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Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westhourne Park-road, NV., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. rest Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole ~,,gent. nll-IE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN , " j_ Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, p a n he had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIIii, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN ' supplied, as soon as published every Eveninv, by HENRY - BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE:. ¶3is DAT.—Morting, 3h. 20m.—Afternoon, 3h. 33m, o...mottßow.-Morning, 3h. 51m.—Afternoon. 4h. 4m , 4 'IE) g A IT, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 1864. naval officers and ordinary mariners. As so large In spite of the disappointment and delay occa sioned by the catastrophe at Leicester, Mr. GLAISIIER has jast published an account of the twenty-second balloon ascent, which he has safely accomplished. Although as yet the science of meteorology is but in the infancy of its development, we have good grounds for anticipating that rapid progress will be made. The philosophers and men of science of this ago have no longer the difficulties to contend with which fettered the energies and cramped the ambition of the wise men of old. The nature of their labours is promptly recognised, and in many cases they succeed in obtaining that offi cial assistance and encouragement which is seldom accorded to merit in other walks of life. With re gard to meteorology more especially our authorities are inclined to be favourable, since it is a science which especially concerns the welfare of a mari time nation. Already the information diffused by means of admiral FITZROY'S signals has been pro ductive of great good ; and, unquestionably, the more we know of the ordinary course of storms and hurricanes, and the better we can understand their forewarning symptoms the more will the risks of the sea be diminished, both to life and property. All scientific knowledge to be accurate must bo based upon experience. It is easy to descant upon marvels that exist on:y in words if w e give no cor responding proof of their existence, Dr WIIEWELL, in his admirable " History of the Inductive SCieliCe3," has shown how the early Grecians bian. dared from seeking to make facts fit to words, instead of seeking for words to express facts. Their speculations were daring, .their hypotheses most ingenuous, but t he y were all, or nearly all, based upon error, because they sought rather to lay down the law to the schools than to verify their supposi tions. But they did good service in their way, it it were only by teaching their scientific brethren humility and caution; and now-a-days, if we ad vance less confidently, we do so more surely. The plan of con ducting meteorological observations in the upper air is a bold and striking one, and gives us reason to hope for some substantial results. Coupled with the information collected in all parts of the globe by our vessels at sea and our represen' tatives on shore, the experience thus acquired will, we trust, furnish some data for the guidance of a proportion of toe lives annually lost at sea are lost in the immediate vicinity of our own shores, partly from the natural dangers of the coasts, partly from the im mensity of our shipping, any additional knowledge we may obtain resp.:eting the sudden changes and fluctuations dour own atmosphere will be extremely .„ .3. i na bie. Mr. CLAIMER'S narrative is moat inte re,ting. He left the earth at six minutes past four in the afternoon, and reached the highest point -14,000 feat—at ten minutes to five. The first mile was reached in foarteen minutes, the second at about the same rate, the remaining distance occupying sixteen minutes. There was no wind when the balloon reached the greatest height, and it remained at about the same altitude for more than a quarter of an hour, during which time its occupants had a clear survey of the world beneath them. There they were, two miles and a half over cur heads, looking down at the mighty whirl of the modern Babylon, whieh at that distance sunk into very mortifying insignificance. Deptfcrd, Greenwich, Woolwich, the docks, the river, were all distinctly visible. Greenwich Park, a small and neatly laid out garden, with narrow walks, a grey speck for the Observatory which gives its;time to the world ; Blackheath, so proud of its villas and gardens, a small bare waste; and all our lofty buildings and monuments and bwers on a dead level with the river Thames /. It really is almost too much for a Londoner to hear with equanimity. One small comfort there is in the fact that the steamboats were just perceptible, and the train, a tiny child's toy, was also seen moving. That dismal shriek, too, which pierces our brains, and sets our teeth on edge as we pass a railway station, frights even the stillness of the upper world from its propriety. It is a consolation that our energy can make itself heard even in the land of clouds and cumuli, although it must be confessed, not in the most pleasant position ! Here and there the smoke of London dimmed the view, and the h orizon was misty, but for miles and miles around the eye could reach, and Mr. GLAISIIER describes the general effect of such a survey by the light of a declining sun as most beautiful. There was little wind when they left the earth, but at 8,000 feet it was felt freshly ; at 13,000 feet it was quite calm, and Mr. GLAISIIER was able to take several sets of 'Vibrations of a horizontal mag net as well es if he had been on the earth, and ascertained that the time of vibration has un , . dcubtedly lengthened. The temperature varied from 78 degrees to 28 degrees. The temperature of the dew point was 451- degrees on the ground, and below zero at 13,000 feet. The air was most humid at 5,000 feet, both in azcz!ncling and descend. ing. Many other interesting observations were made by Mr. GLIISHER, whose great energies in the cause of science have suffered no diminution. He had the disadvantage of going up in the old balloon, which Mr COXWELL has had the trouble and expense of entirely refitting with net ting, car, hoops, &c., as all his experiments were destroyed at Leicester, along with the new balloon which he had constructed expressly with a view to Mr GLAISIIER'S observations. It contained 10,000 more cubic feet than the present balloon, and was just brought into proper condition for high eleva tions, after several trial trips by Mr GLAISHER and Mr COXWELL, It is to be hoped that all who are concerned in the despicable outrage at Leicester are by this time heartily ashamed of