The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-03 00:00:00

S---,A— IR FITZROY KELLY , M.P .—A La y of Oxford.—A Bill at which to take at Sight—in FUN THIS WEEK. One Fenny. 1111 EAT Ali, HAY MARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 40th time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Ange. Followed by (14th time), a new Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; M iss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. T" DUKE'S M OTTO. THE HUNDRED 1‘,1) FORTY-THIRD NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Manarzement of Mr. FECHTEIt. TUTS EVENING, to commence with an Ori:zinal tiketch, entitled A .!,1313DP.;1N ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, B. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE PUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brou g ham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, sunported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, IL ‘Viddi3ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dav 78011; Misses Sophy Henrade, Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROVAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THTS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vining ; Friar Lawrence. Mr. H. Marston ; Apothecary, Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEW T B EATRE-RO YAL, ADELPIII. - Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, en titled THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, T i.E GHOST'S t3ARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepp er ' s adaPtat . on of the Great Spectral Illusion. 3lessrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phi:lips, Stsart, Billington, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss IT. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entltled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Mt ssrs. Toole. P. Bedtord, R. Phillips, .14;bnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Mr. Clifton. Followed by (the first time) WHILE THERE'S LIFE TIIEKE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough, Parselle, Vullaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Mander , , and E. Bufton. Alter which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, and Hughes Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. ft GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather--• Sun Office, Juyl 3, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock 72 _ _ Barometer-30.16. Wind—S.W. ; light, and fine weather. RIGA WATER AT LONDON 'BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, 3h. 20m.—Afternoon, 3h. 44m. nßow,Morni ng, 4h. 10m.—Afterncon, 4h. 31m - _ Zijg_ LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1863. -- o A more overwhelming, or a more ignominous defeat than the one to which it was subjected last night in the House of Commons the Govern ment has not experienced throughout the whole of this session. Not that, the division which took place shortly after midnight ought to be re garded in any way as a party division. The re sult can hardly be looked upon as a triumph for the , Opposition, when amongst the minority there is to be found no less a personage tuna the right hon. gentleman the leader of the Opposition. Yet, for ad that, it raust in one tense be regarded as an immense discomfiture for the Ministry in respect to one of its most cherished desig3a, the purchas ing for national purposes, and the terrible preservation and perpetuation as a public edifice, of that most hideous of all architectural mons • trosilies—even in this ' age of architectural monstrosities—the Great International Exhibition Building of 1862, down at south Kensington ! A' though Mr. DISRAELI found it necessary, or advis• able, or convenient, or however else it might be ex pressed, to walk into the same lobby, for once, with a round dozen or so of the leading members of the Coalition Government, secretaries and under secre taries, chiefs and subordinates—the majority by which the Cabinet scheme was defeated so very signally upon this most memorable division, corn prised amongst them, saving and excepting the leader of the Conservatives himself, the leading members of her MAJESTY'S Opposition! For the vote (of £105,000) proposed by trio Government and sub mitted to the House last evening by the foremost orator of the Cabinet, meaning of course the Chancellor of Her MAJESTY'S Exchequer, there were numbered up 121 —in opposition to an overwhelming majority of 287 (nearly three to one) who voted dead against it ! The clear majority, as the numbers show, was no less Ihan 166 in a House, or rather a Committee, of 408. No wonder the announcement, when made known, was greeted with loud and long continued cheering, principally from the side of the Opposition. For, if Ministers had had the satisfaction of seeing Mr. DISRAELI stroll out into the same lobby with themselves, their exultant antagonists had had the still greater satis faction of finding their aggregate swelled and its importance signalised by the fact of its comprising in the list of the majority the names—not the name, but the names—of Mr, HENLEY, Mr. WALPOLE, Lord STANLEY, Lord JOHN MANNERS, and Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. Perhaps the finest thing the noble lord the member for North Leicestershire has yet done in the interests of the metropolis, if not with a view to its adornment, at any rate to the end that it might be spared at least the mast appalling of all the permanent disfigurements with which it has ever et been threatened, was the simple fact of his voting, as he actually did vote, last evening. Perhaps the drollest evidence yet affarded of that dry humour for which the right hon. gentleman the member for Oxfordshire is at all times so delightfully remark able, was, amidst shouts of laughter, afforded last evening by Mr. HENLEY, when illustrating, by a most apposite apologue, the force of a certain pre posterous remark made by a correspondent of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the effect that this detested and now (thank Heaven !) doomed build ing was' susceptible"—o that I think was the word," said Mr. HENLEY with irresistible sarcasm (an ered by cheers end laughter), wan " susceptible of great or nament ation." Whereat, said th e d r y old jaei —the Apologuist, not the Apolegist--" I rcoo o E ct once seeing a mountebank with a black om an, who was susceptible of a groat deal o f ornamen t a tion. (Laughter.) He said, I can ma k e her white, and I can make litr red ; but d o w h a t I wilt ; I can'i make a handsome women of her.' (Great laa7l-iter.) I am afraid," added Mr. HENLEY, w ith twinkling eyes, otherwise with an air of im perturbable gravity, " that Mr. SMIRKE, do what he may to ornament the Exhibition Building must still leave it like that unhappy black woman.' (Laughter.) As an anti-climax to which perfectly gocd bumoured but absolutely crushing remarks in oppo• ' 111 01:Ito the proposal for this monstrous vote —coolly '" l 'ea tot by our courtly Ministry, nominally nom- P l : d 4 Z l es :f ti tr ..... el: Econ enaists—thcL gain rQb . e . 1° n eof Commons the chief ministerial champion of the project, to wit (of all members of the administration !), the economising Chancellor of Her MAJESTY'S Exchequer Not, however, to have his remarks greeted as Mr. HENLEY'S had been with cheers again and again re peated ! But a novelty for Mr. GLADSTONE, this !