The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

before sottish ioners period 1745" struct ement n the roops, I was ilea of litary °CCU' . round more con .t thee .ough f the ;but ntain Low 1. A ) ex- !tors. n for elded ie in- In local se of 1 the r the lini both loard d• • \ - R EM EMBER, WE SUP AT EVANS' V.;VNEY EVENING- WEEK aft..r Alfred I‘lellon's Promenade Concerts. QEA.—VAC aNCIES for MIT)So:IPMEN end APPRENPICES in a first-t lass London shipping fir H. PApplyremium moderat e , Al , o pprenti , es without premium.— cheap to SIMNIOND S and C0..,:18. St. Mary-at-hill, East- E.C. Third . officers and Stewards wanted. SE& -- First- el nss APPRENTICES required in an East Indianian.—For premium, name of ship, &c.. t_ipply to Messrs. Lain and Co.. 'l, Cob-man-street, Bank. No control over or interterene9 in the outfitting exercised, EDINBURGH (Reduced Fares), from Irongate wharf, Tow er . —S a l oon, 20 s ; t ore ca bi n, 15s; d ec k (B°l dit`s and sailors on'r, 78 ild ; return tickets (available for a month), 30s and 22s rd. The cheapest and quickest sea route by the splendid new STI NMSHI PS of the LONDON and EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every Wednesday and Saturday, at 10 morning. Apply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. .... _ The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to G overnmen t for the year 18 62 was X 85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, X 10,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of the proft's periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus. from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £440,000 ; and the Society now holds a large lies rve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher thanurns tho to se charged by the other principal offices making no ret their insurers. For pro , pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Sum street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black street, - friars, E.C. PROVIDENT CLERKS MUTUAL LIFE ASsOION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Bating', Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. I Th omson Hankey, Esq. , M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, 3futual LifP Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is £51,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 20, 00 It has paid in Claims 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. .• . • • • 1852 .. „ 1857 .. • • . 1882 .. maid= the total bonus additions, £98,600. Bonuses ma 3 be received in ouih or applied to the rPduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the 1 ol cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of a po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. X 5,400 .. 11,500 .. 23.200 .. 66,500 WM. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1,1563. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water. and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or property, should apply for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous terms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, 29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal Inturance buildings. LiverpoeL Total Annual Revenue exceeds £500,00. Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,000,000. Chairman in Liverpool : CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P. Chairman in London : WILLUM WAINWRIGHT, Esq. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the Meeting of its Shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the close o' the year, to announce, for the first time, that the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £.300,000. The high comparative position held by the Royal in the Government Returns of Duty is agßin fully mhintained. The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably the amount realised in the preceding year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, since the commencement of thi. Office, the balance to the credit on account of British and Foreign Insurances being £45,107 10s. 5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa• rately, $11,097 16s. lOd. LIFE lIRANC IT. The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on n.lv policies for fhe year 1862 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of £701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last few years it is believed that such a sum aosured as that which has just been announced as the iesult of one year's business was all but unheard of. This portion of the Company's business has been carefully watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the lutare to the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum proposed for as suran^e n mounts to X 43,281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. . . — ff, -- tO complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more rapid than that of any other Company established either in London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. _ _ The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent hope, founded on a (grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni tude, combining distinguished commercial su c c ess to the Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection to the public. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Accumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurawes granted both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers on the participating principle. The new Life business iransacted in 1862 as follows: Policies. Amcunt Inured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23,641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at the OITICES : LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARIKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq, Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrineton Smith, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. I obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. ,Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. allowed iiiidaam mfoerr pwilayr eexnptioref NOT ICE.- 51 1 1 i h u eu is sua ta l FIRE PRE on 9th July. l fi li ft n e g en du d e ay a s t FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this . Corporation on advantageous terms. are granted with par- In the Lite Department, assurances ilcipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums rfaable by pe rsons who preferre d th a t form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Any Bum n o t be insured on one Life. exceeding £l5 , 000 may Five years. This Corporatitn affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual oc ck. i eties — with the g uarantee of a large investe d C ap it a l ,Sto The advantages of modern practice,—with the security tlf an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A DALE The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve the ',United MKingdilitia,oin, free ofcharge r V olunteer Corps within the ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ItIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTER __ ue the LETTERS PATE WIIII:ErnI4F7vScrrn (A)Pren-:MAIN 1 --It i rE ß TRUSS most upwards of }: XII IBITION El OF 1851 AND 1862), is allo w - e % b r u GREAT Medical Gentlemen to l't ention in the curative treatment 0 1 " Two Hundred . . v __ st effective 'The use of a steel storing, so often h "ERNI bandage urtiul in it A. la here avoided —a soft being worn s effects, t.,0•1y, while the requisite resisting power is s n n it i o round cis ' the Moe- ;lain Pad and Patent Lever, fltti u -- —by the ng with so ss that it cannot be detected, and m much ease :Ind cloalle -- I five circular may b 7be worn e ha d , during sleep. A descr p ot fail to lit, forwarded by post, en and the t russ, which cann • the air '•odv tvio inches below the hi cumference of the .. • ',. Ps, being sent to the manufactut:',. ___ . s , ~,,, Mr. WIT l' ill ' .47 ' 1-i"41113'. A s „ Ingle Truss, 165., oga Cd and 31s. ed. Postage, i s 18. - • • *, 2 ' • and 525. 