themselves. Con sidering the delay pnt in the way of scientific expe riments, and the injury done to an nßoffending in dividual, it would be no work of supererogation if the Foresters contributed handsomely to repair the damage inflicted under cover of their name, and at their festival. There is no institution more admirable in its style than that of the National Lifeboat. It is one which pre-eminently deserves attention and calls for sup port from all classes that can aid its efforts. There can be no doubt raised as to the efficacy of its services, and the need of its assistance is patent to all ; and if one country more than another should possess such an institution it must be England, whose con nection with the great waters has long been a time honoured fact. It is very satisfactory to find that the benefits of this Society's extensive information will be extended to France, for the French Govern ment, with a discernment that does them infinite credit, have made several arrangements lately sith a view to profiting themselves by the experience and knowledge. Throe lifeboats are being built for the French Government, under the superinten dence of the Institution. A captain of the Impe rial Navy has been instructed to visit the Insti4u lion and some of the lifeboat stations, so as to be come, in a measure, acquainted with the mode' adopted by the Society on the coasts of the United Kingdom. Also at some of the French ports the valuable rules of the Society towards the restora tion of the apparently drowned are being translated and circulated along the coasts. All these things are really important in their way, because they prove that a beginning is being made, and we can only tru3t they will go on and prosper in their ad mirable attempt at valuable learning. The Horse Guards have obtained from the Institution an addi tional supply of its new instructions for the cure of the apparently drowned, and intend to distribute the same "in every hospital and barracks of the British army at home and abroad. It is very gratifying to notice thus the increase of the dis semination of valuable knowledge, for there is nothing so distressing as to witness or hear of lamentable accidents occurring, and there being no means of applying the resources of science to the aid of the sufferers. The more widely diffused the general principles of such knowledge becomes the better will it be for the community ; and the authorities in all places should pay particular heed that due circulation be given to the valuable infor mation referred to. Along the coasts, banks of rivers, docks, &c.,the rules of this soci e ty are almost indispensable, and it will be very desirable if all who have the means will use their efforts fo promote the circulation of such invaluable ado vice as these rules impart. The new lifeboats des tined for various spots along the coast have been conveyed free of charge by the rail,ways. This is greatly to the credit of the companies, and sets a good example that others should not be slow to follow. Rewards were voted at a meeting of the society, lately held, to various persons who have distinguished themselves by the rescue of ship.. wrecked individuals, and one of the tributes is out of the common. The silver medal of the institu. tion was voted to a young lady who had saved the lives of two lads by her spirited exertions. This is a good example to other ladies to exert them■ selves when opportunity offers, since in cases of this kind immediate help is what is required. Alto gether it is a most interesting theme to dwell upon this National Lifeboat Institution, and all who rightly understand its requirements will rejoice at its success hitherto, and trust that earnest and un remitting encouragement will enable it to increase in the extent of its usefulness, for in the character of its services it needs no improvement. It is most painful to peruse the acccuats about the Circassians. It would really appear as if the Russians were determined upon proving to the world how barbarous and savage they can be, and all sentiments of humanity seem far from them. It would be bad enough in all conscience to drive these unfortunate tribes from their homes without adding to the ejectment all the atrocities that skill can devise or cruelty perpetrate. There can be but one object in all this— , to extirpate, so far as practicable, the unhappy race, which has had the misfortune to offend the sovereign power of Russia. That arbi trary rule must h e supreme, and whenever it pleases the mighty CZAR to fi x on a place or people to come under his sway, there is nothing to expect but death and destruction. The says vs could not snrpsss and seldom do they equal the doings of the subjects of one who calls himself a Christian Sovereign. To drive these Circassians from their fortresses, the Cossacks went to the most extreme lengths—burnt I the crops, set fire to the villages, ant thence drove forth the inhabitants to the water I edge, where ME SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEi.OIIG, SEPTEMBER 3, 1864 they had to wait till vessels arrived to take them away. What possible reason can be given for such fearful and wanton cruelty, it is positively incredible to contemplate. The women and children were thrown into the boat in the most barbarcu; style; added to this, the ruthless agents compelled all per. sons who could to pay for their passage, al though the Government had declared that they would provide the means of transport free of cost. Of course, the motive of this was to render the condition of these outcasts as dep?rate as possible. The more who required relief on strange shores the better, as then the probability was that on its arrival numbers would perish from cold and want. It is seldom that such an cutregeous thing as this Circassian exodus has occurred in history, and it is well for the credit of the world that such should be ; htiman nature is disgraced by such a poceede ing, and it is a stigma on the people who perpetrate it that no time can efface. It really seems as if the Russian Government were trying to emulate the most savage conduct that has ever been heard of, for their new resolve is that only one or two ports shall be permitted as points of egress, and thus the wretched tribes at a distance from these spots have to perform a journey of two or three months' duration, before they can reach the goal. In many cases winter will overtake these travellers before they arrive at their destination. Really, it seems too bad that such things should be tolerated, but the police nowadays in vogue allow the most extraordinary latitude to barba rism and cruelties of all kinds. Russia, in thus conducting the Circassian clearance, is