The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-20 00:00:00

" D E'g MOTTO. TN DRET' ANL FIFTY- SEVENTH NIGHT, and Last Week but Two of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. !Last Week but Two of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Orizinal Sketch, entitled A. S UDDEN ATTACK. ssrs. Shore, Garden, Widdi c omb, Miss Henrade, and M M rs e . Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Praina, in Three Acts, and Prplogne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John. Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, IddLtombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ,• A/Hoses Carlotta Leclercq, Kate Terry, E. ',avenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCFSS'S (HEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutlo, Mr. G. Vining; Friar Lawrence, Mr. H. Marston ; Apothecary. Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. N FW E ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHL soIe Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRI-H TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN ; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptation of' the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, ;Sefton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entlfled ILL-TREATED TROVATORE. Messrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, :Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and bare, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO-NIGHT WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Handers, and E. Burton. Followed by (4th time) THE MOTTO, " I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. Commence at 7. TVHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS Acrivr, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, 13yde-Park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 20, 1863.: TIIEEMOMETER. This morning . ........... 62 This day at Two o'clock 7l Barometer -29.80. Wind—S. -Westerly; moderate, with fine but cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. CRIS DA.Y.—Monaing, 4h. 44m.—Afternoon, 4h. 59m. To-monsto-w.-Morning, sh. 16m.—Afternoon, sh. 30m. 1 1 (7 3 “ , <tjjt UM LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1863. Unaccustomed to victory, the surrender of Vicks burg has fairly turned the heads of President LIN COLN and his Cabinet. The speeches made by the President and Mr. SEWARD on the occasion of the " serenade" by which the victory was celebrated, " even the friendly reports could not invest with dignity," While General Hauxeliclaimed for him self a considerable share of the triumph because he had been the means of retaining General GRANT in command. But when the serenading and the self congratulations have subsided, what is the actual amount of the advantage obtained by the elated Federals. Vicksburg has been surrendered, and the garrison are prisoners, it is true; but the re. treating army of General LEE, reinforced by new detachments, is concentrating its strength for fresh action. The battle of Gettysburg, which took place upon the 3d instant, was followed by the retreat of General LEE's - ,division ; the results of the battle were, however, almost equally disas trous to both armies. The loss sustained by the Confederates in killed, wounded, and prisoners is estimated at about 20,000 men, and that of the Federals is said to amount to the same number. The Federals have the advantage of maintaining possession of the battleground, but General LEE, retaining his artillery, and preserving his army in good order, has during his retreat been reinforced by the whole of General BRAGG'S army, and by a portion of that of General BEAUREGARD. The last accounts left the Confederate army on the banks of the Potomac. This river, swollen by recent rains, is now six feet above the fording level. It is therefore doubtful whether General LEE will attempt to pass it. Instead of retreating into Virginia, it seems probable that he will turn upon his pursuers and give them battle. " The old Antietam battle-ground" may probably be the scene of the new engagement. The next despatches will be looked for with interest. We shall be in no way surprised to find that President LINCOLN has been somewhat premature in his serenades, and that General HALLECI and Mr. SEWARD have congra tulated themselves without reason. Meanwhile, it appears that the Conscription Act is to be enforced immediately throughout the whole North, the first call being for 3 00 , 000 men. " The drawing has already commenced ;" where will the end be ? " The Americans will soon settle their own differences, if only foreigners will kelp their hands off," ex claims Mr. SEWARD. Time will show. The 40,000 men disabled by the indec isive action of Gettysburg afford a melancholy commentary on the effects of Civil War. Are the 300,000 men now being raised to follow the same sad inglorious fate ? Until how long shall this disastrous state of things endure ? Lord CAMPBELL proposes to bring the American question under the consideration of the House of Lords this evening. His motion will, without doubt, only obtain a similar result to that brought about by the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK. We must fold our hands and look on while the work of slaughter proceeds. In the meanwhile the general sympathy and interest so strongly manifested throughout the country will not be without their effect in the ultimate but tardy Pacification. A large numbe r of members of both Houses, on Saturday, paid a visit o f tainly an important inspecti on t o w h a t i s cer tainly remarkable work. Though a system of drainage can scarcely be called a work of art and architectural beauty, it claims the fi r st rank in undertakings of a utilitarian character, and the present works bear high te s ti mony to the ex tent and the resources of English engineering skill. The vast scope of the plan, and the vigour and com prehensiveness with which it has been carried out, are very remarkable, and the importance of sec ur i ng efficient drainage, in a sanitary point of view, as well as the large sums demanded by the scheme, elevate it into the position of a national undertak ing. The condition of the metropolitan sewage has long been highly unsatisfactory, and the state of Old Father Thames has been a standing disgrace to the Cty, as well as a continual source of annoyance to residents in his vicinity, or passengers over his dark and dirty waters. The rapid and extraor dinary development of the metropolis has naturally altered the aspect of affairs since London was in cluded within the square mile surrounded by the City walls. In those days, as Mr. BAZALGETTE observed in his explanatory address to the visitors, no inconvenience was felt from the sewage when discharged into the Thames and diluted by its tidal waters. But, in our time, when on every side, streets and squares stretch far away into the country, when the centres of the busy hive remind us in their nomenclature that the days are not long past when they were " fields" a,ud rural highways, the old system is no THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1863 longer found to work satisfactorily. Great part of is well known that immense numbers of lucifer the town, too, is below the level of high water, and matches are sold yearly at a very small price, but this is especially the case near the river