6d. Postage, ls 8d: " Double Truss, 31s. eld., 42 8 . , An IT q gd Postage, le. 10d. Umbilical Truss, 425. and 5-8. • Post m de ps gable to John White, Post. Z. ll , —ee Orders to be ma office, ' 4 O dill a y. NEW PATENT i I4 Tr AST IC STOCKINGS, —Cu ps. -IP C f or Varicose Veins and all cages of Waknetss and Swelling AP' `"" , i ie ',colt, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture,°land inexpensive' and are drawn_ on la • gd„ 108., to Ps. can ordinary stocking, i'rice 18. 64" 75. each. Postag-e 6d, g. JOHN WHITE, manutaotaror, 225, Pio:41011Y. No. 22,195. On the 25th inst., will be published, in 2 vole., post Bvo., NED LOCK SL EY. THE ETONIAN. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street Just published, in Bvo., price Is., MAGNEOPATHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH. Bentley, New Burlington-street. CRITIQUFS en the NEWSPAPER PRESS in the LITERARY TIMES, every week R D, T H O X F 0 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Hnish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean, dm. Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Pet formance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full band of 40 instruments. The HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. N OTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT C A NTERBURY lIAL L. Two representations of Professor Pepper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at Nine and a quarter. past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only ; and produced with all the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections, Cantatas, Glees, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTH, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. -ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—A Grand Divertissement by Signora Rachele and Mariannina and Signor Guiseppe Fran ce-co, assisted by a corns of Twenty young Ladies—The Conrads as the Original French Clowns and on the Corde Elastique—Les Petit Monstres—Brian and Conly in an amusing and novel Burlesqe —Mrs. Brian as Old Aunt Sally, ac., &c.—Wood and his Wonderful Son—Grand Operatic Selections :—Principals, Miss M`Gregor. Mr. Albert, Signor Georgini (the new Italian tenor), and Mr. Vernon Rigby— Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. THE FIRST WEEK of the ALHAMBRA GHOST, a highly comical and amusing representation of the popular optical illusion.—EVEßY EVENING, at Eleven o'clock. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S JERATED GINGER BEER, in glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters,—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and three-fourths of labour ! Patentee : Harper Twelvetr'es, Bromley -by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong, reduced to 3s. 6d. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Sd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. lld. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS. 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE 4 , for hand, horse, or steam power, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful: particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal). Leasehold and Freehold Property, or Reversions, dre., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS tl, without delay, to respectable persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to W., at Mr. Robertson a, Accountant, 40, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. IMMEDIATE CASH ADVANCES.—Persons requiring Capital, repayable by instalments, to enable them to increase or commence business, or for any other purpose, can readily obtain Advances on application at the Offices of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO CIATIONS, 118, Pall-ma'l, S.W. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. pISTOLGRAMS of BABIES (Guinea Jewellery Portraits), with album enlargements therefrom, taken daily at SKATFE'S Pistolgraph Depot, 32, Sussex-place, Re gent's-park, N.W., where a classification of children's like nesses from the day of birth may now be seen. invalids and families attended. A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, Turns, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square Zreen package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAXSPEARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the aocount of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, 'Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare. but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the Immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masi' erman, Esq. Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond' and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W llianas, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the HospitaL STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—IIer Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. I'RESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., v.p. DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning , of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has ex ended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England. Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800; tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,c00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can lazes, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnifleelit fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whill can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee grateful* , acknowledge the following con tributions:— Fier Majesty the Queen .. • • .. annual 50 C 0 Campbell, the lion. Mrs. G. .. .• ' .. annual 50 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. • • • • .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. • . annual 10 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • • • • • • . 4th don.lo 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. • • .. don. 10 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting Carriage , . • • • - • • • • 250 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G, and Mrs. ~ • .. don. 3 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. ~ .• 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • " Willoughby p onyas.. don. 15 15 o Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich • • • • • • 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .• .. annual 20 0 Thaa,„ will be thankfullv re- Lad tLnpasdday,n,EWdrellesbantyno,nuis.lourspduebr.:.cri.Maprtie..,:sllec...t.edabny.n.huearl 1: 160 00 Co., 59, Strand • Messrs. Henries, elved by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. wllli s Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard - street; Messrs. 