The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-27 00:00:00

137181 T OP TICE PUBLIC JOURNALS The Cattle Market Bill having been withdrawn, in con sequence of a financial difficulty rather than what the Times calls the preposterous volubility of the Opposition, our contemporary advocates the bill as a really free-trade measure, the existing system of Privy :Council Orders combining to maintain a system of a restrictive character, raising the price of meat, and of no benefit to anyone but the butcher. The patriotic gentlemen who have an idea that giving a good chance to the rinderpest is the surest way to cheapen the supply of meat, have gained their point, and are ironically recommended by the Herald to go to the country —or rather to the towns—and declare that they are the true friends of the people, having defeated a Tory scheme for restoring Protectionist principles. At this juncture the rinderpest has broken out in Egypt and St. Peters burg, London is without protection, and its spread to the provinces would be likely to follow its appearance there. Anything snore extraordinary —to use the mildest term—than the opposition offered to the Cattle Market Bill has scarcely been seen in recent times. Devices of all kinds were employed to strangle the bill. A knot of politicians joined themselves together and fought by the hour against common sense and the public good. Never was opposition stretched to a more outra geous extent. Not even au overwhelming majority against them could shame this little faction into good behaviour. The scene was humiliating to Parliament, and the conduct of the minority was such as we should never have expected from men aspiring to the position of legislators and states. men. There is a limit even to the most conscientious opposition. Perhaps it was because this opposition was not conscientious that it therefore proved unlimited. The Foreign Cattle Market Bill, withdrawn at a late hour on Saturday morning, was, the Daily News thinks, perhaps brought forward with no other design than that of winning the votes of the more thoughtless of the country electors ; but its operation would have been full of political clanger. These are not times in.wllicla to-repeat legislation in the spirit of the abolished coin laws. We - have not yet done with monopolies, but of those which we continue to tolerate, none takes a form so gross as that which the Foreign Cattle Market Bill was intended to establish. Ministers are very fortunate in not being able to pass the bill. They may now gain, in places where the agricul tural voters are exceptionally ignorant, the praise of being the farmers' friends. There may be graziers who believe that if in consequence of this bill cattle sold for £2 ahead more than they do now the advantage would be theirs; but our farmers nowadays as a body are skilled producers, men of too much intelligence not to know that in such a case the extra profit would have gone, not into their pockets, but into those of the landlord. Our contemporary opines that Mr. Disraeli will not reintroduce the bill another session, and risk thereby the execration of the large populations for taxing the people's meat. The Standard is most anxious to keep this fact in the public memory. The measure has not been defeated upon its principles. It has been talked out of Parliament after the whitebait dinner. It has been talked and shouted out by a minority of one-third of the members remaining in town, and in spite of this its opponents had the audacity— the word has become classic—to complain that they have been resisted by clamour and violence. Why, it will not be forgotten that during all these debates which have ended so inconsequentially, there was, on the left hand of the Speaker, a small cabal scarcely ever silent, fre quently called to order, intensely abusive, and perpetually diverting the discussion from its proper channel. When Mr. Lowe, trying to recover the customary toue of debate, told the House that they must . , either have this dis tinction between the home and the foreign cattle trade or submit to an incessant rinderpest in England, instead of his argument being met by a testimony to the contrary effect, or even by the coarse expedient of a down right denial, again was the House of Commons troubled and confused by a motion for the suspension of its busi ness. The history of this bill will be upon record and will be remembered as a disgrace to those who opposed it, and as a reproach upon the last days_of the last Parliament elected under the first Reform Bill. The Star considers that Mr. Milner Gibson deserves the best thanks of the country for his very remarkable efforts, which have been rewarded with a result it once seemed wild to hope for, in the withdrawal of the Cattle Market Bill. The perseverance and ingenuity he has shewn Were drawn forth, not by any party object, but by the presence of a grave necessity that some one should stand forth to defend free trade in food. The old battle that had to be fought, and the manner in which Mr. Milner Gibson waged it has revived recollections of the many excellent speeches which he made years ago in the Free Trade Hall at Manchester' and elsewhere— speeches not indeed so original as Mr. Cobden's nor so eloquent as Mr. Bright's, but full of common sense and uncommon wit, trenchant, powerful, and alert in every department of the great questions then under discussion. In the present case Mr. Milner Gibs , ,n assumed to himself, with as much vigour as he used to chew in opposition to the taxes on knowledge, the responsibility of defeating the bad and unscrupulous bill of the Government. He declared it should be defeated, and defeated it was ; and doubtful as some of the means were by which the result was insured, they stand thoroughly justified by the plight in which the almost interminable discussions on the bill left it and its advocates. The Star compares the exclusion of foreign cattle to the former exclusion of foreign corn from the market. There will, of course, be many attempts to persuade the farmers that the bill was defeated by a factious minority ; but the country will perceive that the factiousness of the minority consisted in steadily arguing against a proposal to protect the cattle interest—a pro posal so recklessly made that the Government had not even determined at whose expense the nefarious project was to be carried out. The Times pronounces the career of the late Chancellor one of which Englishmen are not unnaturally proud. A sedulous schoolboy, a successful if not a distinguished student at the university, an advocate of trusted reputa tion, a judge of the first rank both on the common law and the equity sides of Westminster Hall, distinguished as a lawyer by his freedom from the prejudices of his profession, and as a politician. by his perfect temper and consistency, Lord Cranworth earned the position he held with the approval of all men. It was as impossible for him to sympathise with the stormy violence of Brougham as with the dogged resistance Eldon offered to change. his life had been too easy to allow him to be revolu tionary, and owing nothing himself to privilege, he was never tempted to engage in a vain battle in defence of privileges. He had worked hard for many years, but his labour had been well rewarded ; and as ho kept his mind open to fresh impressions to the last, he never sank into the optimism of those who think the world must be perfectly well ordered because they are them. selves tolerably comfortable in it. Few men enjoyed greater personal popularity. He was a thorough Whig, but he never allowed the keenness of his partisanship to cloud his judgment or to warp his actions. Fair and equal to all, no man grudged him his elevation, but rather everyone rejoiced at a conspicuous instance in which abilities carefully cultivated had obtained distinguished reward. Tho Poet thinks the volunteer meeting at Wimbledot, which has just terminated, will not unlikely prove to have marked a crisis in the career of that remarkable move ment ; for, although the shooting was admirable, and exhi bited a steady general improvement ; although the duties of the camp were performed in a manner betokening an increased acquaintance with that portion of a soldier's life ; and although the list of prizes was an indication of more than sustained