The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-03 00:00:00

INIETROPOLITAN RAILWAY.— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ORDI NA ta r A LE-YEA.RLY MEETING ot the METROPO LITANII RAIL WAY COMPANY will be hoiden at the London Tavern, Bihopsgate-stret, in the City of Loudon, W i:DNDSDAY, the 17th day of Augusii instaiA. a, One on o' cluck in the afternoon prectseiy ; and Notice Is Further Givee, that the sae Meetin. , w:ll oe inxie and held as an ExT io_ol-WES Am Y 31E of the waid :,ornpany, con vened tor the purpose of raising. by the creation of new shares or stock, in the undertakimr, such further sums of irioLey, uncle, - the powers of the " Metropolitan Railway (A - ditiona. Powers) Act, 1854," as may be determined on. he Share Register wil; be closed on the 4th inst., and will remain closed till atter the meeting. By order of the Board, JOHN BENCH SIAM, Secretary, Office, 17, Duke-street, Weitrainster, August 3, 1861. MA 3 ESTY'S THEATRE. FINAL REPRESENTATIONS. CHEAP PIhiC.ES. sh e Nights of Performance. are Mndays, Tuesdays, Thurs dayt,, and Sittur o uayse TItIENS, TREBELI.I.-6:ANTLEY, LI3CR SZ lA. BORGIA. TO-'2,103,R01V EVENINa (Thursday , August 4, will be performed Donizetti's admired Opera. LLTCREZrA DO aGIA. ciennaro, ; It Duca Alfonso, Mr. Sautley, his first appearance in that cliaraw-er; Gubetta, Signor Boss: ; Ru , tigheilo, Signor Manfredi; Liverotto, Signor 3lariotti ; Petruchio, Signor Casaboni ; Vitelozzo, Signor liertaochi; Maffe, Orsini, Madame Trebelli and LutTezia Ba.rgia, Ilidlle. Thiene. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. TIVENS, GROSS IL SANTLEY, BOSSI, I TIWVA.TOILE. Saturd& 4 next, August 6, will be repeated, by general de sire, and for the last time, -Verdi's tavourite Opera, IL TIZONTA.TOR E. is the unrivalled cast:— Vie follow ing Leonora, hiajlle. TitienS; Azueena, Sladlle. Grassi, her second appearance in that character in England ; II Comte di :Luna, Santley- ; errand°, eignor Bessi; and 3lanzico, Manor Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Commence at Eight precisely; terminating In time for the night trains to the environs. rrioes 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Dress Circle, 7s. ; Upper Circle, ss. ; Orchestra btalls, 12s. bd. I . slotic o„.—Th.; usual restrictionu to Evening Dress will not be enf 13ox office of the Theatre open daily, from 10 till 7, where places may be secured. Tickets also procurable, on the evenings of performance, at the r3pecial offices, open at the entrances of the Pit and BOXed ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Faddy O'Hafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREET 6 OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. .D. Murray, J. Nelson,m ma H. Forre , ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Ruston, Miss E Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. N g W THEATRE-R0 YAL, ?mutt/tor and Manairer. M. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedfor., Billington, Stuart, Stephenßil - on ,ttoracr; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly. Mrs. ' Aston. At 19, ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Penholder, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Constance, Miss 11. Simms. Followed by TI-IE AREA BELLE, with a ,Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, Y. Bedford, R. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Last Two Weeks of the present Season. Crowded with rank and fashion. production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnan I, Esq., enti led FAUST' MARGrUERILE, in which Mr. and M:s Cnarles illatiiews will appear. The new scenery b 3 the celebrated artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental 13A.let by , Oscar Byrne. Re-engagement of those ce'ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. ana Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr... Clarke, Mr. Paul _Redford, Mr. F. itobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Jcsephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn,, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7 o'clock. A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert, and Mr. F. Robinson. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE : Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague. Mr. W. IL Ebarne, Mr. W. Chanaberiaine, and Mrs. C. Mathews. At 10, USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Patti Joseph To corclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, and Miss Cottrell. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING sILli DRESSZS, suitatle tor the country and seaside, and at the c.earing-out price of only £llls. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 247,249, and 251, Regent-street. 'BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent, and it will soon reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, tiereime, iuvite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will natur4lly b more co,tly as the price silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 2i7, 210, and 251, Regent-street. C OALS. —The LILLES HAL G COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......23s. per ton. I Double.. 2os. per ton. 'fop 225. „ Deep ...........21s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De ', ots, Westbourne Yark-read, \V., and 17, south Wharf, k Addington, W., and 3laiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent MEM THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING DiTELLIGENCE, eau be had Every Evening of G. EL GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 3, 1864. THERIIOIIE'rER. This day at Two o'clock 74 Barometer-29.39 WlND—Westerly ; moderate f=reeze and very fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rHIS DAT.—Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. 53m. la.tioaaaw.-Morning, 3h. 15r.a.—Afternoon, 31 - 1. 32m, -..., •••• I --...,, ,4 - , • 4,1":,_- ~ . 2,- C-?,-, 1 , A..., ._.„-r--,47,1,,, wix„.. •,,%., 1 , 1 .- ._ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1861. The Foreign Policy, respectively, there of France, here of England, has very recently, has within the last few days, has. almost we had said within the last few hours, received a rather startling illustra tion. An illustration, in each instance, indicative— to the comprehension of the whole world—cf the influence won by that contrasting Foreign Policy to the two Governments. The influence of France is thereby demonstrated—again—not for the first, but yet once more—to be very considerable. The influence of England is thereby, on the contrary, shown with frightful vividness— for the first time—to be infinitessimal, to be invisible, to be w h o iely inappreciable, if not absolutely non-existent. Of the success of the Foreign Policy of France, of the brilliant success of that Foreign Policy—it is Mexico that has afforded this latest illus tration. Of the failure of the Foreign Policy of England, cf the utter and ignominious failure of that Foreign Policy—it is Denmark that yields (to a nicety just precisely at the same moment) this no lees conspicuous illustration. Mexico, th e s t a t e o f thi n gs in Mexico, the progress of the newly inaugurated Government of Mexico, the rehabilitation, there, by French influence, upon an entirely new basis, of the polity, of the com merce, of the administrative and legislative institu tion of Mexico (no longer as • a chaotic Republic, but as a well-ordered, or what is evidently feet be coming, a well-ordered Empire, under the rule of the Austrian Archduke recently transformed into