on the their cost to health and comfort is very differently southern side, where the sewers are forced to run computed by those who take note of their effects. below underground cellars, which themselves are The Commissioners remark on the prevalence of a beneath highwater mark. The consequence natu- particular class of disease, called " jaw disease,' rally is, that these sewers can only discharge their which has arisen since the working of this mann contents into the river at low water, being tide facture. They advise in this case also the attendance locked for eighteen hours out of the twenty-four, of a sanitary inspector, to effect what is possible and apt in times of heavy and long-continued rain towards the maintenance of the health of those en to overflow and flood the basements of the surround- gaged in this very unwholsome trade. The employ ing houses. It is long since these evils and annoy- went of boys as chimney-sweepers is the subject of ancea were observed and discussed, but the vas* particular notice. Although some time back an outlay required pr e v e nted any s t e ps being taken Act was passed prohibiting this evil custom, the Act towards remedying matters until 1856, when the is often allowed to fall into disuetude, and the nefa drainage of the metropolis and the purification of rious system continues. In order to obviate the the river were entrusted to the Metropolitan Board prevalence of this practice the Commissioners have of Works. The difficulties in the way of the un- suggested an excellent scheme, "that for the future dertaking have be e n great, but they have been no master-sweeper shall be allowed to employ in surmounted by patience and skill. The varying his business, in any capacity whatever, any one quantities of sewage, the rainfall in heavy storms, under the age of sixteen"; and, further, that no and the lowness of some of the districts, have been person shall be allowed to carry on the trade of a among the principal obstacles. The projectors chimney-sweeper until he has received a license have very sensibly acted on the principle of carry- from a magistrate, renewable under certain circum ing off as much sewage as possible by gravitation, stances. It is earnestly to be hoped that this thus bringing one of the great natural forces to advice will be especially attended to, as there can their aid instead of trusting to pumping. An im- be no valid reason adduced against it, and by the portant point in their scheme is the reduction of adoption of this simple plen great suffering will be pumping to its minimum, while the storm prevented, and the miseries of a persecuted class waters, as they call the excess of the rainfall, will be put a stop to. There is hardly any style of are provided for by " the conversion of the existing employment more cruel than this, and it is inctim mainsewers into storm overflows," which shall bent on our legislature to make it impossible at carry the surplus waters into the Thames when the once by the ingenious device alluded to. Particular intercepting sewers are full. On each side of the acts of prohibition are all very well in their way, river there are three main tunnels which divide but if once they are evaded or considered a dead London into three departments, and intercept all letter they are worse than if never calad into exist- existing sewers flowing into the Thames, carrying their contents to Barking-creek on the north side, and Crossness-point in the Erith marshes on the ence, because those who might plan an improve ment are deterred from so doing under the idea that the evil exists no longer, while all the while in a south. These three tunnels are called respectively the High, the Low, and the Middle Level. The first of these runs from Hampstead to Bow, and is about 8 miles long, gradually increasing in its cir cumference from 4 feet 6 inches to 12 feet 6 inches. It drains an area of no less than 14 square miles, being laid at a depth of from 20 to 26 feet. The middle level is still lower, being more than 30 feet underground. It extends from Kensal-green to Bow, and is nearly finished. The low level reaches from Cremorne to Abbey-mills, near Stratford, its waters being raised at Bow by engines to the level of the others ,thence to descend by their own gravity to the great outfall at Barking. One part of the low level will pass through the Thames Embank ment, and this the last item in the northern system of drainage, is expected to be completed in two years and a half. In the southern districts the arrangements are similar, and are proposed to be fully completed by this time next year. The con tents of the high level sewer was on Saturday turned on for the first time direct into the river. The visitors proceeded in the first place to Crossness Point and examined the extensive and elaborate works there in progress, of which a re servoir covering an area of six acres, and capable of containing twenty millions of gallons, is bat a part. The floor of this immense receptacle is of Portland stone, and its roof, not yet completed, is to be formed of brick arches resting upon rows of brick piers. Twice in the day it will be emptied into the liver in order to prevent any accumulation of sediment, a large tunnel on the land side will be opened, as soon as the reservoir is emptied whose waters rushing through will wash it out. The main culvert delivering the sewage into the river from the reservoir is of great size, and built with brick sides, and the roof supported by iron girders. As evidence of the vast expense and labour entailed by these works, we may remind the reader that . a reservoir of even greater extent is required on the Northern side, where it has to cover ten acres and contain forty millions of gallons. The works on the Northern side of the river are however less for stealthy manner it is working out its designsand swelling the ranks of its victims. The CiMMlS sioners are now directed to inquire into the condi tion of the dressmakers and milliners' apprentices, and to ascertain what steps may be taken to im prove their condition. They could not be employed in a better work, and the result of their investiga tion is sure to conduce to the welfare of the class in whose service they are engaged. There are sure to be many obstacles in the way, and many well disposed persons are certain to declare that it will be impossible to render their condition any better by interference. There is this consolation, however, for those who earnestly desi derata some striking change to be introduced at once, that no opposition can be greater than that which was in force against the factory improve ments, nor can any denunciations as to the imprac ticability of all interference, and the ir.jurieus effects of arbitrary rules, exceed the wrath and con sternation of those who militated against the Ten Hours' Bill. Many years have passed away since then ; the excitement has long since ceased and been forgotten in many quarters, but the effects of the good deed then accomplished are still extant among us. So it will be when a like reform has been once instituted in those establishments where helpless young females tcil from early morn till latest eve at pursuits that are enervating to the mind and in jurious to the bodily frame, that exhaust vitality, destroy the health, and often sow the seeds of death itself. Once let prejudice and self-interest be