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THE IMPERIAL FETES, - - A letter from Paris, dated Sunday morning, says —Yesterday was a great day for Paris. The Fete Napoleon is now quite re-established as an institu tion. Ninety-four years ago was born the greatest Frenchman, or accepted Frenchman, of modern days; he broke up Europe, and refashioned it after his own designs; he turned a respectable Corsican family into a house of kings and queens —more or less shortlived to be sure, but very brilliant while they lasted—and raised his adopted country from a republic to an empire. Since that time France has gone through some strange vicissitudes of govern ment—imperial, monarchical, limited at least as to endurance—imperial again, monarchical, republi can, and now she is once more under the imperial sceptre—that sceptre, too, wielded in the name of liberty •and constitutional rule, rather, perhaps, a la Francaise, by a scion of the house which first raised France to the Imperial dignity. Under such circumstances he would indeed be ungrateful who ss theha f o e u db l ,e d ref fid tusts theretofore af B on i rd n e g hl ‘ Te sw caos D u nn e ot u rt m y L h aavued astonishedabme ue been 't'ovpf vouch- urae Dame, e a h l ea l great crowd yesterday assembled in Not re where the first act of the great festival was performed. To be sure the cathedral was cool, and that might not have been without its effect on the hottest day I ever remember in Europe. A heavy lurid sky, occasionally varied by gleams of intense sun shine, made a walk to Notre Dame no slight un dertaking, even when one walked under the shade of tricoloured banners, and was enlivened on the road by military bands. The gardens of the Tuileries, though only exhibiting the shadow of events to come in the shape of the skeletons of illu minations, looked very pretty, the beautiful and beautifully-preserved flower-beds harmonising ad mirablywith the living parterre of gaily-dressed people who were lounging about them. As we ap proached the bridge which leads to the old cathe dral, we fell into the line of officials, military and civil, who were en route to assist at the religious rite, most of them having previously been received by the Emperor. There we saw the War Minister in fine array; a civic official in a glass coach; two soldiers and two civilians, who bad shared the ex pense of a " remise ;" and, finally, M. Haussman, whose motto is " Delenda est Carthage"—" Paris must be pulled down or rebuilt"—the latter a cere mony not proposed in the original case—looking discreet, dignified, and decorated. " Circulation" was then prohibited in the great streets, as we ma noeuvred into Notre Dame by a side entrance. The cathedral was densely packed with a motley crowd of priests, soldiers, and civic authorities; while outside were troops of cavalry and companies of infantry drawn up before each of the doors— chiefly, as it seemed to me, to get in the way of those who wished to go in or out of the building. The music was very fine, and the varying sunshine and shade coming through the painted rose windows were worth going to see, and even repaid you for a crowd on a hot day. It is difficult to speak higher of anything ! The ceremony was very soon over—indeed, we could not even repeat poor Theodore Hook's joke about the " tedeum"—and then everybody hurried back to see the preparations for the night, or else rushed off to the "gratis" performances at the theatres, which began at 1 p.m. I shudder when I recall the heat of those establishments ; but had it been 10 times as great,they would have been quite as crowded. Nothing so delights the Parisian as to go " gratis" to the play,and the" Dinette de Portici," "Le Postillion de Longumeau," " Celimare," and " Les Pilules du Diable," have never attracted a better, more attentive, or more justly-critical audi ence than that which yesterday crowded the open theatres. Talma used to say that the best critics were the Peopleof Paris, and the most appreciating audience that which listened to him when played at these national gratuitous representations. Every performance closed with an appropriate hymn, and then the crowd issued forth for further diver• sion. The gardens of the Tuileries and the Champs Elysees were like a fair from midday till midnight. A dense crowd circulated—to use their own expression—all day beneath the trees, which were to bear such brilliant fruit at night. As we wandered about among these thousands, it was im possible not to be struck with the idea that a great rejoicing in Paris does not signify the general joy of a nation, as such an event does in London. There, on a great event everybody seems to take part ; the swell from his club, even if he professes to ignore a national rejoicing —which is a mere matter of fashion, depending on the then feelings of youthful England—yet goes to seehow the event comes off; but here, in all the dense crowd which yesterday thronged the streets of Paris, you saw nobody at all above the level of the shopkeeper. Foreigners, of course, assisted at the fete. What would any European fete be without their aid P But the native nobility kept itself safely at the seaside. Curious acquaintances turned up in the Champs Elysees as we strolled down them. First, let us say, a London lawye r passing himself off for a lord; then a lord, who lives so quietly that the Parisians hardly take him for a gentleman, and are inclined to think that his valet is after all the " vrai Lord Anglais." Teen we met a colonel, who, when I saw him last, was only a cornet ; and then a general, whom I recollect with no other commission than that which tie gained at Newmarket. Thousands of strangers, but chiefly from the provinces, had flocked into Paris, and there was last night an absolute dearth of food in the cheap restaurants. The consumption of beer and light liquids—pink, flimsy-looking refresh ments, stirred with a spoon in a dusky glass, with au opaque morsel of soi-disant ice—must have been something perfectly awful. Just as the crowd in the Champs Elysees was at flood, there was a whis per that the Emperor and Emperor were driving down the Rue de Rivoli. It was the Deus ex machina—th e one t hi ng requ i re d —and the crowd went off to receive them. In an open carriage, ' without an escort, save the Chef de police, who rode on the right of the Emperor, came the representa tive of the great name which Paris was then cele brating ; by his side sat th e wife of his choice, who has the one recommendation —irresistible in Paris —of being fascinating. There was a rus h to see them pass, and that was all—not a " Vive l'Em percur!"—not a "Long live our Empress" broke from the lips of a people who are so over-policed that they d are not say " Good l uc k" to their Sove reiga w i t h ou t fear of being arrested for making a "demonstration." Well, thank heaven, our coun try men and women are not so particular or so op pressed. .