committing fearful sin, and the laws of divine and human jus tice alike assure ns that such crimes must call down a heavy retribution. It is a mournful sight to behold a great country, and a powerful people thus outraging the first principles of human:ty, and going beck to the darkest days of the world's history for a model of their conduct, if, indeed, they are not, in some measure originating cruelty after a fashion of their own. Gallery of Illustration, The success that attended Mr. German Reed's " Opera de Camera" last year has induced him to repeat the experiment, and this season he comes out with still greater force, producing two operettas, each of which met with the most genuine success. The first, entitled, "The Sleeping Queen," is an entirely new and original composition by Mr. Balfe, but the libretto is an adaptation of a Parisian piece, the chief incident of which is well known on our stage. It is as follows :—Philippe de Aguilar (Mr T. - Whiffle') has fallen in love with Irene, Queen of Leon (Miss D'Este Finlayson) and the Queen of Spain has fallen in love with Philippe. The Regent, her prime minister (Me. R. Wilkinson) has fallen in love with Donna Agnes (Miss Poole), her maid of honour, but Donna Agnes has not in the least fallen in love with the Regent. The Queen falling asleep over the Regent's dry repetition of affairs of state, is seen and kissed by Philippe. The Regent, who hates him, recalls the law by which it is death to touch the Queen, and urges on his fate with ma licious haste. lie has, however, two women to plot against, and, of course, succumbs. Having made an assignation with Donna Agnes, the Queen assumes her mantle and personates her, and the poor Regent commits himself the offence which i❑ Don Philippe he had found so extreme, and the Queen so pardonable. The Queen vows his own fate shall be the same - as Don Philippe's, and he is obliged to sue for the life he was before so anxious to sacrifice. The Queen consents, and bestows her hand upon the young gentleman whose enterprise and elan are so much to her taste. The music is pretty and tasteful, one or two of 1 the pieces being more especially so. Amongst these we may mention a charming serenade "The noontide dream," sung by Mr Whiffin, and " Oaly a ribbon," sung by our queen of ballad-singers, Miss Poole. Taken as a whole, however, it will not add another laurel to the wreath already won by Balfe, as the sweet strain of melody for which he was once so celebrated is in a great measure wanting in this, his latest production ; but, notwitha standing, many of the pieces will doubtless be come great favourities with the musical public. " Too many Cooks" is a very humorous little affair, and an adaptation by Mr Reed from the work of a celebrated German composer. In this Miss Fin layson appeared much more at home than in the previous piece, and, as she was well supported by Mr Shaw and Mr Whin], the performance gave unalloyed satisfaction. We have to congratulate Mr Reed upon the suc cess of his new entertainment, which has been pro duced with all that completeness and taste which marks everything done at the Gallery of Illustra tion. Mr Richard Evans, for some time well-known in the Row, died lately at St. Helen's, in Lancashire, at the age of BG. A correspondent of the Athenceum gives from personal knowledge the following particulars of his life since retiring from London :—Mr Evans was formerly in ' the Row,' and succeeded sufficiently by bookselling to induce him to retire from business; subsequently he and his sons became colliery owners, and last year, when I dined with the old gentleman, who could tell his story and cut his joke pleasantly, and who seemed absorbed in the book he read, the firm owned some 25 locomotives, waggons by the hundred, pits by the dozen, houses, farms, schools, and buildings, as though they were princes. They paid in rent to Sir R. Gerard £5,000 a year, and to MrW. J, Leigh £4,000 a year—their machine shop for repairs was large enough to embarrass many a machine-maker. I was fairly bewildered with the magnitude of everything around me. The old man died much respected ; one of his last acts was to make a provision to build a handsome independent chapel at Ilaydock. Fortunes are made in the Row, but not always to such an extent as in this instance." A BATTLE FIELD.—A writer in the Index says : —I went yesterday to visit the battle-field of Cold Harbour, where the Yankees are said to have lest 12,000 men. The battle had raged there about a month ago, and yet the ground was strewn with the corpses of Yankee sol diers festering in the broiling sun. The carnage must have been awful, for, within the space of about ten equate yards I counted no less than 30 dead bodies clothed in the Fede• ral uniform. In some cases the flesh had been gnawed away and the skeletons alone remained. On some parts of the field the dead were literally heaped up like stones. Perched on these mounds of human putrefaction were the sleek and sluggish buzzards of Virginia engaged in hideous orgies. Like the shoddy contractors of the North, they too have grown fat on the war. This last campaign of Grant's must have met with their approval, for never has the army of the Potomac supplied them with such copious meals. Accoutrements and muskets were lying about in all directions, mixed up with cooking utensils and every de scription of debris. Notwithstanding these indisputable signs of a precipitate retreat, Grant and his employers have the unblushing audacity to claim a victory at Cold Har bour. The scene of desolation was heartrending : fields which before this deadly struggle were covered with waving crop are now trampled under foot and devastated; the houses in the vicinity are battered down and abandoned ; and the poor farmers will have nothing to gather this year but Yankee carcases mowed (lowa by Southern musketry. 'TIE BLESSEDNESS OF BOOKS.—How, during that agonising period which intervened between my proposal of marriage by letter to Jemima Anna, and my re ception of her reply, should. I ever have kept myself alive, save for the chivalrous aid of the Black Knight in " Ivan hoe," To him, mainly, assisted by Rebecca, and (I am bound to say) by that scoundrel Brian de Bois Guilbert, are my obligations due, that I did not—through the extremi ties of despair and hope, suffered during that interval — become a drivelling idiot. When her answer did arrive —in the negative—what was it which preserved me from the noose, the rezor, or the stream, but Mr Carlyle's "French Revolution." Ia the woes of poor Louis Capet, I forgot my owu ; in the just indignation of his unhappy wife, I ceased to d well upon the cruel manner in which Jemima Anne had 'led me on;' and, finally, in the narration of Carrier's .11Toyeubs, that false maiden sank from my memory, wholly ' scuttled,' so to speak, in the tide of rushing Loire. Who, having a grate ful heart, can forget these things or deny the Bles.edne , l of Books ? . . Nay, under far more serious circum stances, when disappointment has lain heavy on my soul, and once when ruin itself seemed overshadowing me and mine, what escape have I not found from irremediable woes in taking the hand of Samuel Johnson (kindly intro duced to that great man by Mr, Boswell), and hearing him discourse with wondrous wisdom upon all things under heaven, sometimes at a club of wits and men of letters, and sometimes at a common tavern table, and sometimes even in an open boat upon 'he Hebridean seas.