The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 21. 1801. THEATIIt-ROYAL, RAYMARKET. Lesmee, Mr. 3. B. Bnck.stone. TRIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, &c. After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It Might have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews Mr. Andrews, Mr. Buckstone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs.' Wilkins, Sm. Followed by C OOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES, Commence at 7. 0 y PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- . I_‘ ) Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder, Shore, and Miss M. Harris. To be followed by AS YOU LIKE IT. Mary Provost ; Jaques, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. Rosalind, Miss NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of the great drama of "The Dead Heart." THIS EVENING-, the great Adelphi drama, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing ton, Eburne, Smith, Romer ; Miss Woolgar and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with (11th time) THE PRETTY HORSE BREAKER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miss K. Kelly, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Thorne, Miss Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley, Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Verdi's New Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCIIERA, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Mr. Levy on the cornet-a-piston. Mr. Wood and his talented little Son, the best Negro Delineators of the day. The extraordinary comic duet, " The Nerves," by Messrs. Harvey and French, the most grotesque performance in London. Mrs. Lawrence and Mr. Marshall in several New Songs written expressly for him, including the " Excursion to Brighton." Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. RETURN of SAM COWELL to ENGLAND, who will shortly appear at his old quarters, after an absence of five years. RE-DECORATION of this Magnificent HALL, executed by Mr. William Sanderson, of Lambeth, under the direction of Samuel Field, Esq., architect, is now completed. This popular Place of Amusement now surpasses its former grandeur, and, with the FINE ARTS GALLERY and SPACIOUS PROMENADE, forms the MOST ELEGANT PUBLIC BUILDING in the WORLD. Considerable im provements have been made in the VENTILATION and LIGHTING. TH E 0 X Folt D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectura l beauty, elegance of ornamentation , and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The propprogramme (by a full company of principals , po werful band, and chorus) from " Macbeth" and "I.Tn Ballo in Maschera." both Solos operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned Lcv-v—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment IF4 supported by Miss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall. and W. Randall. Admission, Rail, sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. --. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina D./LT.—Morning, sh. 14m.—Afternoon, sh. 29m. To-moßatcrw.-Morning, sh. 47m.—Afternoon, 6h. sm. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICLjUiILY 27, 1661. THENNONETER, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 67—this day at noon. _ _ _ BAROMETER-29.80. WIND—W.-N.-Westerly ; with dense clouds. A heavy storm of thunder, lightning, rain, hail, and sleet burst over London about ten o'clock this morning. Two o'CLocx..—W ind, S.-W.; light, with sunshiny weather. 04 Vj, , , • „ A , - btr , .~~~~ THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1881. Two MILLIONS AND A HALF for iron ships, and plated wooden ships is the new demand of the Government. Not all of it this year. A quarter of a million is all we are asked to pay now, with, however, the certainty that the rest is to follow, as complete as if we laid the entire foundations of a house with estimates to that amount. All the work is to be commenced, which is to issue in the above enormous cost. We can only hope that if capital is to be so largely invested, in the way we have so often recommended, it will be saved from being sunk in the forts for which so little, and against which so much can be said. It will be too bad to make us pay for both together, even though one be paid for by loan. If we make ourselves strong enough in new ships, we need not squander our money on the shoals near Portsmouth Harbour. But why this sudden and hot haste for iron vessels and that after so long delay ? It is the old reason — France is again seriously ahead of us. We have but twelve iron ships built or buildiig. France—Lord PALMERSTON tells us with precision—has six large iron-plated ships afloat; ten begun, which, with or dinary diligence, may be afloat in eighteen months or two years at most; and eleven floating batteries, as they are termed, making twenty-seven in all. That is, this is the number she may have afloat with ease in two years. Is this to go on, it is asked—are we to be for ever provoking France to build against us ? " No," replies Lord PALMERSTON, " that, certainly, is not the case now. France has taken the lead. It is not our prepa rations which induce her to arm ; but it is her great preparations which render it indispensable that we should make corresponding preparations." Mr. LINDSAY, who, to do him justice, has spared no pains by personal investigations to ascertain the truth, - while he leaves with Lord PALMERSTON the re sponsibility for his statements, yet asks for the de tails ; but at the same time, like his friend Mr. COB DEN, adds, that if the noble lord's statement be ac curate, which of Course he ought to assume, he should not be content w i t h two millions and a half, he should be prepared to vot e double the sum. He strongly asserted, apparently with the anger of a no could d ece i v ed man, that " France hadright to not otht b those ships." If she really had them, she r ou honest in her professions towardsEugland, and "it behoved us to know what she meant by vicharina. The compensation (!) to the extent of £lOO, awarded by Lord PALMERSTON to the " Poet CLOSE," because of the withdrawal of the pension of £5O per annum set apart for that Illustrious Obscure out of the £1,200 \P t l u a r e e e , ad de m v i ery year at the disposal of the Premier for th e encouragement of Art, Science, and Litera te of no justification. The Prime Minis ter, in answering Mr. STIRLING the other evening in the Rouse of Commons, when the hon. gentle man, whose name to that ridiculouse just d, c m id e e n n t t io , ne fi d i , e re r fe r r i r m ed e Minister himself, it is only fair to say, attempted to utter in regard to it not one word of—what can be strictly called justification. Viscount PALMER- I STON endeavoured to extenuate the course pursued by him under the circumstan ces , and nothi ng more. And those circumitances in themselves, it must be allowed, were sufficiently vexatious and embarrass ing. A blunder, an egregious and preposterous blunder had been cornmittedintheseler a ctionofth this ludicrously inappropriate recipient fo twenty fourth part of the twelve hund re d pound specified) ; ,sterling ) annually placed (for the purpose s already at the command of the First Lord of the Treasury. While judiciously awarding pensions to the rela