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

3/1 V OT IV E P I 0 HEREBYL I T t\ NGIVRENAtihaLt ArthAreAmtYD.- I,iA.tt.Y ITALY-YEARLY MEETING- of the hoIden'3IETOPO LITAN RAIL WAY COMPANY will be London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of' London, on WENDSDAY, the 17th day of August instant, at One o'clock In the afternoon precisely ; and Notice is Further Given, that the same Meetin , will be made and held as an EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the said Company, con vened for the purpose of raising, by the creation t,f new shares or stock, in the undertaking; such further sums of money, under the powers of the " Metropolitan Railway (Asi ditiona Powers) Act, 1861," as may be determined on. 'the Share Register wilt be closed on the 4th inst., and will remain closed till alter the meeting. By order of the Bard , JOHN EtENCLIMAN, Secretary. Office, 17, Duke-street, estminster, August 3,1, -W6l. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FINAL REPRESENTATIONS. CHEAP PRICE;4. The Nights of Performance are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturcays. TITIENS, TREB P:LLI.—SANT LEY, GIUGLINI. MICR EZIA BORGIA. TO- MORROW E VENINJ (Thursday , Au g ust 4, w ill be performed Donizetti's admired Opera, LUCREZ lA. BO d.G lA. Gennaro, Signer Giuglini ; II Duca Alfo n so, Mr. Signor Bentley, bis first a ppearance in that charAei er ; Gubetta,Ru tig,hello, Signor Manfredi Liverotto, Signor Bariotti ; Petruchio, Si,nor Casabani ; " Vite l o zzo, Signor B er tacchi; Man Orsini Madame Trebelli ; and Lucrezia Borgia, Mdlle. Titiens. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. GROSS I.— SANILEY, BOSSI, GIUGLINL IL Tii3OVAT ORE. Saturday nett, August G. Nvlll be repeated, by general de and for the last tin e , Verdi's favourite Opera, IL TB,OVA.TOILE. The following is the unrivaled cast:— E ; Coint di Leonora, Aladlle. Tit i e ns ; Azucepa„,ngl and Madlle. Grassi ' her secon d appearance in that character n Ferrando, Si Bussi ; and Ilanx e ico, Luna, Mr. Santley ; iguor Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Commence at Eight precisely; terminating in time for the night trains to the env ir o ns. • G a llery, 2s. ; Pit , ss. ; Dress Circle, 7 s. ; Upp er -Vric es "---- o rc hestra Stalls, 12s bd. — ; V id usual restrictions ' to Evening Dress will not Circle, r . beentorc d. o :( office of the Theatre open daily, from 10 till 7, where places naav be secured. Tickets also procurable, on the -evenings of performance, at the special offices, open at the entrances of the Pit and Boxes OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Li) Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining - . THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE STIIEET3 OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre,ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. Nz THEATRE-R 0 YAL, ADELPHI.- bale Proprietor and Managar. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedforl, Billington, Stuart, Stephenßil - on ,Ronktr; Miss. Woolgar, Miss J. Kelly. Mrs. aig•t on. At 1", ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Penholder, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Constance, 3liss H. Simms. Followed by TI-It AREA BELLE, with a horrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, fi..itomer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. S. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the 3lanagement of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Last Two Weeks of the present Season. Crowded with rank and fashion. proAnctisn of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject. by F. C. Burnam, Esq., enti: led FAUS.O AND MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and His Charles Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental Ra.let by Oscar Byrne. Be-engagement of those ce'ebra'ted and popular artistes, Mr. an i Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr., J. 1...T001e. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. Kobinson, Mr. Ashley Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss H,rbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn„ and Stirlilltf• EVNRY EVENING, at 7 o'clock. A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert, and Mr. F. Robinson. At a quarter-past 8, a new Traves tie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Ebnrne, Mr. W. Chatnbertaine, and - Mrs. C. Mathews. At tO, U6ED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Frank Matthews,, and Miss Patti Joseph To corclude with UNDER THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, and Miss Cottrell.' nOUNTR Y and SEASIDE DRESSES. "kJ Messrs. JAY, of Regent-strect. have now in stock a vv.riety. of WASHING ILK I)III4.NSES, suitatle for the iountry and seaside, and at the c.earing-out price of only 11 Ls. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 217, 249, and :251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already t son 15 per cent, and it will soon reach a far ereater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, iavite their numerous patrons to take adv,intage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturAly b., more Co_tly as the price ct bilk fluctuates to a higher average 217, 219, and. 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLES HAL L . COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 235. per ton. I Double.. 2 0 9. per ton. T op 225. „ Detp 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of thelr De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, raddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Beat Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," A.. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Cut be had Every Evening of G. it. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Slm Office, Aug. 3, 1861. --o----- THEILMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 74 Barometer-29.39 WIND—Westerly ; moderate breeze and very fine, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taxa DAY. —'Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afterncon, 2h. 68m. .1.0-xoßs.ow.-Morning, 3a. 15m.—Afternoon, 3c.32m. u : , 3 l ll (ji -: SUIT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1864, The Foreign Policy, respectively, there of France here of England, has very recently, has within the last few days, has almost we had said within the last few hours, received a rather startling illustra tion. An illustration, in each instance, indicative— to the comprehension of the whole world—of the influence won by that contrasting Foreign Policy to the two Governments. Tee influence of France is thereby demonstrated—again—not for the first, bat yet once more—to be very considerable. The influence of England is thereby, on the contrary, shown with frightful vividness— for the first time—to be infinitessimal, to be invisible, to be wholely inappreciable, if not absolutely non-existent. Of the success of the Foreign Policy of France, of the brilliant success of that Foreign Policy—it is Mexico that has afforded this latest illus tration. Of the failure of the Foreign Policy of England, of the utter and ignominious failure of that Foreign Policy—it is Denmark that yields (to a nicety just precisely at the same moment) this no less conspicuous illustration. Mexico, the state of things in Mexico, the progress of the newly inaugurated Government of Mexico, the rehabilitation, there, by French influence, upon an entirely nearbasis, of the polity,of the com merce, of the administrative and legislative institu tion of