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R O AYL ITALIAN OP ERA,I Covent -garden. Last Week but Two. Mdlle. Artot. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), July 12, will be performed Verdi's opera, in three acts, LA TRAVIATA. Angina ett 111(111e. Artet ; Flor a BervoLx, Madame Taglialico ; , Anese ; Georgio Germont, signo Graziani ; Baron Duphol, Si. nor Tagliafico ; Gastone, Signor Lucchesi; Dottore Grenvil, Signor Capponi ; Giuseppe, Signor Rossi ; and Alfredo, Signor Naudin. Conductor, Mr. Costa. After which the Divertissement, L'lle Enchantee. Sup ported by Mdtle. Salvioni, Mdtle. Carmine, Mdtle. Navarre, 3Lcille. Assunta, M. `)esplaces, and Mr. W. 11. Payne. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta'ls, 10s. ed., 75., and ss. ; anaphitheatre42s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. 'Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCE. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, the new play by John Oxenford, Esct M, ,THE ASTERY : Messrs. Vining, a. ars tonMON, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, 11. Mellon, W. Robins, Seyton, t:hapman ; Mrs. Li. 3latston, and Mdlle. Stella colas. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL , ADELPIII. Site Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S DOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Denman. Followed by THE AREA. BELLE, with a Norrible Ta and le: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, K. RomerMiss Woolgar, Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement o thoses. o c eebrated and popular artistes, Mr. ant Charles Mathews. Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. 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Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf , Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOIIN SCOTT, Sole Agent. rPHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTLNG INTELLIGENt'E, can be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-Park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 12, 1864. THERMOMLTER. This day at Two o'clock .. 69 Barometer-30.10. IVIND—N.W. ; moderate breeze and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, ih. 10m.—Afternoon, 7h. 34m roe-moa.Row.-Morning, 7h. 58m.—Afternoon, Bh. 28n1 tZ, li ci# ':' It_ 0 ..... itt„; z '‘' ,' i,. lilt -,- - 04, , w,.."..,. 0„..:,, ~,,,,o, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1864. By a happy provision of the British Constitution the SOVEREIGN can do no wrong. The Ministers are, however, generally ready to make up for that defi ciency. We have at the present moment a beloved and popular SOVEREIGN, and w e h ave a l so in the '-Ministerial Cabinet noble lords and right honour able gentlemen to whom assuredly neither of these epithets can, with justice, be applied. Last night the House of Commons received a message from her MAJES TY , mean i ng, O f course, her MAJESTY'S Ministers, in reply to the a ddress on the result of the Conference. That the Ministers should congra. tulate themselve s up on their dearly bou g ht victor y is natural e nou g h, and we are not disposed to quarrel with them on that account. But we must confess that we ar e some what amazed at the almost ironical assurance with which the rep l y has been framed by the Roy a l advisers. " I am happy," so runs the official missive, it to be assured of your satisfaction at the cours e I have felt it to be my duty to take ! ' If the framer of the reply is assured of the satisfaction of the House of Cum mons by their recent proceedings, that conviction is probably entertained by no other individual in the empire. Anything but "satisfaction" was apparent in every word that fell from every independent speaker. Those who from other considerations thought it right to vote with Ministers took care to express their dis-satisfaction with those proceed. ings ! Knowing this, fully aware of this as they indubitably are, there is almost an air of effrontery or at least of a covert irony in the paragraph in which her MAJESTY'S advisers allude to the " satis faction" of the House of Coinuons: Our conservative contemporaries the Herald and the Standard of this morning, contain a rather remarkable article, commenting in " slashing" - -------...--_ terms (there is really no other word for it) upon that portentous mare's nest discovered by Mr. CAVENDISH BENTINCH, the rumoured compact en tered into between the Irish Catholic Members and the chiefs of the Conservative Opposition. Only that we regard this absurd canard as really too contemptible in its way for one moment's serious consideration, we should be tempted to quote the article, here referred to, in its entirety. As it is, the division list has caused Mr. BEN TINCK'S extravagant hallucination to melt into thin air—leaving, still vibrating as it were, upon the tympanum of our memory, a very ludicrous sense of that gentleman's noisy outburst of virtuous indignation ! There is always something of import in American affairs, something that calls for remark, or suggests comment and reflection. It is not likely that so peculiar a state of things could go on for so long a period without giving rise to strange events, and developing principles and awakening feelings that take us by surprise who are living in a calmer state of being, and under the influence of more equable sentiments. Besides the more striking and start ling incidents of the war, there is continually to be met with some more peaceful change or calm alte ration which comparatively silently, but not the less surely, does its destined work and effects its purpose. The letter from Colonel MARSHAL AN DERSON exhibits symptoms of a new secession, end merits attention from all who watch the signs of the times, and take heed to the chances and dangers which are so rapidly effecting so marked a revolu. tion in all the old American habits and feelings. This letter in question is an admirable one in its way. It is imbued with an earnest love of liberty in its best and truest sense, and the writer seems deeply convinced of the mistakes that have been made by those who are confusing the shadow with the substance, and doing things in the cause, or professing to work for the cause, of that freedom which is in reality outraged by their every actc.on. It is no matter of surprise that men of intelligeno or spirit should by this time be heartily ashamed of their friends, and begin to speculate upon the advisability of pursuing a war which is so rife in spoliation and so barren in honours. In this letter Colonel ANDERSON desires to withdraw his name as a "candidate for Presidential election in the Twelfth Congressional District of Ohio," and the reasons he gives for so doing are very cogent ones. He