The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

THE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COM PANY (Limited , . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be coaled for the reception of its Members on MONDAY, the 12th day of August. S. 0. RATTENBURY, Hon. Secretary. Registered Office of the Company, d, John-street, Bedford row, W.C. THE ROBERTSFORS IRON WORKS COMPANY. Limited. To be Incorporated under the "Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares. Capital, £300,000, in 15,000 Shares of £2O each. Deposit, lus. per Share on Application, and £2 on Allotment. First Issue, 7,500 shares. No call will exceed £2 i Os. per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. No promotion money will be paid, and the preliminary expenses will be confined strictly to the proper charges only. DIRECTORS. Charles Burn, Esq , C.E., Little Fife House, Whitehall, Director of the Tayis,ock Iron Works and Steel Ordnance Company, Lim ted. The Right Honourable Lord Gary a g h, Arm y and Navy Club, Pali-mall, S.W. D. 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Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of the bankers, brokers, and at the Offices of the company. ROA YL ITALIAN OPERA, _ Covent-garden. Last Week but Two. For the Benefit of Mdlle. Adelina Patti, THIS EVENING (Friday), July 15, will be performed the opera of Faust e Margberita, being for the benefit of hidlle. Adelina Patti, and the last occasion on which she will per form the part of Margherita during the present season. FAUST E MARGHEItiTA. Mar_ herita, &Idlie. Adelina Patti, being positively her last appearance in that character this season ; Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ; Mefisto e e, M. Faure ; Valentino, Signor Ur; ziani ; Wagner, hignor Tagliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre bta Is, 10s. ed., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. ed. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and az the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'ltafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, the new play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF S'£. JUS r : Messrs. Vining, H. Mars ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, C. Seyton, Chapman; Mrs. H. Marston, and Mdlle. Stella colas. NEW THEATRE-RO fAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Pronriotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer; Miss Woolgar, Miss Denman. Followed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Tooic, F. Bedford, A. liomerallss-Woolgar, and IL Lewis. Commence at 7. - ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, uzder the Maufarnment of Mr. P,. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement of those ce ebrazed and popular artistes, Mr. an i Mrs. Charles Mathews. Production of an entirely new of is n tl Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnan Eaq,, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and Mrs Charles Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Dauson and Sons ; the incidental Ballet by Oscar Byrne. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Stirling, anti Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Robinson. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. 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JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing.: the Latest SPORTING INT ELLIGEIN.iCE, eau be had Every Evening of G. Pw GLhNIE, NEWS AcrxT, NO. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. 1864. The Weather —Sun Office, juiy 15, ___~. _. TIIERMOUETER. Thia day at Two o'clock 74 Barometer -30.04. W IIID—INT.E.; moderate breeze and cloudy. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Isis DA.T.--Moraing, 10h. 10m.--Af ternoon, 1011. 44m. ro-moanow.-Morning, lln . is m. ....Aftornoon, llh. 54m. K . ; 4 ' .; it LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1864. -a * - The accounts from New Z.:alarld are certainly not encouraging. Not only is there to immediate pro scect of the conclusion of the war and the suspen sion of hostilities, but we have the mortifying in telligence of a decided repulse having befallen Brhish arms. It is, perhaps, less surprissng that this should occur in an irregular campaign like the present than in an encounter with ordinary troops, since it is very difficult for officers and men. to fol low the tactics of the natives or to estimate correctly their resources or their prospects in any particular struggle. It is always a great mistake to under■ value your enemy, and this, if not the case with General CAMERON himself, seems to be very much the error of those subordinate to him in. authority, as well as of the men. The hlaories eve advan tages not ordinarily possessed by uncivilit led nations. They come of a race which ha i natural: ly far more intelligence and energy than ordinary aborigines, and is susceptible of a high degree of culture. They possess, too, all the cunning and ingenuity peculiar to savage tribes, and especially that know ledge of the .ground they fight on which always gives such immense advantage in defensive warfare. The swamps and tangled forests afford them easy passage, while our men are forced to cut their way through the thickets or to struggle, as they best can, over a pathless moras. The Maories know every nook and corner of the country, and the guerilla warfare which they have thus been enabled to carry on has been both harrassing and disastrous to u s. They are skilled in the wee of firearms, though they do not abandon the traditional toma• hawk of savage warfare. General CAMERON wisely determined to meet them on their own grounds when he organised the flying columns, of which we have not lately heard, but when it comes to open fighting the Maories never have a chance against their assailants. The dia. culty lies in besieging their " pahs" or entrench. ments, which they are in the habit of evacuating at the last moment, leaving our troops the barren vic tory of the empty pahe. it is not, however, safe to trust general rules, and the sad affair which has cost us many valuable lives, arose from the mistake of thinking that the natives had decamped when they were only concealing themselves. It used to be a common practice in Eastern warfare to make a feint of this sort, and many of the more notable reverses of mediaeval history are due to Northern or Western ignorance of such tactics. According to the old le gend the death of the celebrated DOUGLAS, BRUCE'S companion in arms, was due to his having indis creetly pursued the flying Moors, Scottish fashion, unaware that their seeming flight was only to lure him to destruction. The New Zealand Maories have tried a similar trick, with unfortunately too much success. From the most authentic accounts, it seems that General CAMERON'S forces besieged an