tives of world-famous and delightful writers like ROBERT SOUTHEY, and LEIGH HUNT, and Mrs. jamEsoN, and others known to fame in the world of polite literature, the Prime Minister had beer. de luded in a moment of carelessness, or we might say while labouring under some extraordinary hallucina tion, into the belief that a neglected poet, " a gem of purest ray serene," a flower hitherto " born to blush unseen," had suddenly been brought to light in the person of one " CLosE." An in ti dividual arrogating to himself—if it b 3 in any Way possible to employ a word so big in regard t) a claim so utterly absurd and prcpo: t:rous—arrogating to himself the title of " Poet Laureate" to a certain African potentate entitle d he King of BONDY, a personage closely allied doubtless with the immortal prince renowned in the old Comic Song, under the euphonious designa ments." In these last remarks of Mr. LINDSAY we entirely concur. Nor can we accept Mr. p rws remarks as an entire justification of France. It may be true that since 1858 France, seeing that iron must triumph, has prudently avoided expenditure on wood. It may be true that our Admiralty Lords have been intolerably ob stinate, or supine, or wasteful, or all of these; in scouting iron just as they did steam, and then screws, in the navy, till the lazy blunders had to be paid for by the country at an enormous cost. All this may be true. Yet, the fact remains that the French navy is in such a condition that France has no need whatever of this costly augmentation, unless she cherishes ambitious projects, against which we espe_ cially, and all Europe, too, must be on guard. Again, we believe the truth is undeniable, that when the income-tax collector calls, every Englishman should remember that Louis NAPO LEON, and no one else, is answerable for that in tolerable infliction. Were he and his policy dead, the very next session the tax might be abolished. If h e p„Ecue his present course, he will make, war at once, th e cheapest policy. Even for th e last hours of the Session we do not grudge the time occupied by the debate on the Slave Trade last strong night. rho speech of Mr. GREGORY, Wi.th his American 2canin,gs, but above all, that of Lord P - ALMEB.STON, dealing out even-handed justice to the three great culprits in this accursed. traffic, will not be without their weight in thy, capitals of Europe and of America. France is repenting of the infamous REGIS con tract, and we must not, perhaps, be too severe therefore on bygones; but still it ought not to pass without indignant rebuke, that, th ough Ashamed et last of having invested French mer- ."".".... ...A.. 411.....111111.1110.••••••••5a1Ma11ta..................weiri i, ..,..............--- _ chants with powers which enable them to pur- 1 tion of Hokipokiwinkiwang Flibbidiflobbidibuski- , chase slaves in Africa, and to sell them to a t kang. To this amazing phenomenon the Poet nominal apprenticeship in their colonies, her go- Laureate of a woolly-headed savage, with a palace vernorswere not so ashamed as to stop the vile traffic probably little better than a mud hut and a ward unconditionally. We have purchased the stoppage robe possibly extending no further than the pos -1 from them, by permitting them to hire our own session of the proverbial cocked-hat and pair of Indian subjects, on the same conditions as our own pumps of the caricaturist —to this self-educated planters do in the Mauritius. We only hope that , genius who had won his way to the favour of his means may be found as effectual as those employed Nigger Majesty, Lord PALMERSTON had in an un there, to ensure the good treatment of the lucky outburst of goodnatured pity awarded for coolies. In the Mauritius all is quite satisfac- the rest of his life the sum of £5O per annum out tory. The natives of India have returned so of the public money. CLOSE—" the poet CLosE" much benefited by their service, that their —we now have it from the lips of Mr. STIRLING, report has made it popular. Indian labour is now speaking from his place in the House of Commons readily procurable by our planters, because the on Tuesday evening—" was originally be ed a conditions of the contract have been honourably butcher, but early forsook that occupation to kept. We hope it will be the same in French become a printer, which was more to his taste, as colonies. he seemed to have possessed a fatal facility for For two other offenders, Spain and America, doggerel verse and ungrammatical prose." The little indeed can be said. Cuba is now the only origin of this aspirant to poetic honours was in mart for the slave trade. Spain has long been itself, it must be allowed, in some respects auspi bound by treaty, and by the receipt of half a cious. SHAKSPERE'S father, besides carrying on million of money to put the trade down there. the trade of a wool-carder in the little house in The treaty she laughs at ; she has pocketed Henley-street, Stratford-upon-Avon, is said to have the money ; remonstrances are met with been at one time a butcher as well as a wool promises to do her best in the business ; carder. There was a recollection, truly, with which but her best is, that the trade flourishes, that her to kindle the " poet CLosE's" ambition and with Captains General of the Island go out poor and which to fire his capacious and resplendent imagina come home rich, and that sugar is grown in Cuba tion ! Besides, whatever may be said about SHAK as it used to be grown. in Jamaica, by using up at SPERE'S father—it is at any rate a well-known fact a fearful rate the lives of the imported Africans. that among the minor poets of England there was Spain, as Lord PALMERSTON says, begins to be a indubitably one who had originally shouldered the little ashamed —but the blush is scarce perceptible, meat-tray as a butcher's boy :to wit KIRKE WHITE. and she goes on. Cuba is to her poor aristo- This encouraging thought for " the poet CLosE," cratic favourites what a Governor-Generalship of being in itself as indisputable as that other kindred India is to ours; we mean, of course, excluding fact recorded in English History, the fact that in considerations of morality. The latter can have the person of Cardinal WOLSEY a butcher's son had 1 but little weight at Madrid. risen to the Woolsack. The rest of the narrative of But even Spain would, we believe, be nearly the rise (if it can be in any way, as the merest figure helpless, but for America. The formally and still of speech, called a rise) of the poet CLOSE—shall diplomatically, United States, are the great we say to fame ?