cast aside, and there can exist no cause why inspection should not take place in these departments of labour as easily as in others where it has been tried suc cessfully for years. It is certain that to limit the number of hours to a reasonable standard is the only real and effectual mode of treating this subject. If employers are compelled to keep within due limits the tasks they set to their apprentices, an important end will have been attained. If the state of the establishments with regard to ventila tion and other matters of a sanitary kind be also attended to, a vast boon will be conferred on hun midable, owing to thediffereuce of the level and the consequext power to discharge the sewers by gravitation instead of by pumping. The visitors were equally surprised and gratified at the pro gress already made, as well as by the vest size and comprehensive character of the works. They were regaled with a subterranean lunchecn beneath the vaults of the great reservoir and in this singular spot, speeches were made, healths pro posed, congratulations exchanged, and all the forms of a regular banquet gone through. Mr. THWAITES, the chairman of the Metropolitan dreds of the community. If it be too late as regards many hapless toilers to rectify the evils produced by the pernicious old system, still it will be gratifying to think that a new regime has been introduced, and that all new corners will start under favourable auspices, and not run the risk of an untimely death, and the fearful certainty of a wretched life, with broken health and impaired energy, till they fall into a state that may be considered as more painful than death itself. In the second report the commissioners are sure to speak out strongly as to the deleterious practices now in vogue, and most Board of Works, presided, as was due, at this underground festival, and we may suppose looked round on the result of the labours of his Board ikely they will suggest many improvements. One :hing is certain, that no one in any rank can now ay claim to ignorance on this subject. Through with feelings of unmixed gratification. Lord STANLEY, who was among the visitors, in a brief address distinguished by his usual good sense, con gratulated the Board on the fulfilment of this great undertaking, and remarked that although the works were strictly of a utilitarian character, the magnitude of the design, and the perfection of the execution, deserved the epithet of magnificent. London, added the noble lord, had long been said to be the worst drained city in Europe, but it would soon stand at the head of all cities in that respect. Mr. TEWAITES, in acknow ledging the compliment paid him in drinking his health, remarked that the cost of the work would be found to have exceeded the estimate by £900,000 owing to bricks having risen in price, and to the bricklayers having struck for higher wages. The public, however, are not likely to begrudge the amount,if they see this i mportant undertaking satisfactorily carried out. It will accomplish the double purpose of improving the drainage a n d o f purifying the river, and, in both cases, tend gr ea tl y the benefit of the public health. Ventilation and a fair way to secure th e most d ra i na ge are the two .great secrets of health i n t owns, It of these necessaries we may hope costly and difficu and now that w e are in of the common yet priceless that a larger supp l y blessing of pure air will soon be brought into our dwellings. the length and breadth of the land the voice of wailing and lamentation has been heard concern ing these distressed workwomen. Their cry has reached alike the palace and the cottage, and to all the varying grades and several classes which exist between, may their appeal be addressed. A more universal claim on general sympathy, or one more invested with personal attri butes cannot be brought forward. It certainly brings into immediate contact the most diverse classes of society, from the lowest, whose children, born the heirs of toil, may any day be engaged in such precarious vocations ; to the highest, whose lives of ease render them an especial cause of that employment for others which in this branch pro. duces such direful effects. The consideration of this subject should not, therefore, be regarded as one solely in the charge of the Commissioners. Thera are many others who should make the task their own during the leisure hours that the approaching autumn will afford them. If next season is to wit ness no amelioration in the cruel system now in vogue, it will be a disgrace and a scandal to the reputation of all concerned in the immediate traffic, and a reproach to those more remotely connected with the affair. In the days of old it was considered that every English archer carried twelve men's lives in his belt, and it would seem as if some per sona wished the ladies of this generation to emulate the reno wn i n a diff eren t sty l e, so t h at nretfthleefcytproceed e d each to some cdhsumptuous forms gay placeand robe es t r ih e y s a o sv r they cane cl w iaf h ne e . of these victims could appear at some gorgeous ban quet, they would rival the effect of the skeletons at the Egyptian feasts of • antiquity. ' There are some things too inimical to the tastes and repug nant to the feelings of humanity to be tolerated, and this overworking of children and young per sons is one that comes essentially into the category. It is high time that a new era be introduced, and that, in the over-haste to make rich among the g rasping spirits of this time , they do not destroy what no wealth can replace, and yet what should be co unted as among the choicest riches in the stores of When the Psalmist invoked the well provided State . n the people, he not only de the chiefest blessi n g o sired that their garners s h o uld be plenteous, afford ing all manner of store, but that their sons should grow up as the young plants, and their da u g hters should be as the polished corners of the Temple. Those who sap the strength and waste the health of on the of the rising generation are inflicting i Community that no prosperity will counterbalance, and terbalance, and robbing their country of its mainstay and sup port, b— y Truly undermining its vital source of w elfare. Y has the poet illustrated this sad state things i n t h ese lines : " 111 fares th e l and, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth of accumulates and men decay," Employment of Children is w The report of the ComTissioenllerws ocrotnheyerenfincgontshie. deration. Some time since the Government ap pointed a royal commission to inq uire into the sons em ployment of children and young per in trades and manufactures not regulated by law. The Com missioners have taken note of children engaged iP potteries, l ue if er ma t c h manu f ac tures, lace and hosiery manufacturers, and chimney s weep ing. They have reported the result of their varied experience, and they recommend the adop tion of various alterations and improvements. They advise that in potteries, the premises should be im proved by a better plan of ventilation, and also that overtime in works shall be discontinued ; also that a medical inspector watch over these regulations for the period of two yean, and that afterwards the duty be carried on by the inspectors of factories. The next recommendation would be of incalculable bene fit, but its adoption would be more