interest from outside, still, the meagre and miserable review which brought the affair to a con clusion revealed the deplorable fact, as proved by their absence, that a great part of the force is still indulging an unreasonable and, we would almost add, an nnmilitary spirit, the result of the unfortunate contretemps at Windsor. Some blame for this result may be attributable to the arrangements of the War Office, but the Post attaches more responsibility for the failure to the sulky and insub ordinate spirit of the volunteers, which it strongly condemns. Several fires, one of them an extensive one, took placo on Southampton-common during. the races there, by which a grcnt quantity of furze was destroyed. The furze was very dry and hot, owing to the weather, and the fires are believed to have originate.) from smoker 3 carelessly or wil fully throwing lighted matches on the furze. The decision of the Council at Wimbledon in regard to the protest of Corporal Peake, who made seventy points for the Queel's has caused much dii3atisfac tion among the volunteers Of Manchester and other towns in Lancashire, and a slll,scription is talked al,out with the 1."1:!IV of presenting the corporal at least with the money value of the prize, £250. A letter has been forwarded to the Mayor of aTry by Lord Claud Hamilton, roceived by him from General Sir William Knollys, with reference to the expec tation that the Prince of Wales might visit that city during the Royal Agricultural Society's show in August. His Royal highness instructs General Knollys to say that the obstacles in the way of such a visit aro not diminished.— "On the perfect restoration of the Princess after her con finement, their Royal Highnesses will probably proceed to Scotland or the continout, for the still further benefit of the Princess's health. The mayor of Derry and the corpora tion will, therefore," General Knollys feels sure, "under stand how little able the Prince will be to manage a journey to Ireland iu Augu4",, • KILLED BY A PLEASURE VAA At the Brentford Police-court, on Saturday, William :look, the son of an extensive proprietor of pleasure-vans tit Kentish-town, was placed before the bench on remand, :barged with feloniously killing and slaying one Robert lackett, aged 75, whilst in the lawful pursuit of his tailing. The deceased was an army pensioner and a ieensed hawker. His wife said that he left home on Saturday, the 18th inst., when he was in his usual health, xnd did not complain of any ailment. Knowing that several pleasure parties would pass through Brentford, he went mit with his barrow laden with articles of confectionery, William Hughes said he :was constable of the parish, tied on Saturday morning, the 18th inst., he was standing it the door of his residence, in High-street, Brentford Old Town, witnessing the arrival of a great number of pleasure-vans, some of which had bands of music playing. The prisoner Cook was driving the last van in the procession, and he noticed that he made two or three attempts to get in front of the other vehicles.. He law the deceased in the road, and that if Cook attempted to pass in that narrow part he would kill him. Ho held ❑p his arms and told him to stop, but it was no use, and prisoner urged on his horses. Witness found the poor )1d fellow under the pleasure-van. He was bleeding tied apparently dead. He found one of the horses down mud one of the leaders on the pavement. He assisted in removing the man, and then took the driver into custody. In answer to questions the officer stated that it was highly improper for the prisoner to attempt to pass the other vans in such a narrow part of the road. Several of the passengers attempted to prove that it was the noise caused by the playing of the band that made the horses restive, and having lost all control over them they liverged from the line they had taken, and hence the mischief. This, however, was contradicted by other wit nesses, and the prisoner was committed to the Old Bailey nn the charge of manslaughter. SUICIDE IN A- RAILWAY CARRIAGE. On Friday afternoon last c case of suicide occurred at the Wye station on the Ramsgate branch of the South- Eastern Railway. The fast train from London to Rams- gate, which leaves the former place at 12.45, arrives at Wye at 2.49. Just as the train was moving out of the station, Mr. Belham, one of the foremen on the permanent way, saw a gentleman sitting alone in a compartment of a first-class carriage, and a stream of blood was spouting from his head. He immediately caused the train to be stopped, and the carriage was detached from it. The gentleman was found to have a new Tranter breech-loading pistol tightly clenched in both hands, and it was evident that he had but a few minutes before placed the muzzle to his forehead and shot himself. He was still alive, although bleeding copiously from the wound. He was carried to the Victoria Inn, and in a few minutes two medical gentlemen arrived, but they could not do anything for him, and he expired about seven o'clock, without having recovered consciousness. The de ceased was about sft. 10in. high. He had a number of his own photographs in his pockets ; also a certificate denoting that " G. A. Appleton, Esq.," had been admitted a mem ber of the Royal Academy. The deceased's pocket-book was filled with lead-pencil sketches of figures and scenes, some of a grotesque character, but all indicating artistic talent. On one leaf of the pocket-book was written "G. A. Appleton, Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden," and on another " G. A. Appleton, born at Hornsey, London, 182 G." The pocket-book contained memoranda sheaving that the deceased left Melbourne in the latter part of last April in the ship Highflyer, and that he had had a capital passage, and had visited the exhibition of the Royal Academy since his arrival, and a letter from a friend in Australia, directed to " G. A. Appleton, Esq., Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden." On a copy of Punch found in the railway carriage was written, " Coroner's verdict—Found dead, with Punch." There was also some writing, evidently pencilled while the train was in motion, and addressed to a gentleman in Cripplegate, London, whom he desired to take possession of his things at the Tavistock Hotel; and he added that he was afraid " his comforter" - was somewhat too small in the bore for his purpose, and that he had better have purchased " one of the muzzle-loading fraternity," but that he had sacrificed to appearances. He was well dressed, had a gold watch and chain, and a scarf pin, a first-class ticket to Ramsgate, and lls. 3d. in money. At the inquest on Saturday evening a gentleman named James, residing in Nichol-square, Cripplegate, identified the deceased as an artist who had arrived from Australia on the previous Saturday. Mr. James stated that he knew nothing of the deceased except through a letter of intro duction which lie brought from his (Mr. James's) brother, who resides in Melbourne. The last time Mr. James saw the deceased was on Thursday evening, and he was then remarkably quiet in 1114 manner; although he could not be said to be melancholy. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. LAW AND POLICE. THE JOINT-STOCK DISCOUNT COMPANY. — In the Rolls Court an application has been made to set aside the com promise made iu the action recently brought by Messrs. Capper, Escornbc, and Lawson, on the part of the official liquidator of this company, by Mr. Holt, solicitor for Mr. James Freeling Wilkinson. Counsel argued on behalf both of Mr. [Jolt and Messrs. Escombe and Co. against the application, contending that the compromise was a Loma tide one, entered into in a directly hostile suit, and was not instigated by any fraudulent agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants. Lord Romilly said that he would take time to consider his judgment. ACTION Fon FALSE IMPRISONMENT.—A case in which the plaintiff was a boot-maker at Chatham, and the defendant the registrar of the county court at the same place, has been tried at the Maidstone Assizes. During the hearing a point of great interest was raised. The plaintiff was summoned to the county court, and the writ should have been returnable on the 2Gth February. By a mistake of the defendant's clerk, however, the words "27th of March" were substituted. Judg ment was obtained, and eventually the plaintiff, on a judge's order, was committed to prison, and for this deten tion he brought the present action. A verdict was taken by consent, with £3O damages, subject to the ruling of the eourt above. ACTION FOR SLANDER.