The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

TOE LATES C EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by it;NRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 6, 1861. -0- THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 79 _ Barometer-30.03. WIND —S. W. ; moderate breeze and fine, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 15m.—Afternoon, 4h. 32m To-KoalLow.-Morning, 4h. 50m.—Afternoon, sh. sm. , . idigt S LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1864. Mr. KNIGIITLEY, the other day, at Towcester, just hitit—when he virtually defined Lord PALMER STON'S popularity as very much indeed the result of an extraordinary run of luck. It was hardly cour teous, perhaps, to say es much as the hon. member did say upon the matter in the presence and hear ing of the noble lord himself. Bat—regarded at its worst—Mr. ' - NIII. GEITLEY'S explanation of that same perennial phenomenon, Lord PALMERSTON'S Popu larity—amounted, after all, to no more than one of those left-handed compliments called among our neighbours a gaucherie. It was meant, of course, by the hon. member, when so speaking, purely and simply, as a bit of fun poked across the dessert table beside which he was speaking, and before which lee veteran Premier was seated, quietly ob servant and listening—a bit of fun poked by Mr. KNIOHTLEY at Lord PALMERSTON. But, for all that, as it seems to us, it was so very near, indeed, to the truth that it amounted to nothing lees than a gaucherie. For these bantering remarks uttered by the county member at a sort of careless slapdash —just as he himself, ne a thoroughgoing foxhunter, might fly across country in the whirl of one of the best runs of the season—all these helter skelter observations of a humorous character uttered by Mr. KNIGHTLET, the other day, at Towcester, were as outspoken as good plain truths, could well be ! They were to the cad among other things—That somehow or another tie public appeared to draw a certain mystical lie of demarkation between the n at e Premier and his colleagues in the Ad ministration ! That because of this—when ever the a dministrative kettle o f fish was tot t o th e popular liking, the fault of its being so was never by any chance set down to the chef, but to one of the scullions ! That—if the little game of Minis ters might be defined as having recently been some thing very much like a game of chuckfarthing --whenever in this little game it chanced to come up heads, that went to the credit of the Prime Minister —whenever tails, that on the contrary went to the die-credit of the noble viscount's colleagues in the Government. Aecordipg to Mr. KNIGRTLEY'S whimsical way of putting ic, the public ut largo seemed to be AlWaYe bent up on giving Lord PALMERSTON all the half pence, and his unfortunate colleagues all the kicks. Never, in truth—there can be little doubt of this at least in the matter—never, in simplest truth, has England had installed in power such a happy-go-lucky Prime Minister as Lord PALMERSTON. What would be death, political death, to another, is simply fan to him. If his Mi nistry fails utterly, egregiously, notoriously, say in ita projects of reform, or say again and yet again in its diplomatic negotiations—What's the odds (say a good many of the people out of doors and the majority of the Commons in• doors)—What's the odds so long a 3 he (Lord PALMERSTON) is happy ? Re prehend Lord RUSSELL if you like, but—Lord PAL. MERSTON! Three cheers—for him! Any number of groans you please for his colleagues, but three times three cheers for Lord PALMERSTON ! The Veteran Premier's still vital Popularity outweighing, in fact, the whole notorious unpopularity of all his colleagues put together. Insomuch that—failure, bungling, meddling and muddling, bounce and meanness to the contrary notwithstanding—it has been deliberately decided that Lord PALMERSTON and his colleagues shall hold office untrammelled and untroubled for a good half year to come—all this, purely and solely, thanks:to Lord PALMERSTON'S run of luck. Yet, while the veteran Premier is going just now the round of the provinces, receiv ing ovation after ovation—once in a way, there does become audible through the popular acclamations, certain sinister mutterings, as it were, as of the voice of a coming NEMESIS ! Instance this—the Resolutions passed on Monday evening by four hundred of the working men of Bradford, in the Temperance-hall of that town. Elsewhere, in our impression of this evening, those same most significant Resolutions may be turned to—and they are worth turning to—and examining very carefully—by reason of their significance! As the autumn advances, the prospects of the'' harvest become the first consideration, and agricul tural meetings rise into some importance. At this time of the year we generally hear a good deal of eloquence on rural subjects, since we have already entered upon those ideas which noble lords and honourable gentlemen usually devote to the con ciliation and instruction of their constituents and county neighbours. The speech of Lord JOHN MANNERS at Market Harborough, on Wednesday, was something more than a mere routine address, since it contained a very im portant and practical suggestion. The meeting over which the noble lord presided was the annual assembly of the Leicestershire and Waltham Agricultural Society, and was very largely attended. The show was above the average, and of course re ceived the usual compliments from the chairman, who proceeded to remark that the agriculturists had not had much to complain of during the last year except the very low price of wheat. Farmers are proverbial for grumbling, and consequently do not generally obtain much pity, and certainly they are not likely to get much sympathy in a trouble which is of so profitable a nature to other classes of the community. Lord JOHN MANNERS, however, took advantrge of the circumstance to suggest to his audience whether it would not be wise for the future to depend less exclusively on wheat. He was not long in showing them where such a crop could be found, and pointed oat how manufacturing and agricultural interests were both concerned in the cultivaticn of flax. The state of the cotton market during the last few years has naturally given rise to a considerable increase in the demand for 'voot and flax. No Leicestershire farmer, remarked Lord JOHN MANNERS, need be reminded of the increased profit he has been receiving on his wool. But flax has been little heeded,and the cultivation languishes, although there is no reason to doubt that it would thrive in this country, and although the demand for it is constantly on the increase. An official report has lateiy been issued on this subject, and the gentleman who drew it up expresses a hope that for the future every English farmer will grow at leak five acres of