The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. Coleridge's bill has passed its second reading by a majority of 198 to 140, and yet the Times cannot but rezard it as dead so far as the present session is concerned. The first open day Mr. Coleridge could discover for the next stage was three weeks hence, and it may be antici pated that the powers of speech which have stopped the bill hitherto will be employed again to hinder the House from going into committee upon it. This difficulty sur mounted, the discussions in committee cannot, perhaps, by any ingenuity be prolonged, but another interval must elapse before the third reading can be taken, and before that stage becomes due where will be the House of Com mons ? It is reasonably certain that Mr. Colericlge's bill will not reach the House of Lords this year, and the tac tics of its opponents have been so far stanessful. But what a success ! The single object of the opposition is to save the Lords from the odium of rejecting the bill this y..,ar as they rejected it last session, and for this purpose they have abused, and are ready to abuse, the forms of par liamentary procedure to the utmost. The course they pur sue is dangerous, and the end they seek to attain is trifling. It is perfectly well known that the House of Lords would reject the bill again if it came before them, and the bill is now accepted as among those measures with which the house of Lords must be bombarded until it yields. The present House of Commons has pledged itself again and again in favour of the measure, and there is nothing but the House of Lords stopping the way. The majorit,y of fifty-eight represents the excess of power a united Oppo sition possesses over the Government supporters, and this majority will he increased at the general election, partly, perhaps, by the conduct of those who now form the minority. Mr. Cavendish Bentinck argued against the bill as a boon to Dissenters, and added : "Dissenters" generally belong to the lowest class of society." This is the sort of statement with which a " Constitutionalist" goes before constituencies recruited by large additions from the lower classes. What temper can Mr. Bentinck hope to provoke among the voters of " the lowest class," newly admitted to the franchise? He may find an answer in the speech of Mr. Mel'y, who followed him. The history of the sessions of 1867 and 1363 will present many puzzles to the historian of the future, but one of the greatest difficulties he will be called upon to explain will be the conduct of those who, after giving up the possession of power to a class before excluded from it, continued to speak and to act as if the privileges they had previously defended could remain intact after they had voluntarily abdicated then'. Shall or shall not, the Telegraph asks, those of our fellow-subjects who cannot conscientiously subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles be treated as Englishmen ? Shall or shall not Dissenters receive the full benefit of the national universities? That was the question discussed in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, and, as we might have expected from an assembly which decreed by an overwliAming majority that the Irish Establish ment should cease to exist, the House gave a decisive answer in the affirmative. Mr. Coleridge's bill for the abolition of tests in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has thus been read a second time, and, practically, it needs only the sanction of the peers to become law. That their lordships will shed on the measure the light of their countenance is more than we expect, after the division in favour of the Irish Church Establish ment ; and for another year at least, therefore, the uni versities must be national only in name. Still, even the stoutest opponents of the movement for throwing open the doors of Oxford and Cambridge to the entire people, see that, sooner or later, the day of surrender must come, and already they speak in the tones of men who feel that the cause for which they are fighting is irretrievably lost. . The Post remarks that Mr. Monk's bill for the removal of the electoral disabilities of revenue officers having been carried into committee by a majority of thirty-two, having passed through committee without so much as a verbal amendment, and having been reported to the House, may now be considered pretty safe as far as the House of Com mons is concerned ; and as the House of Lords is apt to consider questions exclusively upon their merits, and without standing in awe of purely official arguments, it may be expected that it will shortly pass into law. A reference to the debate of Tuesday evening, and to the former discussions which have marked the progress of the measure, will shew that it has succeeded thus far in spite of the most extraordinary disadvantages, and in the face of a sufficiently extraordinary opposition. The fact that in spite of all these disadvantages, and in spite of the opposition of the principal members both of the Government' and the Opposition, it was carried through by what was a very large proportionate majority, chews the hold which the arguments in its favour have obtained upon the minds of those who have thought about it, and who were not deterred from voting in favour of their opinions by party considerations. Indeed, the debate brought out very clearly the fact that the arguments were all on one side, and that those who had to seek for reasons against the bill could neither be consistent with themselves nor with common sense. In a leader on the United States the Lrcrutd observes that the choice of a President is now a purely personal question. As to which party in the State, Democratic or Republican, carries the day, the Herald does not care much, for it does not signify a jot. If General Grant, the chosen of the Republicans, be elected by the nation, he will maintain the law of negro suffrage and carry out the legislation of the present Congress as well as he can. If Mr. Justice Chase be nominated by the Democrats and elected, he too is pledged to support impartial suffrage, the Civil Rights Bill, and the rest. General Sherman, some say, may be chosen, or Mr. Pendleton. General Sherman is probably a man of much greater ability —he is certainly possessed of a higher degree of military talent—than General Grant. As far as the South is concerned, it has nothing 'to gain or to lose by the substitution of Mr. Chase for General Grant, or of Mr. Pendleton or General Sherman for either. Any one of these gentlemen will prove as fero cious in his attitude to a conquered people as the dema gogues who have ',lately led the ruling party in Congress. We do not imagine that a Congress of the same imperious temper is likely to be elected again by the American people, but if it should be, the chief of the State, warned by the example and the narrow escape of his predecessor, will do wisely to refrain from any attempt to nullify its action, and subside contentedly into that bland constitu tional nonentity which is the ideal of a President in the opinion of modern America. The Daily News declares that speculations as to what the Lords will do have given place to the old inquiry, " What shall be done with the Lords ? " It is without either heat or vehemence that the position of the Upper House is now considered. This is due to the conviction that its powers of obstruction are neither great nor lasting; that while the peers may repeatedly throw out a bill, they must ultimately assent to any measure which the Commons have resolved shall pass into law. It is incumbent on the Lords to change with the changing times. There is a general feeling that the Upper House should become even more of a deliberative than a voting assembly, and that its votes should be based on reasons which command respect. While the members of the Upper House are per sonally influential, they are collectively powerless for good. Men whose merits are incontestable cannot ovezcome the dead weight of colleagues whose sole qualifications are the accidents of birth, and who are thought competent to make laws because their ancestors won victories in the field, or in some other way obtained the favour of the reigning monarch. What thJ House of Lords requires is prestige. Whether it pass or reject bills, the country will pay little heed to its doings, until the motives by which it is influenced are justifiable on rational grounds. At pre sent it is among our institations what a break is to a loco- motive. Its members take pride in saying that hasty legislation is hindered by its action. They ought to think it nobler to delight in being pioneers than stop-gaps. The Marquis of Salisbury and the Earl of Derby are willing to stand firm in support of what they think right till the country has expressed disapproval of it, and then they will act in opposition to their own convictions. If this be politic, it is not dignified. PRIVATE EXECUTIONS.