—at any rate to a literary pension offenders—the great culprits in the Slave- from England's Prime Minister—the rest of this trade iniquity, as they are in the crime " ower true" tale, as recounted on Tuesday evening of slavery itself. They are so both directly and in the House of Commons by Mr. STIRLING, is indirectly. Directly, for the ships which carry on really worth giving just in the very words of that the traffic nearly all sail from their ports ; and in- hon. gentleman :—" For years," said Mr. STIRLING, directly, because she requires immunity of search "he (the Poet CLOSE) had carried on this species of for her flag, even though the circumstances may manufacture, his productions being generally in the be very suspicious. Mr. GREGORY stated shape of handbills circulated through the post. last night that out of ten slave vessels captured Persons who sent back money to ' the poet' on by the American vessels themselves, seven receiving these papers were duly lauded in the next slavers were from New York; out of 44 which issue, and those who neglected or refused to send arrived at one part of the African coast, thirty-one back money were made the subjects of his satires." were American vessels. Lord LYONS, in writing to Nay, Mr. STIRLING went on to say, " Some of these Lord JOHN RUSSELL in September, 1860, told him effusions were of such a nature that he (Mr. that in the previous eighteen months, eighty five STIRLING) was greatly surprised how CLOSE had vessels had sailed from American ports to be so long escaped the horsewhipping he had employed in the slave trade. With such hard facts done so much to deserve. CLOSE was pro before them, we should like to know what the secuted for a libel in one of these in 1855, and the American Government and people have to say for Attorney-General conducted the prosecution. The themselves. They refuse a reciprocal right of defence was, that praise or blame could have no search in the case of suspicion of this odious effect from him, and that what he said against the kind of piracy. Their flag is, consequently, the lady could do no damage. The defence, however, one selected by all the sea brigands of Christendom ; did not stand good. The verdict was against by a little contrivance the ship is registered as an CLOSE, damages £5O; and but for his poverty the American one, and then our blustering hectoring damages would have been heavier. The plaintiff transatlantic friends tell us that it shall be a casus did not wish to press for the damages, and remitted belli if we meddle with a criminal whom their own them on condition that CLOSE should publish a laws condemn. Nothing Lord PALMERSTON retraction of the slander, and indulge in no more could propose would they accede to. It was for the future. This CLOSE consented to do. He suggested by him, once, that a British and did publish a retraction, and was let off the American ship should hunt in couples for damages; but on several subsequent occasions he slavers ; the slaver when caught to be the prize of referred to this trial as an occasion on which he had the American vessel, if found to be an American. been ' heavily mulcted for telling the truth." Mr. This, however, his lordship observed, seemed too STIRLING added very justly that "he thought likely to accomplish its object, and was therefore that when it was found that CLOSE did not deserve declined. Mr. BUCHANAN never did, wittingly, the pension, he ought not to have had the £lOO. any real mischief to the slave trade. He once The noble lord had told them that CLOSE was a self found a few captured negroes a heavy expense educated poet, belonging to the same category as to the Government—but once, however ; a remedy BURNS, and then the Premier produced ' the memo was soon found for that. American cruisers went rial' which he flourished over the box and sat down, off somewhere for water when they saw a slaver. as he generally did, amidst the cheers of the House." It is conduct like this which compels England to Now, that Lord PALMERSTON blundered originally feel that it owes nothing to the cause of the Northern in giving this particular pension of £5O per annum, States. Partly from a most puerile and priggish he himself acknowledges. The acknowlegment is pride about the right of search, a pride without visible, indeed, in the very fact of the withdrawal excuse if England the older and stronger nation of the pension itself. But grievously as Lord were not above submitting -to it, they PALMERSTON blundered in the first instance in prostituted their flag to the Cuban slave regard to the £5O (the very amount of the damages, trade. And further, they installed an coupled with the adverse verdict above mentioned, Administration, a Senate, and a House of Represen- the verdict for libel !) the noble lord, we cannot but tatives, under whom eighty five ships were sent think, blundered yet more grievously afterwards forth in eighteen months as slavers ! Can England in granting Mr. CLOSE—out of the public purse— think much of the new-born zeal for freedom of such £lOO by way of " compensation." Compensation ' a people? We cannot excuse them on the ground in the name of common-sense, for what ? of the predominance of pro-slavery men in the Legislature—since, while this was just the cause of the evil, it was a cause entirely within their power to remove. The Free States could at any time have returned a majority of Representatives pledged to suppress the slave trade under the American flag. It could have had, if it pleased, a President and a small majority of the Senate on the same side. With the Northern States, therefore, has lain the entire responsibility of upholding a traffic which is surely the most disgraceful ever known among civilised nations. We shall be but too thankful if Mr. LINCOLN reverses the policy of his predecessors, and if the American people awaken from their moral stupor. Mr. Layard, who, it will be remembered, was for a short time Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Lord John Russell's Governmemt, will succeed Lord Wodehouse in that office. Earl de Grey will resume the office of Under-Secretary for War, which he formerly filled with conspicuous success; and Mr. T. G. Baring will re turn to the India-office as Under-Secretary of State. Mr. C. Stephenson, of the Treasury, now private secretary to Sir George Lewis at the Home-office, will act in a similar capacity at the War-office. Sir Maurice Berkeley's title is not to be Baron Berkeley. We believe he will be raised to the Peerage by the title of Baron Fitzhardinge. A process has been invented by Mr. William Longmaid for an improvement in the manufacture of iron and steel, which consists in the introduction duriog the operation of puddling of a small quantity of gold, which is diffused throughout the mass, and which is said to confer extraordinary advantages in increasing its ductility, strength, and durableness. If the results alleged should be substantiated by sufficient trials, there seems a proba bility that it will have an important influence on the manu facture of artillery, ships' plates, anchor cables, and all those portions of railway plant in which tenacity is most essential. _ _ ARGYLL ROOMS.—This establishment closes this evening to enable the proprietor to re-decorate and improve this far-famed salon de dense. The rooms will re-open in August. BARON DE VIDIL.—A Paris letter in the Inde pendance of Brussels says :—" Some journals have an nounced that the name of Baron de Vidil has been struck out from the list of the Jockey Club ; this statement is in correct. It is only for the 19th, and conformably to Art. 22 of the regulations, that a general meeting has been con voked, in order to decide whether there are any grounds for applying to a member of the club (Baron de Vidil) Art. 24 of the regulations, which says :—' In case of any serious infraction of the regulations or of the laws of honour and good conduct, the committee is bound to convoke a general meeting, which will decide whether there is good grounds for the exclusion of the member who shall have been guilty of it. " THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.