explains that he " prefers the sanction of his own conscience to the approval of men or multi tudes," and this praiseworthy notion is well carried out in his address. In the first place, then, he declines this nomination because he is diame trically opposed to a continuance of the war, and he cannot advocate for any man Rho is in favour of its prosecution. Indeed, it is matter of astonishment that before this juncture, more have not been heard to exclaim in the words of Colonel ANDERSON, " I now fully realise and comprehend the meaning of the term 6 horrida bells: " There are many home truths in this letter which will not find much favour in the sight of the generals who have so sullied the name of soldiers, and departed from the rules of all honourable war. An example of toleration and for bearance in the midst of strife is here given in the mention of HANNIBAL, who was for thirty years in the Roman empire, in the heart of an enemy's country, bat who left friends behind. Colonel ANDERSON from thence argues that the American armies have violated the laws that they should have respected, and lays down maxims which are certainly never attended to by those now in arms. How many sad lookers-on have acknow ledged the want of the influence of these elevating ... sentiments since the commencement of the civil war. Principle should not be sacrificed to popularity, and "better suffer defeat, contending for the right and principles of freemen, than obtain success by fraud and falsehood." The conclusion at which the Colonel arrives is that a Western Confederacy is now desirable. "If we cannot have our glorious old Union," he exclaims, " let us have GoD and Nature's Union. Let us follow the bright and sparkling waters of the Ohio down to the Father of Waters, to the ocean of peace. The greatest and grandest valley in the world claims us for her own ; let us acknowledge her claim." Thus does this earnest writer promulgate his views and express his convictions. There is no doubt that he will find many to join their testimony with his, and to attempt to withdraw themselves from a state of things that has become so intolerable, and also eo discreditable, as the present contest and its mode of procedure. "I am tired of working for Yankee taskmasters; I hate their selfish meanness; I am in favour of a Western Confederacy," are strong words, and are indicative of a new order of things that will not be very palatab'e at Washing ton. Men do not thus discourse upon pub lic matters until their minds are pretty well made up by long experience of evils, and until their endurance has reached a pitch beyond which it cannot go. The concluding remarks of Colonel ANDERSON on the subject of the Union are well worth notice. He says emphatically that his proposition is founded on the fact that the " original Union" is dissolved. It is time that this idea should obtain among the States, and thus operate to arrest the progress of further violence and stay the course of devastation. Not until the honest and manly sentiments of the writer of this epistle are current among the people to whom they are addressed, can we hope or expect that the horrors of a war that outrages all the best feelings cf humanity, and is here truly designated a " war of desolation on women and children" shall cease, and a better time succeed. Whether Colonel ANDERSON'S proposals are carried out or not, there is a satisfaction in meet ing with such statements, and in dwelling upon the sensible language here employed, instead of perus ing the bombastic and pretentious expressions so freely made use of by the self-deluded orators of the cause of the Union. This letter is not long, but it contains a masterly exposition of the unworthy character of the war, an earnest expression of con fidence in the principles of real liberty, and a true explanation of the present state of things in America. Railway catastrophes seem destined to succeed one another with startling rapidity, Our railway system is indeed so extensive and so complicated that occasional disasters are not to be wondered at, and perhaps it is rather a marvel, considering the immense number of trains running daily to and fro, the ignorance or indifference of the men frequently employed in their management, and the reckless ness which repeated security brings, that we do not oftener hear of accidents. Still it is very much to be questioned whether we have attained the greatest degree of security to life and limb possible under an improved method of locomotion, and it very much concerns t he p ublic interest that this end s h ou ld b e reac h e d. It is not many weeks since the eagerness and gaiety of a fashionable race week was interrupted by a startling catastrophe, and those who watched the corpse of a passenger by the ill-fatid t ra i n carried to t h e little rural churchyard which he had passed is health and security on his pleasure trip a short week before, could hardly avoid moralising ea the risks incidena tal to railway travelling, as well as the uncertainty of We, This lamentable disaster has scarcely ceased THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1864. ie Lhuys upo the Danish . to be a subject of conversation when a new and still more appalling tragedy is apparent. There is, it is true, but one victim,but the circnmstancesof his death are so frightful, and appeal so forcibly to the sympathies of everyone of us, that the effect pro duced on the public mind is greater than the sen sation created by the Egham accident. An elderly gentleman, well-dressed, and wearing a massive watch and chain, enters a first-class railway car• siege on a metropolitan line. His journey is but of a brief duration, merely extending from the central station in the heart of the city to a northern suburb a few miles distant, and still fully within the radius of London. The hour is not late, the line is not lonely, and the train was occupied by the usual ave rage of passengers, yet, under these circumstances of apparent security, Mr. BRIGGS falls a victim to one of the most coldblooded, atrocious, and unpro voked !misters on record. The only shadow of a reason which can be adduced for the crime is the sight of Mr. BRIGGS' watch and chain ; and wholly insufficient as this motive would appear to be in any case, the singularity of the case is heightened by the fact of gold having actually been left in the murdered gentleman's pockets. Whether the vi• cinity of the station induced the murderer to hurry over his work, whether the resistance of the sufferer prevented his securing more than the watch and chain, or whether the whole catastrophe was the work of a madman, remains to be elucidated. We can only very fervently hope that the criminal will be brought to justice, and