‘ That's th e Emperor, is it ? Well, I don't think much of him!" was the opinion of a Briton who kindly h" d c ommunicate opini • • ons to me in a loud tone, and Was evidently astonished that an Emperor did not appear in purple and fine linen, and with a circlet of gold on his Imperial brow. After all it is very natural. Do not we all know that Picture of Napoleon I. in robes and palm leaves —your classical readers will be pleased to remark that in this case " he who deserved them, bore them "—and do not we all believe that George the Magnificent always sat nursing one knee and looking over a collar of ermine, like they say some horses may do over a gate ? And then the guns fired a royal salute from the Invalides, and then wise people,who were nearly as weary as wise, went to dinner. The curtain fell on the first act. When it rose again it displayed a fairy scene. In the course of au active life your correspondent has seen many fetes—has seen many cities illuminated, and the general joy of many nations explode in that final bouquet of fireworks. Experience records to him nothing more beautiful than the walk last night from the Palace of the Tuileries to the Rond Point, which was the "omega " of the illuminations ; though the Arc de l'Etoile was lighted up, but only NEWSPAPER' xNe , P-4 cr in a way that caused an English lady Aek7 they had " ruled a line in the sky." I never took a promenade in the Garde Hesperides, but I imagine that they must have lkin s very like the s-;ene which presented itself on both sides of the Champs Drees last night. The trees, we are told, I cannot say with what truth, having lost my library lately—it consists of a " Gradus ad Parnassum "—a classical Murray—a " Lempriere,'' and one old volume of " Terence "—bore gold and silver apples. Well, for some hundreds of yards you might have sez;ll the s:',me dazzling crop on every branch, from the end of the Rue de Riveli down to the graceful fountains which mark the break in the Champs Elyket-s. You walked beneath a grove of forbidden fruit, which might have tempted an anchorite—especially if he was an anchorie of the school of our youth, and was addicted to the pluck ing of lamps. Every tree was illuminated, and that made a picture, brilliantly life-like and Parisian, and not easily forgotten. Age reclining (and smok ing) hi easy chairs; youth swinging and rocking in those peculiar machines which I am informed are called, with a hideous mockery of intense sick ness, "merry-go-rounds ; " mothers of families danc ing their irritable offspring, and irate husbands proposing to go home; these made the features of the picture. As we gaze on it there comes a crash; then follows a rush, and we find ourselves making off to get a good place to see the fireworks—those " feux illusionaires" which we have so often run to see and never seen. I need not describe the com ments of a French audience on a display of fire works. When two adventurous youths tempted fate in a straw-inflated ballon to-day, what sy m . pathy we had, and what odd remarks. " You in flate it, you see, and then —ca monte." " Tien! ca monte I It is then the gas !" Mutato nomine, and the story is told of a rocket. "That mounts jollily, my friend ; let us go home when it extinguishes itself," says tare de famille, and her advice is taken, not only by her, but by all the other female house , keepers of the neighbourhood ; and so we all go home to our houses—and the fete is at an end, physically though not morally, for we cannot look back to the great holiday, by far the most general that Paris has in the year, without some com ments. The point of the epigram was ex tracted, when the review of the National Guard was counter-ordered. Well, it was very hot cer tainly, yet a " demonstration" would have given a character to the fete of yesterday, which it certainly wanted. We had great preparations, a religious rite, a popular holiday, an illumination, and finally that fool's paradise, a display of fireworks—and then the tale is told. But, to speak the truth, the whole affair fell dead. No energy, no enjoyment, no feeling expressed—a mere fete-La failure. Such was, I think, the verdict of Paris. As I write, the last few lamps which were supposed to be the pri vate illumination of Paris are dying out; the last weary concierge who has enjoyed himself with his wife and family in a dense crowd, has returned to his post ; and all that remains of the fete is a sort of idea that we have all had a very hot holiday; but as for any conception that they have celebrated the memory of the very great Napoleon who made an empire, or of the very clever Napoleon who is now perpetuating, it, you must not look for that among the natives of Paris. They have had a holiday. I some chain of events could unravel itself which could give the Imperial ruler of yesterday's holi day-makers such a respite from thought and trouble perhaps he would not look so fatigued as he did then. As I turned from his weary features, and from the sunny and perhaps too smiling countenance of his Imperial Consort, I could not help reflecting on the uneasiness of him " who wears a crown." Even recent retirement has not been able to do away with the pressure of present political events. The Emperor looks weary. The Emperor is a hard worked man, and a man who deserves so well of Europe, in spite of great abberations from his ori ginal policy, that the wish of every one must be to see him look himself again. The Warwickshire Magistracy and the Queen's late Letter. A meeting of the magistrates of the county of Warwick, convened by the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Leigh, of Stoneieigh Abbey, was held at the Shire Hall, Warwick, on Saturday last, " to consider the reply of the Mayor of Birmingham to a letter ad dressed to him by command of her Majesty, in re feience to a fatal accident which lately occurred during festivities in Aston-park." The meeting was presided over by Lord Leigh, and amongst those present were the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart., Sir Trevor Wheler, Bart., Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., M r . C. N. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Dickens, chairman of quar ter sessions, &c,. Letters of apology were also read from the Earl of Warwick, the Hon. C. L. Butler, Mr. E. P. Shirley, M.P., Mr. Philip W. Martin, M.P., &c. On the motion of Mr. W. DICKENS, seconded by Mr. R. SPOONER, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That the statement of the Mayor of Birmingham, that Aston-park is not within the jurisdiction of the authorities of Bir mingham, has rendered it necessary that the Lord Lieutenant and magistrates of the county should express publicly their serious regret that a park, with the opening of which they must ever connect the most grateful recollections of gracious conde scension of her Majesty and the deeply-lamented Prince Consort, should have been the scene of an occurrence so greatly painful to her Majesty as to have called forth expressions from her Majesty which they have read with cordial respect; and to whatever extent their jurisdiction may give them any control, or their influence may have weight, they would gladly promote such steps being taken as might secure the restriction of the future use of the park to its original and true i n te n so t e s — t in t ohe Wasra - tional recreation of the people." A r passed authorising the Lord Lieutenant to forward a copy of the above to Sir C. P. Phipps for submis sion to her Majesty; and the thanks of the meeting were presented to the noble chairman f or pres idi ng over and convening it, when the proceedings ter minated. - _ LAUNCH OF THE STEAM SHIP SYRIA.—A find new paddlewheel steamer named the Syria, built for the Peninsular and Oriental Company by Messrs. Day and Co., of the Northern. Ironworks, Southampton, was launched on Saturday morning in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. She is built of iron, and is perhaps one of the strongest vessels ever sent to sea, as upwards of 1,300 tons of iron have been used in her construction. The following are her principal dimensions—Length between perpendiculars, 312 ft; length over all, 340 ft Gin ; breadth, 36ft 2in ; depth from base line, 29ft ; tonnage, builders' measurement, 2,000. The Syria was designed by Mr. M'Cormack, the naval architect for Messrs. Day and Co., and is a very beautiful vessel, possessing more cabin accommodation than any other of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, Viz.