The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-12 00:00:00

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. — F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Queen, 32, Bruton-street, Bond-street, having been selected by the C.nmittee to make the " BADGE " to be worn by the Members of the " National Rifle Association," begs respcctfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, or on the grounds at Wimbledon, in SILVER, price 7s. lid., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, price Three Guineas. rjll-IEA A- TB. Y AL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bankstone. Mr. Buckstone's Annual Benefit. THIS EVENING, the periorraances son oommenae with a. new Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, ..tc. 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. Mdlle. Parepa will sing; also the Vocal Concert Quartette. After which, Mr. Buckstone will deliver his Annual Ad dress. To conclude with THE SCAPEGOAT. Commence at 7. _ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lagsee and Manazer, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and Miss M. llarris. Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Pechter. Sup ported by Hermann Vezin, Ryder, Meadows, ac. ; Misses Beath, Elsworthy, and K. Leclercq. EW THIATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- _LI Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING BM. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Took, P. Bedford, Billington : Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Vhorne. After which (230th time), THE COLLEEN SAWN. Mr. D. Bouctcauit, D. eisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing - ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by THE CENSUS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Eburne, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. Doors open at half past 6--Commence at 7. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS AND FETE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY FITENING,. Two Grand Selecticns from celebrated Operas, including" Verdi's new Opera. THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England at this Establishment). with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rge,dnotd r is bLg n ei t i o ns i a e hw o e t i . ; continued success of Mr. The Comic Department comprises the following favourites: —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGIIMANS. TJr E 0 X FoR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and Chorus) from "Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned Lzvv—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongbmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Mi ss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. IL Wieland , E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Admission: sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one sbilling. Private Boxes, 105. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAL—Morning, 4h. 43m.—Afternoon, sh. Om. To-moßßow.-Morning, sh. 20m.—Afternoon, sh. 44m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 12, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAWL 71—highest since noon yesterday. sC—lowest this morning and during the night. 70--this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.74. WlND—South-Westerly; light, with sultry weather and cloudy. ----...sig•-,-',E.,_,v,_,.1 --, -.1P.",_:,;.---,t, , . , o kv q , , 4 , ....1 ,, ,54,.../.. • ~ 0 K-,,,-e,,,iN-`..-''-'''...,,,1/4,.,,,,,,-- •dp, -,.... ' - - ` 4 ' __.....3;. C:;tl).t.,- Xi .. , -,-,, THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 18e1. An annual Education debate is a necessity. The money we have to vote demands it—the various crotchets of our Educational philanthropists demand it. And one thing more demands that we all give attention enough to know it is going on— we are yet only feeling our way to a final national system. Nothing is more certain than that the present plan cannot be the permanent one. It is central, complicated, and because central and com plicated, enormously costly. Again, it Fails in the first grand desideratum of a national system—it does not reach the class who most want its aid. If any plain man of common sense were asked—" Who ought to be the first subjects of Xational Educa tion ? " he would cutainly reply, " Those whose parents are too poor to educate them themselves," and he would perhaps add, those whose parents are too irreclaimably vicious to allow any hope that their children would be sent to school- In a word, it is not the business of any Govern ment to help those who can help themselves. But, as with regard to material food, no one must be left to starve because he cannot earn his living, so with regard to what is deemed the requisite mental aliment for every member of a civilised community, if the child cannot obtain it by the regular means, the State must step in. It must meet the %lases of educational pauperism. Now this is precisely what the present system does not do. Admitting, for argument's sake, all the good clainaed to be done by it as really done, which we are fcir from doing, what it has left un done is its great condemnation. It enriches the richer parishes and sends the poorer parishes hungry away. :it says. "For every £lOO we have given we have called forth voluntary contributions to the amount of £200." But the parishes with fewer than six hundred exclaim, in reply,—" We hardly know you; we are too poor to support any thing like a decent school, and yet we cannot get a farthing from you, while we see our neighbour parish larger, more populous, and wealthier, with two school-rooms, one for Dissenters and one for Churchmen, with their well paid teachers, and pupil teachers, and capitation grants, all paid in great part out th e national taxes to which we have contributed our share, while we, who need it most, cannot get a shilling in return." And this is the cardinal vice of the system. It just shuts out from its benefits those who most need it, and who have a dii cot claim to their proportion of the national bonuses out of the fund to which all must contribute alike. Within its own selected splice also there is much calling loudly for remedy. Since the earliest in vestigations there has been indeed a great advance in the numbers of the population at school, they were at first one in seventeen ; in 1833, they rose to one in eleven, and in 1860 they had reached the very high proportion of one in seven. This is as high a rate as can probably be attained ; hardly I any European state shows so high an average. But as the Commissioners remark in their report, nothing can be more delusive than these returns of numbers. The capitation grants are made upon the attend ances. Hence there is every stimulus to the teacher to make these as - numerous as he can, but the number of the children attending who have obtained even an elementary education, does not appear to b 3 more than one fourth of the whole. The error of capitation grants based on attendance merely, is one, however, which the Government has seen and proposes to remedy. Were attendance not made a consideration, the masters might pro duce 130 3's to the