that the pub lic may, at least, have what security for the future can be afforded them by the detection of the crime and consequent warning to other ruffians. For the bereaved family of the murdered gentleman those can be only one feeling of deep and general sympathy, but their afflictions brings doubly home to every :household the atrocity of such a crime. In these days almost every father of a family whose business draws him to the city, fixes his home in one of the suburban districts, and one of the boasted advantages of the intrusive Metropo litan railway lines is, that rapid and easy commu• nication between such districts and the centre of the Metropolis is rendered possible. But if such a tragedy as this is to be possible, if a traveller by a London line is not only to be liable to the ordinary chances of accident from collision or ex plosion, but is likewise to incur the risk of a frightful death from the hands of any ruffian who may covet his watch or chain, then the attractions of railway communication are very considerably lessened. The fact is, that by our present railway arrangements there is a very defective protection for passengers, and it is to be hoped that this melancholy affair will induce the public to insist upon some improvement. It is quite preposterous that a person should be shut in for a given number of miles, with perhaps a thief, perhaps a murderer, perhaps a madman, with no possibility of commu nicating with the driver, or even with his fellow passengers who may perchance hear screams and struggles, but are powerless to assist. Even in Ame rica, where human life is so lightly valued, and from whence we have intelli3ence of a terrible railway accident, things are better managed in this particu lar. Why should England, ;he mother of railways, be so utterly incapable of dealing with the question. Sarely it is possible to establish some system of communication by which at least travellers can assist each other in waiting for the arrival at the station. There are so many eases in which it is no matter of idle fancy, but of life and death, to attract the attention of the guard or the driver that it is only surprising that railways have been suffered to exist so long without some such possibility. Fire is by no means an impossible accident, yet a person might be burned to death before assistance reached him. The simple expedient of a bell-wire lim ning through the carriages would be a protection,. since if it were known that help could be obtained, half the temptation to the crime would be gone. It is not long since a desperate encounter took place with a madman, on the very same line on which the murder of Mr. BRIGGS has just occurred, and had there been only one gentleman with the lunatic, instead of two, the result would have been the same. Can English ingenuity devise no means of solving so simple a problem? Our railway companies had better make the experiment, for they are in a man ner responsible for the lives and limbs of their pas sengers, and they may be assured that the public will not be satisfied with the existing state of things, THE VOTE Or CENSURE, The following is an analysis of the Division on Mr Disraeli's Vote of Censure, distinguishing the votes of English, Scotch, and Irish members : ENGLAND. Majority for Government .. Voted for Government 254 Against ..213 Pairs .. G Pairs •• 260 220 Liberals absent .. 5 Conservatives absent 11 Speaker .. 1 Vacant , 266 232 SCOTLAND. Majority for Government .. .. 23 Voted for Government.. 35 Against .. .. 12 .. ~ 1 Paired .. 2 Paired Absent ~ 1 Absent 3S IRELAND. Majority against Government .. 4G Voted for Government 26 Against Absent .. .. 3 Absent Paired , , .. 1 Paired ~ •• •• 72 •• .. 0 Mfjority for Government in England .. .. 41 Majority for Government in Scotland 23 Deduct majority against Government in Ireland ~ 46 18 .. .. members voted for Govern- Legh, Major Cornwall Scour&ld, John Henry fibers voted against Govern- M‘Mahon, P. INl‘Cann, J. O'Reilly, M. O'Donoghue, Tho O'Conor Don O`Ferrall, Scully, V. Sullivan, M. Waldron, L. Tot . al-18.. LATEST ANERICA, REVTER'S EXPRESS. RESIGNATION OF MR, CHASE, LIVERPOOL, JULY 12. A telegram received here from New York by the St. Georgia via Newfoundland announces the re sig nation of Mr. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JULY 11. The new Cabinet has been fermed as follows :-- President of the Council M. de Bluhme. Minister of the Interior. M. Tillisch. Minister for War Lient.•General Hansen. Minister for Marine Councillor Lntken. Minister for Justice and Public Worship . Chamberlain Hoelzen. Minister of Finance Minister for Schleswig . Chamberlain Johannsen. Count Moltke•Nutchau and M. de Quaade are Ministers without portfolios. COPENGAGEN, JULY 11, 3.20 P.M. The President of the Council of the new Cabinet, M. de Bluhme, has also been entrusted with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. It is asserted on good authority that M. de Quaade is about to proceed to Berlin. SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 11. The Spaniel.' squadron destined for the Pacific will leave after the arrival of the Pacific mail at at Southampton. The King will go to Paris in August, SWITZERLAND. BERNE, JULY 12. The Federal Assembly has elected M. Chalet• Venel, of Geneva, a member of the Federal Council, in place of M. Johann Baptist Pioda. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTLALIAN MAILS. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Orienta. Steam Navigation Company : The Euxine, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 9 30 a.m. this day. The mails were to leave for London at 11 30 am ROME. Letters from Rome announce that the Pope will not return to the capital until the 3d September to hold a Consistory and to celebrate the beatification of a nun. Doubts are entertained as to whether Pius IX. will go to Porto d'Anzio, although his physicians strongly recommend him to do so, as h 3 dislikes the shores of that sea, formerly the resort of every one, but now deserted and abandoned, The family of the ex-King of Naples has left Rome for Albano. A part of them, it is thought, will reside at Castelgandolfo, as the Pope dislikes b:ing alone. FRANCE. Baron Maucler, Grand Chamberlain of the King of Wurtemberg, has arrived in Paris to present, as already mentioned, the letters announcing his Ma jesty's accession to the throne. The Baron, accompanied by the Wurtemberg Minister, paid a visit on Saturday to M. Drouyn de Lhuys. General Viscount de Martimprey, Governor- General ad interim. of Algeria, arrived yesterday morning in Paris. The Princes 3 Clotilda is at present residing at the chateau of Meudon, where she will remain until after her confinement. The Princess Christine Canino Bonaparte, nee Ruspoli, has left for Eaux-Bonnes, for tha benefit of her health. BOURSE, July 11.