Mexico (no longer as a chaotic Republic, but as a well-ordered, or what is evidently fast be coming, a well-ordered Empire, under the rule of the Austrian Archduke recently transformed into the Emperor MAXIMILIAN)—each and all of these, mail atter moil, are affording conclusive testimony of the Triumph won by the Foreign Policy of France, on the oppositeehores of the Atlentic,under the Li etuto dizcotion of that Foreign Policy really by SAFOLEON IR, ostensibly by his Minister of DROUYN DE L'HUYS . A ccording to the State, M. last advisLe2s received from Mexico, under date the new order of thi ngs, t h ere, in B , h ultimo, the that country th a t neT.v!y reo rganised country, only just eo reeuvcred from the bonleversement resulting from a prolong sd revolutionary epoch, the hes* order of things there, according to these last accounts, from the actull scene, yonder, of these Gallic transformations, is in the highest degree E atisfacstory—is satisfactory beyond even the most slnguine expectations. From Mexico there re turns now not only a large proportion of the French army, of occupation but, simultaneously with the return 'of these victorious soldiers, there came back to France 5,000,000 dollars. This illus. tration, therefore, of the success, the brit• liant and indubitable success, of the foreign policy of France—the illustration just now drawn !:rom Mexico of the conspicuous triumph of that policy—is not only complete in its way, it is twofold. There in Mexico, France has proved victorious, both in arms and diplo macy. Wnereas, the illustration derived from Denmark of the utter failure of the for eign policy of England, is an illustration also o f a twofold character, but, alas ! how completely different. The result of that Foreign Policy, as applied to the affairs of Denmark, has been, not as with the French Foreign Policy in the affairs of Mexico, a building-up, but on the contrary, in every sense, a most disastrous palling down. His tory will relate it. History is already relating it. Whatever the paltering majority of eighteen may have declared to the contrary in the British House of Commons—History has already declared, or is even now at this moment declaring, that the name, the fame, the reputation, the glory, the influence of England, as affected for good or for evil by the issue of her Foreign Policy, have been marred, flawed, tarnished, degraded, however you may care to express it, by the lamentable results just now of that Foreign Policy of hers as applied within the last few months to the affairs of Denmark. Have they not ? Let these results themselves— as they are now only too well known to us —answer, and answer conclusively. And those results—What, in a few miserable words, are they ? They are these —that, under the benign aegis of the Foreign Policy of England—Denmark our ally, Denmark who but little more than a year ago gave her fairest daughter, in wife, to the young Prince who is heir to this our ancient sovereignty, that Denmark, of all the countries of Europe, within the last very few months, under the benign xgis of the Foreign Policy of England, has been invaded by the monstrously superior forces of Austria and Prussia, has lost largely both in blood and in treasures, has been cloven down to the (last under the brutal heels of her German assail ants, and has now, as her only escape from total destruction, had violently torn from her grasp very considerable portions of her territory, the whole of Schleswig, of Holstein, of Lauenburg ! England standing by the while—never once striking a blow is her behalf—expending only for a time, and at uncertain intervals, a few big empty words (of threats to Germany, of encouragement to Den mark) bat eventually hushing even these at the last, while meanly looking on, "quite chap fallen' during this partial dismem berment of the Danish Kingdom ! Such are those two widely contrasting illustrations—here of the Foreign Policy of England, there of the Foreign Policy of France. " Look on this picture, and on his!"—yonder in Mexico—yonder in Denmark! England is at the present moment at peace, and under the rule of the Ministers who for the time hold office every endeavour will be made and every, humiliation submitted to to avoid plunging into a war. But the very fact that it has been declared England will not go to war—that her councils are swayed by a peace-at•any-price party—that her pledges shall not be maintained, and her allies de- serted for fear of involving the country in a contes with some Continental Power►—may at any momen bring about the catastrophe which it is endeavour ing to avoid. The belief that England may be insulted and bullied with impunity may any day lead some foreign Power or combination of Powers to act in such a manner as to leave this country no alternative but rcnder war inevitable. In such a contingency in what state of preparation wculd England enter upon the contest ? Our army is in a fair condition for service, it is supplied with field ammunition second to none, and the rank and file have been trained to the use of a first-class rifle; and in the absence of the troops 150,000 disciplined Volunteers would be ready to defend our shores and repel any hostile attack. Our armour-plated Navy is considered the strongest in the world, and so it is probably, in so far as its defensive armour is con• cerned. We grant that it would be difficult for an enemy to sink and destroy the Warrior, Black Prince, or Royal Sovereign ; but, on the other hand, could any of these vessels inflict any serious damage upon ships armed even as the Gloire. It is admitted that for penetrating the Navy is not provided with any guns which are superior to the old 68-pounder. It will naturally be asked what has been the use of the five years' experiments at Shoeburyness ; and if this statement be true, why has the public been deluded with the accounts of the wonderful per formances of the 150 and 300 pounders against all conceivable kinds of targets, and the answer is that the Ordnance Committee are endeavouring to ascer- tain wha4 gun possesses the greatest power of penetra tion, the greatest range, and the greatest accuracy. Their object does nit seem to be to provide a useful gun for the navy, but rather to decide scientifically between the respective claims for superiority, rival inventors, any of whose guns are more than equal to the exigencies of the service. We do not coma plain of the protracted trials at Shoeburyness, although there can be no doubt that much time and money are expended too often for inadequate results. We admit that it is highly necessary to test the merit of all guns in every possible manner, but we certainly consider that the requirements of the moment should be attended to before elaborate and tedious experiments are entered upon. The estab lishment at Shoebnryness has become an important one; it may be considered, says the United Service Magazine as a little martinet. There are barracks for 730 men, besides officers' quarters for the com pany, and staff cfficers', instructors', sergeants', married men's quarters, hospital, gun sheds, drill house, stores, and commissariat, covering many acres of ground. There is incessant firing of guns from morning till night. Now it is firing twelve pounders for ordnance, and seventy pounders and nine inch guns, and some other kinds of projec• tiles as fast as they can be loaded, and relays of men are necessarily nquired, as it is hard work. From all this expenditure of time and money no doubt important results are obtained, at least theo retically speaking, for practically the ser vice