—First-class passenger berths, 161 ; second-class ditto, 34 ; servants, 20 ; officers and crew, 130 ; total, 345. She is brig-rigged, with figure head, neat elliptical stern, and quarter-galleries, has iron lower masts, and will be fitted up with every comfort and convenience, including ample ventilation for the cabins, large icehouses, gas apparatus for lighting the cabins, &c. The Syria will be propelled by a pair of oscillating paddle engines of 450 horse power nominal, which will be fitted with surface condensers, steam jackets, and Lamb and Sumners' patent boilers and superheating apparatus. Be sides large stowage accommodation for mails, passengers' baggage and stores, she will have room to stow away 470 tons of coal and 500 tons of cargo. The Syria will be com manded by Capt. E. Cooper, the eenior officer of the Penin sular and Oriental Company's fleet, and will be placed on the Marseilles, Malta, and Alexandria station. After the launch a large party of ladies and gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dejeuner, under the presidency of Captain Day, R.N., brother of Mr. C. Day, the head of the firm, who was absent through illness. The usual loyal and other toasts were drunk, and in proposing that of " Success to the Syria and continued prosperity to the Peninsular and Orien tal Company," the Chairman, in the name of his brother, expressed his thanks for this additional opportunity which had been afforded them of showing that Southampton can build and equip as large and fine steamships as any port in the kingdom. The toast was responded to by Mr. Plowden, one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's directors, who proposed " the health of the Messrs. Day," which having been warmly received and a cknowledged, a few other complimentary toasts followed, the proceedings being varied by the performances of a good brass bapd. On the adjoining slip to that from which the Syria was launched, a large and handsome screw steam yacht for Mr. G. H. Ackers, named the Brilliant, is approaching completion, and will be launched in about a month's time. The engines for both the abovenamed vessels are nearly ready for fitting, and other large works are in progress at Messrs. Day and. Co.'s premises. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1863. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. The following is an account of the attack on St. George's Redoubt by the British troops : " At about 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening, 81 of the 65th Regiment, under Capt. Gresson and Lieuts. Lewis and Chevalier; 90 men of the 40th Regiment, under Lieut. Hobbs and Ensign Ducrow ; 294 men of the 70th Re giment, under Major Mulock, Capts. Rutherford, Tovey, Ralston, and Cay, Lieuts. Huskisson and Grierson, En signs Clarke and Young, and Dr. Micklehan ; also 119 of the Artillery corps, under Capt. Mercer, R.A,, and Lieuts. Rait and Larcomb ; together with Lieut.-Col. Gamble, D.Q.G., Lieut.-Col. Hutchins, Military Secretary, Major Paul, Dr. Mount, C. 8., Capt. Travers, L.T.C., Major M'Neill, A.D.C., Captain Gordon, A.D.C., Dr. Tomlin son, D.A.C.G., Mr. Innes and Mr. Parris, Assistant Native Secretary—the whole under the command of Lieut.-Gene ral Cameron, C.B.—marched from town by the Great South road. On reaching the Potoko redoubt the force was joined by a party of the 57th Regiment, under Col. Moore, C. 8., Capt. Russell, Adjutant Clarke, Ensign Douglass, Dr. Mackinnon, and Quartermaster Martindale; the detach ment of the 40th being left there in garrison, under Lieut. Hobbs. At Oakura the force was joined by a detachment of the 70th, under Capt. Tovey, remaining to garrison that post. The troops, observing a dead silence, with a party of skirmishers along the heights, proceeded to Tataraimaka, where they were reinforced by Lieut.-Col. Logan, Captain Short, Ensign Duncan, and Lieutenant Warburton, R.E., with a detachment of the 57th from Oakura, together with Lieutenant Pickard, R.A., and three Armstrong guns, and a detachment of the mounted artillery, and Lieutenant Ferguson, R,E,, with a sergeant and six men of the Engi. neers. The whole force assembled at St. George's Redoubt, and waited impatiently there till daylight. The force was then formed in the rear of the redoubt,as follows :—The 57th, including the Tataraimaka detachment, under , Col.. Warre, as the advance—the 65th and 70th to f o ll ow as a support. At a quarter-past 6 a.m. the force advanced to the attack, the course being taken to the left of the redoubt, over Bay ly's farm. Atter marching about 400 yards,the Armstrong battery halted, and was posted on the edge of the ridge over hanging the Katikara river. Here the guns immediately wheeled up, and fired into the native redoubt, about 800 yards distant, directly inland, the 67th at the same time double down the valley in single file to attack the rifle pits to the right of the enemy's position. After dashing across the stream,and ascending the opposite height, the advance,under Lieuts. Waller and Brutton, with their colonel in command, immediately rushed the rifle pits to the right, and drove the enemy from their position above the mouth of the river, opening up the road to the reserves, which came rapidly up while the supporting party under Lieutenant-Col. Logan, Captains Short and Russell, and Ensigns Manners, Dun can, and Douglass, having been fired upon from the re doubt, turned to their left, and running over an open space of 300 yards, with fixed bayonets, stormed the place, killing every native found in it. Captain Short, with his party, and Captain Russell, with his, rushed to the redoubt almost simultaneously, while Ensign Duncan was coming over at another part. Captain Short claims to be first in, and Colonel Logan, who dismounted his horse just outside, went in immediately after. The men behaved well, and nothing could resist the impetuosity of the charge. The natives were at once driven into their holes, where the bayonet did its work. On the right, Colonel Warre's party cleared the rifle-pits, and pursued the flying enemy south wards and inland, Colonel Warre leading his men through the high fern with conspicuous gallantry —the 65th and 70th coming up in time by the right of St. George's Redoubt, and up to the Katikara Valley, to be of essential service. The brunt of the action was borne by the 57th. The General was highly pleased with the gallant manner in which the enemy's positions were carried, and, we are told, complimented Colonel Warre and his men on the spot, telling the Colonel he ought to be proud.to command so fine a regiment. Well done 57th.' When the Armstrong guns ceased firing (the praotice of which was excellent) Lieutenant Rait and a party of the artillery, with their sword and revolvers, crossed the gully river to the left, to try and intercept the retreat of the enemy from their re doubt. The Maori position taken by Colonel Logan's party, in which were several whares, was fired, and the enemy pur sued in all directions. The bodies of the natives killed (24 in number) were brought to the Tataraimaka camp in trans port