—to be interrupted again and yet again with cries of " Oh, oh !" and of " Divide ! Divide !" until the weariness and disgust of the House be came such that we absolutely find the reporter breaking off his record of the right hon. gentleman's speech with words given thus in significant paren thesis— ," (the rest of the sentence was drowned by impatient cries which rose from all sides) !" After which—came the Deluge—of that overwhelming defeat of the pet Palace project of Her MAJESTY'S Government, by a loyal, but a thoroughly independent, Opposition. Thus, happily, has been swept aside—in spite of the Go vernment—the dreadful prospect looming up for the metropolis until late last night, or rather early this morning, the alarming probability, as it was until then, that FOWKE'S Folly was to be preserved in perpetuity at South Kensington. The importance of having efficient and plentiful means of dealing with fire has been abundantly proved to the public of late years. It has been ascertained by the painful test of practical experi ence, that our fire engines are by no means adequate to the occasion of an extensive fire, and that the risks run by the property of immense value in the metropolis were very considerable. The terrible conflagration of 1861 impressed the lesson forcibly ou men's minds. It was felt that, great as was the damage and mournful the loss of valuable life, the catastrophe was but a faint reflection of what it might have been had the boisterous winds of winter fanned the progress of the flames. Insurers and insured were alike startled, while the owners of property, which no money could replace, perceived suddenly that their security was but partial and limited_ But the evil, like most other evils, even tually resulted in good. Attention was called to the question, and since that time no effort or expense has been spared to raise our fire engines to the highest possible degree of Efficiency and excellence. On that memorable occasion at London-bridge the superiority of the steam fire engines employed was so strongly manifested that all recent improvements have been directed to this branch. A series of in- teresting and curious experiments is now being made in the gardens of the Crystal Palace, with a view of ascertaining which is the most successful of the various kinds of steam fire engines now con structed. The trial of strength and skill is conducted under the superintendence of a committee of noble men and gentlemen, Captain SHAW, the able suc cessor of the lamented Mr. BRAIDWOOD, who lost his I:fe at London-bridge in 1861, being the hon. secretary. The engines are divided into two classes —those not exceeding 30 cwt., and those not exceeding 60 cwt. Arrangements are made to facilitate the trial, by which perfect impartiality will be secured to the com petitors, and the test will try the efficiency of the engine, not the ability of the men who work it on this special occasion. With a view to ascertaining the quantity of water which each engine can project to given heights and distances, the committee have arranged a set of water tar- gets and tanks in such a manner that the water can be measured after delivery. As might be expected many various engines have been brought to this trial of strength, the most prominent com petitors being the engines of Messrs. SHAND and MASON, Mr.MERRNIVEATHER, and some American machines. The American fire engine brigade par takes more of the character of a political union thar. of a plain business-like institution, and laughable stories are told of the rival engine drivers beginning at a fire to quarrel over points of personal precedence, instead of attending to the work in hand. However, American machines are not generally to be despised, and we are glad, therefore, that these competitors should have entered the lists. The first day's trial gave the palm to Messrs. SHAND and MASON, whose en gines succeeded in getting up steam from cold water and being at full , aork in eight minutes, the others taking neatly ten, while the distance to which they succeeded in throwing a large body of water was greater than any reached by their antagonists. Yesterday the trial was more severe, each engine having to work by itself for two hours without stopping, drawing its supply of water from a depth of 10 feet and sending it through a hose 400 feet long. Only the. large engines could be used for such an experiment as this, and great difficulties were, of course, met with even by them in accomplishing the feat. Mr. MERRYWEATHER'S engine came off the best from the trial, but it is said that two American engines not yet tried will be still more successful. We shall not learn the results of the trial and the names of the foremost competitors until the committee make their r e p or t a f ew d ays hence. Th e b ene fi ts resulting fro m such a trial will be very great, for it affords a stimulus to skill and invention, while letting the public know wh a t i s rea lly th e b es t and most useful kind of engine. Has England degenerated into a second-rate Power without confidence in her own institutions or a w ill of her own ? I s not hi ng English worth anything ? According to some such would seem to Mr. n BRIGHT se tI ne Republicvery recently ()u g b to insisted form the that be the thecase. ra Ode transatlantic our Constitution. M r . C OBDEN is hasis eloquent in his recommendation to Englishmen to substitute sour vin ordinaire for malt liquor, w hil e our Ministers do not like to speak out on foreign affairs for fear o f di s pleasing continental ru l ers or republican despots. Commercial tretities, notwith standing that the advantages are not too reciprocal, may stimulate trade and augment the revenue, a n d b are therefore accepted by the public. But the wholesale revolutions which Mr... EWART proposes to bring about in this country cannot be sanctioned. Proposes, we say, for were the House of Commons to agree to his motion nem con at the third reading, the public would not, could not pass it . It is neither more nor less than to assimilate English weights and measures to the French metric system, and of course its coinage to boot; an d for what reason, forsooth ? That for e i gn commer ce may be carried on more expeditiously, whil e m illions of English tradespeople will be hopelessly embarrassed. Even this make-believe is fallacious, and only brought forward to support the hobby of a few enthusiasts. The exchange between different coun tries must always fluctuate, and those who carry on extensive foreign trade have clerks, who with little or no trouble can substitute the value of our coinage for that of another. it is amusing to observe the various conflicting arguments advanced by th e several advocates of this wholesale innovation, Mr. EWART, in the course of his speech, observed that a certain Belgium merchant settled in this country states that the adoption of the metrical system in England would save him the labour of two clerks. This is all very well for a Belgium mer chant, but the laws of England are sup posed to be framed to serve the interest of British subjects, rather than that of foreigners Again Mr. BAINES maintained that the introduc tion of this system into our schools would, save a THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, - JULY 3, 1863 year's study to the scholars, that there were 28,000,000 children in this country receiving their education, and that the year thus razed might be profitably devoted to the acquisition of much valuable knowledge. This is a very specious argu ment; the well educated classes of society are at perfect liberty to make up their accounts on any plan that suits their fancy, as in the higher branches of science and mathematics all calculations are worked out on the decimal system. Mr. BAINES, however, forgets that in saving a year in the edu cation