The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

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WILLIAM lIOLDICII and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. IVILLIAM HOLDICII and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, EStabliSbed. 1812, at 105, Fleet-street, City; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, with Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIANI lIOLDICII and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). H ER MAJESTY'S OPERA. (THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE). Mdlle. Christine Nilsson. TO-MORROW EVENING (TUESDAY), June 23 (last timo but one). Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAM3IERMOOR. • Edgardo, Signor Mongini; Enrico Aston, Mr. Santley; Rai- CL Signor Foli ; Arturo, C or s i; a Normann'o, Signor sabont; Mao. Corsi; and Lucia, Mdlle. Christine Nilsson, Conductor —Signor Arditl. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. St&lls, One Guinea; amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, lOs. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. B)xes, stalls. and places may he obtained at the new Box office of Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second do)r fr)m Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till .5, under the super intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (under the portico in Brydges-street), open from 10 till 8. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. I.XORNING- PERFORMANCE. Titiens—Nilsson—Kellogg. WEDNESDAY t EST, June 24th. Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Il Conte d'Almaviva, Mr. Santley; Figaro, Signor Classier; Dottore Bartolo, Signor Sealese; Basilio, Mr. Lyall ; Don Curzio, Signor Agretti; Antonio, Signor Zoboli; Marcellina, Mdlle. Ccrsi ; Cherubino, Mdlle. Christine Nilsson; Susanna, Mdlle. Clara Louise Kellogg ; and La Contessa, 3ldlle. Titiens. Doors open at half-past Ono. Commence at Two o'clock pro eisely. Boxes, Stalls, and Places at the Box-offices of Her Majesty's Opera ; also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. EEP, MAJESTY'S OPERA. 'FHEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Bneltstone. THIS EVENING, THE LADIES' CHAMPION. Mr. Ken dal, Mr. W. Gordon, Miss lone Burke, and Miss F. Wright. To be followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters by Mar;srs. Sothern, Buckstoue, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, &e.; Mesdames Robertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale, Dalton, Laws, and Dauhigny. Concluding with A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs. Compton and Kendal ; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin, &c. Commence at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, GO TO PUTNEY: Mr. G. Belmore. At a quarter to 8, A DAY OF RECKONING. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Billington, Mr. G. Belmore. Mr. Ashley. Mr. Stuart, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. C. J. Smith; Miss Carlotta Leclercq. To conclude with THE LIA 3. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. G. J. Taylor, and Miss L. MoorB. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. TIES EVENING (MONDAY), WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY, HAMLET. Itemlet. Mr. Allerton. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, Leeson, B. Potter, B. Ellis, Maclean, Herwyn, Crel lin, Cathcart, and Gresham ; Mesdames Elsworthy, Kemp, and Ymily Cross. Preceded each Evening by THE DAY AFTER THE WED DING Doors open at 7; commence at 7.30. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long - acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. THIS EVENING, at 7, MARY JONES. Followed by, at a quarter to 8, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. To conclude with "FOWL PLAY;" or, A Story of Chlkkin Hazard. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. HEATRE ROYAL, H LB O RN.—EI egantly L. repainted 3,nd redecorated.—Under the management of Miss Fanny Josephs. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, WHO'S TO WIN HIM? After which, at 5.15. FOUL PLAY. To conclude with THE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. H. Cox. 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Sold in bottles, Si. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Rod Bull Wharf, Angol-pusago, 93, Upper Thames .str•Aztk Loudon, E.C. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1868. t ot , dz t-1, ° ' n SUa LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1868, The North-German Parliament has been c' insect by Knia WILLIAm in person, and the speealht ieli vered on the occasion was more hopeful than ; the last oration of the same kind. Matters haver -im proved a little since the Customs Parliament se, ab ruptly disposed of some Ministerial schemes, .and hence Count BIS3IATICK has gone to his retiremei and the KING, too, closed the session with better hope and more confident expectations. In 100 l Ling at the results of the work of the past session , the KING made special acknowledgment for the sanc tion of the law for the development of the Federal Navy and the completion of the coast &fences. This is evidently just now the strong point with th Berlin Cabinet, and to effect its accomplishment every effort has been made, and no pains spared. It is well known that the idea of having a fleet in proportion to their power and military resources has long obtained possession of the German mind, and in carrying out that under BISMARCK'S policy has not been so anti-national as in some other cases. The Opposition, it is true, made a decided stand against it and the manner in which the Government desired to execute their work, and intimated the propriety of Parliament having some check on the money, but the imperious temper of the Minister on a previous occasion could not brook any in terference, and he comported himself in a most arbitrary wanner. The end of all has been that the money required, or said to be required, has been granted through sanctioning a loin. General MOLTKE made a speech to the House on the sub ject of the national armaments, in the course of which he referred to some points of European im portance. He admitted that the burden now laid upon Germany was a heavy one, with the large ex penditure that the military arrangements now de manded, and certainly it needed not the informa tion, for the fact is well known to the world, and bitterly regretted by the victims of the aggressive policy of Berlin. It need scarcely be added that no indication was given of a change taking place for the better, and, so far from that, the General in ferred that it could not at any rate for the present. This is not a very flattering testimony to the states men who have brought matters to such a