difficult to carry out. They suggest the gradual introduction of the half-time system, so that the children may have more opportunities afforded them for recreation and education, and that on attaining the age of thirteen, each child be presented with a certificate of the " amount of education received." The most deleterious occupation on the list is that of the lucifer manufacture. This trade furnishes employment for 1,613 children. It GMAT CONGRESS AT MALINES, (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) LATEST INTELLIGENCE. In less than a month from this day there will be assembled together, at Malinee, an immense Congress, composed of distinguished personages from all the great countries of Christendom. The precise date fixed for this vast assem blage is the 18th day of August. It is a distinctly inaugu ral meeting—a meeting inaugurative of a movement calcu lated to exercise an extraordinary influence over the future interests of morality, of enlightenment, of education, of benevolence, throughout all the various States of the Euro pean Continent. The title of the Congress is simply, L'Assemble Generale des Catholiques en Belgique. It is designed to hold its meetings henceforth annuity—now in one city, now in another. The Baron Gerlache has been selected as the President of this Great Congress for this the year of its inauguration. And it is significant of the importance attached to the whole scheme of the pro ceedings that the State dignitary thus chosen vs President for the very first year of the Congress should be no less ele vated in position than the chief judge of the Cour de Ces sation, a legal luminary exactly corresponding in his posi tion in Belgium to that ocoupied amongst us here in Eng land by the Lord High Chancellor. In order to realise at once, as vividly as possible to English minds, the motive of the design kept in view by the originators of this project, presented to notice for the first time, by the gathering together of this remarkable Congress at Malines, we may describe it as based upon a scheme in a great manner analogous to that marking out from year to year the proceedings of the British Association. Only with this difference—that the Belgian Congress now about to be convened for the first time on the 18th of August, at Malines, and to be held thenceforth annually at whatever place may in each successive year be selected for the next rendezvous—is what we have thus hinted—and something more. It is more than the mere expansion of the original idea of the projectors of the British Association, into an European Association I It is as if the Social Science Congress and the British Asso ciation were amalgamated, and, after being amalgamated were applied not to the affairs or to the future of one na tion, but of all nations ! In other words, as if those com bined projects after having been thus intimately combined were transformed from a simply patriotic purpose into one of a cosmopolitan character. Yet even then we have hardly said all—in illustration of the scope or of the significance of the Congress about to meet at Malines. For, while that assembly is designed to further the interests of art, of science, and of literature—it holds still nearer and dearer to its desires the hope of beneficially influencing the higher, and far more sacred in terests of morality and religion, Its design relates not merely to the furtherance, if it be possible, of the general develcpment of the benign scheme of modern civilisation, but with that, and beyond that, the furtherance also, in so far as may be, in any way possible to it, of the ineffable inte rests of that which is far above civilisation, and in no imagin able way antagonistic to it, Christianity I To summarise, as rapidly as possible, in a very few words, the merest outline of the Congress about to be inaugurated at Malines, it will be sufficient if we add, here, this evening, but a sentence or two additional. The General Assembly will, it appears, be subdivided into Five Sections--the Ist relating to Re ligious Works; the 2d, to Works of Charity; the 3d, to Instruction, and especially Christian Education ; the 4th to Christian art, the sth and last being of a very miscellaneous character, having reference at once to reli gious liberty, to publications, to international correspon dence, and so forth. The labours of the Congress arc to be extended annually over a period at the least of about four days—about four days, that is to say, upon the average . Each year these proceedings are to be ushered in by the solemn ceiebration of Divine service. At half-past rime o'clock, for example, on the morning of the 18th proximo the membees of the Congress assembled together for the first time at Malines from all parts of Europe are to meet at the place of rendezvous, thence to proceed in a body to the metropolitan church of St. Bornbaut, where mass is to be pontifically celebrated at 10 a.m. by his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Malines, the Primate of Belgium. Afterwards the members of the Con gress will repair to the place where they are to hold their sittings. They will then listen to the inaugural address of the Baron Gerlache , already mentioned, as the Lord Chancellor of Belgium in his official capacity as Chief Judge of the Cour de Caseation, the learned Baron having been selected as President of the Committee of Organiza tion. The Congress, or Assembly, will then be formally constituted. The members of the Central Bureau will be nominated, and Presidenls of the various sections ap pointed. According to the regulations already chalked out, the sittings of the Sections are to take place in the morn ings —those of the General Assembly of the members in the afternoon—those of the more public assemblages connected with the Congress taking place in the evenings. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. THE POLISH PRISONERS IN ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, JULY 19, By order of Prince Couza the Poles captured in the recent engagement with the Rouman troops are to be treated as military prisoners, and receive rations as if with a regiment. Milcowitz, the commander of the Poles, has been relased upon parole. BERLIN, JULY 20. The Breslauer Zeitung, of the 19th, publishes intelligence from Warsaw to the 16th inst., stating that the insurgent leader Wiederzbieki has defeated 800 Russians near Lubartow, and that Chrezepecki gained a victory over 500 near Sobota. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. NIADLLE. LUCCA. Madlle. Pauline Lucca, whose recent success in the German capitals has filled their journals with so much enthusiasm, and attracted so much notice in the musical world, made her debut at the above house on Saturday , in the heroine of the " Hugue nots," and achiev ed a success which was quite cotn mensurate with the fame that had preceded her. Possessed Gf a lovely face and person, a r i c h an d powerful v oi ce, and considerable dramatic feeling, as well as the most thorough mu s i ca l accomplish menthelecan be no question that she comes b e f ore us with larger' claims to popularity than any of our recent debuta ntes. Whe ther she is quallfitd, h oweve r, to sustain the highest walk or tragic opera, w hi c h Gtisi so long adorned, an d w hi c h sr.) nobly illu s t rates , i s still a ques tionbTeitsieetntsled. Judging by her share i n th e _ w e should certa i nly i ncline to the Madlle. : o grea t test of Valentine—the unrivalled duet which grace an d ten d erness were more grand eur or pos i t i ve pass i on. h m an ore distinctly i n t h e S onnambu l a an d ch w he i la t i h reafc ß t eatrhosuailt S he was m ore a d apte d to the ia i i n de t a he Lucr ez i a , t h e N orma, or t h e l wittingly reserve, h owever , t o a f urt h er 1 d ve the me Luciasa :R e e hu d e than r t a Fhearing i o. any conclusion on this point. Madlle. Lucca enjoyed on this occasion the usual admirable sustaiument of an opera which has so long presented at this theatre an instance of a com as great as in all musical details,ten com pleteness and honoured by the most m ar k e d re - external, cognitions of her powers, both in the manner she was twice called for at the conclusion of the great ples in w all a s duet, and also at the close of the performance. The house was very full. ERRONEOUS CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—The subscription in favour of the woman Doize has now been fairly applied. A cottage, of the value of 2,000 f., has been purchased, and an annuity of 336 f. been assigned her. It may be remembered that she was unjustly condemned for murder, and remained for more than a year in prison, when the error was discovered by the confession of the real murderer. DESTRUCTIVE MACHINES .—A newly invented machine for destroying ships has just been successfully tried at Helsingfors. The inventor is Lieutenant. Colonel Ramsdorf. They are made of glass, and contain each about eight pounds of powder. An old ship with which the ex periment was made was completely blown to pieces. The Russian Government has now given an order for a large number of these machines. REPRESENTATION OF CLARE,--Sir Coleman j O'Loughlin, Q.C., has addressed the electors of the county of Clare, as a candidate for the seat rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Calcott. Sir Coleman is much respected by all parties, and, as a Roman Catholic connected with the county, it is supposed he will be acceptable to the majority of the electors. There is no other candidate yet in the field. A wine-merchant named Lacouchic, residing at Nontron (Dordogne), has just been condemned to a month's imprisonment and 100 f. fine for having voted twice during the late elections. It appears that his name was entered on the lists at Neutron as a resident, and at Pausal (Haute- Vienne) as a landowner, and he voted in both places. ALGIERS.—A subterranean chamber, apparently constructed as a place of sepulchre, has just been dis• covered at Algiers in digging the foundations of the new college. Some handsome glass and earthenware vases were found inside. Access to the excavation was obtained by a trap fastened with a bronze lock, a sing of the same metal serving to raise it. We are requested to state that, in consequence of the accident to Sir Cresswell Cresswell, no more causes will be tried in the Court of Probate or in the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes until the commencement of Michaelmas Term. EXTORTION AND INTIMIDATION IN LAW COURTS. —A petition to both Houses of Parliament is in course of signature in the City, the object of which is to pray the Legislature to adopt measures to put an end to the practice of extortion in the superior law courts. MEXICO. The following is the text of the despatch from General Forey, received by the French Minister of War: -- “ MEXICO, JUNE 10. "I have just entered the city of Mexico at the head of the army. With a heart still agitated by the event, I address this despatch, in haste, to your Excellency to inform you that the whole popula tion of this city received the army with an enthu siasm that bordered on delirium. The soldiers of France were literally crushed under the showers of garlands and baguets. Only the entrance of the army into Paris on the 14th of July, 1859, when returning from Italy, can give an idea of the scene. I have been present, with all the officers of the staff, at a Te Deum, in the magnificent cathedral of this capital, that was thronged by an immense crowd. The army, then, in admirable condition, defiled be fore me, with cries of Vive l'Ernpereur !" Vive l'lmperatrice " After the review I received an address from the authorities at the Palace of the Government. This population strongly desires order, justice, and true liberty. In my replies to their representatives I hive promised them these in the name of the Em peror. " By the earliest opportunity I shall have the honour of giving you fuller details of this reception —unequalled in history—which has all the import ance of a political event, and of which the celebrity will be enormous. FOREY." SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 20. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, sailing hence to-day, takes out for the East the following specie :—Dollars, £128,760 ; har silver, £40,300 ; gold coin, L 1,467 ; sovereign:, £lO,OOO ; gold thread, £ssb; and jewellery, £6,051. The Danish frigate Dagamr, Commander Siedelin, from St. Thomas, bound to Copenhagen, has pnt in here for coals. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, July 18,—Under the influence of the prevalent uncertainty as to the nature of Prince Gortschakoff's reply, t he market has been heavy to day, and prices have generally declined. Threes, for the Account, have been offered at 68f. 50c. Mo bilier have declined to 1,163 f. 75c. Railway Shares have also slightly declined. The market closed as follows : it per Cents. 97 25 Italian Loan 7l 95 Do end month.... Do. end month — .1 per Cents Do. end month..., 68 45 Do. end month..., Credit Mobilier.... 1158 75 Russian - Do. end m0nth....1156 25 Austrian .. Bank Shares '3420 Spani,h Threes. „ .. Credit I , oneier ...,1315 Home Debt X 1114 • 111111 .4,ms HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 18. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur arrived at Osborne on Thursday, attended by Major Elphin stone, end left again yesterday on a tour. The Hon. Beatrice Byng has left Osborne. JULY 19. The Queen, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, attended Div flo service at Osborne this morning. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting were also present. The Dowager Countess of Mount-Edgeumbe has arrived as lady in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. On Saturday the Prince and Princess of Wales rode in a pony phaeton• to Clifden. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Lieut.-General linollya, Captain Grey, and the Marchioness of Carmarthen. The royal party re: urned to Windsor by water, and landed in the Home Park, close by Albert-bridge, where carriages were in waiting to convey them to Frogmoro. Yesterday (Sunday) morning, their Royal High nesses attended divine service at the parish church, St, John. The lessons for the day and prayers wer. read by the Rev. Henry John E lison, vicar of Windsor ; and an admirable and impressive sermon from the 24th chapter of Deuteronomy, Bth and 9th verses—" Take heed in the plague of leprosy," &c., was preached by the Rev. T. Rooke. This morning, at ten o'clock, their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of \Vales will take their departure from Frogmore, and proceed to Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. --~---- Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Mary honoured Lord and Lady Rokeby by their presence at dinner, on Saturday evening, at Mon tagu House, Portman-square, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re ceived the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary and a select circle at dinner, last evening, at Gloucester House. Prince MestchErski has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Brussels. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland in tend to leave Brighton to-morrow for Syon House, isle worth, where the noble duke and duchess intend to stay a few weeks, and then go to Alnwick Castle for the autumn. The Duke and Duchess di Fiano have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Paris. The Duchess de Sotomayor and family have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Madrid. The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry left 11,1derness House, Park lane, on Friday, for Wynyard Park, Durham, an , ;, after a short visit to Seaham Hall, will go to Garron Tower, her ladyship's seat in the north of Ireland. The Earl and Countess Grey left town on Friday for the season. They have gone to Tiowick Hall, Northum berland. The Earl Vane left town on Thursday to meet his yacht at Southampton, and then cruise to the westward. The countess left the same day for her seat in Wales. The Countess of Porzarlington has left town on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at Blen heim. The noble earl is visiting the German Spas. Count Francois Coudenhove has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from the Continent. The friends of the Earl of Dunmore will be pleased to hear that his lordship's leg is not broken, as re ported, He only received a blow from a croquet ball. Oa Saturday night Viscountess Palmerston bad an assembly at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, when most of the leading fashionables in town were present. Lord and Lady Belhaven left town at the close of the past week for Wishaw House, their scat in Lanark shire. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF LORD CLYDE.—We regret to hear that Field-Marshal Lord Clyde lies alarm ingly ill at the residence of General Eyre, Chatham, and that his medical attendants give no hope whatever of his recovery. Ilis lordship hes been suffering froraindisposition for some time past, but it was only during the past week that his illness assumed that character as to occasion any alarm among his friends. In answer to inquiries yesterday evening, it was stated that his lordship was becoming gra dually weaker, although still in possession of all his faculties. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL FAIRER.—TI e above gallant and distinguished gallant officer died at his residence in Park-place, IL.gent's-park, on Thursday last, at the advanced age of 85 years The Emperor Napoleon will go into mourning for a fortnight on account of the death of the Duke of Hamilton. THE PROROGATION OFPARLIAMENT.—The minis terial fish dinner is fixed for Saturday next, at the Trafalgar, Greenwich. The last vote in supply was only taken on Friday night. The Appropriation Act will be in troduced to-morrow (Monday), and it is still expected that Parliament will be prorogued on Tuesday, the 28th instant. —Observer. Dr. Wylde has been appointed to replace Pro fessor Taylor, as Gresham Professor of Music. , How Warburton set the fashion of disusing copes.—"lt happened in my time, sir," said the verger of the cathedral. " Did you ever hear of Dr. War • burton, sir ? A very hot man he was, sir; we never could please him in putting on his robe. The stiff high collar used to ruffle his full.bottomed wig ; till, one day, ho threw the robe off in a great passion, and said he would never wear it again ; and he never did ; and the other gentlemen soon left off theirs too."— Watson's Life of Dr. Warburton. COLOUR NOT SHAPE !—A copy, vouched for as one of the original fifty, of Wedgwood's reproduc tion of the Portland Vase, was sold at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Wood's one day last week for 27 guineas, Another copy, in no respect superior, having been sold in the same rooms a few years ago for nearly 200 guineas. On the same day, and in the same sale, a tete-a-tete service of Sevres china of the famous Bose du Berri ground, beautiful only in that colour, and otherwise quite worthless as a work of art, sold for about 300 guineas. THE STATUE OF STONEWALL JACKSON to be pre sented, from England, to the State of Virginia.— Mr. Foley, it appears, has undertaken to make the work for £l,OOO, and the work is proposed to be seven feet in height, on a pedestal of granite, designed by Mr. Foley, to bear the name of the General and dedication from England on one side ; on the other, General Lee's order of the day announc ing the death of Jackson. RAPIDITY WITH WHICH THE MANUFACTURE OF COTTON GOODS INCREASED DURING THE LAST CENTURY.— On the accession of George the Third, in 1760, the value of cotton fabrics annually manufactured in Eng land was estimated at about £200,000 —whereas the worth of the cotton goods produced by English looms, in 1860, exceeded £52,000,000. In i 772, British calicoes were made to the number of 50,000 pieces—in 1816, the number had grown to 100,000. So late as the year 1750, the cotton manufacture employed only 20,000 British workers, a num ber raised no higher than 80,000 in the first year of the present century. With the introduction of steam as the motive power applied to the spindles, began the rapid growth of production and trade. In 1853 Great Britain found work for 10,000 steam looms—and last year she had in operation 399,992 steam looms, driven with a power of 274,000 horses, and employing 451,600 wor kpeople in 2,887 factories, that contained 30,387,457 spindles. RIDICULOUS CONFUSION IN THE MOUSE OF COMMONS.—The hon. and learned member for Westminster (Sir De Lacy Evans), who his fought many brilliant battles in Spain, and who invaded the Crimea without loss of life or limb, measured his full length on the floor of the House of Commons, the other evening, in a very distressing and undignified manner. The hon. and gallant gentleman was passing in front of the Treasury Bench, when his spurs got entangled, some way or other, in the long legs of the Right lion. F. Peel, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the result was that he lost his balance and sprawled over the feet of the whole cabinet I Lord Palmerston most fortunately minaged to get his legs out of the way in time, and escaped disaster, but Mr. 'Milner Gibson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer were sadly spurred, although they good•naturedly picked up the mem. ber for Westminster and set him upright. Mr. Frederick Peel rubbed his shins, as well he might—an operation which occasioned no small amount of amusement to the occupants of the Treasury Bench opposite. For the future, it is clear that Sir De Lacy must either abandon the use ()- spurs in the House of Commons, or Mr. Frederick Perri must keep his legs out of the way. Tho former, we need scarcely say, is far more easy of accomplishment than the latter.—Court Journal, AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE TINS WEEK..