—The market has been more buoyant, and a fair amount of business transacted at an advance. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 25c. Mobilier have improved to 990 f. Railway Market firm, with higher quotations for many of the lines. The market closed as follows :- 4i per Cents. ~ 93 80 Italian Loan 6B 15 Do. 67a.d month.... Do. end month 6B 40 3 per Ce.nts Do. e nd m onth 66 30 New Mexican .... 56 Credit Mobiir 985 Russian Do, end month.... 990 Austrian Bank Shares .3400 Spanish Threes.... 49 50 Credit Foncier .... 1230 Rome Debt — Roman - Deferred ........ 44 Be ILIUM. Cash. A cco unt. 870 .. 875, 967 50 .. 9 7° 895 .. 900 Orlear.4 ........... .... Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto .............. Southern .............. Western ...... Eastern .. Sardinian.... 610 - .. 645 - 505 - .• 472 50 473 75 355 - ~ 352 50 401 25 .. 440 535 - 426 25 .. 425 , - 526 - 52° '- 247 Austrian ...... Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona HANOVER. A communication from Hanover of the 4th in the ' Independance of Brussels, says :—" It is well known that the States of 1857, elected under the influence of the reactionary Cabinet of M. de Borries, voted a new chapter of finance intended to r estore to the Crown its ancient independence and dignity. For that object the civil list was suppressed, and the greatest part of the domains wer e restored to the Crown without an y c ontrol be in g rese rved to the separation of the States. Since t ha t time, the d oma ins has constantly been t he object of the attacks of the L ib eral Oppo sition. The calcula tion has baen made that the reve nues of the separated domains have e xceeded by nearly 300,000 thalers p er annum t h e estimate of the committee of 1857. The director of the ad- ministration of the separated domains, has, it is true, disputed that calculation, but in a pamphlet 1 written on the subj ec t h e h a s been obliged to confess that the separation had cau sed a loss to the Treasury o f nearly 120,000 t h a l ers a yea r ; onl y he has not a d m itted that such a sum was large enough to again t h e Conservatives who, in period to pr inciple, defend the se paration of the domains, li g ht up the fire of constit utional discord. Even do not den y that the law spirit i l l. i B t s 0 7 f b t e h a e r s p imprint of it owes its existence.f the ultra reactionary Nevertheless the majority of the financial committee of the present States is opposed to any proposition tending to a revision of the c hapter of finance. The minority of the committee —MM. de Bennigson, Miguel, and Grumbree,ht--would have thought they failed in their duty if they had passed the question over in silence. In a moderate proposi tion they recommended the States to exact that the separation of the domains should be revoked, or that at least the law of 1857 should be modified in order that the country might be saved from considerable losses. The Ministers declared that the adoption of that proposition would be an attack on the exis tence of the present Cabinet, and that statement made more than one deputy draw back. Nevertheless, after a very animated discussion, the proposition was approved of by 47 votes to 28. In the Chamber of Nobles, only five or six members spoke in favour of the motion, but no one wished to sanction the terms of it, and it was rejected unanimously. There is reason to foresee that this conflict will not be arranged. But, if this vot e of the Chamber of Deputies does not lead to a prompt result, it will at least exercise its moral effect." SOUTHKENSINGTON MUSEUM,—Daring the week ending the 9th of Ju l y the visitors have been as follows O n Monday, T uesday, and Saturday, free to 10 p.m., 11 , 899 ; on Wednesday, days, open fro m 10 a , n i. 6,,4ndent,s'. days (admission to the Thursday, and Friday, public 6d), op en f rom ' 10 a.m. tlll G p,m., 2,oll—total, 13,940 ; from the op e ning of the INlus,7urn, 4,714,523, A specimen of alpaca cloth, the i._r t manufaca tured in Macclesfield, has been shown i n th e Ab r ,l=et-place 9# tint ton, EN IGEN E. 1 IL Drouyn Question. FRANKFORT‘ON.TIIE-MAINE, June 10. The following is a correct summary of the circular despatch addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the diplomatic agents of the Emperor upon the 28th of June. The despatch treats of the labours of the Landon Conference and of the resumption of hosti- After the statement that " the Plenipotentiaries who met at London to re-establish peace between Germany and Denmark separated, after having mfirmed the inutility of their efforts, and the bel- Nerent parties immediately resumed arms," M. Deouyn de Lhuys "sensibly regrets that the labours of the Conference have not had a more satisfactory result," and he avails himself of this very opportune occasion to recall " that it has not been the fault of France that the conclusion was not different." The despatch then continues,— " We have not shut our eyes to the difficulties which this negotiation presented. Thus, before its commencement we had used every effort ,to obtain the meeting of the Conference upon the fittest con ditions to facilitate its task. lYe had especially desired that a real armistice should be previously concluded for the entire duration of the delibera- tions, and that the basis of discussion should be determined in advance. The parties have been unable to agree upon these two points, and although this first difficulty inspired us at the outset with doubts as to the issue of the Conference, we have none the less sincerely seconded this effort at conciliation. The Plenipotentiary of the Emperor was, consequently, desired to support or to suggest every proposition which appeared likely to bring about an agreement. The point of departure of the discussion was naturally, first of all, to be sought in the arrangements of 1852. We asked ourselves, therefore, first, whether, if re. modelled so as to attain their object better, they might not be made the basis of an equitable arrange ment, and it was in this sense that the represents■ rive of France expressed himself at the opening of he negotiations. When, after recognition of the impcs3ibility of keeping the discussion upon this ground, the English Government proposed an an. rangement giving the southern portion of Schleswig to Holstein as well as Lauenburg, we did not hesi tate to agree to this combination. It had in our eyes the advantage of taking into account the national sentiment of the German population o" chleswig, and of leaving to Holstein—increased by his annexation—the right of deciding upon its own ate. While lending our support to the English Plenipotentiaries, we acted