pass, and some idea of this kind has evidently struck the Government, for General MOLTKE exclaimed—" Is there any sensible man who does not wish the enor mous military expenditure to be applied to peaceful purposes ?" The General was averse to the arbitra ment plan. His aspirations for united Germany are very grand indeed, for he expects that that nation will be the guardian of Europe, and he sketches out in his visions of the future the won ders to be effected by the power that must rise in the centre of Europe, " itself unambitious of con quest, but strong enough to restrain its neigh bours." The English mind must look with surprise and somewhat of mystification at the prospect of a European police agency to be established to direct and control the nations, but we learn that if this blessing be ever vouch safed to humanity, it will be through Germany ; and the reason given certainly puts the climax Co the affair, for it is said that " Germany is the only Power in the centre of Europe unambitious of con quest." One thing is encouraging at any rate in the speech of the King and the remarks of the General, that there seems no chance of any new disturbance taking place through the agency o f Prussia, and that is an advantage not to be over looked. Whatever the motive was that induc3d the Berlin Government to attack Denmark, and seize upon the North-German provinces, the result of such undertaking WAS most disastrous to the peace and prosperity of Europe, and at pre sent, at,:all events, we are not desirous to see a war break out between France and Germany. We have had of late so many depressing influences to contend against that a great war like that must be, in every sense of the term, to be deplored. So far, then, the present aspect of Prussian affairs is better than it has been for some time past. We learn by the Atlantic cable that the PRE SIDENT has vetoed the bill for admitting Arkansas to representation in Congress. This is the first time that he has exercised the veto power since the great trial of strength between the two parties, though probably few of his predecessors have put it in requisition so often as he had done previously. The result of the veto in the case of the Arkansas Bill was the same as on the more important occa sions when the PRESIDENT used his official right of protest. The House of Representatives passed the bill over the veto by 110 votes against 31. This was only to be expected, for it could not be sup posed that there would be any great modification in the sentiments of the dominant party, and its members are not• likely to lose an opportunity of testifying their dislike to the PRESIDENT and his policy. If there is little changes, however, in the relations between PRE SIDENT and Congress there are wonderful alterations in the movements of political parties. A little white ago there was a general be lief that General GRANT would be put forward by the Democratic party as their candidate for the honours of the White House. It was said that having little chance of securing the election of a purely Democratic candidate, they would content themselves with the nomination of one who might obtain the votes of moderate men of all parties, who bad shown himself favourably disposed towards the South, and was unlikely to sanction any violent or subversive changes. GRANT'S own conduct was for some time so cautious and so reticent that he might have been supported by either party, and cynical observers suggested that he was un willing to commit himself until he saw which party gave him most chance of suc cess. Whether: this were true or no he cer tainly contrived to keep on terms with both sides in a manner very unusual in American politics. The difficulty about the War-office, however, proved too great to be surmounted by any degree of care or caution, and GRANT found himself forced to com mit himself to one side or the other. He identified himself with the Radicals, and by suddenly and without notice withdrawing from his temporary post he greatly embarrassed the PRESIDENT, who was not likely to forgive the desertion. GRANT has been rewarded by the support of the Radical party, who have put him forward as their candidate, and as we have seen the other day he has been nomi nated at Chicago as the Republican President to be. Chief Justice CHASE, on the other hand, has always been a prominent member of the Radical party. He is a friend of the negro, a supporter of negro suffrage, and, on most of the important test questions of the day, he has taken side with the Republicans. Yet Mr. CHASE, it is said, is likely to be put forward by the Democratic party as their candidate for the Presidency. Truth is stranger than fiction in America, if nowhere else. Who:would have believed six months ago that GRANT and CHASE would thus change places? If their eau didature for Presidency had been announced last 1 bay. I year, it would at once have been taken for granted Jthat CHASE was the Radical and GRANT the choice of the Democrats. Such changes have a few ! months brought, and such are the perplexities and uncertainties attending American public life at this crisis that we now find the politicians who have professed no change of opinions or of policy suddenly accepted by the opposite parties. The conduct of the Chief Justice during the Impeach ment Trial may possibly be said to have deserved the suffrages of the Democratic party, while GRANT'S action in respect to the STANTON difficulty has un doubtedly propitiated the Radicals. Still, so far as the great political problems of the day are con cerned, there is no change in their acknowledged views and sympathies, and it is significant of the predominance of the personal or party element in American public life that such considerations should weigh beyond all others. There are momentous questions at issue. There is the reconstruction of the South, there is negro suffrage and negro labour, there is the state of the finances, all of which press for some immediate action, yet we do not find that these are the main considera tions which are likely to influence the leaders of the respective parties in their choice of a nominee, nor to affect the candidates' chances of success. The good of the party is the primary consideration, and every man who dares to put tha public good foremost, or to consult his own independence and self-respect, is forthwith denounced as " a traitor." It is possible that the Democrats may find a more congenial candidate than CHASE, but the Chief . Justice has position and reputation to recommend him, and might prove a powerful antagonist to GRANT, whose popularity in the army makes him formidable. Should these two be the prominent rivals in the long-looked-for struggle there will be some divisions among their supporters. Some of the Radicals will, no doubt, vote