-At the Exeter Assizes the case of Isaac v. Gorwyn was heard. It was an action to recover damages for slander. The plaintiff was a farmer, and the defendant was a gentleman of property. In January, 1867, a cottage and barn on the plaintiff's pro perty were burnt, and the defendant had been heard to express an opinion that the plaintiff had himself set fire to the place. The defendant withdrew all imputations, and verdict was taken for 40s. with costs. HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A SURGEON.—At the same ~ ssizes the cause of Spear v. Doidge was disposed of. The plaintiff was a farmer at Clovelly, and during last March met with an accident whilst threshing wheat. The defendant, who is a surgeon, was sent for, and, on examining Mr. Spear, said that a frac ture of the bones of the arm had taken place, and pro ceeded to reduce it. The plaintiff was kept in bed for thirteen weeks, and at the end of that time, on further assistance being called in, it was discovered that there had been a dislocation of the arm. It was then too late to do anything to it, and the result has been that the plaintiff's right arm is perfectly stiff and utterly useless to him. It was proved by medical evidence that the arm was dislocated, and not fractured. For the defendant it was urged that the plaintiff was so pained that the injuries which had occurred were occasioned through his not being able to keep the bandages and splints on his arm in a Proper position. The jury gave £162 Ns. damages to the Plaintiff. BREACH or PROUISE.—At the Lancaster Assizes Mr. 'ropper,an old man sixty years old, was sued for damages Miss Blundell, a lady who has attained a similar age, for breach of promise to marry. Several witnesses were called to prove the promise of marriage, and the intimate terms on which they lived ; but nobody deposed to any promise having been overheard later than ten years ago. The jury gave £35 damages. A WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH.—At the Lincom Assizes, Lucy Buxton was indicted for the wilful murder of her male child, which at the time of its death was five months old. The accused, with her child, was stopping at her brother's, and was seen to feed her offspring several times. A day or so after her arrival, the inmates of the house were on t, and the prisoner, it: a very excited manner, showed the child to a neighbour, and said that it was very ill. A surgeon was sent for, bat extinct on his arrival. A post mortem examination was made, and the stomach was sent to Professor Taylor, who found a small quantity of " Vo'llllll 1:111(r" in the intestines, from the effects of wh:ch Poison the child had died. The prisoner, it was proved, knew where this composition was kept, and the evidence clearly pointed out that the accused was the murderess of her child. Sentence of death was passed in the usual form, on hearing which the wretched woman fainted. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—The half-year's account will, we expect, spew not only sufficient to pay all preference charges, but a balance over, too small to divide as dividend, but of some moment in aid of next half-year's dividend fund. In a few days, however, our readers will have an opportunity of seeing whether the foregoing (and that which we have all along saitl of the eapabititioa of 1,1.10 lino) is correct,—llerovaCh. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1868. RailAN AFFAIRS. (From the CorreiTondent of the TVestminster Gazette) ROME, July 18. The absence of a call on the temporal powers to be represented at the forthcoming Council, to which I drew your attention when speak ing of the Bull iEterni Patris two weeks ago, has excited a clamour of comments in the jour nals and assemblies of Europe ; and those who have long protested against the interference of the Holy See with secular Governments, now, after the manner of " the children in the market-place," heap torrents of abuse on it because it composes its deliberative assem bly of the spiritual element alone. Captious and contradictory charges are no new weapon in the onslaughts of the world on the Church ; in this instance their use is singularly ill advised. In abstaining from summoning the princes of the world to take part in its deli berations, the Holy See has proved its posses sion of the capacity, what it is so often re proached with wanting, to take the measure of the altered circumstances of the age. In this day of Constitutional Governments, of what avail would be the intervention of any sove reign ? Whatever opinions lie might express or agree to, would his vote bind any section of his subjects ? And if it be urged that the Government should be represented by some accredited Minister, it must be asked again, what figure would be cut in an ecclesiastical assembly by statesmen who have repudiated the first principles of church government, and are ignorant of the first data of the catechism ? Not to dwell on the higher ground—the pro mised assistance of the Holy Spirit to the acts of His Vicegerent—the wisdom and prudence of the arrangement must be apparent_ to all who consider the altered relations throughout the world between men and their rulers. Would the Emperor of Austria be satisfied to occupy a lower place at the Council than his predecessor at the Council of Trent ?- Yet, since at the instigation of Napoleon the title of Roman Emperor has been relinquished, the very raison d'Lire of Austria, which was to represent the Holy Roman Empire, has been surrendered. Or, would the Emperor of the French be very well pleased to see himself placed side by side with Juarez, red-handed with the blood of his " brother " Maximilian ? Or would the holder of any of the ancient thrones of Europe like to be elbowed by the Presidents of the various American Republics ? Yet Presidents of Republics would surely , claim a place next to constitutional mon archs. And what would become of Victor Emmanuel ? Could he expect to be summoned as King of Italy, when Rome knows him not as such ? and even if an entrance were found for him anyhow, how could he bear to face the Pontiff King, of the fifteen usurped provinces? Anyhow, temporal sovereigns have no right in the Council, except as representing their people, but princes, whose politic al creed is that all religions are the same in the eye of the State, cannot be said to be fair representatives of their Catholic subjects, particularly in an assembly which is called to deliberate, among other matters, on the means wit h which toe' redress the impiety of civil legislation. And if the supreme rulers would be out of place in an assembly of Cardinals in the Vatican, how much more so would be their ambassadors ! Imagine M. de Persigny or Baron Beust, for instance, under such circumstances, or an envoy from Victor Emmanuel ! A man who knows something about Italy, observed, facetiously, the othe;day, "If I had a place in the Coun cil, and I saw any Italian placemen come into the assembly, I should immediately secure my pockets, and advise others to do the same." Many journals have been drawing out wild deductions from the circumstance of the mar riage of the Conte di Girgenti and the Infanta of Spain, attaching a great deal of importance to the consequences the union may have to the advantage of the House of Bourbon and to the detriment of other dynasties. It is not difficult, however, to see the many reasons which confine the choice of the houses of Naples and Parma to members of their own family, and, apart from this, circumstances have been brought to my knowledge which show that the present case was ruled more by private than by State reasons. The Queen of Spain had, in the first instance, asked the hand of the Duke of Caserta for the Infanta, having been strongly advised thereto by Don Sebastian, who, while at one time receiving the hospitality of the Naples family, had had op portunities of knowing the Duke. But the Duke of Caserta had' just before sought the hand of the daughter of Count Trapani, and, besides, it would not have been to his taste to