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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Govent-Garden. MR. MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. Mr, Alfred Mellon has the honour to announce that his Promenade Concerts take place every Evening at 8 o'clock. Promenade, One Shilling. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. On MONDAY next, August 19, a MENDELSSOELI NIGHT. ito YAL, HAY MARKET. T HEA Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backst o n, THIS -EVENING, the performances will commence with a new Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclereqs, Mr. Webster, ..te. 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, &c. Followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. Commence a 7 EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 109th Night of "The Dead Heart." THIS EVENING, the great Adeiphi 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 (29th' time) THE PRETTY HORSE PREAKE R. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miss K. Kelly, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Thorne, Miss Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley, - - On Wednesday next, Aug. 21, the Annual Benefit of Mr. Wm. Smith, Acting* Manager. "The Flowers of the Forest," 'The Woman Hater," and "Perfection." Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.--SAM COWELL, the Prince of Comic Vocalists, will make his First Appearance since his return to England on THURSDAY, the 29th August. Admission--Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. HALL CONCERTS, RY. AND FINE ARTS GAL' Two Grand Selections from Operas, including UN BALLO TN 3IASCHERA, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The extraor dinary comic duet, " The Nerves," by Harvey and French, Mr. Marshall in " The Excursion to Brighton," "Selina Sly," and " In the Park." First appearance of Miss HARRIET COVENEY on MONDAY Evening. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. T H E 1A NiERBURY OXF O R D 6.. OXFORD-STREET. The architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting of this noble building, render it one of the sights of London. Open Every Evening.. The pro gramme is varied, and includes Selections from " La Tra viat ~" "Un Ballo in Maschera," (to., (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus). Solos by Miss Bryant en the Plano Forte, and by Mr. Russell on the Trombone. Old English Ballad, by Miss Green, cotch Duets by the ;Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jong,hmans. The. C.2mie portion of the entertainment is supported by Mand Foster (in his " Life Sketches"), Sam Collins, Harvey, French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W . Randall. sixpenee ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. private Boxes, 10s. 6d. - - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tme DAY. —Morning, 11h. 24m.—Afternoon, b. in . To-momeow.-Morning, 12h. 6m.—Afternoon,' 12h, 36m. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 17, 1561, THEILMONETBB, IN THE SHADE. 72 —highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 69 —this day at noon. BARONETEII-30.08 ; 7 0 . WIND - South• Westerly rather fresh ; with heavy, cloudy weather. , 'v s , _ • • 1-T_:,„ d••• • 1,, s • ,t o -•- • - - ' F j? 11., ~.~- ,~, '~> ~. ~~ THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1881. Under any circumstances it was recognised to be little more than an instalment, at any rate to be merely a commencement of a good work, this new Bankruptcy Law, introduced into the House of Commons this last session by Sir RICHARD BETHELL SS Attorney-General, and carried through the House of Peers by Lord WESTBURY, as Lord High Chancellor. Supposing the bill to have been car ried through the Lords without aRy modification— it must even then have been accepted by the Legis lature, and handed over to the public at large, simply as a commencement. It happened last year that a much larger measure of reform in regard to the Law of Bankruptcy and Insolvency was submitted to Parliament by the same great lawyer. That more comprehensive measure, however, was too big to be carried. The late - Attorney-General, the now Lord High Chancellor of England, recognising the cause of that failure, modified his views, as we all very clearly, and let us add, a-ery gratefully remember—introducing, in lieu of his gigantic bill of the previous Session, one of much more moderate scope, almost immediately after Parliament was again brought together in February. Without relaxing his energies he wisely determined at once to lower his ambition for the moment as a Law Reformer. His proposition to Parliament, therefore, while becoming " small by degrees" became also, in the best sense of the words, " beautifully less," inasmuch as it increased the probabilities of immediate success following these diminished efforts of the First Law Adviser of the Crown. The Commons appreciated the force of this almost upon the instant, and passed the new Bill through its several stages with all convenient speed. A first and second time it was read—it passed almost scathless through Committee—it was carried in all essential respects unmarred from the Lower to the Upper House of Parliament. There, in the Lords, it met with very different treatment indeed. Instead of being welcomed with cordiality as a step, and a very notable step, too (though an exquisitely cautious one) in the right direction—it was viewed with suspicion almost from the instant of its arTearance. Party spite, it was thought, would 'Yet scatter to the winds all the fair promises afforded to the author of the measure during its rapid transit through the Commons. That sus picion being awakened not unnaturally among Government men by the apparently significant fact that it was the noble Earl the leader of the Opposition, and no other than Lord DERBY, who moved that the new Bankruptcy Bill should be referred to a Select Committee of the Lords for more careful and deliberate examination. One consequence of its being thus subjected to the scrutiny of that (so far as the public Were concerned) inaudible and invisible Com mittee was soon enough beheld and appreci ated. The measure upon again coming before the Lords in Parliament assembled, was found to haye passed through a series of frightful alterations. It was not only that it had a limb lopped off here and there, but its very head was clean gone—the projected new judge of the Court of Bankruptcy. The Bill was fairly decapitated. It came forth bleeding from the ordeal. It then had to be either rejected altogether or accepted for what it was actually worth. No longer, of course, in the eyes of its original fabricator a finished work of art—a work of art perfected so far as it went—it was sti.;l thought better (even by the Attorney-General, ne wly transformed into Lord Chancellor) that the measure in its stunted and splintered form should be preserved for future completion rather than thrown aside petulantly as no longer worthy 01 preservation. The work of art, with its hands ankfeet broken away, and even its head struck off, w as still preserved as a sort of Torso. A Torso— rag;,-,estis-e, by the lines of beauty still left, of the manner of its future completion. Is