for CHASE, the advocate of negro suffrage, rather than for GRANT, who professes no friendship for the black man. Many Democrats, too, will prefer to support GRANT, and it is confessed that the prevailing dis like to the negro in the North will probably in fluence the elections. It is a different thing to talk about perfect freedom and equality on the platform to get negro votes, but the social antago nism is too strong for any political feeling. The Volunteer Review has proved a success, and this must be gratifying to all parties. The public feel a deep interest in all that concerns the welfare of our Volunteers, and the fact of the Sovereign seeking to do them honour is a testimony not to be overlooked or disregarded. The weather was not so favourable as it might have been, but it did not constitute a drawback to the day's enjoyment. On the whole, the experience of Saturday shows that our Volunteer force has attained great efficiency, and maintains the spirit and energy which first gave it strength, and enabled it to become an institution among us. The day chosen was a good one for it. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. ALEXANDRIA, June 21. Sir R. Napier, Sir R. Stavely, and King Theo dore's son, will leave Alexandria to-morrow morn ing in H.M.S. Urgent. PORTSMOUTH, June 22. The Indian troopship Crocodile has arrived here from Alexandria with troops from the Abyssinian expedition. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, June 22. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Borussia, from New York, has arrive.] here. She brings the mails, 39 passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, $60,045 for Lyndon, $lOO,OOO for Paris, and $13,815 for Hamburg. The North German Lloyd's steamer America, from New York, passed the Needles at 11.5 a.m. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GALLE D June 19. The Mooltan, with the above mails, left yesterday for Suez. The Bombay left on the 17th inst. for Australia. SUEZ, June 21. The Bombay left at 7 p.m. yesterday for Bom- ---~ BOURSE, June 20.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4} per Cent. End of month... -- Itsl'an Loan — 3 per Cent End of.month 7O 20 Mexican Loan ... 22 Credit Mobilier End of month... 307 50 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1530 Home Debt — End of month... Deferred ... RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern_ _ 6OO Western Eastern • • _ Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3B7} North of Spain 65 Saragossa Roman 45 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The anniversary of her Majesty's accession was observed at Chatham on Saturday in the accus tomed manner. At 12 o'clock a Royal Salute of 21 guns was fired from Fort Amherst and the ships and batteries at the Nore, the Royal standard being hoisted at all the Government establishments. General Murray,.commanding the district, having to take the command of a division of Volunteers at Windsor, no review of the troops in garrison was held. According to existing arrangements, Prince Arthur will join the Royal Engineer establishment at Chatham to-morrow for the purpose of commenc ing his studies with the corps of Royal Engineers, in which he has just received a commission. Go vernment-house, in Chatham dockyard, occupied by the superintendent of that establishment, has been set apart for his residence, a separate entrance having been erected at the dockyard for the use of the Prince in passing to and from the yard to Brompton barracks. His Royal Highness while stationed at Chatham will go through the usual curriculum of study in military engineering, topo graphy, fortification, and the other subjects to be acquired by officers of the Royal Engineers. A suite of rooms has been set apart for his use during the time he is at Brompton Barracks. On Saturday detachments of the Bth, 29th, and 30th Regiments proceeded from Chatham garrison to the Government rifle range at Milton for the purpose of going through a course of target prac tice with the Snider breech-loader previous to em barking for India. The pennant was hoisted on Friday on board the double screw gunboat Vixen, 4, at Devonport, for service at Bermuda ; her crew will be shipped dur ing the present week. The double screw gunvessel Llpwing, 3, was removed on Saturday from Keyham-yard into flamoaze, where she will during the week receive the crew of the hydraulic gunboat Waterwitch. His Prussian Majesty's gunboat Blitz, 3, Capt. Jong, from Corunna and Cadiz for Dover and Stralsund, put into Plymouth Sound on Saturday for coal. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE aro the propertios of lamplough's Pyretic: Saline, curing the worat hJadaches, sican3s, skin, or binary affections. Pleasant, palatable, anti nrigorating. Sold_by all Cbezaists.7[A.clyt.] CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (inom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, June 21; Prince Milan, or Milano, who it seems certain will rucceed Prince Michael of Servia, was brought to Paris mine years ago, while almost an infant, in order to be educated. He was entrusted to the charge of M. Huet, formerly Professor of History at the College Rollin, and the tnthor of several philosophical and religious works. To These works and the education of his pupils M. Huet gave 1p his whole time. Prince Milano went every day to the Lyc6e Louis-le-Grand, and studied there under the eminent professor, M. Chambon. He displayed great ndustry and intelligence, was several times first in his :lass, and obtained the honour—so dear to the scholar—of ti place at the banquet of Saint-Charlemagne. Prince Michael took a very lively interest in the progress of his relative. It was by a telegram direct from Belgrade to M. fillet that Prince Milano heard of the late tragedy. The result of it will be to transfer him from the benches of a ryeee to a throne. He will leave his fellow pupils with much regret, and be greatly regretted by them, for he was not only industrious, but spirituel, and full of sympathy for others. It was reported that he had left Paris fox Belgrade, but this was a mistake, and I believe ti.at M, flistich, the Servian envoy, who was to have conducted him to the Servian capital, has left Paris for Vienna with. out the Prince. Fiercer and fiercer has grown the heat, and the ther mometer has in some parts of Paris reached over 100 deg. in the shade. Fortunately, there are signs that this tropical weather will not continue much longer. The telegraphic reports speak of storms and wind on the west coast. This looks like the beginning of the end of our long drought. It has given rise to one or two incidents worth mentioning. A day or two ago a young man, who seems to have been drinking rather freely, and to have been suffering from the