in perfect conformity with the principles of our public law, and we should have been rejoiced at an arrangement which appeared to us acceptable to both parties. The German Powers did not. consider themselves able to adhere to it. They claimed for the frontier a line of demarcation which would have assured to Ger many the possession of the mixed districts, while Denmark persisted in not adding this fresh sacri fice to those she had consented to make in abandon ing Southern Schleswig, as well as Holstein and Lauenburg, While all the other combinations put forward were thrown aside we suggested a last plan. We recommended that the populations forming the subject of dispute should be called upon to express their sentiments, and thus furnish the Conference with the necessary data for tracing the line of de marcation in the most equitable manner. We have not been able to prevent the rupture of negotiations, and the difference is again left to be decided by arms." The despatch concludes as follows : " Opinion has shown itself sensibly moved by the resumption of hostilities, and looks with disquiet to the consequences so unequal a contest may entail. For our part, we shall be unable to disregard the bearing of events so directly affecting the interests of all the maritime Powers in the North, and even those of the equilibrium of this portion of Europe. We entertain the sincerest wishes that the dangers may be avoided which these events might bring about ; and, guided by the same sentiments which have hitherto proved the rule of our conduct, and desiring to maintain the impartial attitude we have taken up, we are willing to hope that no complica tion will arise of so grave a nature as to necessitate our embracing a diffrrent policy." Military Operations on the Gold Coast, Some very interesting despatches on the subject of the Ashantee War were published yesterday We extract the last despatch from the Colonial• office (No. 3.) Copy of a despatch from the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P., to Governor Pine. (No. 157) Downing-street, June 23, 1861, Sir,— It was a source of sincere satisfaction to mo to re ceive from Acting-Governor Hackett by this mail the an nouncement that you were on board her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake at Lagos, and, though still unable to write, were convalescent. I shall be glad to learn from yourself that you have been completely restored to health, and have been enabled to return to your Government at Cape Coast Castle. I cannot, however, but feel very doubtful whether your recovery may have been so rapid and so decided as to make this possible; and I have therefore thought it right to ad dress this despatch uneer cover to Acting Governor Hackett and to make the necessary provision for a successor in case of his being disabled by illness during your continued absence by sending to Lieut.-Colonel Conran a commission from her Majesty for that purpose. If you have been able to resume your duties, you Nvi have received my despatch of May 23, addressed t; Acting Governor Hackett, and will be aware of the instructions which, under the urgent and peculiar circumstances of the case, I feel it to be my duty to convey to him on the part of her Majesty's Government for providing for the health and comfort of her Majesty's forces on the Gold Coast. In that despatch I expressed the hope which her Ma jesty's Government entertain that " the display of forces made during the last few months will not have been with out its due effect, both on the Ashantee enemy and on the friendly native chiefs, and that the cessation of the rains may not bring with it the necessity for a renewal of warlike preparations on your part to defend yourself or the friendly native population from wanton attack. It is, however, necessary to consider the possibility that a very opposite state of things may present itself to you at the close of the rainy season. The unfortunate circumstances of the present year may encourage the Ashantees in the design they appear to have entertained of renewing their invasion when the season for military operations shall return. I think it right therefore to convey to you the general views of her Majesty's Government upon the measures which, in concert with the officer commanding the forces, you should take to provide against that danger. The duty of defending the extensive territory included in the Protectorate can only be satisfactorily discharged if the chiefs to whom it belongs are united and resolute in their own defence. If they are not united, and will not take upon themselves the principal part of the exertions necessary, it will not be possible to defend them without exposing the Queen's forces to the risk of a deadly climate, and to the hazard of being virtually defeated by the disastrous conse quences of that climate, before they have been able to bring the native enemy to the issue of arms. _ _ The proper course therefore is to take every possible means for bringing the chiefs to an united and decided system of defence, and for this purpose to give them advice, to supply them judiciously with military stores, and in concert with the officer in command of the forces to furnish them with such assistance as he may be able to afford, without expoe ing his officers and men to any protracted residence in the interior, especially at the unhealthy season, and without weakening his force upon the coast so as to endanger the safety of the settlements themselves. I must repeat the caution which I conveyed to you in my despatch of the 23d ult.—that you should avoid, if it be in your power, the ne- cessity of bringing to the settlement anumber of the Queen's troops too great to be properly accommodated on the coast, Instructions to the same effect will be sent by the Seeretary of State for 'Wet to Lieutenant-Colonel Conran, and I shall request the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to direct the attention of the commodore on the sta tion to the possibility that you may find yourself again en gaged in measures of defence against an invasion by the King of Ashantee. Since, however, th© experience of the past year has exhibited in so strong a light the great difil- culties which attended operations on the part of her Ma jesty's forces, I rely en your using every exertion to avoid a renewal of the war, You have already received from the Duke of Newcastle the full expression of his approval of your conduct in respect of the origin of the late war—l mean your refusal to surrender to a cruel death the two refugees demanded by the King of Ashantee; but that ap proval I now desire to repeat ; and I take the opportunity of [ impressing upon you the great importance of your being clearly in the right in any case of difference which may hereafter arise. I trust that you will be careful to assure yourself that you are acquainted, as far as possible, with all the circumstances that may be alleged on either side, and that you will not permit yourself to become involved in any hosti.L° operations until you shall have first exhausted every legitimate mea:4 of preserving peace.