inspectors who had received their instruction from other masters; but it is now pro posed to require that those for whom the grant is paid should show a fair acquaintance with reading, writing, and arithmetic. If a scholar fails in any of these the grant on his account is to be propor tionably diminished. A sour money, if paid, ought to be paid for results, though we have much to ob ject against the whole capitation system, we yet much gratified with the alteration - dli attendances in it. T r a w l r r e e. LowE says—" Having thus secur e propose to go a step further. IVe propose that an inspector shall cxan 'line the children in reading, 1 writing, and arithmetic. If a child should pass in the whole the full capitation grant will be given ; but if he fail in writing, for instance, one-third of the grant will be withdrawn ; if he fail in both reading and writing two-thirds will be withheld ; while if he fail in reading, writing, and arithmetic no portion of the grant will be paid. Thus, the House will see that we shall never pay anything for a child unless we have been satisfied—first, that he has attended above a certain number of times ; secondly, that he has attended a school which is under a certified master; and, thirdly, that he has satisfied an inspector of his capacity in reading, writing, and arithmetic. I hope the change we propose may have some effect in correcting the evils in the teaching which have been complained of. Our object is to secure, as far as possible, that the attention of the master shall not be confined to the upper class of his school, but shall be given to the whole, and we endeavour to effect that object by making the payment of the capitation grant depend upon the manner in which he has instructed each child." We respectfully suggest to the Government, to inspectors, to managers of schools, and to all whom it may concern, that if we u phold a system of edu cation out of the public taxes its first object ought to be a comparatively humble one. As in poor law relief, we must think of educational necessaries, not of educational luxuries. The three elementary subjects of education we want every child to study. Beyond that we wish every child to be a geo grapher,a historian, a mathemati c i an , an d so forthto the extent to which his taste s , time, and ability enable him to be so. But great has been the error of more ambitious efforts. We most of us know from early recollections, perhaps from parental experience, how easy it is for a teacher to furnish a few crack boys whose performances shall be reported as what has been achieved in his school ; while five-sixths of the boys have received, perhaps, but a very slender modicum of his attentions. Both his own credit, and the labour of drilling common-place lads, combine to induce him to throw his strength into the best possible cultivation of the few minds which will pay for it. The Commissioners very properly call attention to the greater importance of teaching all well, than a few superlatively well. We add that it ought to be the main object. The great majority of the working classes will never need more than elementary teaching ; they have no use for more. And, we may rest assured, that wherever there is ability and taste for fur ther knowledge, the lad who can read, write, and cypher will never fail to teach himself—the most valuable teaching of all. It is moreover a great injustice to the great body of the poor, if the teachers are selected from a class who will not feel a thorough interest in teaching those elements which are essential to all. We have no right, at the public expense, to furnish instruction of a kind wanted by the less needy classes, when it leads to the neglect of that which the poorest need, and which none can do without. The Government does not propose to make any alteration in the denominational system. The national education is still to be carried on through the agency of the sects. We cannot blame them for this. It is a miserable device to be sure, but the mutual intolerance of the various denominations leaves no alternative. There is a better system of Government education in Ireland, but it is assailed on all sides from year to year. Nowadays " Christians so love one another," that they cannot have their children taught common school subjects, except with an addendum of some creed, catechism, or worship, which shall be a magic security against the evils of knowledge_ A catechism is like the horseshoe nailed in the door-way. That superstition has pretty nearly vanished, we may hope in due time the other will follow it. We do not imagine it would last long if laymen were the advisers—we should be content, thankful, for such religious les sons as all sects would agree in ; but our profes sional leaders will never submit to this. They seem to think the virtue of Christianity lies in the points in .which Christians differ from each other ; hence, logically, not to teach the children these differences, is to omit Christianity altogether. When better days will come we cannot tell. Till they do we must often be compelled to bear the cost of two in ferior schools in one parish, when we might have one good, or, perhaps, first rate one. The time has at length arrived when we may venture to exult—without (while so doing) any appearance of precipitation—in the fact that the Volunteer Movement has now taken its place, to all appearance, securely and permanently among our national institutions. A couple of years, neverthe less, we have seen to be alone requisite for the accomplishment of this great achievement. For that it is essentially an achievement in itself, and an achievement, too, of a resplendent character, who shall gainsay ? 'Within two years the man hood of England has spontaneously, and among all classes of society, organised a force, a self-support ing force, numbering very little short of a round aggregate of 200,000 skilled Riflemen. And this, recollect, has been done not under the incitation of any hasty panic, but calmly, resolutely, and it may be said quite accurately, and in the literal mean ing of the words, with a rapid deliberation. Sixty years ago the musters of the Volunteers through England took place under very different circum stances indeed. Then there was barely time for reflection. Then the emergency was one of the r most urgent kind well imaginable. We were at war with France. We had been at war with France during several years continuously—for the most part (by reason of our insular position) upon the ocean. And there, upon those confront ing coasts of the French Republic—there, almost within view of our s h ores, upon the opposite side of the B r i t i sh Channel—a formidable arma ment was being collected, - ander the banners of the greatest Soldier the world has ever seen (Sir IWILLIAM NAPIEIL—the English Historian of the wars that took place long afterwards in the Penin sula—has said it)—a formidable armament was there being collected together under the First Consul NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, in the immediate neigh bourhood of Boulogne-sur-Mer. This was the po s i.. sixty years ago, that is in tion of things now exactly the year 1801, when NELSON was striving with the