combined effects of eau-de-vie and the sun, threw himself into the Seine during a suicidal paroxysm. The coolness of the water acted as a sedative and restorative. His senses returned, and he then began to cry aloud for help. A gendarme jumped into the river and endeavoured to save him, but in vain ; the youth sank, and the gendarme nearly followed his example. The intense heat has burnt up the grass, so that it is very inflammable, and liable to be set on fire by casual sparks. On Friday afternoon the wood at ➢ieudon had a narrow escape from being destroyed. It is supposed that a party had been dining there ; and that one of the smokers dropped a lighted match on the ground. Whatever the cause, the fire burnt fiercely foz some time over a space about 900 square yards. Some quarrymen who were at work not far off succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The Champ de Mars is not yet wholly cleared. The greater portion of the Exhibition has been pulled down, and there remains standing only about half of the machinery gallery. The great building of the Commis. sariat-General, near the Avenue La Bourdonnaye, still remains. The ground is covered with enormous piles of iron, which are gradually being removed. There was a very long Cabinet Council meeting yester day. It lasted three hours longer than the usual time, and there have been numerous rumours of impending political changes since then. It has been even said that we should shortly see an announcement of the retirement of M. Rouher and the formation of an entirely new Ministry. No doubt there is no foundation for this. But it is certain that a good deal of political agitation prevails just now, and that the Empire has a large number of active enemies. The feeling against M. Pouyer-Quertier is very strong in the highest circles, and not the less so because M. Rouher has been compelled to gi ve way with regard to the mail contract, to the no small disgust of the Pereires. The Emperor goes to Chalons during the latter half of the week, probably on, Thursday. Th ere i s some ta lk o f a mee ting between hint and Baron Von Beust at Biarritz later in the year. There have been some more press prosecutions—the first, I believe, under the new law. The conductor, the editor, and the printer of the Art have been tried and convicted of publishing matters relating to politics in a journal not authorised to treat thereon, and also of publishing state. ments tending to excite the contempt and hatred of citizen! against each other. The accused did not surrender, and in their absence two of them were condemned to two months' and fifteen days' imprisonment respectively, and all three were condemned to a fine of £4O, and the journal was ordered to be suppressed. Rather sharp work this for the mild regime. A certain P2re Loriquet has written a new history of France for the use of schools. You may judge of its value when I say that not only does he retain the apocry phal story about Waterloo—that when the Imperial Guard was asked to surrender, Cambronne replied, "La Garde meurt et ne se rend pas"—but adds, that thereupon the Guard fell upon each other with their swords, in order to avoid the humiliation of being made prisoners. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. Monday, June 22, 8 a,m, Nairn . Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnees Valentia Cape Clear Roche's Pt llolyhead Liverpool .. Ardrossan Greencastle Penzance .. Plymouth .. Weymouth Portsmouth London .... C'peGris Nez Brest L'Orient Rochefort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 10'051 ;o'l6l 10•20 I 10'16 ;o'3Bl 'o'so 0 . 94 o'o6 o'o9 o'l2 0'47 16'44, S. S. E. S.W. W. S. W, w. W. 4.W. EXPLANATION. N. N. E. Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. The letters r., rising ; 1., falling ; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of the Mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometet exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; ; I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.—rain ; s.— snow; t.—thunder. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. COMMANDER FELLOWES'S DESPATCH. A despatch has been received at the Admiralty from Commander Fellowes, of her Majesty's sloop Dryad, riving an account of the operations in Abyssinia of the Naval Rocket Brigade, which was under his command. the men landed at Zoulla, on the 25th January, and having rapidly acquired a knowledge of drill and the management of mules, were soon ready to march to the front. Joining the commander-in 3hief on the 30th March, the brigade was warmly wel- Domed by his Excellency, and at his request went through its drill and fire with complete success. From Fahla, King Theodore opened fire on the Naval Brigade, which was enabled to return the first shot in a very short time, owing to the readiness with which the rocket tubes are handled. Commander Fellowes confirms the statement that Theo dore was astonished by the rockets, and that he said it was impossible to fight against people who used such things. The report goes on to describe the recrossing Df the Bashilo on the 17th of April, and the burning of Magdala on the following day. From the spoil in the city a trophy was selected and given to each battery and regi ment. A valuable and handsome shield, with gold filigree and lion's skin, and a solid silver cross, fell to the lot of the Naval Brigade. The proceeds of the sale will be distributed among the troops, the manuscripts sent to the British Museum. In conclusion, the report says :—" The march ing of the men of the Naval Brigade has been excellent throughout, no case having occurred of men falling out on the march, although their boots have frequently been com pletely worn through, and even men who were sick en deavoured and succeeded in performing long marches. The most strict discipline has been maintained throughout, and in both these points especially the Naval Brigade can com pare favourably with any troops." The names of deserving officers and men are appended. BIETEonoLooICAL REPORTS. 29'52f. 29'59f. 29'62f. 29'64f. 29 67f. 29'721. 