it not notorious —the advocates of the new Bankruptcy Bill might have arg ued within themselves is it not 'Dot orious that that aL. that Boast and Triumph of the sculptor's art, the " Venus de ATEDict" now de lighting all beholders from its pedestal in the Tribune at Florence, ("t soveerrmyenlotnogf many when b ro ught to light froraits interment cen turies, a headless fragite::eb, o e f t. bereft a i o n f , _ a , e n s s arm tha n ? An d s ,, t _ a skill of hand, of attained by the practi'ed geniu s of rHIDIAS or PRAXITILES has since then brought th a t work of art, apparent difficulty, t o . in spite of every app i ts present state of completion ? .V? itlk Lord WESTBURY still on the woolsack, still the presiding authoritj , among the law reformers of our age, there cannot remain one instant's doubt but that the measure marred during this last session by the Secret Committee of the Lords may be readily mended next session and finished more to its author's satisfaction, The' Head we still cannot but regard as all essential to its symmetry. That, we are yet sanguine, may be restored to it before next session shall have very far advanced. There are minor improvements, however, that have but to be pointed out, we feel satisfied, to be at once adventured upon. Amongst these must be mentioned one suggested by the recognition of a grievance pointed out only this very day by a correspondent of our chief morning contemporary. " A few days since," writes this correspondent, " I received a dividend warrant from the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy on the Accountant in Bankruptcy here for a considerable sum ; but on its presentation I have been informed that the office where it is made payable on demand is closed, and that its coffers will not be re-opened till after the sth of October next." And the writer adds, very judiciously, " The ab surdity of such a custom as connected with pecu niary commercial transactions requires no comment, as it is obvious that many persons similarly cir cumstanced may not only be greatly inconve nienced, but possibly be ruined—at all events, in evitably inflicted with the loss of two months' in terest on a document which entitles the holder to payment as promptly as that usually expected by the holder of a banker's check." Here there is just one important mem. to be jotted down by Lord WESTBURY upon his note-book under the head of —lmprovements imperatively required by the Act o f 1861 for the reform of the Bankruptcy Law. M'CLELLAN seems to be the man. If the disas ter of Bull's Run be retrieved it will be his doing. Already he is infusing into his mob army a sense of the value of soldierly discipline, and necessity of thorough drill ; he is setting the vain civilian officers also the example of simple unostentatious habits, of thorough sympathy with the men, of ' caring for their eomfort, and of sharing their pri vations when privations must be endured. From the time when the Poet Warrior of Israel refused to drink the water which might have cost the lives of his men, and poured it before the " God of Battles," to the last campaign of GARIBALDI—such has been the spirit in leaders which has commanded victory. " Want of confidence in their officers," we are now told, is the reason why great numbers of the volunteers refuse to re-enlist ; it has even been affirmed, but we have neither seen it con firmed nor denied, that the first fugitives at Bull's Run took to flight, because they thought them selves surrounded, but soon found that the fire on one flank and in the rear was from Federal regiments ! They accordingly lost all confidence and ran, to save their lives from the fire of their own comrades. Even if this were not true, its belief, and the possibility of its belief, by the men, shows a state of things amongst the officers which would demoralise any army. The notorious fact is, that politics have officered the American Northern army. The PRESIDENT and the Commander-in-Chief have been aware of the folly, but have been unable to resist !t. Even since the late rout the politicians have had the audacity to press their pets on the military autho rities. The PRESIDENT, adroitly and wisely intended to anticipate them by handing over every thing to M'CLELLAN; but, even after that, the selfishness and vanity of his political supporters endeavoured. to overreach him. Looking on the war and its administration from a distance, it appears to us that all depends on placing everything on the line of the Potomac under the absolute con trol of such a man as M'CLELLAN. Between him and his only superior, General SCOTT, the most perfect understanding exists. The latter must com bine the operations of the far West, and of the East at Fort Monroe, with the long centre, but in that centre M'CLELLAN must shape and train his army for himself. From Western Virginia to Acquia Creek, on the Potomac, where the railroal to Rich mond begins, is, in fact, the scene for the operations of one grand army and its co operating corps. And its commander must be able to confide in every officer and in every man of it. In his own former corps M'CLELLAN can trust. His officers and his men, whom he left behind, to proceed himself to Washington, are carrying on his work. Our readers may remember that after his brilliant victories in Western Virginia he and his generals were manoeuvring to drive out General WISE from the Valley of the Kanawha. This General WISE, the same braggart who paraded his tens of thousands of Virginian militia round the scaffold of the noble old JOHN BROWN, has been obliged to flee, much in the style of the Bull's Run gentry. General ROSEN CRANTZ, whom M'CLELLAN left to deal with him writes that he had fled precipitately, destroy ing a bridge to prevent pursuit, leaving a thousand muskets, and kegs of cannon powder. And the New York Tinges adds that he has been pursued from place to place, till at last the Federal troops are almost certain to catch him. This looks as if M'CLELLAN were the kind of general to inspire his subordinate commanders with his own spirit , We have little doubt that he is ; and that if he have time and be not interfered with, we may yet see an advance from the Potomac as successful and decisive as that from Ohio into Western Virginia. But, all depends on the reversal of the vain boast of the Roman Orator, and as a sensible American cor respondent remarks, it must now be Cedunt togae armis. Warm work is still going on in Missouri. Gen FREMONT is there, and has of course a reputation to sustain, and a hearty zeal on the right side. But the Secessionists are evidently almost, if not quite, as numerous as the Unionists. The State which furnished the Kansas Border ruffians may beexpected give som e ' t rouble. Gen. PILLOW is a on the Mi ss i ss i ppi, about 50 tNew Madrid, to miles from Cairo, which the Federalists held, and at which they prevent all down traffic to the Confederates. He is said to have mustered 50,000 men, but if they be of the class described by Mr. RUSSELL, they ought not to give Gen. FREMON T , who is at Cairo, much trouble. Gen. PILLOW has at least fired off a proclamation that he intends "to drive all invaders out of Missouri," but his artillery firing must be very different from what RussELL saw if it i, to