of a future generation, he is requiring many millions of adult individuals whose education is barely equal to the old established mode of calcula tion to go to school again, and recommence their education. This is, of course, absurd; yet further more, there are hundreds of thousands moving in respectable circles who find it difficult as it is to settle the ordinary accounts in their daily transac tions. How will they get on when both shopman and purchaser are equally at fault in endeavouring to elucidate this uncalled-for new system, which is to overturn all existing rules, whether it be for the weight, measurement, or price of the article. The length of a road and the measurement of a piece of ground, in fact everything, must be included in the category. The whole survey of Great Britain must be readjusted and readapted to the new metric system, the length of every road and street revised . and every individual who wishes to know the exact value and length of his estate will have to call in the surveyor to furnish him with a new measure ment, for chains, roods, and perches will have to make way for their foreign successors. That the present system of weights and measures throughout the United Kingdom requires great revision we are well aware, and would be among the first to support a gradual and moderate amendment. But this is a very different affair to change at one fell swoop pounds into killograms, yards into metres, sove reigns into napoleons, and shillings into francs, Why not, when such a comprehensive revolution is to take place, complete the innovation by substitut ing the French language for the English. The news just received from Madagascar is of a startling and painful character. The King, RADAMA 11., has been assassinated, and all the bright hopes founded upon his career are brought to an untimely end. The name of the late QUEEN, his mother, who was for many years sole ruler of this vast island, was long held in detestation throughout civilised Europe. The readers of Madame PFEIFFER'S interesting travels will le member how the adventurous and fearless lady, who had safely and uninterruptedly made her " Woman's Journey round the World," underwent great hardships and was in peril of her life at Mada gascar, The conduct of the QUEEN to the European Governments and to the Christians who unhappily found themselves within her dominions was such as to run the risk of provoking the Western Powers to punish the offender summarily. Thanks to her geographical position and to her political insignifi cance, she escaped the lesson which she deserved, and it was the only consolation for her suffering subjects to hope for better times under the gentler rule of her son, RADAMA 11. The accession of this Prince was hailed with universal satisfaction, and the lenity and moderation of his character contrast strikingly with the reckless injustice and cruelty of his mother. He refused to sacrifice the life of his brother although his counsellors advised it, and we hope it may not prove that this forbearance has been remotely the cause of his death. The telegram informs us that not only has the KING been strangled and his Ministers hanged, but that his reign has been declared null, and mourning pro hibited. As a further sign of the times we learn that the treaties concluded with European Powers have been suspended. Certainly if King ItADAMA'S reign is declared null his acts can hardly be officially recognised ; but the fact is suspicious. The wife of , RADAMA, who has been proclaimed QUEEN, has signed, it is said, a constitution in accordance with the views of the old Hova party. Religious liberty, we are told, is to be maintained ; but who can trust such an assertion. Discontent, we are not surprised to hear, is spreading throughout the kingdom, and fears of civil war are entertained by the unhappy peasantry. So the curtain has fallen over the new and hopeful prospects of Madagascar. Neither life nor property are safe. The few steps taken in the way of progress are retraced, and the future looks cloudy enough. The rulers probably reckon on the difficulties offered to invaders by the interior of their island and the combination of the arms of civilised and savage warfare, which they possess, to render their position secure. But they must not repeat the barbarities of the former Government if they wish to retain undisturbed possession of their ill-gotten power. SIGNOR VAILATI'S MORNING CONCERT, This accomplished performer, whose misfortune gives him so strong a claim on the sympathies of his audience, gave his grand concert at Willis's Rooms on Tuesday last. The instrument on which he performs is one not often heard in our concert rooms, but he continues to display a marvellous degree of skill. He has been surnamed the Paganini of the Mandoline, and his ingenuity and execu- tion are something wonderful. He has obtained great suc cess in Paris, and we do not doubt will find the results of his English visit equally satisfactory. Prominent among the singers was Madlle, Georgi, whose fine voice promises to render her one of our best concert singers. Signor Bianchi was the pianist, and delighted the audience with his brilliant playing. The music was classic and well selected, but there were considerable variations in the origi nal programme. However, the audience were perfectly satisfied, and the concert has assisted in establishing the reputation of Signor Vailati. Dragon's Teeth.. By the Rev. James Pycroft, B.A. Two vols. Booth. As we sow, so must we reap. They who, like the hero of the old fable, plant the teeth of dragons in the earth will find an armed harvest the recompense of their toil. Such is the theme of Mr. Pycroft's new work—the dragon's teeth particularly alluded to being the evil self-indulgent habits fostered in early life by a bad education. The plan of the story is very ingenious, and the first portion is ad mirable. Edward and Nathaniel Walford are the twin eons of a widowed mother, and Edward, the first-born, is the heir of Rickworth Manor. The difference of one hour in the time of their birth is the cause of an immeasurable difference in their careers and fortunes. The advantage is apparently with the eider, but is in reality with the younger, brother. Flattered and followed by time-serving favourites from his childhood upwards, consigned to the pernicious influence of tutors who dispense with all discipline from a dread of offending their patron; poor Ned grows up weak and wilful and wicked, full of his own importance, seeking only his own pleasures, unhappy himself and the cause of unhappiness to all connected with him. Meanwhile Nat, the more fortunate younger brother, stimu• lated and invigorated in mind and body by the discipline of Eton, sets to work resolutely to earn for himself friends and fortune and position, all of which have been by the accident of birth already lavishly bestowed upon his brother. In describing the different effects of the education of these two brothers, Mr. Pycroft strongly advo cates the advantages of public schools over private ones, especially for the sons of wealthy men. In the latter, he argues, the boy has no real training or discipline, as the master, in many instances, fears to irritate a spoilt child, and exasperate the parents, who will probably withdraw the pupil and injure the establishment. However this may be as a general rule there can be little doubt that a few years of Eton or Harrow would have been of amazing benefit to Master Ned. The conclusion of the tale is very inferior to the commencement. The author seems to anticipate that the adventures of Hannah Hen gan w ill be the subject of