29'70r. 29 68r. 29'68r. 29'64r. 29'68 29'60f. 29'55f. 29'70r. 29'68f. 2912 f. 29'75f. 2918 f. 29'73f. 29'70f. 30'08f. 3073 f. 30'1Cs, e.S.E. 8. S. S.W. N.W. ?W. S.S.W. S.S.W. S.W. NV.S.W. N.W. S.S.W. S.W. W.S.W. W. W.S.W. N.N.E. Eitreme N.E. S. N.E. E. S.E. S.E. N.W. S.W. S. S.E. S.W. &E. S. S.S.E. REMARKS. A general diminution in barometrical pressures has taken place since our last report: in the N. the decrease has been half an inch since Saturday. Readings this morning are about a quarter of an inch lower than yesterday on all coasts, except in tha W., where the change in the last twenty-four hours has been slight. There is a difference of more than half an inch between readings at Nairn and kochefort. Temperature has become lower generally. Southerly *lnds were prevalent yesterday in Ireland and on our Channel coast, *here they were strong. Westerly and south-westerly winds are ftorted this morning from western stations. Rain has fallen on nearly all coasts, and thunder is reported from our E. coast—a thunderstorm is also reported from Brussels. On Saturday night there was lightning in London. The weather is generally cloudy. The Pope, replying to the congratulations of the Cardi nals upon the twenty-third anniversary of his accession, said : " Rome ought to be a sacred place. The very sacredness of the soil which we tread imposes upon each of us the duty of edifying the world by our actions. God weighs in the balance of justice our sufferings and our deeds. Let it be said of modern Rome, `That which she does not possess by arms she holds by religion." Count Moltke—he who sitting quietly in his official sanctum directed the operations on the field of battle in 1866—has spoken in Parliament on the debate on the Naval Loan. The Centre in the course of their discussions were not sparing in their censure of Bismarck. According to them he had committed a most unjustifiable act in paying off a number of ships, and delaying the c onstruction of some seacoast redoubts, rather than employ money not re ceived on his own terms. The times, they held, were too serious for such experiments. However, it devolved upon the House under any circumstances to behave as patriots, even though the Government did not. They ought, therefore, to ratify the compromise arrived at, at last, between the Government and acme leading members. In defence of this view Count Moltke said : "Is there any sensible man who would not wish the enormous military expenditure to be applied to peaceful purposes? But ardently as we may long for such a consumma`,ion, the time is distant when war will he replaced by international arbitrement. Whatever may be effected by the progress of civilisation, for the present there is, in my opinion, but one way to pre vent war in this quarter of the globe. A Power must rise in the centre of Europe, itself unambitiou3 of con quest, yet strong enough to restra'n its neighbours. If such a blessing ever be conferred upon humanity, it will be through Germany—that is, through Germany when united. In arming them we do it not for ourselves alone. Part of the money demanded by Government is to be expended in costly experiments. To wait for these experiments to be made by other nations would be unpractical. In mechanical science it is not the invention alone which is of moment, but the way it is employed also. It took us twenty years to make our needle-gun the excellent weapon it is, and manufacture a supply of millions of them. If an honourable goiltleman has given it as his opinion that all ironclad ships will be ultimately smashed by cannon, I can only say that I think a couple more wars will be necessary to settle the question. Gentlemen, our neighbours—including those who pretend to be ignorant of the fact— are well aware that we will not attack them. But they must likewise be made aware that we will not be atta.ckedeither, and this is by present loari had become ailecesitar."-- ELECTORAL STATISTICS A correspondent sends us some valuable statistics, which shew how enormously disproportionate is the distribution of electoral power in England, as tested by popu:ation and wealth. The Reform Bill will reduce this disproportion considerably; but even on the new register there will be abundant room for further rearrangement. SYNOPS: OP EL E CTQ RA L POWER IN ENGLAND, 1865, OMITTING SMALL PRA.CTIONI. -.1 Proportion for equal Transfer of u. 4 electoral district. seats. 5 .5 F. a 4 _5, Es: .. 9 .• 5 as 1. e 2, g F,-,...; ~ . .. a District 4._ ,.. .;',.. 0 VI 74 . 3 - 1 1 '''' gi . EA 1 = a ' ` g r 3 -,,1 .. ..g F+ 0 c .d . iii 0. d . 3 j t; P. A 0 N ;Li .4.... ,-. 0 ___ A 21 11 55 51 54 52 3 — ll 2 11 58 50 53 52 6 C 6 271 109 150 133 142 33 I) 21 111 102 60 55 57 45 F 1 7 45 32 33 33 12 P 2 111 80 56 54 55 25 G 2 171 18 68 85 76 58 191 I 961 4G7 467 467 I 467 191 •91 A contains seven counties—Warwick, Lincoln, Derby, Leicester, Rutland, Northampton, and Nottingham. B contains five counties Essex, Hertford, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. C contains seven counties—Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire. D contains six counties Somerset, Wilts, Dorset, Hants, Devon, and Cornwall. E contains six counties—Bedford, Bucks, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Suffolk, and Norfolk. F contains eight counties—Oxford, Berks, Gloucester, Worcester, Monmouth, Hereford, Stafford, and Salop. G contains one county Metropolitan boroughs and Middlesex. The electoral statistics from the Parliamentary Blue book, 1865-6, chew the borough and county population of England as rather under 20,000,000, and the annual value £96,250,000, returning 467 members—viz., 147 county and 320 borough. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON.—It is announced that Mr. W. Coningbam (L.), formerly member for the borough, intends again to come forward as a candidate at the general election. Both the present members are Liberals. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NonTn).—The Liberals of this division will make a great effort to return at least one candidate at the dissolution. BIRMINGIIISI.—A meeting of the general executive com mittee in the Liberal interest, and representing all the wards, will be held in the first week in July, to select the three candidates for the ensuing election. g•rnrtE•O\-TRENT.--Thle sitting members, Messrs. Gren fell (L.) and Melly (L.) will probably be opposed by Mr. C. M. Campbell, the defeated Conservative candidate at the last election. A second Conservative is spoken of. NEWPORT (MoN3IoUTnSHIRE).—It has been determined by the Liberals to oppose the re-election of Mr. Crawshay- Bailey (C.), who has represented the borough tor sixteen years. NORTH LANARKSHIRE.—The Conservative party have arranged to start Major Hozier as a candidate. Majoi Hamilton, of Dalzell, is expected to be the candidate in the Liberal interest 1 SOUTH LANARK.-Sir Edward Colebrooke (L.) will no doubt shortly issue his address to the electors of the southern division, with which he is more immediately con -4 nected. It is anticipated that Sir Edward will be returned — 3 w i t h ou t o pposition. HADDINGTON.