The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1863. Ler to the Earl of Derby at the Mansion House. Last evening tho Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a sumptuous entertainment to the Earl of Derby at tha Man :don House, when the prominent members of the Conserva tive party in both Houses of Parliament were invited to meet their distinguished chief. The company began to arrive noon after 6 o'clock, and were received by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress in the saloon. At 7 o'clock the Earl of Derby was announced. His lordship was accompanied by the Countess of Derby and Lord Stanley. The reception accorded to the noble earl by the brilliant circle around the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress was marked by the greatest cordiality. The banquet was served in the Egyptian Hall, which was tastefully ornamented for the occasion. On a superbly burnished silver plateau, immediately in front of the Lord Mayor, stood a beautiful statuette in silver of the /ate Duke of Wellington. The buffet behind the chair and principal tables displayed a gorgeous variety of gold and silver plate. Hanging baskets of choice plants and vases flied with flowers gave freshness and pleasing variegation to the coup d'ced. The company numbered 250. Dinner was announced at a quarter past 7, when the Lord Mayor conducted thQ Countess of Derby to her seat on the right of th chair.. The Earl of Derby led the Lady Mayoress to her seat en the Lord Mayor's left. The noble earl took his teat on the left of the Lady Mayoress. On the noble earl's lef z sat Lord Chelmsford, Mr. Disraeli, and Mrs. Dis raeli. 'On the Lord Mayor's right sat the Duke of Buck ingham, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Mar• quis of Bath, &c. Among the other distinguished guests were the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Earl of Dalkeitn, Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, Earl of Donoughmore, Earl of Lucan, Earl of Wilton, Earl of Sheffield, Earl and Countess of Stradbrok.e, Lord and Lady John Manners, M.P., Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre, M.P., Viscount and Viscountess Galway,Viscount and Viscountess Hawar den, Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, M.P., Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord and Lady Edward Thynne, M.P., Lord and Lady Claud Hamil ton, M.P., Lord and Lady Robert Cecil, M.P., Lord and Lady Colville, Lord and Lady Bagot, Lord Dynevor, Lord Redesdale, Lord and Lady Colchester, Lord Forester, Lord Ravensworth, Lord Skelmersdale, Lord and Lady Raglan, Right Hon. General and Mrs. Forester, M.P., Right Hon. H. Corry, M.P., Hon Colonel and Mrs Douglas Pennant, M.P., Hon F. Lygon, M.P., Hon Charles and Mrs Trefusis, M.P., Hon Colonel Thesiger, Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle and lady, Right Hon Spencer Walpole, M.P., and Mrs Walpole, Right Hon J. Henley, M.P., and Mrs Henley, Right Hon Sir J. Trollope, M.P., and Lady Trollope, Right Hon Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Right Hon R. Mowbray, M.P., and Mrs Mowbray, Right Hon C. B. Adderley, M.P., and Mrs Adderley, Right Hon Lieutenant-General Peel, M.P., Right Hon Sir William Hylton Jolliffe, M P., Sir G. Bowyer, M.P., Sir M. Shaw Stewart, M.P., Sir J. Heron-Maxwell and lady, Sir Watkin W, Wynn, M.P., and lady, Sir William Heathcote, M.P., Sir James Fergusson, M.P., and lady, Sir Matthew 'Ridley, M.P., Sir Lawrence Palk, M.P., and lady, Sir John Dalrymple Hay, M.P., Sir Henry Stracey, 31. P., and Miss Stracey, Sir Minto Farquhar, M.P., and lady, Sir E. Kerrison, M.P., and lady, Sir James Elphin stone, M.P.. Sir F. Heygate, M.P„ and lady, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., and lady, Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., and lady, lion Major Knox, M.P., and lady, Colonel Barttelot, M.P., Mr Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr Bovill, M.P., and lady, Mr Sclater-Booth, M.P., and lady, Mr W. Beach, M.P., and lady, Mr G. S. Beecroft, M.P., and lady, Mr George Cubitt, M.P., and lady, Mr Baillie Cochrane, M.P., and lady, Mr T. Collins, junior, M.P., Mr Stephen Cave, M.P., and lady, Colonel Dunne, M.P., Colonel Edwards, M.P., and lady, Mr W. Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., and lady, Mr John George, M.P., Colonel Gilpin, M.P., Mr Gathorne Hardy, M.P., and lady, Mr T. B. Horsfall, M,P., Mr. W. Heygate, M.P., Mr J. Pope Hennessy, M.P., Mr. J. Hubbard, M.P., Mr Justice Haliburton, M.P., and lady, Capt. Jervis, M.P., Mr R. W. Kennard, M.P., and lady, Mr S. Kekewich, M.P., and lady, Mr G. Lyall, M.P., Mr D. Mure, M.P., Mr R. Ma lins, M.P., and lady, Mr H. Paull, M.P., and lady, Mr W. Stirling, M.P., Mr S. G. Smith, M.P., Mr H. K. Seymer, M.P., Mr J. B. Stanhope, M.P., Mr J. Somes, M.P., Col. Poulett Somerset, C. 8., M.P„ Colonel Taylor, M.P., Mr J. Tollemache, M.P., and lady, Mr H. Whitmore, M.P., and lady, Admiral Tinling, Rev J. Young, Alderman and Mrs Humphrey, Sir John Musgrove, Alderman Sidney, M.P., and lady, Alderman Finnis and lady, Sir R. W. Car den and lady, Alderman Finnis and lady, the Recorder and Mrs Russell Gurney, Alderman Phillips and lady, Alderman Allen and lady, Alderman Dakin and lady, Alderman Waterlow and lady, Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence and lady, Sheriff Jones and lady, Mr Deputy Ratlibone, Under- Sheriff Mackrell, Mr and Mrs Rose, senior, Mr and Mrs James Anderson Rose, &c. The more distinguished guests wore official costume, others were in court dress or uniform. The presence of many ladies, dazzling with diamonds, imparted brilliancy to the entertainment, which, with all its adjuncts, was cha racterized by a rare combination of splendour and elegance. The dinner was supplied by Messrs. Staples of the Albion Tavern. Mr. Adams's instrumental band was in attendance and played favourite airs during the entertainment. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. L.C. Hatton. Mr. Harker was toastmaster. Grace was said before dinner by the Rev. Canon Lupton, the Lord Mayor's chaplain. After dinner, "For these, and all Thy mercies liven," was chanted by Mr. J. L. Hatton) assisted by Mrs. Harriette Lee, and Mr. Montem Smith. The cloth having been removed, the LORD MAYOR rose ttna said--I beg to propose the first toast—it is that of our beloved Sovereign, the Queen. We are beginning to realise the blessings we enjoy in living under our glorious consti tution, and that constitution has received its greatest de velopment by having at its head a Monarch who is the pride of this country and an example to the world. (Loud cheers, followed by " God save the Queen." The next toast was " The Health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." The LORD MAYOR, said—The circumstances under which the Prince of Wales has commenced his public career are such that the nation feels gratified that while his Royal Highness has had all the advantages which modern science can place at his disposal for the cultivation of his mind, he has had the great advantage of forming an alliance which has given to him a bride beautiful in person and engaging in disposition, and, I believe, the nation is delighted to con sider theirs a happy marriage. The other members of the Royal family have also made auspicious alliances, and I am sure I shall have your sanction in drinking to their long life and happiness. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The LORD MAYOR, in p ropos i ng the nest t oa st `` The Navy, Army, and Volunteers," observed that it was under Lord Derby's Government that, the Navy being in a state of transition, the Warrior was built, and the country wag greatly indebted to the noble lord's Administration for the great improvements which had been made in that im portant arm of our defence. The other service had made equally satisfaciory progress, while the Volunteer force was one of which the country might well be proud. (Cheers.) The EARL of HARDWICK returned thanks for the Navy. The Earl of LUCAN spoke for the Army. Lord CoLvira,z, in returning thanks for the Volunteers, observed that, although the novelty of the movement had worn off, the force retained all its efficiency, and he had no doubt it would be a permanent institution of the country. It must be a great satisfaction to the present company to reflect that the Volunteer movement had originated under the administration of the Earl of Derby, and it owed much to the careful attention which had been given to it by the gallant General (Peel) now present, who was then at the head of the War Department. (Cheers.) Duet, "The Minute Gun at Sea," by Mrs. W. Lee and Mr. Montem Smith. The LORD MA.TOR--I have now to propose the toast of