the Emperor MeximinreN)—each and all of these, tnzil eftor mail, are affording conclusive testimony of the Triumph Wee b y t h e Foreign Policy of Frenee, on the oppwite shores of the A.tlantic,under ti.s*uto direction of that Foreign Policy rea ll y b y . NAFj L EON 111., oste nsibly by his Mini s ! er o ' state, M. DaotJYN L'Huvs. According to the last sclviess received from :Mexico, under date the Sia ultimo, the n ew order of things., there, is that newly reorganised country, that country cnly jest now recovered from the bonleversement resulting from a prolonged revolutionary epoch, the new order of thi ng s there, according to these l as t accounts, from the actual scene, yonder, of these Gallic transformations, is in the highest degree satisfactory—ie satisfactory beyond even the most sinfPf:ne expectations. From Mexico there re turns now not only a large proportion of the French army of occupation but, simultaneously with the return of these- victorious soldiers, there wine back to France 3,000,000 dollars. This illus tration, therefore, of the success, the bril liant and indubitable EIICCCSS, of the foreign noliq of France—the illustration just now drawn from Mexico of the conspicuous triumph of that policy—is not only complete in its way, it is twofold. There i❑ Mexico, France has proved victorious, both in arms and diplo macy. Whereas, the illustration derived from Denmark of the utter failure of the for eign policy of England, is an illustration also of a twofold character, but, alas ! how completely different. The reE,ult of that Foreign Policy, as a pplied to the affairs of Denmark, has been, not as with the French Foreign Policy in the affairs of Mozico, a buildiog-up, but on the contrary, in every conic, a most disesn.-ous pulling down. His tory will relate it. History is already relating it. Whatever the paltering majority of eighteen may have declared to the contrary in the British House of Commons—History has already declared, or is even now at this moment declaring, that the name, the fame, the reputation, the glory, the influence of England, as affected for good or for evil by the issue of her Foreign Policy, have been marred, flawed, tarnished, degraded, however you may care to express it, by the lamentable results fast now of that Foreign Policy of hers as applied within the last few months to the affairs of Denmark. Have they not ? Let these results themselves— as they are now only too well known to us —answer, and answer conclusively. And those results—What, in a few miserable words, are they ? They are these —that, under the benign yogis of the Foreign Policy of England—Denmark our ally, Denmark who but little more than a year ago gave her fairest daughter, in wife, to the young Prince who is heir to this our ancient sovereignty, that Denmark, of all the countries of Europe, within the last very few months, under the benign yogis of the Foreign Polley of England, has been invaded by the monstrously superior forces of Austria and Prussia, has lost largely both in blood and in treasures, has been cloven down to the dust under the brutal heels of her German assail ants, and has now, as her only escape from total destruction, had violently torn from her grasp very considerable portions of her territory, the whole of Schleswig, of Holstein, of Lauenburg ! England standing by the while—never once striking a blow in her behalf—expending only for a time, and at uncertain intervals, a few big empty words (of threats to Germany, of encouragement to Den mark) but eventually hushing even these at the last, while meanly looking , on, "quite chap fallen" during this partial dismem berment of the Danish Kingdom ! Such are those two widely contrasting illustrations—here of the Foreign Policy of England, there of the Foreign Policy of France. " Look on this picture, and on his !"—yonder in Mexico—yonder in Denmark I England is at the present moment at peace, and under the role of the Ministers who for the time hold office every endeavour will be made and every humiliation submitted to to avoid plunging into a war. But the very fact that it has been declared England will not go to war—that her councils are swayed by a peace-at-any-price party—that her pledges shall not be maintained, and her allies de serted for fear of involving the country in a contest with some Continental Power—may at any moment bring about the catastrophe which it is endeavour ing to avoid. The belief that England may be insulted and bullied with impunity may any day 'lead some foreign Power or combination of Powers to act in such a manner as to leave this country no alternative but render war inevitable. In such fel contingency In what state of preparation wr,old England enter upon the contest ? Our arney is in a fair condition for service, it is supplied - with field ammunition second to none, and the yank and file have been trained to the use of a 'first-class rifle ; and in the absence of the troops 1;j0,000 disciplined Volunteers would be ready to &dead our shores and repel any hostile attack. oar armour-plated Navy is considered the strongest in the world, and so it is probably, in so far as its defensive armour is cone cerned. We grant that it would be difficult for an enemy to sink and destroy the Warrior, Black Prince, or Royal Sovemign ; but, on the other hand, could any of these vessels inflict any serious damage upon ships armed even as the Gloite. It is admitted that for penetraf,ng the Navy is not provided with any guns whie:a aro superior to the old 68-pounder. It will naturally be asked 'what has been the use of the five - fears' experiments at Shoeburyness ; and if this statement be true, why has the public, been delteaed with the accounts of the wonderful per fezmances of the 150 and 300 pounders against all conceivable kinds of targets, and the answer is that the Ordnance Committee are endeavouring to ascer tain what gun possesses the greatest power of penetra tion, the greatest range, and the greatest accuracy. Their object does not seem to be to provide a useful gun for the navy, but rather to decide scientifically between the respective claims for superiority, rival inventors, any of whose guns are more than equal to the exigencies of the service. We do not come plain of the protracted trials at Shoeburyness, although there can be no doubt that much time and money are expended too often for inadequate results. We admit that it i 3 highly necessary to test the merit of all guns in every possible manner, but we certainly consider that the requirements of the moment ebould be attended to before elaborate and tedious experiments are entered upon. The estab lishment at Shoeburyness has become an important one; it may be considered, says the United Service 3lagazine as a little martinet. There are barracks fur 700 men, besides cfficers' quarters for the coma pang-, and staff officers', instructors', sergeants', married men's quarters, hospital, gun sheds, drill house, stores, and commissariat, covering many acres of ground. There is incessant firing of guns from morning till night. Now it is firing twelve pounders for ordnance, and seventy pounders and nine inch guns, and some other kinds of projec tiles as fast as they can be loaded, and relays of men are necessarily required, as it is hard work. From all this expenditure of time and money no doubt important results are obtained, at least theo retically speaking, for practically the service has gained little except the adoption of. the Armstrong field guns which were recommended for service in 1858 after short but satisfactory experiments. Why in 1864 should