-it is understood, that the place selected for carrying out capital punishments under the new Act is the chapel yard, where the drop will be erected on a level with the ground, a sort of well being constructed underneath for the fall. THE HoLroRN VALLEY Woßics.--allese works are making rapid progress towards completion. The first portion of the permanent works has just been thrown open to the public—namely, the Western Approach-street, so called, which leads from Holborn at the southern end of Iratton-garden to Fa rringdon-road. This street is in (led to accommodate the carriage traffic between the low level of Parringdon-road and the high level of Hol- Lorn, and foot paseerigers will levee the option of using this new thoroughfare, one of the four large ktaircaziee now in course of construction at the angles of the Earringdon-street viaduct. The street is sixty feet wide between the frontages of .the houses, the car riage way alone being thirty-six feet. The works which have been completed within the last few weeks have tronght into view the new arrangements of the public way at the western end of the Holborn Valley Viaduct, whero there is a circus 170 feet in diameter, or equal in size to Regent-circus, Oxford -street. There six lines of thorough fare will diverge, the chief of them being the line of Holborn, running east and west, and the Western Ap pr.oacli-street, now completed, a new street leading from Farriazdonload, At the focst 114) , 4n-hill Paul lial.t( gvi i rxt • - THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HOURS OF POLLING. Last week the secretary of the London Working Men's Association addressed a letter to the Prime Minister, calling his attention to the fact tbat, owing to the limited hours now allowed for taking the poll at parliamentary elections, viz., from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m., fully one-half of the working men now on the electoral register in the metro politan boroughs were deprived of their franchise, and that this evil would be greatly augmented under the new Reform Act. The letter pointed out that a large proportion, if not the majority, of working men followed their occupation at long distances from their place of resi dence, and were obliged to leave home in the morning at five, six, and seven o'clock, not returning home until seven or eight o'clock in the evening. This large body of men were thus unable to use their vote without losing at least half a day's wages, and in many cases risk ing the loss of their situations by absence. The letter concluded by suggesting the insertion of a clause in the Registration Bill extending the hours of polling from four • p.m. until eight p.m., and asking the Prime Minister, as this was not a party question, to receive a deputation from the association on the subject. To this letter the following reply has just been received :—" 10, Downing-street, June 29, 1868.—Sir, I am directed by Mr. Disraeli to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th inst., requesting him to receive a deputation from the committee of the Working Men's Association as to the hours of polling at parliamentary elections, and to express his regret that the great pressure of his parliamentary and official duties renders it impossible for him to fix a time for receiving the deputation. lam at the same time to say that as the question of the extension of the hours of polling has been discussed and decided in Parliament, Mr. Disraeli is quite unable to hold out to the members of the association the hope that any change can be made before the general election.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " C. W. FREMANTLE. "The Secretary of the London Working Men's Association." CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE OF CANXERBURY. Both Houses continued their sittings on Wednesday. The adjourned debate on the report about the Bishop of Natal, which was brought forward on the previous day, was resumed by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and continued by the Bishops of Bangor, London, Lincoln, Lichfield, and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Arch bishop expressed his sincere thanks to the members of the committee for the trouble which they had taken in the matter. He had never shrunk from saying that he con sidered Bishop Colenso to have been spiritually deposed. That had been objected to, but here in this report they had a statement of very much the same character, namely, that the Church of England as a spiritual body might accept his deposition. He had considered that the Church in South Africa bad been placed under circumstances of remarkable difficulty, if not of isolation, rendering the position of the bishops most embarrassing. He could not understand how any branch of the Catholic Church could be said to be deprived of the power of depos ing an evil minister. The Articles of the Church of England were explicit on this point. The 2Gth Article said : " Nevertheless it appertaineth to the discipline of the Church that inquiry be made of evil members" (not only those of the Established Church), " and that they be accused by those that have knowledge of their offences, and finally, being found guilty by just judgment, be deposed." His Grace put the resolution to the meeting, and it was agreed that the report be sent to the Lower House, with the remarks of the Bishop of London upon it. The Lower House voted concurrence in the congratula• tory address to her Majesty agreed to by the bishops, on the preservation of the Duke of Edinburgh from the attempted assassination by O'Farrell in Australia. The motion against the disendowment of the Irish branch of the Established Church was postponed in consequence of other business intervening of no general importance, and of a communication from the Upper House of the resolution passed by their lordships on the subject, in which the concurrence of the Lower House was requested, and the consideration of which message, together with Dr. Jebb's resolution if brought forward, will then be taken. The report of the committee of the bishops in reference to the Bishops of Capetown and Natal was also communicated. The rest of the sitting was occupied in making alterations in the standing orders, with the view of facilitating business in future -convocations. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The Ilegistrar-General in his usual return states that in the week that ended on Saturday, June 27, 4,776 births and 2,997 deaths were registered in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United King ' dom. The annual rate of mortality was 21 per 1,000 persons living. he annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 in Loudon, 24 in Edin burgh, and 13 in Dublin ; 21 in Bristol, 13 in Birmingham, 27 in Liverpool, 27 in Manchester, 20 in Salford, 31 in Sheffield, 31 in Bradford, 20 in Leeds, 25 in Hull, 22 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 28 per 1,000 during the week ending the 20th inst., when the -mean tempera ture was 3 . 