settle in Spain. Francis 11. then proposed the Count de Girgenti, then serving in the Austrian army, in his stead. The Count objected at first, as he was too fond of his military career to wish to settle down at once in a comparatively in active life His objections were, however, over ruled, and he consented to go to Spain. The Infanta won his heart on their first acquaint ance, and he became shortly after so anxious to hurry on the marriage that it became necessary to arrange a long travelling programme for them, in order to give time for preparing their future residence at Madrid. Here, in Rome, the young Princess has charmed every one by her affability, no less than by her piety: In a few days more they will leave fora tour in Austria and France. The Isabella 11. is lying at Civita Vecchia waiting their orders for the journey. The Count is anxious to present his bride to the Empress Francis Joseph, and the Emperor Napoleon has invited them to visit him in Paris. Baron Meysenburg has left Rome, much distressed by the conduct of his Government, yet not without hope of an improvement. Ad vices from Vienna, indeed, affirm that Baron Beust is on the eve of a fall, which would, of course, greatly change the face of affairs. The laws lately passed would probably not be re scinded, but their admimstraticin would be sensibly modified, and Baron Meysenburg would come back to Rome in the character of ambassador. Commendatore Visconti, who has lately re ceived from the Pope the title of Baron in token of his appreciation of his great success in the cause of archaeology, has just added another to his many successful excavations, having laid bare an altar of Hercules in the Via de' Pettinari. While on the subject of the Pope's patronage of art, I may mention a visit he paid on Tuesday to the studio of M. Ewell Lafont, a French artist, who is at work on a large picture of the Battle of Mentana. He was much interested in the composition, and spent a considerable time making out likenesses and points of interest. Observing Soracte in the far distance, he began reciting the lines from Horace, " Candidum Soracte," &c. He recognized General Kanzler at once, and General Polhes, and did not forget to make sure that the young Duke of Caserta was in hi* due place. Then he pointed out Colonel Allet, and then observing De Charette, he exclaimed—" Ah ! there is my brave De Charette, and to think that, of all false things, men should say that lie Las left us !" As a further deweti to this charge to which I have already alluded, Baron de Charette has written an outspoken contradiction to it in a letter to the editor of the Journal de Paris, in which lie expressed his intention of beine• back in Rome by the 17th inst--an intenti7bn which has been already fulfilled. News from beyond the frontier continues menacing ; all the preparations for another Garibaldian invasion are going on the same as last year; recruits enlisted, sinister-visaged parties, provided with suspiciously faultless passports, hovering round the troops in every disguise. Thus, several vendors of lemonade were taken up in the neighbourhood of the camp the other day, charged with tempting men to desert ; while pretended deserters from the Italian army apply day by day for admis sion into the Pontifical ranks, where they would have better opportunity for carrying on their game. The Italian Government remains perfectly passive. If it had the will, it would not have the power, to cthitrol matters. Among "7_ \ its own functionaries, and in high places, too, are men sold to the Mazzinian sect, and ready to risk all to procure its triumph. We have had a tridico for fair weather, since which the rain has nearly left us, and the tem perature is now delightful. This improvement has been gladly hailed in the camp, and, if it continues, General de Courten will take down his brigade, composed of Zouaves, cacciatori nostrali, dragoons, artillerymen and engineers, on the 23rd. A late visitor to the camp, in a long and very interesting letter to the editor of the Osservatore, confirms all I had previously told you of the good spirit of the troops, and the benefit of the essay of camp-life to them. "It was impossible to pass through the lines," he writes, " and not be struck, both with the admirable forethought of its promoters and directors, no less than with the discipline and. harmony prevailing among the men, and which is, indeed, the most valuable ornament of this military city. . . . . The larger tents are conical, according to the French system, the smaller ones are made with two slopes, but appear very solid. The hospital is an airy and spacious wooden erection, thatched with straw. The few sick (on the day of my visit twenty. seven out of 4,500) receive every care." Speak ing of the dama g e done by the weather, he explains that it has been less than might have been expected, owing to the nature of the ground ; the floods permeate through the vol canic scoria , . ; are carried away by skilfully adjusted pipes, and leave the soil dry within a very short time of the storm. He further re marks on the readiness of the men to adapt themselves to their new life, apparent from their happy expedients for supplying defi ciencies of all sorts, from their ingenious de fences, and tasteful ornamenting of their dwel lings. Finally, he disposes of the stories of desertions by the hundred, in which the Italian papers indulge, by stating that the result of his investigations makes the whole number forty-three, and that these were men accepted, without due investigation into their character and intentions, in the midst of the anxieties of last year's campaign ; that they were all Swiss, Germans and French—not one single Roman or Italian among them. An intrepid lady-aeronaut has been exciting • a good deal of notice lately. She went up last Saturday evening from a garden in the Quattro Fontane-street. The balloon rose very slowly at first, so that she was able to scatter some flowers on the people assembled to witness the ascent. Its course was watched with much interest, and many people drove behind her carriage, which went out to meet her at the Tavolata, a few miles outside Porta S. Gio vanni, where the descent was accomplished very successfully. she makes another ascent this evening. Cardinal de Angelis is about to return to his diocese of Fermo. The Pope has conferred on him the title and stipend of Camerlingo, without requiring residence in Rome, in order to make some compensation to the diocese for the spoliation of the Piedmontese. There was a procession on Sunday, which I do not remember to have seen before, in honour of the Precious Blood. A relic of the True Cross was carried under a canopy by Mgr. de Merode, lights being borne before, and a party of Zouaves acting as guard of honour. It fa start edrasthe from Ge S. sa Nicolo in Carcere, and went as pas sing back by the Ara Ceeli. A fresh detachment of Canadian Zouaves has arrived. They kept the day of S. John Baptist, patron of Canada, with festive honour. Mr. Larrogue, who had arrived home the day before, made them a spirited address on the nature of their undertaking, and the temper of the troops they were about to join. H e excused himself from speaking at greater length by his weak health, his Mentara wound still requiring him to carry his arm in a sling. THE CREDIT FONCIER OF ENGLAND. (From the Anglo-American Times.) The Second Report of the Credit Foncier of England, which carried its operations to the 30th Sept., 1865, signed by the Right Hon. STUART WORTLEY, and Messrs. JAMES LEVICK and J. N. DANIELL, is one these gentlemen must look back to with pleasure. The delightful anticipation which must have characterized those to whom we owe that document has surely left to them an agreeable souvenir, and should they see our remarks they may recall the charming remembrance. The directors say the first object they had•in view wa s th e d ec l ara ti on of such a dividend as might be permanently main 7 tained, which they fixed at a niiiiinuon of 20 per cent., establishing a fund to insure its mainte nance, and render the shares of the company " a safe and highly desirable investment." Yet this represents but half the dividend then proclaimed, for a bonus at the same rate was added. They recall with scarcely l ess satisfaction the opinions to which they hat