- There are three American steamers, carrying due at Liverpool this week, viz., City of Baltimore, North American, and China, The City of Baltimore, which was to leave New York on the 11th July, may be ex pected to reach Queenstown in the course of to•morrow (Tuesday); the North American, with dates from Qlebec to the 11th inst., may be looked for at Greencastle on Tuesday night; and the Cunard boat China, with dates from New York to the 15th inst., may be expected tc reach Queenstown on Friday night or Saturday morning next. As it is quite possible, h waver, that the City 01 Baltimore may call off Cape Race, we shall, should the wires be working to that point, have a clear week's later hews thus by the Cunard boat Canada, RA ILIVAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans N orthern New ditto . .. -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1025 Geneva 482 50 .. 480 Southern Western .. .. Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lonhard North of Spain Saragossa 692 50 .. 687 50 Ditto to Barcelona THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Mr. Fortescue, in reply to Mr. Wyld, stated that Canada had not complained, but Canada had no time to speak out, as the barter of the greater portion of British America from one private com pany to another was not known here till a month ago, and Canada had no idea that the British Go vernment would give a renewal of the lease—mono ply and exclusive privileges, after Chief Justice Draper's being deputed by that colony, in 1858, to the Colonial-office to watch the proceedings before the committee of the House of Commons, and state that the public feeling and opinion there was against the renewal of the ►ease, end in favour of withdraw ing all the districts between Canada and the Rocky Mountains from the incubus of the company, and opening the colonies under the Crown and not under a private company. if Mr. Fortescue was ignorant of this Mr. Merry vale might have instructed him before he made a reply tending to mislead the house. The Government should not hurry so unjust and unconstitutional a measure through the house, but let it lie over till next session, that the opinion of Canada, the Red River districts, and the people at home may be taken. The inhabitants of the Red River said they would apply for annexation to the States if not freed from the sway of the company,and made a Crown colony, or joined to Canada. The Government have swept away the monopoly of the East India Company, why then permit this, the only one in the empire, to stain the statute book any longer P Sir Edmund Head, so long Governor-General of Canada, ought to know the sentiments of Canada well, and how opposed they aro to the monopoly. Lord Taunton, who was chairman of the commit tee of the House of Commons on the Hudson's Bay question, spoke lately in the Lards on the subject. To make such a grant to any private company is illegal and unconstitutional. It is to be hoped that some member will move in the House that the barter or transfer of one-third of a continent will not be ratified this session; but that time be given for public opinion in Canada, the colonies, the Red River, and this country to be heard. W. K. Mr. A. Sullivan's opera is all but complete. The subject is said to be a legend well known to all versed in folk-lore. L. E. L.—A writer in the Queen thus describes the appearance of Miss Landon :—Dark-brown hair, soft, beautiful, and arranged with taste and care; a slight and graceful figure, small feet, small hands, small ears—a beautiful thing in a woman—features not "icily regular," as Tennyson has it, nor " faultlessly null ;" plently of faults in them if you took them to pieces, but as a whole, harmonious, pleasing, nay, charming. Charming, because of the power of expression in the mouth and eyes. She had no large forehead, full of intellectual bumps, on which triumphant phrenology could sit astride; she had no "roll. ing black eyes," or fiery orbs of Juno. Her Lrow was broad and full, her eyes soft and gentle. She did not despise a little ornament in her attire, but still dressed simply and well. A jolly girl, fond of fun, fond of laugh. ing, and by no means the lonely, morbid being her verses pictured her, A clever girl, besides the mere facility of verse-writing—well-read in French and Italian, accom plished in most things, as I have said, except the art of mastering a pianoforte keys and that of forming ladylike pot-hooks and hangers. She was a lively talker, and a pleasing letter-writer. Her chief fault, et one period of her literary life, at least, was that of indulging too largely in the tempting luxury of simile. Similes are like anchovy paste, to be used sparingly; but Misa Landon showered them over her pages, and uttered one every third minute. Fearful Encounter in a Railway Carriage, On Friday last a murderous assault was made ina railway carriage on the London and North-Western line by Mr. Michael Lyons, National School teacher, of Bampark, Baliymascallan, near Dundalk, upon two fellow passengers. The assailant had taken a return excursion ticket for a month from Ireland to London. As the 9.15 express train was about to start from Liverpool to London he, Mr. Peter M'Lean, and Mr. James Worland, Plaistow, Essex, entered a second-class carriage, in which there was pievi ously au elderly lady. After the train had started the prisoner, who had a 'Fargo carpet bag, placed himself close by the window. He was heard to say something incoherently, but almost in a menacing sort of way. Mr. Worland and Mr. M'Lean, who were conversing, looked towards him, as did also the lady, who was seated near the window on the opposite side of the carriage. The prisoner, how ever, sat down quietly, and continued so until after the train had passed the Bietchley station. Then he suddenly jumped up from his seat, and, with a large open clasp•knife in his hand, rushed at Mr. Worland, and stabbed him in the forehead, causing a most frightful wound. He was in the act of striking another blow, when Mr. McLean knocked him back on to the seat. This had the effect of in- furiating him the more. He started to his feet, and was about to strike another blow at Mr. Wor land, when Mr. M'Lean seized him by the throat, and clutched the knife in his right hand. A fear ful. struggle ensued, and the prisoner drew the weapon through his antagonist's hand, cutting some of the fingers to the bone. Mr. Worland, who all this time had not been idle, although shockingly wounded, and weak from loss of blood, managed to get behind the prisoner and throw him down. The lady in the compartment, after screaming for assis tance for some time, fainted away. The struggle must have been a desperate one, for the prisoner, who was shouting loudly, endeavoured to rise and shake the two gentlemen off, at the same time striking and stabbing both of them. Fortunately the oil lampin the carrige was alight,andthis enabled Mr. Worland and Mr. M'Lean to wrest the knife out of the prisoner's hand, and to keep him down till they arrived at Camden-town station. When the ticket collector entered the carriage he saw the wound€d men covered with blood holding the pri soner. The sides, seats, windows, floors, and every piece in the carriage were covered with blood and finger-marks. Prisoner was at once conveyed to the station s where he made a statement to the effect that he believed the two gentlemen who were with him to be thieves, who intended to rob him. He saw them talking to one another, and making motions towards him, and he thought he could not do