3 deg. Fahrenheit higher than iri the same week in London, where the rate was 20. In London the births of 1,122 boys and 1,047 girls, in all 2,169 Chil dren, were registered in the week. In the correspond ing weeks of ten years (1858.67) the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,072. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,454. It was the twenty-sixth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,304. The deaths in the present return exceed by 150 the esti mated amount, and exceed by 226 the number recorded in the preceding week. The annual rate of mortality was 22 per 1,000 in West London, 25 in North London, 23 in Central London, 31 in East London, and 21 in South London. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 466, the corrected average number being 345. Nixie deaths from smallpox, 55 from measles, 28 from scarlatina, 8 from diphtheria, 65 from w h oop i ng-coug h , 4 2 from fever, 171 from diarrhoea, and 18 from cholera were registered. The mortality from diarrhoea exhibits a con siderable increase. The deaths from fever were at the annual rate on 10,000 living of 2 in West London, 4 in North London, 13 in Central London, 8 in East London, and 9 in South London. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 869 inches. The highest clay temperature was 88'0 deg. on Saturday, June 27. The lowest night temperature was 48'4 deg. on Tuesday, June 23. The highest reading of the thermometer in the sun was 157 deg. on Saturday, June 27. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 68, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0'29 inches. The general direction of the w i n d was S.W. Ozone was observed on six days during the week ; the greatest amount was on Monday, June 22. LAW AND POLICE. --..- INSOLVENCY IN THE COLONIES—IMPORTAN T POINT.— Before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council the case of Gill v. Barrow was heard and involved a question of.some magnitude in connection with bankruptcies in the colonies. The appeal was from a dicision of the Court of Common Pleas at Barbadoes, by which the appellant, Howard Gill, w('3 sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment; He had been a merchant in that island; and in April 1857, when in England, was declared insolvent. In September of the same year he was made bankrupt in Lon don, and eventually obtained his certificate. In 1865, when at Barbadoes, his case was restored, and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, on which he appealed. The question now raised was whether the bankruptcy in England and the certificate ousted the jurisdiction in the bankruptcy at Barbadoes. Their lordshipa were of opinion that the court at Barbadoes had jurisdiction, and that the insolvency in the island was first in point of date, and that the bankrupt ought not to have appealed. A PARROT CALLED AS A WITNESS.—At Wandsworth Police-court George Herbert was charged with being in unlawful possession of a parrot, the property of Unis Coe. The defendant lost his parrot on the 4th June, and it was brought back on the 16th. The complainant, however, lost her parrot on the last-named day, and said it was the very same bird that the defendant had possession of. At the request of the magistrate the parrot visa taken out of a hand basket which had been put on the table in front of him. The bird NMS taken out by the defendant's wife, who said it belonged to her. As she carried the bird in her hands it made a great no:se, and endeavoured to peck at them. The bird was then placed in the hands of complainant, when it immediately ceased the noise, and showed signs of affection for her. Both sides still claimed the bird, but the magistrate said from what lie had seen that day he believed the bird belonged to the complainant, and he made an order that it should be given to her. A CHILD KILLED BY A COCK.--Mary Lynch, a little girl, residing with her parents in Hockenhall-alley, Liverpool, was playing in the street and holding a piece of bread and butter in her hand, when a ccck flew at her, and so severely pecked her about the head and face as to cause her death. Aninquest was held onWednes, day, and a verakt accordanoe with the circurAstgaisi Rturixd, BAN QUE 7 70 MI?. CYRUS FIELD. Last night a grand banquet was given to Cyrus W. Field, Esq., at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, as an acknowledgment of the eminent services which he has rendered to the New and Old Worlds by his devotion to the interests of Atlantic telegraphy through circumstances of protracted difficulty and doubt. The chair was taken by his Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T., and, as a proof of the general in terest which was felt in the proceedings, the fol lowing were announced to speak: the Right Hon. the Earl Russell, K.G., Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, G.C.13., Lord Dufferin, K.C.8., the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., M.P., Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr. Charles Dickens, and others. The committee of invitation, of which the Duke of Argyll was chairman, included gentlemen of all po litical opinions, and those most distinguished in science. Amongst a long list were the - Earl of Airlie, K.T., Viscount Amberley, M.P., Colonel Finley Anderson, Sir - James Anderson, Mr. Thos. Baring, M.P., Mr. Thomas Barnes, M.P., Captain R. T. Baxter, R.N., Captain A.B.B2ccher, R.N., Captain A. S. Bolton, Mr. Thomas Brassey, Mr. Thomas Brassey, jan., Mr. Jacob Bright, M.P., Sir Charles Bright, M.P., Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., M.P., Sir Samuel Canning, C.E., the Right lion. Stephen Cave, M.P., Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P., Lord A. S. Churchill, Captain lion. A. Cochrane, R.N., the Right Ron. the Earl de Grey and Ripon, M. Ferdinand de Lessept, the Earl of Denbigh, the Hon. Geo. Den man, M.P., Mr. Edward Dicey, Major-General H. Doyle, Mr. C. Edwards, M.P., Professor Fawcett, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Sir C. Fox, C.E., Mr. C. Freshfield, M.P., Captain D. Galton, C. 8., Mr. R. Garth, M.P., Sir Richard Glass, Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart., M.P., the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., Mr. R. S. Graves, M.P., Sir John Gray, M.P., Mr. G. G. Glynn, M.P., Earl Grosvenor, M.P., Mr. Samuel Gurney, M.P., the Marquis of ilartiogton, M.P., Sir F. J. Halliday, K.C.8., Admiral B. Hamilton, Rear-Admiral Sir J. C. D. Hay, Bart., M.P., Lord John Hay, Lord W. Hay, M.P., Sir IL Holland, Bart., Sir George Honeyrnan, Bart., Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Loyard, M.P., Mr. G. S. Lefevre, M.P., Lieutenant-General Sir Gaspard Le Marchant, the Marquis of Lorne, M.P. Captain L. B. Mackinnon, M.P., Sir John IL Max well, Bart., Vice-Admiral Sir Alex. Milne, K C. 8., Viscount Milton, M.P., Captain Moriarty, R.N., C. 8., Mr. W. Morrison, M.P., the Hon. Freemaji 11. Morse, M r . H e nry Wikoff, Sir Roderick I. MuP! chison, Bart, K.C.8., Capt. S. Osborn, R.N., C. 8., Capt. Gerard Napier, R.N., Sir C. Nicholson, Bt., Mr. T. B. Potter, M.P., Dr. W. H. Russell, Right lion. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., Sir J. K. Shuttleworth, Bart., Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., Sir R. Macdonald Stephenson, F.R.G.S., Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P., Mr. W. T. M'Cullagh-Torrens, M.P., Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P., Professor Sir C. Wheatstone, LL.D., Mr. H. Martin, and Mr. W. M. Bell. There were upwards of 300 guests present, amongst whom were most of the gentlemen named above. The band of the Coldstream Guards, under the direc tion of Mr. Frederick Godfrey, was in attendance, and performed a selection of English and American music. The room was decorated with a number of flags of different nations, amongst which those of the United States and Great Britain were the most conspicuous. Mr. Toole, toastmaster to the civic corporations, ably discharged the duties pertaining to that office. Grace was said by the Rev. Newman Hall before and after meat. Almost immediately after dinner was com menced, the noble CHAIRMAN rose and said that during the repast messages would be sent to the continent of America by electricians who were present in the room. Arrangements had been made, under the charge of Mr. George, for the transmission of telegrams in the course of the banquet, and the remarkable speed , with which they were transmitted to and fro was one of the most distinguishing features of the occasion. The instruments were placed in the corner of the room to the left of the orchestra. The wire with which they were connected had uninterrupted cominuni- , cation with Valentia, from which place the various messages of friendship were scat to the station on the American shore. While the banquet was proceeding, his Grace the Duke of ARGYLL read telegrams which had been received in response to those sent. The congratu lations which passed between the chairmln and various eminent personages arc appended : Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1. The Duke of Argyll. to his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, Washington. I am now surrounded by upwards of 300 gentlemen, and many ladies, who have assembled to do honour to Mr. Cyrus Field for his acknowledged exertions in promoting telegraphic communication between the New and Old Worlds. It bids fair for the kindly influences of the At lantic cable that its success should have brought together so friendly a gathering; and in asking you to join our toast of " Long life, health, and happiness to your most worthy countryman," let me add a Highlander's wish, that England and America may always be found in peace and in war, " Shoulder to shoulder." Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1. The Duke of Argyll to his Excellency Lord Monck, Governor-General of Canada. I am now presiding over a banquet of upwards of 300 gentlemen and many ladies to do honour to Mr. Cyrus Field, of New York, for his devotion to the interests of Atlantic telegraphy. It is a good omen of the influence which the submarine cable between the New and Old World can exercise in our offering this homage of respect to a most worthy American ; and I shall be glad to find you reciprocate . the sentiment from the table of the Go vernor of the Canadian Confederation. Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1. The Duke of Argyll to his Excellemly the Governor- General of Cuba, Havana. As president of a banquet, attended by upwards of 300 gentlemen, to do honour to Mr. Cyrus }lad, of New 'York, for his eminent services in assisting the promotion of the Atlantic Telegraph, I invite you to juin in the compliment offered to him this day, and to ask you, while drinking his health and happiness, to add the good old Sp uaish con-- gratulation, "May he live a thousand years ! " Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1. The Duke of Argyll to his Excellency the Governor of Victoria, Vancouver's Island. I am president of a banquet of upwards of 300 English gentlemen, met to pay a homage of respect to Mr. Cyrus Field, of New York, for his exertions in promoting the laying of "the Atlantic Cable. Its success enables the Old World now to talk to the New, and we ahall be gratified to find that the English colonists, divided from us by thou sands of mi!es, are ready to join in so worthy a compli ment to an American citizen, and ask you to drink his good health. Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1. The Duko Duke of Argyll to his Excellency the Ooiernor of Newfoundland. I am surrounded by upwards of 300 gentlemen, and ma n y l a di es , to do honour to Mr. Cyrus Field, of New York, for his well- known services in promoting the At lantic Telegraph. I ask you to join in drinking his health and happiness, and that every prosperity may attend him in all his important pursuits. Willis's Rooms, London, Wednesday Evening, July 1. The Duke of Argyll to Miss Mary Grace Fiela and Brotbers, New York. I have upwards of ZOO gentlemen around me to do honour to your worthy father for all his past labours in connection with tne Atlantic Cable ; and in asking you to join us in drinking his health, let me offer you my congra tulations in Mug blessed with so excellent a father, and also to express the hope that his example may inspirit all his children to follow in the good path he has hitherto led them. The following were the messages received:— " From IL Seward to his Grace the Duke of Argyll, London. " Your salutation to the President from the banqueting ball at Willis's have been received. The dinner-hour here has not arrived yet ; it is only 5 o'clock; the sun is yet two hours high. When the dinner-hour arrives the President will accept your pledge of honour to onr distinguished countryman, Cyrus W. Field, and will cordially respond to your Highland aspiration for iSerpetual union between the two nations." Prom Samuel F. B: Mors©, Columbia, July 1, 10 p.m., to his Grace the Duke of Argyll, Willis's Rooms. ••. Greeting to all met to perform an act of national jus tice. Ally this divine attribute ever be the companion of the telegraph in its true mission of binding the nations of the entire world in bonds of peace! Special greeting to the guest, to Cooke and Wheatstone, to Sir Charles Bright, and to Whitehouse. From Frederick Seymour, Governor, Victoria, June 28, via Valentia, San Juan Island, to his Grace the Duke of Argyll. Columbia joins heartily in the cheers with which the toast " Cyrus Field." will be received. We owe much to the telegraph ; throe day.' new from England, inatanta- THE SUN, LOND - ]N, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 2,186 S, neous communication with gold mines six hundred miles distant ; thus police strength virtually doubled. Weather fine here, mines and farms flourishing, wages high, re venue improving. Your son, Lord George, with us, and well. From Monck, Quebec, July 1, to the Duke of Argyll, Chairman of the Dinner to Cyrus W. Field, Esq., London. In the name of the people of the dominion of Canada, I desire to express our hearty sympathy with the compli ment which you are now paying to Mr. Cyrus W. Field. It is specially happy and appropriate that I am enabled to do so by means of that mighty instrument with which h's name is inseparably connected, the success of which, and the consequent advantages to humanity and the progress of civilisation are mainly due to -the self-reliance, enter prise, and energy of your distinguished guest. Mr. Peter Cooper, President of the Telegraphic Line, New York, July 1, two p.m., to the Duke of Argyll, Willis's Rooms, London. The directors of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraphic Company are rejoiced that the ser vices of their associate Cyrus W. Field are recognised iu England as they have been long recognised in America. They beg leave to join you in congratulating him, and they trust that his highest claim to the gratitude of the world will be found to consist in the establishment - of a communication which will bind together the nations in universal and perpetual peace. From S. E. Musgrave to the Duke of Arygll. I join with pleasure in toasting my friend Mr. Field, whose name is so indissolubly associated with the great work which draws three provinces still more closely to Great Britain, and I sincerely wish him prosperity in all his undertakings. At this point a large number of ladies entered the room, and were greeted with cheers. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the first toast, said —lt is one which I believe will be received with equal cordiality on both sides of the Atlantic. It is the "Health of her Majesty the Queen." (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave the " Health of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of \Vales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the rest of the Royal Family." Ile referred to the cordial reception of the Prince of Wales, and said that he was sure that if the Prince were to go to America with her Royal Highness the Princess, the reception would be of the most cordial character. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said that the next toast which he had to propose was that of " The President of the United States." (Loud cheers.) He need hardly say that there was this difference between the posi tion of the Chief Magistrite of that great Republic and the Sovereign of this country, that while their Sovereign was placed entirely above the level of all politics and party disputes, this was not the posi tion which, according to the constitution of that country, the President was responsible for his poli tical opinions, and he took part in the political controversies of his tin?. lie need hardly say that it was not as persons who took any part in Ameri can politics that they gave that toast to-night. They gave it simply as the Chief Magistrate of that great people—(cheers)—who represented their power and character to them among the other nations of the world. While leaving with perfect confidence to the American people, to their wis dom and decision, the final issue of all those tre mendous questions with which they had lately had to deal, he trusted that it was the wish, as he be lieved it was, of every Englishman, that the normal condition of the constitution of that country should as speedily as possible be restored, and that that restoration should not take place until perfect equality of all races should have been established before the law. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then invited the company to drink the " Health of the Military and Naval Services of the two countries." After a brief reference to the conflicts which had taken place between the two countries, his Grace said that in the contests between them he thought that Eng land was in the wrong. But however that might be, he was sure they would all desire that the two services of these two great countries should never again be brought into actual conflict, and that, in stead of this, there would be union with each other. He believed that it was due to the American navy to say that it was thepioneer in the deep-sea sound ings which had to be taken for this important work. (Cheers.) The Right Hon. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, Bart., M.P., Secretary of State for War, who was loudly cheered, replied, and in so doing said that the toast which his Grace had paid him the honour to ask him to respond to combined the armies of the two countries, and was therefore oue of an unusual character. He thought that its peculiarity implied some special meaning, and he believed that he was not wrong when he said that that meaning was peace and goodwill between the United States of America and England. (Loud cheers.) L)ng might it be before the armies of these two countries regarded each other with any other feelings than those of mutual respect (Cheers.) Both of these armies have given proofs of their great bravery. The manner and extent to which the United States put forth her military power during that great civil war with which she was for years convulsed excited the admiration of the world. A portion of the British army which has just returned from a duty—small indeed in comparison, or in the —which has magnitude been p eperformed r m of e d the in a powers manner engaged which bich reflects the highest credit upon the soldiers engaged and upon the commander by whom they were led—(cheers) —a credit as high as that of any expedition recorded in the annals of our great cowry. (Cheers.) They had all read lately of the great struggle that had taken place in the United States as to who should have the honour of being the Minister of War ; and party yher might prevail, at perhaps the day was not distant when the same question might be raised in England. (Cheers and laughter.) But was miiwhichevernsteratlar y p , Washing ton or in London, distant might he the day wh e n any Minister of War in either country had to de vote his energies to prepare armaments and expedi tions to carry on hostile operations between the two countries. (Loud cheers.) He doubted whether' there was any individual who had the wonderful effects of the great event which they were met to celebrate more forced upon his attention than the was one of the few—and they were gradually one who the n had the honour to address them. He be coming fewer—who made a tour in the United States,not only before electric telegraphy was thought of, but before even steamboats crossed the Atlan tic. He went to America in the quickcst way by which it was possible then to go, in one of the cele brated American liners, which were most beautiful ships. (Hear, hear.) But it so happened that the wind was in the west--as very often was the case— (a laugh) —and he was exactly six weeks from shore to shore. His next communication with America was just ten years ago. At that time it became part of his duty to attend her Majesty the Queen, npon the occasion of her visit to his Majesty the Emperor of the French at Cherbourg. One of the festivities during that visit was a dinner which was given by the Emperor of the French on board one of his finest line-of-battle ships. He had the honour of being present, and during the dinner a servant came to him and delivered a cover which contained a telegram announcing the completion of telegraphic communication between th e United States and England. (Cheers.) He could never forget the feeling with which tb a t commun i c ation was received nor the interest which it excited amongst the distinguished individuals of both nations by whom he was then surroun d e d. It was true that, unfortunately, that cable did not last, though now happily t h ere i s one that does. (Cheers.) Another reco ll ec ti o n in connection with this Atlantic telegraphy was that he had the pleasure to lend ships of war belong ing to this country for the purpose of facilitating the soundings. He sincerely hoped that the cable which was now in existence might prosper for the mutual advantage of both countries. England and AmeriCa were no longer separated by the Atlantic Ocean, for they had been corresponding during the time that the banquet -was being served. The noble chairman had interrupted them while the soup, the fish, and the dishes were being placed before them for the purpose of reading to them the messages which were passing between the two counties. (Loud cheers.) At the time when he visited America, it took as long to convey a letter there as it did him, viz., six weeks, bat now it only took six minutes in which to send a telegram. (Cheers.) Vice-Admiral Sir A. Illuat& responded for the navies of America and England in a speech which testified to the good qualities of both. The Duke of ARGYLL then gave the toast of the evening, "Mr. Cyrus W. Field," the formal men tion of whose name was greeted with continued cheering. In the course of a very eloquent address respecting the progress of science, and more particularly that relating to telegraphy, his Grace invited the numerous gues's by whom he was surrounded to return to their distinguished guest their warmest and heartiest acknowledgments for the great services which he bad rendered to England and to America, and to the world, by his untiring exertions in promoting the success of the Atlantic Telegraph. (Cheers.) In an enterprise which was the culminating proof, if be might so say, of many generations of men, it was not easy to apportion, with any very great exactitude, the