c ommitted themselve s i n corre cting those enunciated by stupid people about disaster to the commercial world from the close of the American War. The complacency with which they show they were correct we hope has not been damped by their after knowledge, and we trust their prophecies now furnish them with as much comfort and pride as they then experienced. The figures are next given, whereon they distribu te the dividend at the rate of 40 per cent. to the prop rietors, as i n the previous half year,BoBowsht l e a carryingreshlt naturally consider will be they to the other f un d s a b a l ance o f alike gratifying t o all. It is dis covere d th a t th e capital is inadequate for the grandeur of the under taking, and much valuable business had been daily declined. This is the first well-put bait in the trap destined to capture gulls innumerable. That subject is then cleverly dropp ed, and the u n f ounded repo rts regarding the company taken up. " In utter dis kdireclytors, pe however, are more dis regard of facts, rarely , if ever, has aspersed, e any commercial so unwar rantably associati oanssbaeielend7 recless the than consoled by the reflection that rarely, if ever, has a company achieved so remarkable a success." But they only suffer in common with the other new and great forms of enterprise, being one of the i first to introduce the principle of joint-stock finance ; and they proudly add, that the balance sheet presented to the shareholders affords the best answer to these aspersions. At this point the skil ful writer saw doubts arising in his reader's mind ; balance-sheets may represent any return by merely over-rating the value of the assets, and this ghost ' is at once laid. First comes the assertion that the directors have in all cases made ample allowance ' for every contingency. Next, that to place the posi tion fairly and without exaggeration before the shareholders, in every instance the assets have been valued below the lowest market price ; and- the paragraph winds up with the " fact" that the investments are of that sound c haract er , I and the affairs such that, if necesserf, the company could be immediately wound up by the distribution among the shareholders of £8 10s. per share, on • which £5 hail been paid. Having thus clinched that matter, having discussed the past and present of the company, the directors then " place on re cord their deliberate opinion and conviction that this company is destined in a very short period to take a foremost place among the leading monetary institutions of the country." Now, ag tin, our skil ful writer reverts to the subject upp2rmost in his mind—" All concerned will learn with satis faction the determination of the Board to in crease the capital to the full amount autle)'- rized by the Articles of Association." One hundred thousand new shares are to be issued As a prise to the present shareholders ; the propor tion is allowed to them of one pew share for every two shares then held, at a preininni on each of £2 103. ; the remaining 50,000 to be offered to the general public at a premium of £3 10s. per share, the shareholders being allowed to buy at the in creased premium with the general The directors find it incumbent to explain why they admit any of the outside public into this pro fitable concern, but " they are so impressed with the importance of increasing the area of influ ence, second only to capital, that they feel confident the shareholders will approve of their admitting the public to a participation in this issue." They then go on to prove the immense benefit to be derived from the liberal terms offered, and they show that the shareholders practically receive a bonds of £1 on each share they subscribe for by getting the shares at £2 10s. premium, independent of the pro bable rise so sure to ensue. With the new capital the directors will be in a position to meet the exi gencies of any business, and they intend to increase out of future profits the dividend reserve fund to £200,000, in accordance with the plan annoanced in last report, to have in hand a year's dividend of 20 per cent., which they believe will make their shares a2O per cent. stock. Finally, in accordance with their custom for the information of their share holders, the directors give their opinion of the pro bablevalueof money during the next half yehr. They find certain trades giving signs of increase] activity, various branches of coamerce,, stagnant during the American war, are reviving. They hold that the Bank rate cannot go below five per cent., though " the soundness of trade and general pros perity of the country " make it equally doubtful whether the value of money will continue to main tain its present high rate. This is dated October 12, 18(35, therefore the six months brought the reader to April 12, 1866. Let us give these finan cial.snthusiasts and monetary prophets the benefit of an extra month i❑ which to realize the delight ful anticipations grounded on " the soundness of trade and general prosperity of the country." On the 11th May the City is alive with business men ; at least men in a hurry—although hurry can avail little—considering that every lane in the Golden Circle is so crammed that it is by no means easy to elbow a way through. This new financial busi ness had reached its climax,—its legitimate result. However recklessly the Credit Foncier had been aspersed, the broad fact has struck home to the heart of England, that a variety of other com panies were, in truth, vile :swindles, which would have been crushed beneath the heel of a paternal Government. On all sides shatters were going up, and though two years have elapsed men now are not surprised at that frenzy of alarm, but beyond measure astonished that they could have accepted such reports, and suffere I themselves to be led into such a fool's paradise. Alas ! how fearful has been their punishment; and it will be -an interesting history that tells the full results of the new financing these directors so proudly claimed as theirs. The Credit Foncier asserts that it had been unwarrant ably assailed, and a better time to prove it cannot be given than the present. Its assailants pro nounced its securities rubbish, its system of busi ness false, its accounts wholly unreliable. They declared that but for the enormous sums drawn from the public by the successful issue of the new shares at the £3 10s. premium, it would in the panic have collapsed ; and they even say that had it not been for after calls, in spite of this timely in crease, it could not have continued to exist. Let any one compare the report on which we now com ment with that just issued, and say whether the reckless assertions or the unwarrantable statements were on the part of the assailants or on that of the directors. It is unfair to give all the credit to the Governor and the Deputy governors, whose names wind up the precious docu ment before us. ALBERT GRANT, Esq., M.P., every one knew to be the managing director and the ruling spirit, the titled, the.decorated of foreign Princes, the regenerator of continental cities, the grand scavenger of Brussels, &c., &C. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The mails from the Brazils and the River Flate per the Estramadura have arrived. At the seat of war in Paraguay nothing has taken place to give hopes of a speedy peace. The Allies are yet unable or unwilling to attack llumaita, which they say has only a garrison of 3,000 men. Marshal Lopez has much strengthened his position at the Tebicmari, which the Allies have not yet seen. In the Chaco, Timbo, well fortified, keeps the Allied fleet in check, and the communication with Hu maita, through the Clmco, has not as yet been in terrupted. According to Brazilian accounts the capital of Paraguay, Asuncion, has been de serted, and the Government offices and the while population of that place transferred to Lucpie, a very small village, abput six miles from Asuncion by order of Lopez. But the fact is Humaita still holds out, and the Allies d ire not either advance into the interior, nor allow their steamers to go up the river beyond their base of operation. At Corrientes a revolution took place, changing the existing Government. General Ur quiza, the prominent candidate for the Presidency and Governor of Enter Rios, has called out all the fighting men of his province, under the plea of putting down the revolution in Corrientes ; but the National Government have ordered General Urquiza to disband his troops, as the Government fears a collision with their Allies, the Brazilians. At Buenos Ayres every one was occupied with the Presidential election, which was to take place on the 12th of June. Dr. Quintana has laid on the table of the Chamber of Representatives the following bill :—" The provisions of the Protocol, of the Ist May, 1865, to the treaty of Triple Alliance of the same date, are not sanctioned." In oonsequence, in a secret session of the Senate, it was decreed that Dr. Don Lorenzo Torres, a personal friend of Lopez, should proceed to Paraguay and offer an honourable peace. The monetary crisis at Buenos Ayres and Montevideo was not over, and discount at Buenos Ayres was 24 per cent. The failure of an army contractor has caused a panic, and the bills on the Imperial Treasury were very difficult to negotiate, so that the Government will have to send gold to the commissariat department. At Rio de Janeiro there was a very hostile feeling against the Ministry. A special messenger from the Allies' head-quarters at Paraguay had arrived at Rio with the news that a diplomatic, conflict had arisen be tween the Marquis de Caxias and Mr. Washburn, the American Minister to Paraguay, in consequence of the former refusing to allow the United States gunboat lVasp to pass upwards to receive the latter and his family. _The Marquis offered to send up an ironclad to bring him and his family down to the Wasp, but this was declined, and the dispute has been transferred to Rio for settlement. Some of our readers will be glad to know that all the Eng lish in Paraguay were well ; none of them in the camp, but all in the interior and quite safe. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican.) FRIDAY EVENING, July 1.0. Monday was "quarter day," and the approach of the bank statements made money somewhat higher towards the close of last week. Call loans at New York went up from five to Seven per cent., but only for a day. The re view over, money returned to its usual rates, and is now easy at 4 per cent. on call at Now York, with good paper in demand at 5 to 6. At Boston everything is quiet in loans and discounts. Speaking of the quarterly statement, the Wall Street Register of New York—which has just been greatly enlarged—characterizes it as " highly objec tionable on every account, as it is liable to produce, four times a year—and last spring, it will be 'remembered, ac tually did produce —an artificial tinanc:al disturbance and money tightness, while the banks aro busy swelling their reserves and contracting their loans, in preparation for what is, after all, of the most trivial use whoa done." This is fast getting to be the general feeling of the bank ing and mercantile interests throughout the country. At San Francisco, money—gold and silver—is still abundant. Loans cot - I'4llle to be made at 12 per cent. par annum, and for short loans at 1 to 11 per cent. per mouth. There is not commercial paper enough to employ anything like the amounts offering. .Sack is the generally favourable monetary condition of the whole country. It is agreed on all hands that th , re is no reason to apprahmd any tight ening of the market for the rest of the summer months Money is not ; however, se free as to invite its use without any geed reason. The statement of the city banks of New York for :\l - ond , y show that they o..ved 5101,321,312 on d .p 3.2.; Cagt 5211,3)2,207, Jan 3 2, and 533,1;66,397 against 531,013,721. The Philadelphia city banks owe, this week, on deposits, 538,528,200 against 837,532,427 last week, ane $10,625,426 on circulation against $10,630,307. Perhaps the present condition is better than that of a month ago, whon it was a perfect drug. Abroad the santa features are observable. The accumulation continues at the Bank of England and at the Bank of F: - ante. English capital, available for invest ment, is pretty much at a stand-still. Call loans rule is England at 1 to 11, and even short paper is taken at that rate. The unfortunate experience of every kind of cor porate industry has created an extraordinary distrust of all securities except Consols. Railways are not looked at, and foreign loans on the most flattering terms do not suc coed in drawing off any appreciable amount. Money re mains idle, but without the temptation to invest, on ac count of the disappointments and deceptions of the past three years. The latest quotations of exchange are as follows :—London, GO days, 1101 to 1102-; London, sight, 110 i to 1101; London, Prime Commercial, 1091 to 110 ; Paris, long, 5.131 to 5 121; Paris, short, 5 101 to 5 10 ; Antwerp, 5 161 to 5 15; Swiss, 5 161 to 5 15; Hamburg, 36} to 361 ; Amsterdam, 411 to 412-; Frankfort, 41 to 411 ; Bremen, 791 to 81; Berlin, 71i to 72. Gold has varied during the week only by a fraction. The resolutions of the Democratic Convention had a slight effect, on Tuesday and Wednesday, to push up the price, but the truth is, gold does not know which way to go. If the repudiation proposed should take the form of flooding the country with currency gold would go up boyond account, and would indeed be about the only thing wo th owning except real estate. The probability of this kind of repudiation being accomplished therefore would tend to send gold up. But, on the other hand, the payment of the bonds in Legel-Tender simply would destroy one of the few uses which gold (being demonetized) now serves, and would therefore tend to lessen the demand for it. The shipment still continues large. Govern ments might be expece.d to keep down under the in fluence of the hostile resolutions, b,th of a Republi can House of Representatives and of the Democratic Convention. When each party is trying to surpass the other in offering violence to the national credit, the chances of the bondholders would seem to be slim. Yet on that very.account it is possible that the debt is really in less danger. One party being just as good (just as bad) as the other on the question, it may result in both parties letting it handsomely alone. The action of Congreas cer tainly has taken some of the wind out of the Democratic sails, and it was unquestionably in this view that many voted for the Price amendment. It was none the less an unworthy trick, and must in the end hurt rather than help the cause in aN hich it was employed. Tho Now York World even has the amazing and amusing impudence to claim great credit for the De mocracy-on account of the service they have rendered to the Government Bonds. " The platform of the National Democratic Convention, when read and under stood to-day, has given great strength and firmness to all Government bonds, inasmuch as the principles of economy and adherence to the written law which the Democratic party inculcates, will undoubtedly strengthen the national credit, and if carried into practical operation by the advent of that party into power, will gradually advance the price of all Government bonds to par in gold before the maturity of the priuclpal, thus rendering the question of payment in greenbacks of no moment to investors. The Six per Cent. Government Bonds, principal and interest payable in currency, issued to the Pacific railroads, are selling now at 103 and interest, showing plainly that the greenback theory, even if it were to become a fact, would not lower the prices of Government bonds, for if a six per cent. currency interest bond sells now at 103 and interest, equal to 100 just before the interest is paid, certainly the six per cent. gold interest bonds, to be on a par with the currency bonds, ought to sell at 10 and interest in gold, instead of 1084 in currency." The last touch is really too " killing," considering that the rea son why the gold interest bonds are selling down so low is to be found. wholly in the - violent and unprincipled attacks of the Democracy. However the holders of Go vernments may have reasoned aboutthe matter, and what over the cause, the bonds certainly advanced on Wednes day, notwithstanding the adverse result of the Democra tic ConVention, rising still more on Thursday. The ac tion of the Convention had been so long anticipated that all its effect had already been included in the estimate of this kind of property. It is