flax. We can hardly expect so rapid an extension of the cultivation ; but the facts brought forward by the noble lord at the Leicestershire meeting are not easily to be set aside. Ia the first place, with regard to the demand, it appears from the Government report that there is a great demand for flax linen goods not only in the United Kingdom, but throughout Europe. " At the present moment the flax manufacturers in France are working day and night ; the Irish linen manu facturers are crying out for more flax ; upwards of 250,000 new spindles for flax machinery have been ordered at Leeds a.id Bradford during the last few months ; and there is amongst those who are con versant with the subject an apprehension of a flax famine." So that there is, at all events, no ground to fear that the demand is likely to decrease, and since it is by no means confined to one locality it does not follow that even the complete resuscitation of the cotton trade would altogether supersede it. So far as the present supply is concerned more than one half of the raw material consumed in the United Kingdom comes from abroad, and that half repree seats no less than six millions of money which might, as Lord JoHN MANNERS very justly said, be better employed in encouraging the industry of our own people. The farmers of Ireland, stimulated to increased exertion by the increased demand, have within the last year added 6 t,OOO acres to those already under flax cultivation. And supposing the demand to go on even in a moderate proportion, the stimulus thus given to Irish industry will be great. It is by opening up profitable channels for labour at home that we shall best check that excessive tide of emigration which is gradually depopulating the sister country, and viewed in this aspect the flax cultivation assumes the highest importance. With regard to the pro fit the statistics leave nothing to be desired. Mr. CHORLEY, a practical farmer, who has for many years been trying the experiment (in England), has published the results, and states that the lowest clear profit was £3 per acre, the highest £l5 10s., and the mean profit £9, so that there is, according to this gentleman's practical experience, no reason to doubt that the cultivation of flax would prove a sufficiently remunerative experiment to justify its being made on a considerable scale. As we have said, the experiment is one which unites the two interests not usually supposed t,c(iae harmonious, and while the agrioulturist finds his reward in a profit able cn3ploynaent of his land the manufacturer will no longer be restricted in his operations for lack of the raw material. But, in fact, much of that old ' antagonism has died out. It was impossible for both town and country not to perceive that their interests were really identical when increased knowledge and general cultivation cleared away some obsolete prejudices. Both aro alike interested in the material welfare of the country, and while the most ingenious and enterprising manufacturer would assuredly oome to a standstill without the physical support supplied by the former, the latter in his turn would soon feel the difference were he to be deprived of the thousand comforts and even necessaries of civilised life provided for him by the manufacturer. " I believe," said Lord JOHN MANNERS, in concluding his very sensible and practical address, "that there is not at the present moment a manniseturing township in the north • In which the transcendant importance of a good har vest and of agricultural improvement is not fully and cheerfully recognised." It is well for all that the agriculturists themselves are fully sensible of the value of progress, and, although much remains to be done, we may well feel gratified at the results which have been attained within the last few years. Lord STANLEY'S remarks on commercial affairs the other day at Liverpool are well worthy of at tention, since his observations include a wide range of topics, which are of paramount interest and grave importance. Oa India, in especial, he is an excellent authority, and it has been a matter of deep regret to those who studied the affairs of that country that he was removed from a position which he occupied with so much credit to himself and so much benefit to others. The disappointment was enhanced tenfold by the circumstance of fiis suc cessor being in every way so incompetent and un fitted for the onerous task assigned to him: Still, though no longer in a responsible place, Lord STANLEY has not ceased to occupy himself with all that relates to the welfare and interest of our Eastern possessions, and he speaks on such sub jects with a readiness and completeness that pro claim his competence to form an opinion. The question of the Customs duties was considered, because in the report a mention had been made con earning them, and regret expressed that an increase I had taken place in them. Lord STANLEY remarked that it was a difficult thing to decide upon ; but his explanations as to the advisability of continuing them for the present teem unanswerable, It is always very easy to find fault with any impost, and to animadvert upon its unequal pressure and its injurious effects, but it is by no means so easy to say what will be a better impost, or even to suggest a practical substitution for the burden complained of. Those who are so eager to put a period to these taxes, do not seem to reflect that something of the sort must be put in force for the purpose of maintaining the government of the place and supporting the revenue. As Lord STAN LEY truly observed " The millennium of no custom houses, and 20 per cent. off the property tax, was so distant as not to be within the reach of political prophecy," It is as well now and then to contem plate the full scope of the demands and desires of would-be reformers and political economists, be cause we can thus better estimate the improbability of their schemes coming to pass, and the impracti cability of many of their projects which at first sight seemed feasible enough. Lord STANLEY ex plained that one objection against the imposition of these Customs duties was, that they gave more protection to the native than to the English manu facturer. This, though true in theory, is not exactly so in practice; because the greater advantages which we possess, both in capital and skilled labour, do away with the chief impediments in the way of competition, His lordship declared it to be his opinion that, prior to the abolition of these duties, something should be done to remove the Indian income tax. This notion is shared by a good many competent to form an opinion on the subject. When this tax was first introduced, it was said that it was only imposed for a short time, and though it is true that the same was ori ginally declared at the re-introduction in this coun try of the Income