effect that objccl. The city now seems to be safe. Pickets are stationed from Washington to Harper's Ferry, and steamers command the Potomac below the city ; and Arlington Heights and Alexandria are still the Federal positions on the right bank of the river. Congress has been deliberating therefore in safety. Whether it be an affectation—like that of the early days of the French Republic—of imitating Roman classical antiquity, or whatever be the reason—a re- solution was "introduced in the house and passed, of thanks to the oflicars and soldiers of the army, and of sympathy for those who suffered bereavement in the late battle !" There is certainly truth enough in the old exclamation, " No accouuting for tastes." It was a poor parody of the Roman thanks for not despairing of the Republic after an enormous slaughter of brave men ; in this ease there had been THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1861 nothing enormous but the flight of prudent and frightened men. In the old country, however, brave soldiers do not care to have thanks for a defeat. The mad courage of the Light Cavalry at Balaklava, and the unsurpassed steady bravery of the men repulsed at the Taku forts, never, we believe, received the formal thanks of the House of Commons. Americans, however, knew Americans best. Thanking is cheap enough—only what will they award to courage and success ? In regard to its more regular work, Congress seemed nearly to have brought it to a close. They have been busy enough levying taxes in all the States, which only half of them will pay. Direct taxes, which will be evaded; Custom and Excise duties, which will cost an enormous percentage to collect ; indeed, fifteen per cent. is already offered for that purpose. to such of the States as will undertake the collection of their own taxes. The loans are yet all a mystery ; whether Americans will subscribe to them or not, it must be I pretty certain that no Englishman, Dutchman, or Frenchman will hazard his money with a repudiat ing country; where the taxpayers are uncontrolled masters, and care more for their pockets than for their honour. Their customs will certainly, for another reason, be no security. The Northern States, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts especially, are such ignorantly selfish protectionists that they not only passed the MORRILL Tariff—but instead of mending it, in this extraordinary Con gress, have actually made it worse! Already their imports have diminished by half since its passage, and if they go on as they seem well inclined to do, their Customs Revenue will be almost annihilated ; and all to force on themselves dear inferior articles of their own manufacture. They are making it, daily, of less and less interest to this country to retain their friendship ; while destroying their own revenue and subjecting themselves to the heaviest taxes on all their protected manufactures. Spain is not the only country where persecution is the avowed means of maintaining the Apostolic faith. Even in enlightened France, it seems, a com mune cannot turn from the Roman Catholic to the Protestant faith without being made in some way to smart for it. Prefets and sous-profets are too frequently but the tools of the Romish bishops and clergy, and can generally manage to afflict those who turn from the more favoured faith. A letter in a contemporary, evidently authen tic, gives the details of a persecution continued through fifteen years, under all the changes, by the local authorities, against several Communes in the Haute Vienne, because they successively broke away from the Catholic Church, built themselves places of worship, and obtained a pasteur in legal form from the Protestant Con sistory at Paris. These chapels the Romish clergy got closed in the early days of the President ship, when all their support was needed by Louis NAPOLEON. When he became stronger they were all re-opened to gratify some foreign diplomatists. But an ingenious revenge taken by the clergy, through their tools, the former still enjoy. The converts had taught all their children to read and write, a thing unknown in the district before—the Romanists . got all the schools closed, as " contrary to public morals"—that is, to the supremacy of the p riest hood and ignorance ! Nor have the parents yet suc ceeded, not even under PERSIGNY, in getting these valuable schools reopened. The result was half ludicrous. They obtained a teacher who was to go from house to house and teach each family. No other child might be pre sent, or it would be a school " contrary to public morals." The priests then prosecuted this laborious teacher, and actually got him convicted before the local tribunals, which are in their hands much as the courts of justice are in the hands of the slay( ry party in America. Nothing remained but to take the sentence up to the highest court of all, the Court of Cassation. There, of course, it was re versed, and through its agency the worthy teacher was released from the fine imposed on him by the local council. Such is religious liberty, locally, in France ; such the ignorance and superstition, or it may be only the subserviency, of French officials. In " en lightened France," at this time of day, priests, mayors, and local tribunals abound, enlightened enough to think it legitimate to defend and spread the Roman Catholic faith, by persecuting those who forsake it, shutting up their chapels and schools, and even by punishing a teacher giving private instruction to families. Her Majesty Queen Christina of Spain, accom panied by the Duke de Rianzins, honoured the establish ment of Mr. C. F. Hancock, jeweller, of Bruton-street, with a visit yesterday, and was graciously pleased to make several selections. The Rug and Countess of Dalkeith have left Belgrave• square, for Bowhill, Selkirkshire. The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke have arrived at their residence in Belgrave•square, from a tour of visits. The Moniteur de la Flotte says :—" By advices from Zanzibar we learn that the English corvette Wasp, while lately at anchor on the coast of Africa, a few leagues only to the north of the equator, vas attacked iu the night by a band of pirates which came off from the shore. The commander of the vessel punished these ruffians the follow ing day by sending a body of men with a field piece, and bombarding them in their village at some miles from the coast. Several sailors are said to have been wounded in this affair. THE HOP PLANTATIONS.--ROCHESTER, Aug. 16. —The brilliant weather which has at length set in has been exceedingly favourable for the hops, and, sheuld it continuo for some weeks longer, much of the past mischief will be remedied. On the best grounds the plants are looking healthy and strong, and comparatively clear of vermin. The plantations which promise the most abundant crops are those which have been most highly farmed, and in many of these the Goldings are expected to realise as much as 25 cwt. to the acre. With regard to the average yield, how ever, no proper estimate can yet be formed, the poor lands only promising about 3 cwt. per acre, while other planta tions are confidently expected to grow 1 ton. Taking the entire acreage under cultivation, it is anticipated that the yield will be about 6 cwt. per acre, or about 60 per cent. below that of good years. The following is an approximate , estimate of the duty in each district :—Rochester, £55,000; Canterbury, £20,000 ; Worcester, £15,000 ; Sussex, £12,000; Farnham, £7,000; the kingdom, £1,000; tot tl, £llO,OOO. A POTHECARIES'- HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 15th of Aug., 1861 :—Luke Fisher, Chorley, Lancashire ; Linton Bennett Brunton, Waterloo. place, Limehouse ; Edward Barton Gardner. On the r, Bth i ns t.