the evening. (Cheers.) lam honoured to-night by the pre sence of my Lord Derby and by this great assembly, who come here to welcome him as the head of the great Conser vative party. (Cheers.) In responding to the toast which was last proposed Lord Colville justly reminded us that it was while Lord Derby was in office that the greatest possi ble assistance was given in organising the Naval Reserve, and during the same period the Volunteer force became a reality, and was happily inaugurated. (Cheers.) We have since seen a disposition among some politicians to tamper with our glorious constitution, and to put forward as their panacea for all our ills the abolition of a standing army and the national debt, and the adoption of universal suffrage and vote by ballot. Fortunately we had a Conservative party, which, though deprived of office, was still strong enough to resist su c h t en d enc i es, t i ll we have now had a practical illustration of the working of these extreme prin ciples in another country. (Cheers.) l am sure we oug ht t o f e el deeply grateful for the fact that these principles have been brought to a practical test anywhere but in this fa voured land—(cheers)—and I am sure I shall have your sanction and approval when I express our grateful sense of the signal services the Conservative party conferred in te the downward progress of affairs t o w hi c h I stemming adver t e d. (Cheers.) It would seem out o f p l ace f or me, hase and d I believe it would be distasteful to Lord Derby, were I pronounce any personal eulogy upon that distinc guishedwill only say I have great satisfac tion in seeing h im statesman. I here t O -night, surrounded by an assem blage of eminent men from bothbran c c h h i e e s f, o a f n t d he to co-operate Legislature who are proud to own him as their Of r with him for the main tenance of ourorinstitutionOus and country, pro moting the common good an d g y (Cheers.) I beg to propose " The Health of the Earl of Derby," The toast was drunk with all the honours. The Earl of DERBY, who was received with great enthu siasm, spoke as follows :—" My Lord Mayor, l w adien i , and gentlemen, it would be my lords, difficult —I may say it B : B : v b ejnipossible--for no adequately to express the deep menner T n h I entertain of the very high and flattering in which th e vi t, h .You , my Lord Mayor, have-proposed, and For the too llaTtu4sueritt: t ted assembly has received my health. have been pleased teepea la t a o in whioh you, my Lord Mayor, able to render during the I ' ,12 7 services I might have been I tvintitet tireited power . of . my Admi nistration—for the more ths, u Tc' with wh ich you, my lords, and gentlemen, have welcomed the toast proposed by the Lord Mayor I beg to return you my warmest thanks. I am well aware, under ordinary circumstances, such is the metropolitan hospitality of the Mansion house, t bt,t we must not draw any political intrences from the t is that are given insuch a cceepany as this. Every one el o holds high office--nay, every man who in the variou professions per for.lns his duty in his own particular sphere to his Queen and country, whatever his political feelings or opinions, is always received with a cordial welcome when participating in the magnificent hospitality of the city of London. (Cheers.) You yourself, my Lord Mayor, in the course of the present year, have received with the most distinguished hospitality the members of her Majesty's Government of which, I am happy to say, your lordship is not a supporter. (Cheers and a laugh.) Nay, I believe if that chair were filled by the most rabid Dissenter, due respect would be paid to the bishops and clergy of the Established Chinch ; and if it should happen that a Quaker Lord Mayor should get into the chair I have no doubt he would duly honour the Navy, Army, and Volunteers. (Cheers and a laugh.) But on the present occasion the manner in which you have introduced this toast—the terms in which yon have brought forward the name of one who holds no responsible official position, who performs no duties except those which are self•imposed, and who has no official claim to your notice, the company by which I see myself surrounded giving me an opportu nity; now rarely afforded, of meeting many members of the House of Commons with whom in former times I acted so long in cordial concert. Such an assembly, and the toast you have proposed, not only as Lord Mayor, but as member for the borough of Southampton—(cheer s)—ia whose per son the Conservative party achieved one of their most dis tinguished of the many illustrious triumphs they have ac complished—(cheers)—all these things combined justify me, I think, in attaching to that toast some political significance--(cheers)—and I thank you cordially for as sociating my name with the great and noble Conser vative party with which it is my happiness to be as • sociated. (Loud cheers.) I can assure you lam far more grateful for this association with that noble party than I could be for any compliment whatever, however high and unmerited, which might be paid to me per sonally for any services I might be supposed to have at any time performed. (Cheers.) For I venture to say there is no language which can adequately express, or, at all events, there is no language which could exaggerate the merits of the conduct—the forbearing, the firm, the patient, the self denying, the patriotic conduct which has been pursued for the last four years by that great party. (Cheers.) I beg to be forgiyen for recalling to the recollection of this company the position in which that party has been placed for the last four years. It is that length of time since that party—nu merically far superior to any of the sections into which what is called the Liberal party is divided—numerically far supe rior to any of these, and not very far, though somewhat, inferior to all of these sections put together—that party found itself ejected from office by what I may, without of fence, call a pretext, which pretext, as soon as it had served its purpose, was at once abandoned. (Cheers.) And what was the course of the Conservative party on that occasion ? Did they give way to the indulgence of idle vexation, to re venge, to retaliation ? Did they immediately occupy them selves in forming combinations and coalitions to overthrow the Government which had succeeded in their stead ? They did nothing of the kind. Far from entering into such com binations and coalitions, the course they have been pursu ing for the last four years has been that of adhering stead fastly to their own fixed principles ; but, at the same time, not only not opposing, but even supporting, against their own more violent supporters, that very Government by whom they were ousted from office. It is with parties very much as it is with troops—it is not the active campaign, it is not the heat of the engagementwhich triesthe real mettle of the troops ; but it is the long protracted inaction ; it is the lying exposed to fire with the enemy in your front, and not being permitted to make an attack ; it is the waiting for the moment when victory may be achieved, when it would be lost by being too early anticipated ;—it is this which tries the temper, the forbearance, the real courage of the soldier. (Cheers.) That is the trial of the temper, the forbearance, the real courage; the true patriotism, of a political party. (Cheers.) Such, gentlemen, has been the course which for the last four years has been pursued by the Conservative party in this country. Feeling them selves able at any moment, could they but stoop to such combinations as they have been charged with, to overthrow the Government, they have yet studiously abstained from any risk of throwing the country into disorder or confusion, and have been satisfied by maintaining their own principles, and often supporting the Government against their own more advanced political allies. (Hear, hear.) I must say that it is most vexatious and annoying to a great party to see during the long period of four years every political office, every office in Church and State, and all the little minor patronage of the country appropriated entirely to those who are their political opponents, and themselves deprived of any portion of the influence derived from the possession of that patronage. Except the great Conservative party, there is no party which under such a state of things could have passed that long period of inaction without materially dwindling in their numerical force and spirit as a party. (Cheers.) But, so far from this being the case, I am proud to say we reckon in the House of Commons at this moment a greater number of Conservative members than I could claim the assistance of when I was First Minister