-At a largely attended meeting of the 4 2 electors of the county of Haddington, and of those to be enfranchised, Lord William Hay (L.) was proposed to stand for the county, and the motion was unanimously ---: carried. It was agreed to appoint a large working com i mittee. LEOMINSTER. —Mr. Arkwright (C.) has issued an address, stating that it is his intention to again solicit the suffrages of this constituency. It is believed that Viscount Mahon (C.) will also seek re-election. It is anticipated that the next election will be one of the sharpest contests that has taken place in this borough for many years. CUMBERLAND• —The Liberals of West Cumberland held a meeting last week, at which they formed a registration committee " with a view to the consolidation of the Liberal party in the division." In East Cumberland there has not been any movement on either side. HEREFORD (CITY).—Mr. Baggallay (C.) has expressed his willingness to offer himself again singly or in coalition with another Conservative candidate. Mr. Clive (L.), it is understood, offers himself for re-election. DUMFRIES BURGHS.—Mr. W. Ewart (L.) will not seek re-election. Mr. Jardine (L.), the present member for Ashburton, is named as his successor, but Mr. Jardine is also mentioned as a candidate for the county. PAISLEY.—Mr. A. Kintrea (L.) has issued an address to the electors. Mr. Crum•Ewing (L.), the present repre- sentative, will come forward again. The Supreme King of Siam has conferred on Sir John Bowring the insignia of the Order of the White Elephant. THE SIMULTANEOUS RIFLE MATCH BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, AND CANADA.—On Satur day last the great rifle match between the volunteers of Great Britain, Australia, and the Dominion of Canada, which was commenced on Whit-Monday last, the Ist of June, on the simultaneous principle, was brought to a close, having lasted just eighteen days. Volunteers from all parts of Great Britain took part in it, and on nearly every day since its commencement the rifle ranges in and around the metropolis have been engaged for the purpose of the competition. The contest is known as the " Any Bore Simultaneous Rifle Match," and the present is the third or fourth occasion on which it has been held. Nearly all the scores of the volunteers in this country have now been sent in, and on the receipt of the others from Australia and Canada the result of the match will be announced. AN INHUMAN MONSTER. —A liberated soldier named Lothiho, aged 30, has just been tried at Vannes, France, for the murder in that place of his wife, to whom he had been married less than a year, and the attempted homicide of his father-in-law. The crime was only remark. able for the trivial motive that called forth the animosity of the accused, and the brutal manner in which every thing had been committed. The man did not attempt to deny his guilt, and narrated the events with a most cynical indifference. He had conceived a resentment against his wife and father-in-law because they had persuaded him to purchase a cottage, for which he afterwards thought that he had paid too dearly. He one day borrowed an iron bar and struck the woman on the head twice from behind as she was seated on a bed ; he next stabbed in the throat with a knife, and then, hearing her still groan, he stuffed a corner of a sheet into her mouth, and, getting on the bed, jumped several times on her body. His vengeance not being yet satiated, he next stabbed her several times in the abdomen, and then locking up the house he went to the residence of his father-in-law, and attempted to stab him in his bed, but the other called for aid, and Lod6ho made off and went to a small inn, where, while drinking, he related in a most unconcerned manner the two crimes which he had just perpetrated. He was sentenced to death. - ---- • THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSITION FOR A ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 1N IRELAND. The following letter has been addressed to Lord Mayo by the Catholic prelates who were invited by the Government to consult on the granting of a charter to the Catholic University : "To TIIE RIGHT ZION. THE EARL OF MAYO, M.P., CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND. "My Loicl,—lt is but due to ourselves to call your attention to the explanations recently given by yourself in answer to Sir John Gray's question, and by another noble lord in the Upper House, both referring to the broken-off, if ever to be re &fined, negotiations concerning a charter for a Catholic University. These negotiations, the public is now fully aware, were entered upon in consequence of the declared intentions of the present as well as the late Government to remove in part the educational disabilities under which the Catholics of Ireland labour; and they were conducted so far as they went by your lord ship, aided by the Earl of Malmesbury, on the part of the Government, and by us on the part of the Catholic prelates of Ireland. Not only was public attention excited, but much satisfaction was felt when it became known that Government was pre pared to confer with the Catholic prelates of Ire land, through two of their number, upon the im portant subject in question. The negotiations went on smoothly but very slowly through the first stages, and then were suddenly stopped short, naturally causing something like a shock to public expecta tion, proportioned to the suddenness of the abrupt and unlooked-for termination of the business, sup posing it to be the termination. Then came the Parliamentary explanations from the Earl of Malmesbury and your lordship, to :which we now desire to call your attention. " If we may trust to the reports which have ap peared in the public journals, and there seems to be no reason for doubting their correctness, the Earl of Malmesbury's explanation was a misinterpreta tion of the facts involved—quite unintentional, we are willing to believe, nevertheless real ; for, as re ported, he said the negotiations ended in nothing, because the bishops rejected the plan proposed by Government, whereas the fact was that they ended, if they have ended, in nothing, because the Government rejected the suggestions which you bad invited us to offer. And then, as re gards your lordship's explanation in answer to Sir John Gray's question, though far be it from us to impute anything like an inten tion to mystify or mislead, that explanation seems to leave it doubtful upon whom should rest the responsibility, whatever it be, of breaking off the negotiations —upon you or upon us. We desire to set the facts in their true light before the public ; and to remove the doubt on the other. " We do, then, assert that the negotiations were not broken off by us, or because we had rejected the plan proposed by the Government, and conse quently that we have not to answer for it if they have ended in a most lame and impotent con clusion.' At our interview with your lordship and the Earl of Malmesbury you invited us to commit our views to writing, in order that they might be submitted to the consideration of the Government. You did not give us to understand, neither did we then or since give you to understand, that this statement of ours