—R o b ert S eymour Adams, Lymington, Hants. The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their first examination :—Ralph Eddowes, Swinton-street ; Wm. James Le Tall, Woodhouse, Sheffield ; Thomas Joyce, Newbury,; Berks ; Ch ar l es D . S hepherd, Frederick-street, n ray s.inn-ro a d ; Johu L. Newton, London Hospital. DARING ROBBERY AT AN HOTEL DURING READING RACES. —At the Reading Borough Police-court on Thursday, a rath er swellishly-attired ma, who gave the name of Gustave Dumont, and stated that he belonged to Belgium, was charged before Mr. Bourne (mayor) and seve ral justices with stealing £2B 103., belonging to Mr. Donne, 1 of Fenchurch-street, London. The prosecutor gave evi -1 donee, and it appeared that he retired to rest on Wednesday night at the George Hotel, and, as he believed, bolted the door, He placed his trousers, which contained the above sum in notes and gold, in the room. Nothing disturbed him until about 6 o'clock in the morning, when the prisoner by some meansentered his roam, and having deliberately taken the purse from the trousers rushed down stairs. Mr. Benne immediately followed, having at the time his shirt on Daly, and at the top of the yard he informed a man of the robbery, who at once pursued the prisoner, and soon captured him with the money in his possession. The pri soner pleaded guilty, stating that he came to this country with an Englishman, who stole his portmanteau and its contents, and he went into the George Hotel thinking he might meet with him. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The prisoner had not slept at the hotel, but was observed to enter the yard soon after the gates were open, !LATEST NEWS. PESTH, AUG. 16. The dissolution of the Hungarian Diet is con sidered certain within a few days. A similar measure is expected for the County Committees. An Imperial rescript is expected shortly. TURIN, AUG. 16, EVENING. Sgnori Cantelli and Blasio have tendered their • resignation. The Nationalites of to-day states that it is rumoured that General Cialdini has also resigned, and that a modification of the Ministry is immi nent. Nothing has yet transpired to confirm the state ment of the Rationalities. ROME, AUG. 16. Yesterday, on the occasion of the national French fete, the Pope gave his benediction. A brilliant fete took place at the French Em bassy. The Military Club and the national es tab lishments were illuminated. General Goyon gave a grand dinner. Tranquillity and perfect order prevailed at Rome, VIENNA, AUG. 17. A semi-official statement published to-day con• tradicts the reports of an eventual change in the system of policy pursued by the Government, and of any personal change in the Cabinet. It says :—" On the contrary, a perfect harmony of views upon the Hungarian question exists be tween the Chief of the Ministry and the Hungarian Chancellery." Telegraphic despatches received here from Agram state that the Croatian Diet had decided upon making representations to the Emperor, requesting the re-admittance into the Diet of the deputies from the military frontiers and the enlargement of the litoral territory to the Croatian free ports. The collection of taxes by military execution has been stopped antil the middle of September next. NAPLES, ATM. 16. A magnificent and spontaneous illumination took place at Naples yesterday evening in honour of the Napoleon fete. The Italian soldiers have taken the village of Ponte Landolfo, in the province of Sannio, and that of Casulduni, in the province of Molise, from the insurgents. It is reported that the railway contract with Talabot has been broken, and that the works will be commenced on account of the State. Part of the English squadron has arrived from Malta. RAGUSA, AUG. 16. About 2,000 Bosnian and Montenegrin insur gents are preparing to attack Trebigne, and have already advanced beyond Niksich. the belief that everybody who opposes him is either misled or of bad character." It is stated that Omer Pacha, having received orders to attack the Montenegrins, the Prince of Montenegro and his people are making active pre parations for war, and declare that any promises which the Sublime Porte may make will not induce them to lay down their arms, experience having proved that Turkish promises are never kept. It is added that the chiefs of the Montenegrins declare openly that henceforth the same land cannot bear Christians and Turks. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 17. The Royal Mail screw steamer Arabia, from Boston on the 7th and Halifax on the 9th inst., arrived here at 2 a.m. today. She brings 104 pas sengers. The Arabia landed 76 mail bags and eight pas sengers, and proceeded at 2.30 a.m. All well. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred is on board. NEW YORK, AUG. 6, EVENING. The result of the legislative election in Kentucky shows a Union majority. The new Governor of Missouri has issued a pro clamation, promising protection to all who will lay down arms against the Federal Government. Congress has passed an Act giving freedom to negroes found in the Confederate naval or military service. It is reported that the Confederates have organised a plan to attack St. Louis. Vessels arriving at New York continue to report having been chased by privateers. Prince Napoleon has left Washington in a Federal steamer, accompanied by Mr. Seward, in °Het to visit Mount Vernon. The Federal Congress has adjourned. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.) NEW YORK, Au. 8. A body of Confederates, under the command of Gen. McCullagh, has been defeated at Dugnsprings (Missouri), by General Lyon. During the fight a force of 270 United States cavalry cut their way through 4,u00 Confederated infantry. The privateer Petrel has been sunk by the United States frigate St. Lawrence, and her crew taken ‘ prisoners. A Confederate force is reported to have been seen within two miles of the Potomac. The latter river is effectually guarded from Alex andria to Harper's Ferry, and there is no danger of its being crossed. The coast of North Carolina is swarming with privateers. Several vessels have been captured. 1,000 Secessionists have attacked the Union camp at Athens (Missouri), and were defeated with loss. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Cotton firm. Sales in two days, 4,500 bales mid. dling upland 172 c. Breadatuffs advancing. Wheat lc. to 2c. higher. Provisions dull. Exchange on London, 1071. Stocks dull. New York Central, 76k. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The North German Lloyd's screw steamship New York, Captain G. Wenke, which left New York on the 3d inst., arrived off Cowes at midnight, and went on to Bremen, after transhipping mails, &c., for this port. She brings 136 passengers, of whom 33 are for Southampton and Havre, and the re mainder, with 1,000 dole. in specie and 1,000 tons of cargo, for Bremen. The weather on the passage was very changeable, with southerly winds and high seas, and, during the last two days, foggy. Official advices were received on the 2d at the War Department, Washington, from General Rosencranz, stating that Gen. Wise and his com mand had precipitately fled from Gauley Bridge eastward, after destroying the bridge to prevent pursuit. One thousand muskets and several kegs of cannon powder were left behind. Gen. Rosen cranz also reports that many of the inhabitants of that region who had heretofore been strong Seces sionists had been converted to Unionism through the excesses of the rebel troops, who are now en tirely cleared out of the Kanawha valley ; " and if the latest despatches which reach us," says the Yew l'ork, Times," are true—and we see no good reason to doubt them—Wise and his whole command are likely to fall into the hands of our forces. This would indeed be a triumph which would go far to efface the memory of Bull's Run. He is stated to have retreated from one point to another, pursued continually by our troops, until he is at last in a position where it will be impossible for him to escape." No military movements were reported as having taken place in the vicinity of Washington. General M'Clellan had established his head quarters in the city, and was said to be rapidly bringing order out of the chaos which followed the disaster at Bull's Run. The chain of pickets had been extended up the Potomac, and now reached to those of General Banks, and other important measures had been adopted, calculated to give assurance of the safety of the capital. The New York Times says that, according to re ports received through despatches, and the Western papers, some 12,000 troops had already erossed the Mississippi river to New Madrid, Mobile, with a view to making an attack on Bird Point, and subse quently upon Cairo. The railroads of Tennessee are said to have been taken possession of by the Tennessee authorities, in order that the transport of troops may be facilitated. At New Madrid these troops are to be joined by others from Ar kansas and Missouri, swelling the number, it is expected, to an aggregate of 50,000 men. The National scouts report at Cairo that the rebels already assembled at New Madrid are well armed and drilled, and have good artillery, besides two regiments of cavalry. General Pillow is in com mand, and has issued a bombastic address to the people of Missouri, declaring his intention to "drive the invaders from the State." The rebels evidently mean mischief in that direction, though General Fremont is taking active measures to counteract it. He had reached Cairo in person, with considerable reinforcements. There appeared to be little doubt that a large rebel force was again in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry—probably with a view to holding in check the column of 3reneral Banks, but possibly with the purpose of making an attempt, should circumstances favour, to cross the Potomac at Edward's Ferry, be tween Harper's Ferry and Washington. Consider able bodies of rebel foragers had already approached within six miles of the head-quarters of General Banks, which was considered a certain indication that General Johnston's army was nearer to the Potomac than Leesburgh. Meantime, Gen. Banks was busily engaged in the organisation of his column —three brigades having been formed and placed under the command respectively of Col. Thomas, Col. Abercrombie, and Col. Stone. Gen. Banks had also instituted stringent measures to prevent com munication between the Secessionists of Maryland and the rebels in Virginia. Two important General Orders had been issued by Gen. Scott. The first, which has probably been called forth by some indiscretion in the matter of searches for arms in suspected houses, directs that all searches for arms, traitors, or spies, and arrests of offenders, in any military department, shall only be made by the authority of the commander of the department, except in cases of urgent necessity. The second order announc:s the desecration of Mount Vernon by the bands of armed rebels, and expresses the hope of the Commander in-Chief, that should the operations of the war take the Federal troops in that direction, every possible respect will be paid to the sacred precincts. " From our correspondent on board the United States steam sloopßroolilyn, block-adißg the mouths of the Mississippi," says the New York, Times,— " W e receive the first reliable account of the manner in which the privateer Sumter was allowed to run out into the Gulf of Mexico. The Brooklyn at the time was engaged in chasing a British barque, but her commander received warning that the Sumter was coming out, and might have prevented her, or perhaps have effected her capture. In stead of this, however, he continued in chase of the barque, and allowed the privateer to run out. The Brooklyn sub- BOTIOAtIy followed her, and would certainly liava oiertakeA her, but, much to the surprise and chagrin of all on board, she was put about by order of Capt. Poor, and proceeded back to her cruising ground. The Brooklyn captured, on the 9th July, the barque Pilgrim, of New Orleans, with a valuable cargo of wines, brandies, &c,, consigned to parties in New Orleans." The Baltimore Exchange says three Federal steamers which left Fortress Monroe on the 31st ult. reached the mouth of the Pocomoke river the same evening; that in attempting to ascend the river they were repulsed, and that in endeavouring to re treat they ran aground. The Virginians had sent for reinforcements, and the capture or destruction of the vessels was expected. The expedition referred to consisted of Lieut. Ashley with 300 men and several pieces of artillery, on board the propellers Cadwallader, Fanny, and Adriatic. A despatch of the 2d .instant from Washington says : "The appropriations thus far made by Congress amount to about 240 million dole. The Secretary of War has asked for 20 million doll. more, on account of volunteers now being mustered into service. A bill for that purpose will probably be passed to-morrow. It appears by an examination of the two volunteer bills, one being supplemental to the other, the President has power to call 1,000,000 men into the field although that extent of authority was not, it is believed, designed. It is not thought, therefore, that more than 500,000 men will be accepted. Congress will probably ad journ on Monday, the public business having nearly all been transacted. A number of members will leave for home to-morrow. The flag of truce brought from Gen. Johnston to Gen. M'Dowell is said to be chiefly relative to the ex change of prisoners. It certainly was not in connection with the affairs of State. The new Provost Marshal Col. Porter, is rendering efficient service in gathering in the few re maining stragglers from the army. The effects of General M'Clellan's recent order relative to discipline are every where apparent." The proceedings of Congress on the let instant were interesting. In the Senate, a number of important bills were passed—among them the one making appropriations for fortifications, the one to promote the efficiency