—l haYe, &c., ApwARD cAnnwaL, poyerncr Pine, 4S;c. Majority for Government .. The following Conservativ( ment Chapman, J. Dutton. Hon. R. Pugh, David The following Liberal mei ment : Acton, Sir J. Brady, Dr. Blake, J. A. Bowyer, Sir G. Cogan, W. H. F. Corbally, M. E. Greville, Colonel Greene, John M'Bvoy, E. The above are all Irish members, and, with the exception of Colonel Greville, Roman Catholics. No English or Scotch Liberal member voted egainst Government. Voted for Gov,irnnaent—Liberals .. 310 —Conservatives .. 5 —315 Voted against Government—Conservatives 279 ), —Liberals .. 18 •--•-297 Paired for Government—Liberals.. Against—Conservatives .. .. Absent—Liberals .. Absent—Conservatives .. .. ' ' Speaker . Vacant—East Gloucester .. • • " •• • • SALISBURY.—Much regret is expressed at the retirement from the representation of this city by Lieut.-Gen. Buckley. He was deservedly popular, and not only attended to the interests of the town, but to the dis trict around. The general was for above 20 years equerry to her Majesty, and his father and mother, Mr. and Lady Georgian% 13ucklly, were about the courts of George and IV, Christopher Tadpole. By Albert Smith: One Volume, Illustrated. W. Tegg. In the form of this capital reprint of the work, as a single volume, with all the famous old comical etchings by John Leech —Mr. Tegg has here placed within reach of the general public, Albert Smith's cleverest and funniest fiction, to wit Christopher Tadpole. Here they all are—those ridiculous incidents and fantastic personages—as ridiculous and as fantastic as any of the scenes and people jumbled together i❑ the harlequinade of a Christmas pan• tomime. The drollery is just as broad, as extrava gant, as noisy, as riotous, as that familiar to us in the harleqainade ! Reading Christopher Tad pie, it is precisely as though we were watching the absurd doings of that scapegrace of a clown with the chalk-whitened and vermillion-coloured cheeks—aided and abetted as he is by that hoary old sinner of a pantaloon, who al ways comes in for more kicks than halfpence, and for more drubbings than small change of any kind whatsoever. It is as if we followed their fortunes anew—now whim greasing the doorstep of an irritable shop keeper—now when brandishing a red hot poker in pursuit of some of those ridiculous people who come on (generally arm in arm) for the express purpose of being thus pursued within one inch of their lives, or otherwise generally maltreated. The " life" is just ss real—the " fun" as fast and furious —here in Albert Smith's chapters, as there before the winter footlights. Who that has read our poor dead and gone Jokemaster's narrative of the Life and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole—who that has ever glanced at John Leech's drawings in illus. tration of that narrative—bat remembers (pretty nearly always upon the broad grin) the sayings and doings of the Sprouts, of the Gudges, of the black guard young baronet, of the ,good-natured and philosophic itinerant showman, of Mrs. Gudge's ascent of Mont Blanc, and of Mr. Gudge's laudable eagerness, when on the shores of the Adriatic, to discourse about " the celebrated Dodge of Venice," et cetera! Those who care to read Albert Smith at his best, can hardly do better than provide them selves, to that end, with this very edition of his Christopher Tadpole, a story floating conspicuously among the most radiant bubbles of the like kind cast up among contemporary specimens of the lightest of light literature. Barbara Home. By Margaret Blount. 3 vole, Maxwell. The (laxly chapters of this story induced uo to form favourable expectations, which a further peru• sal very speedily dispelled. Barbara Home is a poor girl educated above her station by the mistaken kindness of a charitable lady. As a first atop in her career of gentility, Barbara gives up a humble lover, who dies of grief. The scene at his death. bed is very powerfully sketched, and testifies the ability of the writer—an ability in this instance thrown away upon worthless materials. The story of Barbara pc, , ssesseu the worst characteristics of the sensational school. It is utterly regardless of pro. priety and of probability. The scene in which Bar bara having been deserted by her faithless" Captain," pays a visit to Mrs. Dame, and plotting revenge, dresses herself with elegance and hums a tune, and partakes of a luxurious breakfast, is about as ludicrous and improbable as is the grand poisoning scene at the finale which ends amid the blue lights of the melodrama. THE DEATH OF THE CELEBRATED TRAVELLER AND NATURALIST JUN GHUIIN, well known by hie curious and important labours in the field of botany and ethnography, is announced. He started in life as a sur geon in the Prussian army. Condemned, in consequence of a duel, to be imprisoned for 20 years, he escaped after a few months, and became, first, a sanitary officer in the French army in Algiers. He then entered, in the same capacity, the Dutch service in Sonda, where ho had col lected a vast quantity of materials for scientific works. He died at the age of 52 years. A letter from Archangel of the 22d June says : " Trade is very active here, and the wind having been favourable, a large number of vessels have arrived. A forest of masts cover the whole port. The first ship that reached us was a Danish schooner from Liverpool in 30 days. More than 100 foreign ships have since entered the port. From the North D wine, above SOO small vessels have come in, among the number being five steamers, Of which two belong to the monastery of Solovetzky ; they convey a large number of pilgrims to visit the old convent, which has played so great a part in the war." The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree pre scribing the publication of the arrangement signed on the 24th ult. between France and Italy, for regulating the quarantine measures in the Freach and Italian ports in the Mediterranean. Another decree creates for holders of 3 per cent. rente nominative titles, provided with coupons of interest payable to bearer. Those titles will be exchanged for inscriptions to bearer when applied for. The Second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, in its last sitting, discussed the question of the reconstitution of the Zollverein on the basis of the Franco-Prussian Treaty of Commerce, when 35 votes to 5 were given in favour of the adhesion to the treaty and of the maintenance of the Zollverein. The following motion was afterwards brought forward—" There is reason to re gret the hesitation of the Government and the injury which has been already caused by it to the country," which was voted by 30 to 10. TRADE OF CARDIFF.