entrenchment at Tauranga, to which place the natives had fled in discomfiture after their recent repulse at Orakau. Taurarga is the chief abode of the Ngpulii, a powerful tribe on the eastern coast. Its position, which General CA3IERON was anxious to take, was called the Gate Pah, and rested on the summit of a hill on a small peninsula. Great pre parations were made for the assault, some large Aratstrongs—ono of them an 110 pounder—being got ashore. The description given of the place cer tainly does not accord with the commonly received notions of savage warfare. It consisted, we are told, of two palls, 1,000 yards apart, connected by rifle-pits, and by an inner line of rail fence, masked by branches of trees. The bombardment was main mined for nine hours, when a number of Maories were seen retreating, and some of our troops were despatched in pursuit of them through the swamp. Meanwhile it was resolved to storm the pall in front. Notwithstanding a heavy fire the troops carried the breach bravely, and entered the peh to find it almost deserted, only two or three wounded men being visible. Thrown off their guard, the English, it is said, dispersed and fell to plunder, though this is a somewhat singular story. No sooner were they scattered, however, than from every lido a mur. derous fire from unseen guns poured upon them. The men were panicstrickcn and fled, notwithstand ing the eff)rte of their officers, whose names in the lists of killed and wounded too well attest their resolute devotion to their duty. The 43d Regiment lost it is said as many officers as in a pitched battle. A reinforcement arrived to no purpose but to add the name of its brave commander to the list of victims, and, to make matters worse, the party who pursued the eying 'Niceties were al,e re pulsed in an assault on another part of the pab. Among the naval cfl;ers killed was Lieut. HILL, the survivor of the iii-fated ship Orpheus, who was wrecked on the Mannikan bar some time ago. Both services suffered severely, and the whole affair is as disheartening to our men as it is en couraging to the enemy. It has, of course, excited great sensation throughout the colonies, and is likely, it is feared, to lead to the prolongation of the war. It will not do, however, to be die. heartened by one repulse, however mortifying, and there cannot be two opinions as to the relative strength of the two forces when they meet fairly. Very great care ehoz:d be used in all dealings with the Maories to avoid the deception which they are so skilful in practising. The men should go into a place like the Gate Pah with all their eyes and ears open, suspicious and watchful, not careless and at ease, thinking only of plunder. It could not have been actual cowardice which made the men retreat, since they had just triumphantly carried the breach under a heavy fire. It was the surprise and uncertainty of the ambush which spread the panic ; but the men for such an office should be carefully se lected, since many will face an open enemy or storm a height who will shrink from a hidden foe. The experience gained in this painful business will probably be turned to good account in future, and it may suggest one or two improvements in our mode of warfare. It is satisfactory to find that a large body of natives have joined the British on the eastern coast, and have proved most valuable allies ; so that it is not, as has been said, exclusively a war of races. The second reading of the Guarantee of Loan Bill last evening promises material assistance to the colonists, which, it is to be hoped, they will turn to good account. The majority was so decisive that it is probable the Bill will pass without fur ther difficulty, and will, we trust, contribute to the speedy pacification of the country. In theatrical careers, as well as other vocations of life, we occasionally witness some events that break the monotony of ordinary existence, and serve to awaken interest and impart excitement to the occasion. Such a scene was that which took place upon Mr. CHARLES KEAN and Mrs DEAN'S " farewell night" in Melbourne. It was a very brilliant affair, and the warm recepiion they met f with must have proved very gratifying to them. Perhaps never in the course of his prosperous career has Mr. KEAN been better able to recognise ho w much ho is appreciated, and altogether the cir , - curestances of his visit to Australia must long live in his recollection as a bright era in his life. The brief address which he made at the conclusion of the performances was exactly suitable to the occa sion, and must from the peculiar circumstances of the case,have awakened emotions of a nature somewhat different to ;the sensations ordinarily experienced at similar displays at home: As the great actor took leave of his audience he and they must have felt convinced that it was his last appearance on their stage, the uncertainty of which so militates against the effect of our adieus and farewells at home. It is always agreeable to witness a kindly feeling spring up between the actor and his audience ; it is right that one who contributes so greatly to the amusement and so often encourages the taste, and improves the refinement of his hearers, should re ceive some acknowledgment for his services beyond the mere mercantile part of the transaction. There was an attracting interest in the &.rcurastances surrounding the farewell of Mr. LEAN, and his hearers must have derived gratification from his assurance that when far away from that scene in distant years, should life be spared, they who met with that kind welcome that night would remem ber with pleasure and gratitiade their visit to Aus. FEL SUN, LO NDO ?i 7 , FRIDAY EV E iNG, JULY 15, 1864 trails. There was also something cut of the corn mon order of farewells in the nature of the spot in which this leave-taking took place. "We shall recall," said Mr. KEAN, " with peculiar gratifica tion the fact of having given utterance to the lan guage of SHAKSPERE sixteen thousand miles from home in a populous city, built upon a spot which thirty years ago was a lonely wilderness." Nothing could attest with greater force as to the spread of culture and the march of mind than the fact of the plays of SHAKSPERE being appreciated in that new world where the Anglo-Saxon race has taken root. It seems as if the prediction of MACAULAY had already been realised when ho said that the litera ture of England would be read with delight by the " unborn millions who will cover with cities and gardens the Caffrarian and Australian deserts." It is satisfactory in every poiat of view to contemplate this scene in Australia. It is pleasant to think that though earth's extension intervenes between us and the inhabitants of that continent, the same tastes may pervade our lives, and the works of our immortal bard may there, as here, be recog nised and appreciated. " Whether