of the volunteer forces, the one reducing consular fees on vessels running to or between foreign ports, and the one to punish fraud in making contracts with the Government. The report of the Committee of Conference on the Bill for the better organisation of the army was agreed to, and the bill passed; and the same action was taken on the Loan Bill. These two important mea- sures only awaited the signature of the President to become laws. The bill for the suppression and punishment of insurrection was then taken up, and discussed until the adjournment. It was bitterly opposed by Mr. Breckinridge, who denounced it as an atrocity of the worst character. A motion to post pone its consideration, however, was negatived by 28 to 16, though the matter was not finally disposed of. In the House, a bill was reported from the Naval Committee, and passed, which authorises additional enlistments in the navy for three years or for the war. A bill was reported from the Committee of Ways and Means, and passed, which appropriates 100,000 dols. for field fortifications for the defence of Washington. A bill from the Committee on Com merce was passed, which authorises the Secretary of the Treasury to employ additional revenue vessels. Mr. Fenton, of New York, offered a preamble and resolution, making inquiry of the President relative to the detention of Congressman Ely among the rebels as a prisoner. The rest of the session was occupied in a discussion growing out of a personal explanation made by Mr. Blair, of Missouri, in answer to an article published in the Albany Evening Journal, written by Thurlow Weed. He denied the truth of the charges of Mr. Weed, that he had, as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, urged premature action on the part of General Scott. Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, also explained that he did not, in his remarks a few days ago, intend to be understood that General Scott had accused the President of forcing him to fight the battle of Bull's Run against his better judgment. On the 2d Congress took another bold step in the prosecution of the war. The Tariff and Direct Tax Bill passed both Houses, providing for a direct tax of 20,000,000 dole. The bill imposes a tax of 3 per cent. on incomes over 800 dols. per annum. The duty on sugar is fixed at 2c. a pound, on coffee at 31c., and on tea at 15c. In the Senate the bill to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase additional vessels for the revenue service was passed. The bill authorising the construction of 12 small sidewheel steamers for the blockading service was passed. The resolution approving the acts of the President elicited considerable discussion, but was not finally disposed of. A bill making additional appropriations for the army —among them 20,000,000 dole. for raising and organising the volunteers— was passed. The vote by which the bill to punish fraud on the part of the officers making contracts was passed was reconsidered, and the bill was laid on the table. The Senate soon afterwards went into executive session, and subsequently adjourned. In the house a resolution was introduced by Mr. Cox, and passed, which conveys the thanks of Congress to the officers and soldiers of the army, and the sympathy of the nation for those who suffered be reavement in the late battle. Another resolution provided for the adjournment of the house on the 3d, the Senate to remain in session as long as it may be necessary. A substitute for the Senate Bill, providing for the confiscation of rebel property, was reported from the Committee on the Judiciary, pro voked considerable discussion, and was finally re jected. Mr. Bingham then proposed an amend• ment to the original bill, restricting its operations to the present rebellion, which was also rejected. After refusing to lay the bill on the table, the house recommitted it to the Judiciary Committee-69 to 48. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee of Confer ence on the Tariff and the Direct Tax Bills, made a report explanatory of the modifi rations made, which were agreed to, and the bills were passed. A bill was reported from the Judiciary Committee and passed which provides for the punishment of per sons recruiting for service against the Government in any State or Territory. The New York Journal of Commerce of the 3d inst. has the following on the subject of the new Tariff Bill : "The new Tariff Bill, the product of the joint Committee of Conference appointed on the part of each of the two Houses of Congress, passed yesterday by a large majority, and now awaits the signature of the President. The House Bill was taken as the basis of the compromise, but some very important changes were made in a few words. Sugar was reduced half a cent, and the duty now stands at 2c per lb. Coffee was reduced lc, and now stands at 4c per lb. In the report of the Senate proceedings the new duty is erroneously stated at 31c ; a private telegram from Hon. M. F. Odell, to whom we are indebted for other interesting particulars, fixes the duty at 4c. The duty on cocoa is 3c per lb ; on crude chicory 2c, and on ground chicory 4c to 2c, according to condition. On brandy the duty is fixed at 1 dol 25c per gallon ; on other spirits 50c per gallon ; on wines 50 per cent. ad valorem, and on tea 15c per lb. Silks are raised to 40 per cent. ad valorem, which is a great advance on the present rate. This heavy advance on French produce (silks and wines) is not without very grave politi cal significance, and the reasons for it will be developed in due time. The most important part of the bill is not given in the telegraphic reports, but private telegrams to the editor of this paper enable us to supply the omission. Mr. Simmons's bill, it will be recollected, made no provision for goods on the way to our ports (with the single excep tion of coffee from beyond the Cape of Good Hope), and thus all goods arriving at the date his bill should take effect would pay the new duty. The bill, as passed, ex cepts from its operation all goods in bonds and actually on shipboard bound to the United States, and all such goods will be subject to the rates current before the pas sage of the act. It is to take effect, as we understand, ' from its passage ;' but it will be some time before s.ny thing not now afloat can arrive and be entered ; and, if we are not much mistaken, it will be a very distant day before any considerable revenue will be derived from its extraordinary provisions. Many of our readers who have kept watch over the various amendments to the two be bills, originating in the House and Senate respectively, will ' puzzled to understand the singular discussion in relation to the direct tax in such a connection. The explanatioTt of this Tax seeming mystery will be found in the fact th at the Bill which started as an independent measure, hung upon amendments between the two houses, and was finally re ferred to the Conference Committee having the Tariff Bill in charge. After a spirited discussi on, and much difficulty in coming to any agreement, it was finally tacked on to the Tariff Bill as a makeweight, And both were thus thrown into the scale together. This Tax Bill, however, is now an emasculated affair, and although retaining its mir e o di ous features, is shorn of its more sensible and beneficent provi Mons. It r etains the income cruelty, but otherwLe touches lightly upon property, and will prove a lasti ng di sgrace to its promoters and defenders." Regiments were continuing to return home from the war, and were receiv e d w i t h great ovations. Many of the soldiers would re-enlist for the war. ringfield, Miss our i, s t a t e th a t D es patches from Sp into that state hundreds of 'Unionists wer e eying FRANCE. BOURSE, August 16.