—A negotiation is now -tt Yesterday a h kiin i g a for g p to l h a ne c s e the most influential employers, who, desiring an amicable and speedy settlement, have opened communications with premature committee. the initiative in xne c n o t n . their return ucipuoenst i someo A n i deputation oafververy these fn. eefromnm friendly employers, yhwei way ys ;andanand committee o dis cussedn made a very favourable report of the inter- Views. In the present state of the negotiations it would be in the trade, and an of the building trade h ii dl influence the rest of plied for presentati y o tbe n o c iii. r the names of the firms thus taking authorities of the War. office furnishing artificers to the contractor for the Chelsedecisionaevening,standingmeetingmaterially u o t ti p t l i y on was p r o - Nav o c t i 'm s, i t l o ita fi ry ll tin the places of the men vg.no had declined t r o r the hour system. While, however, there is some prospect ro oofa settlement of t he dis p ute in London, it has upnf:rPtelet na t e ly extended itself to the provinces. During last week ..l arg e number of the employers in Liverpool placarded th e town with a notice, that on and after Sept. 2 they int2ndtd to enforce the system of paying and hiring by the hour. On this announcement the o peratives met and deter.nined on immediate resistance. On Monday last the whole of the plasterers, 214 in number, and the bricklayers employed by those firms who had signed the above notice, refused to re sume work until the notice was withdrawn. Should this not be dono the strike, it is expected, will become general. A PILLAR OF FIRE IN ENGLAND.--A" pillar, O column, boaring the appearance of cloud or smoke, with a point tapering downwards, like a church steeple re versed," passed over Pinxton on Saturday week, impelling some railway waggons,, scorching trees, damaging roofs, and emptying the ponci:3 O'er which it passed,—.LiverpoOe Courier. I LA MT P V," ‘;,..! E _LT V it..; • MADRID JULY 27. The powder magazine at Villa Feliche, Aragon, has been blown up. One hundred mills were burned down. Twenty workmen were killed or severely in jured. Za Patrie announces the arrival at Paris :of General Montauban, who had command of the French troops in China. La Patric also publishes accounts from Vichy, according to which the Emperor is in the enjoyment of excellent health. His Majesty has himself drawn up a plan for embellishing the town with a new boulevard, a park, and public gardens. TURIN, JULY 26. The official Gazette of to-day says :—" Two indi viduals, named respectively Groben and Austerlitz, have been arrested here on a charge of enlisting recruits for the Pontifical tinny. They had Papal and Austrian passports. Lists of men enrolled since 1860, and a quantity of Bourbon and Papal portraits and decorations, were also found on them. They were about to enter the Italian army in order to attempt to corrupt the soldiers." FLORENCE, JULY 26. A reactionary band has been formed at Tosca nella.' Troops will be despatched from Leghorn in order to prevent them from crossing the frontiers. VIENNA, SULY 26. A stormy discussion on the question of the na tionaliiies took place to-day in the Lower House of the Reichsrath. All the members of the Right, with the exception of three, left the House, previously, however, re serving to themselves the right of expressing their views on a future occasion. firm. New York Central, 771 ; Erie, 27 ; Illinois, 681. Flour sc. and wheat 2c. dearer. The steamships Hibernia, Saxonia, City of Wash ington, and Asia have arrived out. QUEENSTOWN, JULY 26: The Royal Mail steamship Persia, from New York on the 17th inst., arrived here at 7 a.m. She brought 221 passengers, 1,100 dols., and a box of diamonds, value 6,000 dols., for Havre. She landed 108 sacks of mails and 20 passengers, and pro ceeded at 7.30 p.m. ; all well. STATE OF 11UNGAI?,1'. - - (From the Correspondent of the Times.) PESTH, JULY 22. The Imperial rescript, which arrived last night from Vienna, has been read to-day to both Cham bers of the Hungarian Diet. The hour fixed was noon. for the Deputies and 1 o'clock for the Mag nates, and in the former Chamber considerably be fore the appointed time there was a numerous attendance both of members and of the public. By the latter every available nook was made the most of, the reporters' gallery was invaded, and even through the large skylight faces were seen peeping. With little ventilation, in an almost African temperature, and in strong expectant excitement, the melting multitude waited, but noon struck, and the President, although in the House, did not take the chair. The reason of this unusual delay pre sently transpired. So unacceptable did the Re script appear to the few who had had communi cation of it, that Count Apponyi had thought .it right to telegraph to Vienna to know if that was indeed the final decision of the Emperor, and whe ther there was no chance, even at this more than eleventh hour, of a change in the Imperial mind, This last earnest and almost hopeless appeal shows how bad was the impression made by the document, and foreboded for it a most unfavourable reception by the Chambers and the nation. It was past half past 12 when President Shiezy took the chair. After the protocol of the last sitting had been read, one of the secretaries, M. Tanarky, commenced the reading of the rescript, amid perfect silence and profound attention. It was long, filling eight large sheets of paper, and I to-day can give you but a very brief and imperfect notice of it. In two words, however, I may tell you that it seems to be considered worse even than the most gloomy anticipations had foreboded. Not only the Ultras but the most Con servative (in the sense of attachment to the dynasty) are disgusted at it, and the latter deplore that the Emperor should thus have thrown away the excel lent opportunity that presented itself of conciliating the Hungarian nation. But my time is short, and I must get to the rescript, reserving reflections for to-morrow. In that document, inter alia, it is posi tively denied that the union existing between Aus tria and Hungary is legally a merely personal one. During the last three centuries, it is said, there has been so much elproximation that the personal union has become areal one. This is much the same as saying that during the struggle that has been long carried on, with varying success, between the central power at Vienna and the Hungarian nation, so much has been extorted and seized from the latter, so much stolen and so much abolished, that the former now con siders it possible to deny the existence of what re mains, Although in the Hungarian address it was most formally declared that under no circumstances would the nation send Deputies to the Vienna Reichsrath, on the plea that to do so would be equivalent to nullifying the constitutional laws that for eight centuries have existed, the rescript con tains a command that such Deputies should be sent, and warns the Diet to do all in its power to hasten their election. This passage causes' a very strong sensation. With respect to the laws of 1848 the Era . peror declares that, as those laws are in complete contradiction with