animadversion, and no wonder. Her conduct, no less than the whole concluding portions of the story, is unnatural, and even ridiculous. A young timid girl, Alice Hengan, has been deserted by her lover on the eve of an attempted elopement. She pines away, heart-sick, with hope deferred, and her elder sister, Hannah, a strong-minded woman, burning to revenge her sis ter's disappointment, matures aid carries out a scheme of retribution the like of which we will venture to say would never have entered into any woman's head or heart to project or to perform. Actually, Hannah Hengan personates a wealthy heiress, and by way of reve n g in g her sister she marries the deceiving lover ! Immediately after the. marriage, of course, the bride declares herself assured, be and takes leave of her husba nd, who finds that he has lost the expected fortune , and is de p rived of all liberty to seek for another hei ress. Mr. P y croft, in self-defence, assures us that t wo or three women he could mention have been ac tuall y married under similarly false representations. We feeldifference would however, that on inquiry a found in the actual circumsta nces of these cases and that of Hannah Hengan. Motives of personal re venge or ambition for self-aggrandisement might have been at work, but we cannot conceive such an example of sisterly retribution to have had any parallel in real life! The whole conclusion of the story is greatly inferior to the commencement,which is admirably well-planned. The lesson inculcated is so excellent, and the moral reflections are 60 worthy of general attention, that we very cordially wi s h success to Mr. Pycroft's bo ok, notwithstanding the blunders we have mentioned. ____- The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambrensis. Bohn's Antiquarian Library. This is a v orthy addition to Bohn's very valu able library. The works contained in this volume arc "The Topography of Ireland" and " The His tory of the Conquest, of Ireland," translated by Thomas Forester, M.A., and " The Itinerary through Wales" and " The Description of - W ales," translated by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, from the original manuscripts of Giraldus Cambrensis. Giraldus was a native of Wales, hence his denomi nation of Cdmbrensis. He was born about the year 1146. He was at one time preceptor to Prince (afterwards King) John, and accompanied him to Ireland as Secretary. As the compiler of the pre sent edition of the old chronicler's masterpiece observes in the Preface : Giraldus was evidently a zealous, if a rather credulous, observer and collector of facts. It was during this visit to Ireland that he occupied himself diligently in collecting materials for a description of that country, and remained there for that purpose some time after the departure of Prince John. The result was his "Topography of Ire land," which he began to compose soon after his return to Wales, a little after the Easter of 1186 , and completed in 1187. Its completion gave occasion f or a remar k a bl e dis playchi eteecia o lhl f tsahbbe by owater'sthe e whicht hn fa vanityewsh as divided into three parts, which and love of ostentation. He re cited term of distinctions, before a public audience of the University of Oxford on three successive days ; and, to give more effect to this proceeding, he gave on each day a sumptuous feast. The poor people of the town were entertained on the first day; the doctors and students of greatest distinction on the second ; and on the third the other scholars and the burghers and soldiers. Giraldus was evidently very proud of the sensation he had made on these occasions; for in one of his books (that Do Gestis Suis, lib. ii. c. 16), he declares that it was worthy of the classic ages of the poets of antiquity, and that nothing like it had ever been seen in England. Its effect appears to have been to increase its celebrity. Giraldus appears to have been equally remark able for his diligence in collecting facts and for his skill in arranging them. Into the especial merit s of his works we do not now propose to enter. We have said enough already, in these few werds, to show the lovers of history and antiquity what a treasure Mr. Bohn has here laid before them. ►,('FIE NOCTES AMBROSIANA.—Part 11. of the cheap popular edition of the Noctes appears with the July magazines, bat this time without any en graved portrait by way of illustration. SUICIDE Ii( HIGHGATE PONDS.—Dr. Lankester held an inquest yesterday afternoon on the body of Mr. Joseph Rawlins, a decorator, residing at 10, Breck nock-crescent, Camden-town, who was found drowned in one of the Highgate ponds. The deceased left his home on Wednesday morning week to go to his place of business as usual, and kissed his children, as was his custom, before he went out. He was not heard of till Wednesday evening, when some boys who were fishing caught their hooks in the hair of the deceased's head, and brought his body to the surface. It was got out and conveyed to St. Pancras dead house. Some lines of poetry were found in his pocket headed " CrEedy the Neal" (the latter being his wife's maiden name), in which from their tenour he was evidently under a delusion that his wife hated him and did all she could to destroy his prospects in life. It was stated they did not live very happily together. Verdict " Temporary Insanity," NEW OIL WELL.—The editor of the Oil Cety Register has recently paid a visit to the wonderfal flowing oil well in that neighbourhood, which throws every vein yet struck entirely into the shade. He says:—" While there the parties owning it were making preparations to put on a stop-cock, so as to control it. The first joint of tubing was taken off, and the oil spouted up to a height of 50 feet, with a roar like a hurricane. The stream from the pipe was 21 inches, and was incessant, and we looked at the scene for an hour or more, and finally had to leave before the stop-cock could be put on. We could form no definite estimate of the capacity of the well; some estimate it as high as 2,000 barrels, some 1,000. But we are satisfied that it was flowing at the rate when we saw it of 1,200 to 1,500 per day. The depth of the well is about 450 feet. A despatch from Oil City to the Cleveland Ptain Dealer states that the market is unsettled in consequence of the new well. FATIIEII THAMES A LITTLE CLEANER.--Tne high and middle-level sewers of the main drainage of the metropolis are announced to be partly in operation in two or three months' time, when Father Thames will be relieved of at least one-hall the refuse which he is now obliged to carry. ANOTHER SUICIDE ON A RAILWAY.