of the Crown, (Cheers.) My right hon. friend, Mr. Disraeli, a few days ago at a dinner at which it was not my good fortune to be present, delivered a speech which received the univer sal approval of all who heard it, and in which he clearly marked out the broad lines of distinction which exist be tween the Conservative, at all events, the advanced Liberal party in the country. He pointed out clearly that our views and opinions are diametrically diverse. Then, it may be asked, if that be the case, and if those extreme Liberals whose principles are diametrically opposed to ours, are the supporters of the present Government, how can we justify to ourselves as a Conservative party for a single moment tolerating or maintaining in office such a Government ? The answer is this—that from the period the so-called Libe ral Government succeeded to office, for the most part the advanced Liberals have been very well satisfied to leave their favourite projects in abeyance, and, with the excep tion of those renewed assaults on the Church of England— which I am happy to say, owing to the vigour, firmness, and determination of the Conservatives, have been constantly re pelled, as I trust they will continue to be repelled—the sup porters of her Majesty's Government have had the some what unpleasant surprise of seeing some of their more favou rite projects either faintly supported or quietly wet-blan ketted,or ever almost hooted out of the House of Commons. I will not go so far as to say that I consider the noble viscount at the head of the Government a very distin guished, or very renowned stateman ; but I give him very great credit for his great social qualification and his personal popularity. No man can be more agreeable, To his other qualifications for attaching himself to individual supporters he adds the elasticity of his youthful spirits —an elasticity. which almost keeps pace with the elasticity of his political principles. (Cheers, and a laugh.) I give him credit also for that charm, which some call a modest assurance, which in this country goes by the name of pluck"—(ckeers)— dv whether it he right or wron g , i s a qua li ty which invariably attaches to itself a large portion of the British public. (Cheers.) Lord Palmerston, t o d o hi m j ustice, is never afraid of supporting his own opinion, and the more his friends get into difficulties the more vigorous he is in in them. Well, under these circumstances, so long standing as g they a d va nced Liberals were satisfi e d t o rema i n in 8b office, a n d to see their favourite principles discarded, and a ll laughed out of the House of Commons, their sf for v theativ es , presentw er e , with under that existing stances, u arrangement,ru. p e t projects 4- s ay that is an arrangement which is s w tan e, c s e s s, g s o a o t t Lfied ia (Cheers.) I do satisfactory, because 12°' it is always unsatisfactory when power - and office are in different hear.)hands.fora A coun try—(cheers)--and Government is the greatest . try—(cheers)--and it is therefore o eupthe country ortunate is so far from at the present moment the Government from being abl e t o keep its own cou o r t se o a n nd th to e takeitsown time that it is cons t an tly relying n forbearance, but even on the su p por t of its political those political adv er saries, thus v such the country, and di rec ti ng its affairs, ha ve Y et nottheir t anu ie adversaries, while wielding the real power of merical absolute m a j or it y as t o e nable them in urn to form a strong Gover nment, an d to hold as well as totake I say this is an possession of the rein s o f power. (Cheers.) t unfortunate state of thi ngs ; b ut if you ask me or any asea. ber of the Conservative pa r ty w h ether they would rather e : t, e c onnected with a strong Opp os i t i on or a wea k Government, I must say for myself, I have not the slightest hesitation in saying, for the benefit of the Conservative party, for the benefit of the country, for the benefit of the conduct of affairs let us be not in a weak and feeble Government, rely ing on the forbearance of our opponents, but let us be in a strong Opposition, able to control the action of Ministers — to be held forth as a bugbear to the advanced Liberals by the heads of that party, and able effectually to prevent their combination from operating dangerously to the country. (Cheers.) I may be asked, however, how long is this state of things to continue ? Now, I admit it is not advisable such a state of things should continue. But how long it is to continue is a question which I cannot answer, and the answer to which rests with the constituencies of the coun try. (Cheers.) We are now approaching the close of cer tainly not a very active or useful session of Parliament, in which the Government have been defeated over and over again, but in which they have endeavoured to secure them selves from defeat by the very singular process of bringing forward no measures whatever. (A laugh.) I dont believe there is any period of our history on which we can look back which has been so barren of legislation, which has been ap parently so useless, or nearly wasted, as the present session. But we are now entering upon a month, though the last of that session, which is eminently full of political importance. This is the month when a deceased statesman used to say we should " Register, register, „register." (Cheers.) If you desire to give the Contrvative party that amount of strength and that numerical preponderance which will en able it not only to obtain, but to retain office, and to carry on the Government on its own principles, without depend ing on any extrinsic support, this is the month during which the Conservatives of the country, one and all, must put forth their strength, in order to place in the hands of those who represent them in Parliament sufficient means by which to accomplish be f re the objects we have in view — (cheers)—and I 0 z , iven my Lord Mayor if, in this city of London, venture I vela that here, in the metropolis, might be made to say a most valuable beginning, and a very great incitement to minor constituencies. (Cheers.) I wish to say nothing disrespectful to any hon. gentleman who represents this great city of London, but considering they are all Free traders—all the adversaries of monopoly—l must say I never heard of a more monstrous monopoly than that by which the Liberal party keeps to itself the whole four seats of this great city, (Cheers.) lam satisfied that they do not legitimately represent the wealth, intelligence, and import ance of this great constituency ; but I do believe that a little energy actively applied to the registration of this great me tropolis would relieve it from that misrepresentation to which, with all respect to your present hon. members, it has been so long subjected. (Cheers.) I commend this subject, my Lord Mayor, to your attention, and to the serious con sideration of all who desire to see the triumph of those prin ciples to which we are attached. (Cheers.) The country may depend upon it that there can be no greater misfortune than that the Conservative party should attain office with such a measuring -cast majority, if in any majority at all, which would place them day by day at the risk of any com bination or coalition which might be formed against them by the various elements which, if they cannot work well to - geiher, are sure to agree well enough to oppose them. (Cheers.) I have encroached too long on your time, my Lord Mayor, but I did feel it to be my duty to offer my grate ful acknowledgments to that great Conservative party with which you have been kind enough to associate my name for the calm, steady, forbearing course they have observed—a course from which any other party would have shrunk dis • couraged, but in which, if they steadily proceed, they will, I am confident, at no distant period reap for themselves and for the country that valuable reward which, if slowly obtained will be more surely retained, but which if prematurely grasped might the more readily fall from our hernia. (Cheers.) I beg again, my Lord Mayor, to thank you for kindly associating my name with the great Con servative party, and for the hospitality you have shown us this evening. (Loud cheers.) Ths next toast was "The Home of Lords," which was responded to by the Duke of Buckingham. The LORD MAYOR then gave the " House of Commons," coupled with the name of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli. His lordship highly eulogised the services of the Conservative leader of the House of Commons, and especially alluded to the energetic and successful assistance rendered on a late occasion, when the privileges of the corporation were me naced by the