—Business has been very limited in amount, speculators appearing not to have recovered from the fatigue and excitement of yesterday's fete, but prices have been pretty well maintained, Threes, for the Account, being at 68f 45c. Railways dull. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents... 98 —, Credit Fonder 1295 Do end month.... 98 10 Belgian 4f — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 45 ; Roman Bank Shares 2900 ---1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 727 50 I Spanish Threes — Do. Account 728 751 Rome Debt .. 47} RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1407 50 .. 1408 7b Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1018 75 .. 1020 Geneva 348 75 .. 350 Southern 627 50 .. 628 75 Western Eastern Sardinian 365 .. 366 25 Austrian Lombard ITALY. The Temps makes the following announcement : —" We have reason to believe that the Belgian Government is about to recognize the new Kingdom of Italy. Baron de Vriers, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, has already unofficially notified that deci sion to Count Lupi di Montalto, Minister Plenipo tentiary of King Victor Emmanuel at Brussels." The following appears in the Italie of Turin : " The Perseveranza of Wednesday commences its Bulletin by the following very unlooked for piece of news :—' Rumours of an autumn campaign are current beyond the Mincio. It is said that the force in Venetia is to be carried up to 200,000 men, and that a number of bridges are to be constructed. The Perseveranza does not attach any credit to those reports in consequence of the internal state of Aus tria, but that is not a reason for disbelieving them. An external diversion is often a means of putting an end to internal difficulties. The Roman Senate declared war against the King of Macedonia while Hannibal was encamped at the gates of Rome. It is probable that Austria spreads these reports in order to cause uneasiness to our Government, and compel it to recal the troops which are in Naples." A letter from Rome mentions the following curious report:—" It is rumoured here among the clergy and the Neapolitans that the Emperor of the French has only allowed the expedition of Cialdini as a last attempt on the part of the Pied montese to establish order in the Neapolitan States, and that if it does not succeed he has resolved to send French troops to the Abbruzzi. The officers of the French army of occupation also allude to the report as not improbable." A letter frem Rome of the 10th in the Temps has the following:— " The Holy Father continues in good health, notwithstanding the swelling in his legs. Almost every afternoon after his sieste, which lasts from three to five o'clock, he drives out. The other lay he visited the Convent of St. Bonaventura ; and the day before yesterday he went to the church of Saint Magdalen to adore the Holy Sacrament, and take part in the nine days' prayers which have been ordered to turn aside the wrath of Heaven for the numerous robberies committed in churches. These prayers, strange to say, have been the principal subject of town talk at Rome for the last ten or twelve days, and the Cardinal Vicar has published a pastoral letter respecting them, in which he speaks of Heliodorus driven from the temple—an allusion apparently to Victor Emmanuel. Since the pastoral appeared, there have been prayers in all the churches (300 and more), with wax candles lighted, the Sacrament exposed—in a word, with all the fantastic cere monies of the Roman Church. The Holy Father, as I have said, went to the Magdalen in one of his afternoon promenades, and a small demonstration was got up in his honour ; it was, however, made exclusively by public functionaries and their sons, and consisted in vivats for the Pope. In a large town such demonstrations may be made without their authors being recognised, but in Rome everybody knows everybody. The nine days' prayers against robberies in churches have not produced much effect ; for in the very day they commenced the little church of St. Matthew was robbed of all its sacred vessels, the consecrated wafers themselves being carried away. The autho rities at the Vatican pretend that those robberies and also certain fires which have lately taken place must be ascribed to the violence of political passions, and must be regarded as a proof of the wrath of God. As to politics, the Court of Rome, absorbed in the prayers referred to, has apparently not occu pied itself actively with worldly affairs since the Merode squabble, Pius IX, continues to indulge in from Texas and Arkansas, to avoid the persecution of the rebels, and that if the Government would only provide them with arms the Unionists in these two States would fight for the Constitution and the Union. According to letters received at Washington front General Banks, Commander at Harper's-ferry, the Federal army was being rapidly organised. A flag of truce with two despatches was in at Washington on the Ist. One despatch was for Gen. M‘Do well, and had reference to a rumour prevalent in the Confederate camp that some of their officers captured at Bull's Run were to be hanged. The other de spatch was addressed to Gen. Scott, and the purport of it has not transpired. It was, however, thought that the Confederates were anxious to come to an understanding on the subject of pickets, who were continually being shot. `lle force at Sandy Hook was being rapidly organised. There had been sortie difficulty with a Pennsylvanian reginlent. A letter of the Ist says : " A large number were missing at the roll-call yesterday morning, and yesterday about 300 more of them refused to be sworn in. The men assign various reasons for refusing to serve. Some say they have not been armed as promised by the State authorities, and others that there has been a scarcity of food, from the want of experience in their cow" missariat ; but the real cause is believed to be a want aeon' fidence in their officers, to which may be added the aspire' tions of the subordinates for higher grades. Col. Porter, of the Staff, at the instance, it is presumed, of the commanding General, addressed them last night in a patriotic strain but the disaffection apparently still exists. This is the on l y known instance of any dissatisfaction in this army. T he health of the column is good." Reports were prevalent at Washington of a group' ing disposition in Maryland towards revolt. On the 2d, in the presence of 20,000 soldiers and citizens, a New Hampshire Volunteer was hung 011 the walls of Fort Ellsworth for shooting a woman. Letters from Fortress Monroe to the 31st nit' complain of the enervating heat, which prevente d any labour being performed. The following queries had been put to the Con federate District attorney at Charleston : " 