—Chatither's Joornal. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) here. Political and Military Committees were adopted by the Folksthing yesterday, after an animated debate. The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has arrived SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 2 (Evening). The Noticias of today, making some allusions to some assertions of the Opposition journals, says :- 4‘ The Government will not change the working of the new press law; but if the press were to adopt a conciliatory attitude, the Government would certainly interpret the spirit of the law in its favour." AMERICA. The Royal Mail steamer Parsia arrived at Queenstown at 8.15 p.m. yesterday, with 66 pas sengers and 89,000 dols. in specie. She landed 102 sacks of mails and four passengers, and proceeded at 8.30 p.m. for Liverpool ; all well. (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, August 23, Evening. On Friday, the sth corps of Grant's army took up a position on the - Weldon railroad, and tore up the track, but were surprised and driven back by the Confederates, with the loss of 3,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners. The Federals were rein forced and recovered and maintained their lost ground. On Sunday, the Confederates made a strong effort to drive Grant off but were repulsed with considerable loss, A portion of Grant's force returned from the north side of the James River to reinforce the position on the Weldon railroad. On Sunday an engagement occurred between Sheridan and Early near Charlestown. There wss considerable loss on both sides. Sheridan fell back to Halltown. Early is near Martinsburg. It is reported that Lee in person is advancing up the Shenandoah Valley, with infantry and cavalry, to reinforce Early for a northern invasion, Sheridan's position is unchanged. Colonel Kilpatrick has destroyed ten miles of the Macon Railroad. Wheeler has cut the Knoxville and Chattanooga railroad near London. The Federals are advancing from Pensacola to wards Mobile Bay. Granger's troops are within three miles of Fort Morgan. The Mayor of Mobile has ordered noncombatants away, and has recommended the defence of the city .o the last extremity. The Richmond Examiner says :—" The South will never negotiate for reunion unless the North ac knowledges the right of secession , and withdraws all troops and blockading squadrons from the the South." The same paper states that the negro soldiers from places outside of the Confederate States will be treated as prisoners of war• _ _ _ The New York , Herald asserts that Judge Black has gone to Niagara Falls to reopenpeace negotia tions on the part cf the Administration with th e Confederate Commissioners. Several prominent persons have been arrested at Indianopolis, Indiana, for forming and arming a treasonable society. It is reported that numerous armed privateers are preparing to leave Wilmington. The publi• are awaiting with much anxiety the nomination of the Chicago Convention. Rumouis of a movement by the Administration for an armistice continue. The Peruvian, Kedar, China, and City of Limes rick have arrived out. NEW YORK, AUG. 24, Morning. Grant has taken up and maintained an entrenched position at Reims station on the Weldon railroad. The Confederates unsuccessfully attempted to drive him off. A considerable panic prevails among the inhabis tants of the Maryland border on account of the anticipated invasion by Early. The peace and armistice rumours continue. COMMERCIAL IN fELTAIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 24, Morning. Money easy. Gold, 257. Exchange on London, 278. Stocks downward tendency. New York Cen trals, 1281 ; Illinois, 128; Erie, 1101; United States 5.20 Bonds, 113. Cotton advancing ; middling Upland, 188 c to 190 c. Flour, wheat, and corn advancing. Provisions dull. Coffee quiet. Sugar good inquiry. Molasses very firm. Petro leum, crude, 54 ; refined, 88. (FROM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, AUG. 24, 10 30 A,M. General Warren, on Grant's extreme left, oc cupied the - Weldon Railway, near Reams, with slight opposition, on the 18th. He subsequently advanced towards Petersburg, destroying the rail way, under severe skirmishing. On the following afternoon the Confederates, in strong force, suddenly attacked and drove back his whole line, with the loss of 3,000 killed, wounded, and ht reinforcements for Warren ar• o pr e i s r o d n e e r n s ; Tw g rived, when by desperate charges he regained posy session of the railway, and to the latest accounts of the 22d had successfully resisted all attempts to dislodge him. General Hancock, with the 2d Corps, had been withdrawn from Deep Bottom, and had gone to the support of Warren. The Confederates attacked General Birney at Deep Bottom. on the 18th, but were repulsed. All attempts by Grant to advance his lines in that quarter have proved ineffectual, the Confede rates being found in force at every point. The Federal loss at Deep Bottom during t he last week is estimated at upwards of 4,000 men; It is reported that operations on B utler's Dutch Gap Canal has been abandoned. On Sunday Early defeated Sheridan near Charles ton, and drove him to Hallton and Jlarper's Ferry, with a loss of 1 , 000 m en. Early occupies Martinsburg, and is reconnoit rin g the fords of the Potomac, which are held by the Federal cavalry. Sheridan is asserted to comm and 45,000, and Early an equal if not superior number. The Confederate General Wheeler cut the Chatta nooga and Knoxville hallway near London on the 21st. Ho is moving towards Knoxville, followed by the Federal General Steadman. There is nothing fur ther from Atlanta, except positive confirmation t hat Hood has been heavily reinforced. Bth Offi proveci a l thatdespatches F o r t from Admiral Farra gut of th e Ga i n es was voluntarily sur rendered. The Richmond Despatch of the 20th states that a Federal land force from Pensacola was advancing towards Mobile. The Mayor