Tax, still it must be borne in mind that it is very dangerous to make such experiments in India as may be done here in all confidence and security. It would be very unpropitious to do such a thing as disappoint the expeztations of those who are looking forward with eagerness to the cessation of an inconvenient and irksome tax, and certainly, from every point of view this subject has prior claims on our regard, and ought most assuredly to receive due attentiou in the proper quarter, when ever the fitting time shall ccme for its consideration. The difficulty of dealing with the native merchants and traders is very great, and that is another in ducement which may be added to those which urge its cessation, no less for convenience than for prudence. Lord STANLEY exactly explained the bearings of the question when he informed his hearers that these matters of discussion really de pended upon the maintenance of peace. This is, indeed, the secret of success, and unless this deside ratum be achieved, it is vain to expect any advan tages to accrue, and idle to speculate upon the pro priety and expediency of this or that change taking place. Lord STANLEY approves of the proposal for reforming the courts of justice at Rangoon, and with the extended views of one who looks beyond the material demands of the immediate present, he declares that he believes it to be a country for which there is a very great future, and further added that he "had long looked further to the time when all that large territory, lying east of Calcutta, should be constituted into a more independent Go. vernment, and separate Lieutenant-Governor," There is no doubt that if such 9, change were to be effected the best results woald follow, and many non-disaffected and querulously-inclined would be come more amenable to authority, and more ha• clined to take a happier view of their position. Too much cannot be done to conciliate and encourage the inhabitants of a land who are often placed in trying circumstances ; and it is certain that the more elevated the aims, and the more extended the objects of the rulers, the more successful will be their policy and the more beneficial its results, Ships of War Building for the Royal Navy. There are at the present time 36 vessels under construc tion at the various royal and private dockyards for the British navy, many of which are in a very forward state for launching. They consist of 4 iron screw-ships, 2 iron cased screw-ships, 1 screw iron corvette, 1 double-screw iron gun-boat, 1 double - screw iron and wood gun-bo a t, 6 screw frigates, 3 screw ships, 2 screw corvettes, 4 screw sloops, 1 'addle despatch vessel, 5 screw gull Vessels, a n d 6 screw gun-boats. The names of these ships, together with the number of guns, horse-power; and tonnage, and the place where building are as follo w IRON SCREW - .SHIPS. Ships. Guns. H.-p. Tons. Port. Agincourt Bellerophon Lord Clyde Northumberland 26 ..1,350 .. 6,621 .. Mina all. IRON- CASED SCREW-SHIPS. • Lord Warden,. 24 ..1,000 .. 4,067 .. Chatham. Royal Alfred .. 35 .. 300 .. 4,045 .. Portsmouth. IRON SCREW. CORVETTE. Pallas DOUBLE•SCREW IRON GUNBOAT. Viper .. 2 .. 16 7 .. 737 Poplar. DOUBLE-SCREW IRON AND WOOD GUNBOAT. __a__ Vixen SCREW SHIPS, CORVETTES, FRIGATES, &C. Amazon Belvidere 39 .. 600 .. 3,027 .• Chatham. Bittern 4 .. 150 .. 669 .. Devonport, . Bruiser 2 .. 60 .. 270 .. Portsmouth. Bulwark Cherub 2 .. 60 .. 236 ~ Portsmouth. Cromer 2 .. 60 .. 236 .. Portsmouth. Dartmouth Dryad Endymion Harlequin Helicon Inter . 36 .. 500 .. 2,478 .. Devonport. Monai Minstrel Myrmidon Nassau Netley .. 2..60 .. 233 .. Portsmouth. Newp or t ...... 5 .. 80 .. 425 .. Pembrok; North Star.... 22 .. 400 .. 1,857 .. Sheer - a „,,,' 0rwe11........ 2 .. 60 .. 233 .. p ' --- h Reindeer ...... 6 .. 200 .. Repulse ...... 81 .. 800 .. 3 -950 Robust ........ 81 .. Ch o a rt t s h m am ou . t . 800 . , a l6 „, Woolwich. Syevia ........ 4 .. 2 1-- Tartarus ...... 4 ..4 .. : 3, 6 7 9 10 5 • .. .. Woolwich.Devonp o r t. Tweed ' .. 200 .. 695 .. Pembroke. .39 ~ 600 .. 3,027 .• Pembroke. Ti - ------____ .4e London and North Western Directors will probably rommmend a dividend for the past half -year at I the reto o£s 1,:;4 , per cent per annum, LATEST INTELLIGENCE• LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. The royal mail steamship Australasian, from New York, on the 27th ult., arrived at Queensto wn at 9 a.m. co-day. She brings 54 passengers, and 111,608 dols. in specie. She landed 119 sacks of mails and 11 passengers, aid proceeded at 9.15 am. All well. NEW YORK, AUG, 24 (Morning). A desperate engagement was fought at Atlanta on the 22d inst. The result was indecisive. The Confederates lost 7,000, and the Federals 2,000 men. The railroad communication between Atlanta and Montgomery has been destroyed. Gen. Sherman maintained a position to the left of the city within a portion of the fortification. General Hunter's forces have been defeated, and compelled to retreat to Harper's Ferry. A fresh invasion of Maryland is expected. Gold, 2561; exchange on London, 23 ; money easy. Nothing doing in United States Sixes. Cotton dull, and unchanged, Breadstuffa generally steady. NEW YORK, JULY 26 (Evening). In the engagement on the 22d inst. General Sherman repulsed all the Confederate attacks; General Macpherson was killed. Oa the following day both belligerents buried their dead under a flag of truce. General Rousseau is said to have occupied Monte gommery. Alabama, and cut all the railroads lead ing to Atlanta from the west and south west. The roads east of Atlanta are destroyed. Early defeated a portion of Hunter's troops, com manded by Crook and Avenel, on the 23d and 24th, near Winchester. The Federals retreated to Harper's Ferry. The Confederates have occupied Martinsburg and commenced destroying the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Preparations are being made to resist any further Confederate invasion in Maryland. Avail!, Kelley, and Mulligan are rumoured to have keen killed. Smith's expedition has returned to Memphis for supplies, after defeating Forrest in five engage. ments. The situation before Petersburg is unchanged. Grant has appointed Ord to the command of the 18th Army Corps, and Birney to the 10th Army Corps. Secretary Fessenden has appealed to the people for subscriptions to a loan of 200,000,000 dole., seven three-tenths Treasury notes, redeemable in three years, and with interest payable in currency. The notes are to be convertible at maturity into bonds, bearing interest payable in gold. The Belgian, Marathon, Scotia, and Borussia have arrived out. DARTMOUTH, AUG. 6. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert arrived off here this morning. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and party came into the harbour and rowed round the training ship Britannia. The yacht then left for the eastward. FRANCE. PARIS, AUG. 6. Advices received hero from Lisbon state that yesterday being the anniversary of the establish tb. n•-•natitntinn. tho r;n a . ronn;vreasi thu municipal authorities. His Majesty said that he would always maintain these institutions which contribute to the prosperity of his people. The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article cor recting the journals which accuse the French Go vernment of having allowed an opportunity for territorial aggrandisement to pass by, says;-- " The only thing true is, that England, with the object of preserving the possessions of King Chris tian would willingly have passed from diplomatic action to military action. But in a war with. Uer many France would have had to bear the iull brunt and expense. England would have swept the sea, capturing the vessels belongins to the belligerents, and taking a glorious part, almost costless and con venient," r i o n m c i o s n e cl n u o s r ion th , e de p e r la o r sp es ec t t h o at f t F e r r Ta r n i h t ce o e r C i n a : l nv a selr g it gl at a sd n ° d r i em lip en t. " England offered no thing•_.France asked for nothing. Neither Earl ciarendon during his journey to Paris, nor the Bri tish Cabinet in its diplomatic despatches ever hinted at Franco taking the Rhine frontier." BOURSE, August s.—The market has been firm, but the announcement of a further decline in Con sols has had a depressing effect. Threes, for the Account. opened at 66f 40c, and are now 66f 35c. Mobilier have been done at 9951 and 9971 50c. Railway shares rather heavy, but the fluctuations in prices are trifling. The market closed as follows : 41 per Dents 94 60 Do. end month 3 per Cents 66 20 Do. end mr,hth 66 30 Credit M.obilier 9 , j8 75 Do. slid month 993 75 Br..nk Shares 3400 Credit Fonoier 1230 Roman Italian Loan 68 20 Do. end month 68 30 Ditto Threes N ew Mexican 55 75 Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes _ R om e Debt .. 4B Deferred YAM Cash. Account. 881 25 881 25 980 ...985 990 907 50 RAIL OfiearLH oo oo • . Northern • a.. Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern ........ Western ...... 640 - .. 642 50 515 - • • - •....• Eastern • . 000000000 a• a 487 50 .. 490 -- Sardinian .... 347 50 .. 846 26 Austrian Lorpbßrd - .. 533 75 North of Spai n . ... 440 .. 442 50 Saragossa 5lO 50 .. 512 50 Ditto to Barcaiona V.,..,...,....k .. ...1. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA, (BY Telegraph from Suez.) CALCUTTA, JULY 16. Grey shirti ngs an d m ule twist improving ; cot t on quiet. E xc h ange on L on don, 2s. ld. ; G overnment securities, p er cen t. 951, 5 per cent. 1041, 51 per cent. 1131 ; freights improving. BOMBAY, JULT 15. Cotton, Oomrawuttee, .565 rupees. Exchange on London, 2s. ld.; Government securities, 1 per cent. 95, 0 per cent, 105, 5,1 per cent. 115; freight dull and declining. CANTON, JUNE 30. The markets here AO es at Shanghai are unchanged, MELBOVRN, JUTE 26. The gold shipped since the departure of the last mail amounts to 637,70 ounces, Trade is un altered, _ _ SOUTHAMPTON, Atm. 6. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam. 614 Delhi, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings 107 passengers, including Sir Robert Schomburgh, Her 'Majesty's Consul at Siam ; also £1,106 in specie, 648 packages of silk, and 194 packages of general werehandize. _ _ _ The British schooner Edwards, from Mazagan, had arrived at Gibraltar with 187 passengers. Several Hebrew families emigrating from Bar bary to Palestine NN ere taken on to Alexandria by the steamer Arasces: . At Gibraltar, exchange on London, 90 days', was quoted 50i ; on Path, 51'. 30c,; Genoa, tif. 31c. Freights increased, Lord Palmerston and the Working Men of Bradford. Some 400 working men of Bradford assembled in the Temperance Hall of the town on Monday evening, " for the purpose of reviewing Lord Palmerston's representative policy, of considering in what manner the unenfranchised working classes of this great manufacturing community ought to receive him on his approaching visit, and to deter mine what steps should be taken by them to undeceive him as to the supposed apathy and carelessness of the people on the important question of Parliamentary reform." After some discussion, and the proposal of an amendment which fell through,:the following resolutions wore carried)— " That this meeting believes that Lord Palmeitston, although formally pledged to a considerable extension of the frahchise, not only at Willis's-rooms in London, in the spring of 1859, but on other occasions, in the House of Commons has, nevertheless, been the greatest obstruction to every means of reform, no matter by whom introduced. " That this meeting—although told that Lord Palmerston has no direct political object in view in his forthcoming visit to lay the foundation stone of the New Exchange— denies that he can, on such an occasion as that even, divest himself of his political character and influence ; and there fcre we, the working men of Bradford, deem it a most fitting and legitimate opportunity for exhibiting to his lordship our disapprobation and disappointment at his breaking faith with the people in not fulfilling those pledges, and protesting against his assumption that they are apa thetic and careless about reform, and content with the ex travagance at home, and jealousies abroad, promoted by his lordship's policy. "That we, the unenfranchised men of Bradford, as a method of showing our disapprobation of such political im morality and injustice, do hereby pledge ourselves, on the occasion of his lordship's visit, to observe a dignified but significant abstinnace from all enthusiastic cheering. " That an address, couched in a respectful but firm tone, embodying the spirit of the foregoing resolutions, be pre sented to Lord Palmerston; and that the address now read be presented." Mr ROSE, the gentleman who proposed the amendment for the rejection of the address mentioned in the last reso lution, gave his reasons for adopting that course. He said it was of no use being troubled so much about the errors 1 and shortcomings of the past. The proper way would be to take care to retrieve the errors of the past at the hust ings. Working men ought not to look so much to r asord Palmerston or to any Prime Minister, hut they , look to a better Parliament. Their redress ought to , could only be obtained from a better House of Corn at the present time. They mop' 440/3e than they had peed to the House of •is Commons men who would - had done. (Hear, bo aot betray their trust a s many - ss') THE C ORD CHANCELLOR AND THE CHURCH.