Government. The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. Mr. DISRAELI, who was received with great cheering, said—My Lord Mayor, on the part of the House of Com mons I have the honour to return you ouracknowledgments for the flattering distinction which you have paid us by drinking our health. I believe I may say on the part of the House of Commons that its present health is pretty good. (A laugh.) It Is not as full of vigour naturally as it was some years ago, when in this hall I was called upon by the chief magistrate of the City once before to return thanks for it. Then it was full of youth, of hope, and of promises. Its youth is exhausted, its hopes have been defeated, and its promises have not been fulfilled, (Cheers, and a laugh.) This I acknowledge ; but it has obtained that which indivi duals under the same circumstances in life often acquire in the sunset of their days—it has acquired, I trust, the cha racter of respectability. (Cheers.) At present, considering its course during the present sesA , n, the moderate exertions which it has made, and the early hours it has kept, I hope it may arrive at a green old age— (a laugh) ; and for my own part I do not think that the report of its speedy dissolution, which is about, will be realised. I hope it may reach its na tural term. I have seen already in the course of its progress some signs of that repentance which they say accompanies the last hour of existence. (Cheers and a laugh.) With re gard, my Lord Mayor, to that house which may be our successor, all I can say is that I believe there is no want of political feeling and spirit at the present moment. We have heard lately in high places that there has been a great want of candidates to fulfil more important duties than those which fall even to members of the House of Commons ; but, so far as I am informed, there is no want of candidates in the world in which we live, and all I trust is that when the hour arrives they will take their orders from my noble friend, and will be returned, after due examination, at the head of the poll. (Cheers.) You, my Lord Mayor, have reminded us of the great difficulty which the city has re cently experienced, and you were so flattering as to say that you were assisted in escaping from the danger with which you were threatened by the efforts of the Conserva tive party in the House of Commons. I can only aver for myself that no assistance I could offer could be given with more sincerity than that I proffered to your lordship on that occasion. (Cheers.) I have always myself been of opinion that the cause of self-government, to which your lordship has referred, is intimately con nected with the maintenance of the privileges of the city of London, (Cheers.) I will even connect the cause of self-government with meetings like the present, and as semblies that are occupied with those delightful employ ments which we have fulfilled. (A laugh.) I think there is a connection between self-government and those magnifi cent banquets that are given to us by the chief of this ancient corporation- There is no doubt that self-confidence is necessary as a foundation for self-government, and every man will agree that after dinner his self-confidence is al ways increased. (A laugh.) And there is always another result of these corporation festivities which are identified with the city of London. I think they excite that kindly feeling toyour neighbour which is really necessary for the the purposes of self-government (cheers), for it leads to that forbearance which is one of the elements by which the prac tical character of the English people has been obtained. (Cheers.) In these circumstances I can assure you that I, for one, felt I was only doing my duty in supporting the privileges of this ancient corporation, and I trust that, whatever may be the vicissitudes of political life—whether my noble friend may occupy that post for which he is so eminently fitted, or remain as he is still, the guardian of the rights of the people, in a less responsible office, I still feel we shall always do our duty to the country in maintaining the rights of ancient corporat ions, which, among many other uses, hive contributed, I think, to the formation of the English character. (Loud and continued cheering.) Lord DERBY, in proposing "the health of the Lord Mayor," said not only as chief magistrate of that the great est city in the world, but in other capacities, he was well known and appreciated. To many present who sat with him in the House of Commons he was known as a gentle man who, though not giving to talking over much, was ready at all times to speak, and with authority, on subjects with which he was most acquainted. Not only had his speeches when he had spoken there, but his votes, always been in support of the best interests of the country, and in his person the Conservative party had won a distinguished election victory. (Hear, hear.) The admirable manner in which his lordship had discharged his official duties had secured for him the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and he had likewise well maintained the ancient renown of the corporation of the city of London for magnificent hospitality. The toast was received with acclamation, and the LORD MAYOR briefly responded to the compliment. Lord STANLEY then gave " the magistrates of the City of London," couuling with the toast the name of Alderman Finnis, the senior alderman present. "The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex" followed, Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE answering. " The health of the Lady Mayoress" was proposed in graceful terms by Lord CHELMSFORD, who asked—slightly varying the quotation— "What was a table, richly spread, Without a woman at the head ?" (Cheers.) The company separated shortly after 11 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CARLISLE RACES. —WEDNESDAY, The Scurry Handicap of 3 sous each, with 20 added; win ners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Noble nd. Teddy, 5 yrs, 9st (Speight) 1 Mr. Robinson's Prairie Flower, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Howey) 2 Mr. Barber's The Clow n , 2 yrs, 7st 41b (G. Noble) 3 Mr. Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (J. Mr. Fearon's M a id of Chesterfield , 6 yr Snowden)Snowdens, 7st 121 b 4 Mr. Franks's Dick Swiveller, aged, Bst„ (Percy) 5 . . . (Reynolds) 6 . Mr. Ridley's H os pit a li ty filly, 2 yrs, sst 71b.. ol Betting-7 to 4 ag s t U nfashionable Beauty, 5 toCarr 2 agst Teddy, 7 to 2 agst Hospitality filly, 5 to 1 any other. Won by a length ; same between second and third ; a good fourth. The Lottery Stakes (Handicap) of 6 sous each, 3 ft, with 40 One ad mi le ded ; and a quao second ttersave his stak e; winners, &c., extra. r. Mr. Scott na. Teddy, 6 yrs, 7st 121) ...... (G. Noble) 1 Mr. Masterman's Honest John, 3 yrs, bat (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Winteringham's Weatherwise, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Mr j. Scott na. Luna, 3 yrs, Est 131 b .. (Howey) 3 .... (J. Marson Mr , ) 5 4 W. Cowen's Giltnook, 4 yrs, 6st 91b ...... (Carroll) 8.. W, et ti n g-Even on Teddy, 5 to 4 agst Honest John, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a . length ; three lengths bet ween second and third ; a d of 100 guineas ; three-y r - o ld s, Bst 31b ; four, Aiajyfive,fourth.Plate 9st 71b ; 9st 121 b; six and aged, 9 s t 131 b. Two miles. Caller Ou, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b Mr. •W. I'Anson's (Withington) w.o. Scramble Handicap of 3 soya each, with 20 added. ebsat 9 Her Half a mile, (Snowden) 1 3 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. Reynold's Barbara Al len ' Mr. Robinson's Prairie Fl o wer, yrs,_,, (G. Noble) 3 Mr. Miller's Annabelle 5 yrs , Bst ila v 7st 121 b Mr. Watson's Unfashionable B3eaut yrs, (J. Harrison) 4 37, 85 . t Sib .. (Howey) 2 121 b • • (With'. 'ngton) 5 Mr. Elliott's Wallachia, 4 yrs, Bst Wallachia, to to 4 1. s a g; fit tPrairie Unfashionable Flower, other. Won by a length; the same between second and third; a bad fourth. B Beauty, t t y o , 2 1 r tol agst aLsyt THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE WAR.