we shall meet again I know not, therefore an everlaste ing farewell take," were most appropriate words in which to conclude, and Mr KEAN showed his usual discernment and discrimination in select ing them. It is a very commendable practice for our great actors to pay visits to our distant colonies, and thus form a connecting link, as it were, with home and abroad. Mr and Mrs KEAN have always been favourites in this country, and their many friends and numerous admirers will rejoice that they have met with so cordial a welcome and so flattering a testimonial to their abilities in Aus tralia, If Mr KEAN intends in reality to retire now, and rest on his laurels, he could not have mad? a more fitting conclusion ; and if he still proposes to continue for a time his histrionic labours this visit to a distant sphere, where the triumphs of the English tongue are witnessed, will be an episode in his career which will long live in his memory e,nd hold a conspicuous place in the chronicles of his career hereafter. It must be considered that this is an appropriate year for Mr KEAN to have been in Australia, and that it is a further proof and a more extended exemplification of the universality of the genius of cur great writer, that while the people of this country were endeavouring to do honour to the birthday of that " dear son of memory and great heir of fame," the inhabitants of a distant spot also csncurred in offering their tribute of applause and approval. He lives not for one age, but for all time ; and it is the chief merit of his unrivalled produc tions that they are now as applicable to the events of life and the characters of men as when they were first penned. It is a great boon to our colonists that they should hear the works of the great writer interpreted by so groat a master of his art as Mr CHARLES KEAN. A strong feeling is prevalent at this moment that, with all our apparent sympathy for the Southern Confederacy, we permit the Northern army to be recruited from among our own people, on our own soil, with impunity. We open our eyes and look with suspicion on British built iron clads, which, says rumour, arc for Jnre. DAVIS'S Government; but our vision is dimmed, and our hearing not over sensitive, when British born subjects are inveigled, by a species of false pre. tense, to enter the ranks of ABE LINCOLN'S army. Has England become lost to all sense cf honour ? Will she forget that from her honour has sprung her greatness? She should not then permit the breath of suspicion to tarnish the mirror which reflects it. lizaidcs, if eho were guided by no other policy than mere selfishness, she would keep the bone and sinew of her country at home. There are "'breakers ahead," and with all our desire for peace, we know not from day io day how coon we may have to prepare for war. \Ve are of those to whom " coming events cast their shadows before," and no long time will elapse probably, before the British army will ba called upon again to uphold the honour of their country. And it is well here to consider how far the defects in the organisation of our army might prejudice its in crease so far as recruiting would be concerned. We think the position of the private soldier has less in it now to induce enlistment than when England was less wealthy and less great as a nation. The two things to be looked to as a means of drawing the working-classes into the army by voluntary enlistment, are promotion and pension. The oppor !unities for promotion from the ranks we know to be very limited, and as the British army is constituted it would be very unwise, of course, to adopt the French system. Men naturally, then, look to what they would be likely to receive, either as present pay or as pension, when, from wounds or length of service, they may be thrown back again upon the world. NV ill it be sufficient to keep them from begging their bread, should failing strength pre• vent them from working ? We unhesitatingly say, No. How can it when the pension for length of of service is only eightpence per day ? England has not acted wisely or well towards the private soldier. The case of the poor old man, BoFF, for whom an appeal was lately made in the public papers, is a disgrace to Eng land, and not likely to be forgotten whenever a call for the army is required. We are not alone in this opinion; we are borne out in our views by the author of a pamphlet called " The Court-Martial," which, in the form of a satirical drama, deals very ably with the subject, although we do not admire its entire principles. JOHN BULL is a prisoner, and brought to trial " for conduct unbecoming the chae ratter of a gentleman (ha being the personification of the mind and will of the British people and their sole representative)." Among the witnesses is JOHN HORSNIAN, a pensioner, who is examined as to the long service pension. When asked—" Had you served longer than twenty-one years, would you have received a higher pension ?" He replies,— " Any man who liked to serve longer, and waa able, got a halfpenny a day for every year; but few men were able. Twenty-one years' soldiering is living three years for two. Marchings, camps, bivouacs, and Indian climate bring on rheumatic pains; the joints get stiff; the pack gets heavier ; younger men pass you in the double; and there is a gradual failing (yet unseen to others) in the physical powers, that really few men are fit for active soldiering. Besides, has the soldier, after twenty-one years' absence, no home that his heart yearns for ?" Anothor pensioner, THOMAS ATKINS, is asked," What are your service, corps, and pension ?" " I served twenty-one years in the Rifles, and have eightpence a day." JOHN HAWK, a recruiting sergeant, is asked, " As a re cruiting sergeant, do you consider that the present low rate of pension affects the recruiting ?'' " Yes, most injuriously. Formerly a comfortably-to-do pensioner was the best of advertisements, whereas ❑ow the young fellows point at the pensioners, and gibingly say, And be turned off like him when we are old.'" The writer of the pamphlet, whoever he may be, is evidently a man who has had opportn- nities of knowing the feelings of the private soldier. The arguments do not come from the pen of a novice. Would it not be well, then, for our Govern ment to consider how far the present system of pay and pensions will affect the future? Whether, with a prapeet of protection in old age, those men who are being beguiled by Yankee boast to join the Federal ranks would not remain at home and be ready to shoulder a musket and wield a sword in defence of "Old England," should their services be required? The subject is, at the very least, worth agitating. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LIMITER'S TELEGRAMS.] DENMARK. I. • The Bar Sinister. A Tale. By Charles Allston Collins. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. A delightful humorist, and one, moreover, whose verymanner has about it an exhilarating animation— Mr. Charles Allston Collins, whenever he comes to us book in hand, is invariably welcome for his own sake : and not alone for the sako of those others, the mere thought of whom, nevertheless, with ourselves at least, enhances the attraction of his own name, sur rounding it, so to speak, upon each of his title-pages with a very halo of pleasant associations. Associa tions with some among our most treasured memo- ries, both in the world of art and in the world of literature! And, what makes them dearer to us yet —memories of what is essentially English Art and intensely and expressly English Literature. It is cot, however, simply—it :Is not, however, by this time even mainly—because of these varied and charming associationszonnected with his very name, that Mr. Charles Collins is always sure now-a-days of a cordial welcome, when he proffers a new work to cur consideration, It is as that arch-wag of keenest observation, " The Eye Witness''—it is as that eccentric gentleman who once upon a time made a certain memorable "Cruse Upon Wheels," that he can now always claim our regard and command our attention whenever he lists ! And not simply, as it might have been at the outset—as tho younger son of a groat national painter, as the younger brother of a distinguished novelist, or last, and far from least, as the son-inslaw of incomparably the greatest Humourist in the whole range of our Eng lish Literature. For himself alone, for his own sake that is, apart from all these delightful associa tions he could not fail to be welcome, as he is welcome—and that, moreover, himself as Artist, as Novelist, as Humourist. Here in this very book new submitted by him to our consideration, indeed, is ample testimony of his possessing, in his own right, certain rare good gifts in each of those capa cities. " The Bar Sinister" is a tale, happily, without any sinister termination. In spite of the evil omen hinted by its title, it ends completely to the reader's satisfaction. Speaking dramati cally—the Time, in it, is about half a year in duration—the Scene is French for the most part —while the Characters, at least the chief among them, are English. The hero and heroine of the tale may be acid, at any rate, to stand forth to view, in the picture here presented to us, may be said lo stand forth conspicuously to our view upon a French background ! Toe hero a major in the English army, the heroine a young lady, who in tier whole manner, no less than in her whole appearance, is entirely and essentially English ! The latter, it is, who has frightfully revealed here, upon her otherwise stainless escutcheon —The Bar Sinister ! Madeleine is her name, the name of this Mademoiselle d'Elmar, who is first in• ti educed to us (as the reader' of the tale), as indeed she is first of all then introduced to Mejor Trelane (as the hero of it)—one rainy, sombre day, upon one of the broad gravel walks of that stately, old, de serted gardeu surrounding the ancient Palace of Versailles, The plot of the story is admirably well contrived. The interest of it concentrates (all through it) upon the loves.and lives and fortunes of Henry frelane and Madeleine d'Elmar. How those loves and lives and fortunes of the two are effected favourably or unfavourably, by the other characters of the story, be it the tale-teller's own especial pro yince and privilege to relate—not ours. Sufficient for oar purpose will be, if mention is hero duly made of the principal among these other motley personages. Happiest and best amongst them all, as delineations of eccentric specimens of humanity, are, indubitably to our thinking, Mr. Charles Collins's limning of good old De. Lehoelf, the Versailles Physician, and of his whimsical factotum Monsieur Morlot—their relationship to one another, as master and man, beiug somewhat akin to that noticeable between two otherwise very different characters, indeed, queer old Jackeyme and the immorted Riccabocca! Madame d'Elmar, en invalid widow, the aunt of Madeleine, and their faithful attendant, as bonne or ladies'-maid, Victorine—make up the I little household in which the heroine is, of course, the central figure. Opposed to their interests, and to the interests also of Major Trelane, are— Madame d'Elmar'e brother, Captain d'Elazar that is, and his fortune-hunting associate, Lieutenant Teonchet, The haunting, shadowy, spectral Escaped Convict is here again, in this new story — as inevitably as in Victor Hugo'3 " Les Miseiables" or in Charles Dickens's " Great Expectations." Here, however, in this minor tale by the younger novelist, the for cat from the bane is more, as we may say, merely hinted at, than actually seen. He it is, however, who is at the heart of the plot! He it is who gives rise to the title of the tale—as the brander upon Made tine's escutcheon of The Bar Sinister ! With out attempting to supply anyone with the questionable advantage of a mere broke:, bit of the clue gnidiog the reader through all the intricate windings of the labyrinth of the plot, we here prefer rather,by a few illustrative extracts, to afford our reader, with a view to his becoming thereby afterwards the reader of" The Bar Sinister," speci mens of Mr. Castles Collins's " quality" as the writer of this tale, but more particularly with speci mens of his quality in his capacity as a humorist. Here, then, as our very first quotation to this end, take the following delicious morsel of fun, descrip tive of— SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES BY THE DANES, DANZIG, JULY 14. The harbourmaster has forwarded the following report to the Chief of the Merchants' Guild : " Three Danish ships of war, under a flag of truce arrived off the harbour yesterday evening. I went out to meet them, and received a despatch addressed to the military commander of Danzig. "According to the statements of the officer bear ing the flag of truce the despatch referred to, an nounced the suspension of hostilities on the part of the Danes. "Two Danish steamers came in sight this morn ing. They are coming from tho eastward and making for the bay of litla lighthouse." ITALY. TURIN, JULY 15, The bill authorising the sale of the State rail ways to the house of Messrs. Rothschild will no come on for discussim this cersion. The rumours of an expedition being undertaken by Garibaldi are unfounded. SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 14. The Epoca of to•day says :—The precautionary measures taken by the Government on the 6th inst. against an insurrectionary movement in Madrid was not useless. The conspirators were ready to take posseasion of the telegraph lines, and announce to the provinces that a revolution had broken out in Madrid, after which they would have awaited the effect of this intelligence. THE BOMBAY MAIL. I),I,EX.ANDEJA, JULY 14. The Ripon and Delta with the above mail left Alexandria at 10 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 20th, and the latter at Southampton about the 27th inst. OUTWARD MAIL OF 27TH JUNE-4TH JULY. The Jeddo with the above mail left Suez for Bombay on the 13th inst. SOUMAMPTON, JULY 15. The North German Loyd steamer Hansa from New York passed the I\iedles at 9.10 a.m. today. BUENOS AYRES, MAY 27. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Exchange, 504; Ounces, 28.80; wet salted hides, 381; dry American, 37 39;; tallow, 141; lumber, 36 to 40 ; flour, 71 8; refined sugar, 221. Imports duller, but unchanged in price. FRANCE. The Union, which now and then obtains through private sources some very valuable information, has the following :—" The interviews and deliberations between the three Northern Sovereigns et Kissen gen and at Carlsbad arc coming to an end, We recE-Ive from the former place a letter informing us that the E:uperor .Alemander has given up his journey to the Hague and to Vienna, and that he will return to his dominions by way of Berlin. The Empress of Russia was to hava left Kissengen yes terday for Schwalbach ; she is to be accompanied by the Grand Duke Constantine, who will after wardi escort the Empress to Odessa, where the Czar is to meet her." The Empress of Austria is also about leaving Elissengea. During the whole time of her stay there the Russians, as if obeying an order from headquarters, showed themselves full of admiration for the beauty of the Empress of Austria. Prince Gortschakoff especially made himself conspicuous by his enthusiastic demonstrations. Some impor tant '2erson having said one day to the Russian Minister, " You would like better perhaps to treat with the Empress of Austria than with Count Rech berg ?" " No," replied the Prince, " for I would obtain nothing from the Empress, and I could not refuse her anything." Prince Gortschakoff and M. de Biemark have been the principal agents of the deliberations which have taken place at Kissingen and Carlsbad; and, CC cording to our letters, there appears to have been constantly between them the most perfect under standing upon all questions, which would sufficiently indicate the intimate alliance existing between Russia and Prussia. Austria and Count de Rechberg acted in a somewhat more reserved manner, but the foreign diplomatists returned from Kissengen and. Carlsbad, gave the assurance that if formal and written engagements had not been entered into by the three Northern Sovereigns, they bad come to an understanding upon the course to take, in case of any of the events which the precarious state of Europe gives us cause to anticipate may oven yet burst forth. BANK OF PRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) pARis, July 14. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous accounts :-- JULY 14. JULY 7. DR. f. c• L c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 5,024,708 48 182,500,000 Profits in add it ion toCapital (Art. S law June 9,1857) in i a landedth 8 22,105,75 505066 : 9134 22,105,750 14 77 4 2; 0 3 0 0 0 9; 0 4 0 75 0 .....its branches I n te es s e e r r v v e e 5 7 3 30 1 8 2 0 1 Notes in circulation Bank notes to order and re ceipts payable at sight 5,376,404 44 6,337,945 56 Treasury aco. cur, creditor 58,430,429 93 57,850,061 81 Current accounts—Paris 1313,858893.,230142 7537 4278,,824886,, Do. branch-banks Dividends payable propertyaak an 79 4 2 ;080109;020705 ...= Discounts and sundry interests Re-discounts of the last ' six months, 2,588,735 17 ,588,735 18 17 S u ndries 1,258,415,650 63 1,262,856,023 10 CR. Cash in hand and branch banks 266 890,931 30 276,522,726 93 4 . 4 Co m mercial bills overdue 47 3 , 5 " 823,282 05 Commercial bills discounted not yet due .... 078,822 86 355.995,489 37 ^54 , Do. branch-banks '313,108,621 306,202,026 Advances on deposits of . bu Do. branch. banks Advances on French public securities Do. branch-banks 9,371,0,50 Advance=onrailway shares and debentures Do. branch-banks 19,088;000 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 362,0 00 Do. branch-banks , 382 700 Advances to the State (Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000, 000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,98(1,750 14 12,930,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) - 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of management 113,418 26 95,883 14 Sundries 2,504,902 17 2,766,499 56 15,574,200 - 9,819,460 - 29,061,300 - 19,784,500 - 364 800 - 386,000 - 8,327,919 - 1,258,418,650 63 1,262,8,56,023 10 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Counci of State, Governor of the rank, AD, YVITRY. MONSIEUR MORLOT AS AN EQUESTRIAN. That good gentleman by no means found himself a' home on the back of a horse. It has been already men. tioned that the animal selected for Monsieur Morlot's use had been chosen on account of its quietness, but it soon appeared that this prepossessing quality was to some ex tent counteracted, as good qualities too often are, by a de fect of some importance to an unskilful rider; Mouton (which in consideration of his lamb-like qualities was this animal's name) was what is called a rough-goer. He was also a very broad animal ; and these two characteristics combined proved somewhat disconpos;ng to his rider. Now when a rough-goer and a bad horseman get toge ther two results almost invariably follow—the eques trian's hat gets shaken down over his ears, and his unmentionables get worked up over his knees. Mon• stens Morlot was no exception to this rule, and when Trelane looked back after getting clear• of the town to see how his faithful follower was getting on, he was seized with such a fit of laughter that he was obliged to pull his own horse up abruptly, lest he should absolutely roll off his back. Monsieur Morlot had no idea of relieving himself and his beast by rising in his 'stirrups, but was riding after the legitimate cavalry fashion, only with an infinitely looser seat, so that at every step taken by the docile Mouton his body was subjected to a shock that threatened to shake the very teeth out of his head. The effect of this violent bumping upon the unfortunate man's costume was precisely what might have been expected. His face was nearly in visible, for not only was his hat brought down so completely over his eyes that it was a matter of grave question whether it was possible for him to see, but the collar of his coat and neckcloth had got worked up in so extraordinary a manner that they almost rubbed against the brim of his hat. It must bo mentioned besides, that the cuffs of Monsieur Morlot's coat had suddenly become so long that his hands were entirely concealed in the sleeves; while his trousers on the other hand had wriggled themselves up to so remark able an extent that his legs, which wore so emaciated that there hardly seemed room for