was to. be regarded as our last word, in a negotiation but just opened, and upon a subject which, from its very nature, as well as from the divergence of views apparent at the out set, demanded a further interchange of ideas; a fuller discussion, if the whole business was to end in anything. Not a word of ours, spoken or writ ten, indicated that we had taken ground from which nothing could induce us to recede. We were pre pared to:do what parties conducting a negotiation in good faith must be prepared to do—listen to reason, and, as far as possible, make concessions as well as demands. Assuredly, there was nothing to make you think that you had to do with persons who would demand everything and concede nothing— who would hold tenaciously to their own once ex pressed opinion, but would pay no heed to anything you might have to say on the other side—and that therefore you might regard our statement of the 31st of March as the final and unalterable ex pression of our views. It was nut, my lord, in tended by us to be final ; nor was any such thing conveyed by us directly or by implication. If it was final, it was you, acting in the name of the Government, who made it final. After waiting for a considerable time, we will not insinuate for the purpose of seeing how far the bare offer of a charter for a Catholic University might be made to sub serve political exigencies, you, in the name of the Government, as if to cut away all ground for any further treating, rejected every one of the suggestions which you had invited us to make, and without more ado you had the correspondence printed and submitted to Parliament. You it was, then, my lord, not we, who brought the nego tiation to an abrupt termination, if terminated it has been. " That this business should have been terminated, if so it be, in a manner as abrupt as it was unlooked for, and without any benefit whatever resulting to the Catholic public such as was anticipated at the first starting of it, has naturally enough produced a deep sense of disappointment. 'We leave it to the public to pass its verdict upon the whole transaction, offering little or no remark our selves beyond a statement of the facts. But, as one of the negotiating parties, and maintaining as we do that we did not break off the negotia tions, we conceive we have a right to ask you, as the other party, and we do ask you, my lord, whether you consider what has taken place between us as final. Your reply will put beyond question upon whom rests the responsibility of au abrupt as well as abortive termination of this whole business; and it is but right that whatever responsibility may attach to it in the eyes of the public should lie upon the really responsible party. It is our intention to publish this letter.—We have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obedient servants, " t PATRICK LEAHY, Archbishop, &c. " t JOHN DERRY, Bishop, &c.. " Thurles, June 16, 1868." The Salut Public of Lyons, in speaking of the silk trade, says :—" Business last week assumed all the development possible with stocks in such a state of exhaustion ; all articles were in demand, and the official quotations show a marked rise. The consignments from Asia have participated in the movement, and will probably be still more inquired for in presence of the enormous advance in the price of silks in Europe. Nevertheless, the most important transactions of the week consist in sales for delivery at very high rates. The cause of the briskness lies in the opinion, now general, that the crop will be inferior to that of last year both as to quantity and quality. I n the factories an activity is observed which appears wonderful when we consider the price of the raw material. If any persons two years ago had said to the trade, then in utter stagnation, ' You will never again have a brisk market until the price of silks has risen 50 per cent., the dealers would have been seized with a fit of laughter ; and yet such is the exact truth at present, as the rise just men tioned has been realised ; hands are short ; material is bespoke before it reaches the warehouse ; and the high prices, readily accepted, do not for a mo ment arrest the consumption. From Paris and London orders arrive in swift succession, and even America seems disposed to return to our market. This situation is altogether unexpected ; yet a grain of sand on fortune's wheel might suffice to change the whole aspect of affaiN. There are .so many causes of disquietude in Europe, so many r ifl e d cannons, so many loaded rifles, that people ask themelves what will be become of the high prices of silks and the consequent activity if a single shot were fired at this moment in Germany, Italy, or elsewhere. Let us not forget that Sadowa caused a fall of 30fr." THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—A report, by Captain Rolland, of later date than that noticed a short time ago, has been forwarded to the Secretary of State for India by Sir Robert Napier. It contains a statement of the condition the Laud Transport Corps, and of the seve ral works cvrried out under the control of the Quarttr termaster-Gencral's Dopartnient of the Al . yssinian Field Force on the 12th May. ara Tura HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, June 21. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princes Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prin• cess Beatrice, attended divine service this morning in the Private Chapel. The marriage of the Princess Louisa of Swede n to the heir to the throne of Denmark is decided. The dowry of the Princess will amount to 35,0000 francs. MI?. BENEDICT'S CONCERT. The great concert of the season, that given an nually by Mr. Benedict now for three and OW years, took place on Saturday afternoon at S t ' James's Hall, on which occasion au audience of til e most distinguished character assembled. The doors of the great hall were opened at 1 o'clock, and from that hour until the commencement of the musical banquet the arrival of the company occasioned the greatest curiosity at both the entrances of the spacious building. The toilette of the ladies was elegant in the extreme, and the appea r a nce o f th e i n terior o ' , the hall at the opening of the, concert, filled as i t was by the aristocracy of the land, was highly attractive. The programme was a perfect musi cal curiosity, as it embraced the names of all the most distinguished artists known to fame. With out attempting to enumerate the brilliant corps, W e may mention that Mdlle. Christine Nilsson, Madge ! Titiens, Mdlle. Kellogg, Mdll e . Ad e li na Patti , Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Signor Mario, and gr' Santley headed the gigantic list of vocalists. No les s than twenty-five pieces composed the first part of the concert, whilst the second amounted