctrtier Latin is said to have been the scene without coming to the deter mination to exert their utmost influence to prevent the recurrence of similar scenes. The French are aware of what they owe to themselves as the nation placed in the van of European civilisation. They must feel that the convoys of Princes almost hourly landed in Paris are the guests of France no less than of Napoleon. !lad the temper of the mere rabble of the French capital been consulted, it is ques tionable whether it would have been deemed ad- visable to bring Bismarck across the French fron tier less than a year after Sadowa, and not mucl more than a month after the London Conference had patched up the Luxemburg quarrel. Between French and Prussians, it would be vain to deny it, there is no little ill-blood. It is not easy to satisfy the Parisians that King William does not come to them a conqueror in 1867, as he did in 1814. His presence conveys a sense of humiliation to their pride ; not simply because the superior cunning of the Prussian Cabinet baffled the calculations of the Tuileries, but because the French attribute their Government's defeat to the personal nature of the rule to which they are subjected, and see in Prus sia's success a fresh proof of their utter loss of con trol over their own destinies. The rise of a strong united country on the right b an k o f th e Rhi ne h a d nothing iu it that could awaken either appre hension_or jealousy in the heart of a magnanimous people. But there was something in the sudden ness of the change, in the victor's harshness to the vanquished, in the unexampled audacity with which success was achieved, that estranged from Prussia evil those to whom Germany's cause would have appeared most sacred. A wound was inflicted on French self-esteem which time alone could heal, and it was precisely in the first smart of the wound that the King and the Statesman by whom the blow was inflicted were pompously pro menaded along the line of the Paris Boulevards as the honoured and cherished guests of the French Sovereign, and proper objects for the French people's acclamation. It wes, to say the least, a singular policy, yet it i s to b e anx i ous l y h ope d t h at it may turn out successful. Of a cold reception the Prussian strangers have, perhaps, no cause to complain. Right or wrong, the people have their sympathies and antipathies, and those who care for their cheers should be at the pains to humour them. But no polished people can indulge political pre possessions to the extent of treating as an enemy a n invited visitor. N o t on l y oug ht the persons of the Czar, of the Prussian King, and of other illus trious visitors to be inviolable in France, but every honourable Frenchman ought to feel answerable for any unworthy treatment to which political fanati cism might expose them. We certainly never had much faith that the gathering at the Champ de Mars could inaugurate a millennium of European peace ; but we ought to feel confident, at least, that it will become no occasion for an aggravation of hostile feelings. POST.--It is not surprising that the arrival of the King of Prussia in Paris should be regarded as an event of importance. Tha circumstance that Count Bismarck accompanies his Majesty appears to impart political signficance to the visit, and iu the absence of enthusiasm there is room for specula tion. Thinking back, people may recur to-the ar rangements of Plombieres, and to the interview which took place when, last year, the Prussian Minister came to France in search of rest, and, as some supposed, to negotiate for the consolidation of the work which he had been the means of ac complishing. This is natural enough, but there are considerrtions which must have been leaped over, or evaded, to come to the conclusion. If the Treaty of Luxemburg, for example, records not merely the failure of a projected transaction, but the condemnation of the theory on which it was contemplated, the way to any subterranean understanding is so far closed. Next Tuesday, too, is the anniversary of a remarkable declara tion, which time and experience have already re vised. Thus it will be seen that ideas which are barely twelve months old may be said to be out of date. A happy expression of opinion has, it is true, been renewed in the London Conference— " France must always strive for moral and poli tical aggrandisement by employing her influence - for the great interests of civilisation." But there can be no more wavering between the de sire for the preservation of peace and the hope of obtaining territorial extensions by war. " The restoration of the French frontier as it existed in 1811" is a phrase which has passed into the province of history. The vision that comprised Luxemburg, Landau, Sarrelouis, and Philippeville is dissipated. France has changed all that, and, having returned to the policy that was eloquently announced when the King of Prussia purchased Lauenburg, what remains unsettled may be the subject of conversation in this imperial and royal meeting on conditions which are perfectly well apprehended. Prussia has realised the " Klein deutsche idee," which Count Bismarck can easily show is an illogical as well as unsatisfactory result ; and, if France is responsible for the limitation, it • may be proper to talk the matter over in a friendly manner, forgetting all that was said or implied on a former occasion. There can be reasons for proceed , ing quietly. The French are not in a frame of mind to appreciate the expediency of anything that would y...