true, however, that the amount sold has greatly fallen off since the Price resolu tion, and that a most promising advance has been checked. The quotations aro more from rather small operations— the danger in which the debt stands being enough to pre vent buying, even if it is not enough to secure a general sacrifice. The export clearances of domestic produce for the past week at New York amounted to $2.113,799 against $3,531,892 the same week of last year. The expert of specieha.s been $3,227,532 against $1,534,861. The Customs for the week amount to $1,658,097. The receipts of the Chicago and North-Western Railroad for the six months ending July 1, 1868, have boon $5,841,623 against $1,599,859 same period last year. The earnings of the Chicago and Alton Railroad for June have been $373,460 against $342,357 of last year ; of the CleVeland and Pitts burg for the three weeks in June $145,047 against $131,5551a5t year ; of the Chicago, Rack Island, and Pacific Railroad for the month $366,200 against $261,567 ; of the Michigan Southern for the mouth $363,550 against $301,232 ; of the Atlantic and Great Western for the last three weeks in Juno $88,395 against $92,501; of the Ma rietta and Cincinnati for the month $95,921 against $96,533 ; of the Michigan Central for the month, $325,501 against $281,977 ; of the Milkwaukee and,St. Paul for the month $458,094, against $338,395. Thes'e figures will go a great way to explain the rise in railways which has continued during the week. The most marked exception is Reading, which fluctuated vio lently during Friday. There was a very sharp " corner " developed, and the difference between cash and regular was at one time fully 6 per cent. One ;broker bought 20,000 shares at 103} to 1011, while the vie) at the board was only 101.. Tha stock fell during the day t) 961. The affair was very complicated, and the results exceedingly disastrous to all who warn short. The amount made and lost during the afternoon of Friday ou this item is esti- mated at $.).00,000. Heavy " shorts " are alse repertod in New York Central and Michigan Southern, in the former case the operators for a fall being the Vanderbilt party. North-western is still pushing up, the coinanu stock being as high as 784. This rapid and continued rise is attributed by some to an approaching corner; but the general feeling is, that it is idue to a batter apprecia tion of the advantages of the investment. The earnings of the company are prodigious, and its capabilities still more so; but the great drawback is found in the gigantic capital and debt of the road. The common stock amounts to $14,655,741, - and the preferred to $16,768,037, a total of 630,268,037; while the debt, funded and unfunded, is about $18,000,000. This must require the net earnings of the road to be spread oat pretty thin to go around. Bock Island has advanced during the week, selling as high as 108 on Tuesday, and at 1091 on Thursday. Fort Wayne, which so long had the preference over Hock Island, has declined to 1071, and is rather shaky at that. Border State Bonds continue to be pressed for sale, and are consider ably higher. Tho decline in breadstuffs has been going on during the week, and is only just checked at the close. This decline has been very marked and significant. Whether the slight improvement within the last two days indicates that the movement is stopped or is only a momentary pause must as yet be a matter of conjecture. The probability is very strong that it is only the latter, and that the whole lino of prices in breadstuffs will have to yield still further. Cotton has worked up despite unfavourable advices from Europe, middling uplands standing at 324 c. This is owing to the fact that the supply has been pretty well worked down, though quietly. The present demand is wholly for spinning. The low grades have improved most., relatively. The Mston Advertiser says— " Ther e will be a material decrease in the production of cotton fabrics the next two months, as at the present price of staple it is a losing business to manufacture goods, and agents will buy as little cotton as possible. There is a g eneralapprehension that the fall trade will set in early, and that goods will advance before the new crop of cotton comes upon the market." In tobacco no change has oc curred during the week, and only a moderate business has been done. Transactions in seed leaf have been mostly confined to lower grades for export. Manufactured tobacco remains quiet. (From the Wall-street Journal.) NEW Yonx, Friday Evening, July 10. The Governor of Tennessee is proceeding promptly in regard to. the default of the payment of the interest on the State debt. He has called the Legislature to meet on July 27, when arrangements will be made to pay the interest without delay. Tho election of president and directors of the "Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad Company" was held at the (Alm of the company in Erie, on Wednesday, the 24th instant. The following named gentlemen were elected ; - Prosi dent, Win. L. Scott ; directors, John ff. Walker, Henry Rawl°, Milton Cartwright, James Pierce, David Dews, Wm. Williams, Charles H. Leo, Gibson I'. Williams, John M. Hutchison, Horace F. Clark, Augustus Schell, and A lanson Robinson. Mining Stocks are generally dull, the exceptions being Consolidated Gregory and Smith and Parmelee. For Grass Valley there is an active inquiry, and 35 cents are freely offered without bringing out any of the stock (the par valu of which is $10). Petroleu:n Stocks are steady, with a good business doing. in Be lianas Farm and in United States. The following is the gold movement at New York for the first six months of 1868 : —Received from foreign ports. 1n January, $136,571; in February, $115,875 ; in March, $1,209,776; in April, $871,079; in May, $177,483;_ in June,sB3B,lll—total,s4,o3B,9oo. Received from Califor nia—ln January, $1,019,880 ; do. February, $4,132,276; do. March, $3,670,196 ; do. April, $3,760,410 ; do. May, $1,216,707 ; do. June, $3 ; 339,765: $21,089,261. Total supply, $25,128,164. Exported to foreign pJrts: in Jan., $7,349,325; ditto February, $1,303,825; ditto March, $3,691,912 ; do. April, $6,095,179 ; do. May, $15,936,231 ; do. Jane, $11,823,628: $19,103,600. Loss since Jan. 1, 523,975,436. • • NEW YORK RITES OP EXCHA.NGE, July 9, 18.38. Sixty Days. London Bankers London, Primo Commercial lO9l-110 Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers framburgli, Bankers 3.3 —361 Frankfort, OM. 4OI-411 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.15 —5.11 Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss Three Days. 1101-1101 Express Stocks are quoted as follows : Adams American ... United States Wells, Fargo, and Co. ... Merchants' Union, 33 per cent..., ... ... 53. 46 ••• ••• •0 4 1 1 ••• . •.• ". .. 47 ~. 24 ". 24 to 54 to 464 to 48 to 254 to 251 The following were the closing quotations for the various Public Funds of the United States in New York ; Sixes, 1868, registered -L- to Sixes, 1868, coupon Sixes, 1881, coupon ll3l to 1131 U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad — to Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon Ten-forties, coupon lO7 to 107?;- Seven-thirties, 2d series Seven-thirties, 3d series Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 The following were the closing quotations this evening for the Railroad and Miscellaneous Stocks : N. Y. Central 1341- Erie Fort Wayn© Pacific Mail lOll Hudson .. l3Bl Reading Mich. South. kt N. I fl2} Illinois Central - 1571 Cleveland & Pittshrg B7i North-West North-West Preferred 81 Canton 4B Atlantic Mail 33 Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred Ohio and Mississippi 294 Boston Water Power._ 16} Cumberland Bankers and Brokers IOCI Rock Nand Cleveland and Toledo 103{ St. Paul St.. Paul Preferred RAILWAY INIELLTGEYCE. The Burgess Bridge on the Troy and Boston Railroad is rebuilt, and trains are hereafter. to run through from Troy to Boston without change of cars. PROGRESS OF THE UNION PACIFIC.