to the extraordinary number of twenty-nine, making le all fifty-four pieces—a number hitherto unprece dented even at the concerts of the great maestro . Remarkable as each of the preceding ones hav e invariably been, it would be an impossibility to notice separately each of the musical gems th at made up this extraordinary concert ; therefore We must content ourselves with merely particularising those which produced more than ordinary pleasure' Passing over the opening part-song, excellent,, though it was, the quintetts from " Cosi fan tutte, the andante from the Kreutzer Sonata for piano and M. Sainton's violin, we come to Miss Edi th Wynne's contribution to the great musical melange it was Benedict's lovely ballad, " Rock me to sleep, which she sang in the most charming manner . Piatti then followed with a brilliant violoncello fantasia, executed with the most remarkable taste, and this was succeeded by Madame Enequist sing' ing Ganz's song, " The nightingale's trill," accom panied by the composer. Madame Carola greatlyi distinguished herself by her singing the air, " I Wi l ` extol thee," from Costa's Eli, and Alad ile ; Kellogg sang one of the most b ew it c hi ng ballads It has ever been our good fortune to hear, e ntitled " Beware, she is fooling thee," accompanied by herse ll, on the pianoforte. A request had been made to r e ' frain from encores, but the audience were so e n : raptured that all appeal was vain, and silence could not be restored until the accomplished artiste re peated the ballad, which she did in the most geni al and pleasing manner. Madame Goddard and Nl' Cowen having performed a brilliant fantasia, ar' ranged by Benedict, from " Der Freyschutz," Christine Nilsson appeared and sung a portion of o M. Ambroise Thomas's grand opera " Hamlet," tl i madness of Ophelia, and a more remarkable display of vocalization has certainly never taken Ed -'°' within our recollection. The fair Swede thre fl such an amount of pathos into the scene coupled with such a faultless execution of the score, that it fairly enraptured the entire audience, and s ' perfect hurricane of applause followed its terminy tion. Madlle. Patti next appeared, and swig charming new song of Benedict's, e n titl e d " T he Rose of Erin," with such exquisite taste that th e rule was again broken through, and she had to re peat it to the delighted audience. Ma Di e ' Nilsson then sang one of Auber's brilliant French chansons splendidly, but the vast assemblag e refused to part with her until she had sung then', one of her native melodies—a revest she compi le ' with in the most charming manner, and which ell" cited the most enthusiastic applause. Mr. Benedi ct ' who had accompanied the ;accomplished lady, now advanced to lead her from the platform, when sh e took his hand in such a frank and friendly mann er that the audience perceived the gratifying re cogn f i; tion, and joined their congratulations with those Madlle. Nilsson, and thus a performance not in t he programme became one of the most pleasing event! of the concert. The first part was brought to brilliant conclusion by the singing of a spirit-stirr ing national song by Mr. Santley, and the duo fro "Le Nozze di Figaro," " Sull' aria," by Ald ine ; Fidel:is and Mdlle. Adelina Patti. In the seco nd part Mdlle. Patti sang Eckert's Echo song w ith wonderful.execution. She positively surpassed al e her former efforts, and secured a triumph of 0 0 ordinary description. Mr. Santley sang a bacchanalian song, "When my thirsty soul I steep' r to the immense delight of the audience ; and Sigll,9a Gardoni gave Blumenthal's romance, "Le cho ni du Paradis," with the most refined taste ; Trebelli Bettini following with another by D gat e ; entitled " Cotnme lt vingt ans," which she sang in 1 • 1 , 1 own irreproachable manner. Herr Leopold Auer a n ; 11r. Lindsay Sloper next performed Ernst's " .A l to Hongrois," for violin and pianoforte, each ar tiste vieing with the other to show the capabilitie s .; their respective instruments. It was a most delig ht s ful competition, as the effect of the wonderful te as produced by Auer had not passed away ere it W t. , recalled by the magnificent execution displayed ca' the great and accomplished pianist. The last 't° piece we have space to notice was Schubert's d ii r "Dis to moi," by Mdme. Trebelli-Bettini and Sig n° r , Bettini, and great as had been all the other P c t , formances this duet was equal to r 31 3; with the most successful. Just previous a the close of the concert M. Benedict e 3nl to the pianoforte and performed the o ral solo of the concert, an arrangement of his 0 of Dr. Arne's lovely, air, " Where the bee sa l ; in the most brilliant manner. The fingering was ts, markable, and the entire execution of the P . lere ..0 , showed his marvellous command over the i nst % meat. It is almost needless to say that the , plause was enthusiastic, and a more fitting ter 1 : 0 1 t nation to this very remarkable concert coul d have been desired. The entire arrangements for the comfort of the visitors were again entrusted to the untiring, 1,10 4 übiquitous, Mr. Nimmo. Everything that curt to the thorough enjoyment of the c one to was done ; and so successful were the effor Ai , of the very clever manager that :the immense 370 a once were seated with the greatest politeness t tb° attention ; each :one :in the proper place, an g r . without the slightest confusion or interruption. ea, Nimmo may rest perfectly satisfied that his en 'o, yours to secure the comfort of the vast asse nt he ' 0 were appreciated as highly as they deserved and also that he may add the concert for 1 8 " his long list of successes. Prussiahas sent to Copenhagen 6,000,000 thsll°oi: first instalment of her share of tho Schleswig -I stein debt. Ll - 10-• •,11 BATTLE BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A - „,„ German woman named Jansen, living near AVl'' at' Bay, Wis., had a battle with a lynx a few days sit`cen' succeeded in disabling it. Hearing a disturbance " dig the fowls in her chicken-coop she went. to it, o ', p o o covered what she supposed to be a dog, in teu securing some of them. She walked boldly in '°a manded the brute to "go home." It did not sec° ilieJ posed to obey, but at once showed its teeth, cleterill-i -to fight it out on that line, and Mrs. Janson Vi ic it made a bold charge on the enemy's front. 'She st i l iinD c ro lia several times, and finally, by a well-directed ble , v7. t At' the creature's back. This conquered its l an d it' tempted to escape, dragging it 3 hind -q uarters 0,°3 fl - e la Mrs. Jansen pursued, and her husband, com ing on t° i rd . of action, procured his gun and shot it. The beast te ° l - feet four and a half feet long, and, stood three and a 114. high. 110 Ar _ genti aitritm razilia 40. 4 . !Jo. D,,. D o. 13 , , 0. o,