—Another very shocking case of suicide occurred yesterday morning on the Midland Railway. About one o'clock on the above named morning the mail train from London was passing the Thfumpton-road crossing, between Kegworth and Trent Stations Notts, when the engineer saw by the moonlight a man comingdown the bank side and walk in front of the train. He was instantly knocked down, run over, and killed on the spot. The body, which was fri,,ht fully mutilated, w as afterwards conveyed to the Kegworth Station, and an inquest will be held this evening. The de ceased was well dressed in black, but no money was found upon him. Ms name at present is unknown. MR. BRINLEY RICHARDS' CONCERT This popular composer and accomplished pianist's concert took place on Wednesday evening at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square, and attracted one of the most crowded and fashionable audiences of the season. The programme was an exceedingly attractive one, embracing, as it did, the names of Madlle, Parepa, Miss Edith Wynne, and Mr. Sims Reeves, as vocalists, and Mr, Brinley Richards, Mr. Balser Chatterton, Mr. John Thomas, and M. Paque, as solo instrumentalists. The opening piece, a part song, by the London Choral Union, by Pearsall, " 0 who will o'er the downs," was well and steadily executed; and then followed a piano solo— Beethoven's magnificent Sonata Pathetique—which Mr. Richards performed in a manner that left nothing to be de sired. His execution was something extraordinary, and s whole ch i li: or touch lee u,asso c i a h n aw t r h n icnhg t h e gd ias e vt x ei n t reetmn additionalee s ; s a t d h d i ed ou gbh t e o oauut w t y h t i c ht h oe nce. Sims Reeves, of course, sang Mr the Per f°l ma chard's world-renowned song God Bless th e P r i nce o f his own peculiar and unequalled style, and in another new entitled "The and chorus by the sa me author, entitled 1. R N Ta les of the Denmark," au h t i h ie or e 's r° e s e s u o n f t less doubtless performances. that the songb e come one of the celeb ra t e d Madlle. Parepa delight e d t h e au di en ce with the shadow song from and Miss Edith Wynne perfectly enchanted the fashi ona b le assemblage by the sweetn es s of her singing will he created such an effect, " The B e ll s of Aberdovey. " Th e celebrated harpists, Mr. airs very b eautifully, and M. Paque ma d e his lo B. Chatt erton and Mr. Thomas performe d a duet v o io nl n ir c e e l l s l h o all but sp ea k in his brilliant solo on Scott i s h a irs. The chief instrumental performance, in the second part, was Mr. Richards' pianoforte solo fantasia on Welsh airs, which ho gave with exquisite taste and feeling, The concert, although nearly the last, must be classed amongst the greatest successes of the 8048011, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. 1 PARL (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. CRACOW, JULY 3. On the 2d inst. Wysocki had a sanguinary en gagement at Perzajow, in which he succeeded in piercing the Russian lines. He afterwards marched in the direction of Krzyreeintei Zawadzki at the head of two detachments of Polish cavalry encountered the Russians on the 29th ult. at Dobra, in the Palatinate of the Kalisch. An engagement ensued lasting ten hours. Count Sierakowski was hung at Wilna on the 27th ult. , Czachowski appeared with his band on the 27th ult. at Wochoch. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING, July 3. A destructive fire has broken out in Water-street, n a large warehouse filled with cotton and grain. [t is still raging, bat is apparently under control. The loss will be very heavy, amounting to nearly £200,000. The value of the cotton in the building is estimated at £150,000. The amount of insurance, principally upon the cotton, is said to be over £BO,OOO. CANADA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY NIGHT. The Canadian steamer Nova Scotian, from Quebec on the 20th ult., has arrived in the Mersey. The Canadian papers contain nothing of importance. The elections were not yet fully decided. Serious riots had occurred at some plazes. FRANCE. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. PARIS, JULY 3. In consideration of the eminent services rendered, especially in Mexico, by the commanding officers of the army, General Forey, the chief of the expedi tionary corps, has been appointed a Marshal of France, and General Bazaino will receive the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The nominations of M, Venillefroy and of the Marquis Gricourt as senators, have been published. Le Pays mentions the arrival yesterday morning in Paris of Marshal O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan. THE BOURSE, July 2.—The market has been rather more buoyant, and a fair amount of business done at improved quotations, Threes, for the Ac count, being now at 68f 60c. Mobilier have also slightly advanced. Railway Share Market without animation, but the prices of yesterday, up to the present time, well maintained. The market closed as follows: 4t per Cents 96 80 Do, end 'month — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B .0 Credit Mobilie- 1170 no, end month 1162 50 Bank Shares 3420 Credit k oncier 1360 Italian Loan 73 70 Do. end month 73 25 New ditto Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes.,, Homo Debt lIAILIVAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 993 75 .. 997 50 Northern New ditto ..z. .. -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1010 .. 1007 50 Geneva.. Southern 690 .. 687 50 Western Eastern .... Sardinian 4lO .. 412 50 Austrian Loxybard North of Spain Saragossa 7lB 75 .. 717 50 Ditto to Barcelona AUSTRIA. VIENNA, June 30, M. von Ilisner, the President of the Lower Chamber, has replied to the 11 Bohemian (Czech) members who, on the 25tH inst., announced to him their resolve not to appear in the house, " because the Constitution of February is not in keeping with the diploma of October; because the electoral law promulgated by the Austrian Government is of such a nature that the Sclaves in Bohemia cannot possibly be fairly represented; and because the present Reichsrath, being incomp'ete, has no right to vote the supplies for the year 1864." He says:— "In answer to your collective communication, I have the honour to inform you that the Lower Chamber of the Reichsrath declines to accept the reasons adduced in justification of your non-appearance. I, therefore, in accordance with the fourth paragraph of the standing orders, do summon you to take your seats in a fortnight from this date, and I at the same time inform you that if you should fail to do so you will cease to be consi dered members of this House. By accusing the Lower Chamber of the Reichsrath of intentional injustice (unrecht) you have displayed a want of respect for it; and I, as its President, consider it my duty to express my disapproval o' your conduct. " Vienna, June 26, 1863." " HASNER, lIVISION. DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 2. INTERNATIONAL EX lIIBITION BUILDING. In committee of supply, motion made and question pro. posed, "That a sum not exceeding £105,000 be granted to her Majesty to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1864, for the purchase of the existing Exhibition buildings at Kensington Gore from the con tractors, and for repairing, altering, and eventually com pleting the said buildings." The committee divided— Ayes, 121; Noes, 287. AYES-121. Acton, Sir J. Grey, Sir G. Ponsonby, A. Adderley, C. B. Gurney, Samuel Portman, W. 11. B. Antrobus, E. Hankey, Thomson well, J. John Ashley, Po Lord Hanmer, Sir J. Pritchard, ', Baines, E. Hartington,Marquis Proby, Lord G. L. Baring, H. B. Headlam, Thus. E. Ricardo, 0. Baring, Sir F. Henniker, Lord Robertson, 11. Baring, Thos. Geo. Herbert, H. A. Roebuck, J. A. Bathurst, A. A. Hervey, LordA. Rothschild,Baro n M Biddulph,'„Col. R.M. Hodgson, R. Russell, A. J. E. Bruce, H. A. Hope, G. W. Russell, F. W. Buchanan, W. Howard, Lion. C. Russell, Sir Wm. Buller, J. W. Hutt, W. Seely, C. Butt, Isaac Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Sir F. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Kennard, R. Smith, J. A. Castlerosse, Viet. Kingscote, Col. Somerville, Sir W. Churchill, Lord A. Knatchbull-Hugess Stansfeld, J. Clay, James Layard, A. H. Steel, John Coke, Col. Langton, W. G. Stuart, Col. Cole, J. L. Lee, W. Sturt, H. G. Colthurst, Sir G. Lennox, Lord H. G. Sturt, Lt.-Col. N. ' Corry, H. L. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Taylor, Colonel Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lygon, Hon. F. Vandeleur, Col. Crawford, R. W. Mackinnon,W. A. Vane, Lord H. G. Dalkeith, Earl of Mainwaring T. Verney, Sir Harry Davie, Sir H. R. F. Mildmay, H.' Villiers, Rt. Hon. C Davie, Col. F. Miller, William Vivian, H. 11. Denman, G. Mills, J. R. Walter, John Disraeli, Benjamin Moffatt, George Warner, Edward Dunkellin, Lord Moncreiff, J. Watkins, Col. L. Elmley, Viscount Montgomery, Sir G. Westhead, J. Fitzroy, Lord F. Northcote, Sir S. H. Whalley, G. H. Foljambe, F. J. S. Fricke, Col. White, L. Fortescue, Hon. F. Padmore, R. Whiteside, J. Fortescue, C. S, Paget, C. Whitmore, H. Gavin, Major Paget, Lord A. Wood, Sir C. Gibson. T. M. Paget, Lord C. E. Wyvill, M. Gilpin, C. Palmer, Sir R. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Sir R. Gower, F. L. Peel, F. Grenfell, C. P. Pet°, Sir M. Grenfell, H. R. Pinney, Col. NOES —287, Adair, IL E. Fergusson, Sir J. Morgan, Major Adam,W. I'. Ferrand, W. Morris, D. Addington, Hon.W. Filmer, Sir E. Morrison, W. Adeane, 11. J. Finlay, A. S. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Fitzgerald, W. S. Mundy, William Agnew, Sir A. Fitzwilliam. C. W. Naas, Lord Alcock, T. Foley, Hon. H. W. Nicol, William Annesley, Col. H. Forester, Gen. North, CoL Astell, J. H. Forster, W. E. North, F. Ayrton, A. S. Foster, W. 0. O'Conor Don, The Aytoun. R. S. French, Col. O'Donoghue, The Bagwell, J. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Ogilvy, Sir J. Bailey, C. Galway, Viscount O'Hara, C. Baring, A. H. Gard, R. S. On slow, Guildford Bar ttelot, Col. Gaskell, J. M. Osborne, Bernal Bass, M. T. George, John Pakington, Sir J. S. Bathurst, F. H. Goldsmid, Sir F. Papillon, P. 0. Bazley, Thomas Goschen, G. J. Parker, Major W. Beach, W. W. Gowei, G. W. L. Patten, Col. W. Beamish, F. B. Graham, Lord Wm. Peacocke, G. M. Beaumont, W. B. Greenall, G. Pender, J. Beaumont,Somerset Greene, J. Pevensey, Viscount Beecroft, G. S. Gray, Capt. Potter, E. Bentinck, G. W. P. Grey deWilton,Lord Powell, F. S. Bentinck, G. C. Griffith, C. D. Pugh, D. Berkeley, Col. Grogan, Sir E. Puller, C. W. Berkeley, C. Gurdon, B. Ray nham, Viscount Blackburn, P. Hadfield, Geo. Redmond, J. E. Blake, J. A. Hamilton, Viscount Repton, G. W. J. Blencowe, J. G. Banbury, R. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bonham-Carter, J. Handley, John Robartes, T. J. A. Bovill, Wm. Hardy, J. Rowley, Hon. R. T. Bowyer, Sir G. Hartopp, E. B. St. Aubyn, J. Bramley-Moore, J. Hassard, M. D. Salomong,Alderman Bramston, T. W. Bay, Sir J Scholefie.d, W. Bright, J. Heathcote, Sir IV. Sclater-Booth, U. Briscoe, J. I. Henley, J. Scourfiela, J. H. Brooks, R. Henley, Lord Scully, V. Brown, J. Hennessy, J. P. Selwyn, C. J. Browne, Lord J. T. Besketh, Sir T. Seymer, H. K. Bruce, Lord E. A. Heyg,ate, W. U. Seymour, Denby Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Hibbert, J. T. Seymour, Digby Buller, Sir A. Bill, Hon. R. Seymour, A Burghley, Lord Hodgkinson, G. Shelley, Sir J. V. Burrell, Sir P. it odgson, K. Sidney, Thomas ButlerJohnstone,ll. Holtord, R. S. Smith, J. B. Caird, James Holmesdale, Lord Smith, M. T. Calthorpe, F. H. Hood, Sir A. Smith, Augustus Cargill, W. Hopwood, J. T. Smith, M. Carnegie,Hn. C. Ho. srali, T. B. Smith, Abel Cartwright, Col. Hotham, Lord Smith, S. G. Cave, S. Humberstone, P. S. Smyth, Col. Cavendish, Lord G. Hunt, G. W. Smollett, P. Cecil, Lord R. Jermyn, Earl Spooner, R. Chapman, J. Jolliffe, H. Stanhope, J. B. Cholmeley, Sir M. Jones. D. Stanley, Lord Clifford, C. C. Kekewich, S. Stirling, Wm. Clifford, Col. King, J. K. Stewart, Sir M. R. Clifton, Sir R. Kinglake, A. W. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Cobbett, J. M. Knatchbull, W. Sullivan, M. Cochrane, A. D. Knight, F. Sykes, Col. W. H. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Knightley, R. Talbot, C. R. M. Collins, T. Knox, k,ol. Taylor, P. A. Coningham, Wm. Knox, Major W. S. Thornhill, W. P. Copeland, Aid. Lacon, Sir E. ThThynne, Lord E. Corbally, M. E. Laird , J. ynne, Lord H. Cox, W. Langton, W. 11. G. Tite, Wm. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lawson, W. Tollemache, Hon.F, Curzon, Viscount Leader, N. Tollemache, J. 11. Dalglish, Robert Legh, Major C. Fomline, G. Davey, B. Leighton, Sir B. Tottenham,Lt.-Col Dent, John Dent Lennox, Lord G. G. Trefusis, lion. C. H Dillwyn, Lewis L. Lennox, C. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Douglas, Sir C. Leslie, C. P. Trevor, Lord A. Doulton, F. Lever, John 0. Trollope, Sir John Duff, It. Lewis, Harvey Turner, J. A. Duke, Sir James Liddell, Hon. H. G. Turner, C. Dundas, Frederick Locke, John Vance, John Dundas, Sir David Long, R. P. Verner, Sir Wm. Dunne, Col. Longfield, Robert Vernon, H. Du ere, C. Lowther, Col. H. C. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Dutton, Hon. R. H. Lowther, Captain Walpole, S. H. East, Sir J. B. Macaulay, K. Walsh, Sir J. B. Edwards, Col. M`Carm, J. Watlington, J. Egerton, Sir P. M`Cormtck, W. Welby, W. E. Egerton, E. C. MacEvoy, E. White, Jas. Egerton, W. Maguire, J. F. Williams, Col. Ellice, E., jun. Malins, R. Williams, W. Elphinstone, Sir J. Manners, Lord J. Willoughby, Sir H. Enfield, Viscount Manners, Lord G. Winnington, Sir T. Evans, T. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. Woods, Henry Ewart, William Martin, P. W. Wyld, James Ewart, J. C. Martin, J. Wynn, C. W. W, Ewing, H. E. C. Merry, James Farquhar, Sir M. Miller, T. Farrer, J. . Mitchell, T. A. Fenwick, Henry Morgan, C. 0. S. TELLERS. Brand, H. B. Dunbar, Sir Wm. TELLERS. Eleho, Lord Gregory, W. H. Meeting of the British Reversionary and Investment Company, The second annual general meeting of shareholders of the British Reversionary and Investment Company (Limited) took place at the offices of the company—Mr. George Ber mingham presiding. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the profit made during the year amounted to more than double that of the preceding seventeen months, and recommended that, after writing off all the bad debts. and making an ad dition to the reserve fund, a dividend at the rate of £lO per cent. per annum, free of income tax, be declared, leaving a surplus to be carried over. The directors in their report also suggested the propriety of increasing the share capital, which would enable them largely to extend the operations of the company, and render it one of the most successful of its kind. They therefore recommended that the present shareholders be offered one share for every two they now hold, at par ; one other share for every two at £1 premium; and that 1,000 other snares at £2 premium be offered either to the shareholders or to the public. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be received and adopted, said it afforded the directors the greatest satis• faction in meeting their proprietary on the present occasion, and congratulating them on the exceeding prosperity which their company had attained during the two years of its existence—a prosperity, with the moderate means at its command, almost unequalled by any similar institution. It was customary with many new institutions to declare divi dends out of capital, in order to attract the notice of the public, but such a policy, he was happy to state, had been entirely eschewed by the British Reversionary Company• The dividend now recommended had been earned out of the net profits of the year, and the various items in the balance sheet clearly indicated the careful prudence the directors had exercised in the management of their affairs. If anything were to be deduced from an examination of their accounts, he believed it was the fact that an increased capi tal would bring largely increased profits. and so self-evident did this proposition appear to the minds of the directors, that, after long and anxious deliberation, they