—During the month of June 11(824 tons of coal, 15,418 tons of iron, 1,733 tons of patent fuel, and 1,786 tons of coke were exported, against 106,996 tons of coal and 15,000 tons of iron in the previous month, being an increase of nearly 6,000 tons of coal and 418 tons of iron. The slight increase is attributed princi pally to the reopening of the West Bute Dock for traffic. The total number of ships engaged in the foreign trade was 348, being an increase of 65 on the previous month. The West India Islands, as usual, took the largest quantity of coal, no less than 21,013 tons having been cleared for the West India ports. The East Indies and China took 7,521 tons, Italy 13,163 tons, Spain 16,319 tons, France 12,849 tons, the English colonies 8,471 tons, Egypt and North Africa 6,945 tons, South America 5,762 tons; and North America 2,298 tons. A large coasting trade was also done during the month, and the imports are gradually in creasing. - VILLAGE MAY MgETINGS,—There is a crowd outside and in the house. The band is thumping its big drum, and rending the air with its screams of agony in polka measure. The flags of the order are unfurled. The treasurers carry their wands, and wear their decora tions. The farm labourer who is a member of this club, appears with his brother members in a blue and white cot ton band over one shoulder, tie.; in a bunch of red ribbon under the other ; and the procession starts for church. In church, the regalia, as the trumpery is designated, is placed in a conspicuous position ; it was once put upon the com munion-table. Morning Prayer is read by the curate, fol lowed by a sermon from the rector, who always receives, and generally accepts the invitation to dinner. Far be it from our purpose to write one word tending to lessen good influence among the rural poor. The sermon will be on the duty of beariLg one another's burdens, of the strong help ing the weak, or charity and brotherly kindness will have been enforced, and so far well ; but we must not forget that the clergyman's assistance upon such occasions is, in the eyes of the members of the club, a visible sigh that their scheme has the approval of the Church,—.Dickens' the Year Raund." LONDON PAST AND PRESENT. -- A man need not be greyheaded to remember London in the days of hackney-coaches, oil-lamps, and Charlies. How slow and gloomy old London seems to the imagination, in contrast with the activity, order, and gassy effulgence of our time. Then you might see about once in every five minutes an old-fashioned, stuffy,and creaky hackney-coach pitched high aloft, dangerously weak in the springs, and jolting over the stones of Cheapside, with a heavy and swaying motion very perilous even to look at; the said coach driven by a dilapi dated Jarvic, wearing a smashed hat and a drab great coat with innumerable capes, and drawn by two shambling, crook-kneed, broken-winded, spavined horses, high in the bone and low in the flanks, and trotting stinly, like wooden automata badly put together. You might see shops, too, with low, greenish looking glass windows, not kept too clean, exhibiting few goods for show, and having n o prices ticketed; pavements sloppy with mud in winter and dusty in summer ; and in the evening an artificial illumination, maintained with little, round bottomed lamps, holding a vase for oil, and giving a sickly, yellow light, the smoky and flickering glimmer of which once suggested that the Russians who escorted the Czar to this country had been indulging in a surreptitious banquet from the contents of the vase. Should you be lying awake at night, you might hear a cry of " Stop thief I" or "Murder I " issuing from the dark corner opposite Your house f o ll o wed by a quick pair of heels down the s t reet, and the c l a tter of a rattle ; or , if quiet reigned, and you were wondering what time it might be, your ears were gratified with the information from ancient Charlie, who, as he stumped past your door, chimed 4$ Half-past 12 o'clock I"—City Press, Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and liabilities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solicitors of the Court of Bankruptcy, Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices — (established 1830), 12,1-latton-gArden. City branch-6, lloor gate-street,Dant—ApvT, CI; ,7--,- • -‘ r 7,,,, ~ ,-,' ', = • o? - g • • '-,,,1Y"' fttuL . HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, July 110 The Queen, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and the Princess Victoria of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leo pold, left Windsor Castle at ten minutes before four o'clock this afternoon for Osborne. In attendance were the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Flora MacdOnald, Mdlle. de Grapey, Lieut.. General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, Captain von Westerweller, Mr Buff, Mr Sahl, and the Master of the Household. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carman . then and Captain Grey, left th© Castle this morn• ing for Marlborough House. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived at the Castle on Saturday, and !eft this morning. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Marlborough House yesterday morning, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended bY the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Earl Spencer, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Captain Grey, went to the Clothworkers' Hall in the City, where his Royal Highness was enrolled a freeman of the company. Theirßoyal Highnesses afterwards took luncheon with the Master and Wardens of the company. The Prince of Wales rode to Wimbledon in the afternoon, The Prince and Princess of \Vales went to the Italia Opera, Covent-garden, in the evening. Departure of her Majesty for Osborne. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, her Majesty,accompanied by theirßoyal Highnesse o Princess Helena, Louise, Alice of Hesse, and Bea` trice, and Princes Louis of Hesse and Leopold, and attended by Colonel Sir T. M. Biddulph, Colonel the Hon. A. E. Hardinge, C. 8., Lient.