the Imperial patents of the 20th of October, 1860, and the 26th of February, 1861 • he not only cannot grant them, but that he most de cidedly will not. This violent announcement pro duced in the Chamber of Deputies an amount of emotion and stir -which might have become almost uproar on the part of the more impetuous members of the Chamber had these not have been cautioned and quieted by cries of " Hear, hear !" from the majority. I must say that, considering all the circumstances of the case, the aggravating terms of the address, and the excitable temperament of this southern race, the demeanour of the Chamber was most commendable for its calmness and dig nity. The Einperor, the rescript continues, has called together the Hungarian Diet to the end that those obstacles which impede perfect harmony be tween nation and ruler may be removed in a legal way, and he requests that the Parliament will busy itself with the tranquil preparation of projects of law for the country, and that the nation will con sider it a duty to follow the example of its fore fathers. At ti is the Chamber laughed, and that was not surprising. The Emperor wishes obstacles removed ; what those obstacles are has been fully pointed out in Deak's address, which the rescript so abruptly rejects. The union between Hungary and Transylvania is declared null. In connexion with this point the rescript refers to the various nationali ties of Hungary in a manner that seems to confirm the prevalent belief as to the basis or vantage ground from which Vienna proposes to work against Hungary. I find it a most positive article of faith among the Hungarians that Austria is again stirring up the different nationalities, with a view to estab lish her rule and power by favour of their animosi ties and dissensions. They discover confirmation of this opinion in a demand set forth in the rescript that the Diet should immediately busy itself with such measures as shall satisfy the different nation alities. Now, it is well known that the Diet will not do this so long as its numbers are incomplete, so long as there are kept aloof from its deliberations some 200 Deputies from Croatia and Transylvania, by whom it is here maintained they should be shared in. This refusal will be availed of, it is predicted, in case of the dissolution of the Diet (extremely likely to occur at no distant period—so far, at least, as we can as yet judge of the probable course of events in an early future) by the Vienna Govern ment, which will represent to the different nation alities that the Hungarians are in reality their enemies, and so will arouse ill-blood and produce hatreds and contests which it thinks will tend to keep down the Hungarians. I give you this as the opinion I hear very generally expressed here. As regards the question of the coronation, the inau gural diploma, the rescript says, will not be issued until the Diet shall have settled the above matters. The deficiencies mentioned in Deak's address, in the announcement of the abdication of the late Empe. ror, will positively not be supplied. The answer returned to Count Apponyi's telegram to Vienna, abovementioned, was that nothing c be changed in the rescript. The advanced party here seems well pleased at the conduct of the Impe rial Government, which justifies, they say, all their anticipations, and will unite all political parties and fractions in one common band of antagonism to Austria. They quote the " Quem deus vult perdere," and gird themselves to encounter hard times, pro bable persecution, and a severe struggle at a date which they do not believe remote. Although. the chief display of feeling and centre of interest was of course in the Lower House, it was by no means uninteresting to observe how the rescript, so unequivocally condemned by the Deputies, would be received by the Magnates, and to their place of meeting, a temporary one in the Dorotheen Strasse, a portion of the spectators pro- ceeded when the other Chamber broke up. The Magnates' Chamber is small, but not inconvenient, and to-day it was a world too wide for the scanty number of its members that attended. Count Apponyi, the President, was in the chair; near to him, on his left front, sat the Primate of Hungary, at a scarlet table, on a scarlet bench, with a scarlet skull-cap covering his tonsure, and a scarlet lining to his ample robe. Beside and behind this rev. gentleman-sat sundry bishops, and other high cleri cal dignitaries; opposite to him were some of the high aristocracy of Hungary and keepers of the Crown--Carolyi, Zichy, Andrassy, Mailath, A great number of the Magnates are at their estates in the country, and it is looked upon as an indica tion of their dissatisfaction at the Vicuna policy that they did not return for the present occasion. clo not think it is saying too much to say that in both houses the rescript has been received with I contempt and disgust. Such, at least, was the im pression a careful observation of the mien and movements of both Deputies and Magnates made upon me. Bitter smiles greeted the most obnoxious passages of the document; murmurs (in the Lower Chamber), not loud, but deep, were frequent not a single el in was at any time heard to brighten, in some small degree, the lowering cloud of discon tent. The rescript was received almost as if it had been a defiance, and the sabres of some of the Mag nates clanked ominously in their metal scabbards, as their wearers fretted and started with irritation and impatience at some of the most offensive pas sages of the Imperial mandate. It was announced that the rescript would be printed and distributed. Notice will be given when the Chambers are to meet again—probably in two or three days, at least the Deputies, who will then hold a private sitting, to be followed by a public one. Both the Deak-Eotvos party and the other have formed committees, since this morning's sit ting, to hold consultations between this and the next sitting. As yet I can give you no idea of the course likely to be pursued, and might only mislead you by hazarding conjectures. We shall shortly see how things shape themselves. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CITY. The writ directing a new election for this city was received yesterday (Friday) morning by the Mayor (Alderman Sadler), and at 12 o'clock the customary proclamation was made on Carfax. The election will take place on Tuesday next at 12 o'clock, when there is no doubt that Mr. Cardwell will be returned without opposition. The right hon. gentleman has issued the following address : " TO THE ELECTORS OF OXFORD. Gentlemen,—l have accepted the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and have consequently vacated the seat which I occupied by your favour in the House of Com mons. I venture to solicit a renewal of that trust. I be lievo that you have not been dissatisfied with the manner in which the interests of England and the cause of freedom in Europe have been sustained by the advisers of the Crown ; and I hope that in matters of domestic policy an adherence on my part to the principles which you have heretofore approved will ensure to me the continuance of your confidence and generous support. —I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient and most faithful servant, HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. SUPPLY. The report of supply agreed to at the morning sitting yesterday was brought up and agreed to. DRAINAGE OF LAND BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered and ordered for third reading. LOCOMOTIVE BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. 