— The 't.ihurch of England has had to endure many , umiliations of late, and the last and not the least is the speech of the Lord Chancellor on the "Synodical Con demnation" of the " Essays and Reviews." It must have been galling enough to Convocation to know that it was impotent to give effect to its declared views; but to be told that, while they were powerless to punish, they had them selves run the risk of punishment—to be reminded of the disagreeable fact that " the statutes have carefully said that if Convobation shall attempt to pass any koLtence, any ordinance, or any constitution wit tout the pre vious licence and authority of the Crown, they shall incur the penalties of a prenzunire" —to be further reminded, i 4 a strain of malicious wag gery, what those a• o rful penalties are, and to be told that the prelates 'nave escaped them only because " what is called a syne,aical judgment is simply a series of well lubri cated teams—a sentence so oily and so saponaceous that no one could grasp it. Like an eel it slips through your fingers —it is simply nothing, and it is literally no sentence at all "—all this must be as gravel to the teeth of any Churchman with a grain of self-respect. That the episcopal bench should have been thus made sport of in the House of Lords, and that no lay peer should have come to the rescue, indicates clearly enough that the Church has lost much of the political influence which it formerly possessed. The contempt of politicians will be even mere dangerous than the assaults of " Liberators."—idiberator. OUR MINERAL W ALTll.—Through the courtesy of our esteeme'l correspondent, Mr Robert Hunt, F.R.S., the Jleeper of Mining Records at the Royal School of Mines, we have been favoured with the statistics of our miner.' production for 1863, which will be issued to the Pr:olic in a week or ten days from this time. The value of the minerals produced was £29,151,976, from which metals of the value of £36,364,327 were extracted. Of gold quartz we produced 385 tons, worth ; of tin ore, 15,157 tons worth £963,985 ; of copper ore, 212,947 tons, worth £:,100,654; of lead ore, 91,253 tone, worth £1,193,530 ; of silver ore, 88 tons, worth £5,703 ; and zinc ore, 12,941 tons, worth £29,968. During the year in question there were sold 95,376 tons of pyrites, for £62,035; and the rarer mi nerals—wolfram, uranium, gossans, ardente, and earthy rninerals—rai9.o wero the valu4 oe 41,9R6MG_ Items, with the value of 9,101,552 tons of ore, £3,240,890, and 86,292,215 tons of coal, £4572,645, raises the total to £29,151,976 which was manufactured into nearly £40,000,060 worth of merchantable produce, To produce these results direct employment has been given to at least 500,000 men, so that our mineral industries may be considered as alone supporting a population of nearly 3,003,000, in addition to adding much to the general wealth of the kingdom, and especially to the wealth of those whose capital has been employed in mining operations.—Nining Journal. RECLAMATION Or THE WASH.—An important meeting of the magistrates of the counties of Nor folk and Lincolnshire was held at the Globe Hotel, King's Lynn, yesterday, for the purpose of defining the boundaries of the counties of Norfolk and Lincolnshire in the large tract of land called Wingland. It appeared that the re claimed land proposed to be divided consisted of about 5,000 acres actually brought under cultivation, and above 1,000 acres as yet only partially acclaimed. This work of reclama tion is part of the original scheme of making a new county, which was to be called Victoria county, and the district which now presents the aspect of highly-cultivated and richly productive fields, was but a few years ago a dreary waste of alluvial mud, over which each tide passed, but the immediate cause of the reclamation has been the ope ration of the New Outfall Act. The magistrates having agreed to the boundary line, which gives nearly an equal amount to either county, gave directions for the line to be marked out. This is to be done by stone posts or landmarks. It should be mentioned that this is but one portion of a very large tract of land that is being, through engineering skill, taken from what has been known as the Wash, but which would seem to have been ages back dry land, as the immense submarine forest stretching cross the mouth of the Wash off Hunstanton indicates. Marty thousands of acres have also been already reclaimed through the operations of the Norfolk Estuary scheme. A SUBMARINE FLEET.—The ironmonger and Metal Trades ildvert!'ser, in speaking of the trade of Birmingham, has the following statement :—" The Messrs Russell are now engaged in the manufacture of an extensive and very novel order for the Russian Government. A fleet of war vessels to sail under the surface are now being constructed in Russia. To afford some idea of the magni tude of the Russian enterprise, it may be stated that the cost of the tubes alone for a single vessel of this submarine fleet will be nearly £9,000. It will contain no less than 38 lengths of wrought iron tubes of 60 feet each, having a 13- inch bore, and a thickness of of an inch. The specifica tions demand that they shall be capable of bearing a pres sure of 2,000 lb. to the square inch, and Messrs. Russell test every tube up to 2,5001 b. The submarine boat which these tubes are destined for is of such dimensions that it is estimated that 200 tons of iron and steel will be used in its construction. The cost will, it is calculated, reach 275,000 silver rubles, or £27,000, and the expediture of this amount has been authorised by the Emperor, Each vessel is to have engines worked by compressed air, and to have a very strong break, with provisions for attaching large cylinders charged with powder to the bottom of vessels, to be fired by electri city. The parties navigating the vessel will see what they are doing by means of bull? eyes,' and they will be able to regulate the depth at which they swim, generally keep ing quite close to the surface," ARGYLL, MONT4OSE, AND THE HOUSE OF AinuE.