most heroic enterprise to destroy the flat-bottomed boats there gathered together under the protection of the French batteries, to be in readiness when ever the opportunity might occur for putting Gene ral BONAPARTE'S project of an invasion of England to the test by conveying over an army of 100,000 veteran Republicans, to march upon London with fire and sword. The illusory Peace of Amiens came soon afterwards—as a postponement. England and France, for one brief interval in the midst of their great war of a quarter of a century's dura tion, enjoyed a halcyon breathing time, during which —at any rate at the commencement of which —a permanent reconciliation of the two coun tries appeared to be just barely possible. Then it was that our Liberal statesmen flocked over to Paris ant were formally presented to NAPO LEON at the " Court" of the First Consul in the Palau of the Tuileries : conspicuous among these THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1861. English Statesmen being CHARLES Fox and CHARLES GREY. Lord HOLLAND, the Lord HOL LAND, appearing there likewise among the throng of Eminent Englishmen introduced to the young First Consul by Lord WHITWORTH, his Britannia Majesty's Ambassador. Too soon, however, that glorious illusion of a General Peace throughout Europe was dissipated, England would not yield up Malta to the Knights of St. JOHN. England, jealous of the ambition of her terrible neighbour, abruptly seized upon all the French vessels lying in her ports—the First Consul retaliated by seizing ' upon all the English travellers then loitering through France on excursions of pleasure, unfor tunates thenceforth known for years afterwards as the unhappy Detenus. The rupture was complete, the treaty signed and sealed with so much osten tation of cordiality was torn across and thrown aside as useless—Franee and England again con fronted each other as Foes—as Foes they again contended fiercely, and they continued so to contend until 'Fifteen, upon every possible opportunity. It was three years previously to the threat of invasion just referred to that that threat was first held out by France against England—the threat of invasion. This was in 1798—otherwise, midway between the wonderful Italian and Egyptian campaigns of young BONAPARTE. When the Directory not knowing how to employ the youthful genius that was becoming so alarming to themselves—threatening their very existence as a Government—encouraged the conqueror of BEAULIEN and WURMSER, the Victor of Lodi and Arcola to adventure upon the invasion of the mightiest of all the foes of France. What fascinated NAPOLEON'S imagination for a brief interval in 1798—seized upon it as a day dream that might be realised in terrible earnest three years afterwards, i.e., in 1801. And three years after that, viz., in 1804, subsequently to the Rupture of the Treaty of Amiens, when the Repub lic was merging into the Empire, and the First Consul BONAPARTE at length (still in the flower of his age) assumed the Imperial purple as NAPOLEON —the Invasion of England by the legions of the Conqueror of Europe, appear to be an interprise in every point of view most imminent. It was at those critical epochs of 1801 and 1804, but especially at the latter period that the Volunteer move ment first profoundly agitated our English popu• lation. The contrast of the circumstances as they were then and of the circumstances as they are now—will sufficiently illustrate upon the in stant the character of the two movements. Then —the Volunteers rose in answer to a formidable threat of invasion. Now—they rise in answer to no threat of invasion or of antagonism even from any quarter whatsover. They have spontaneously formed themselves into an army of from 100,000 to 200,000 strong to ensure to the country the greater efficiency of its defences betimes against any future assailants. Very ridiculous this may appear to Mr. BRIGHT and those who sympathise with him in his beautiful but impracticable seheme of governing the nations of the earth henceforth by means of Universal Arbitration. But not a jot more ludicrous is the organisation of an army of Rifle Volunteers for the defence of the country, than is the maintenance of our maritime supremacy by fostering the Royal Navy of England, or than is the continuance of the discipline of her MAJESTY'S land forces, with the same material object in view. The Volunteers are de signed merely as an auxiliary to the regu lar army—and, as such, as a valuable auxi liary to the QUEEN'S troops, they have all along been welcomed by their red-coated compatriots, as they are in fact regarded with favour by 01l rank s& cima olaososi of their fe4lova countrymen. Honour to the gallant hearts of those who first came forward in this good cause in defi ance of all ridicule They have their reward at last —for they handle their rifles now in an army very little short of 200,000 men—and the ridicule first feebly attempted to be cast upon them has long since given place in their regard to one universal, cordial feeling of admiration. Madame Corinne do Luigi's, the celebrated pupil of Rossini's, first and only appearance this year in London, after her triumphal excursions in Europe, and lately in Paris, will take place on Wednesday next, 17th July, in Willis's Rooms, at her grand morning concert, on which occasion Mdme. de Luigi will sing, for the first time in England, a new Rossini's dramatic melody, "La Separa tion," composed expressly for her, and Prince Z. Ponia towski's new drama "Tic Scene Circe." The Prince Consort and the Crown Prince of Prussia landed in the Southampton Docks at 10.20 a.m., from Osborne, and proceeded by railway to the Wellington College. _ _ Mr. Edwin James was married on Tuesday, at the British Embassy, Paris, by the chaplain of Earl Cowley, to Mrs. Hilliard, a widow lady, who has resided a good deal on the Continent, and is well known to a wide circle of our country people abroad. A brother to Mr. Edwin James and a very few friends of the lady and gentleman were present at the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. James left Paris on Wednesday afternoon, but not for America. TIIE NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL.—Mr. Roundell Palmer is the second son of the late Rev. William Jocelyn Palmer, Rector of Mixbury, in Oxfordshire, by the youngest daughter of the late Rev. William Roundell, of Gladstone house, in the county of York, and grandson of the late Mr. William Parker, of Nazing,-park, in the county of Essex, and thus nephew of the late Mr. George Palmer, M.P. for South Essex, and also of the late Mr. John Horsley Palmer and Sir Ralph Palmer, and cousin to Sir George Palmer, of Wanlip-hill, Leicestershire. Mr. Roundell Palmer was born in 1812, and married in 1818 the Lady Laura Walde grave, second daughter of William, eighth Earl Walde grave, by whom he has several children. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—At a meeting of the Council on the 11th inst., Mr. William Fergusson, F.R.S., Surgeon-Extraordinary to the Queen, was intro duced and took his seat, to which he was elected by the Fellows on the 4th inst., and Mr. Cmsar Henry Hawkins, F.R.S., was elected President in the vacancy occasioned by the retirement in the prescribed order of Mr. South ; Mr. James Luke, F.R.S., Surgeon t) the London Hospital, and Mr. Frederic Carpenter Skoy, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, were elected Vice-Presidents of the College for the ensuing year, and Mr. George Gulliver, F.R.S., was elected Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology in the vacancy cccasioned by the resignation of that office by Mr. William Scovell Savory, F.R.S. Two letters were read at the last meeting of the Geographical Society of Paris from Dr. Peney, who is at present exploring the Sennaar and the country watered by the Upper Nile and its tributaries. Dr. Peney's last letter is dated from Gondokora, the 20th of February, where he had arrived from Khartoom, after a journey of 58 days. Dr. Peney left Khartoam at the end of October, under the official protection of the Egyptian Government. He had at his disposal two boats and 25 soldiers, and no other in struments but a watch, thermometers, a mariner's com pass, a sextant, and a telescope. He had not been able to procure a chronometer, which was much to be regretted, as he cannot give an accurate description of the position of the places he has visited. At the beginning of January D. r. Pe ne y arrange d w i t h a caravan o f merc h an t s , e ngaged in purchasing ivory, to travel with them to Niambara. It requited eight days to perform a journey of 25 leagues in the district of Mourn. He came to the river D j our, or, as the Arabs call it, th e Bahr-el-Djour,at one degree west, and on the parallel of Gondokora. It runs from south• east to north-west. Its breadth, when the water is low, is 80 yards. Dr. Peney traversed inhis peregrinations the territory of several regro tribes. He remarked among them one called Niam-Niam•Makarak a , which is supposed to be a generic name rather than that of a tribe. Dr. Peney, though he was sometimes plundered by the negroes, is not dissatisfied with the result of his expedition. Having returned to Gondokera, which he fixes at 5 degrees north latitude, and rot at 41. he was waiting for the floods to e d D a e b ovlelroy, interesting t A e t r ;l s t t e i s n e g , cress the falls of Garde and Alanedo, and to ascend after wards by land, journey. The next acesuris from Dr. Panay arc anxiously already known a a s '2 expected, as it is believed they will announce some impor tant discoveries. havingwni accomplished THE ACCIDENT NEAR THE MAR BLE Moore, the unfortunate man who was so dreadfully wounded by falling upon the spikes of the rai lin g of General Sir Lacy Evans's house, died yesterday. H is two sons still sur vive, but small hope is entertained of the ultimate recovery of either. An inquest is to be held on the body of the de ceased this evening at St. George's Hospital. L E 'r NE S. PARIS, JULY 12. The Moniteur of to-day publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results, as compared with the June account:— doors of the fallen minister's house were at the same time closed, and he now remains in virtual arrest. Not to leave this act of signal justice incomplete, his Majesty has ordered the immediate appointment of a commission of investigation into the whole departmental accounts of the late chief, extending over eighteen years, since his appointment to the seraskeriat in 1843. The clothing and equipment of the army during that long period, as also the actual strength of the various corps d'armee— especially those of Irak, Arabistan, and Anatolia, in the whole of which it is notorious that immense malversation has been carried on—will be made the subject of rigorous inquiry, and the most startling discoveries are expected to result from the investigation. It is said, too, that in the single item of the preserved-meat (kavur7na) contracts during the Crimean war, some colossal frauds will also be brought to light, The antici pated revelations will, it is further believed, com promise more or less a certain ex-president of the Council of War, whose relations with the fallen minister have for many years been personally and officially most intimate ; but on this point it is, of course, as yet inconvenient to say more. Add to this wide-extendfng subject-matter for investiga tion the item of the palace expenditure, whilst un der the control of the ex-marshal, and during his dealings thereabout with Ketch Oglu, and the " bill" against him assumes proportions such as have seldom risen in judgment against any minister in this or any other country. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 12. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Bavaria, from New York on the 29th ultimo, has arrived. She brings 52 passengers for Havre and England, and 143 for Hamburg. On the 30th ultimo she spoke the Etna, standing west, and, of the same day, passed a steamer, sup posed to be the Hammonia. On the 6th instant she spoke the British barque Indiana, from London for Quebec, and on the 11th, off Scilly Islands, the steamer New York, bound for New York. Her news has been anticipated. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 12. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Alhambra, Captain Steward, with the above mails, in charge of Lieutenant Rennier, R.N., has arrived. She brings 11 passengers, five packages specie value £1,195; also 272 boxes lemons, 243 boxes eggs, 20 hampers onions, 30 boxes apples, 13 boxes apri cots, and seven packages sundries. The Alhambra spoke the following ships :—On the 4th inst., at 4 p.m., the British schooner Pride of the Isles ; on the same date, at 6 p,m., the British bark Kingsdown ; 10th, at 8 p.m., lat. 47.52 N., long. 69 W., passed a steamer, supposed to be the Magdalena, with the outward Brazil mail ; and on the 11th, at noon, the steamer Iberia, bound from London to Oporto. The steamship Vasco di Gama sailed from Lisbon for Glasgow on the 4th inst. The French screw yachts Reine Hortense and Prince Jerome arrived at Lisbon on the 4th inst. LISBON, JULY 7. The Cortes are engaged in discussing the reply to the Royal speech. There is, however, no news of political importance. The Chamber of Peers are discussing the decree of the Government abolishing the order of Sisters of Charity and confiscating their goods. The vine disease has not spread so widely as was anticipated, especially in the port wine districts. The Prince Napoleon has been visited by the King on board his yacht. The Prince and his wife, Princess Clotilde, will leave for New York on the Bth. The highly respectable firm of Garland, Laidley, and Co. has stopped payment. Exchange on London, at three mcnths, 531; Paris, - 630 ; namburg, 48 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; ; 523 ; Rentes, Three per Cents., 47 ; Coupons, 47 ; Deferred, 40; Lisbon Bank, 594; Oporto Com mercial Bank, 258 ; Oporto Mercantile Bank, 258. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The most interesting of the proceedings yesterday was shooting finally for the prizes for All-Comers. No other matters were definitely decided. To-day all the rest of the great prizes will be finally com peted for. These are the Prince Consort's, the Duke of Cambridge's, the Duke of Wellington's, the Rifle Derby, and a new prize just given by Lord Dudley, to be shot for by prize-winners only. The Rifle Derby is perhaps the most valuable prize re maining, as this amounts now to very near £4OO. The Winners' Prize, which was yesterday announced for competition to-day, will be first contended for with five shots at 500 yards, when all making six points and upwards will finally shoot seven shots each at 800 yards. This contest at the long range is to be decided by the same rules as those under which the Queen's Plate is contended for viz., the gentleman having the highest average score throughout to be the winner of the ties. The value of the cup is, £5O, and as only winners compete, some splendid shooting is looked forward to. Yes terday the prizes given to the All-Corners were six of £2O, seven of £35, and seven of £5O. Those who shot next in order to the prize -takers received copies of engravings presented, to the value of £250, by Mr. Garle Brown. The shooting, though very good, appeared to excite no great amount of interest. The following were the prizemen and winners of engravings : ALL- COMERS. WINNERS Or £2O. Sergeant Harding, 7th West York .. Captain Wilbraham, 13th Stafford .. Mr. Hardy, ditto Mr. Smith, Mid-Lothian . , Mr. Hendrie, 7th Ayrshire Mr. Brooks, 12th Middlesex .. WINNERS OF ExanAvirros. Mr. M'Gregor, Mid-Lothian Mr. Frazer. S.F.G Sergeant-Major Palmpr, R.M.C. Captain Da idgman, West M iddlosor WINNERS OFX3S. 200 yards. .. 12 .. 12 .. 12 .. 12 .. 12 .. 11 .. 11 11.1 11 .. 11 .. 11 500 yards. Mr. Leece, Manchester, Whitworth Rifle Co. 9 Mr. J. Colquhoun, 4th Dragoon Guards .. 9 Mr. J. Jervis, Manchester .. .. .. 9 Captain Cox, 3d London .. .. Lieutenant Marriner, West Middlesex Mr. E. Ross, Cambridge University Mr. C. Young, Ist London .. WINNERS of ENGRAVINGS. Mr. Noesworthy, Oxford University Mr. Cowan, Edinburgh Mr. FeHowes, Victoria Rifles Mr, Dickens, Victoria Rifles .. Major Moir, Stirling WINNERS OF .. 9 .. 8 .. 8 .. 8 • • 8 • • 8 • • 8 • • 8 • • 8 GOO Yards. Viscount Fielding, 4th Flintehire Ensign Osley, 4th Surrey Mr. Dickens, Victoria Rifles Ensign Halliday, 21st Middlesex .. Mr. E. Ross, Cambridge University Mr. Dunlop, Scottish „ Sergeant Brown, R.A. • • • • WINNERS OF ENGRAVINGS. Major Margary .„ . • . . Mr. Peterkin, Cambridge Mr. Greig, 27th Cheshire . • .. Mr. Rollett, 3d ditto .. .. .. Mr. Bidder, Inns of Court Mr. Salter, 6th Glocester .. 4 . .. 8 • • 7 • . 7 .. 7 .. 7 .. 7 .. 7 It may be said in explanation of the apparent discrepancy when the winners of engravings scored as high as the winners of prizes, that the prizemen won by shooting off their ties. In the course of the day Lord Elcho called the officers of the various corps round him, and ad dressed them on the comparative success which had attended this year's meeting. He said, nevertheless, he was sorry to find that public interest had not been sufficiently excited in the matches to induce as numerous an attendance of visitors as they had ex pected. He hoped, however, that with the assist. ance of the officers in their various counties and districts, the meeting would eventually become as popular in its way as the Derby itself at Epsom. Unexpected sources of profit had, however, fortu nately arisen to the association from the pool and sighting targets, for up to 'Wednesday night they had sold 37,000 pool tickets and 8,000 tickets for the sighting targets. Next year, however, these arrangements 'Would, he hoped. be carried out on a still more extended scale. After alluding to the expenditure incurred in the erec tion of the butts as a reason why the meetings could not be made migratory to be held at various places, as was at one time pro posed, his lordship went on to say that some com plaints had been made of the small number of prizes that were given toYolu nteers only. This grievance, however, could easily be removed by the Volunteers themselves giving increased support to the Association, and it had been decided that no Volunteer should be allowed to shoot at future meetings unless the company of the regiment to which he belonged subscribed £1 annually to the funds of the Association. When this rule was car ried out it would give the Association a small per manent income with which to meet their annual ex penses, and enable them to do as ay with the 10s. entrance fee which Volunteers whose companies did not subscribe were now charged. In conclusion, his lordship dwelt upon the admirable nature of the ground chosen for the approaching review, and said that, as far as his experience went, no capital in Europe possessed a Champs de Mars equal to that afforded by Wimbledon-common. The subjoined is the official programme for the review on Saturday : Hon. Artillery Company Ist Middlesex (Artillery) Ist ditto (Engineers) 32d ditto (Rifles) Ist ditto (Victoria Rifles) 18th ditto 2d ditto (South Middlesex) 9th ditto (West Middlesex) 11th ditto (St. George's) 30th ditto 15th ditto (London Scottish) 19th ditto • 20th ditto 21st ditto (Civil Service) 38th ditto Ist Battalion 22d ditto (Queen's) 2d Battalion ditto (ditto) 23d Middlesex (Inns of Court) 26th dittO (Custom-house) 2d City of London 28th Middlesex (London Irish) 29th ditto (Rifle Volun.) 37th ditto 39th ditto 40th ditto (Gray's-inn Rifle Rangers) 2d ditto (Adrnins. Bat.) 6th ditto (ditto) 7th ditto (ditto) Ist Surrey (South London) 7th ditto 10th ditto 19th ditto 12th ditto Ist ditto (Admins, Bat. 9th ditto (Rifle Volun.) 23d ditto 2d ditto (Admins. Bat.) 2d Essex (ditto) Ist City of London Rifle Brigade 2d Tower Hamlets. It is probable that the aggregate strength of these corps will exceed 10,000 men. The following Staff are appointed, with the sanction of his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief, to the several brigades which will compose the Volunteer force at the review at Wimbledon on Saturday : Brigadiers.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., Lieut.-Colonel Hicks, Lord Colville, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Elcho, and Earl Grosvenor. Brigade-Majors .—Major Nelson, Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers; Major Reilly, R.A., Captain Vigors, 19th Regiment; Major Hume, Assistant-Inspector of Volun teers; Major Walker, Acting Assistant-Inspector of Volun teers ; and Captain Kirk, 96th Regiment. Each Brigadier may have one aide-de-camp. It is requested that the Brigadiers with their staff will be upon the ground at 4 30 p.m. in the centre of the open space in front of the butts, in readiness to take over their respective brigades as these are formed. At 5 p.m. the brigades will be drawn up in line of con- tiguous columns at quarter distance right in front, facing the butts. The brigades will constitute two divisions under the command respectively of Major-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., and Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B. Corps coming from the Wimbledon Station will enter the ground at the southern angle of the enclosure near the Guards' Camp. Corps coming from Putney or Wandsworth will enter from the Putney and Wimbledon-road, near the centre of the enclosure, facing the butts. At the termination of such manoeuvres as the limited extent of the ground will admit of being