not heavy armour-piercing guns be recommended for the Navy ? Why, while the pending controversy between the Armstrong arid Whitworth guns is dragging slowly along, while pr trials are being carried on with 93 poem proved just h eavy enoug h k - de rs, which have been not to penetrate strong targets, are the 150 and 300 pounders neglected ? We know what guns can penetrate even six and a-half inches of iron, and yet we needs must wait until the best of good gune, all fit for service, has been decided upon. Why, in the name of common sense, cannot orders be given for the construction of a reasonable number of 150 and 300 pounders ? upon ARMSTRONG or WHITWORTH'S system of rifling. Both are good, and therefore both might be adopted. It is not, after all, so much the system of rifling as the construction of the gun, that is of real importance, and the Government possess all the requisite machinery at Woolwich for their construc tion, as do iiiiewi.te the Elowick Conakaily, at New- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1864. cestle. Sir W. ARMSTRONG'S coil system of cone s:ructing guns has proved a susses, and without disparaging Mr. WrsiTwoßnt's plan of construct ing guns, by a succession of hoops, the former plan seems to be the one, as yet, in greatest favour, and might be safely adopted. All of the most success ful guns as yet constructed is that known as the "Somerset" gun, an account of its construction having been requested by the First Lord of the Admiralty. It is a light nine-inch gun, not weighing more than six tons, we believe, and capable, when rifled, of throwing a 2201 b. cylin drical or a 1151 b. spherical shot. Why, let us ask, are not many of these provided ? Is it necessary to wait until the one at present at Shoeburyness has been destroyed to prove its cspebilities ? The plan of proving all geeis to destruction, which seems to be the fashion at present, reminds us of the old ordeal for witchcraft, by drowning the suspected individual to show that he had no compact with the Dcvii. Even when ships have been supplied with heavy guns, it seems to have been the object as much as possible to render them as useless as they could. Why, for instance, has the Royal Sovereign been armed with smooth-bore guns—which, although ten and a half inch gauge, and weighing 12 tons, are only capable of throwing 150 pound shot, surely if the ship carries a twelve ton gun, it oaght to be a rifled one, and throw a 300 pound shot. Three hundred pounders are in all probability the heaviest guns that can be conveniently carried at sea, although perhaps in exceptional cases even a 600• pounder might be used, but as rifled 300-pounders are proved capable of penetrating any armour plates that ships can carry, a large supply should be forthwith constructed, irrespective of the rival claims of any maker. So long as a gun is good enough for the purpose it is wanted for, it is no reason it should be rejected until it is proved to be the best that can be con structed, for as improvements are always being made, we might wait for ever in a state of inde cision. Every other nation is content to take the best guns that are to be procured promptly. Cap tain BLAKELY has supplied the Prussian Govern ment with whole batteries, while we are debating. France is well provided for, as are also Austria and Prussia, while, on the other side of the Atlantic, eleven and thirteen inch guns are quite common, and we believe that the Americans have more than one fifteen inch gun, and are actually constructing a twenty inch one, capable of throwing a shot weighing 1,600 pounds. It is, of course, a matter of speculation how such a monster will succeed ; but whatever the results of the exper',. meat, it warns us that we must not be idle, Let the experiments at Shoeburyness be carried on with vigour. Let us gain all the information possible for our future guidance, but in the meantime it behoves us to turn the knowledge we already possess to practical account. Again has the Mayor of Cork deemed it expedient to direct public attention to the dangers of Daunt's Rock, as yet unmodified or unprovided against by any official arrangements. It will be remembered that come months ago, on the occasion of the lamen table disaster which took place on that rb;;E, Mr. MAGUIRE was active in his efforts to gP.,i some thiog done at once to, protect the shipping from the danger caused '4,this obstruction. Bat, although his entreaties and observations were supported by painful - dnd incontrovertible evidence, for the good ship City of New York still lies embedded in the rock, the beat months of the year are being sof 4:ered to slip away while nothing is done. We heard f before of many difficulties being in the way—of disputes as to authority, of dif f erences as to expense, of local antagonisms, official delays, and other obstacles. But many of these impediments aro now, according to Mr. AIAGUIRE, removed. Gene rally speaking, too, it is a very slow process to con. vince officials of the necessity of improvement or altere,ion, but, thanks possibly to the wreck, there cis be no dispute as to the dangers and inconve. niences of Daunt's Rock. Mr. MAGUIRE says that " each department appears most anxious that something should be done," but nevertheless nothing is done. Again he says, " Letters have been written, correspondence has multiplied, dif ficulties have been got rid of, misunders tandings have been explained away, a common accord has ever been established, but still there remains the damning fact that Daunt's Rock is, up to this Ist of August, without beacon or protection of any kind." The real difficulty probably lies in the triple government—the Board of Trade, the Trinity Board, end the Irish Ballast Board—for we know that if in the multitude of councillors there is wisdom, in the multitude of rulers there is certainly hesitation and delay. All parties, however, are agreed not only as to the expediency but the neces sity of something being done before winter sets in, but the fear is that with the best intention this apparently interminable procrastination will be pro- Longed until the precious summer months are past, and the storms of autumn renew the terrors of last year, greatly increased, as Mr. MAGUIRE reminds us, by the position of the wreck. Mr. TURNER, of the City of Washington, states that that vessel nar rowly escaped destruction last April, having almost gone bodily on the wreck. Had she done so with her 50') souls on board, there would have been a terrible addition to the legends of Daunt's Rock. The best way to get rid of it would of course be to blow it up, but in waiting for that more tedious and expensive process, it is proposed to place a bell beacon on the rock ; and the three Boards have agreed in approving of the bell beacon of Mr. HER• BERT, similar to that found useful in the Mersey. They are also unanimous in wishing the beacon to be of the largest dimensions to mark the dangerous locality. But although they have advanced so far, no one seems disposed to take the necessary steps. This state of things has really gene on quite long enough, and it is time that a little more energy were infused into these several departments. Now that the construction of a dock in Cork harbour is seriously 'contemplated, it is useless to attempt to underrate the importance of that port; but it is quite in keeping with the zeal of our nautical administration that we should spend thousands on costly experiments, and failures like the Mersa Dock at Malta, while we cannot find means or energy or opportunity to remove a real danger out of the way