merit which be longed to those who had been engaged in it. But he much misunderstood the character of their dis tinguished guest—and he had known him for many years—if he desired to displace any of those who had preceded him in the course of the discoveries which had ultimately led to the grand completion of the Atlantic telegraph. (Cheers.) He (the noble chairman) regarded this triumph as one of pure science. He thought that the success which had attended this grand invention was a strong incentive to others to prosecute discoveries in the cause of science. Discoveries might for a great many years,--for a very long time —remain useless; but this should be borne in mind, that at any moment such new light might be ob tained that they would become of the greatest ser vice to mankind. He regarded the completion of the Atlantic Telegraph as the greatest triumph of engineering, mechanical, and nautical skill which the world had ever witnessed. (Cheers.) It was a great and noble triumph as regarded the spirit of commercial enterprise. He sincerely believed that the success of the enterprise might have been de layed for many years—perhaps for whole genera tions of men—if it had not been for the exertions, for the confidence, for the zeal, for the foresight, for the faith, amounting altogether, as be thought, to great genius, of their guest, Mr. Cyrus Field. (Loud cheers.) Of all the commercial enterprises ever taken this was one in which it was evident that those engaged in it were actuated by the purest and noblest motives. He believed that it was the very greatness of the enterprise which so inspired Mr. Cyrus Field. (Cheers.) As a proof of his (Mr. Field's) great confidence in the undertaking, he might say that he risked every_farthing of his pri vate fortune in promoting its success. But before concluding he would say that Mr. Cyrus Field was personally one of the most genial and kind-hearted of men. (Loud cheers.) Mr. CYRUS FIELD, ou rising to respond, was re ceived with enthusiastic cheering. He said :My Lord Duke—With all my heart I thank you for the kind words which you have spoken, and which are the more grateful to me, coming as they do from one who was my country's friend in the hour of darkness and seeming disaster. To you also, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I equally return my thanks for the cordial manner in which you have received the generous sentiments expressed by your distinguished president. Most sincerely do I wish that I had the power to express to you all that I have it in my heart to say, and to make my voice respond to the gratitude I feel for all the kindness I have received in this country. (Cheers.) I know how anxious you are to hear the statesman who so ably presides over the affairs of India, that great orator who is the friend of America because be is the friend of mankind, and the other distinguished gentlemen who are to follow them. I will there fore not detain you with any lengthened remarks in regard to the Atlantic Telegraph, with its more than fourteen years of varying fortunes ; nor with any account of the anxious days and sleepless nights which have been passed by those who were engaged in bringing the undertaking to its final consummation ; nor with any narrative of what has been done to realise apparent impoisibilities by so many who are now seated around this board. The laborious scientific investigations in the closet, the laboratory, the workshop, upon and beneath the sea; the accurate soundings of the Atlantic; the careful and increasingly perfect manufacture of the cables ; the wonderfully effective mechanical appli an3es used to lay them, and to recover and com plete the one that was lost ; the skilful seamanship exhibited in the sure guidance of all the move ments of the vessels ; the unsurpassed enterprise of the capitalists, without whose profuse expendi ture the Atlantic cable would still have remained a chimera ; the ability with which the affairs of the several companies were conducted by the directors and officers ; the generous aid of the English and American Governments in connec tion with the successive expeditions, and that of the Government of Newfoundland in granting valuable privileges ; in a word, the un exampled combination of nautical, electrical, en gineering, financial, and executive resources —all this is best told by the simple fact that two cables are in perfect working ord_r across the most stormy ocean in the world, a distance of nearly 2,000 miles, more than two-thirds of which is over two miles in depth, and that messages are passing with lightning speed from continent to continent. That the enter prise has also been a pecuniary success is best proved by the fact that on this very day the holders of every description of Atlantic Telegraph Stock have received a dividend. (Loud cheers.) The living are too numerous to particularise, and the fame of many of them has not reached its climax ; but I may be excused if I pay my reverend tribute of gratitude to the memories of those who have departed from amongst us, but who live, and will ever live, in their works. In doing so I gratefully record the honoured names of Faraday, Stephenson, Brunel, Brett, Statham, Woodhouse, Brown, Bache, Berryman, White, and Hudson, who laboured so zealously, and who, if living, would have, rejoiced to be with us to-night. But the pastis matter.of history. Let us do all we can in the future to make the fruits of our experience beneficial to the world. (Cheers.) Do not, my friends, be content with having con nected Europe and America together by the electric cord, but remember that India, Australia, China and Japan, South America, and the isles of the sea, both in the east and in the west, have yet to be brought into instant communication with England and America. I most fervently thank God that I have been permitted to live to see this enterprise, which binds your country to mine, completed ; and that I am privileged this night with some members of my family to meet our English friends, and with them to rejoice over its success. (Cheers.) I re joice because the cable brings into ciser union the two great Anglo-Saxon nations of the world, which have a common origin, Linherit the same glorious traditions, and are so bound together that if one were to receive a blow both would suffer from the shock. I, an American, feel pride in remem bering that my ancestors were English citizens, and lived and died under your fiag. And do not all true Englishmen glory in the fact that the small expeditions which sailed from these shore some two hundred and fifty years ago, and settled at Plymouth and on the banks of the James River, were so multiplied and replenished that, at the time of the Declaration of Independence, the original handful had increased to three millions of people ; while in less than a century the three millions have grown into a nation of thirty-five millions, and now, thank God, not one slave among them, with a territory extending from the Atlantic to the Pa cific, from the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. There are undoubtedly many now within hearing of my voice who will live to see within the limits of the existing United States one hundred millions of people all speaking the English tongue. While, when I.think of the greatness of England, I always remember the words of the American orator, who said that she "is a power to which Rome in the height of her glory is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her pos sessions and military posts, whose morning drum beat, following the sun and' keeping com pany with the hours, circles, the earth in one_ con tinuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." (Cheers.) To this I would add the hope, that erelong every one of the numerous. and scattered dependencies which suggested to Daniel 'Webster the noble figure America has enshrined in her classics will be united to the