performed, the force will march past his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in. Chief ; and the several battalions will then leave the ground directly by the gates at which they entered, While the troops are marching past, the Staff w ill b e , drawn up on either side of the bands facing his Royal highness. Certain bands will be appointed on the ground for the pur pose of playing while the troops march past. The other bands will march past with their i espv,tive battalions with out playing. ecoi undermentioned onei ibbe t sonAssis tant-Inspector under e thegro un directiondwill be of kept Liou to b n y an t t h . corps, of Volunteers : Middlesex 46th Rifle Volunteer Corps, 3d City of I London, and 6th Tower Hamlets. equeetrian,s, except the Staff and Lorda•LieutenoßjA of counties, will be permitted to enter the enclosure with the troops. Officers on foot, in uniform, will be admitted in front of the line of stands, but they are not to be permitted to intro duce any one with them. All spectators are to be required to remain in rear of the line of troops employed in keeping the ground. By order, War-office, July 11, M. WM URD O. HA i 7 TI AND ,11\T DOMINGO. The Haytians at present in Paris, who consider themselves well informed as to what is passing in their country, have addressed the following letter to the Debats " It is not true, as stated in the telegraphic de spatch of the 6th inst. from Cadiz, that the Hay tians have invaded the Dominican territory. The latest true intelligence from Hayti is that the Dominican Generals Cabral, Sanchez, Valentine, Bayez, and others, not long since exiled from Santo-Domingo by Santana, all ardent parti sans of Dominican independence, had suc ceeded in joining the disaffected popula tions. A serious and extensive insurrection had taken place under their direction ; thb towns of Lamottee, Neybe, Cerca, and San Juan, had raised the Dominican flag and energetically protested against the Spanish occupation. They declared that, if annexation were inevitable, and they must cease to be independent, they would prefer to be incorporated with the Haytian republic. In pre sence of these grave manifestations, the Haytian Government, at the departure of the last mail, was maintaining an attitude of observation. The few Haytian troops which, as a measure of prudent precaution, had been stationed near the frontiers, had not advanced a step beyond them." THE LICOLTAN STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The official trial of this vessel, the last new ad dition to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, took place to dly. She left her moorings at 11 30 ELM., drawing 18 ft. 10 in. water forward, and 19 ft. 2 in. aft, and proceeded down the South ampton Water and through the Needles passage to about four miles beyond the Needles, when she turned round, and arrived in the docks at 4 5 p.m., thus running a distance of 56 nautical miles in 4 hours 35 minutes, or at the rate of 12 1-3 d nautical miles per hour, the tide being favourable for one hour only. Taking into consideration the small proportion of horse-power to tonnage, this re su lt was considered to be very satisfactory. The Mool tan is 2,400 tons burden, and 400-horse power, 370 feet long, 31 feet deep, and 39 feet wide. Owing to there being a stiff breeze blowing, the maximum speed at the measured mile was not taken on this occasion. The machinery worked admirably, re alizing an indicated power of 1,600 horses, or four times the nominal power. Revolutions of screw 54 to 56 per minute; vacuum in the condensers (sur face-condensers, on Hall's principle) 261 to 27 inches. The consumption of fuel during the trip was rather less that 21b. per indicated horse-power per hour,—a performance highly creditable to the constructors of her machinery. The Mooltan is now fitted with a three-bladed fixed screw, 24 ft. 3 in. pitch, and 16 ft. diameter. Her engines are super heating, on Mr. A. Lamb's patented principle. All the latest improvements in machinery, &c., are introduced into this noble vessel, including a num ber of useful and ingenious inventions which have been already detailed in The Sun on th e occas i on of her run round to this port from the Thames. The cooking apparatus for the saloon passengers an 4 officers, fitted up by Benham and Son, of Lon don, is very complete and compact. It includes five ovens, a large hot-water and steam boiler, a spaci ous hot-plate, steam-kettles, &e., affording accom modation for cooking dinners for 200 or 300 persons, including the pastry and the confectionery, as well as for baking bread, while the temperature of the gallery is hardly above that of a kitchen ashore, A party of about 60 gentlemen sat down in the saloon to an excellent dejeuner, the tables being kept plenti fully supplied with ice frozen in large blocks by the aid of the steam machinery. Among the company present were Capt. Pates-, the Admiralty Surveyor of Packets at this port ; Mr. Dinnan, Engineer Sur veyor to the Admiralty ; Messrs. Rubie and Murray, Board of Trade surveyors ; Mr, Peter Rolt and Capt. Ford, of the Thames Iron Company, who built the vessel ; Mr. &Humphreys and Mr. C. Tennant, constructors of her machinery; Mr. A. Anderson, Mr. J. Allen, Capt. Nairne, and Mr. de Salis, directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company ; Capt. Engledue and Mr. A. Lamb, the general and engineering superintendents at this port ; Mr. Justice Halihurton, M.P., Dr. Beattie, Dr. Finch, Sir Charles Bright, Mr. Angier, Gen. TchneiveskT (of the Russian Admiralty), Mr. C. A. Day, Mr- 1 . Summers, Colonel Burnaby, Mr. rinnock, Capt. Graham, &c. The igoolta.n is commanded by Call. E. Cooper, the s en ior com m a n d er of the company's fleet. INCREASE. Francs. Bills discounted, not yet due . , .. 45 1-3 millions. Bank-Notes Current accounts . Advances -2 millions. DECREASE. Cash in hand Treasury balance . 29 4-5 millions. 3 1.6 millions. PARIS, JULY 11. Judgment was given to•-day in the affair of MM. Mires and Solar. Both were condemned to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 f, Count Simeon, member of the Council of Sur veillance of the Caisse des Chemins de Fer, was declared civilly responsible fur the losses of the depositors. M. de Chassepot, M. de Pontalba, and Count de Poret, also members of the Council of Surveillance, were acquitted, as not having acted with knowledge of the frauds committed by MM. Mires and Solar. Count Arese leaves this evening for Turin. It is asserted that it has become doubtful whe ther the King of Prussia will visit the Camp at Chalons. According to advices received here from Gibral tar to the Bth inst., the English Consul at Tangier had gone to Fez. It is asserted that he will offer the Emperor the mediation of England for the definitive settlement of the difficulties b - 3tween Spain and Morocco. BERNE, JULY 11. The Federal Council has received another note from the French Government, in which the latter re-assert the right of sovereignty of France over the valley of the Dappen, but decline to enter into any further discussion of the question. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 11.