—A new town has already sprung up on the line of the Union Pacific Road beyond Laramie, called Brownville, and is located at a point where the railway crosses the North Platte, which is one hundred miles west of Laramie. Between Laramie and Brownville a tunnel is to be built, which will probably not be finished before September ; but meanwhile a temporary track is being constructed around the mountain to be tunnelled, and work will be continued so rapidly west of the tun nel that Green River, 180 miles west of Brown ville, will probably become the winter quarters of thepioneer railway constructors. The Government Commissioners have accepted twenty additional miles of this road, making the total 660 miles west from Omaha. The work of relaying the track of the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad is progressing rapidly and it is expected that a continuous rail on the Eastern line will be completed this fall. The wooden bridges on the road will be replaced with iron ones as soon as practicable. A new railroad, to be styled the Buffalo and Southern Railroad, is projected, to connect Buf falo and Baltimore, by a direct route, making the distance equal to that between Buffalo and Albany. The new road, by proposed connections, will only require one hundred and twenty miles of new rails to be laid. The company has already organised, and the pioneer railway engineer, William Wallace, is instructed to survey the route. Dr. A. W. Hall, of New York city, has invented an arrangement for preventing the accidents by breaking of rails, which have within the past year caused such frightful destruction of life. It consists in a supplementary rail, inside of each of the ordinary rails. The flange of wheel passes between the two rails. The wheel has a " tread" inside of the flange as well ag outside; but the former does not touch, unless in case of the breaking of a rail. Old rails may be used for the safety rails. The safety-tread may be cast without a chilled face, giving it all the tenacity of soft iron, thereby adding to the safety of the wheel, by lessening its liability to break. The American Artisan describes and illustrates this in vention. The New York commercial Advertiser gives as the settlement of the Erie Railroad difficulty, that John S. Eldridge gives place to Daniel Drew, ex president, and that directors Whitney and Randall resign in favour of John Steward and James Banker. The policy is understood to embrace, withholding further aid to the Hartford and Erie Road, placing an additional rail on the Erie track, making it both narrow and broad gauge, and abandonment of the proposed Akron, Ohio, Ex tension. The Shore Line Railroad re-elected their di rectors on Tuesday, the 7th July, and voted to increase their capital stock not over $1,000,0 00 9 and to have the bridge across the Conneticut river. The New York and New Haven Railroad also met at New Haven and accepted the authorised increase of capital stock as a part of their charter. They further agreed that no portion of the added stock should be disposed of except for actual improve ments. Ground was broken ou the Atlantic and Pacifi c Railroad at Springfield, Missouri, on SaturdaY, 4th July, with imposing ceremonies. The enter prise will be pushed rapidly forward, with a view ° I connecting St. Louis and San Francisco by the 3 5 t h parallel route to Alberquerque and beyond. RAILROAD BRIDGE AT OMAIIA.—The Pacific -Railroad Comp any ' s b r id ge across th e Mi ssou ri river at Omaha is to be one of the most substantial and elL pensive structures in America. The bottom cord wi ll be fifty-five feet above high water mark, thus avoid ing the necessity of a draw. The truss is to be con structe d . of iron, supported by su b s t an ti a l stone abutments an d piers. The estimated cost is $2,500,000, and its com pletion, it is thought, will require two years. Til ° New York independent says that on Train's to w ridge the bridge is to be located which is to connec t two oceans. "if it is built there, Mr. Train is far mor e : certain of .a fortune than of occupying the long vaett n " Presidential chair." The Revolution says he has a fortun e already, but what puzzles; is, why he then stops in t he Marshalsea, which ho jokingly calls his pleasant summ er retreat. The Fourth was celebrated by a submarine race in Boston harbour, which was the most unique featu re ,. of the day, and quite successful. The submarine {t u ns of 30 kegs of powder, exploded by electricity a schooner at a safe distance, throw an in-Linens' volume of water about 100 feet into the air th i e shape of a water spout. George Phillips, of llenstiela' and Jacob Palmer, of Boston, each submarine dive rs f° : '. five years, and William Lloyd, of Boston, ton years 1° that occupation, were the contestants. Bcats acted as to!re ders to them, conveyinr , each one's air pump and 111 line. The course was 2,100 feat, which Phillips acco2; plished in 17 minutes, Lloyd in 18k, and Palmer, use was accidentally hindered at the outset, in 21 min They received prizes cf $75, $5O, and $25, according to the time made. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Consumption, and all nervous, bilion stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are only aggr° at t e or and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfac curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica F° ° , ( l as proved by thousands of cases which had been consider : 0 _ hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma , sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de ran3 ), ments, htemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervo uso lo , biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout , 111 ' 1 5, rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepl essu sy, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, d"1 cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregnan c y ° he st, sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of th e pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shoulders, 070 We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Du ii;il of Food. Cure No 63,413.—"R0me, July 21, 186 G.—The all the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoniug,,o other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du 1 33r 0 1ul Revalenta Artabica Food, of which ho consumes a P lB ' 4lc fal at every meal. It has pro luced a surprisingly b ouo 'oo effect ou his health, and his Holiness cannot praistZridi," excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette du wi ii er- July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, timber, o gg, chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseas ed spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial dotal° to f - Curo No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenrcio Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. 0 09, years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nerv ou: fai d asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sicknes yoy vomiting.—MariaJoly. ' Important Caution.—Beware of the,t`iit unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, wh'o. authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attse'i Is. ; In tins, at ls. lid.; 1 lb , 2s. 9d ; 2 lbs., 4s. 6d. ; 5 l bs 12 lbs., 22s ; 241bs ,40s —Also DU BARRY'S REVALENTA 1 R t S 5$ CHOCOLATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; For 1 2 cr ;;OA. , 2:;., for 21 cups at Is. Gd., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cUPs 0 0 . 1 1 for 576 cups at 555. Being about one penny per cup . ... and 55i. tins are sent free of carriage in England on of Post Office Orden—BAßßY DU BARRY and CO. ' Regent-street, London and all Grocers and Cheniis., Births. EDWARDES —On the 25th inst., at 12, John-street, Berko, ley-square, the ion. Mrs. Edwardes, of a son. , MITCHELL—On the 2-ttli inst., the wife of Frederic; rt Mitchell, Es+, of Idol-lane, T ower - s treet, and Lodge, North Brixton, of a daughter. of MURRAY—On the 21th inst., Mrs. Herbert gar* Marriages. DAWSON—LYON— On the 22d inst. at Doveridgc.,„4',,,— to Finch Dawson, of Barrow Hill, Ash b ou rne, - 11 • 01 9 '' s yo - Jessie, third daughter of Arthur w. Lyon, ° f ',ohne, Ashbourne, Esq . . MAGNAY —llousToux—On tho 23d inst., at Eo' D- go,g" Charles Magnay, second son of the late Chris. JO' titer nay, of Crouch Hall, Middlesex, to Helen, eldest d aeg of Col. Houstoun, of Clerkington, East Lothian. Deaths. f Li p MATTIIIE— Vi 3 GILBERT—On the 25th inst., Mary Ann, th e wife °- Gilbett, o ge On the 23d f The Gran, Dulwi Totteridge, ch. Job tl g o rts, . 6. 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