of our shipping within our waters. THE Charivart, according to the French Corm* pendent or the herald and Standard, publishes a version of Lord Paltnerston's farewell speech to the House of Commons, such as, it declares, his lordship either de livered on the last day of the session, or ought to have done. The usual recapitulation of the labours of the session was this year, it makes the noble lord declare, exceedingly easy, since the Government could sum up all in the single word " Nothing ;" the Cabinet remained in office, not because it possessed the confidence of the country, tut because many members voted for it to avoid the annoyance attendant on a dissolution ; lastly, as the Ministry had preserved their places, the Polish question, the Danish dispute, and the various reforms which the country looked for, were not of the slightest; importance; the essential was to get away from these endless interpella tions, harrassing questions, and uncomfortable critiques, which rendered the position of. the Ministry so little desir able towards the end of the session ; the house might de pend on being summoned together at the most distant rno ..ment possible. STAMP DUTIES ON PROBATES.—Under the new act (27th and 28th Viet., c. 56), probate and letters of ad ministration are exempted from stamp duty where the effects do La exceed £lOO in value. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [EEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. SOUrHAMP'EON, AUG. 3. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania, from New York, on the 231 ult., has arrived off Cowes. She brings 129 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburgt. 69,500 dollars for England and 4,000 dollars for France. Oa the 231 ult. ehe spoke the British steamers North American and York, off Sandy Hook, on the, 25th the steamer Scotia, and on the 31st the steamer Saxonia. From lat. 48 40 N., long. 40 18 VT., to lat. 49 18 N., long. 41 W., the Germania passed several large icebergs. Her news has been anticipated by the Peruvian which brought intelligence from New York to the 231 (evening). NEW YORK, :ULY 23, 11 A.M. Nothing further from Grant, except that he has dispatched General Sheridan upon another raid on the railway communication with Richmond. No official confirmation of the evacuation of Atlanta has yet been published, but the authorities at Washington report, non-officially, that on the 18th instant the Federals occupied Decatur, six miles east of Atlanta ; thlt on the 20th instant General Hood, who has superseded Johnston, at; tempted to dislodge the Federals from Decatur, but was repulsed; and that on the 21st instant a general engagement was fought in front of Atlanta, which resulted in the defeat of the Con federates, their abandonment of that city, and their retreat to Macon. These statements do nut obtain general credence, and counter reports, from Confederate sources, assert that Hood will hold Atlanta until reinforcements from Lee arrive, and Forrest cuts off the retreat to Chattanooga, when a combined effort will be made for the overthrow or ovingdgthutoPbenihri:le capture of Sherman's entire army. The Confederates are again operating in force in Missouri, under the command of Gen. Thornton. They hove captured Marvin, in the western pores a r t e t o s p i tion of the State, and are m rapidly augmenting their strength conscripts. They also threaten F - .ot scoff. Gen. Rosecrans has appr to unite with the Federal : 400p , i n rescu i ng the State. Gold, 254 . .aulta and SOUTHAMPTON, AUG, 3, The North German Lloyds Company's steamship Hansa, sailing hence to-day for New York, takes out 150 saloon passengers and a largo cargo, ins chiding French jewellery valued at 120,600 frs. FOUTHANIPTON, AUG, 3. A telegram has been received from Hurst Castle, stating that a small screw steamer, which looked like a Government despatch vessel, was on the North East Shingles, having gone ashore during high water. The name was unknown. The Southampton Steam Towing Company has scat out their tug Aid to render assistance. ITALY. A Turin letter of the 31st ult. contains the fol lowing :—" What is considered here most important at present is the dissolution of the Chamber, which is a Vapic discussed by all the organs of the press, 0. - nd which may become necessary for the simple reason that every one is speaking of it. When the existence of an assembly which has only a year to live is thus called into question every day, its authority becomes difficult to maintain. The Council of Ministers will probably decide to-morrow whether the dissolution shall take plti.oe iramecliately, or whether a few urgent laws shall be first voted. Ia the latter case the elections would only take place in December or January. The Left has already constituted its electoral committee, composed of the most kfluential deputies of the party, among others being MM. Mordini and Crisp. The Par liamentary element predominates. The clerical party is said to be labouring in secret. Up to the present time that body had held aloof, but it now appears to have decided on taking part openly in the struggle, which would be better than voting in sulky manner for the candidates the most likely to disorganise the political machine. There is a gene■ ral belief that in the next Chamber tt ere will be a Conservative party. If I had a counsel to give to the partisans of such opinions, it would be to go to the elections, as abstention is the worst of all poiiti cal proceedings. Whatever may happen, the Mode rate Liberal party will have the majority, because it is the most numerous in the country, and also be• cause it has right and good sense in its favour. The new Chamber will have a very different appearance from the present one. The groups will be modified, and the influences may be also more or less dis placed. My opinion is that it is the present Minis try, as it is now composed, which will hav© to order the elections." Denmark, what will be the policy of the three Powers whose accord has so much occupied the attention of statesmen for some weeks past ? What are the ! , .ntentions of Prussia, of Russia, and of Austria ? And in presence of the eastern alliance, or at least good understanding, what will the two Western Powers do ? One thing already appears evident, which is, that Russia has recovered all her former influence over Germany, and that her policy agat, weighs on Europe as before the Crime,,,n War. E eery time that Poland is obliged vgain to lie quiet in her tomb, Russia becomes 4 menace for Europe ; this threatening attituite of Russia dates from 1772; after 1830, the ctr.ehing of Poland rendered Nicholas the arbiter of the situation ; afer 1863, Russia again advances over the ruins of Poland to weigh on the Wes• Prussia cares little for this state of things; j'atoxicated with her recent successes, on the eve of I attaining the end at which her ambition has so long aimed, she is indifferent to the future which Russian influence is preparing for Germany; all sh© now asks is, that Russia will leave her free to act at the present moment; and in order to obtain that result, she leaves Russia full liberty to carry out her own schemes." BOURSE, August 2.—The market remains the same as yesterday, with very little burliness doing, owing to speculators being engaged in the monthly settlement, which has been easier for railway's send miscellaneous securities than for Reute, The market closed as follows: 41 per Cents O4 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 45 Credit Mobilier 1010 Do. end month 1005 Bank Shares 3360 Credit Voncier 1205 — l,toman Italian Loan 6B 20 Do. end month 63 10 Ditto Threes — New Mexican Russian Austrian Spani,,h Threes.