1. Is it lawful for a citizen of the Confederate States to purchase of our enemy State stocks or bonds of any o f the Confederate States, and demand the interest when due? "2. Is it lawful for the same parties to purchase notes given by merchants of the Southern confederacy to Northern houses, and demand payment for the same ? "3, If lawful and proper to pursue the above course , would it not be equally legal for the small trader to buy merchandise of the enemy ; or, in ether words, does the lavr intend to operate in favour of the fortunate holders of capt tal against the humble dealers in wares and merchandiser The response is as follows : " The acts specified by you certainly constitute trading with the enemy' peculiarly objectionable, because 001 afford a direct assistance to the enemy by the transmissio n of money to foster the resources. And, in addition, su ch conduct is highly unpatriotic, because directly injurious t° the interests of the States and citizens of our Confederacy) whose obligations are thus withdrawn from the eneraY° country, where it is for the interest of such States that they should remain, since they could not there be called upon for payment during the war. Such operations are certainly worse than the simple purchaso of merchandise in the enemy's country, because they, at the same time, aid our enemies and injure our friends." A man named Thomas and his son had been hung on the same tree in Missouri for hoisting the Federal flag. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW ORLEANS, Auc• 2• Cotton sales of the week, 2,186 bales; middling, 101 e. t ° 11c. ; receipts for the week, 130 bales, against 6,030 baleS for same time last year. Decreased receipts at this port, 362,000 bales ; ditto at all southern ports, 905,000 bales• Stock in port, 9,800 bales. Sugar—Fair to fully fair, 41e. to 44c. Flour—Ohio, 7 dols. 25c. to 7 dols. 50c. Ceffee--: Sales of the week, 860 bags Rio, at 20c. to 30c. ; stock 111 port, 1,900 bags, against 3,200 bags at the same time las t year. THE GREAT EASTERN. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The Great Eastern, which left Quebec on the 6th, arrived last evening, but brought no news. Captain Kennedy, who commanded the Great Eastern this voyage, will not go in the vessel again, having merely consented with the permission of the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company, to take charge of her for one voyage only. He will immediately rejoin his own vessel, the Etna. The following is the log of the Great Eastern " Aug. 6.—At 5 a.m. weighed anchor, and proceeded down the river ; 7 35 anchored off Gross Isle; 2 p-13 3 •9 weighed anchor and turned ahead half speed; 5 10, Tra verse Lightship abeam ; 8 30, Red Island abeam. " Aug. 7.—Distance run 320, course various, wind wes. terly, lat. 49 22 N. ; long. 6.5 11 W., barometer 30 20 , ther mometer 66. At 530 a.m., off Point de Monts, stopped_, engines and discharged pilot; 5 45, turned ahead Mu speed ; noon, moderate breeze and clear weather ; 4 p•re_i sighted the S, W. cape of Anticosti Island; 10 p.m ., ES "' Light of Anticosti abeam. " Aug. B.—Distance run 314, course various, wind Wes terly, lat 47 1 N., long. 58 10 W., barometer, 30 10, ther7 mometer, 68. At 8 a.m., Cape Ray abeam; noon, liglo breeze and clear weather ; 6 30, St. Pierre Island abeam. "Au;. 9.—Distance run 305, course various, ca lm, lat. 47 11 N., long. 51 2 W., barometer, 30 20, thermometer 66- At 3 a.m., Cape Pine abeam; 5 10, Cape Race abeam, dise taut six miles. Aug. 10.—Distance run 302, course N. 67 E., variable, lat. 49 9 N., long. 44 4 W., barometer 29 90, ther mometer 60. Moderate breeze ahead and clear throughot " Aug. 11.—Distance run 314, course N. 76 E., wig, N.E., lat. 50 20 N., long. 36 9 W. barometer 29 90, the r mometer 60. Light winds—variable weather throughe ub the day. "Aug. 12.—Distance run 310, course N. 86 E., w in variable, lat. 50 46 N., long. 28 2 W., barometer 29 90, thermometer 66. Light winds and variable weather throughout the day. - win "Aug. 13.—Distance run 318, course N. 85 E._, „ S.W., lat. 51 18 N., long. 19 40 W. ; barometer 29 702 t he ' .. mometer 64. First part, light breeze; latter part, strong breeze from S.W. • " Aug. 14.—Distance run 309; course N. 89 E w ind S.W.; lat. 51 22 N., lone. 11 20 W.; barometer' 29 auf thermometer 63. Fresh gale and thick weather through out. 830 p m., Fast et Rock abeam, distant three miles. 11 50, Old Head of Kinsale abeam, distant six miles. t " Aug. 15.—At 2 a.m. 13allycotton Light abeam, distaU, 10 miles ; 5 40, Coningsbeg Lightship abeam, distant 01w mile ; 7 30, Tusker abeam, distant three miles ; 2 15 P o. ' Holyhead abeam, distant one mile ; 3, Skerries a besui o ' 3 30, Yoint Lynas abeam, took pilot on board; 4 4 Ormeshead abeam ; 6 20, passed the Bell buoy." The Glasgow, which touched at Qatenstown Yes' terday with advices from New York to the 3d, bas arrived. THE QUEEN'S JOURNEY To IRELAND' Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by th e Prince Consort, Princess Alice, and Prince Arthur, and attended by a numerous suite, will leave 05" borne on Wednesday next for Ireland. Her Majesty will cross from the Isle of Wight t° ' Portsmouth in the Elfin steam yacht, and disem barking at the Clarence yard, will enter a Royal special train, which is timed to leave Gosport at a quarter to 10 o'clock, and arrive at the Holyhead station at 6 45 p.m. The Victoria and Albert steam yacht will be alongside the Holyhead pier in readi ness to receive her Majesty on board. The total distance from Gosport to Holyhead (310 miles) will thus be accomplished, exclusive of stoppages, in 81 hours, at an unforin speed of 39 miles an hour. The train will be made up by the London and North-Western Railway Company, who have pre pared a superb new saloon carriage for the use of her Majesty. The directors and officers of the seve ral railways traversed by the Royal party w ill at tend the Queen ov er their res p ective lines ; but Mr. Cawkwell, gene ral mana g er of the London and North-Western R ailwa y , wil l accompany her Ma jestyThte Royalhrolighoturtaitnhewwillhoblee at 15 minute s i n t er val by a pilot engine, an d i n or d er t o insure perfect safety no other engine ' or train of any kin d will be allowed to travel on the m • • am lines betureell the Bushbury Junction andHolyhead within 30 minutes of the time named for the passing of her Majesty. The Royal train will be providtd with a means of communication from the last break-van to the engine. It is announced that on this occasion the public will not be admitted to the stations along the line of route, and no cheering or other demonstrationo on the part of the companies' servants is to be allowed, the object being that her Majcsti shall be perfectly undisturbed during the journey The Queen, if the weather be at all favourable, will cross to Kingstown on Wednesday evening and, with the known speed of the Victoria and Al bert, her Majesty may be expected to arrive at the Viceregal Lodge before midnight, though unforei seen circumstances may possibly delay the Itor` disembareation until Thursday morning. ap eia by ket ing mo nes Re Sc: dui im l \V( pri 2: hal Pei anC ter, 681 Sp 3 pc 3 pE Nei An] Cor4 lnd Eqt Gth 111 e: r. Pet Rot Am Bn Ea: Pat