had resolved to recommend it to the consideration of the shareholders. With the employment of additional means,and without any augmentation of expenses, there was little reason to doubt that a still larger dividend might be declared next year, and even now a larger distribution could have been made, had the directors not been mindful of discharging all liabilities and making provision for a reserve fund. Mr. G. F. ANDERSON seconded the resolution, which was unanimously carried. It was moved. seconded, and carried unanimously, that a dividend of £lO per cent. per annum, free of income tax, be declared, payable forthwith. A resolution was also paused authorising the directors to issue the shares as recommended in the report. The sum of 200 guineas was voted for the remuneration of the board. The re-election of the retiring directors, Messrs. Clench, Chatteris, and Fairlie, and of Mr. Midges as auditor, was also agreed to. The CHAIRMAN remarked that before the meeting sepa- rated he was desirous that it should testify its appreciation of the services rendered by the Secretary, Mr. Whiffin. That gentleman had so well sod zealously discharged his duties, had exhibited such energy, and had brought his labours to so highly a successful result, that he deserved not only the thanks of the directors, but also of the body of shareholders, whose interests ho had so efficiently served. Col. HAMMILL seconded the motion, which was carried nem con. The SECRETARY returned thanks, and said it was grati fying to him to hear the complimentary remarks of the chairman respecting the manner in which he had performed his duties. It was pleasing to him to know that his labours had not only been appreciated, but had also been success ful ; he trusted that in years to come he should occupy the same position and continue to deserve their good opinion, and if anything were needed to produce an additional in centive to his efforts it would be the vote of confidence just passed. Mr. 11. CHATTERIS moved that a vote of:thanks be ac corded to the Chairman for the impartial and able manner in which he had that day, as well as upon all other occa sions, presided over their meetings. The motion was carried by acclamation, and the Chair man baying returnee' thanks, the meeting separated. The steamer D.,rien, the pioneer of the new line between Liverpool and Aspinwall, arrived at the latter port on her regular day, the 25th ult., and will sail again about the and of the month,—Panama Star, June 9 . • ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Mr. Gounod's " Faust" was produced here last evening with the greatest success. The caste embraced the leading members of the company, added to which Mdlle. Miolan- Carvalho for whom the part was written, was specially en gaged to sustain the character of Margherita. M. Faure was picturesque and impressively diabolic as Mephistophiles. Madame Didiee made an excellent Siebel, and Tamberlik magnificently sustained the part of Faust. The music was superbly rendered by the different artistes, and the opera cannot but bring the season to a close withthe greatest eclat, Its production here must be pronounced a decided triumph. STRAND THEATRE. The usual result, namely, decided success, attended the production of the new two act drama, " While there's Life there's Hope," at this theatre last evening. The plot is not remarkable for clearness or novelty, yet it gave un bounded satisfaction and pleasure to the entire audience, which, we take it, is quite as much as any manager re quires. A very pretty young lady is represented as having married an old man, and the invariable result of a May and December marriage ensues, vii., the appearance of a former lover of the lady, who has just returned from Aus tralia, having been successful in his attempt to acquire a rapid fortune in the gold fields. The right man, although in the wrong place, holds a number of love letters of the aforesaid young lady, which coming to the knowledge of a rather unscrupulous relative of hers, a nephew of the old gentleman, he determines, if possible, to turn the fact of the lover's retu,n to his own advantage, and thus estrange husband and wife, and by that means secure the old man's fortune. Of course, this is not per mitted—the young plotter is discovered and exposed—the returned emigrant makes all the reparation he can for the part he has taken in the affair, and husband and wife de termine to live happily together for the rest of their lives. Miss Louisa Thorne, as the young wife, acted with her usual spirit and grace, while Miss Ada Swanborough and Miss Button have each parts which fit them exactly. Mr. Vollaire, as the old husband, played with good effect, whilst all that was possible to be done with the unpleasant parts of the emigrant and the nephew was well developed by Mr. Parselle and Mr. W. H. Swanborough. The applause at the fall of the curtain was enthusiastic, and the prin3ipal actors received the honour of " a call." Although the splendid burlesque of the " Thirty-nine Thieves" still retains all its attractiveness, we perceive another novelty of a very extraordinary nature is an nounced for immediate production. HARROW SCHOOL SPEECH DAY.--Yesterday was " The Speech Day" at Harrow School, and, as usual at that anniver, ary meeting, a large number of those inte rested in the prosperity of the school were present. From a combination of circumstances, the gathering yesterday was deprived of several public characters, who usually at tend at the speech-day. Neither of the visitors of the school (the Archbishop of Canterbury ani the Bishop of London) were present, and of the governors we only observed the Earl of Clarendon and Mr. Glyn, M.P. The Marquis of Abercorn was prevented from attending from a slight acci dent. Earl Russell and Viscount Palmerston were ex pected to be present, but were compelled by unavoidable en gagements to absent themselves, ---*\ =of+ HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, July 2. The Queen, and the Queen of Prussia, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, Countess Schwerin, Count do Boos Waldeck, and Colonel Hon. A. Hardinge, drove yesterday afternoon to Cleifden. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise took a drive. The Queen, accompcnied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena, Walked and drove in the grounds this morning. The Duchess of Wellington arrived at the Castle yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Qucen this morning. Messrs. Good had the honour of submitting, for her Majesty's inspection, patterns of a dessert ser vice, and other specimens, manufactured by Messrs. Minton, for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold is suffering from a slight indisposition, which will detain him for a few days at Windsor Castle after her Majesty's departure for Osborne. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Grey, rode on horseback yesterday morning. The Princess of Wales, attended by the Mir chioness of Carmarthen, went to Kew, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prin cess Helena took a drive in the afternoon in an open carriage. The Princess of Wales honoured Mr. Gibson with a sitting for the bust he is executing of her royal highness. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Captain Grey, honoured the performance at the Olympic Theatre with their presence last evening. _ Captain Grey has relieved Lieut.-Colonel Keppel in his duties as the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales. Her Majesty the Queen and the principal mem bers of the Royal family will leave Windsor Castle to- morrow for Osborne. -- - THE PREMIER.