has gained little except the adoption of the Armstrong field guns which were recommended for service in 1858 after short but satisfactory experiments. Why in 1864 should not heavy armour-piercing guns be recommended for the Navy ? Why, while the pending controversy between the Armstrong and Whitworth guns is dragging slowly along, while protracted trials are being carried on with 90 poun ders, which have been proved just heavy enough not to penetrate strong targets, are the 150 and 300 pounders neglected ? We know what guns can penetrate even six and a-half inches of iron, and yet we needs must wait until tho best of good guns, all fit for service, has been decided upon. Why, in the name of common sense, cannot (micro be given for the construction of a reasonable number of 150 and 300 pounders ? upon ARMSTRONG or WHITWORTII'S system of rifling. Both are good, and therefore both might be adopted. It is not, after all, so much the system of rifling as the construction of the gun, that is of real importance, and the Government possess all the requisite machinery at Woolwich for their construe tion, tte_do likewise the ElswiekCompAny, at New MB SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING s AUGUST 3, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 3. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania, from New York, en the 231 ult., has arrived off Cowes. She brings 139 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hanaburgh. 69,500 dollars for England and 4,000 dollars for France. Oa the 23d ult. she spoke the British steamers North American and York, off Sandy Hook, on the , 25th the steamer Scotia, and on the 31st the steamer castle. Sir W. ARMSTRONG'S coil system of con. structing guns has proved a success, and without disparaging Mr. WHITWORTEes plan of construct ivg guns, by a succession of hoops, the former plan seems to be the one, as yet, in greatest favour, and might be safely adopted. All of the most success ful guns as yet constructed is that known as the " Somerset" gun, an account of its ccnstruction having been requested by the First Lord of the Admiralty. It is a light nine-inch gun, not weighing more than six tons, we believe, and capable, when rifled, of throwing a 2201 b. cylin drical or a 1151 b. spherical shot. Why, let us ask, are not many of these provided P Is it necessary to wait until the one at present at Shoeburyness has been destroyed to prove its capabilities P The plan of proving all guns to destruction, which seems to be the fashion at present, reminds us of the old ordeal for witchcraft, by drowning the suspected individual to show that he had no compact with the Devil. Even when ships have been supplied with heavy gune, it seems to have been the object as much as possible to render them as useless as they could. Why, for instance, has the Royal Sovereign been armed with smooth-bore guns—which, although ten and a half inch gauge, and weighing 12 tons, are only capable of throwing 150 pound shot, surely if the ship carries a twelve ton gun, it ought to be a rifled one, and throw a 300 pound shot. Three hundred pounders are in all probability the heaviest gnus that can be conveniently carried at sea, although perhaps in exceptional cases even a 600- pounder might be used, but as rifled 300-pounders are proved capable of penetrating any armour plates that ships can carry, a large supply should be forthwith constructed, irrespeotive of the rival claims of any maker. So long as a gun is good enough for the purpose it is wanted for, it is no reason it should be rejected until it is proved to be the best that can be con structed, for as improvements are al ways being made, we might wait for ever in a state of inde- cision. Every other nation is content tq t i alse the best guns that are to be procured prompkly...Cap. tain BLAKELY has supplied the Prussian Govern ment with whole batteries, while we are debating. France is well provided for, as are also Austria and Prussia, while, on the other side of the Atlantic, eleven and thirteen inch guns are quite common, and we believe that the Americans have more than one fifteen inch gun, and are actually constructing a twenty inch one, capable of throwing a shot weighing 1,600 pounds. It is, of course, a matter of speculation how such a monster will succeed ; but whatever the results of the experi ment, it warns us that we must not be idle. Let the experiments at Shoeburyness be carried on with vigour. Let us gain all the information possible for our future guidance, but in the meantime it behoves us to turn the knowledge we already possess tg practical account. Again has the Mayor of Cork deemed. it expedient to direct public attention to the dangers of Daunt's Rock, as yet. unmodified or unprovided against by any official arrangements. It will be remembered that some months ago, on the occasion of the lamen table disaster which took place on that rock, Mr. MAGUIRE was active in his efforts to get some thing done at once to protect the shipping from the danger caused by . this obstruction. But, although his entreaties and observations were supported by painful and incontrovertible evidence, for the good ship City of New York still lies embedded in the rock, the best months of the year are being suf fered to slip away while nothing is done. We heard before of many difficulties being in the way—of disputes as to authority, of differences as to expense, of local antagonisms, official delays, and other obstacles. But many of there impediments are now, according to Mr. MAGUIRE, removed. Gene rally speaking, too, it is a very slow process to con• vince officials of the necessity of improvement or alteration, but, thanks possibly to the wreck, there can be no dispute as to the dangers and inconve. niences of Daunt's Rock. Mr. MAGUIRE says that " each department appears most anxious that something should be done," but reTertheless nothing is done. Again he says, "Letters have been written, correspondence has multiplied, dif ficulties have been got rid of, misunders- tandings have been explained away, a common accord has ever been established, but still there remains the damning fact that Daunt's Rock is, up to this Ist of August, without beacon or protection of any kind." The real difficulty probably lies in the triple government—the Board of Trade, the Trinity Board, and the Irish Ballast Board—for we know that if in the multitude of councillors there is wisdom, in the multitude of rulers theie is certainly hesitation and delay. All parties, however, are agreed not only as to the expediency but the neces sity of something being done before winter sets in, but the fear is that with the best intention this apparently interminable procrastination will be pro longed until the precious summer months are past, and the storms of autumn renew the terrors of last year, greatly increased, as Mr. MAGUIRE reminds us, by the position of the wreck. Mr. TURNER, of the City of Washington, states that that vessel nar rowly escaped destruction last April, having almost gone bodily on the wreck. Had she done so with her 500 souls on board, there would have been a terrible addition to the legends of Daunt's Rock. The best way to get rid of it would of course be to blow it up, but in waiting for that more tedious and expensive process, it is proposel to place a bell beacon on the rock ; and the three Boards have agreed in approving of the bell beacon of Mr. HER BERT, similar to that found useful in tho Mersey. They are also unanimous in wishing the beacon to be of the largest dimensions to mark the dangerous locality. But although