—The market has been heavy. Prices for the end of the month have, however, been well maintained, but those for cash are lower in consequence of continued sales by persons anxious to subscribe for the Trentenary Bonds. For the Account, Threes al.e now at 67f 85c. Railway shares dull. The following were the 41. per per Cents 97 90, Do, end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 851 Bank Shares 2855 --1 Credit Mobiller 665 Do. Account 670 last quotations : Credit Fonder - -- Belgian 4f — Piedmontese Fives 73 20 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt .. 46! RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1377 50 .. 1378 75 Northern - New ditto BB5 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 971 25 .. 973 75 Geneva.. Southern .. 665 .. 667 50 Western. Eastern Sardinian 356 25 .. Austrian Lowbard 491 c 25 .. 492 50 TURKEY. The Monzteur publishes the following in its bulletin : " A private despatch from Constantinople an nounces that the Sultan has dismissed his seraglio. He has ordered all the diamonds, jewels, gold, and silver ornaments to be sold to pay the debts left by Abd-ul-Medjid. It is thought the amount that will be realised will cover all the liabilities. The Sultanas who have children will be allowed to re main P ale.ect. His Highness only retains one wife. " A similar reform is ordered in the Court; the expenses are to be reduced, and the functionaries changed. The Seraskier, Riza Pasha, is placed under arrest until his accounts are settled. The Sultan is making a tour of inspection of all the public establishments, and has declared that all new European improvements are to be immediately introduced." The Levant herald says, concerning the new Sultan : An incident of his late domestic life was brought to light on the day of his accession, which adds to it the interest of a small imperial romance. Oriental policy and usage have, as is well known, long com pelled the practice of male infanticide in the fami lies of heirs-apparent to the throne ; daughters are permitted to live, but sons are sacrificed to the sove reign jealousy at the moment of their birth. Four years ago, however, a son was born to Abdul Aziz, and by the aid of a devoted nurse was spirited away to Eyoub, where he lived unknown till last week. On Tuesday his Majesty produced this child, who bears the name of Youssuf Selah-eddin Effendi, and presented him to the Grand Vizier and other mini sters as his first-born. When to this relative inci dent we add that his Majesty is personally a rigid teetotaller, smokes neither pipe nor narghille, is a capital pianist, an excellent shot, as good an angler, and farmer enough to take a degree in the Lothians —we have said sufficient to state the difference be tween himself and his predecessor. Her Highness the Valide Sultana has declined the usual allowance of 500,000 p a month long pre scriptively received by the sovereign's mother, and has, almost on compulsion by the Government, con sented to draw 50,000 p. instead. Besides the immense reduction of the human personnel of the palace establishment, bis Majesty has sent no fewer than 400 horses from the imperial stables to be employed in the artillery. From the same paper we take this account of the dismissal of Riza Pacha For more than twenty years the fallen Minister has been the great obstacle to administrative, and especially to financial reform ; if not openly and directly resisting every measure designed to pro mote either, opposing to them at least the vis inertia of his immense personal influence with the sove reign, and so rendering nugatory the best efforts of his honest and patriotic colleagues in the Govern ment. The disgrace of the ex.favourite was an nounced at the Porte on Saturday iu the following short imperial hatt "My faithful Vizier,—lt having been deemed advisable to dismiss Riza Pacha from his functions of Seraskier, I have judged it proper to name in his stead Namik Pacha, whose high intelligence and integrity are universally known. May the favour of God be upon us. Amen !" The manner in which this crushing blow was inflicted on the object of it was but little calculated to soften its severity. On Saturday afternoon the ex-Seraskier, who had been in daily attendance at the palace since Wednesday, landed as usual at the Pachas' scala, and on entering the outer hall was met by an aide-de-camp who, with scant courtesy, directed him to enter the cave-ejak (the room where ccffee is prepared, and where servants and their friends assemble). Furious at a style of address so different from the homage of man ner and phrase to which he had long been accustomed, the doomed minister demanded of the officer what he meant by addressing such words to him—the Seraskier? The other curtly said that such were the Sultan's orders, and, if he wished for further explanation, he might ask his Majesty. This was enough. The stricken grandee bo we d, an d en tered the ignoble chamber and compa n y. A f ew m inutes later another aide de-camp entere d t h e room , and, without noticing Riza, direct e d th e steersma n of one of the smaller pala ce ca l ques a chamberlain,thotio•we eedd favouritehis yell. was silently On arriv ing nd w iu t h h on e o d u i r s g r a " to take that main(pointing to the ex-Seraskier) to hi s house at Beylerbey." This was d one, and, accompan i ed b y Ghalib B ey , th e fi rst there, Gh a lib B ey took possess i on o f a l l the papers he c ou ld lay hands upon, and carried the whole back to th e p a l ace. Th e ou ter wi n d ows an d to THE NAP y. The guardship of sailing ordinary Wellington, 72, Commander Frederick Cannon, at Devonport, will be put out of commission on Monday next, afc er which the term ordinary will not be used, and the ships now included in this branch of the royal navy will be placed under the control of the Captain of the Steam Reserve. It is said that there will be two commanders—viz., Commander Risk, of the guardship of steam ordinary Indus, and Commander Wilson, of the receiving ship Atholl. Many of the ships now laid up in ordinary at Ha moaze will probably be broken up as men can be spared at Devonport dockyard. The following promotions and appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commanders H. S. Hawker, E. H. G. Lambert, F. A. Close, and A. Wilmshurst to be Capts. ; Lieuts. G. A. Bruce, J. Hutchinson, Hon. J. Carnegie, T. B. M. Sullivan, L. Barstow, C. J. Rowley, and E. R. Fremantle to be Commanders ; Commander the Hon. M. H. Nel son to the Gannet, vice Lambert, promoted ; Com mander D. Herbert to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, vice M'Gregor, superseded at his own request ; •Lieut. G. Palmer to the Pocris, vice the Hon. I. Carnegie, promoted. THE ARMY* The next examination of officers, candidates for admission to the Staff College, will commence on Monday, 22d inst., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, before Major-Gen. Knollys, the vice-president, and the members of the Council of Military Education. Col. Tulloh, R.A., superintendent of the royal carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal, and 1.