„ — Home Debt Deferrel Alai. Cash. Aeoouut. °Humid - 877 50 .. 875 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean, 900 .. 905 New ditto Southern - Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian .. 429 25 Lombard North of Spain ~ 437 50 Saragossa.. .. 523 75 .. 522 50 Ditto to Barceloua .... 246 25 .% 247 0 RA IL E G A R T. ALEXANDRIA, July 23. FRANCE. The Emperor Napoleon 111. has written the fol lowing impressive letter in reference to the "Opera" and the "Hotel-Dieu" to Marshal Val iant, Minister of the Imperial Household and of the Fine Arts : " Vichy, July 31. "My dear Marshal,—l wish to inform you of a reflection which hes cccurrecl to me during the repose which lem erjoying here. Two great esta blishments are to be reconstructed at Paris with a very different destination—the Opera and the Hotel Dien. The former has been already commenced, while the latter is not so yet. Although executed, the Opera at the cost of the State, and the Hotel Dieu at the expense of the hospices ar.d of the city of Paris, both will not the less be remarkable mo numents for the capital ; but as they respond to in terests of a very d:fferent character, I am unwilling to allow one to a pp ea r more protected than the other. "The expenses of the Imperial Academy of Music will unfortunately exceed the estimates made, and the reproach must be avoided of having employed millions for a theatre when the first stone of the most popular hospital of Paris has not yet been laid. Recommend therefore, I pray you, the Prefect of the Seine to get the works of the Hotel-Dieu imme diately commenced, and be so good as to have those of the Opera so directed that both shall be termie noted at the same time. That combination, I admit, has no practical advantage, but in a moral point of view, I attach great importance to the fact that the building intended for pleasure should not be finished I before the asylum of suffering. " Receive, my dear Marshal, the assurance of my sincere friendship, " NAPOLEON." 'The Ilionde hes a mode of arguing peculiar to itself. Peace, it declares, seems at present to dawn in the political horizon, not only in Europe but probably in America, and therefore Franco ought to look on England with suspicion, if not expect hostilities from her ! But that our readers may not suppose that we are indulging in a misplaced jest, we proceed to give a portion of our contemporary'', ooservations. Referring to the intelligence which has just arrived of the arrangements for peace made at the Vienna Conference, the writer says :—" Den mark, alone against two Powers, can only avoid complete ruin by submitting to the will of the con querors. It has often been in the wrong, its mis fortunes are the consequence of its own fault, but its honour is safe, and it can yield without dis grace. Thus the roar of artillery will soon cease i w n il E l u n r o o t p m e, u a e nd hlown longer er may be s l ihkeedwiise nA h m o e p r e ic t a h . at ip b ol : a o n o d d is silent—the Caucasus is becoming a desert—a word has sufficed to send Garibaldi back to Cap rera—appearances are therefore is favour of those who expect that peace will be preserved. But afterwards! Wheu peace has beta biped with A letter the"- rrom a correspondent says the rising of vile has progressed so rapidly as to cause soma fear among a portion of the population. It will be remembered the two preceding years were marked by inundations; yet the rise up to the present date has been more rapid than during the corresponding time in either of the past years. The river has now reached to a height above low water mark of up wards of 12 pies (about 25 feet), showing an in. crease of two pica upon its height at the corre sponding period in 1863, and of one pie on 1862. This ought not, however, to be looked upon as a sure sign of its rising to any extraordinary height eventually. Oa the contrary, it has been found that such rapid rises at the commencement of the season have not unfrecinently been followed by periods of sudden stagnation,while inundations have often fol lowed upon slow rises at the commencement, and sudden rapid increases later on in the season. The Government is unceasingly employed in improving the dykes, and in taking all possible precautions, and when I add that the Nile must rise to a height of 26 pies above low water mark before any actual danger is to be apprehended, I may be warranted in stating that there exists as yet no real cause for alarm. The Viceroy has just returned to Cairo from a tour to Rosetta and Mansourah, whither his High ness proceeded for the special purpose of inspecting the works on the canals, and to satisfy himself that all his orders are being punctually carried out with regard to these works, upon the efficiency of which a great portion of this year's crops may depend. The intelligence from Upper Egypt is highly satis factory. The cotton planted in comparatively ele vated parts of the country has had the benefit of irrigation at an unusually early season, in corm (pence of the unexpected rise of the Ni!e, and it is i❑ excellent condition, From intelligence lately received from the Hedjaz it appears that Mecca and its environs are being ravaged by typhus fever, which is attributed in a great measure to the unusual influx of pilgrims to the Hadgis this year. Their number is estimated at 200,000. The city has already been abandoned by a great number of the inhabitants, among whom is the Governor General, who has retired to Saref with his entire staff. A quarrel has ensued between his Highness's Go. vernment and the Consulate of the United States, It appears that an American subjee, a Mr. Kin• dineco, in erecting a steam engine (which, according to a Government regulation, he has no right to do without the permission of the authorities) has partly destroyed an aqueduct by which a portion of the town is supplied with water. The Consul of the United States, on being applied to by the authori ties, stopped the works, but subsequently allowed them to be proceeded with. The consequence of this was that the Government sent a party of Cfswasses to the spot, who forcibly ejected the workmen. The United States' Cousul hereupon demanded satisfaction for the insult thus offered to the banner of the stars and stripes. He refused to accede to a proposal on the part of the Egyptian Government that each party should send an engi neer to inspect the alleged damage, agreeing to abide by their joint decision, and threatened to strike his colours unless satisfaction were given by the Egyptian Government within 24 hours, Accord- ingly, after that time had elapsed, the colours of the United States were hauled down, and a despatch, which arrived almost immediately after wards from Cherif Pasha, was returned unopened. The United States' Consul is said to have telegraphed to Can• stantinople, and there the matter now rests. AN EPICURE IN THE MATTER OF PIGS AND BACON I ."