better than defend himself, if only for his dear little ones at home. Mr. M'Lean's hand is fright fully cut, and he is also seriously injured in other parts of the body. Mr. Worland has been dangerously. wounded, as stated in the medical cer tificate which appears in the Marylebone Po lice reports. The prisoner has since been taken before Mr. Lowndes, one of the magistrates at Bletchley, and remanded on the deposition of Mr. Maclean until Thursday next. He volunteered no statement in reply to the charge, and was then taken to the county gaol. On searching the prisoner's carpet bag a prize medal was found awarded to him by the Society of Arts, besides various books and papers, and he states that he came up from Dun dalk to be examined as a schoolmaster at the forth coming election at Burlington House. The police authorities are in communication with those at Dundalk by telegraph and post to ascertain the truth of the prisoner's statements and antecedents. He is supposed to be insane. Yesterday Mr. Wor land was so far convalescent as to be able to pro ceed to his residence at Victoria dock•road. It may be mentioned that the train, being an express train, does not stop at the intermediate stations betweev Bletchley Junction and Camden, a distance of up wards of 40 miles, and there being no means of communication between the passengers and guards, information of the occurrence could only be made known on the arrival of the train at Camden station• SENSATION PRICES OF PICTURES. n letter from Henry Graves, publisher to the Queen, al:- pears in the last number of the .Atkenaum.—" 6, Pall mall, July 14, 1863.—1 observed in your last week's journal a letter from Mr. J. E. Gambart regarding my purchase of The Railway Station' picture, by W. P. Frith, R.A., that I only paid Mr. Flatou £13,000 for it. I beg to inform you the statement is untrue." To this ambiguous note of Mr. Graves our contemporary appends the following observa tions :—" It would have been more satisfactory to the pub he, who have an angry sense of being mystified about these sensation prices, had Mr, Graves said in what particular and to what extent Mr. Gambart's statement was untrue. Does Mr. Graves mean to say that he has given more than £13,000 for the picture of the The Railway Station ?' If so, Mr. Gambart is certainly very much in the wrong. Mr' Gambart asserts that ' for about £13,000' Mr. Graves has purchased—not only the original picture, but also a sub scription list of £16,000, the copyright in the work, the plate in its progressive state, the use of a replica and other things. All this is a very different affair from a mere pur chase of the picture, whether for £13,000 or £20,000. It is a series of purchases, included under a common term and paid for in a general sum. To the assertion of this s ale, Mr. Graves must allow us to remind him that his reply is no real denial. Mr. Gambart said 'about' £13,000. llr. Graves does not deny that the price was about' £13, 000, but only that it was not exactly £13,000. Is this a q uibble about the pound of flesh ? If there is no mystification at the matter, it will be easy for Mr. Graves to say so." WANTED, ANOTHER UNDERGROUND RAILvirAl• —'The scheme proposed by Mr. Baylis of a gre at trunk line from Stratford to Oxford-street or 1-iYae park-corner, would remove from the City s treets great part of that heavy omnibus and goods traffic, wh ich , now encumbers the Poultry, Cheepside, Ludgate-hill, and Fleet.street. There is equal need for another line, or an extension of the Metropolitan, to the rear of the Bank, and thence again to Fenchurch-street, to establish communica tions between the north and west of London and the lines that are alre adyen rapport with the Metropolitan and the east ern suburbs and valleyof tueThames. Until some such exten sions of railway communications are made, we must expect an increase, not a decrease, of traffic in the streets, and seeing that to street improvement there must be a limit, we must hope for increased space by railways below the surface, for therein do we best see the promise of an effec tual remedy for the evil which threatens to grow too great for us. If we consider the wretched means of communica tion with the city at present possessed by the Metropo litan Railway, which carries 30,000 passengers a day, the importance of extension will be seen to be in no waY secondary to any consideration of public convenience, and it the extension had to be made out of public moneys, we believe that in the end public interests would be pro moted commensurately with the outlay.—City Press. MARINE WAR RISKS.— Ihe dangers attending the operations of our mercantile marine in low latitudeot from the increased numbers and activity of Confedera te privateers, have become so great that underwriters, both here and in New York, have largely advanced their pre' miums for war risks. Not only the actual losses, but the liabilities of our marine insurance companies, on the score of vessels released on giving bonds, are constantly acouruo: lating . and, in default of any adequate protection afforded by Government, underwriters, as a measure of self-preserva tion, are obliged to write war policies at a rate which ope rates almost as a prohibition on foreign commerce. R ate° fluctuate with almost every fresh receipt of marine advicl though with a general upward tend e n cy at an a verage 3 to 4 p r cent. to North European ports, 5 up the Meditera ranean, the same to New Orleans and the West Indies, an 8 to 10 for vessels bound to any point south of the Equator.-- -which is considered the dangerous point in Atlantic naviga tion. In cases of special risk,ltypothecated upon a corabillat ion of perilous circumstances as regar d s the exposed position of certain vessels at any particular time, much higher rates are charged, and New York underwriters have quite anuf ber of such under c ons id erat i on to arrive, which they, " e 7; cline to write under 25 t o 33 per cent. Late intelligence Aro- San Francisco menti ons 15 per cent. as the rate charg ed „ there for voyag es t o N ort h Atlantic i,orts. No dis inclion is now made in favour of American bottoms engaged in the British carrying trade, as the neut ra l owners hip of car ' c i j ea i is found to be no guarantee of safety. The bonds g iven pd sea captains for th e re l ease of captured vessels are suPr°,7o to hold goad as against both owners and underwriters, 0 the question of ulti ma t e liability under these bond s is °la, which depend s upon c i rc umstances connected with the final issue of the war. The sales of bonded ships in forei,gn pert: are made with a spec i a l reference to t hi s li a bility.-- 13° o Commercial Bulletin. the SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—A few oays since , workmen at the carriage department of the 11 1 ;, 5 .. 5 i : Arsenal were employed in saw ing up a large elm a bird's nest, apparently that of a sparrow, with three to was found in a cavity of the timber, but having "that the the surface. From its position it is considered of ye_rs. nest must have remained in the tree for a number inu The nest, with the wood surrounding it, was placed glass case for preservation at tho museum of the establish ment. eXteUsiVO DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CORK.—Dao lane, Corky f Hagarty Brothers, tanners, Blarney were, on Saturday last, completely destroyed 14 tire.