had ordered all non• combatants to leave the city, and urged its defence to the last extremity. ' The Indians continue their depredations 'in Kansas I and Nebraska. Business in the principal towns has been sus pended, and the citizens are organizing for defence. Ex-Surgeon-General Hammond has been fculd guilty by a court-martial at Washington of the grossest: frauds and peculation w hil e i n c ffi cc of the matt. r of supplies for the sick and wounded soldiers, and dcclarod for ever disqualified to again hold office under the Government, DE MARK. CLOSING OF 'THE RIGSRAAD. COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 1 (Evening). session. The Rigsra'd was closed this afternoon. Herr von Bluhme, the Preiident of the Council, read a short message from the King ordering the close of the session. His l'ilgjesty said that, if necessary, he would convoke the Chambers for an extraordinary The 'Proposals contained in the reportii of the THE CONGRESS AT MALINES. (FROM OUR SPEMAL CORRESPONDENT). Th 3 Congress is daily receiving new accessions of foreigners. I observed yesterday, as well in the groups in our court-yard conversazioni as in the sections, several additions to our British members. The work of the sections continues still, and we are informed that an interesting discussion will take place this morning, in the first section, on the St. Peter's pence organisation, which is admi rably carried on in Belgium. His Eminence the Cardinal Sterks of Malines, accompanied by the bishops, among whom was the Bishop of Orleans, visited the several sections yesterday morning, Herr Augustus Reichensperger delighted anew the fourth section, or section of fine arts, with his masterly observations. He speaks French very well, but with a marked German accent, which he made the pretext fer refusing to be the reporter of the section, wittily saying that his French had a Gothic character. After the meeting of the sec tions, which ended at 12 as before, the interval until three was filled up with the usual group• gathering, in which I made the acquaintance of the editor of, a Spanish journal, besides that of two Irish, clergymen, who had arrived on that day to tate part in the Congress. The general meeting at three began, as usual, with several announcements on the part of M. Deeps tiaux, among which was that an additional hone. rary vice-president had been added to the commit tee in the person of Senor Man de Costa, from Brazil. The cardinal and prelates then entered the hall. The chair was taken by the Baron Dellafaille. The first speaker was the Vicomte Anatole Lemer cier, a well known member of the French Legislae tare, whom the arts of Persigny managed to prevent from being again returned to the Chambers at the last elections, on account of his independent religi ous feeling. The vicomte is also well known for the zeal he displayed in the organisation of the royal army in 1860, and it was the committee which he presided over in Paris that provided so atten tively for the return home of the Irish Papal Bri gade. The hearty manner in which his appearance at the rostrum was greeted, led him to thank the assembly for its sympathy for the conquered of May 30th, 1863, just as it had displayed it for their owa noble vanquished of the 11th of August last. He thanked theta especially for his fellow-sufferer, the brilliant young orator Keller, and also for his other companion in the Chambers, M. Kolb- Bernard, who, although he had been returned, ree mained isolated. He had intended to address them on the subject of concord. But after the eloquent ad dresses, more or less on the same subject, from his Eminence the Cardinal, the Vicomte de Kerchove, and Mgr, Dupanloup, he felt that he had better give up making any speech, and content himself with relating a story. When in the 13th century, the Pope of the day wished to have a special office composed in honour of the Blessed Sacrament, he commissioned the two most prominent ecclesiastics of Rome, who were then St. Thomas Aquinas and St, Bonaventure, to draw up each on their own part a specimen of such an office. When the time came, the two saintly writers were called to read their compositions before the assembled Consistory, and it fell to St. Thomas to be the first to read his ver sion. As he read on through those magnificent proses, which are still to be found in that office as still used in the Catholic Church, he was frequently interrupted by applause, as the speakers, in fact, are at the Congress, only it was not quite so strong. But it had, in addition, a peculiar characteristic, for each time that the Pope and the Cardinals ex pressed their approbation it was accompanied by a peculiar noise, as if paper was torn. The reading came to an end, and at last the Pope turned towards St. Bonaventure, who had been quite forgotten while St. Thomas had the attention of his auditors rivetted on his magnificent work, and bade him read in his turn what he had composed. " Holy father,' said the saintly Fran ciscan, " I had prepared truly an office of my own, but as I heard Brother Thomas's read 1 involuntarily tore a leaf of my book each time that your Holiness and their Eminences applauded. And you tips plauded so often that every leaf in my book was torn by the end of Brother Thomas's reading. I do not mean, God forbid! to compare myself to St. Bonaventure," concluded the Vicomte, " but I am sure that if St_ Thomas himself were present he would not reproach me Mgr. Dupanloup for my comparison in your regard. It only now remains to me now to thank you in the name of France for your admiration for her great Bishop." rd. ARMAND next then announced that the com mittee of the press, over which he presided, had hold three meetings, and that he had to commun i e i sa te to the assembly ts resolution of proposing to the Congress to print in French and Flemish 100,000 copies of Mgr. Dupanloup'sspeech on pope . lar education. This is no fulsome compliment truly, as it will give the Belgians the truest ideas on the subject, on which there is too much diversity of opinion. M. HENRY DE RIANCEY, editor of the Paris Union, then came forward and delivered a most interesting address on the present time and its re lation to the Church, He said that even after what M. Lemercier had said, he felt impelled to thank Mgr. Dupanloup for his address of the previous day; and spoke of him as the special friend of the yoath of France, hardly conacious as yet of the good he Lai effected in its regard. Since Adam's time, continued the speaker, the wiseacres of all ages have contended that religion was not in keeping with the times. Catholics were therefore now assailed with the accusation of not being up to the present times. And yet