carts, and several persons asked if they could identify any of them. One was supposed to be Tamati Hone Oran kawa,chief of the Nagarau.hine division of Ngatirusnui tribe. but it was almost impossible to tell, from the fact of one half of the head having been blown away by a shell, but none of the others could be identified: Several guns were taken, and a fine taiaha (a chief's spear) and several tom• hawks are trophies in the hands of the men. The spear was sold to an officer for £lO. The Eclipse was anchored off the Katikaka Valley, and threw some shells while the troops were advancing to the attack. A shell from her Armstrong gun was thrown with admirable precision, and the distance judged exactly. The ship lay within a mile of the native redoubt, and one shell fell into the centre of it, and killed at least one native, for a piece of the fuse was found in one of the bodies, which Commander Mayne has preserved. The loss of the natives may be safely estimated at about forty killed, and a great number wounded. Another account esti mates the loss at about 75 killed. The bodies brought in were only those killed in the redoubt, and it is known that several natives were shot while retreating. " The loss of the Queen's troops was one killed, and about ten wounded, but two of the wounded have since died. The following is a list of the casualties :-57th Regiment— Billed, Private Edward Martin ; wounded, Private H. Shipman, mortal, wound in head (since dead) ; Private J. Osborne, dangerously, wound of abdomen (since dead) ; Private P. Flaherty, severely, gunshot, shoulder ; Private J. Evans, severely, gunshot, wrist; Private M. Fox, slightly, thumb wounded; Private J. Deagan, slightly, gunshot, face ; Private D. Hurley, slightly, tomahawk, ankle; Private Isaac Morton, severely, contusion, both highs ; Private B. Stackpool, severely, tomahawk, shin. rOth Regiment.--Wounded—Private W. Wallace, severely, _ gunshot, elbow. "The Militia and Volunteers have been thanked by the Lieutenant-General, in an order of the day, for protecting the town and for their general zeal and goodwill. ," The latest accounts state that the Matatawa natives have all gone over en masse to the enemy, and have signi fied their intention to murder the settlers. Unfortunately there is too much reason to fear that the war has only commenced. " The body of Patrick Regan, the missing man in the Warren beach massacre, has been found huddled in a potato pit, about 100 yards from the scene of the murder. A party of 300 men, under Colonel Warre, of the 57th, brought it in for decent burial." miner, writing on the Bth of June from Taranaki, The special correspondent of t he Nelson Exa reports as follows : To prevent the possibility of being betrayed by the friendly natives who infest the town, the intended expedi tion was kept a profound secret. The troops started at intervals in very small parties, and on reaching their desti• nation were encamped in gullies, out of sight of the enemy's look. out of Katitake, at the ranges. Ammunition was sent down as provision for the outposts, and other means adopted for keeping the expedition quiet. The result was a sur prise, and a success as complete as is likely to be got at any one time over an enemy who is scared like a rabbit, and dis perses when the odds are against him. For some time the natives had been observed busily occupied in digging rifle pits, from some of which they annoyed the Tataraimka camp, and were constructing a redoubt after the plan of our own when the attack was made. The pits the natives re lied on lied on with such confidence were gallantly charged by Col. Warm, and many a Crimean hero used to such work. The redoubt was ga ll an tly carr i e d, an d th e h u t a nd palings a l some with were soon in fl ames; 24 b o di es o f na ti ves were collected, and when th e ru i ns cou ld b e i nspec t e d severa l s k e letons w About 150 natives are supposed to have escaped. Of were someat tthe have position.been woundedoneor two f from w m e t i n h e e n continuous were flre directed these amongst the been fallen,despatched n killed are va r i ous l appeared few wo a un ye d n e e d t i m n e t n he a fi r n e s s l ta r t u e s d h t . o have The are stated ' se rr a y t from 40 to 100. The loss on our side w as on l y one killed w inpeeting the bodies, it o s unded, two, we Y rh fo e u t r th w e o d u e n f d en ed d . ere O e f f t th h e e to say, have since died. On position were chiefly from the Wanganui tribe; none of the men of Taranaki, Ngatirua n • in, or Ngatimaniapoto fell. ..-- ANSTRUTHER HERRING FISHING, Aug. 13. — To-day's fishing was the best this season, upwards of 400 crane having been landed early in the morning. On the previous days of this week little or nothing was done, but now there are prospects of a good fishing, and the fisher men are determined to prosecute it to the utmost. Very few of the stranger boats have arrived yet, consequently the fall number usually engaged at this port is not made up. At the neighbouring ports of Pittenweem and St. Monanco is good to-day, and th e l oca li ty where the fish caught not far off shore. Pri ces were from 16s. werett h o e i ss . fishing [ADvERTISEMENTI — HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. 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The Italians, not having it in their power to fall foul of Earl Russell, are attacking their own Minis ters, as the following article from the Dintto will clearly enough testify : " The recall of the illustrious English diplomatist ought not, in the first place, to be ascribed to the causes alleged by our semi-official journals. It is not true that Sir James Hudson had completed the term of his diplomatic mission ; so little so, indeed, that other embassies were offered to him, which he refused, because, being greatly attached to Italy, he preferred staying amongst us in the character of a private individual, and it would appear he has chosen as his place of residence, Florence. This change is believed to be connected with reasons of far more serious importance, relating to the new system of policy which England proposes to initiate respecting France, and by which Italy, rendered by our Ministers wholly dependent on the will of France, will be compelled greatly to suffer. It is deemed probable that Sir James Hudson's known attachment to Italy would have prevented him from being the obedient instrument of plans to her hurt, and that, even unconsciously, his personal affection for the country might have exercised an influence on his official conduct. This induction is confirmed by the nomination of Mr. Elliot, who, unless his opinions have changed, was in 1860 so little convinced of the solid character of our revolution as to declare publicly that Italian unity was a mere dream. The part which this diplomatist has played in Eastern affairs is well known, and, without doubt the appointment is an ominous one for Italy. To this must be added that the English Government gave no intimation to ours of the intended change of its representative. And our Government, which of all is the worst served as regards diplomacy, learned the thing only when it was done—after a correspondence had taken place between the Foreign-office and Sir J. Hudson, offering him other diplomatic appointments, after he had successively refused them, after his resignation had been accepted, and the nomination of his successor certain. Then only did signor Visconti-Venosta