they have advanced so far, no one seems disposed to take the necessary steps. This state of things has really gone on quite long enough, and it is time that a little more energy were infused into these several departments. Now that the construction of a dock in Cork harbour is seriously contemplated, it is useless to attempt to underrate the importance of that port; but it is quite in keeping with the zeal of our nautical administration that we should spend thousands on costly experiments, and failures like the Mersa Dock at Malta, while we cannot find means or energy or opportunity to remove a reel danger out of the way of our shipping within our waters. THE Charivart, according to the French Correa• pendent or the _Herald and Standard, publishes a version of Lord Palmerston's farewell speech to the House of Commons, such as, it declares, his lordship either de livered on the last day of the session, or ought to have done. The usual recapitulation of the labours of the session was this year, it makes the noble lord declare, exceedingly easy, since the Government could sum up all in the single word —" Nothing ;" the Cabinet remained in cffice, not becau.ie it possessed the confidence of the country, Lut because many members voted for it to avoid the annoyance attendant on a dissolution; lastly, as the Ministry had preserved their places, the Polish question, the Danish dispute, and the various reforms which the country looked for, were not of the slightest importance; the essential was to get away from these endless interpella tions, harrassing questions, and uncomfortable critiques, which rendered the position of the Dlinistry so little desir- able towards the end of the session ; the licaika i taight de pend on being summoned together at the mOiMetant mo ment possible. STAMP DUTIES ON PROBATES.--Under the new act (27th and 23th Viet., c, :,6), probate and letters of ad• ministration are exempted from stamp duty where the Vt*le do not emoted £lOO in value. Saxonia. From lat. 48 40 N., long. 46 18 W., to lat. 49 18 N., long. 41 W., the Germania passed several large icebergs. Her news has been anticipated by the Peruvian which brought intelligence from New York to the 23d (evening). NEW YORK, JULY 23, 11 A.M. Nothing farther from Grant, except that he has dispatched General Sheridan upon another raid on the railway communication with Richmond. No official confirmation of the evacuation of Atlanta has yet been piblished, but the authorities at Washington report, non-officially, that on the 18th instant the Federals occupied Decatur, six miles east of Atlanta ; that on the 20th instant General Hood, who has superseded Johnston, at tempted to dislodge the Federals from Decatur, but was repulsed ; and that on the 21st instant a general engagement was fought in front of Atlanta, which resulted in the defeat of the Con federates, their abandonment of that city, and their retreat to Macon. These statements do not obtain general credence, and counter reports, from Confederate sources, assert that Hood will hold Atlanta until reinforcements from Lee arrive, and Forrest cuts off the retreat to Chattanooga, when a combined effort will be made for the overthrow or capture of Sherman's entire army. The Confederates aro again operating in force in Missouri, under the command of Gen. Thornton. They have captured Marvin, in the western port• tion of the State, and are moving upon Plattsbw,g, rapidly augmenting their strength by recr:: e its and conscripts. They also threaten Fort Scott. Gen. Rosecrans has appealed 'co the r eopl6 to unite with the Federal troops. in rescuing the State. Gold; 254 SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 3. The North German Lloyds Company's steamship Hansa, sailing hence to•day for New York, takes out 150 saloon passengers and a large cargo, in. eluding French jewellery valued at 120,500 frs. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG, ?, A telegram has been received from Hurst Castle, stating that a small screw steamer, which looked like a Government despatch vessel, was on th e North East Shingles, having gone ashore daring high water. The name was unknown. The Southampton Steam Towing Company has sent out their tug Aid to render assistance. ' ITALY. A Turin letter of the 31st ult. contains the fol lowing What is considered here most important at present is the dissolution of the Chamber, which is a topic discussed by all the organs of the press, and which may become necessary for the simple reason that every one is speaking of it. When the existence of an assembly which has only a year to live is thus called into question every day, its authority becomes difficult to maintain. The Council of Ministers will probably decide to-morrow whether the dissolution shall take pltice immediately, or whether a few urgent laws shall bf.‘ first voted. In the latter case the elections would only take place in December or January. The Left has already constituted its electoral committee, composed of the most influential deputies of the party, among others being MM. Mordini and Crispi. The Par liamentary element predominates. The clerical party is said to be labouring in secret. Up to the present time that body had held aloof, but it now appears to have decided on taking part openly in the struggle, which would be better than voting in sulky manner for the candidates the most likely to disorganise the political machine. There is a gene. ral belief that in the next Chamber tt ere will be a Conservative party. If I had a counsel to give to the partisans of such opinions, it would be to go to the elections, as abstention is the worst dell po,iti cal proceedings. 'Whatever may happen, the Mode rate Liberal party will have the majority, because it is the most numerous in the country, and also be• cause it has right and good sense in its favour. The new Chamber will have a very different appearance from the present one. The groups will be modified, and the influences may be also more or less dis placed. My opinion is that it is the present Minis try, as it is now composed, which will have to order the elections." FRANCE. The Emperor Napoleon 111. has written the fol• lowing impressive letter in reference to the "Opera" and the " Hotel-Dieu" to Marshal Vall iant, Minister of the Imperial Household and of the Fine Arts : " Vichy, July 31. • ro e during the "My dear Marshal,—l wish to inform y ou of a reflection which has occurred to repose which lam enjoying here. Two great esta blishments are to be reconstructed at Paris with a very different destination—the Opera and the Hotel Dieu. The former has been already commenced, while the latter is not so yet. Although executed, the Opera at the cost of the State, and the Hotel Dieu at the expense of the hospices ar.d of the city of Paris, both will not the less be remarkable mo• numents for the capital ; but as they respond to in terests of a very different character, I am unwilling to allow one to appear more protected than the other. "The expen ses o f th e Imperial Academy of Music will unfortunately exceed the estimates made , and the reproa c h mus t b e a voided of having employed millions for a theatre when the first stone of the most popular hospital of Paris has not yet bean laid. Recomniend therefore, I pray you, the Prefect of the Seine to get the works of the Hotel-Dieu imme diately commenced, and be so gocd as to have those of the Opera so directed that both shall be termi.