- spector of Artillery, yesterday received his appoint- • ment from the Secretary of State for War as Direc tor of Ordnance. The following communication from:the War-office, addressed to the military accountant, has been pro mulgated for the information of officers of the army: "The Commissioners of Ineome-tax for this office, having had under their consideration the question as to the liability of command money and table al lowance to assessment for income duty, having re gard also to misapprehension which has prevailed on the subject, have decided that from and after. April 6, 1861, all such allowances, except the allow - ance of 3s. a-day to regimental commanding officers, which has always been exempted, shall be held liable to the charge of income duty, unless the reci pient can declare, in terms of the 31st section of the: act 16 and 17 Vict., cap. 34, that the allowance h.e receives is expended wholly, exclusively, and neces sarily in the performance of the duties of his office or employment. On all command money (with the above-stated exception) and table allowance it is therefore to be clearly understood that income duty is to be levied at the time ofissue. Immediately after the close of the year a declaration may, however, be. made by the officer receiving such allowance, or the' portion of it, if any, expended wholly, exclusively„ and necessarily in the performance of the duties of his office; and on such declaration being allowed by the Commissioners, the Accountant will be instructed to refund the amount of income duty from the portion of the allowance declared to have been so expended. " DENHAM ROBINSON, for the Commissioners." The erection of the new line of defences on the north side of the entrance to the river Medway will, it is understood, necessitate the removal of the large martello tower erected, a few years since, on th e spit of the Isle of Grain, at a cost of about £20,000. This tower mounts an armament of three 68-pounder 95 .cwt. guns, placed en barbette, and from its com manding position sweeps the whole of the entromee to the river. The new batteries to be constructed on the Isle of Grain will be so placed that the martello tower will interfere with the range of the Arm strong guns with which they will be armed. Hence the necessity for its removal. Active preparations are in progress on this as well as on the opposite side of the estuary of the Medway for commencing' the fortifications, which will not only effectually alma cliroot approach to the harbour at Chatham, but also, to a considerable extent, guard the approach to the Thames. The material will be landed some distance up the river, and conveyed. by railway to the site of the fortifications. To facilitate this process, necessary in consequence of the rapid ebb and flow of the tide, tramways are now in course of being laid down. Between 300 and 400 workmen will be employed in the erection of this portion of the fortifications, and the piles on which the superstructure is to be raised will be immediately commenced, in order that the whole of the concrete foundations may be completed during the present summer. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY.—The Review at the Cur ragh in honour of the Queen's birthday passed off yesterday with great eclat. There was also a review of the Dubli n garr i son i n Phoenix-park in honour of her Majesty's birthday. The return ordered by the House of Commons gives the following satisfactory figures as to the way in which the City of Dublin Steam-packet Com pany's new boats have performed the postal service during 239 days—O n 207 occasions the vessels ar rived at Kingstown jetty on the average 20 minutes before they were due ; on e i g h t occas i ons only were they behind time, arisi ng f rom causes at sea, on two of which they were detained by fogs more than half an hour. The average of delays caused by storms on the other six occasions did not exceed 18 minutes. On the remaining 22 days the retardation was caused by the late arrivals of the railway trains at Holyhead, as explained by the Post-office. It is but justice to th e L on d on an d North-Western Rail way to state that, unless during the severe frost which prevailed in January and February, the trains have arrived on Holyhead jetty in excellent time. The following agricultural report for Ulster, copied from the Northern Whig, might be taken as representing the harvest p rospects throughout the other provinces: i , Our agricultural repo r t s thi s week are univer sally satisfactory. From every district our corres pondents write in terms of high hope and expecta tion of a bountiful and an early harvest. The season has been wonderfully favourable for vegetation, and the rain has been so well alternated with heat and sunshine as to stimulate and foster growing crops of every description to an extent which is quite unusual at this period of the year. The general result of the numerous reports we have received may be summarised thus :—Potatoes over th e whole north of Ireland p rom i se b y f ar t h e f i nest cr op that we have had for many y ears . N ot a trace of dis ease has appeared, an d th e croakingla v alarmist, which was usua ll y ra i se d a bout this period of the season, is n o t t o b e h ear d. F been in a largely in crease d breadth, is flourishing, and generally coming into flower over the country. The straw is long ana free from branching, an d a very large incre ase of fibre from Irish soil may be expected this year—a ma tter of the g reatest impor tance to every branch of our staple manufacture in light in some the during uisrtirnorth.districts, ebWheatas fortnight has rapidlybeena nr improved edp,oi.rfted everywhere p u l st.h it escape being laid by overweighty rain, or shaken by high w inds when ripening , a full average yield may be ex' ted From all quarters oats are w ell pee • snokpn of, and the return of straw will be much la• er than was expected early in th e season . 'g , and will compen sate is reputed as for any light." deficiency of hap, Which in some places ANOTHER GREAT FIRE. ---Letters from Trebizond report the occurrence of a great fire at Ordon, near the former port, on the 18th ult. One hundred and four houses ' and shops, seven bakeries, one school, one khan, the GC. vemor s house, and the custom-h ouse , were d es t roye d b the flames. The advices from St. Petersburg show that the Government currency remains at about 10 or 12 discount, and that no gold is to be obtained either for homo circula tion or export. Otherwise considerable amounts would be sent to England. The hope was that the shipping season, which has now commenced, will create a supply of bills on England to remedy in some degree the disastrous rate of exchange, which is causing disturbince in all commer cial transactions and bringing loss to many individual interests. Among the chief sufferers are the French Credit Mobilier and all others who are interested in the contracts for the Russian railway system, since these contracts bind them to pay interest and other charges in cash, while the equivalent they should receive from the Russian Govern ment can be realized only at a depreciation of 12 per cant. The accounts of the recent mercantile crisis at St. Peters burg are, however, believed to have been Lattch exagg rated, ~~-. AI ON. 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