31 - ETROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT RESERVES BILL. This bill was read a second time. NEWSPAPERS, &c. BILL. This bill went through committee. SUPPLY—THE NATIONAL GALLERY. On the bringing up of the report of supplyt;greed to at the evening sitting yesterday, Lord H. LENNOX and Mr. B. COCHRANE asked some questions as to the intentions of the Government relative to the National gallery? Mr. COWPER said that the latter gentleman had ac cused the Government of acceding to incongruities in re spect to the public buildings, a charge which he denied. Mr. Pennethorne had proposed a plan, which was under the consideration of Government. The subject of the National Gallery had occupied the attention of successive Governments for twelve or fourteen years, and the great difficulty that presented itself was the better adaptation of two sites for the reception of the national pictures. If there was only one site to be decided on, that difficulty would not exist. It had been suggested that a portion of the yard of St. George's Barracks could be con verted into a gallery for some of the pictures which would re quire no architectural decoration,and would cost only £25,000. The Government were not prepared to adopt any plans, and those under consideration were merely preliminary. HO had no doubt this subject would be matured before the next estimates were presented to Parliament. The hon. member then proceeded to vindicate Mr. Turner, who had left so valuable a collection of pictures, from any imputations as to pre •eminence of style, which he thought had been implied by the noble lord (Lord H. Lennox). Some further conversation ensued, in the course of which Lord H. LENNOX said there was a sketch book of some of the pictures of Mr. Turner that were open to the imputa tion alluded to, but it did not apply to the collection be queathed to the country. The subject then dropped. On the vote of £30,000 for the volunteer fcrce there was some discussion, but it was ultimately agreed to. Tho report was then received, and leave granted to bring in a bill founded on it. WAYS AND MEANS.-THE NEW MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. "EDWARD CARDWELL. " 74, Eaton-square, July 25." THE CANADIAN _REINFORCEMENTS. QUEBEC, JULY 7. OR the bringing up of the report of ways and means, Mr. WHITE took that opportunity of condemning the conduct of the Government in the appointments of Sir H. Peel to the Chief Secretaryship for Ireland, and Mr. Layard the Foreign Secretaryship. He considered the former as a proof of reactionary policy, and if these recent appointments had taken place a month before the Government would have occupied the Opposition benches. He advised them to put their house in order, as their con duct would have the effect of ruining them. Sir J. SHELLEY defended both appointments, and the subject dropped. The Windsor Suspended Canonries Bill was read a third time and passed. The Great Eastern arrived here to-day. As she swung round Point Levi, and appeared in full view of the town, it seemed to 10,000 spectators as though a slice of land had been miraculously detached from the shore, and was floating on the broad bosom of the St. Lawrence. There was a large crop of ships in port, and the leviathan glided in and out among them with the ease and assurance of a tiny ferry boat. She never looked so vast upon the waters of New York Bay as she does here, where every vessel is a foil to her superiority, and every object ashore throws her bulky proportions into wondrous relief. As she passed the transport Golden Fleece, the latter, itself an enormous ship, looked like a yacht in comparison. The Great Eastern has made the passage in eight days, and however great her failure in some respects, she has certainly made'a successful voyage in the service to which she is now consigned. It is very probable that she will be retained by Government for the purpose of transporting troops to distant parts of the empire. Some 4,000 British soldiers, including two regiments of the Line, a regiment of Rifles, a battery of flying artillery, and half-a-dozen Armstrong guns, have been brought to this province within a week by the Great Eastern and the Golden Fleece. The move ment has, I see, excited comment in the United States, and English journals do not seem to under stand its object. The explanation offered by mili tary authorities here is not an unreasonable one. In the first place, they say that the reinforcements, excepting the artillery force, merely raise the garri son of Canada to its strength before the Crimean war. This is true. Again, it is urged that the troops are required to maintain the police of the Canadian frontiers during the existence of pend ing troubles. This is also true. In times past frontier duty was performed by a Provincial regi ment (the Canadian Rifles), but on the withdrawal of Line regiments for Crimean, and subsequently for 'lndian service, the Rifles were ordered to garrison Quebec and Montreal. By the new ar rankiment they will merely return to their old oc cupation, and the regiments just arrived will gar rison the large towns.—New York Times. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. The Public Offices Site Bill went through committee. The Pensions British Force India Bill, as amended, was considered and ordered for third reading. The Edinburgh University Bill was read a third time and passed. The Revenue Department Account Bill was read a third time and passed. The Gunpowder, &c., Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. COVENT GARDEN. The Episcopal and Capitnlar Estates Act Continu ance Bill was read a third time and passed. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL (No. 2) The supply of fruit is very moderate, of vegetables sea sonably extensive. On the whole, the demand may be considered steady, at the following rates : BILL. FItIIIT. Mr. CLIVE moved for and obtained leave to bring in bill to confirm certain provisional orders under the Local Government Act (1858) relating to the districts of Ply mouth, Weston-super-Mare, and Llandidlo. PAROCHIAL OFFICERS BILL. Mr. VILLIERS obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable °vet seers in populous parishes to provide offices for the proper discharge of parochial business. Sir G. LEWIS obtained leave to bring in a bill to suspend the making of lists and ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom. THE FRESCOES IN THE HOUSES OF PARLIA- S. d . s . d . 1 s. d. s. d Pineapples, perlb 4 oto () 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 0 6 Colonial do., each 1 6to 2 01 Filberts, per lb .. 1 6to 2 0 Grapes,per lb 2 oto 5 0, Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Nlelons, each 2 oto 4 0' Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Peaches, perdoz 12 oto 20 6i Figs, per d0z..... 2 oto 4 Nectarines, per dz 10 oto 15 01 Strawberries pun. 0 6 to 1 6 Apples, per 4 sieve 3 oto 6 01Gooseberries hf s, 5 oto 6 0 Pears, per do 2 oto 6 0 , Currants, per do. 6 oto 8 0 Oranges, per 100 6 oto 12 01 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 120 4 oto 8 O l Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Apricots, per doz 1 oto 3 0 I Raspberries, pr ptlo Bto 1 0 vEoETABLEs. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 6 Shallots, per lb .. 1 6to 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 6 ' Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Savo .do., pr do. 1 6to 1 9 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 2 oto 6 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per bush. 1 2to 1 4 Beet, per doz. .. 0 1 oto 0 0 6to 2 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 to 100 0 Parsnips, per do. New ditto pr cwt. 5 otolo 0 Small salad , p. pn , 0 to 0 1 6 3 Peas, per sieve 1 3to 1 9 Mushrooms.p pun 1 320 80 0 t t o o 1 6 3 0 Carrots,Turni ps , pr r z bunch do. . 8 3 6 0 0 t t o o 0 0 0 0 p dz do li z n .. d . s 6 0 8 0 t to o 0 0 10 0 06 Cabbage Artichokes , et t 0 4to 0 8 Endive, per score to 2 o 0 to to 9 6 Cucumbers s r c o d r z e 0 4 1 Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 Garlic, per lb toto 00 8 0 Tomatoes, Radishes, Spinach,hf.-sv 0 1 6 8 t t o o 1 1 0 9 Chillies, Walnuts, bun 1 oto 1 9 Rhubarb , per bun 0 4to 0 6 Onions, hf. sv New Do., dz French beans, pun 0 9to 1 3 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 1 4.) NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL, Turkeys, 5s Od to 7s Od; poults, 55 Od to 6 s Od eac h ; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, 4s Od to 6s Od ; ducklings, Is 6d to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., Pd to is ld ; 'pigeons, Os 6d to Pd each ; l arge Surrey fowls, 6s Od eta 12s Od ; chickens, 3s 'Gd to 68 Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Gd each; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; ptarmigan, 2s Od to Os ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, I s 6d to 2s Od; teal, Os Od to Is 6d ; wild ducks, 25 8d to 3s Ad ; widgeons, is 6d to Os Od •, plovers, is Od to is 6d each ; guinea fowls, 5s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od. to 9s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is ; English, is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 8s 6d ; French do., 7s Od to 7s 6d per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each, THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram:— " SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 27. " The Massilia, with the above mails, reached Marseilles at 7 o'clock this morning. " The mails were to leave for London at 10 aim. " The Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the mails, was to leave Malta at noon, on the 24th, and may therefore be expected at Southampton about the 2d of August. " The Malta brought the mails to Suez, arriving there on the 10th. THE OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. " The Euxine (fron Southampton, 12th) reached Malta on the 22d, at 6 a.m., and left for Alexandria at noon. " The Vectis (frora Marseilles, 29th) arrived at Malta on the 22d, at 7 p.m., and left at 11 p.m. for Alexandria." FRANCE. BOURSE, July H.—Dulness in business and firmness in prices continuo to be the leading features of the market, prices remaining firm at about the same quotations. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f 70c. Railway Shares quiet. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 97 40 Credit F oncior llBO Do. end month.... ——l Belgian 4i — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 70 J Roman Bank Shares .2900 --j Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 667 60 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 668 75 ; Home Debt - RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1387 50 .. 1386 25 Northern 960 960 New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 980 .. 981 25 Geneva 342 50 .. Southern 5BO 580 Western Eastern ..... 573 75 .. 572 50 Sardinian 358 75 358 75 Austrian Lombard - 502 50 .. 502 50 AMERICA. GREAT SUCCESS OF THE FEDERAL TROOPS. NEW YORK, :ULY 16, EVENING. (Per Persia eia Queenstown). General M'Clelland reports officially to the War Department that Colonel Pegram has surrendered with 600 Confederates, at BeNerley, and that Gene ral Morris has pursued and rmted a large body of Confederates at St. George. General Barnett, com manding the Confederates, was killed. The Fede ral loss is reported as 13 klled. The loss of the Confederates was 200 killed. Seven guns and 1,000 prisoners were captured. General M'Clelland's despatch concludes thus Our success is com plete, and I firmly believe Secession is killed in Western Virginia." The New York Herald's Washington correspon dent states that the British consul at Charleston has forwarded to Lord Lyons documents concern ing the breaking of the Chesapeake blockade by private persons with the permission of the Federal Government. Among the documents are passes signed by General Butler, permitting vessels to pass the blockade. The House of Representat.ves has passed a reso lution to the effect that if the Senate concurred Congress should adjourn on the 19th July. A re solution has been offered providing for a National Convention for the restoration of peace, but was lost by a vote of 92 to 61. Advices have been received from Havannah to the 10th inst. The privateer steamer Sumter had captured eight American sl4s laden with eugar on the south side of Cuba. (Jne was burnt, and the other seven were taken by prize crews into Cien fuegos. One report states that the Captain-Gene ral of Cuba has released them. Another report states that he has detained them, in order to refer the matter to Madrid. The Havannah sugar market was active ; No. 12, 7 to 71, reals. (LATEST.) NEW YORK, JULY 17, 1 P.M. The Federal array, under General Macdowall, is reported to number 55,000 men. He made an advance yesterday from Arlington Heights in the direction of Fairfax, Court House. In Congress bills have been reported voting 3,000,000 dollars for a temporary increase of the navy for the more efficient supprcssidn of privateering. Mr. Sumner has presented a petition for the abolition of slavery, which proposes that slaveowners should be remune rated from the United States Treasury. During the discussion on the bill Mr. Sumner approved the President's act. Mr. Breclrenridge made a strong speech declaring the acts of President Lincoln, especially the sus pension of the Habeas Corpus, t:; be an unconstitu tional usurpation of power. lie said the country was rushing with rapid strides from constitutional government to military despotism, yet so great on one side was the passion of the hour, and so as tonishing the stupid amazement of the other, that these things were taken as natural and right. He referred to the refusal to adopt the Crittenden com-. promise, and wished the country to know that Con gress had deliberately refused a last effort to avert the horrors of internal strife and warfare. NEWe exchange h ' n O g r e : n COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money ecsy ; I d uL s Y toe l k 6 ; 6 s P tel f d . y. Bankers' bills, 1062 to 107 ; New York Central, 771; Erie, 202 ; Illinois, 671. Cotton firmly held. Middling Upland, 15,3. e. Flour firmer, and in moderate demand, prices 10c. higner. Wheat firm, and advancing. Corn