receive official knowledge of the affair, and he wrote to the Mar quis d'Azeglio at London, praying him to use his efforts to prevent Sir James Hudson from being re called. But it was too late. We cannot tell how the English-Foreign-office received the representa tions of our Ambassador; all we know is, that he left London for some watering-place." It would be difficult, perhaps, to give a greater proof of the extent of Sir James Hudson's influ ence than is furnished by the above article. Here is a journal, the avowed organ of the Parliamentary opposition to a Ministry which is supposed to have come into power under Sir James Hudson's aus pices; and yet this very opposition journal makes it the subject of a grave charge against the Minis try that it did not employ its influence and efforts with the English Government to retain as Minister at Turin the foreign diplomatist Whose counsels are believed to have given it birth. There is one point respecting the secrecy in which the progress of the affair was veiled, to which I think it right to refer. I believe Sir James was might express so s lo o nd ap a p n r d eh a e o ns d iv e e ei t d h e a d t t a h n e n l p ta m h i a n n n s on the subject as his succes stoorh,savneointhinroawtionno,btshtaactlehseinantthnealryabyooufn d down to secrecy the persons, not more than one or two in number, to whom he confided the circumstance of the intended change. The _ltalie, a recognised official organ, again com ments on the fact in the following terms Notwithstanding all that is said or done, the sudden recall of the Minister of England, Sir James Hudson, occupies all minds. The pret ext about his age, &c., so complacently put forward satisfies nobody ; that is felt to be a mere not d'ordre ; and besides, why should a recall founded on such legitimate reasons have buret upon the world all at once, so unexpectedly, surprising, alike the Italian Government and public opinion. It is quite possible that the honourable Minister of Eng land might have had the right to retire, but it is equally probable that he would not have wished to avail himself of that right; and his excellent health, as well as his admirable aptitude for business, could never have suggested an event which, if only due to his reaching a certain term of years, would long ago have certainly been announced. It is not more natural to seek in an another quarter the ex planation of a fact which has justly called forth the most contradictory comments, and does not the very position of Sir James Hudson at Turin serve as a guide to those who would scrutinise into the reasons of his recall ? Sir James Hudson was already Minis. ter of England when the heart of Italy beat only in the breast of the small State of Piedmont ; he had watched the new kingdom grow up beneath his friendly glance ; he was so interested in its for tunes that he had come almost to look upon it as a second country. Profoundly versed, during the last 14 years, in the secrets of the different Cabinets which had successively held power, esteemed and be leved by the whole society of Turin, where the kind manner of this grand seigneur had won for him quite an exceptional pos. ; t.on—the English Minister, commanding all sympathies, possessed a political influence which made the position here of the repre sentatives of other Powers extremely difficult, and gave to his opinions, ripened as they were by expe rience, a preponderance which the other heads of the diplomatic corps were forced vainly to envy. Hence, little petty attacks and rivalries were unknown. It was especially at the time of Count Cavour, whose friend he was, and who often asked his advice, that Sir James Hudson served efficiently the cause of that Italian unity to which he was so wholly de voted. In the matter of the annexation of the pro vinces, after the Treaty of Villafranca, he strongly supported the views of Count Cavour, and thus powerfully contributed to strengthen in Italy that close union with England of which France at a later period exaggerated the character. The friend of Count Cavour naturally drew near, after the death of the great Minister, to the Cabinet directed by him whom Count Cavour himself on his death bed bad designated as his successor, Baron Ricasoli, and defended him until the hour of his fall ; a fall ascribed, not without reason, to the diplomatic ac tion of the Imperial Government." After proceeding further to trace the phases of Sir James Hudson's influence at the Court of Turin, the Italie reverts to the very natural comments which his sudden recall has given rise to:— " Are there not," it inquires, concealed herein tendencies alarming for Italy, and most apt to call up doubts as to the dispositions of Italy in regard to the national unity. The two camps into which the English Cabinet is at present divided are com manded—the one by Lord Palmerston, the fervent friend of Italy ; the other by Earl Russell, her luke warm partisan, not to say more. These forces stand opposed to one another. Now, the recall of Sir James Hudson is, perhaps, the affirmation of the triumph of Earl Russell's p o li cy, of which the MiLister at Turin was reported to be by no means a fervent admirer. Well, from Earl Russell Italy certainly has not much to hope; but what an advo ' cate and what a friend does she lose with the loss of Sir James Hudson !" A DRAFT BULL.—A laughable circumstance took place in the Fourteenth Ward, Philadelphia, during the drafting last week. Everything was going on quietly, and good humour appeared to be depicted upon every coun tenance, Among the many hundreds that were there was a pale-faced son of the Emerald Isle, gazing on the wheel, and at every revolution gasping for breath. Of a sudden losing all control of himself, he burst out, " Wherl it round I wherl it round I—rouse it, will ye 1" "What's the matter with you ?" said the Provost Marshal. " Oh, be jabers, turn it round a dozen times, for that man you drawed last is my next door neighbour." At this point the universal laugh Came /11.—New York, tribune, The Supposed Murder at Margate, A single woman, named Jane Cock, residing in Princes-court, King-street, and of immoral charac ter, was drowned on Friday at Margate, and a waiter at the Tivoli Gardens, named George Stead, has been apprehended on suspicion of having caused her death. At half-past two o'clock on Friday morning the deceased was seen to go down the jetty, and ten minutes afterwards she was followed by Stead, and about ten minutes later a scream was heard. The person who saw the parties was a coastguard, who, on hearing the scream, proceeded down the jetty, when he met Stead, who said the deceased was in the water, that he had had hold of her hand and tried to pull her out, but could not. Assistance was then procured, a boat launched, and a search made, the prisoner assisting, but nothing could be seen of the deceased, The prisoner was at this time much excited, and stated that he saw on the jetty three women and a man, but no one had been seen by the coastguard but Stead and the de ceased. This excited suspicion, and the prisoner was accordingly taken into custody. When the prisoner was taken before the justices at the Town-hall to answer the charge, after some evidence was given, th e following written statement of the prisoner was put in and read :—" Margate, August 14. I am waiter at Tivoli. About half-past one I was at Mr. Boat wright's. I left and went on the jetty. About half way down I sat on the jetty and smoked a cigar. I saw one gentleman and three ladies. I tell off to sleep, and was awoke by a cry for help. I then called out and ran down to the end of the jetty. Went down the steps and saw a female in the water calling out for help. I endeavoured to pull her out, but could not. I directed her to hold on while I went to obtain assistance. I then called the coast guard, and assisted in launching a boat from the beach. I went in the boat in search of her, but could not find her. Had never seen the woman before.