• nated at the same time. That combination, I admit, has no practical advantage, but in a moral point of view, I attach great importance to the fact that the building intended for pleasure should not be finished before the asylum of suffering. "Receive, my dear Marshal, the assurance of my sincere friendship, " NAPOLEON." The Monde hes a mode of arguing peculiar to itself. Peace, it declares, seems at present to dawn in the political horizon, not only in Europe but probably in America, and therefore France ought to look on England with suspicion, if not expect hostilities from her ! Bat that our readers may not suppose that we are indulging in a misplaced jest, we proceed to give a portion of our contemporary's observations. Referring to the intelligence which has just arrived of the arrangements for peace made at the Vienna Conference, the writer says :—" Den. mark, alone against two Powers, can only avoid complete ruin by submitting to the will of the con. querore. It has often been in the wrong, its mis fortunes are the consequence of its own fault, but its honour is safe, and it can yield without dis grace. Thus the roar of artillery will soon cease in Europe, and we may likewise hope that blood will not much longer be shed in America. Poland is silent—the Caucasus is becoming a deeert—a word has sufficed to send Garibaldi back to Cap rera—appearances are therefore in favour of those who expect that peace will be preserved. But afterwards! When peace has been signed with Denmark, what will be the policy of the three Powers whose accord has so much occupied the attention of statesmen for some weeks past P What are the intentions of Prussia, of Russia, and of Austria ? And in presence of the eastern alliance, or at least good understanding, what will the two Western Powers do? One thing already appears evident, which is, that Russia has recovered all her former influence over Germany, and that her policy again weighs on Europe as before the Crimean war. E very time that Poland is obliged again to lie quiet in her tomb, Russia becomes a menace for Europe ; this threatening attitude of Russia dates from 1772; after 1830, the crushing of Poland rendered Nicholas the arbiter of the situation; after 1863, Russia again advances over the ruins of Poland to weigh on the West. Prussia cares little for this state of things; intoxicated with her recent successes, on the eve of attaining the end at which her ambition has so long aimed, she is indifferent to the future which Russian influence is preparing for Germany; all she now arks is, that Russia will leave her free to act at the present moment; and in order to obtain that result, she leaves Russia full liberty to carry out her own schemes." BOURSE, August 2.—The market remains the same as•yesterday, with very little business doing, owing to speculators being engaged in the monthly settlement, which has been easier for railways iind miscellaneous securities than for Rente. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 94 25 Italian Loan 6B 20 Do. epd month.... Do. end month 6B 10 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 45 New Mexican .... 56 25 Credit Mobilier....lolo Russian Do. end m0uth....1005 Austrian -- Bank Shares 3360 Spanish Threes.. • . Credit Foncier 1205 Home Debt .. 43 75 Roman — Deferred - AYB. RAIL Cash. Account. Orleans 0000000 1.•• •a• • •• 877 .50 .. 875 Northern Lyons and Ileditcrranean 9uo .. 905 New ditto Southern .. 636 25 .. 638 75 Western Eastern Sardinian .. 350 343 Austrian Lon.b , Ard .. 530 .• 635 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona .... 4-10 25 .. 247 50 EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, July 23. A Setter from a correspondent says the rising of Ate Nile has progressed so rapidly as to cause some fear among a portion of the population. It will be remembered the two preceding years were marked by inundations; yet the rise up to the present date has been more rapid than during the corresponding tiine in either of the past years. The river has now reached to a height above low water mark . of up wards of 12 pica (about 25 feet), showing an in■ crease of two pica upon its height at the corre sponding period in 1863, and of one pit on 1862. This ought not, however, to be looked upon as a sure sign of its rising to any extraordinary height eventually. On the contrary, it has been found that such rapid rises at the commencement of the season have not unfrcquently been followed by periods of sudderrstagnation,whileinthadations have often fol lowed upon slow rises at the comine.ncement, and sudden rapid increases later on in -the season. The Government is unceasingly employed in improving the dykes, and in taking all possible precautions, and when I.add that the Nile must rise to a height of 26 pits Above low water mark before. any actual danger is to be apprehended, I may be warranted in stating that there exists as yet no real cause for alarm. The Viceroy has just returned to Cairo from a tour to Rosetta and Mansourab, whither his High ness proceeded for the special purpose of inspecting the works on the canals, and to, satisfy himself that all his orders are being punctually carried out with regard to these 'works,'upon the Efficiency of which a great portion of this year's crops may depend. The intelligence frcm Upper Egypt is highly satis factory. The cotton planted is comparatively ele vated p:trts of the country has had the benefit of irrigation at an unusually early season, in conse quence of the unexpected rise of the Nile, and it is in excellent condition, From intelligence lately received from the Hedjaz it appears that Mecca and its environs are being ravaged by typhus fever, which is attributed in a great measure to the unusual influx of pilgrims to the Hidgis this year. Their number is estimated at 20Q000. The city has already been abandoned by a great number of the inhabitants, among whom is the Governor General, who has retired to Saref with his entire staff. A quarrel has ensued between his Highness's Go• vernment and the Consulate of the United States. It appears that an American subjee, a Mr. Kin dineco, in erecting a steam engine (which, according to a Government regulation, he has no right to do without the permission of the authorities) has partly destroyed an aqueduct by which a portion of the town is supplied with water. The Consul of the United States, on being applied to by the authori ties, stopped the works, but subsequently allowed them to be proceeded with. The consequence of this was that the Government sent a party of Cawasses to the spot, who forcibly ejected the workmen. The United Statea' Cousul hereupon demanded satisfaction for the insult thus offered to the banner of the stars and stripes. He refused to accede to a proposal on the part of the Egyptian Government that each party should send an engi neer to inspect the alleged damage, agreeing to abide by their joint decision, and threatened to strike his colours unless satisfaction were given by the Egyptian Government within 24 hours, Accord ingly, after that time had elapsed, the colours of the United States were hauled down, and a despatch, which arrived almost immediately afterwards from Cherif Pasha, was returned unopened. The United States' Consul is said to have telegraphed to Con. stantinople, and there the matter now mats. AN EPICURE IN THE MATTER OF PIGS AND BACON !"