heavy. Provisions dull. Coffee firm, and advancing. Sugar and molasses quiet and unchanged. NEW YORK, JULY 17, AFTERNOON. Money easy. Exchange unaltered. Stocks very NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Gd; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 6d; veal, 8s 6d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, Os 9d to is Od ; trout, Os 9d to Os ; eels, 4d to 10d ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 3s Od to 12s ; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 5s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s Od ; lobsters, 6d to 2s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 4cl to ells 6d each ; solos, 3d to 2s Od per pair ; common oysters, sto—s ; natives, 40s to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Ocl to os Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, 2s Od.; flounders, Js 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 40s ; fresh herrings, 5s ; bloaters, 6s to 8s per 120; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 9d, of household do., 6id to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 22. d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 41d to 41d 961 b to 1041 b, Od to —d. Horse hides, 8s to 9s Od ; calf skins, light :25 Od to 3s Od ; do. full, 6s Od, to Os Od ; polled sheep, N Od to —s Od ; lialf-breds, 9s Od to lOs 6d.; Downs, Os Od to Os Od; lambs, 2s 8d to 4s 3d; shearlings, is 10d to 2s 4d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; new do., £2s Os to £4 Os ; old clover do., £3 10s to £6 Os ; new do., a 10s to £4 15s ; and straw, 11 10s to £2 Os per loai.! Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s ; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os : old clover, £3 10s to £6 Os ; new do., lOs to £4 15s; and straw, £1 10s to £2 Os per load. A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to .f 5 5 3 Od ; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old ( Oyez, a lOs to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £4 15s ; and straw, £llos to £2 Os p er i (4 a t l i ci o . 'neßoth hay and straw moved off heavily, at our quo tations. COAL mAIIKET — JuL w Y a 2 n 6 s. .... E.n..d.. lB9. do Mecca of Coal per Ton 0 :t sHthoeueutclghho:Reeialloitot:...e. ... .... P• d. k . e . t .19 6 g a o rw lyw ay ell an .. Malting .... .. : 3). : Ll:lffrYn.: : :1254 Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Raswell ... .. . Wylam... ........... 15 6 Russel's Tanfield Moor Butes ..13 3 Trimdon Hartlepool l9 9 20 0 etton 19 0 Straker's - West Hartle yl6 3 Eden Main ... is 3 Th orpe .......... ..18 0 Ships at marke 622 ovld, 21, MENT. Mr. B. OSBORNE explained with reference to some statements he had previously made in reference to the fres coes in the Houses of Parliament. He said the fresco of Cor delia was very much required and that King Lear was in a very shaky state. Those remarks had reference to :the next fresco, that or tho nod 0...5 Jinight. The face of Cordelia was in a perfect state, but the nose of Regan hat/ fallen off. After some remarks from Mr. COWPER ; the subject dropped. The house then adjourned at two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 26. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Moved—" Not to insist on the amendments made by this house relating to the office, powers, and duties of the Chief Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy, to which the Commons have disagreed" (Tho Lord Chancellor). On question, "Whether to insist." Content, 80; not con tent, 46. CONTENT. DUKES. EARLS. LORDS. Beaufort Orkney Dinevor Cleveland Pomfret Egerton Marlborough Powis Gage V. Gage) Northumberland Romney Grantley Rutland Shrewsbury Heytesbury MARQUISES. Stradbroke Kingsdown Ailsa Tankerville Leconfield Bath Vernlam. Monteagle of Bran- Exeter Visconzerrs. don Normanby Dungannon Polwarth Salisbury Exmouth Raglan Winchester Harding° Ravensworth EARLS, Lifford Redesdale Amherst Melville Saltoun Bathurst Strathallan. Sheffield (E. Shef- Beauchamp LORDS. field) Cardigan A b inger Silchester (E.Long- Carnarvon Bagot ford) Dartmouth Bateman Sondes De La Warr Berners Southampton Derby Boston Stewart of Garlies Devon Calthorpe (Earl Galloway) Doncaster (Duke of Chelmsford St. John of Bletso Buccleuch and Churston Tenterden Queensberry) Colchester Tredegar Hard wicke Colville of Culross Tyrone (M. Water• Lonsdale (Teller) ford) Malmesbury Congleton Walsingham Manvers Cranworth Wensleydale Mayo Delamere Wynford (Teller) Nelson Denman NOT CONTENT. Westbury, Lord VISCOUNTS. LORDS. (Lord Chancellor) Eversley Hamilton (Lord DUKES. Falmouth Belhaven and Somerset Sydney Stenton) Sutherland. Tor r i ng t on (T e ll er ) . L lanover MARQUISES. Bishops. Manners Ailesbury Carlisle Methuen Bristol. London Poltimore EARLS. LORDS. Ponsonby (Earl Airlie Belper Bessborough) Caithness Camoys Portman Clarendon Carew Rivers Cowper Dartrey (Lord Rossie (Lord Kin" De Grey Cremerne) naird) Ducie De Tabley Sandys . 0 Effingham Elgin (Earl Elgin Sae and So Granville and Kincardine) Stanley Harrington F o l ey (T e ll er ) Sundri (Duke of Harrowby Fortescue(Viscount Argyle) Minto Ebrington) wo denouse St. Germa ns H arr i s (roof Alderley PAIRS. AGAINST. FOR GOVERNMENT. „rh u ord L 3711— -r Lord Craven, Earl Forester, Bath and Wells, Bishop De n o s, Lord Dufferin, Lord W a rwick, Earl Somers, Earl Howe, Earl Leeds, Duke Faversham, Lord L eeds, Earl De Vesci, Viscount Clanricarde, Marquis Wilton, Earl Fortescue, Earl Clinton, Lord Zetland, Earl Albemarle, Earl . W estmoreland, Earl Falkland, Viu nt Belm ore , E arl rarl Coventry, Earl P or t smo uth, Portarlington, Earl Darnley, Earl Farnham, Lord Dunsandle, Lord Templemore, Lord E Hopetoun, Earl Abingdon,LCSSL:tallersiierafmnuedf Strafford, ViscountLordEarlViscount Canterbury, Viscount Gardner, Lord Lansdowne, Ma r Lucan, Earl qui s Midleton, Viscount Stratford ee Redcliffe, Vise. Winchelsea, Earl Glenelg, Lo r d Chesterfield, Earl Shelb urne, Earl Newcastle Duke Cork, Earl EburY, Lord Do ldaaley, Lord A ns EE k l b g a l e e r en : t e s m c m w o oenoerrtnor: Ellesmere, ElaMaiEEera,alarrrqll Lordu i a A NOVEL IiosPITAL.—An institution of a novel otiaracter has just been completed on the sea-shore at Berck, Pas-de -Calais. Its object is to test the the value of sea bathing under the most favourable circumstances In the treatment of scrofulinis and similar diseases. The partial successes attending the use of salt water baths in the cure of this class of diseases has encouraged L'A dm in is trat io n de l' Assistance Publique de Paris to undertake the experiment. The new hospital is a one-story building, containing one hundred beds, and is designed chiefly for the reception of children from other hospitals in France, especially Paris. It is, we believe, the only institution of the kind in tho world.--Ifechanics' Magazin& - ''a Ther and the A fu about land ve The] hibited The r prior to at the r At th Agricul `adll be Since be en ab In th lar ge at late adv 18,000 Tha r( t he mar tenden e fi nilnes; Ilinney, , and the March, India, 5 A fail the Pori Turkish ditto, .£ firm at Chi H an to 89 , at The Bi I Der c er Necet " P E i vr2l/ Ditto 6 bitto I h Ditto I kiWasols tzchequ Ditto b FC 45 razilim e hilian Ditto _bitto 9 quad, ew or k-,r „ 4 4 7 . rt v izz „ pattish , Ditto Ditto 2 con 4