—(Signed) GEORGE STEAD." The prisoner signed that statement in the superintendent's pre sence. The Bench then consulted, and subsequently remanded the prisoner, admitting him to bail of £lOO, which the prisoner procured. On Saturday last Mr. W. H. Payne, coroner, held an inquest on the body. A good many witnesses were examined, from whose evidence it appeared that on Thursday night the deceased formed one of a party at her nephew's, Henry Cock's, where a good deal of beer and other drink was consumed. She did not leave till about half-past one in the morning, when she was a little intoxicated, but, as a witness stated, quite capable of taking care of herself. She was accompanied to within a short distance of her house by a man named Wm. Lourie and Margaret Emptage, and when they left her they supposed she was going home. This, however, did not prove to be the case. At a quarter to two Thomas Read, a coast guardsman, saw George Stead, the prisoner, go down the jetty; ten minutes later the de ceased followed him, and ten minutes after that a shrill voice was heard. This proved to be the voice of the deceased, who was in the water at the end of the jetty calling for help. The coastguards man at once proceeded towards the spot, and met stead, who was calling for the life-boat. The coast guard inquired of him what was the matter; and he replied that a woman was in the water, that he had had hold of her hand and tried to pull her out but could not. Further assistance having arrived, a boat was launched and search made ; but nothing could be seen of the body, and it was not found until five o'clock, when it was seen floating on the water. The principal circumstance that led to the apprehension of Stead was that h' stated there were four persons on the jetty at the time, but the coast guard saw only the deceased and Stead. In giving evidence, however, Stead said he met persons going off the jetty as he went on. He also stated that he was sitting smoking a cigar on the jetty, that he fell asleep and was aroused by the screams of the deceased. Mr. William H. Thornton, surgeon, proved having examined the body of the deceased externally, and the only marks of violence he found thereon were some slight scratches, which might, he said, have been caused by pieces of timber about the jetty. The jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased was found drowned ; but there was no evidence to show how she came in the water." At the close of the inquest the prisoner Stead was brought up on remand before the magistrates, on the charge of having caused the death of the de ceased, when the verdict of the coroner's jury was communicated to the Bench, who at once dischargd the prisoner without a stain upon his character. ~~~ WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., D.C.L.,M.P.,P.C., of Harpton Court, near Radnor, South Wales, and Kent House, Knightsbridge, was proved in London by his brother, the Rev. Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, M.A., canon of Worcester, rural dean, and rector of Mornington-on-Wye, Herefordshire, the sole exe cutor. The personal property was sworn under £20,000. The testator has bequeathed to his wife, Lady Maria Theresa Lewis, beyond her mar riage settlement, all his property in British, foreign, and colonial securities, for her own absolute use, also his town residence, Kent House, with the furniture and other effects; but, as respects jewel lery, Sir George directs that the diamonds presented to her ladyship by the late baronet's father, the Right Hon. Sir T. F. Lewis, Bart., shall, upon her ladyship's decease, become the property of his (the testator's brother), the successor to the titles and estates, whom he has appointed residuary legatee of both his real and personal property. The will bears date the 9th of December, 1861, and is attested by B. Charles Stephenson, War-office, and F. J. Nicholl, Carey-street.—lllustrated News. HUDSON'S BAY MONOPOLY.—T be Canadian papers, , received by the last mail, speak strongly against the renewal of the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay Company and its sovereignty of the Red River districts, and the country between it and British Columbia, desiring all to be placed under the Crown—Canada also claiming, as representing the original French settlers, a large portion of this territory. It is stated that gold mines have been discovered in the Saskatchewan district, equal in richness to those of British Columbia, so that miners and farmers will have equally good prospects. ARDGLASS HERRING FISHERY.—The herring fishery at this place has been most successful, for so far of the present season. The fleet now numbers nearly 200 sail. The weather is most favourable, and the take of herrings each night highly encouraging. Besides eight gi b u ying boats," there is a steamer from Liverpool in regu lar attendance to purchase all the herrings that can be had at a cer tarn price. That price is very remunerative and quite satisfactory to the fishermen. In addition to all these " buying boats," there are carts in large numbers from Bel fast, Warrenpoint, Carlingford, Newcastle, Downpatrick, &c., which crowd the quay every morning• The demand is so great that the price has been seldom under 255. per mease the whole season. One fishing boat alone took 40 mease in one night this week, for which the owners (six in number) received about £5O. This, however, is an extreme case, The average yield of each night's fishing might bo about eight to ten mease for each boat. It is calculated that aboutk, £2,000 are paid every morning, five mornings in tahseenwee to these hardy and industrious fishermen• con tinues on an average about ten weeks, so thaTtrhethespeseehraenudssome sum of £lOO,OOO is paid for herrings at pleasure sp in fish ing station. While we have much o,facts, placing we cannot be fore the public this pleasing statement, the harbour has been permitted to but express our deep regret at the neteicntefedrsyteaatersi.nAwlhaicgh in quite a dila pidated of the harbour as a hadportion been o f quay, e t x h p e end ed someupon yearswh ich s a g c o o: i t t h i e s m atter of surprise that some effort n i s e id n e e r w abl . e sum. money e fishing stationstate. F alone,rom e i c s andto votedon n tsk d s maintenance of harbours along is not-i-eing made to restore i wt t a . htey l ?i t t i Ab s a a sl p ab u reg li cen lic asu l ll o ra :: re main public sl olgyrl foroonu long t d hi grounds aloneie.trsecptri present na a annually the several coasts in this and the sister kingdoms• Of this sum £5,000 were lately expended on the harbour of Howth, solely as a fishing station. Several sums have been granted for the maintenance of other harbours in Ireland, and we again ask how it comes that so important a place as Ard glass has been overlooked ? 30M-• the rant, was tho In iole, ros- ;st. ; 32s ; 36 ng, its, n, no. 249 42s 32a r ind the )ry r -