the bones, and which wore encased in blue worsted stockings, were visible from the knee down to the blucher boots, which jingled loosely in a pair of stirrups which might have been arranged expressly for the use cf Edward Longshanks of royal memory. Afterwards, we are told how—so soon as he could in any way recover his gravity sufficiently to do so— Trelane proceeded to give his companion a few hints on horsemanship, cud, above all, to initiate him in the noble art of rising in his stirrups. Monsieur Nor , lot took to this new invention, as ho called it, with surprising alacrity; indeed, he eNperienced such relief from it, and found that it so meter:ally alleviated the sufferings which ha had previously endured, that the only difficulty now was to keep him down, so that 'what with the rough movements of Mouton and Monsier Morlot's terror of coming in contact with the saddle, he would some times, for a considerable time, be found standing up in his stirrups altogether, and riding, at a very slow trot, in the attitude in which our jockeys generally appear as they pass the grand stand at Epsom. Here, again, somewhat after the fashion of Leigh Hunt, is the evidence of our Eye.witness's "eye to the ridiculous" in scanning the contrast presented to view by— THEI LONDON 'llliS AND THE PARIS OMNIBUS. Let the reader, we will suppose for the first time, get into a London omnibus, and suffer his eye to travel do . wo the range a faces on each side of this exhila• I rating carriage. What an anxious set I what an overwhelming eensa of responsibility is upon them I what apprehensions about their future or regrets )out their past are preying upon their minds ! Now let us turn from this double row of suicidal counten ances to the faces which brighten up the Paris vehicle. How eager, how observant, how ready for the enjoyment of any incidental fun, and—in this so different from the Britannic humorist, who, when he is amused, is always ashamed of it—how ready to show that they areenjoying the joke. Mr. Charles Collins evidently keeps his eye well upon the alert wherever ho goes. Instance, this, his droll, serio-comic recognition of the vexation some time caused to us in the streets, by any chance foot passenger going at pretty much the same pace, in pretty much the same direction as one's self You begin to question this stranger's right to walking your way. What can he have to do in that neighbourhood ? What business has he to adopt your pace ? (it never occurs to you that he might consider y( u were adopting his). What right has he to wear that particular kind of coat ? His legs are aggravating, the back view of his hair insupportable, his hat a positive insult. if our author wants to p;ace a refection before one of his characters, in Paris, some fine forenoon, how appetizing is his description, as follows, of— A breakfast at the Cafe du Cardinal I What a room to breakfast in to begin with, what wealth of glass and marble, and white and gold. How pleasant to unfold your snowy napkin as you seat yourself at the little round table, and take up the unimposing newspaper which savours so much more of pleasure than business, to turn at once to the theatrical bill of fare for the evening : What butter, too; what rolls, what oysters, what cutlets, what half. bottles of white wine, what coffee Young France may well (as it does) crowd into this place; though where the money comes from with which it feasts itself so sumptuously twice in the 24 hours is a mystery to him who writes these pages, and one which he has often reflected upon with reverent wonder as he chips his meek egg at the frugal London breakfast table. Here, however, quite as vigilantly as in the Parisian cafe as any where else, indoors or out of doors the Eye Witness keeps his weather.eye open —still with an eye to the ridiculous ! Voici!— The irritable old solitary at the next table to this pleasant party is hard to please, and not agreeable to dine next; for besides trying all the " breads" in the basket before he finds one to his taste, fingering and pinching them mercilessly in the process, his ideas as the different uses of napkins and pocket-hankerchiefs appear to be in a somewhat con fused and undefined condition. He objects, toe, to every dish, and has many of them changed to suit his palate and his absent teeth. Finally, he taxes the bill, and has the landlord sent for, and, underpaying the waiter, leaves that functionary (writ) will not stand much nonsense in France), cursing him by his gods from between his set teeth. It is possible that that particular waiter's temper has been already a little tried by an English traveller who has upset the order of nature by beginning his dinner with a " bit of fish," taking no soup, which alone is an unpardonable outrage; and who, firming a bifteck aux pomines not enough for dinner, and being of those persons who like to cline off one thing, has ordered another " to follow." Whoever can, while reading these fragmentary quotations, yet preserve an aspect of grim serious.. ness, need turn elsewhere for amusement than to the. pages of " The Bar Sinister." To!erably certain of this—by the way—wniie he does to, that he is un blessed with any sense whatever of the humorous. Pocket Edition of Butler's Iludibras. One Volumette. Pp. VAL William Tegg. 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DEATH OF " MANHATTAN."—Tae well-known New York correspondent of the Herald and &mutat d, whose letters have been read for nearly three years with unflagging interest, died suddenly on Juno 25, while President Lincoln was deliberating whether he should be imprisoned in Fort Lafayette or banished to the Confederate States. It is not improbable that the excite ment caused by his arrest, and anxiety for the fate of his wife and only child, a daughter whom he tenderly loved, may haVe produced that fatal catastrophe. Joseph A. Scoville, known here as "Manhattan," and in America by the nom de plume of " Walter Barrett, Clerk," was born in Connecticut in 1811, and bred to commercial pursuits in one of the largest shipping houses in New York. At the close of his apprenticeship he formed a partnership with another young New Englander, under the title of Scoville and Britton, and embarked adventurously in foreign commerce. Their ship had made but few voyages when a commercial crisis, such as America had been periodically subjected to, caused the failure of the young firm, and Mr Scoville resorted to literature and politics. He was con• nected with several papers as publisner or contributor, and though wanting in education, his extensive acquaintance with men, travel, retentive memory, and impulsiveness of character, made him an interesting writer. Though dealing largely in broad humour, persiflage, and exaggeration, he was at times profound, eloquent, and even political in feeling and expression. Mr Scoville was a