—Mr. William Menzies, in his " History of Windsor Great Park and Windsor Forest," relates (ac cording to a happy account of it given in the Times of this morning) how he, the author, once attempted to cure some hams in the old forester's way, which had died out. One day when he had a ham cooked ho had one of the com moners, reputed to be an excellent judge in these matters, to take it and give his opinion as to the success of the curing. " Well, that be pretty like the thing," said the commoner. "1 han't tasted the like o' that this many a day. It is so yneller, when you gets your teeth on it, you thinks you has it, but afore you knows where you is, ain't it wanished ?" " Well," said Mr Menzies, " I am sorry I have something so good in the house, and nobody to dinner to share it with me." "It's a werry different opinion as I would be on that matter," was the sapient reply of the old man. "If that ere ham was in my house, it's werry small company as I would ask to the 'ating on it." Ho had evidently meditated long and deeply on the subject of pigs and bacon, and one day 'he gave the result of his cogitation to Mr Menzies in the following terms :—"They," he said, meaning the pigs, "are like us, for they will ate a'most any thing; but yet they are different too, for if you put a lot o' things afore a pig, he'll always take the best o' them first; but when I gets my dinner o' Sundays, I likes my beef and taturs first, and my puddin' afterwards. There ain't a bit o' a pig as isn't good to ate as I knows on; but the sweetest morsel is the werry pinto' his nose, which you scrapes and salts and hangs a fortnight, and than you biles it with greens and taturs. There's ne'er a pictur ever hangs in a man's cottage as aiquals a gammon o' bacon hung up agin the chimney." HOP INTELLIGENCE.—MAIDSTONE, Aug. I.—The hot weather of the past fornight has been very favourable for the growth of the hops, and as we have now got by St. James's-day, up to which period old authorities tell us " there may be hoppos and there may be none," some con clusions may be formed as to the prospects of the planters, although, from the very precarious nature of this crop, it is too early even now to predict with way great certainty what the ultimate yield will be. Owing to the cold nights which were experienced for so long a period and the protracted drought, there are many grounds which show a great slackness of bine, and these can now do but little towarde a crop, as, although some showers fell during the last week, a good soaking ground rain was needed to give the weak bine a fresh start. But taking the plantations generally, appearances may be regarded as satisfactory. In most districts the hops this year have been very free from vermin, and where the bine is strong the burr ;s coming out most promisingly. Should we now get suitable we, .her till picking time, and the hops not be affected by the mould or ether disease, a good average crop may be reckoned upon. Four men were killed by an explosion of fire damp at the Briton Coalpit, Calder Ironworks, near Glas gow, on Monday, while several other miners were seriously injured, ST. JAMES'S HALL. The Anthropoglossus, or mechanical vocalist, is certainly a very curious piece of machinery. We have had various strange exhibitions of late years in the metropolis, but this perhaps is one of the most puzzling nature ever presented to the public. The Anthropoglossus is a large wax model of the human head, suspended by a couple of brass chains from the ceiling, which, on being wound up, starts off singing in the most audible and distinct manner the celebrated ditty " The dark girl dressed in blue." This is succeeded by several other songs, amongst which are " Polly Perkins," " Annot Lyle," " God bless the Prince of Wales," and " God save the Queen," all being given with the most perfect utterance, the great wonder being how on earth the articulation is produced. The only portion of the machinery visible beneath the head is a revolving barrel and a pair of small bellows used for the pur pose of" voicing" the pipes, or whatever contrivance is within the head, from which undoubtedly the sounds proceed. The manner in which the machine is suspended precludes the possibility of the com munication from above, below, or on either side, so to the curious a fine field is open for the discovery of the mode by which the sounds are produced. We are quite aware that automaton and speaking figures (a few words only) have been exhibited in London, but certainly it is the first time we have had a " mechanical vocalist" capable of singing in capital style six songs containing over a thousand different words. The exhibition, as we have before said, is a curieus one, and well worth a visit, PROFESSOR ANDERSON, This gentleman, after an absence from Great Britain of seven years, has returned from an extended tour round the world. During these years he has given his wonderful en tertainment in every part of the globe, and under the most peculiar circumstances. Sometimes we hear of him before the Sultan of Turkey, then we listen to an account of his mystifying some Rajah India. Then the irrepressible Wizard turns up in a gold mine, three or four hundred feet underground, per forming before and fraternising with the bearded gold diggers of Australia. Next, perhaps, we find the Professor in Honolulu, as tonishing the potentate with the almost unpronounceable name of Kamehameha the 4th, who rules the Sandwich Islands. We hear of the immediate descendants of the Kanakis of Captain Cook's time graVely assisting Pro fessor Anderson to transmute water into pigeons and cocoa nuts into silk pocket handkerchiefs. Then, while we are mentally wondering where he will appear next, he is heard of performing on the base of the big felled tree of Calaveras County in California, of which a specimen is in the Crystal Palace, and after wards " assisting," as the phrase goes, at . an al fresco ball, in which fifteen or twenty couples dance on the stump of the monster of the grove. In fact, the Professor appears to be gifted with an übiquity almost:as amazing as his most inexplicable experiments, and he also possesses the rare and useful facility of accom modating himself and his entertainment to all places, sea sons, and persons. For again, with indomitable perseverance, the Professor works his way into Japan, and succeeds (in epite of all_ predictions to the contrary) in completely mystifying two or three two-sworded Deirnies, and bewildering by the inexhaustibility of his delusions the Japanese sages, driving the latter in envy almost to the verge of Hari-Bari-ism, if we may coin the expression. Next our Celestial neighbours in Hong Kong claim a share of the Professor's attention, and to open-mouthed Chinese, accustomed though they be to all manner of •wonders, the Wizard illustrates the power of making "the eyes the fools o' the other senses. It cer-: tainly 'requires 'no small degree of expertness- to mystify Hindoos, Chinese, Japanese, Kanakis, and genuine, Yankees, yet the Wizard of the North appears to` have succeeded in doing so, and to a very great extent rivalling, if not Surpassing the fUr-famed jugglers of Hindostati.. Though we understand that Professor Anderson still adheres to the experiments with gorgeous apparatus, which -)lait been his specialite, we believe that he has profited by the various experiments of Oriental magicians. Therefore, though we' hOpe in his entertainment to see aome of our . old friends, we are led to expect that they will appear with new faces and in a novel garb. We understand that the great and entirely new feature of the entertainment is the portion illustrated by Miss Lou& Anderson, who'; like another Madame Ida Pfeiffer, has accompanied her father in his tour round the world, and in this her singularly extraordinary journey has perfectly succeeded in invariably charming our foreign and colonial contemporaries. From what we read and hear the young lady's