—Aa American paper states that at least 150 persons in New York are known to have made fortunes varying from 100,000 dols. to 1,500,000 dols, during the past 18 months, some by stocks, some by contracts, some by shoddy, some by selling bad vessels to the Government, some by crackers and cheese for the army, and some by disposing of good offices. These shoddy aristocrats have added about 200 brilliant new equi. pages to the ring at the Central-park, Penal Servitude and Transportation. The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the operation of the Penal Servitude Acts for England and Ireland, in lieu of transportation, have completed and signed their report. It contains but 55 pages, but the evidence and various prison re turns make up two thick volumes. The Commissioners, after explaining the nature and operation of the Act 1853, Victoria, and the Act 1857, for amending the Act 1853, " proceed to give a short outline of the mode in which sentences of penal servitude have been carried into effect under the Act 1857 in England and Ireland." It is, and it has for some time been, the rule and practice in England, with very few exceptions, to keep adult male prisoners in separate and cellu lar confinement for a period of nine months in the prisons of either Pentonville, Millbank, or Wake field, and then to transport them to the great public works' prisons of Chatham, Portsmouth, or Port land, from which they are discharged after the com pletion of their several terms of imprisonment. The rule in Ireland is to detain the convict but eight months in separate confinement. The term may be extended to nine months, or even, more, in case of bad prison conduct. It is the opinion of the Com missioners that the period of separate confinement should be extended. Irish convicts are subjected to the discipline of a third or " intermediate prison," if we may style the practice which prevails at Lusk farm prison disci• pline at all. These Irish intermediate prisons, where the convicts state they are "comfortable," and where they get 'f the news of the day," are altogether, and wisely, ignored by the Royal Com mission. It appears from a return (No. 1) fur nished by Captain Whitty, the present director of Irish convict prisons, that those Irish convicts who have been released from the intermediate prisons of Smithfield and Lush, on orders of licence, from 1857 to 1862, have given 18 3 per cent. of relapses; while those prisoners who have been discharged from the ordinary working prisons of Spike Island and Philipstown, and who have not received what is styled "the advantage of an intermediate prison," have given, for the same period, but 7 per cent., or, to be quite correct, 7.1 per cent. of relapses. This great difference in the percentage of relapses into new crimes is conclusive as it regards the bad re sults of Irish intermediate prisons. The return for 1862 gives a very high percentage of relapses, and contrasts unfavourably with English returns. There were released during the year, on licence, from Smithfield and Lush 142 convicts. Of these 95 went abroad, leaving 47 in Ireland; these 47 gave 10 relapses or 21.27 per cent. There were released in England, on licence, during the same year (1862) 1,825 prisoners. Of these 125 went abroad, leaving 1,700 at home, who gave 110 re lapses, or 6.5 per cent. The Irish practice of taking the percentage of relapses on those who have gone abroad as if they had remained at home has led to mistakes and mystification as it regards the great success of the Irish convict system. Page 11 of the Commissioners' Report has a table giving the number of sentences of death, transportation, and penal servitude in England, Ireland, and Scotland for the last 21 years. From this table it appears that, while the decrease of convict crime in Ireland has about kept pace with the decrease in the population, the decrease in England and Scotland has been nearly one-third, notwithstanding the increase in the populations. The sentences of death, transportation, and penal servitude in Ireland in 1843, when the population was over eight millions, were 619. In 1862, when the population had sunk to little more than five millions, the sentences were 5 85 . The new Board of Irish Convict directors assumed office at an exceptional period as it regards the di munition of convict crime. Irish convict prisons, which had been filled to overflowing, as the result of the famine, were rapidly discharging themselves. That this unusual decrease was in nowise owing to the new system is evident from the fact that it was in active operation before the new directors came into office, and that it prevailed to the same extent in Irish county gaols, where the new Irish convict system was unknown. The Commissioners are not of opinion that the want of efficiency in the present system of punish ment in English convict prisons arises from any error of principle ; they consider it mainly attribu tabie to the shortness of the punishment, but they are of a decided opinion that the length of the sen tence should not be u nalterably fixed, but that it should be of a sufficient length to admit of relaxa • tion or remission as the reward of industry and good conduct. "Attempts," they say, "to provide a substitute for the hope of ottaining an earlier re lease by granting various other advantages to the prisoners ob h t a a v ii ennnogt an p abridgment of their r oved so powerful as the punish ment."pros- pect They " think it would be right to allow convicts to earn a considerable remission of punish ment." There is a variety of evidence on the subject of prison diet. Some of the parties examined thought it excessive, others did not think it too good "con. sidering the labour exacted from the prisoners ;" the Commissioners are not therefore prepared to re commend positively that the rations of the prisoners should be diminished. The Commissioners write under the impression that a more perfect state of classification exists in Irish convict prisons than is really the case. The fact is that classification does not commence in Ire land till the convict reaches the public works pri son, and that it ceases when he leaves for the inter mediate prison. In England the classification com mences in the first, or cellular stage, and continues to the end of the convict's imprisonment or dis charge; so that this powerful motive and mark of good conduct is always la operatio n i n E ng li s h prisons. In speaking of English prisons the Report says, " The practice of giving each convict half a-day's schooling in the week, in the hours that would be otherwise devoted to labour, is objectionable. There is no reason why the convicts in public works' pri sons should not have their schooling after working hours, as is the case in Ireland." What is the case in Ireland P That one portion of the convicts in the great public works' prison of Spike Island get two half days'schooling in the week during working hours, and the rest three half days. In both Eng lish and Irish convict prisons instruction is conveyed in the form of lectures after working hours. There is but one feature of the Irish system—if it can be called a part of the system—which the Com missioners recommend as worthy of adoption in England, and that is th e su p erv i s i on an d di sposa l of the convicts after lib era ti on . "Th e wan t o f any proper means for the supervisi on of con v i c t s re leased on ticket-of-leave, and of any adequate arrangements for placing them, when their punish ment is over, in ksituation in which they will not be likely to return to a criminal life" they consider a great desideratum. The Discharged Prisoners Aid Society is useful and important, but a depart ment in connexion with the prison would be more effective. The Report recommends that English prisoners should be encouraged, on discharge, to emigrate to a greater extent than they have hitherto done. A great deal has been done in this line in con nexion with Irish convict prisons, and it is to this practice we must attribute the low percentage of relapses which has been taken on the whole number discharged, instead of on those who remained in the country. But all this is now beginning to be un derstood. The latter and principal part of the report treats of transportation and the necessity and advantage of sending a portion of the convicts—those with long sentences —to Western Australia, respecting which the Commissioners received some valuable evidence. "We have already stated our opinion that all convicts sentenced for any term of years, who labour under no disqualification, ought ulti mately to be sent to Western Australia, and we shall show hereafter that the colony may, by judi cious arrangements, be enabled to receive as many a is likely to be any occasion to sen d from thisthere county., Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets, Mr. Glaisher's Eleventh Balloon Ascent. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Allow me to furnish you with some ac count of our ascent on the 26th ult. The place of ascent on this occasion y, as Wolver ton. The members of the committee of the British Association present were Lord Wrottesley, Colonel Sykes, and Dr. Lee. The morning was fine, with very light sirs and a clear blue sky, giving every promise of an easy ascent ; but towards noon clouds gathered, some of a dark, threatening character, and the wind increased in strength. At 1 o'clock the sky was overcast with high clouds, and the wind was strong. The balloon lurched a great deal, and it was with difficulty that Mr. Negretti placed the instruments in position in the car, and even then there was fre quent danger of their breaking, owing to the swaying of the balloon and the car striking the ground, to pre vent which the anited exertions of fifty men were scarcely sufficient. Unfortunately there was not gas enough in the balloon to contend wit`. these cir cumstances, although there was plenty if the day had continued calm, and consequently we had at the last moment to part with five bags of sand to insure clearing adjacent buildings. The loss of weight caused us to rise quickly, and its want was severely felt. We left the earth at lh. 3m. p.m. ; at lh. 7m. we were at the height of 2,000 ft. ; at lh. 15m. we passed above B,oooft. ; a height of 10,000 ft. was reached at lh. 17m. ; in nine minutes afterwards we were 15,000 ft. from the earth, and rose gradu ally to about four miles and a quarter at lh. 55m. On descending at 2h. Bm. we were 20,000 ft. from the earth; at 2h. 13m. above 15,000 ft. ; at 2h. 17m., 10,000 ft. ; at 2h. 22m., 5,G00ft.; and on the ground at 2h. 28m. Before starting, the temperature of the air was 66 degs.; it decreased rapidly on leaving the earth ; was 54 degs. at 3,000 ft. high ; 49 degs. at 4,000 ft.; 41 degs. at one mile; 30 degs. at two miles; and, up to this time, every succeeding reading was less than the preceding, but here the decrease was checked, and while passir,g from two to three miles the temperature at first increased to 32 degs., then decreased to 29 degs. A second increase followed, and at the height of three miles and a quarter the temperature was 35 degs. A rapid decrease then set in, and at three miles and a half the tempera ture was 22 degs. From this time till the height of four miles was reached the temperature varied fre quently between 22 dogs, and 18 degs., and at the height of four miles and a quarter the lowest tem perature took place—viz., 17 degs. On descending the temperature increased to 26 degs. at the height of 23,000 ft., and then to 32 degs. at the height of four miles. It then decreased 9 degs. in one minute, to 23 degs. It continued at this value for some time ; then increased slowly to 29 degs,, at 19,000 ft., and continued almost constant for a space of 2 ,000 ft.; then increased to 32 degs. at 15,000 ft. ; and was 32 degs. or 33 degs., almost without varia tion, during the snow storm, which we experienced from 13,500 ft. to 1 0,000 ft. high, when an increase set in. At 5 ,000 ft. the temperature was 41 degs., and 66 degs on the ground. We reached some clouds at lh. 9m. ; at Ih. 16m. we saw a very faint sun, and expected, as usual, its brilliancy would increase, and that we should soon break into clear sky. At this time we heard the sighing of the wind, or rather moaning, as preced ing a storm ; and this continued for some time, and is the first instance that either Mr. Coxwell or my self has heard such a sound at the height of two miles. It was not owing to any movement of the cordage above, but seemed to be below, as from con flicting currents beneath. At lh. 17m. some rain fell ; at lh. 1711 n. we could just see a river ; a few seconds after we entered a cloud. At lh. 19m. we could just see the earth and the sun, but both very faintly. At lh. 20m. we were again enveloped in dry fog; at 111. 29m. there were faint gleams of light for a short time, and then all was closed up again. At lh. 35m. the fog was wetting; at lh. 37m. we entered a dry fog; at lh. 40m. the sun was just visible, but for the most part cut off by the bal loon. At lh. 41m. we were again in fog, which continued more or less prevalent till lb. 53m., when we passed above four miles. At the highest point reached, above 4 miles, the sky was very much covered with cirrus clouds ; the sky as seen between them was of a very faint blue ; as seen from below through a moist atmosphere we were above clouds, but there were no fine views or forms, all was confused and dirty-looking, no bright shining surface, or anything picturesque, and the view was exceedingly limited, owing to the thick murky atmosphere. At 2h. 3m. on descending we lost even the faint sun and re-entered fog, and experienced a decline of temperature of 9 deg. in little more than a minute. At 2h. 6m. there were faint gleams of light, fog was both above and below, but not near us. At 2h. 7m. large drops of water fell from the balloon, covering my note-book; the next minute we were enveloped in fog, which became very thin at 2h. 14w. At 2h. 14-Im. rain fell pattering on the balloon ; this was shortly succeeded by snow, and for a space of nearly 4,000 ft. we passed through a snow storm ; there were many spiculce and cross spiculm, with snow crystals small in size, but dis tinct; there were few, if any flakes, as we descended the snow seemed to rise above us. At 2h. 17m. we passed below the regions of snow, and shortly afterwards we saw a canal and then another, each being straight far miles apparently. The state of the lower atmosphere was most remark able, Mr. Coxwell had never seen it so murky before, when far from a town—it was of a brownish, yel lowish tinge, and remarkably dull. No distance on land could be seen. When at the height of one mile, we had no more sand, and simply became a falling body, checked somewhat by the balloon ; we threw away leaden weights, &c., to help to check the rapidity of the de scent. The ground wind was strong, and the descent was somewhat rough ; we rebounded from the earth three or four times, and finally the grapnel caught in a watercourse. The management of the balloon on this occasion, with its increasing weight, while rising and falling, with too small an amount of gas, and consequently of sand, called the different powers of Mr. Coxwell into play, and his management at the descent—l was almost about to write " jockeying" —was equal to the occasion, and doubtless saved many of my instruments, which in less able hands would inevi tably have been broken. I took up Herschel's actinometer, and once only, at four miles high, the sun shone on it, during which time the reading increased nine divisions only in one minute, wh,le on the ground Dr. Lee and my self, at 11 o'clock in the morning, had determined the increase of 33 divisions in one minute. This instrnment I hope to be able to use at great heights on future occasions. A new mercurial barometer, designed by Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, and intended specially fer Alpine travellers, and for observations at high ele vations alone, was taken up. It is a foot less in length than the ordinary barometer, and does tot begin to act till a considerable height is reached ; it was read by Mr. Coxwell simultaneously with my reading of the standard barometer, at many elevations up to four miles, and the readings were always coincident. It was broken in the descent. The unexpected circumstances which preceded our leaving the earth had called upon Mr. Coxwell for great personal exertions to prepare for the ascent, and on starting he was in a state of perspi ration, and had been so wholly engrossed that when the balloon left he had no extra clothing. The de cline of 30 min. of temperature in a quarter of an hour caused him to feet a most painful degree of cold, and on attempting to lower the grapnel I had to attend to his instructions with respect to the valve, and finally to assist him in lowering the grapnel. At lh. 20m. his hands were a blackish blue. At the height of three miles a train was heard, and at a height exceeding four miles another train was heard. Those heights are the greatest at which we ever heard sounds, and indicate the gene rally moist state of the atmosphere. Before quite reaching the highest point I examined portions of the blue sky with a small spectroscope, which I could readily use anywhere, and the spec trum was seen just as from the earth under the same circumstances. I could not use the large spectroscope at all throughout the journey, and through the thick atmosphere and large amount of vapour I was unable to make any use of the camera kindly prepared by Mr. Melhuish, with plates specially prepared by Mr. H. Norris, of Bir mingham. This ascent must rank among the most extraordinary ever made ; the results were most unexpected. 