State Rights Democrat ; for some years the amanuensis or private secretary of the greatest American statesman of his day, John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. There could be no batter testimony to the real worth of his character than the fact that ho was trusted_ and loved by such a man. lie wrote some of Mr Calhoun's latest works at his dictation. and was with him until his death. He aftet wards married a relative of the deceased statesman. ith such a political education and associations he could not be otherwise than a friend of the South. He had no expression strong enough for the contempt he felt for the Republican party and its proper chief, Abraham Lincoln, and the corrupt crow gorged upon the spoils of war and the plunder of the Northern people. If he profeosed to be a Union man, he did not hesitate to say that he preferred Jefferson Davis to Abraham Lincoln as the President of the Union. If in his letters he reflected the hopes of the North, and the feelings around him, it was never difficult to read his own feelings—and reckless as he has sometimes seemed in his statements, his letters have been on the whole more truthful than Federal dispatches. Some allowance must be made for his position. He could not say what he wished, nor serve openly the cause he had at heart, but he managed while he lived, in spite of Federal tyranny, and with Fort Lafayette in sight, to do that cause good service. Mr. Scoville was generous to a fault. No man ever asked his aid in vain if he had power to help him. lie had known misfortune and poverty, and sympathised with the dis tressed. His good qualities had made him many friends For'two years before his death he held the honaurable ap pointment of reader to the Common Council of New York; and it was a matter of considerable doubt whether President Lincoln, even at the instance of General Dix, and after a full examination of the treasonable correspondence of "Manhattan," would have cared to put that holy to the trouble of selecting a new reader, Vie have no disposition to ignore the literary faults of the letters of " Manhattan " and the author of "Marion," but it is proper, when his energetic labours have been brought to a sudden close by the hand of death, that we should give him credit for his merits and demerits..... -The Index. H ON OURS TO ENGLIS H SURG E RY. —The King of o d nf l e 3 r umonthsponr Henry y e to whom he owes his cure, and wh om g p n le o a W sed P3 to Sß C the Belgi2ns, ha vin g a T n t t d o m c o p m s o f n o r , t, of b L a o s ndon, been he has rewarded by the munificent fee of £4,000, the fur ther distinction of nominating him Officer of the Order of Leopold, and Surgeon-Extraordinary to his Majesty. T,h s is u just and well earned honour. Tne King is in excellent health, can take all sorts of exercise freely, all symptoms of malady have disappeared. The case, as is well known, was one of great difficulty and responsibility, and it was also known thr ughout Europe that M. Civiale, of Paris, and the distinguished Germen surgeon Langenbeck had each been specially summoned previously, and, after patient endeavours, hem been beillecl in their labours, and had failed to effect a cure. Thus, when the skill of Mr Henry Thompson succeeded in relieving the King from his euff,r ing, and removing his immediate cause, the honours which he won were reflected in some degree upon the En g lish school of surgery which he represented, and Mr Thom p son w ill assuredly receive cordi a l an d general congratulation upon the marks of esteem which King Leopold now bestows upon him.— The Lancet. THE NICWSVENDORS BRNF.VOLENT AND PROTI DENT INSTITUTION.—Mr Alderman Lusk has engaged to take the chair at the annual festival of this institution, to be held at the Freemasons' Tavern ou the 20th init. C HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 14, The Queen, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopoldt attended by the Countess of Caledon and Colonel the Hon. A. Harding°, drove out in a carriage and four. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales attended by Lord Alfred Hervey and Captain Grey, went to Windsor yes' terday afternoon, where his Royal Highness Pre' sided at the annual meeting of the Prince Consort'a Association, and distributed the prizes given by the Asociation. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. Their Royal Highnesses went to Ifer Majeaty'il Theatre in the evening. In attendance were the Hon. Mrs. Stoner and Captain Grey. HER MAJESTY'S THRATRE.—Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the performances at Her Majesty's Theatre with their pre sence yesterday (Thursday) evening. The suite in attend ance upon their royal highnesses comprised the Marchioness of Abercorn, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, and Captain Grey. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland had the honour ot accom panying their royal highnesses. Among the distinguished visitors honouring the theatre with their attendance on this occasion were—the Earl and Countess of Wertmorelanci, the Countess of Hardwicke and the Ladies Yorke, the Viscount Dunk), the Viscount and Viscountess Gort, the Hon. Maurice Portman, the Hon. 0 way Toler, the Hon. Elliot Yorke, Lady Jane Repton, Lady Barnard, Lady LawleY, Captain Bateson, Lord Gadsfort, Mr Charles Brett, Mr Lattey, &c. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will honour the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch with their company at dinner to-morrow even ing at their villa residence at Richmond, at G o'clock. A select party has been invited to meet their Royal High nesses in the evening at 8 o'clock to a small and early dance. THE EX-QUEEN MARIE AMELIE.—This vener. able lady and suite will leave Claremont to-day for Tunbridge-wells, where they will pass the season. The ex-Queen and party will proceed to Waterloo Station by the South-Western railway, thence to London-bridge ter minus, en route for her destination. The usual residence occupied by her ex -Majesty, Chancellor House, Mount Ephraim, has been prepared for ber reception. The Duke and Duchess of Monrpensier also take their departure for Tunbridge •wells to-day. Toe Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn re ceived at dinner last evening at Che , terf:eld House the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, tllp Countess Cowper and Lady Florence Cowper, the Earl and Countess of Daleitb, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount ton, Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord Dunkpllin, Sir Edward and Lady Caroline lierrison and Miss Chaplin, Colonel Tower, Dr. Quin, Mr Oswald and Miss Oswald, &c. _ The Countess of -Sefton, the Earl of SEtton, and Lady Cecilia Molyneux will leave Grosvenor-place tomor row for their seal, Croxteth Park, Lancashire. The Earl and Countess Cawdor and the Ladies Campbell will leave town to-day on a tour in Germany. Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale have left town for their seats near Sevenoaka. Lord Ravensworth and family have left town for Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead. Lard and Lady Wnarneliffe have left Curzon' street for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Abercromby will leave town on Wednesday next tor their seat in Scotland. Lady Emily Foley has left town for Stoke Edith Park, Tierefordshire. The Duchbss (Dowager) of Sutherland's partia at Chiswick have commenced for the season. The cuchess will shortly remove to Cliveden-park, near Maidentleadt Bucks. NEVER SAY DIE I—The Ministry spared no effort to bring up their men. Baron Rothschild, the member for the City of London, had been absent trorn the house for two years, owing to illness, but crime down bn the Monday before the division ; however, his strength failed him, and he left immediately. With a great effort they brought him down on the night of the division, and carried him in behind the Speaker's chair. But the most melan choly instance of pres-ure was in the case of Lord Robert Clinton, a brother of the Duke of Newcastle. He was brought on a stretcher to the cloisters, and carried upstairs to the Treisury.officc—when the division bell first rang 10 was brought to the door of the house, bat the whips found they did not want him—he was then too weak to go back to th% Treasury-office, and was laid down in the loaf under the care of Mr. Agar-Ellis. At last the final divi• sion came, and Lord Robert Clinton was carried in. Be was, however, too weak to stand up or pass through to wicket, so they laid him down on his mattress beside the clerks, and allowed him to put his hand on the wicket to s' form to denote his presence. in this way the sick mere' ber gave his vote. There were 9 members of the Conser vative side ill, but no such attempt was made at the risk of life, to catch a party victory.—London Letter in. the Mao' ehester Courier. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—" An EyewitoeEs If writes to a contemporary :—I. have to record one of the must extraordinary escapes from death I ever heard or read of, and which but fur the promptitude, energy, Wi ll coolness of one individual must have enued fatally for (out huwan lives. To-day the canal boat Lincolnshire, belonging to the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, Capt. Thomas Whitehouse, which was proceeding on her voyage froul Wolverhampton to Bilston, laden with 228 sacks ut grain, when opposite 11Ir Major's chemical works, Monnrore green,Wolverhampron, and while going round a very sharp curve in the canal, was caps'zed, being pulled completely bottom upwards, in consequence of the horse attached thereto having passed on the wrong side of the telegraph peso, being brought back by the man, ercaping from hill' , and running suddenly to the stretch of the line. The cal)" tain's wife and three children, the eldest of whom is about six years old, were at this time in the cabin of the boot, which was completely submerged in about five or six feet of water, and to all appearance their escape from death vflii impossible; but it fortunately happens that Mr Major em' ploys a boatbuilder, who being at work near at hand, and seeing what had occurred, immediately ran and ju m ped on the bottom of the boat, at the same time sending another man for his axe. In the meantime the boat slightly altered her position, showing about 15 inches of the side of the bottom of the cabin. Monk (the boatbailder) then placed his ear close to the exposed side, and, listening for a second , marked the place where the poor creatures were, and at once commenced to cat through her timbers (three inch oak) , and in about the space of 10 minutes made an opening , through which a tiny hand immediately grasped the broitett planks; and, as the hole increased in size, so the more eagerly were both mother's and children's hands thrust out, thus rendering the task of the deliverer more difficult ; 1)1 ' 4 at length the hole was made sufficiently large to permit O f the bringing out of the youngest c.ild, an infant of 10 months, and in about 20 minutes from the time the seal' dent occurred the whole of the imperilled family were rem leased, and taken on board one of Mr Major's boats and cared for. I can assure you, Sir, it would take an abler pat than mine to describe the affecting incidents of the Moen° tram beginning to end, but I certainly am of opinion (and so are all who witnessed the catastrophe) tat if the medal of the Humane Society is ever given for promptitude, cool" ness, and energy in the hour of danger, it certainly is due to the efforts of the man Joseph Monk, who displayed these qualities in the highest dt-gree. I have to add that hie efforts were seconded most efficiently by the cooper of g r alajor's establishment, Chriatooher Horton. SALMON BREEDING IN AUSTRALIA.—The Mel' bourne correspondent of the Times writes :—" O uf t great salmon-hatchi ng exper i ment i s p rocee ding m ote" prosperously. The bulk of the late consignment of 0 0, per the Norfolk, are forwarded to Tasmania. Breeding ponds, according to the newest piscicultural lights, have, been there p repare d f or the precious charge, and, by 10 " advices, many young salmon had burst from the egg% and many thousands more were expected. The troll' ova, aisc , , were doing equally well. Small as is O f own portion of this enterprise, it is not the less interes t ing. It is conducted by our Acclimatisation Society, al l f . . an ice-making fuctery at North Melbourne is the scene ° operations. A sort of inclined plane of pans, halt filled with gravel, is so placed as to allow a continuous streat e of water irom melting ice to ripple over each pan, in wili° 4 _ spread upon the gravel,lie the ova. These ova are about 11100 hiZ3 of small peas, and are cf a pale rose colour. Some rot' or ten of them have died each day, but about ten days , T l O among the births appeared the first salmon in Australia. Ihe Argus had a leader upon the illuAiisus young strang e How he looked, how ne struggled and wriggled—not nesrl so long as a finger-nail, with the adherent torn ovum s tl. hangit g about him—and how he w en t to sleep as deep $ll he could plunge into the gravel, were all faith ully de scribed. Day by day bulletins issued, announcing 1 1 °` ° , 1) , - w,,s getting on, until one i rreveren t an d s c e ptical fel l° "- ventured to doubt whether he was a salmon at all, I ° 3 o piously insinuating that the proprietor of the ice-slOt o had slipped a tadpole into one or the pans to hoot tilt President of the Acclimatisation Society, and asserting th ll o time would yet show the first 'Australian salmon to h aT e four legs. 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