power is of a very extraordinary character. "Marvellous" is the mildest term by which the journals of Sydney, Calcutta, Melbourne, Hobart Town, Hong Kong, Honolulu, San Francisco, Sacramento, Havana, and numberless other towns, describe her portion of the programme. If half we hear be verified by our actual observation, Miss Anderson will eclipse all her predecessors. Miss Anderson is said to entirely discard the system exposed by M. Robert Houdin in his very lively memoirs, and she illustrates the so-called " seconde vrie" in a manner which would, were we not disbelievers in clairvoyance, causo us to attribute it to that agency. Our old friend the Wizard still wages pitiless war against the spiritualists, and has perfected his apparatus for the expose of the humbug spiritualism. Professor Anderson has made an arrangement with the directors of the Grand St. James's Hall, which is to be fitted up as hia "Psycho. manteurn" in a manner which he promises shall eclipse all his previous efforts in the metropolis. LOSS OF THE LABUAN, The following report has been made to the Lords of Committee of Privy Council for Trade :-- "My Lords,—l beg to report, for the informa tion of your lordehips, that I have; in conjunc tion with Captains Harris and Baker, as nautical assessors, held an inquiry into the loss of the steamer Laken, which occurred off the Island •of Harris on June 28 last. The Labuan was au iren screw steamer of 837 tons and 80 horse power, built at Liverpool in 1855, and owned by Messrs. Bailey and Leathern, of Hull. She was commanded by Mr Charles Hargitt, who holds a certificate of compe tency as master, dated May 26, 1859, and had a crew of 21 hands all told. The Labuan left Liver pool June 25, laden with 1,700 bales of cotton, with 225 tons of coal, and bound to Narva and Cronstadt. She cleared the North Channel between the Mull of Cantyre and Rathlin Island at 5 40 a.m. on the 27th. At 4 a.m. on the 28th they sighted Deer Island, and at noon they wero up to Grebanis Head, which bore N.W.I N., ate computed distance of from two to three miles, but the weather being foggy no great reliance could be placed on this assumed distance, as they failed to obtain soundings with 60 fathoms of line. From this pesition a course was steered E, and N. for 30 minutes, when the lighthouse on Glass Island was seen through the fog. The master, who was on deck,ordered the helm to be ported, and the ship to be brought to E. S., which was dune, the vessel going very slowly, and in 10 minutes she struck upon a sunken rock, which has since been ascertained to bo the Lag na Laire. Efforts were immediately made to move her, with out success, and the master, in consequence, pro ceeded to Stornoway for assistance., returning the next day about 9 p.m. in the Princess Royal cutter, which was followed during the night by "three lighteis. About 9 a.m. on the 30th the vessel broke in half, and the after part settled in deep water, but a large portion of the cargo, more or less damaged, was saved. No lives were lost. The c aptain appears to have navigated the ship with care and caut i on throughout, but in consequence of the thickness of the weather on the morning of the 28th, and failing to obtain soundings, he 'seems to have been in error as to his distance from the land. The course steered from the last headland would, however, appear to have been a safe one to clear all dangers, accord ing to the chart by which he navigated his vessel, but, unfortunately, the sunken rock on which he struck is not laid down on that chart—one of Im ray's of 1862, and which the master had purchased in Liverpool just before sailing, in the belief that it was the latest. It is but right to state that, in a more recent chart of the same publisher for the pre sent year, the rock in question, the Lag na Laire, it correctly laid as in the Admiralty enarts. But, regarding the fact that the master's chart was defi cient in the information which would have enabled him to avoid the danger, and there being no buoy or beacon to point it out, as there would appear to be on other dangers in the same neighbourhood, I am disposed to acquit him of default. lam glad to be able to do this, as the master's antecedents are all favourable to him, and his attention to his duties both before and after the accident appears to have been highly creditable. I have therefore, with the concurrence of the assessors, returned to Mr Her gitt his certificate.— I have, 8 , 7 e., " T. S. RAFFLES, Polite Magistrate. " Liverpool, July 29, 1864. " We concur in this report, 6 ' HY. HARRIS, utical Assessors:' )3. 1.141.44) Tip:D- A_,l#4,tl firtubr, COTITT E7N, -saw, HER MAJESTY, OSBOTINE, tkug. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hesse went to the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley yesterday, where the Prince of Wales laid the first stone of the monument about to be erected to the medical officers who died in the Crimean war. Major. General Seymour and Captain von Wester weller were in attendance. Sir James Clark also accompanied the Prince of Wales from Osborne. Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey end Lieu tenant-colonel 1)u Plat have succeeded Mja" General Seymour and Colonel the lion.h.liardirg e as Equerries in Waiting, THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE,—The announce ment of the relapse of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle bas caused wide-spread grief not; only in Nottinghamshire but throughout the midland counties generally. The 10th was the date fixed for his grace's departure from London for 12IS seat, Clumber Park, Notts, but the visit is now indefinitely postponed, As erroneous statements are in circulation respecting his grace's malady we may state that it is simply gout, and that the attacks, though fugitive, are frequen t ' and exceedingly painful during their continuance.--4°l. tingham Daily Guardian. MR. BRIGHT.—John Bright, Esq., M.P., arrived at Tulchan Lodge on Friday last. He has been fishing since, and has enjoyed good sport. On Saturday he had one salmon, and on Monday he had two, and on Tuesday one. There seems to be plenty of fish in the water jus t now. Mr Bass and party arrived at Tulchan Lodge ea Wednesday.--Elgin Courant. THE LATE MR. A. W. HARNETT.—We learn that the friends of the late Mr. Harnett, Coasider• ing his personal virtues, his literary attainments, and the long and severe sufferings of the latter months of his li fe ,' have resolved to raise by subscription a provision for h's widow and children, and to that end the following gen t l e : men have formed themselves into a committee o—J ea ' Brady, Esq„ M.D., M.P.; Patrick Magahon, B•q•' M.P.; Richard Quain, Esq., F.R.S.; W. H. Twentyinara Esq. ; and Chas, Russell, Esq , Barrister at Law , iNi d r llarnett was connected with the press both in Londoner's: Dublin, and was endeared to all who knew him bye amiability of his manners and the purity of his life. was for many years in impaired health, and during thelas" 14 months of his life he passed through extreme suffering °, exhausting during his long illness whatever provi s ion Il e had made for his family—and on the 6th ult. ieci ' leaving them tc' ally unprovided for. A case of misfortune so severe, so patiently borne, and incurred without ° I I trace of blame attaching to himself, evil!, it is hoped, n effectually to many beyond the immediate circl e of " friends. Subscriptions will be received by Alfred Nia s9st/ Eeq , Hon. Sec., 13, Sandford-place, Stoke Newington' HERILINGS.