'We met with at least three distinct layers of clouds in ascending, of different thickness, reaching up to four miles high ; when here the atmosphere, instead of being brLht and clear, as it has always been in preceding ascents, was thick and misty, but perhaps the most extraordinary and un expected result in the month of June was meeting with snow and crystals of ice floating in the at mosphere at the height of three miles, and of nearly one mile in thickness. My thanks are due to Mr. Negretti, who kindly attended to assist me to the last moment of my leaving the earth. From the chairman, Mr. Moore, and from all, whether directors, officers, or men, in whatever capacity, I met with liberality, courtesy, and atten tion, which speaks well for the order of so vast an undertaking; and I am glad of this opportunity of expressing my thanks to them. I would not in par• titular omit Mr. Ortton, who, as manager of the gas, and with inadequate means at his command, contrived through zeal and intelligence to meet Mr. Coxwell's requirements. The place of descent was in a field adjoining the farm of `Zr. H. Jones, on the borders of the counties of Cambridge and Norfolk, 20 miles from the Wash, and eight miles from Ely, next to the field in which the dam of the celebrated racehorses Gownsman and and Avenger was grazing, which did not exhibit any sign of fright. Our best thanks are due to Mr. Jones for his kind assistance and liberality.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Blackheath, July 1. JAMES GLATSHE R. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday night represents with more than usual fidelity the varied sentiments of the British people upon the drama which the Americans are enacting for our instruction. Incisive, vehement, and vitupe rative, sharpened perhaps by Canadian antipathy to a bordering Yankee population, and prompted by generous sympathy for a brave people who are suf fering at their own hearths the extreme agonies of being sabred and plundered by the mercenary scum of Europe, Mr. Roebuck speaks the indignation of millions among us who hate oppression whoever may be the oppressor, and who sympathise with suffering whoever mAy be the victim. He is the mouthpiece of perhaps the most numerous class in these islands—men who indulge their feelings un checked by any sense of responsibility, and who cry aloud to stay the horrors that shock them without troubling themselves as to how this is to be done, or considering the probability of other and nearer horrors being created by the inter ference they invoke. Mr. Roebuck's speech was imprudent, telling, and eminently unpractical, but it was a faithful representative speech. Fortu nately, the class which he represented is not the governing class of this country, or we should never be at peace, but always crusading on behalf of some " idea." Mr. Gladstone's task was to infuse the practical element into the question be foie the house, and to do so without denying the poetical justice of the view adopted by the mover. Mr. Gladstone also represented what is happily a very large section of our population,—sober thinking men who hold their imagination under the control of their reason, who can be religious with out becoming ascetics, who can be generous without giving all their goods to feed the poor, and who can feel for Poles, and Romans, and Egyptian labourers, and North American conscripts, torn from their families for certain sacrifice in the South, and for Irishmen and Germans kidnapped to the same wretched end; and can also sympathise with the desolation caused in the South by these miserable instruments, but who have too much good sense to wish to be always rushing over the earth to redress every wrong and vindicate every right. Lord Robert Cecil also was in his way a representative speaker, for he represented a large class who, in and out of Parliament, look upon this and every other subject as a possibility for the creation of political party capital. When these speakers had been heard the great bulk of our population had spoken. If three average Englishmen should find themselves together in a railway carriage, and a quiet fourth in the corner should listen to their conversation, he would probably hear one impetuous individual inveigh against the bar barities of the Northern mercenaries much as Mr. Roebuck did, while the second would say " Yes, that is all very true, but----" much as Mr. Glad stone did, and a third would perhaps suggest that it would be a very awkward subject to deal with at the next election. For our selves, we confess to great indifference as to the exact means by which the Emperor of the French may contrive to make use of members of the House of Commons to effect his own purposes without directly compromising himself. Mr. Roe buck and Mr. Lindsay will probably both think that their occupation as unacknowledged go-be tweens has not been very dignified, and perhaps the Emperor of the French may now reflect that his agents in this matter were not chosen with com plete good fortune. Certainly no plot could have been worse contrived to attain a joint action towards a recognition of the Southern States. This already appears in the debate, and we shall be sur prised if it do not become still more evident as the discussion I roceeds. POST.—Whether the Southern Confederacy has or has not furnished conclusive proofs of being able to establish its independence may be disputed by those who desire at any price the re-establishment f the American Union, but its bitterest enemies can not deny that it still possesses sufficient power to terrify its assailants. It sufficed for the general of the army covering the approaches to Richmond to change his position, and despatch a few handfuls of cavalry across the Federal frontier, to spread a panic throughout the principal States of what still represents the original Republic. It now appears that the apprehensions of the populations of Mary land and Pennsylvania, of New York and of Ohio, were exaggerated, and that it was little more than a raid across the Potomac of some three or four thousand Confederates which has afforded suffi cient excuse to the Federal Executive for calling out one hundred and twenty thousand State militia. The rapidity with which the Northern States pass from one extreme to the other—one day flushed with the hopes of speedy victory, and the following one congratulating themselves on being in a position to resist the aggression of their foes—cannot fail to excite attention, though from those who are ac • quainted with the character of their population it does not elicit surprise. The invasion of the Fede ral States is clearly not meditated by Gen. Lee, and the expedition into Pennsylvania is only to be re garded as a diversion for strategic purposes. But, even supposing this to be so, the significance of the fact that the Confederates have been ena bled at the present stage of the war to carry a successful raid into their enemies' country is not the less striking. The tide of invasion has, as Mr. Roebuck expressed it, been rolled back. It may not, and it is obvious that it does not, suit the interests of the Confederacy to carry an invasion into the territory of the North. If a league of States, with an aggregate population of twenty millions, has been unable to subdue an other league with a population only one-third as numerous, it is not probable that the latter would in its turn be enabled to subjugate the former. For our own parts, we distrusted the report that Gene ral Lee seriously contemplated the invasion of the Northern States. The border State of Maryland stands on a very peculiar footing. It is a slave holding State, and its inhabitants would more willingly unite their fortunes with the Southern than with the Northern Confederacy. But within its confines stands the District of Columbia, con taining the city of Washington. If Lee meditates the invasion of Maryland it is solely with a view to gaining possession of Washington, and not as a step towards reducing to subjugation such States as Pennsylvania and New York. If, indeed, his operations against the Federal capital were success ful, he might not unreasonably expect that the Maryland population would then declare them selves in favour of the Southern Confederacy, and, in the event of a peace being concluded, the divid ing line between the two Confederacies might run to the north and not to the south of the District of Columbia. The Marylanders well know that, if peace were made to-morrow between the North and South, their State would remain included in the old federation. To this, however, it is notorious that they object, and it is not improbable, if the Confederate General can maintain his position to the north of the Potomac longer than he did last autumn, and if he can defeat the army to which the defence of Washington is entrusted, that they may give him a more encouraging reception than that accorded to him on the last occasion when he crossed the Northern frontier. HERALD..