what can make them quarrel with their own times ? They simply tell it the truth. They know it to be like all other times, more or less made up of much evil, and a certain amount of good. They love their time, but not for its failings. Providence has selected the time for each of us, and we could not pretend to have chosen it better for ourselves. If we but do our duty, we shall love our own time ; for it is the wherewith to purchase eternity. All times have been modern once, and he found but little to regret at not being born earlier. However, let us think of the present. Its material progress is blessed by the Church; for all real progress serves God. Railways have but favoured the Catholic action of the Church just as the military roads made by the Roman legions to all parts of their empire, did but clear the way for the naked feet of the Apostles, who carried to all parts the revelation of Christ. In these days the very canal of Suez had already contributed mush to r introduce Christianity into the adjoining countries, and would facilitate the progress of missionaries to more distant parts. And when looking at the glorious moral works of our time, we might well love it for the sake of its having seen the foundation and development of such institutions as the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, to which even the honour of persecution had not been wanting ; and he might add the institution of this truly Catholic Congress itself. We may well love our time, therefore, and take an active part in it. Centuries belong to God, but men make them. Our century is that which has witnessed at its outset the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in France ; it has witnessed a similar progress ire other countries; it is marked in its very midst by the great definition of the dogma of the Immaouiate Conception. Its Popes moreover have been truly great, and though it has the indelible diagram of its having seen in the midst of peace and against all sight or decent pre text, the patrimony of the Church invaded, and that in the hasty manner which was counselled to bandits, we might well compare it to the Persian invasion of Greece, which led to the slaughter of Leonidas and his Lacedemonians at the Ther• mopylve, a slaughter so amply verged later by Alexander. We may be sure that the age of Pius IX. will mark in history. Let us be rejoiced then at being the men of Pius IX.'s time. The speaker concluded by comparing the present Pope to the Belgian primate, there present, who might well be called the Apostle of constancy and peace. He alluded aleo to the noble combat sustained at Bologna, by the eminent Catholio journalist, Signor Casoni ; and remarking on the fact that several Catholic journals in Europe had displayed the Cross on their title page, he concluded by coupling the quotations relating to the Cross, as the Signum qui contradicetur, and the triumphant pro• mise of In hoc signo vinces. Count ZoTosKI, a member of the Prussian Par liament for Posen, came forward after this, to thank the Congress for the sympathy it had always ex pressed for Poland. He described the downfall of his country es the los3 and destruction of one of the corner stones of Christendom, and concluded by saying that all Catholics were soldiers of the Church, but that Poland had been her sentinel, even her sentinelle perdue. A Spanish priest from Barcelona, the Padre VIL LARASA, than spoke on the part of his countrymen, and gave an interesting account of the progress of the Catholic press in Spain. He said that error was hovering over Spain, but that it had not yet ac quired there its letters patent of naturalisation. Major O'REILLY, M.P. for Longford, having been requested to give some account of the progress of Catholicity in Ireland, began by thanking Catholic Belgium for the hospitality and education it had bestowed on the clergy of Ireland during the times of its misfortunes, and for the rejoicing spirit with which she had ever watched over the triumphs of the Catholic Church in Ireland. The progress made during the present century might be gauged by the fact that, since its commencement, the num ber of the secular clergy in Ireland had doubled; while the regular clergy, who then numbered but 100 members, counted now more than 500, and the nuns, who in 1800 were not more than a dozen, are now 2,000. In the last 72 years 2,000 churches and 263 convents for religions orders of both sexes had been built at an expense which amounted to 160,000,000 francs ; while the yearly budget of the clergy, not proceeding from the taxes gathered by the Government, but from the free offerings of the faithful, might be estimated at 17,000,000 francs. It was true that the finest churches in Ireland could not be compared to any of the magnificent cathe drals of Belgium, bat they were wonderful monu ments for such an oppressed and despoiled nation, whom, he rejoiced to think, ever preserved and de served their sympathy. The speech of the hon. member was marked by its clearness and brevity. A worthy Frenchman then inflicted on us a long, very long string of aphorisms in the form of a speech, the actual aim of which lam still puzzled to define. I only recollect out of it that he encou ragingly tohl us that God had promised to Hi s Church life, bat rot health. At the conclusion of this wise discourse, which the audience would applaud most heroically, an incident took place to startle all by its singularity. The wise officials of the Finance Ministry of all the Belgians delivered to our Secretary-General M. Duepetiaux, a form to be filled up so that he might be subjected to pay for a licence in keepingla'place of public recreation ! This refinement of ingenuity on the part of the officials amused the foreign visitors very much, while the Belgiums felt somewhat irritated at this breach of the national hospitality; and a member of the Belgian Parliament there present declared that he would ask in the Chamber an explanation of such a proceeding from the exalted head of the Finance Department, the refined orator M. Frere Orban. _ _ The meeting concluded with the recitation of a poetical address to the Congress from M.Dablesieux, founder of agricultural colonies for youth in Brittany and the French colonies, which are under the direc tion of the Fc &es du S. Esprit. The following is the address which the Congress has voted to the Pope : " To his Holiness Pope Pius IX.