—At the dinner of the Highland and Agri cultural Society of Scotland, on Tuesday, the Duke of Argyll, the chairman, proposed the health of the Duke of Montrose, who presided at the other end of the hall. He said—l cannot help remembering that my noble friend and my ancestors have not always lived in such perfect har mony together, and I have discovered by mere accident within the last few days that the ancestors of my noble friend and ray own ancestors were connected some 200 years ago more nearly than I had any notion of in what may be called agricultural pursuits. I dare say you may all know that in the good brave days of old we in the Highlands had a peculiar method of improving our stock of cattle. It re • ceived a very ugly name, but it really was a very useful and protitable business--it was cattle lifting. Now, gentle men, it does so happen that I have seen an original letter of the Marquis of Argyll directing a famous raid into some country neighbouring to his own for this purpose, and it ran somewhat in this fashion, addressed to one of his vas sals of that time, The letter began—" D ,ugal, you will go with so many hundred men into the country of ray Lord Ogilvy, and will lift his cattle, and you will drive them to the Straan Molar." Now, very few of you have seen the Straan Mohr, but I can tell you it is a narrow glen, into which if cattle are once driven it is very difficult to get them out. The letter proceeds thus :—" And ye will go forward to the hoose of my Lord Ogilvy, and ye will de stroy the said hoose, and ye will pull down the yetts . and the windows, and gin it be langsome ye will firs the hoose." Now, gentlemen, this is the history of a famous raid, which is the subject of a song well known to many of you —" The Bu ning of the Bonny House of Airlie." Now, what I was about to tell you is this, that I discovered within the last few days, by mere accident, that the cele brated raid into the country of the Earls of Airlie, then Lords Ogilvie, which was one of the great accusations against the Marquis of Argyll, and I supposed formed part of the accusation on which he lost his head, was a raid actively supported and befriended by the great Marquis of Montrose. The Duke .of Beaufort and Mr. Rolt, M. P, , . on' the Late Vote of No Confidence, At the annual dinner of the Gloucestershire So ciety, which was held on Thursday night at the White Lion Hotel, Bristol, the Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Rolt, M.P. for West Gloucestershire, seized the opportunity of coming out strongly against the Government. The Duke of BEAUFORT, in returning thanks for the manner in which his name had been received, said that was a very ancient society, and he was sorry it was not more supported by the landed pro prietors of that county. (Cheers,) One thing had militated against it, and that was it was hardly un derstood whether it was a political society cr whether it was not a political society. It was esta• blished, decidedly, as a political society, originating In a number of gentlemen who wished to bring about the restoration of the king; and for many years, until it was thought fit, in the wisdom of. Parliament, to do away with the colours, it was a true blue society. (Cheers,) He did not know how it had gone on of late years, but charity had always gone hand in hand with true blue politics; and he might say in the city of Bristol that the yellow had also done much, perhaps as much as the others. (Cheers.) However, theirs had always been 11 true blue society. (Cheers.) That was the first opportu nity, as their high steward, he bed had of coming into the city of Bristol since very important politi. cal events had taken place, and he might therefore be pardoned for saying a few words upon the state of affairs at present. There was hardly a man in that room but read the 7inzes, and that paper had represented the position of the Conservative party at this time in the most unfair manner. (Cheers,) He would make a broad assertion that whatever the 2intes sought to prove, it did not her f:cata to lie to prove. (Loud cheers.) A g reat ., et - cal of abuse had been lavished upon the C adoservatives of both Houses of Parliament for their conduct during the present session, and they were told that, having done nothing until the last moment almost of the Conference held in London, they came forward, and without proposing a policy of their own, tried to displace her Majesty's Government. He would tell them what the real truth of the mat ter was. (Cheers.) When, in the beginning of the spring—they might also say the end of the winter —the allied armies of Germany invaded the then possessions of the King of Denmark, their friends in both Houses of Parliament were prepared to take the sense of the house and the sense of the country upon the conduct of the Foreign Minister. But it was said to them, " You must not say a word ; ne gotiations are going on, and if you say anything you will upset all the negotiations." Tne hands of the leaders of their party were tied; but he thought if they had been in cffice the hands of the Whigs would not have been tied—(eries of " Shame")—but for the sake of upsetting their party, they (the Whigs) would, without hesitation, have put em barrassing questions, and made motions in both Houses of Parliament. (Hear.) But the Conservative leaders in both Houses of Parliament declined to put the present Government in that embarrassing position. A few private individuals got up and asked questions, but they were always put down with the same answer. (Laughter.) Matters went on till the middle of summer, and then came the Conference, and almost every day some one asked, " What is going on in the Conference ?" but the answer was, "We do not know anything." The foreign news papers had the details first, but her Majesty's Ministers could not tell anything. (A. laugh.) It was thought proper to show the feelings of the Conser vative party as to the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers. If the Foreign Minister had said at once to Denmark " You must take your own line ; we wish you success; that is all the good we can do for you ; we cannot fight for yen; we cannot say that 40,000 men shall be landed in the Baltic if the Prussians cross the Scilei"—that would have been what they ought to have done.— (Cheers.) But Lord Russell contented him self with cheeking both parties—(hear and laugh ter)—and they treated him with contempt. When it came to the end of the Conference their (the Con servative) party were winged totaie the sense 01 the country and both houses as to the conduct of Lord Russell ; but it was useless their going and enuncia ting a policy, and saying, " We will help Denmark with material aid; we will send a fleet and an army, if we come into power." It was useless their saying that because the war would be over before they could come into office. (Hear, hear.) It was evi dent to thinking men that before the Ccnservatives could take office the whole matter would be over. It was not as if the Prussians had taken the Dams werke and the island of Alsen, and passed the Schlei. (Hear, hear.) After those events the war was really over. What they read in the limes was not all gospel truth. They had not a majority in the House of Commons in consequence of the defection of some of their people—in consequence of various combina tions. Until there Was a general election there was no chance of their having a majority. Now, for the last two or three years, three out of four vacancies had been filled by Conservatives. Even that very day the city of Exeter had returned another Con servative. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) And though one was sorry to see the manner in which every bishopric and lord-lieutenancy, every office of state, was filled by the present Government, if per sons would stick together the great Conservative party must come into power. Having said that much he must at the same time make one observation — though he was an uncompromising Conservative— (hear, hear)—yet many of his most intimate friends with whom he associated were men on entirely the opposite side of politics. He thought his sentiments were as exactly as possible the sentiments of the - Gloucestershire Society. (Cheers.) Though he was an uncompromising Conservative—by which he meant that if his brother was a candidate for a seat, and he was of the opposite politics, he (his grace) would vote against him if he had a vote—he did not allow private friendship to be interfered with by his political sentiments. (Cheers.) It would afford him great pleasure to take the chair at their next yearly meeting ; and before he sat down he would propose to them the toast of the evening—" Prosperity to that ancient and very excellent society." The healths of the members for the county having been drunk, Mr. J. ROLT, Q C., responded, and said that they had not clone much in Parliament that session, and it was wise that the institutions of the country should be interfered with as little as possible. They had not meddled much that year—(laughter) — they bad passed some measures of minor import ance. With regard to the question of Denmark, the hon. member said that he bad looked through all the papers on the subject up to Easter, and any thing more humiliating than the disclosures re specting this country could not be imagined. Our basting braggadocio, leaving Denmark at the last alone was one of the most humiliating things this country had suffered. (Hear, hear.) SOUTHERN NOTIONS OF THE NORTH.—The pri soners taken by us (the Federals) in the late ad vance upon Baltimore look healthy, are well clothed, and say that they have had plenty to eat for the last year. They seem to be in good spirits, and confident of final success, and were a good deal interested to know if Old Abo or Pre moat was to be the next President. They have a very poor opinion of Grant as a military commander, but entertain consi d era ble respect for Meade and Hancock. If it had not been for those two Generals they aro confident that they would have demolished Grant's army before ho crossed the James River. They represent the slaughter of Grant's farces at Spottsylvania and the Wilderness as being most dreadful, and say that he time and again threw large masses of men against works that were almost impreg nable, and only desisted when remonstrated with by his subordinate officers, They seem to entertain considera ble respect for the Western troops, but declare that the regiments from the New England States and the large cities will not fight when they have the slightest show for running. --N ew York Word. THE POISONING OF SEAMEN.—Another telegram from Spain, which has arrived in Sunderland, an nounces that the cook of the ship Ouse , who was charged with wilfully causing the death of three of the crew of that vessel by putting poison into their rations, has been ac quitted by the authorities of San Roque, as the men bad been accidentally poisoned. The message did not mention how the poison got into their fod, but there is no doubt that very bad meat is often put on board ship in the northern ports for the use of the crew. The inspector of meat at Sunderland has recently died at that place, of fever, pro duced by the alluvium from casks of provisions which he seized before they could he got on board a vessel. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.- The BATTERSEA ESTATE, No. 2, Plough-lane, East Surrey.—Battersea is , miles from the Geheral Post office. The Plougnane Eta is in the vicinity ot the picturesque park. Plough-lanei4 a continuation of the Batter,,,ea-park yew-ro id and the York-road. Plans on ap plication to the offices , 33, iNor f o lk-street, strand, London, W.C. Prospectuses free of charge as to the share, deposit, land, and borrowing departments. CHARLES LEWIS GRITNEISEN, Secretary. itOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TJIIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. 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His Royal Highness Prince Leopold yesterday laid the first stone of the Royal Albert infirmary at Bishop's Waltham. His Royal Highness crossed to Southampton in the Fairy, accompanied by prirea Louis of Hesse , and attended by Lieutenant General the Hoa. G' Grey and Mr. Buff. Captain von Westerweller was in attendance on Prince Louis. Earl Granville also accompanied the Princes. Their Royal Highnesses were received at the Bishop's Waltham Station by the chairman th e y provisional committee, the treasurer , sn d the bon* of the Royal Albert Infirmary, the secretar stewards of the Festival Committee, th e BishoP of of the Diocese, the Dean of Winchester, the It,eter Bishop's Waltham, and the Mayors of Winch ester, Portsmouth, and Southampton, and passed directly to the place appointed for the laying of the feecde. tion-stone. After the ceremony the Princes drov e to the terClaY, Works, and thence through the tow n to the erected in the grounds of the ruined p alace of tee Bishop pre of Winchester, where lunche on was pared for 500 persons. After luncheon their Royal Highnesses returned by special train to Southampton. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prie ee° of Wales, Princess Louis of Hesse, and Prince William of Prussia Embarked in the Elfin , and Nv-- present at Cowes regatta. Prince Leopold and Prince Louis of nee se 615 , n ° went on board the Elfin on their return ire— Bishop's Waltham. vier: The ladies and gentlemen in attendance the lion Mrs Stonor, Baroness Dobeneck, Baron" de Grancey, Lieutenant General the Hon. C. G re/ t ' Lieutenant Colonel Da Plat, Major Tees dale; C$P von Wester, weller, and Mr. Buff. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland lu tend to remain at Sion House, Isieworth, till the 29t4 and then go to Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, for '— winter. The Duke of Leinster left town yesterday for eralc l P Dover, on a - isit to Lord and Lady Gerald F it b e before his grace goes to his seat in Ireland, which after the 12th inst. Gwendolinf The Duchess of Somerset and Lady St. Maur have left the Admiralty for Bulstrodela"' Bucks. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian has': arrived at liewbattle Abbey, from Alontevigt, nea r le burgh. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanrinarde left town last evening to pass a few weeks at Homburg. ry, The Marquis and Marchioness o f Ailesb : entertained a select party at dinner yesterd a y everll3- 5 their mansion in Pall-mall. ted The Earl and Countess of Lincoln are e%Pec -1.13 ig hto y n e ; to return to town early in the ensuing week from The Earl of St. Germans and Lord left the noble earl's seat, Port Eliot, in Cornwal l ' The Earl Spencer, as colonel of the NortLeOP: c orps E' t. tonshire Rifle Volunteers, is now entertaining that Althorp. The men are encamped in the park in tents, each affording accommodation for five men. TheY ara t° "under canvas" for a week. Count de Blome has arrived at the Clarend°3 Hotel from Paris. Lord Schomberg Kerr left town yesesterdel fir Elliot tla Scotland, to visit the Marquis and Marchion of Lth'ani previous to resuming his official duties at Frankfort. 0 Baron and Baroness Lionel Roteschi.d an d MIS Rothschild aro expected to leave town the week after next for a tour in Germany. Miss Longworth or las. Yelverton I (From the Law Times of To -day.) A majority to h., la whily married to Major Yelverton according te tilt of one has pronounced Miss Longworth list law of Scotland. Both sides have assigned their ree°73f for their strangely oppoeite conclusions. The question cl, fact will doubtless divide the judgment of the public as i has divided the Law Lords ; but, although looking i° l . diversity where meanings were to be given to equi vciaf' d passages in a long correspondence, we were not Pr e P, s , re , for the very wide severance between the views of the Jal -S as to what constitutes a Scotch marriage. In corara° l3W A - , the greater portion of the profession, we had alwayearr—ra stood that in Scotland a public acknowledgment that it woman was a wife, accompanied with cohabitation, -at, s, d t e h c e is i i n on tent o c f evidence of an intention to marry wh ich l e C a re Wa * oultdhenot majority e r r e su m cent permitted to impugn. According to t"" ef: Lo n rd L apdo g tation and acknowledgement ; or, rather, the pres u , pa st t thence arising the facts were sufficient to rebut the presumption, is 5 P oe i on which there are, and will continue to be great ditr ge rt ia i of opinion, and in the absence of the evidence of th e P a da t i themselves it is almost impossible to arrive at a Sati 6ta- t bel verdict. But this may be taken now as settled law. necessary to perfect a Scotch marriage something more is tbs de" than for a man to call a woman his Wife. So far ja`ily the of froth': thileloeheabi... s 'sion is to be welcomed with pleasure, for " Part erlY t ile ' tricts within very much narrower limits rila h u b i r tu t of, e'r ei 1 liberty of marriage which the Scotch eon:la c- encourage in-6l the face of the frauds which it promotes II gore d co t meat to and the misery it makes by a fa cilitY ° the foolish or the c • y a , cu nn ing. e the bee t The Lord Chancellor certainly appears to have _ t oa t . f of the argument, and the force of his reasonivg is 1: 1 ° .. ,„_, ;0 A to be lost upon the Court of Session, w hen the aPPI7:010 is made to them to order that judicial examination. to l• to parties which ought to have preceded the appea l t he Lords. Our readers are not aware, PerbaPs9 advent, question lately decided was not raised on a final ju 11 P 'o the but on an interlocutory proceeding. I tis 86-- °- °A I °II' he law r Scotch court to go on with the case, taking ta. 1 . 5 for the House of Lords; but it may require further Proof ~.e the satisfaction or its own conscience before pronotl7o final judgment, and these proofs may lead them to deed; that the case is not within the law as now deterettio.di; then, from this decision also it raight go again to the _]- 4 r i) ., to be reviewed by them with the added light affordevi. ,''4, the evidence of the parties, ~© importance of 0 . ° L .O , will be at once recognised by all who read the eittrac 1.',u00 Major Yelverton's evidence at the trial in Ireland, vin.1_,..8 altogether the prose we published a fortnight ago. A • dhi , 1 if no other lesson is learned is extremely clumsy, and dwith the f° ll /' impresse y .0 the public mind will be strongly the criminality, of maintaining in eo small a territor_:. that of the United Kingdom three different forms of re ; ) riage, and one of them eo ill-defined that the Say . 0 , Tribunal of the land cannot agree as to what are s tn c s oita . cessary ingredients of each a marriage. The 201 i Ws eels Miss Longworth to withdraw from the Collt cst %,, tO cannot think she would wisely do so, if there is ° P ft - c ipg her such a means of purauin,g it as she alleges. 13s1:111001 herself to be a lawful wife, womanly spirit would c- o reis her to maintain her rig ht to the title b y every rue3rl 6.- s io vel to her. Acquiescence in the degradation would be an admission that it was deaeived. -- ---- ,d O 3O O SALMON FISHERY CONTICTIOINS,--Th e 13- o re sentfishing season is now drawing to a close. Vie p rey season is one of the best ever exp erienced . 0 to recollection on the Severn, as is shown by the red u A cti t le. the price of salmon, which has been selling ateprayo per lb. The strictest watch is being kept illegal fishing, and to enforce the observance 4. ths weekly fence time. The United Association for 4 ite Protection of the Fisheries of the Severn s.,,iest tributaries have just obtained two conviction O ne cote fishermen at Glocester for infraction of the laW• ter, a:/•4° was against Henry Spiers, of Elmore, near Otocca at to was charged before the Gloc2stershire magistrateeito o 0 Shire-hall, Glocester, with attempting to titke 63 et ° oll the Severn with a drift net in such manner as to Prc'diolen diminish the meshes of the nets used to fee 4 tbe 1.01 11. sinus than those authorised by law and against 5 . 110 eas ii section of the Salmon Fisheries Act of 18 61 WV Griffin, of was proved by the acting conservator, John ~ a ne t found the defendant fishing on the ISth ult. 'P t ' to tbi 4 from 80ft. to 20ft. long. There were three Por ri°l' n e ; isla cb• net, and they were all used together, the efticr of tli° n osh ,. i ° be a° was practically to diminish the size of the centre net. The magistrates said there ccui s s tiat , f i rst doubt this was an evaiion of the Act, but, as it wa s e dac i ; case that had been brought before them , theY sb7 e olol ea u ; the fine to £2, the net to be forfeited. John I d° _ well' 13 , William Morefield, of Sandhurst, near Glocest.erteloo tiin .. " the same time charged with breaking the vveekLY..doi n°°r! by fishing in the Severn with a net between , 9 ) .:. 1 ,,n, of Jul): and Monday morning—to wit, on Sunday, the been It appeared that the conservator, Griffin, a baoldhurst' watched in company with Policeman Bradley a. S o ,_ . to h ini, .... William Morefied passed them. Bradley spoke a Paddle which he ran away to a boat and struck, it v .Orefield wo , b ee . three times, immediately whereupon anofhhae to emerge from the river bank with Jo. M tel a n et, an d t ..%0 , another man in it. They were drawing thein t._..k. fia.l_, crossed the river and pulled the net ando __l:,,,7icr e u. d magistrates fined John /4/Orefield ,I, 2, o, l ii ; 0 0 1 . who was a mere boy, 7e only, On accou nt /