mother country by the electric bond, and that it may be in the power of the Sovereign and her Minister, or of the mer chant on " Change," to hold instantaneous con verse with all or any of the races, nations, and tribes which yield obedience to the mild sceptre of the good Queen Victoria. (Loud cheers.) I pray that hereafter no jealousies may be allowed to create a wall of separation between England and America —that all the ill-feeling that has been engendered between the two countries may he buried so deep in the Atlantic that the ingenuityof man shall never invent a grapple to drag it to the surface, and that the only rivalry' between them shall be the rivalry of co-workers in efforts to promote peace, industry, and commercialintercaurse, and to extend the bless ings of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. (Loud cheers.) Sir S. NORTIICOTE, Bart., M.P., Sscrstary of State for India, adiressed the company, in a speech of considerable length, respecting the toast of "The Peace and Commercial Prosperity of Great Britain and the United States," which he proposed. Mr. BRIGHT, who, upon rising, was received with continued cheering, sail—Li attempting to respond to the sentiment that has been submitte 1 to us, I have a certain anxiety with regard to a mysterious box which is on these premises, containing an in strument by which I am told that every word that we utter to-night, be it wise or be it foolish, will be transmitted with more than lightning speed to the dwellers on that portion of the world's surface which we describe as beyond the setting sun. (A Voice—" Speak out.") But we are so entirely agreed that there seems no possibility that anything which can be said to-night that any one who hears it can contradict, that perhaps we may avoid the charge of saying anything that is foolish or hasty. Sir Stafford Northcote has sub mitted this sentiment —" To the peace and pros perity of Great Britain and the United States ;" which means, I presume, that we are here in favour of a growing and abundant trade with America, and at the same time have an unbroken friendship with the people of that country. With one heart and voice, I presume we accept that sentiment— (great cheeriug)—and without any fear of contra diction we assert that we are on that point the true representatives of the unanimous feeling of the three kingdoms. (Cheers.) There are those—l for there are cavill ers an d meet them frequently, critics everywhere—there are those who condemn the United States, and sometimes with something like scorn and bitterness, because at this moment the people of the United States are bearing heavy taxation, and because they have a ruinous tariff ; but if these persons were to look at our own posi tion a few years ago they would see how much al lowance is to be made for others. (Cheers.) During the years which passed between 1790 and 1815, for nearly twenty-five-years, the Govern ment and people of this country were engaged in a war of a most terrific character with a neighbour ing State. The result of that war was that which is, I believe, the result of every war, enormous ex penditure, great loans, heavy taxation, growing debts, and, of course, suffering among the people who have to bear the weight of those burdens ; and for a space of 25 years, from 1815 to 1811, there was scarcely anything done by the Government of this country to remedy the gross and scandalous inequalities of taxation, and to adopt a better sys tem in apportioning the necessary burdens of the State through the various classes of the people. Well, since 1811, as we all know, we have seen a revolution in this country in regard to taxation and finance, and I need not remind you that that has been mainly done by the teachings of one who is not with us to-night, but who would have re joiced, as we now rejoice, had the great event which we are here to celebrate taken place in his lifetime—he whose spirit and he whose mind will, I believe, for years to come stimu late and elevate the minds of the majo rity of his countrymen. This revolution of which I speak is not confined to this country, be cause, notwithstanding what we now see in Ame rica, at no remote period, I believe, it will embrace within its own blessing and influence all the civilisa tion of the globe. Now the United States has had for four years an appalling struggle and disaster. It was a time in some sort of unspeakable grandeur, and it has this great result, that, as it has sustained the life of a great nation, it has given universal and permanent freedom over the whole continent of North America. (Loud cheers.) And as was the case with our war, so with the American war : it has been attended with enormous cost, with great loans, with grievous taxation, and with a tariff which iutelligent men will not long submit to ; but at this moment and for some time the wounds so inflicted are healing, freedom is secured, and the restoration of the Union surmounts the difficulties that have interposed. It is being gradually and cer tainly accomplished. (Cheers.) I conclude that such a nation as the United States, such a people, so free and so unshackled, will not be twenty-five years before they remedy the evils of the unequal bur dens of their taxation and their tariff. (Hear, hear.) They will discover, in much less time than we dis covered, that as a great nation they must advance in freedom of industry and commerce ; and they will find, further, that this freedom, like all other kinds of freedom, is for the general good. This sen timent speaks of unbroken friendship. May I say now, in the interests of calmness and of reason, that, with regard to the United States, both our writers and our people, and especially the more in fluential classes of our people, have greatly erred. We here forget that after all we are but one nation, having two Governments. We are of the same noble and heroic race. Half the English family is on this side of the Atlantic in its ancient home, and the other half, for which we have not room here, I has settled on the American continent. It is so with thousands . of families throughout this country. No member of my family has actually emigrated to America for 40 years, but yet I have more blood rela tions in the United States than I have within the limits of the :United Kingdom ; and that, I believe, is true of thousands in this country. He is an enemy of our English race, and indeed an enemy of the human race, who puts the slightest obstacle that shall interfere with the permanent peace and friend ship between all the members of our great English speakiag family. (Great applause.) One other sentence upon that point. No man will dare to say that the people of the United States or the people of the United Kingdom are dot in favour of peace. Whence, then, could there come a chance of war? The fact is, in dealing with nations we do not deal on the basis of morality which we apply to individuals. One hundred years—two hundred years ago almost every gentleman went about car rying deadly weapons. There were duels and vio lence, and fatal encounters constantly between men of our order in life, and in the newspapers and magazines of that period you will find constant reference to events of that kind. Now nothing of that kind happens except by some lamentable acci dent. We have great fleets and a great army like the other nations of Europe, for the very moment anything happens to create the slightest dispute be tween any of those nations the question is, How is the army ? How is the navy ? Have you ships ? Have you men ? Have you armaments equal to those of your imagined opponent ? Instead of turn ing at the moment any little dispute arises to the question of armaments, if our dispositions were really those of peace instead of war, we should turn to courtesy and to negotiation, to' arbitration, and to settlement. (Cheers.) We do not in the slightest degree lead men from the