—Most Holy Father I More faithful even to the unanimous suggestion of their hearts than to the voice of duty, the Catholics assembled at Malines inaugurate their labours by prostrating themselves humbly at the feet of the vicar of Jesus Christ. Attached to the Holy Roman See, mother and mistress of all the Churches, by the bonds of a strict obedience, and by the most filial love, we come, most Holy Father, to offer to you —divinely predestined to the care of the sheep and of the lambs, to the government of the pastors and of the faithful, the respectful expression of these sentiments. We recog nise solemnly in all their plenitude the rights of your su preme authority. You are the priest par excellence; the incorruptible guardian and the infallible interpreter of the Divine verities—the pilot of that mystic vessel which leads humanity regenerated by the blood of Jesus Christ to the shore of its eternal destinies. At the sameatime as your' spiritual power we recognise also, most Holy Father, the temporal power which is its providential bulwark. The more the pontifical authority is attacked and misunderstood the more ardently we apply ourselves to its defence— the more we condemn the sacrilegious usurpations of which it is the object, the more closely we rally ourselves around the Holy See—the fruitful and inexhaustible source of truth and of justice, against which the league of the unbe ' lieving and impious has for ages used its efforts. Assem bled at Malines to cement the union of the Catholics, to develop Catholic works, to co-operate, in the degree which becomes laymen, for the defence of our mother Church, we proceed to open our second session by this solemn profession of our faith, of our submission, of our love. May it be re ceived with kindness by your Holiness, and obtain for us one of those paternal benedictions which give to hearts with good intentions confidence, strength, and peace, and have spread themselves from the time of St. Peter to that of Pius IX. as a beneficent dew urbi a bi, over the city and over the world. "The submissive and respectfully-devoted Sons of your Holiness.''. The Royal Polytechnic Institution, although closed at present for necessary repairs and decorative em bellishments, will re-open on Monday, September 10th, when Professor Pepper will produce an entirely New Lec ture, which it is expected will be a companion one to his celebrated Ghost Entertainment. The subject he has selected is " Sound and Acoustic Wonders," such as the Talking Heads—the Telephonic Concerts—the Invisible Girl, &c., &a. The Ghost Scenes will be continued on account of their amazing attractiveness, under the auspices of Mr. J. L. King—a new Musical Entertainment is to be provided by Mr Coote, illustrating the favourite Story of " Sindbad the Sailor." DEATH OF MR. J. H. OGDEN, THE IRISH COMEDIAN.—This favourite Hibernian vocalist expired in Philadelphia on the Ilth of August, at a quarter before six in the evening, after a short illness. He was thirty-six years of age, and a native of Manchester, though he was better known in London, where he was a great fa vourite at the principal music halls. He fulfilled several provincial engagements, and during the year 1861 he visited New York, and appeared with much success at the Canter bury Hall, his engagement lasting a long time. He also sang at Lea's Melodion, Broadway, and in the leading States, returning to England towards the close of 1862. After several engagements in the United Kingdom, he went a gain to America a bout a cou p le of months ago, and ap pcared at the Casino, Philadelphia, from whence he opened at the Canterbury, ashington, but his he onlness, ly sang to r there a n ight or two. He was compelled , by ileturn to Philadelphia, where he died, as above notified, at 722 S a nsom-street. His burial took place on the 13th August, and he was followed to the grave by a large number of his professional and other friends. Many of our readers will remember him as a great favourite at the Raglan and other metropolitan music hallo, and h's singing of Irish songs was always marked by extreme humour.—Era. THE DIVISION OF GUARDS.—The change Of quarters of the Division of Guards will take place on the loth inst. The following is the route :—Grenadier Guards —2d Battalion from St. George's Barracks to Shorncliffe • 3d Battalion from Chelsea Barracks to 'Wellington Barracks: Coldstream Guards-Ist Battalion will remain at 'Welling ton Barracks ; 2d Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Windsor. ScotsiFusilierGuards-Ist Battalion from 'Wind - sor to the Tower of London. The Ist Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and the 2d Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards are expected to return home from Canada towards the end of the ensuing month. The former on its arrival will go to Chelsea Barracks, and the latter to St, George's and Wellington Barracks. AMONGCT TH MONKEYS.—Ahant a year ago person at Barton had a monkey, and fearing the cold weather would hill it he sent it to the Zonl , ,t , ;iell Gar dens at London. A short time ego he was in London, and called to see his old whom ho found caged with about 30 others of the same tribe. " Jocko" knew his old master instantly, and tried to get to him. The keeper gave tho visitor permission to enter the cage, which he fearlessly did, when the animal showed every sign of affection. On the production of biscuits and other edibles the intruder wtts fairly besieged by the other 30, who jumped on his back, shoulders, hat, in fact, wherever a footing was to be gained ; nor did they offer to molest him in the least.—Ownfor Ncrcury, - •Nhit - g er ' 6111, t HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, Sept. 1. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe% Coburg and Gotha and Princess Helena, walked and drove out yesterday morning. Her Majesty, with the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Beatrice, took a carriage drive in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha went cut grouse shooting. B The Prince and Princess of Wales dined with her M jesty last night. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and. Princess of Wales will leave Abergeldie Castle this morning fur Dundee, there to embark on their trip to Den mark. After leaving Copenhagen their royal high nesses will pay a flying visit to St. Petersburg, and lastly Stockholm. The Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole to the Prince, and Countess Spencer, accom pany their royal highnesses: The Countess de Grey, Lady in Waiting to the Princess, with the Earl and Countess Spencer, will await the arrival of their royal highnesses at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. Gen, Knollys, Msjor Teesdale, and other members of the household of the Prince and Princess of Wales, will accompany their royal highnesses. We under stand that the Prince and Princess will embark on board the Osborne, royal yacht, at about four o'clock this afternoon. The excursion to the Baltic is ex pected to occupy about three weeks. At a meeting of the Dundee town council on Thursday, Provost Parker stated that he had re. ceived a letter from Sir Charles IVood stating that it was the wish of the Prince of Wales that the em barkation should be conducted as quietly as possible. As they would have a long drive in the morning before getting to the railway, and then a long rail. way journey, and in addition to that they had the prospect of a sea voyage, the prince was anxious as much as possible to save the princess from every exertion and fatigue. Sir Charles Wood had inti. mated to the provost that while the prince appre ciated the wish that had been expressed that there should be some display of the loyal feeling of the people on this occasion, it would not be agreeable to him; but he would on another occasion visit Dundee, when they would have an opportunity of doing everything desirable in the way of display. • The Braemar Gathering. ABERDEEN, Friday Afternoon. • The Braemar Gathering, for competition in Highs land sports and games, was held at the Castle of Mar on Thursday, when their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with a large number of distinguished personages, were present. There was also a great muster of spectators from all parts of the country ; indeed, as in former years, the romantic old village was quite unequal to meet the demands for comfortable bed and board made by the many tourists who assembled in it on Wednesday evening, so that pot-luck and rough shakedowns were eagerly accepted anywhere and in any way. The hostelries of Messrs Fisher and Hunter were crowded from drawing room to bar, and nearly a hundred ladies and gentlemen assembled in the "travellers room," lately built for Mr Fisher, on the very spot where John Erskine, the 39th Earl of Mar, erected his standard and proclaimed the " Chevalier" in 1715. The clans met near Castletown about mid• day on Thursday, the Fife men, some 80 in number, being commanded by Viscount Macduff, Mr R. W. Daff,,M.P., and Mr Geo. Lane Fol. The Farquhar sons had a rather larger array, and were officered by Capt. Farquharson, 60th Rifles, and Capt. Henry Farquharson, Scots Fusilier Guards, Combined they were a very line body of men, and dressed in th e tartans of their respective chiefs, and armed with long pikes, had an imposing appearance. Most un fortunately the weather was wretchedly bad, strong gusts of wind and drizzling showers sweeping down the beautiful valley where the warlike old Castle of Mar stands. Notwithstanding this, the spectators gathered steadily around the ring, and the compete.. tors stripped and set to work racing, "putting the stone," throwing the hammer, tossing the caber, &c. At half-past 2 the raising of the standard on. the Castle top announced the coming of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The games were instantly stopped, and the Highlanders, hurrying into line, greeted their Royal Highnesses with loud cheers . 'The Prince and Princess were received by the Eaerl of Fife and Col. Farquharson, of Invercauld. He r Royal Highness took her seat on a sofa beside Lady Fife, while the Prince entered at once into convex. sation with the noblemen and gentlemen around. Among the company in front of the Castle and over looking the games were the following, in addition to those named—Lord and Lady Holmesdale, Lord Cowper, Lord Tyrone, Lady Blantyre, Lord Hamil ton, Sir Charles Wood, Hon. Mrs Coke, Gen. Hoo I, Mejor Teesdale, Dr Sieveking, Mr and Mrs and tl Misses Oswald of Auchincruieve, Hon. Geo. Dui I, the Marquis of Huntly, Lord Bertram Gordon, Co d. and Mrs Jocelyn, Sir Thomas and Lady Moncrief and the Misses Moncrieffe, Mr and Mrs Forbes of Newe, Lady Wallace, Miss Ricardo, Col. Fraser of Castle Fraser, &c. The games having been renewed were contest( 2a with great spirit for about an hour, when a she rt rest took place, during which luncheon was sere ed in the Castle to a party of about 100. Colonel Fa re quharson had the honour to conduct the Princess of Wales to table, the Prince following with Miss Oswald, the Colonel's bride-elect, on his arm. The latter incident was at once noticed by the Hill h. Landers, and seemed to give much gratification. After luncheon the sports commenced, and, tde spite the falling rain, which came down heaviest d ur ing the most interesting contest of all—the danthng —the Prince and Princess kept their places till the end, when they partook of tea in the Castle, end shortly before 6 o'clock drove off for Aberge),.dio Castle, amid enthusiastic cheers. The hero of the games, alike for strength of n rm and agility of jumping, was Donald Dinne, ws 11- known over Scotland as the " Deeside Champio n." James Paton Murthly carried off the prize of £5 given by the Prince of Wales to the best perfor mar of the sword dance ; while Lady Fife's prize of a like sum, for dancing reels, fell to John Cumming Tarland. Alexander Robertson Glenisla clove rly eclipsed all competitors for the gift of £5 awarded by Colonel Farquharson to the winner of the half mile race. A grand ball was held in the even ing at the Castle, when a number of the distinguis;aed visitors named above joined the Highlanders in their merry - making. The whole of the arrange" ments of the gathering, under Mr Brown, fact or at Invercauld, were very complete and satisfactor 7. The Prince and Princess of Wales leave A leer geldie to-morrow morning, and proceed by the Deeside and Scottish North-Eastern Railway to Dundee, where they embark at three o'clock for Denmark. It was intended by the authorities that this the first visit of the Prince and Princess to Dundee should be marked with considerable ceremony and rejoicing. A letter has, however, been received by Provost Parker from his Royal Highness the Prince expressing a wish that the reception may be as private as possible. This request has caused 4:lucre' disappointment in the town. -- - The Duchess (Dowegtr) of Sutherland is expected to leave Vichy the week after next for Paris. The duches s has greatly improved in health since her residence on the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield will receiv e a select circle of friends at their seat in Staffordshixe duria the ensuing week. Lady Ward will entertain a succession of CO o ' pany at Himley-hall, Staffirdshire, doting the next wee l : Lord Walter Scott and Hon. Captain Taibl returned to town on Thursday from a tour in the south France. The Countess de Hamel do Mania has return ed to Cumberland House, Bayswater, from Hambledon Lodge' Haute. The Journal de Frankfort states that Cardinal ac ' t Geyssel, Archbishop of Cologne , is ser i o usl y ill, and °lie prayers have been ordered for his recovery.