•General the Hon, C. Grey, Major-General F. H. G. Seymour, the Countess of Caledon, &c., left Windsor Castle for the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway, en route for Osborne. Her Majesty and the various members of the Royal family drove from the Castle to the terminus in carriages drawn by white ponies. The Royal party on entering the station-yard drew up, and her Majesty, with the Princes and Princesses, were red ceived by the officials of the Great Western Rail way, Mr. Tyrrell, the general superintendent ; Mr• Kelley, the divisional superintendent, and Messrs• Rawlinson and Mathews, and conducted to the state saloons attached to a train of five other card riages furnished for the occasion by the London and South-Western Railway Company. A large concourse of ladies and spectators had gathered together on the station platform, and to these, as her Majesty was stepping into the saloon. the Queen very graciously turned, bowed, and smiled in acknowledgment of their loyal greetings. Her Majesty was in mourning, and looked rather pale. Precisely at four o'clock the special started from the station (the lowering of the standard on th e round tower announcing the fact of the Queen'S departure) on its way, under the charge of Messrs' 'ragmen and Kelley, to Basingstoke junction, which was reached at 4.53 p.m. via Slough and Readitig• At Basingstoke the care of the Royal train wa g transferred to Mr. Godson, the traffic superintew dent of the South-Western Railway, who accoliv parried the special to the Royal Clarence i Victualling yard, Gosport, via Winchester 8 0 Bishopstoke. The Royal train arrived at Gosport about ten minutes past six o'clock, when the Queen and Royal family embarked on board the Fairy, and at once proceeded to Osborne, which • would be reache d about seven o'clock. EXPECTED VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES 11° THE HIGHLANDS.—The Prince of Wales, it is understoo d, will come north, as he did last year, for the shooting, sl id will again occupy Abergeldie C as tl e . Whil e i n S co tlall , his Royal Highness, it is confidently expected, will vi, it the Duke of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. The p r omise was given last year, and therb is every reason t o believe t will be fulfilled.—lnverness Courier. PRINCE ALFRED.—The Aurora, which is to con' vey his Royal Highness Prince Alfred to Norway, arrive d in the Firth of Forth on Sunday. Instead of proceeding to Leith Roads, as was anticipated, she made for Burntisla nd Roads, and cast anchor a little off the pier, almost a longsid e the French corvette Expeditive, still lying there. She i remain at Burntisland till she is joined by his Royal U'& ness Prince Alfred. ;,Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of COI bridge and Princess Mary honoured the Earl 111 Countess of Malmesbury by their company at dinner Se Ej ; terday evening, at their residence in Stratford-place. 113 Duchess and Princess, attended by Lady Geraldine Sane r set and Capt. Ellis, arrived at eight o'clock. There We ll) present to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Ricbei lieu, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl and Countess Hardwicke, and Lady Agneta Yorke, the Earl of Annesleil Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Courtenay, the Dowager Lad,/ Truro, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Pe e " and Mr W. Lytton. _ The Empress of Austria has left Kissinger' t° return to Vienna. The Botschafter of Vienna announces that N•il William of Prussia will i n a f ew d ays arr i ve i n th a t caPit" accompanied by Count de Bismark and General de g‘ 111; teuffel. His Maj es ty w ill rema i n f or fi ve or s i x days $ Schcenbr nun. The Grand Ducal Court of Baden left on tl i° 7th, to pass some time at Minau, on the Lake of W I. stance. 3 His Excellency the Marquis de la Puente t the Marchioness de la Puente and family have arrived Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley. square, from Madrid. The Earl and Countess of Belmore have left Brown's Hotel. The Earl of Bantry has left Thomas's 11 ° 11 Berkeley-square, for Bantry Castle, Ireland. Colonel and Lady H enr i etta Ogilvy have lef t Grafton. street for a tour in Switzerland. st Lady Molesworth enterta i ned at d i nner , evening, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and g ilr° chioness of Cadore, Maria Marchioness of AilesburY, count Torrington, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., 14° , 4 4 i . Dunkellin, M P., Mr Bernal Osborne, Mr Gregory, Alfred Seymour, Mrs Henry Baring, Mr H, Temple, C ° 4 H. W. and Mrs Dudley Carleton, Mr G. Vivian, Mr f Ul o i Lady Dorothy Nevill, Mr Calcraft, Mr George Russell, Mr Delano. Sir George and Lady Musgrave, and Miss M t:/8‘ grave have left Brown's Hotel for Eden Hall. tt Sir W. Scott, Lady Scott, and th e Misses P4°,l have left the Queen's Hotel, Up per N orwood, for Allal/-1 J edburgh. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS.—The 70° Wjll of Buccleuch's conv ersazzone to the fellows of the g, Horticultural Society w i ll take place to-morrow evenill4 when their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes s Wales will be present. The conservatory and arcadeoll bo illuminated. AFRICAN EXPLORATION.—News has St Jeri. been received from Khartum o f th a t en t er p r i s i ng „p lor 7, Mr Samuel Baker. It will be recollected by all who $1. 0 ( interested in Nile discovery, that after the departure Captains Speke and Grant, Mr Baker started for the O hi o in search of the reported lake, Luta Nzige. His part,' P r i now been met with returning to Gondokoro, a few 11°11 '0 march from that place, and as one of the swiftest vasse lB , 4 - if the river, placed at his disposal by the generosity °f 0 1t Petherick, was waiting his arrival at Gond o k oro , we %, hope soon to hear of his descending the Nile and cool° nicating the results of his journey. AN ENGINE-DRIVER. KILLED.—O n SundaP one of the trains was leaving the IL.mmersmith stati on the Hammersmith extension line, for Shepherd's 1 311913 :0 1, fatal accident occurred to th e eng i ne-driver of the t ae o f named Nicholas Clarke. He was le an i ng o v e r the B ' l . - o his engine, when his head struck a post on. the line. .:erg blow knocked him from th e engine close to a wall thet,lo runs beside the railway. H e fell between the whee ls 01 ' ,' 0 engine and train, and was cut to pieces. Clarke lee le° wife and two children. HEAVY COMPENSATION CASE,—THAMES BANKMENT.—Yesterday the caso of " Gwynne a ' h ae Metropolitan Board of Works" was concluded after n 0 days' proceedin gs. I t was a compensat i on claim of X"'et)g, on account of th e embankment at t h e bottom of ssiot3o street, Strand. Mr. Gwynne, an engineer, had P rei f i cso near the Te mp l e - p i er. Aft er th e case f or t h e c lairaap" concluded the Assessor awarded £14,000 compansatiou'eep FORESTERS' FETE, LEICESTER.—There has beep a disgraceful ri o t, M r . Coxwell, th e aeronau t, was b ru i, ' o oo mobbed, and his balloon WW I Several persons have iajtired,