—Mr. William Menzies, in his " Hist or y of Windsor Great Park and 'Windsor Forest," relates (ac cording to a happy account of it given in the Times of this morning) how he, the author, once attempted to cure some hams in the old forester's way, which had died out. One day when he had a ham cooked he had one of the com moners, reputed to be an excellent judge in these matters, to taste it and give his opinion as to the success of the curing. "Well, that be pretty like the thing," said the commoner. "1 han't . tasted the like o' that this many a day. It is so meller, when you gets your teeth on it, you thinks you has it, but afore you knows where von is, ain't it wanished ?" " Well," said Mr Menzies, " I am sorry I have something so good in the house, and nobody to dinner to share it with me." "It's a worry different opinion as I would be on that matter," was the sapient reply of the old man. "If that ere ham was in my house, it's worry small company as I would ask to the 'ating OA it." Ho had evidently meditated long and deeply on the subject of pigs and bacon, and ono day he gave the result of his cogitation to Mr Menzies in the following terms :—" They," he said, meaning t h e pigs, "are like us, for they will ate a'most any thing; but yet they are different too, for if you put a lot o' things afore a pig, he'll always take the best o' them first; but when I gets my dinner o' Sundays, I likes my beef and taturs first, and my puddin' afterwards. There ain't a bit o' a pig as isn't good to ate as I knows on; but the sweetest I morsel is the worry pinto' bis nose, which you scrapes and salts and hangs a fortnight, and then you biles it with greens and taturs. There's ne'er a pictur ever hangs in a man's cottage as aiquals a gammon o' bacon hung up agin the chimney." HOP INTELLIGENCE.--MAIPSTONE, Aug. I.—The hot weather of the past fornight has been very favourable 1 for the growth of the hops, and as we have now got by St. James's-lay, up to which period old authorities tell us "there may be h o pper and there may be none," some con clusions may be formed as to the prospects of the planters, although, from the very precarious nature of this crop, it is too early even now to predict with any great certainty What the ultimate yield will be. Owing to the cold nights which were experienced fox so long a period and the protracted drought, there are many grounds which show a great slackness of bine, and these can now do but little towards a crop, as, although some showers fell during the last week, a good soaking ground rain was needed to give the weak bine a fresh start. But taking the plantations generally, appearances may be regarded as satisfactory. In most districts the hops this year have been very free from vermin, and where the bine is strong the burr is coming cut most promisingly. Should we now get suitable weather till picking time, and the hops not be affected by the mould or other disease, a good average crop may be reckoned upon. _Your men were kitled by an explosion of fire damp at the Briton Coalpit, Calder Ironworks, near Glas gow, on Monday, while several other miners were seriously injured, ST. JAMES'S HALL. The Anthropoglossus, or mechanical vocalist, is certainly a very curious piece of machinery. have had various strange exhibitions ur late years in the metropolis, but ~its perhaps is one of the most puzzling na t ure ever presen t e d t o t h e pu b l i c. The .. I '..rithropeglossus is a large wax model of the human head, suspended by a couple of brass chains from the ceiling, which, on being wound up, starts off singing in the most audible and distinct manner the celebrated ditty " The dark girl dressed in blue." This is succeeded by several other songs, amongst which are " Polly Perkins," " Annot Lyle," " God bless the Prince of Wales," and "God save the Queen," all being given wiih the most perfect utterance, the great wonder being how on earth the articulation is produced. The only portion of the machinery visible bzneath the head is a revolving barrel and a pair of small bellows used for, the pur pose of " voicing" the pipes, or whatever contrivance is within the head, from which. undoubtedly the sounds proceed. The manner in which the machine is suspended precludes the possibility of the com munication from above, below, or on either side, so to the curi . ::, o a fi ne fi eld is open for the discovery of the mode by which the sounds are produced. We are quite aware that automaton and speaking figures (a few words only) have been exhibited in London, hut certainly it is the first time we have had a " mechanical vocalist" capable of singing in capital style six songs containing over a thousand different words. The exhibition, as wo have bfore said is a curious one, and well worth a visit, PROFESSOR ANDERSON. This gentleman, after as absence from Great Britain of seven years, has returned from an extended tour round the world, Daring these years he has given his wonderful en tertainment in every part or the globe, and under the most peculiar oircumstancee, Sometimes we hear of him before the Sultan of Turkey, then we listen to an account of his mystifying some Rajah in India. Then the irrepressible - Wiz trd turns up in a gold mine, three or four hundred feet underground, per forming before and fraternising with the bearded gold diggers of Australia. Next, perhaps, we find the Professor in Honolulu, as tonishing the potentate wish the almost unpronounceable name of Kamehameha the 4th, who ruled the Sandwich Islands. We hear of the immediate descendants of the Kanakis of Captain Cook's time gravely assisting Pro fessor Anderson to transmute water into pigeons and cocoa nuts into silk pocket handkerchiefs. Then, while we are mentally wondering where he will appear next, he is heard of performing on the base of the big felled tree of Calaveras County in California, of which a specimen is in the Crystal Palace, and afterwards " assisting," as the phrase goes, at an al fresco ball, in which fifteen or twenty couples dance ou the stump of the monster of the grove. In fact, the Professor appears to be gifted with an übiquity almost:as amazing as his most inexplicable experiments, and he also possesses the rare and useful facility of accom modating himself and his entertainment to all places, sea sons, and persons. For again, with indomitable perseverance, the Professor works his way into Japan, and succeeds (in spite of all predictions to the contrary) in completely mystifying two or three two-swordecl DAmios, and bewildering by the inexhaustibility of his delusions the Japanese sages, driving the latter in envy almost to the verge of Hari-Kari-ism, if we may coin the expression. Next our Celestial neighbours in Hong Kong claim a share of the Professor's attention, and to open-mouthed Chinese, accustomed though they be to all manner of wonders, the Wizard illustrates the power of making " the eyes the fools o' the other senses. It cer tainly requires no small degree of expertness to mystify Hindoos, Chinese, Japanese, Kanakis, and genuine Yankees, yet the Wizard of the North appears to have succeeded in doing so, and to a very great extent rivalling, if not surpassing the far-famed jugglers of Hindostan. Though we understand that Professor Anderson still adheres to the experiments with gorgeous apparatus, which has been his specialite, we believe that he has profited by the various expel iments of Oriental magicians. Therefore, though we hope in his entertainment to sec some of our old friends, we are led to expect that they will appear with new faces and in a novel garb. _ _ We understand that the great and entirely new feature of the entertainment is the portion illustrated by Miss Louise Anderson, who, like another Madame Ida Pfeiffer, has accompanied her father in his tour round the world, and in this her singularly extraordinary journey has perfectly succeeded iu invariably charming our foreign and colonial contemporaries. From what wo read and hear the young lady's power is of a very extraordinary character. " Marvellous " is the mildest term by which the journals of Sydney, Calcutta, Melbourne, Hobart Town, Hong Kong, Honolulu, San Francisco, Sacramento, Havana, and