+ look like a concession to Prussia. If they do not entirely fail to perceive that the " Gross-deutsche idee" is one of their children, they are averse from acknowledging the relationship. There was a sim ilar difficulty with respect to Italy, but it admitted of adjustment. The Italian Government accepted the French interpretation of nationality, and they have had no cause to regret thei r complaisance. Pro bably Count Bismarck proposed to walk in the foot steps of Cavour. As a statesman, he must have seen that the pacific completion of German uni t y would be worth more than is represented by a fey' coal mines, In fact, it is the feeling subsisting .be tween the two countries that opposes a coin pro nu . , :e , and as the Germans happen to have law and prin ciple on their side, they are dagm ttical and de termined. They might be disposed to deal with Austria, but with France they stand upon their, right, and it does not apparently occur to them !hal' the right is French property, or that it is a rich" which the North Schleswigers and the Poles may advance as a claim, and which it would be com petent to France to endorse. On the contrary, they would seem to be ready to take every ad vantage which, through Pruss - a, they had ob tained, and that, of course, is like heaping coals upon the fire. The French cannot bring the Le.: selves to tolerate the demeanour, w hi c h Is, it must be confessed, rather offensive. Count . n . marck himself expatiates on the su sceptibtl l l of France in language that would vex a c hit and irritate a woman. Prussia, however, . has come into the possession of a large territo r y north of the Maine, inhabited by about thirty . mil lions of people, and with that she ought, the Frenc h think, to be content. They have said as much YerY,. plainly, and they clearly mean what they say. 13a „" the inexorable logic of evenis is against them. 11" will not be argued that France acquiesced in th e e reconstruction of Germany because the treaties of 1815 were to be buried in the grave of the old Con federation, or because her consent was extorted at„ Sadowa, or her connivance secured by the cession of Venetia. Not at all ; France would indignan tl y repudiate anything of the kind. It was the princiOle of nationality which Prussia pinned to her flag fla b conciliated the French ; and therefore, though th e North-German Union should be enough to satisfy Prussian ambition, it is not Prussian ambition that France acknowledges. The discussion of the alb' ject in this sense might tend to bring about an agreement which could be carried out with the con' currence of the great Powers. If by a singular re action the nations that were the enemies of France are enfranchised from their hostility, summoned W . new life, governed by French principles, and . an } " mated by sentiments of peaceful progress—whic h Lbe how the case was put a year ago—it should ne i ' hard to come to terms with Prussia. France, by uf „ own showing, can afford to be generous and fr.. bearing ; schemes that could not be avowed and ti e t fended have been renounced ; and at the present time her position in Europe may be described 8 .. morally impregnable. The honour of the coun tr y l ' unstained, and its power and influence are intl e : It must always be regretted that there was any ".„ parture from the path of a policy which justifies it, self ; but, fortunately, Napeon TH. offers to King of Prussia a hand that is clean of all 1 , 11 0 ternational wrongdoing. The French people the receive their royal visitor without exhibiting, tug impatience they experience. Let them, „„ they please, keep their approbation for the Yau e e quished Kaiser, but they owe it to themse l d , to recognise facts accomplished in ae eor a ance with principles which they call their own , , a-n o t which they have triumphantly vindicated. It l e ~I . o i for France, distinguished and guaranteed by a the strength of which consists in its moderation ap magnanimity, by national homogeneity which is rr i ; and imposing, and by the genius and ability Wh i f i a are displayed in the admini s t ra tio n of her affairef e the protection and extension of her interests, to de,, precate the union of Germany, which is, indeedl. l/ dispensable to the proper regulation of the autho rity . and ascendancy Prussia has acquired. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAII—TnunsDAY. At to-day's market there was again a very ply of wheat, and a reduction of is per qr had to be 11:4 mitted to to sell. More doing in barley, and quite as 1' the in price. Oats at no advance on late rates. In b eans trade was firm. Peas less inquired for. short sup. MANCHESTEITHunsDAY. At our market this morning there was a thin ette lia e ; ante, and English u heat met a limited inquiry, but Prbc.. must be quoted at about the full currency of this day : Ter . night. Foreign descriptions 3d to 4d per cental 10_ Flour also in limited demand, but prices as before for , fin sorts, while inferior was in favour of buyers. Oats . t u er oatmeal unchanged. 1 4 3 - yptian beans 6d to is per lowor. Indian corn also is cheaper. BURY ST. EDMUNDS WEDNESDAY. There was a short show of wheat at this market to' 0 , but the trade was firm at fully previous ra t es . Oats , and beans met with a fair sale, realising full values. oa ts, Average prices : Wheat, 64s 5d ; barley, 39s 6 4 - 1 ; 226 Od, BRISTOL—THURSDAY. rtea A small supply of English wheat to-day,which supP° late prices. Foreign arrivals large, and a heavy bas in at 6d to is decline. Barley only taken in retail at ha former quotations. Oats changed hands at fully late rate., Beans were 6d lower. EDINBURGH—WEDNEsDAT. Wheat on the top, 2s Od up 7 s Od up. Barley on the top, is 6d down average, Os 10c1 up' Oats on the top, Os 6d downaverage , Beans on the top, is 6d down average, 2dur• • is i s 6d l' Total supply and sales. 072 Wheat 823 qrs sold. Barley 354 qrs sold 114 Oats 1113 qrs sold 787 Beans 5O qrs sold, 124 Average prices. Wheat, 62s lld I Oats, 33s 2 d . Barley, 37s Od 1 Beans 46s 7d 40 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 5 4 s Od; (1 ' superfine, 53s Od ; superfine, 52s Od; fine, 48s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. d To-day's market was well attended. Wheat an s ier. sold slowly at last week's rates. Barley was rather ea_eri Beans, peas, and maize were Gd cheaper. Oats weq v d i s ki firm, and quotations about the same as last week. 111 corn in favour of buyers. Foreign Mail Packet List• MAILS DUE. fk T ne 1 9. ustralla and New Zealand, via Southampton. - 1 Ditto, via Marseilles ......•••Juae Ditto, via Panama •—•••• •• • : Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video .......... Jjuue OY .22. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ...... uY a no 2 " Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. He1ena.....0 ig China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton...N u- is. Ditto, via Marseilles Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil es Juue 3. Juu e Malta, Egypt, do bI Ditto, arsellles Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and . Natal, Jun e : g. Southampton . Julie "3; Ditto, via Marcel lee Jane 1. Newfoundland ,Jul 9 Portugal ••••.. Ditto, by private ship to Oporto .. ............ Ditto ditto to Lisbon .............. United States, Canada, California, &c., June i ay British s. packet ........ Ditto, by United States packet ................ Ditto ditto (New York, .................... D.tto ditto (New York) .................... Ditt 3 ditto (Baltimore) ....... Ditto, by Canadian packet ••• •. J 4 uli ' West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerin.• •• • • West Inaies and Pacific (except Mexico and Balla" J un e t$ ns mas) .. Cuba and Mexico . . Julie Bahamas, via New York .......................... Bermuda, via Halifax Births. V6ti'' EYKYN —On the sth inst., the wife of Thos. Eykiv' of 8, Lansdown-terrace, Kensington-park, of a so n. treett PARRY—On the 6th inst., at 8, Upper Gloucester -6 o f s Dorset-square, the wife of Mr. Sergeant 13°11' daughter. Soot: WEGUELIN—On the 6th inst., at 15, Hereforo.oZ of " Kensington, the wife of Henry W. Weguelin, I'l daughter. NElL—SWlNBOURN—O M n arr th i e ag st e h s. Ist., at li alliel l tl° e ldes t ir to Church, Robert Neil, Esq., barrister -at -law, of James Neil, Esq., of 43 Hamilton-terrace,' 11,1.1;101:19 S A j ll e lP ss o i o O N E: b a :Ht e T l erß dest un d G au ji ghter of the Rev Jas. PNY.: incumbent of Christ Church, Barnet. * t, the Rev. cub Samuel Sampson — , ° of a Ctohleytotil Ginrostv"e,a.nt e'lrol'erii°6" youngesto f r s i i, e u n e t ic o bd f ua S rugg y ro i r t a n ot o lfc t , h t yis ea , IrLawtieiveeskrsipiti.oisorlsthoaunßedasiii:sYrte,,;, ( 1 , 3 f a t r il i ;; present Bart. Deaths. ib° DUFF—On the sth inst., at 4, Queen's-gate-Prd°lls' infant daughter of M. E. Grant Duff, MX- Tw oia' GOULD— On the Ist inst , at Mortimer Vicarage, ---' rl. ed ° Captain Arthur R. N. Gould 97th Regime nt ' rest 500 JBNNEH—On the sth inst., Arthur Howard, you 1 y eilr of Fred. Jenner, of 37, St. James's-strect, age sto lte and 10 months. MACKAY—On the 4th inst., at 6, Tamar-terrace, nt lgel hill, L'cvonport, James Esq., aged 52. WHITE—On the 4th inst., Mackay,-at Mount Pleasant, 'l. O.- - Brixton, Samuel White, Esq., aged 86. $. ----__— *MO W London: Printed and Published by WILL IA3I '. No. 111 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Talc SUN 0.0300, ow 0. Strand, in the Precinct of the Way', in the CQ bliddiepez.7Fricul June 7 1867.