—Lord Palmerston has not yet re turned to, his place in the House of Commons. He has, how ever, it is understood, all but recovered from the attack of gout which has occasioned his absence, and his appearance is looked forward to early next week. The Marchioness of Downshire's seine dansante will take place on Thursday, the 9th inst. The Countess of Stackelberg has arrived at Claridge's Hotel. _ . Viscount and Viscountess Gormanston and the Hon. Misses Preston have left Brown's Hotel. Lady Moles worth entertained at dinner last evening, at her residence in Eaton-place, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Earl Granville, the Earl and Countess of Yarb rough, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of 'Westmoreland, Viscountess Palmerston, Viscountess Newport, Viscount and Viscountess Walden, Lord Londesborough, Lord and Lady Alfred Hervey, the Hon. Frederick Calthorpe, and Colonel the Honourable W. Fending. Lotd and Lady Abereromby entertained at din ner on Thursday, at Claridge's Hotel, the Earl and Countess of Caithness, Viscount Raynham, the Hon. Wilbraham and Lady Mary Egerton, Sir John and Miss Ogilvy, Mr. and the Hon. Granville Vernon, the Hon. George Walde grave Leslie, the Hon. Mrs. Rashleigh, the Hon. Reginald Abbott, Mr. and Mrs, Dudley Majoribanks, Capt. Berkeley, and Mrs. Ford. DINNER AT LAMBETII PALACE.—His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual dinner at Lambeth Palace last evening to the Stewards of the Anniversary Festival of the Corporation of the Sons of tho Clergy. The company invited included the Earl of Shrews • bury and Talbot, the Bishops of London and Carlisle, the Right Rev. Bishop Trower, Lord Cranworth, vice-presi dent, the Right Hon. Sir C. Cresswell, the Lord Mayor M.P., and tee Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, the Rev Sir E. R. Joddrell, the Revs. J. W. Vivian, D.D., George Currey, T. 0. Goodchild, T. V. Duren, Henry Howarth and Canon Musgrave, the Very Rev. the Dean of York (r he preacher), Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.l - . 2 and Mr. James William Freshfield (treasurer of the corporation), Lord Feversham, the Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company, Aldermen Carden and Gabriel, and Messrs. William Gilpin, George Harris, Robert lichens, Francis Hicks, Thomas H. A. Poynder, William Stuart, Joseph William Thrupp, John For, Charles John Baker, Simon Dunning, and Charles Jacomb. ACCIDENT TO THE COUNTESS OF GIFFORD.—Au accident occurred yesterday afternoon to the Countess of Gifford and Lady Dufferin, while in their brougham, near Highgate: The horses becoming restive in Mill-pond-lane, the coachman lost all control over them, the carriage was upset, and but for some labourers in an adjoining field, who promptly secured them, very serious consequences might have ensued. Lady Dufferin escaped unhurt, but the Countess of Gifford was baely contused. The coachman and footman were thrown from the box, the former being sadly cut about the face. The remains of the .ate Sir Joshua Jobb were yesterday deposited in the family vault at the Necropolis, \Yoking, Surrey. The funeral was attended by the son of the deceased, the Earl of Chichester, and other friends of the family. THE LATE MR. FREDERICK BEALE.—Mr. Beale, the well-known member of the firm of Cramer, Beale, Wood, and Co., the music publishers, died at the residence of his son-in-law, at Chislohurst, on the 26th ult., and was buried in Broinpton Cemetery yesterday. Mr. Beale was much beloved and respected in the musical circles, both at home and abroad. He was an enthusiastic lover of art, and had the judgment and taste to bring for ward many musicians of note, who, in their early career, were neglected and unknown. Mr. Beale was the first di rector of the Royal Italian Opera, at its formation in 1847, under Persiani and Galetti. How magnificently the works were produced under Mr. Beale's spirited management everybody is aware of. At the funeral yesterday, amongst other distinguished professors and amateurs, were Balle t Thalberg, Silas, Frank Mori, Ella, Blumenthal, Maggioni, Frederick Lablache, T. Chappell, W. Chappell, F. Chap pell, Braeger, Goldberg, Gruneisen, Willert, Jewson, Wood, Switt, &e. The New Zealand Chiefs purpose, in full costume, attending Mr. Nugent's benefit, on Monday even ing next, the 6th. The 'vocalisation of Titiens, Trebelli, Volpini, Artot, and Giuglini, with the fascination of Poe chini will, no doubt astonish them. It is a long time since such a distinguished race of men assembled within the walla of this old house, Her Majesty's Theatre. ARCHJEOLOGY IN FRANCE: A letter from Tours says During the last few days researches have been made at the Chateau of Amboise on the cite of the ancient church of St. Fiorentin. M. Arsene Houssaye, In spector-General of Fine Arts, has received the mission to seek for traces of the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci, who, as is well known, died at Cloux-Luci, a small chateau which still exists near the furthermost houses of Amboise. The great painter whom Francis I. had brought to France ex pressed the desire to be interred in the church of St. Floren tin. M. Arsene Houssaye thinks that it was at Amboise, where Francis I. often stayed, and not at Fontainbleau, where he bad not yet fixed his Court, that Leonardo da Vinci died in the arms of the conqueror of Marignan. Besides, the will received at Amboise by M. Boreau, notary, is dated the 28th of April, 1519. Therefore, as Leonardo, who was already ill, died nine days after, it appears im possible that he could have gone as far as Fontainbleau, even at the King's request. In the church of St. Florentin it is, therefore, that he must be sought. Thus far the re searches have given rise to some curious discoveries of stone coffins and tombs, in which have been found skeletons three or four centuries old, with pieces of different kinds of stuffs, hair, shoes, urns, and money, but no name or date has been discovered. The monuments which had been raised'over the tombs wore almost all destroyed during the , wars of religion ; those which remained standing were de molished with the church. DESPATCH OF THE WEST INDIA MAILS.-- SOUTHAMPTON, July 2.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steamship Seine, Captain Revett, sailed hence to- L day, at 3 p.m., with the fortnightly mails for ' the British and foreign West Indies, the Pacific, California, Central • America, &c. The Seine took cut 123 passengers, and on freight English specie, £7,948 ; jewellery, £1,968; French slweic, £8,400 ; jewellery, £8,900 ; also 300 bottles quick ' silver, value £2,100 ; 25 boxes copper coin ; and a full cargo of French and English merchandise. EXTRAORDINERY DISASTER TO A GOODS TRAIN, TWELVE TRUCKS BURNED. —On Monday morning, at about six o'clock, a train which had left Sighthill goods station, near Glasgow, for the north, was approaching Lar bert station, when the engine got off the rails, dragging after it the greater portion of the train, and blocking up both lines of rails. The concussion caused by the sudden stoppage having smashed some of the leading trucks—the debris of there caught fire from the engine communicating the fire to other trucks, said to be loaded with petroleum, paraffin oil, and other infLonmable ;material; and bef , re it was extinguished no fewer than twelve trucks, with their contents, were consumed. The line was got cleared by mid-day. F or t una tely no ,nne was injured.—Edinemegh Courant, ........ Er 1 . Beg UE Of th prin c the : Ti £l2 MUI ton :tux' into thu nue 'Col poi a h 8m sta pr( thi th Pr