—NO One wh o has witnessed a de bate in the House of Commons upon a question involving in any way our relations with the Ame rican belligerents can remain in doubt as to the sympathies of that assembly. It is true that the noisy energy of the Americanising Radicals makes up, so far as mere vociferation is concerned, for the paucity of their numbers. They are not checked in their rudeness by any scruples on the score o courtesy and decorum ; and the stentorian lungs of the members for Birmingham and Brighton are available to swell the cheers which greet alike the plausible reasoning of Mr. Forster, and the frantic extravagancies of the unhappy mountebank who sits for Leicester. The same vigorous lungs give a force and power of annoyance to Radical interrup tions sufficient to exasperate the not very equable temper of Mr. Roebuck, and disconcert Lord. R. Cecil, whose resolution and self-confidence are not yet fortified by experience. The mieisterialists, as in duty bound, cheer their leaders, whether the Solicitor-General rise to ex cuse the escape of the Alabame, or Mr. Gladstone exert all his ingenuity to prove that a Government which has created an army, a navy, and a nation i 9 not yet entitled to recognition. But no one can watch the course of debate without perceiving that the apologists of the North, or of a policy favourable to the North, always speak as apologists, with the consciousness that they address an audience which dislikes to hear; while every phrase that expresses a generous sympathy with Southern heroism and a rational confidence in the first triumph of the Southern cause is eagerly caught up and enthusias tically cheered by every section of the house, ex cepting that small and hated faction who on this, as on every other question, are at issue with the wishes, the hopes, and the feelings of the English. natiou. No one can mistake the sincerity of the cheers that greet a Minister who has occasion to make a speech disagreeable to the North; while the perfunctory character of the ap plause which accompanies an official speech against recognition is as evident as the half-hearted ness of the special pleading of Mr. Gladstone against the motion of Tuesday night. The house, like the country, wishes well to the Confederates; rejoices in their victories, regrets theirs ufferings, glows with indignation against the crimes and cruelties of which they are the victims. And this sympathy, national and Parliamentary, is in itself a strong and power ful argument in favour of the Confederate claims. For it is sympathy which has grown out of the de velopment of American character and the increase of English knowledge. At first the national feeling was adverse to the South, and those who knew the truth and laboured to make it clear had an uphill work to do. It is the growth of knowledge as to the source of the struggle—in the determination of the South not to be ruled by a sectional faction, and not in a love for slavery—it is the virtue of the Confederates, the savage brutality, cowardice, and insolence of the Northerners ; it is the conviction that there is nothing respectable in the attempt of the Federal Government to conquer the South, and everything that is generous and chivalric in the determination of the South never to be conquered ; it is the certainty that the Confederates are in the right and the invaders in the wrong, that has taught the English people, as well as their representatives, from their hearts to desire that the tide of invasion should be rolled back, and that the Confederate States of America should take that high place among the nations to Is hich they are entitled by deeds of heroism that have few parallels in the history of mankind. Against this sympathy the advocates of aggression, the champions of despotism—the ad mirers of President Lincoln and apologists of Gen. Butler—find it every day more and more difficult to contecd. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-TUESDAY. There bas been a fair business doing in wheat to-day, but the supply was limited • farmers being busy in conse quence of the fine weather the attendance was small ; sales at former quotations. _ _ _ Old white wheat..s4s to 60s I Old red wheat, to 563 New do. .. 50s to 56s New do. 4ss to 50s Malting barley....37s to 42s I Oats. 22s to 30s Grinding d0.....29s to 32s I Beans 3ss to 453 HULL-TUESDAY. The wheat trade since our last report has been quiet. At this day's market there was a fair supply of English wheat, which was taken off slowly at barely last week's currency. Foreign neglected, with no advance upon last week's rates. Grinding barley sold better, at late quo tations. Beans and peas steady. Oats dull. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 48s Od to 50s Obi Old red New white .. „ New red .... ~ Barley.... English malting 36s Od to 37s Od Grinding Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 2Bs Od to 29s Od Grinding Oats English, old 268 Od to 28s Od Archangel and Riga, per st osl2lcl to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 0813 id Swedish and Danish oBl2id to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4OB Od to 42s Od Egyptian .. 33s Od to 34s Gd Peas Foreign boilers , Grinding Tares .... Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 0 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0 Bones 5 5 oto 510 0 SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. Last week's prices were generally taken, but not much doing. - Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l6s Od to 17s Od / White /1 ...20s Od to 21s 6d • New red , , ...17s Od to 19s Od New white „ 99 ...19s Od to 21s 6,1 Beans 19 97 ... los Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr Malting ditto, „ ..... Oats 19 2ls Od to 27a Osi Flotn, is 7d to 2s 2d per stone. COAL MARKET. Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d, Davison's West Hart- Walls End. ley 15 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...15 3 Holywell 15 6 Wylam 15 6 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting 19 6 Eden Main 15 0 West Hartley 11 alker Primrose 12 6 Hetton l7 0 *South Hetton 17 0 Russel's Hetton 15 3 Breddyll'sH Hetton 15 6 Framwellgate.. 14 9 Hartlepool 16 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 16 6 East Hartlepool 16 9 South Hartlepool 15 3 K elloe ......15 9 South Kelloe . 15 9 Cassop Harton l4 6 Riddell .. l4 6 Stewart's l6 6 Wharncliffe ....14 6 113 ; sold, 81. Walla End. Heugh l5 9 Haswell Ships at market, Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Aus'Julia and Mauritius, via Southampton..." .. July 19. via Marseilles Liman and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 5 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 19. via Marseilles ...July 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2. via Marseilles July 10. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles - July 5. Portugal.... July 5. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 2. - v ia Marseilles July 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 2. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 3. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July 10 Bahamas, via New York Mexico. .. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 July 14. California. and British Columbia. Births. BARRY. —On the 20th ult., at Hillingdon, Mrs. Herbert Barry, of a son. BowLuY,—On the 30th ult., at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, the wife of Major Bowlby, 64th Regt., of a son. LAMPLOUGIL—On the Ist inst., at Barnsbury Villas, Mrs, Charles E. Lamplough, of a son. TROUP.—On the 25th ult., at Perth, the wife of Major. General Hugh Troup, of a daughter. Marriages. HEnBERT—CAsswELL.—On the 30th ult., at Greatford, William Henry Herbert, Esq., of Croydon-common, to Emma, youngest daughter of the late George Casswell, Esq,, of Laughton. NOEL —LOWTHER.—On the 30th ult., at Saint George's, Hanover-square, the Hon. Gerard Noel, M.P., to Augusta Mary, second daughter of Colonel the Hon. H, Cecil Lowther, M.P. Deaths. BRuxNER,—On the 29th ult., at 52, Regency-square, Brighton, George Augustus Bruxner, Eeq., late of St. Petersburg, aged 85. CALDWELL.—On th e 28th u lt, , a t Beachlands, Hyd e, I s l e of Wight, Gener a l Si r J . L . C a ldwell, G.C.8., aged 93. DALGLISH.—On th e 30th u lt., at his residence, Aigburth, James Dalglish, Esq., aged 59. GIBSON.—On the Ist inst., at 8, Clarence-terrace, Regent's. d park, Thomas Gibson, E,,,q , age 86. GOODALL.—On the Ist inst., at his residence, St. J o h n ' s . wood, Charles Goodall, Esq ., , aged 86. urn HYDE.—On the 28th ult., at 23, Woburn-place, Geo. W. 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