—The Scottish herring fishery toes employment to a large number of people, a nd' immense capital is sunk in boats and other apparatus the capture. - The way commerce is carried on in b ertil ls is ree her peculiar. It goes thus :—" Cockie," the s eli as Shavie," or in plain language, John Cowie tertius, son of John Cowie, junior, of Buckle, is thinking.about taking a wife, and settling in the world. He has Pentads saved up, the produce of his industry as a h i ir s h e , hand at the fishing, and of a speculation he made in ell — for net dying'; and . his father has protaised to giv e hi mas couple of £.O notes to help him to purchase a boat. P ll „ ' John is rather ambitious, and his sweetheart still r00013.-ts he finds ho his not money for more than one boat an d s i a t train of nets •,' and it is a sine qua non of " Big Beardie (t'' is the nickname of Alex. Reid),- that his daughter, INI4rI Reid, John CoWie's, alias Cockle's, sweetheart, must have.a husband with two boats at least. What is to be done CO such a difficulty ? Oh the remedy is very simple ; one of t curers of the "districtithout dOubt, advance 111,nd soas % for another boat. This l is a common practice, a spirit of gambling to the other excitements of the fishery' The curer advances money on the faith of Cowie's boats fishing for him till the sum advanced be paid 111,--makirl; of course, a better bargain with John than he could wit a free fisherman ; and so Cowie tertius gets married, st ena, becomes, let us hope, a successful fisherman. The usu wa of conducting the business of the herring fi s hery i s t° y make the bargain for the following seas= at the conclusi° of the present one. An immediate bounty of ten, 08 0 ' or twenty pounds par boat is paid down, as well as a g rallt of allowances of various kinds—such as bleaching-group 4, for nets, dye-stuffs for ditto, and perhaps a few gallons °' whisky as well ; and, beside all these, a price for tbs green fah, at so much for every 45 gallons, or "cyan," ItS it is called. The quantity of herring usually bargai ned f°r each season is 200 trans, but few of the boats take so ma l l; The curer, of course, provides his salt, barrels, coopers, an gutters, and undergoes all the anxiety of the curing ses a°l3 . i i and in some seasons "the take" will be so bad tha t he Ivia be a heavy loser, and have to carry forward to next year t, heavy lot of barrels and alarge quantity of salt. It will °Jill be seen that the herring fishery is a kind of lottery 11Pfs, which all the inhabitants of a town hang vvithfierces t analeT so that to get a boat from a wealthy curer i sn ot difficult; if the newly-married pair we have described b e very lueallso; they may be free from their debt in a couple of Ye ars ' ° a d go on increasing in wealth till they have many b o ats, oto. h sons of their own to aid them in becoming proscer iu On the other hand, hundreds who hasten to be ries day this way suffer disappointment, and bitterly curse the still of their ambition. A bad season may engulPh heta 04 deeper in the books of the curer, or a Budder). storm for over wreck their boat and close up their indus tr y t THE LIMITED ENLISTMENT ACT._NO W ' fire d W a the chief causes which tempt the time -e—ti`, soldier to abandon .the service ? we find them °Bo;dier may be able to remove them. First, the Pri"tation for dearly loves change. After he has lain at orle a him t hat sons years the tameness becomes so irksom e to t , anoWS ne longs to exchange it even for quarters which setae to be inferior. An instance of this may be g iven e . h e ffiel d ' years ago the 161. Regiment was statione d si de — con tiy to with every prospect of remaining there fo r some able time. A number of men whose time was 811°r t heir expire had given notice that they were th en to takattebed discharges, when the news of the Trent outrage re , hot England, and the 18th was ordered to Canada haste. At the prospect of an immediate change oar change being colonial service, with the pcssibility o"atisa and the certainty of a lengthened absence from their r i tila ie land—these men, with hardly an exception, retractedtetta, notice of withdrawal, and re - enliste d for the secona old ies . . . Again, it cannot fail to chafe the veteran who has borne the brunt of Canada's frost and Intli ae tol d who mayhap has fought and bled, who knows his dill s re' can do it, that the raw recruit who joined y esterde' r 1 0 ceives the same pay as he who has been a soldier I° the years. " Ah, no l" say our suneriors ; " reraeo' ber ,d ia good conduct pay, which in 10 years amounts t o 2d'ass•-tit 21 years to 5d per diem additional." Very well. 'Ol. man may be a thorough good soldier and y et not iv , .0 good-conduct badge. Eight days' pack -drill forfeit ho ts distinction for two. years ; and every soldier /0 1° ` 78 easily, oiten how innocently, this punishment roa)Sooe incurred. An unavoidable absence of two hours .P I f. tattoo, a single inadvertence, even a black look, wh , ) kave known construed into the peculiar crime of ' warning. Can it be wondered at, then,Co..a,, the a la ° I1c11 , 1 a ) irefunsolence," e t ' o " include ma y strip a hteembsaod g precarious a rt e hma g t d :gpt pay in the schedule of his advantages ? Can we e • g 14. hid that he will take it much into account in making it mind as to re-enlisting ? We offer a bounty a one , )I ;tet may be, two pounds to the lad who was behind tbe e i : g tl O yesterday, or to the rustic who last week was f0110 w ...2 1 d OP plough, and whom it will take six months' time 0 ' 00 10; expenditure of care, work, and money to fit for otll,o re a to This being so, what temptation do we hold out t de 0 who has been a soldier for ten years, who is reatlY.T4,2 our hands, and available for active service to-mornf s a eac ll ,Y. want to engage him at the same price for which:l'o'ooo: secured the raw recruit. Can we expect him t 1,130 lees' himself at this value ?It may be argued that es er , made him, that ho owes to us what he has learot e .„ " ber go: pence, and that he is bound to remember this D 19° , 1 0 30 0 1 1 he may make with us. But this is poor reasoninvigi; see; to the views of men in the ranks. The rae s , te , ha ve t ll to say to an apprenti ce whose tim e has expired, a 10° you your trade , y. .0 owe all you know to me, all WOr lese t lo be f A eG y o u to show your gratitude by serving tee a list' le than you can command elsewhere," w ould not up,l. t o with much consideration. Our sold ier's time cora that of the apprentice; he is free, and entitled, A ol' fJr tho best terms he can make • • f e 0 1 " f3 irt Another cause is that constant drill will" . - 11 ,aerg ° es . dicr, who needs it not, is compelled t° it is vet is common with the young recruit, to Nrh° t° , s oor cl. , e ia tra nary. It pile the man who Las performed tiu.9iafoatrYb, tho ciee in grim earnest at Balaclava, or the ~ tv wi t le ss, who, on the Alumbagh, saved his life by destr ;root bayonet, to grind on, day after day, in t he ea 9 ,er f e ctl e P e i o , never.ceasing course of drill. Practice Ton tha n 1 ? T el , it surely perfection may be attained in less . ; and maintained without the same assiduoutiott the toil ; has taken to reach it. No one will argue tha° hisl,/g1 trie r ' aught to be allowed to get rusty any ni°' a _ dse arc e lot. but continual friction wears out the latter a : 1.40 or A. iiO the patience of the fermer.—Cornhill lie e o dere a 'rho 31oniteur de la Flotte anriou,%ol,oo°!:itor portant fact, that an English mercautiliooll.° ,21[ 0 7 ps to r,hip of 1,200 to be built at St. Naair be built for them in adds that French merchants former reversed, Ez3gittr'°, A°ol-CIVIe. reit° :00