numberless other towns, describe her portion of the programme. If half we hear Le verified by our actual observation, Miss Anderson will eclipse all her predecessors. Miss Anderson is said to entirely discard the system exposed by M. Robert Houdin in his very lively memoirs, and she illustrates the so-called " seconde vrie" in a manner which would, were we not disbelievers in clairvoyance, cause us to attribute it to that agency. Our old friend the Wizard still wages pitiless war against the spiritualists, and has perfected his apparatus for the exposé of the humbug spiritualism. Prof ssor Anderson has made an arrangement with the directors of the Grand St. James's Hall, which is to be fitted up as hia " Psycho• manteum" in a manner which he promises shall eclipse all his previous efforts in the metropolis. LOSS OF THE LABIIAN, The following report has been made to the Lords of Committee of Privy Council for Trade : "My Lords,—l. beg to report, for the informa tion of your lordships, that I have; in conjunc tion with Captains Harris and Baker, as nautical assessors, held an inquiry into the loss of the steamer Labuan, which occurred off the Island of Harris on June 28 last. The Labuan was an iron screw steamer of 837 tons and 80 horse power, built at Liverpool in 1855, and owned by Messrs. Bailey and Leetham, of Hull. She was commanded by Mr Charles Hargitt, who holds a certificate of compe tency. as master, dated May 26, 1859, and had a crew of 21 hands all told. The Labuan left Liver pool June 25, laden with 1,700 bales of cotton, with 225 tons of coal, and bound to Narva and Cronstadt. She cleared the North Channel between the Mull of Cantyre and Rathlin Island at 5 40 a.m. on the 27th. At 4 a.m. on the 28th they sighted Deer Island, and at noon they were up to Grebanish Head, which bore N.W. N., at a computed distance of from two to three miles, but the weather being foggy no great reliance could be placed on this assumed distance, as they failed to obtain soundings with 60 fathoms of line. From this position a course was steered E. and N. for 30 minutes, when the lighthouse on Glass Island was seen through the fog. The master, who was on deck, ordered the helm to be ported, and the shill to be brought to E. S., which was dune, the vessel going very slowly, and in 10 minutes she struck upon a sunken zock, which hae since been ascertained to be the Lag na Laire. Efforts were immediately made to move her, with out success, and the master, in consequence, pro. ceeded to Stornoway for assistance, returning the next day about 9 p.m. in the Princess Royal cutter, which was followed during the night by three lighters. About 9 a.m. en the 30th the vessel broke in half, and the after part settled in deep water, but a large portion of the cargo, more or less damaged, was saved. No lives were lost. The captain appears to have navigated the ship with care and caution throughout, but in consequence of the ,thickness of the weather on the morning of the 28th, and failing to obtain soundings, he seems to have been in error es to his distance from the land. The course steered from the last headland would, however, appear to have been a safe one to clear all dangers, accord ing to the chart by which he navigated his vessel, but, unfortunately, the sunken rock on which he struck is not laid down on that chart—one of lin ray's of 1862, and which the master had purchased in Liverpool just before sailing, iu the belief that it was the latest. It is but rigut to state that, in a more recent chart of the same publiehee for the pre• sent year, the rock in question, the Lag na Laire, is correctly laid as in tee Admiralty cearts. But, regarding the fact that the master's chart was defi cient in the information which would have enabled him to avoid the danger, and there being no buoy or beacon to point it out, as there would appear to be on other dangers in the same neig hbourhood, I am disposed to acquit him of default . lam glad to be able to do this, as the master's antecedents are all favourable to him, and his attention to his duties both before and after the accident appears to have been highly creditable. I ha ve therefore, with the to Mr Her. concurrence of the assessor s, returned gitt his certificate.— I have, " T. S. llorLits, Pollee Magistrate. " We concur in this re p ort., "Liverpool, July 29, 1864. " HY. HA RIII3I Vußsorz " .13. • - • )74 . 1 /44 1 %LA_ HER MAJESTY, OsrOTNE, Ano. IL Their Royal liighneSses the Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hesse went to the Royal Victoria Har , pital at Netley yesterday, where the Prince of WRits laid. the first stone of the monument about to be erected to the medical ofLers who died in the Crir_ruan war. M. - jai...General Seymour and Captain con Wester welter were in attendance. Sir James Clark also accompanied the Prince of \Araks from asborne. Lien:enant-General the ll6n. C. Grey and Lieu tenant-Colonel Da Plat have suceeceed 1\1,30r G , er era' Seymour ani Q910pt, , 1 the Hon. A. liarelege as Equerries in Waithl, Trip: DUKE OF NEWCASTLE,—The announce ment of the relapse of his Grace the Duke of New castle has cawed wide-apread grief not, only in Nottinghamshire but throughout the midland counties generaily. The 10th Nv a° the date fixed for his grace's departure from London fo hit; seat, Cumber Park, Notts, but the visit is now indefinir telY postponed, As erroneous statements are in eirculatio3 respecting his grace's malady we may state that it is aimplY gout, and that the attacks, though fugitive, are frequent, and exceedingly painful dur:ng their continuance. --°t. linyham Daily Guardian. A.R. BRIGHT.—John Bright' Eci.f M.P., arriVed at Tulehan Lodge on Friday last. He has be en fi,irgsci since, and has enjoyed good sport. On Saturday be b a , one salmon, and on Monday he hal two, and on 'Nodal one. There seems to be plenty of fish in the water Mt now. Mr Bass and party arrived at Tulehan Lodge Wednesday.—Elgin Courant. THE LATE MR. A. W. HARNETT.—Wa lesril that the friends of the late Mr. Harnett, consider' ing his personal virtues, his literary attainments , and,tia thin long and severe sufferings of the latter months of ilia life' widow and children, and to that end the followi n g ' have resolved to raise by subscription a provis ion for bid gentler' men have formed themselves into a committee :---Jlin .M.P.; Richard Quain, Esq., F.R.S Brady, Esq., M.D., M.P.; PatriCk M‘Mahon, 'clit Esq. ; and Chas, Russell, Es . ' gr Esq , Barrister at Law , Harriet ,was connected with the press both in Loudon and Dublin, and was endeared to all who knew him by , tile ; W. H. TwentyMant amiability of his manners and the purity of his life. r ie t was for many years in impaired health, and during the h ie 14 months of his life he passed through extreme hie exhausting during his long illness whatever provision --: had made for his family—and on the 6th ult. be die ' leaving them totally unprovided for. A case of misortune' so severe, so patiently borne, and incurred w ithout trace alli of blame attaching to himself, will, it is h o p ed, aPPee, effectually to many beyond the immediate circle of 1 14 friends. Subscriptions will be received by Alfred gast"e4 Esq., Hon. Sec., 13, Sandford-place, HERRINGS.—The Scottish herring fishery Ai/c° employment to a large number of people, ands if immense capital is sunk in boats and other apparatug ° the capture. The way commerce is carried on in herring" of is rather peculiar. It goes thus :—" Cookie," the Oh ~ shavie," or in plain language, John Cowie testing, that son of John Cowie, junior, of Buckle, is thinking about pounds saved up, the produce of his industry taking a wife, and settling in the world. Ile has 3 feed in.g.ton.,nia _, a hand at the fishing, and of a speculation he made in ell'' for net dying ; and his father has promised to giv°, hira , :a couple of £:0 notes to help him to purchase a boat. I" John is rather ambitious, and his sweetheart still more 130 ts he finds he his not money for more than one boat and t train of nets; and it is a sine qua non of " Big l3eardie" (rh e is the nickname of Alex. Reid), that his daughter, gal Reid, John Cowie's, alias Cockle's, sweet h e art, must hei r ° e husband with two boats at leak What is to be done in such a difficulty ? Oh the remedy is very simple ; 000 of the curers of the district will, without doubt , advance 1333nei for another boat. This is a common nractice, spirit of gambling to the other excitements of the fishery, The curer advances money on the faith of Cowie 's beats fishing for him till the surn e advanced be paid up---rnaking, of course, a better bargain with John than he could with a free fisherman ; and so Cowie tertius gets manied, at'cl, becomes, let us hope, a successful fisherman. The not e ' : way of conducting the business of the herring fishery is ta and adds make the bargain for the folloiving season at the conclusio n of the present one. An immediate bounty of ten, fifteen? or twenty pounds per boat is paid down, as well as a gran t of allowances of various kinds—such as bleaching-groun d for nets, dye-stuffs for ditto, and perhaps a few gallons ', whisky as well ; and, beside all these, a price for the green fish, at so much for every 45 gallons, or " crap;' it is called. The quantity of herring usually bargain t te bargained for each season is 200 trans, but few of the boats take so macY; The curer, of course, provides his salt, barrels, coopers, 0" gutters, and undergoes all the anxiety of the curing sea son :it ; and in some seasons "the take" will be so bad t hat he sv"- be a heavy loser, and have to carry forward to next yea r heavy lot of barrels and alarge quantity of salt. It will thlls ell be seen that the herring fishery is a kind of lottery,. which all the inhabitants of a town hang svitiafiercest a ne Y , t so that to get a boat from a wealthy curer is no t diflicult i and, if the new]) -married pair we have described b e very I°l°l they may be free from their debt in a couple of yea"' cedego on increasing in wealth till they have m an y sons of their own to aid them in becoming brosoats, as. pPc re ir ,.. On the other hand, hundreds who hasten to be rich day this way suffer disappointment, and bitterly curse the still of their ambition. A bad season may engulph thelll s s , la a p t r h iv e a c i t et : 00011 0 so ldier deeper in the books of the curer, or a sudden :sterna re....; ever' wreck their boat and close up their industry for Macnzillan, w h at ar ° soldier o h l e die c r THE LIMITED ENLISTMENT ACT. --° W n e ci h s i e c r h vice t abandon b andon causes thew h to ie may be able to remove them. First, the dearly loves change. After he has lain at one a ta i _ t hat some years the sameness becomes so irksome to h e u i kuos o ne longs to exchange it even for quirters whic h 11 solo to be inferior. An instance of this may be given. Sheffield, years ago the 16th Regiment was stationed in ici ... with every prospect of remaining there for some ear_ to able time. A number of men whose time was take their ?emfitwethe tince,e7litrwe expire had given notice that they were then to take t o P iaec t , discharges, when the news of the Trent outrage re p ' lo t England, and the 18th was ordered to Canada intb.ar haste. At the prospect of an immediate c hange , 0 , 0 change being colonial servic e, with the pcasibility nt al ias and the certainty of a length ened absence from their sitD land—these men, with hardly an exception, retracted t e vi , n otice of withdrawal, and re - en listed for the second tcrfer . . . Again, it cannot fa il to chafe the veteran a°l t, who has borne the brunt of Canada's frost and Indie'°l3lld; w ho mayhap has fought and bled , who knows his du t y r e' can do it, that the raw recruit who joined yesterday,n ict, t he years. the same pay as ho who has been a soldier . ti ` e, years. " Ah, no !" say our supe ri o rs ; " remember ° a it , goo d conduct pay, which in 10 years amo unts to 2 / 1 1 6 Be 21 years to 5d per diem additional." Very wen. .. ~, man may be a thorough good soldier and ye t not ivr,, o , good-conduct badge. Eight days' pack-drill forfeit .woot, distinction for two years ; and every aoldier kuosca h 0 , easily, often how innocently, this punishment ryas may U° incurred. An unavoidable absence of t.woloohkonwhic_ l'i tattoo, a single inadvertence, even ab . lack. of ~ . which kayo known construed into the peculia.r crime dtl ho ar d e off his arm at an 1 10 . t .. insolence," may strip the ba g sold ° warn i ng . Can it be wondered at, then, that the 0 . _ ..c re f uses to include an item so precarious as good co :12:,,,j, pay in the schedule of his advantages ? Can We e1Y 1 ,16 t h a t he will take it much into account in making ill' it, e m i n d as to re - enlisting ? We offer a bounty of o i i , or, or may be, two pounds to the lad who was behind thecnu_ va t tile , yesterday, or to the ru stic who last week was foili l plough, and whom it will take six months' time . r ov o, expenditure of care, work, and money to fit for t: .__ o at This being so, what temptation do we hold out t . . tr i _ u sdo to who has been a soldier for ten years, who is reaaY,ow_, lars our hands, and available for active service to-nierv;,l3o want to engage him at the same price for which° es6toate; scoured the raw recruit. Can we expect him t ,130 0 vi , himself at this value ? It may be argued that Wha',. or c'.. l: : made him, that he owes to us what he has learnt:l" bare prose, and that he is bound to remember this ins )1 .0 001 he may make with us. Bat this is poor reasoning a to the views of men in the ranks. 'The master wD:e vein say to an apprentice whose time has expired, " I li d e i weir t . : you your trade, arsu owe all you know to nie, an_wer teas you to show your gratitude by serving me at to _ l i s teV e ' than you can command elsewhere," would not 1 . , up, iil; 0 to with much consideration. Our soldier's time 1 to c ' aa sa o i a . that of the apprentice; he is free, and entit.c . 1, for the best terms he can make • • , oki 1 1, 1 Another cause is that constant drill whiell tlldergo dicr, who needs it not, is compelled to itu is v oter' common with the young recruit, to when' sii . o rde'' e a o sera , . It galls the man who has performed the.„ematrY.°loo ciso in grim earnest at Balaclava, or the l' i ' ty „ g ull s 9 who, on the Alumbagh, caved his life by (le t _ er o re jeoi le m ; bayonet, to grind on, day after day, in the 'll;_,,erfeett ',. never-ceasing course of drill. Practice matte ala v a 10 ye u. 3 l ;. ; surely perfection may be attained in iess s toil /cl'ie ldi a and maintained without the same assiduocut. t the ao 00; has taken to reach it. No one will any more that b i e r .ries ought to be allowed to get rusty any and seg eelY l 6t . but continual friction wears out the latter azine for A.os',' ... the patience of the termer.—Cornhill Naguaces 00 at i; ) a The 211oniteur de la Flotte ann i o e bon __ has cr i. ~,, portant fact, that an English riercanti,. c, ~',,e i vas 1 0 0 ! a et ship 01 1,200 to to built at St. N:,zil.r or±;_d ado I , V s adds that French merchants formers y w:_i_rctue G;3 I be built for th,in in England, but w reversed.