hostile passions of war. But leaving for a moment—leaving alto gether, indeed, thesentiment and the toast which have been submitted to us, you will permit me to turn more immediately to time triumphs which have been achieved, and which are the cause of this banquet. I rejoice very much at this banquet, because we are met to do honour to a man of rare qualities, who has con ferrei upon us—and I believe upon mankind— rare services. I have known Mr. Field for a good many years, and although I dare say that to any sailor who may hear me it is not too much, but to me it seems a gaol deal, Mr. Cyrus Field, in the prosecution of this great work, not being a sailor, has crossed the Atlantic more than forty times, and he has, as you know; with an energy which appear to me almost without example, with a courage nothing could daunt, with a faith nothing could make to falter, and by sacrifices beyond estimation, for they were sacrifices that if I was not in his pre- Bence I might relate to this meeting, aided by dis covery, and by science and by capital, I believe he has accomplished the greatest triumph which the science and the intelligence of man has ever achieved. (Cheers.) Soon after the laying of the cable I had an opportunity of making a reference to that in a speech which I delivered in the north of England, when I took the liberty of describing Mr. Cyrus Field as the Columbus of the 19th century—(cheers)—and may I not ask when this cable was laid,when the iron hand grasped in the almost fathomless recesses of the ocean the lost and broken cahle—if it be given to the spirits of great men in the eternal world, in their eternat life, to behold the great actions of our lives—hovr much the spirit of the grand old Genoese must have rejoiced at the triumph, and at the new ties which bound the world he had discovered. to the world to which but for him it might have been for ages to come unknown. (Cheers.) I believe no man-- not Cyrus Field himself--has ever been able to comprehend the magnitude of the great discovery which has been given to mankind, and which through him and his friends and scientific men has been happily accomplished. I say with the greatest sincerity, my heart is too full to permit me to spak of it in the manner in which I feel that I should. We all know that there are in our lives joys and there are sometimes sorrows that are too deep for utterance, and there are manifestations of the goodness and the wisdom, and the greatness of the Supreme which all our modes of speech are utterly unable to describe. We can only stand and look on to wonder and adore. (Cheers.) But of the agency—the human agency—concerned, we may more freely speak. I honour the great in ventors. In their lifetime they seldom receive all the considerations to which they are entitled. An old and valued friend of mine is one of them, and that not the least—l speak of Mr. W. Fothergill Cooke. Ido not see him here, and he may not be present. (A Voice : He is here.) I hope he is, and about to take consolation for his long days of patient investigation in 4e feelings which he has seen ex hibited here to-night, and for the service which has been rendered to the world by the invention of which he certainly was one of the chief discoverers. (Ap plause.) 1 honour, too, Professor Wheatstone a nd Professor Norse. I honour all those men of science who have made this great fact possible, and I honour the gallant captain of that great ship—(enthu siastic cheering)—whose precious cargo wa s not landed in any port, but, sunk in the ocean depths, has brought measureless blessings to mankind ; and I honour our distinguished► may I not say illustrious, guest o f to night ; for after all that can be said of invention, and of science, and of capital, it required the unmatched zeal and patience of Mr. Cyrus Field to bring to one grand completion the mightiest achieve' meet of human intelligence which the world, in opinion, has ever accomplished. (Loud cheers.) The toast of "Literature and Press of the TIY° Countries" was proposed by Lord Stratford de Rod' chicle, and responded to by Mr. Park Grosvenor; " The Extension of Telegraphy throughout the 'World" was given by the Earl of Morley, and 'ac" knowledged by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps ; Mr. John Horatio Lloyd proposed " The Ladies," and Lord W. Hay " The Chairman." The dinner was magnificently served by Messrs• Willis. The plate used 'on the occasion was lent . hi Messrs. Hancock. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anglo-American Times) The death of James Buchanan has called fOrth strong contrasts in obituary comments. By some of the American papers he has been highly lauded, by others lie has been denounced as if still in the White House instead of is the grave. The Round Table alludes to a circnw stance that occurred at a Washington hotel at the time of his inauguration as perhaps accounting for the extraordi nary change in Mr. Buchanan before 1857, when ho suc ceeded to the Presidency and after, to 1861, when he lea the chair covered with coot )mpt. Mr. Thichanan's intel lect had been impaired by the effects of the notorious case of well-poisoning at the hotel, leaving him more an object of sympathy than of contempt, and it considers that this mei at some future day be shown by unimpassioned historian s to account for the difference between his early and late career. General Samuel B. Cushing, formerly Attorney - General of New York, while in Taylor's saloon at Neil York was taken suddenly ill, and died while being taken to the hospital. Good authority at Washington says that th e President has offered William G. Groesbeck, one of hi° counsel, the position of Secretary of the Treasury. W. M. Harrison and James R. Barre, of Arkar: sas, have been relieved by Congress from political disabi lities. General Sheridan has sent 1,500 stand of arms+ with ammunition, for distribution among the settlers , whore the Indians abound, to protect themselves against the Indian savages. Frederick Ferally, of Philadelphia, was elected President of the National Board of Trade, which has ad journed its session at Philadelphia till December, when it is to meet at Cincinnati. John Goulding, the New York pedestrian, cols' pleted his thousand miles in a thousand hours on Satur day, 6th June, but he was so much used up that it is not likely he will try a similar feat for some time to come. Vl° ground was exceedingly unfavourable—saw dust on flagged floor round four billiard tables. As he had to ascend a flight of stairs after each mile it is calculated he walked 1,200. When fairly asleep on the last day it i'vtl ° found almost impossible to wake him. His feet and legs were in a shocking state, and he hsd severe pains in th s groins, through the spine, and di zz i ness i n the h ea d Although a light man he has lost 37 pounds in his weeks walk. Young Miles, who was backed at the saw° time to accomplish this feat, injured his ankle after per forming 608 miles. His trainer, Mr. Ross, occupying the same room, fell asleep while Young Miles was repostvg' Awakening suddenly, and seeing his trainer asleep, Mile s endeavoured to arouse him by shouting ; but, failing, ll ° drew a pistol, intending to startle him with the explosiool but unfortunately lodged the ball in his trainer' s nec k, an l '' it is considered doubtful whether Mr. R 053 will recover.. _ Mr. Reed, a Washington clerk, haS-;,,come to to grief" from an attempt to collect $5 a head from the office-holders, under the pretence of securing funds for the Republican campaign. This is another of those infamou s means of spoliation to which the civil servants o f th e United States are subjected by the politicians, mulcted for, a contest in which they ought to h ave no i n t eres t, and their very bread hanging on the result of a Republiea o or Democratic victory. How is it possible for men ail treated and with a tenure so insecure to be honest and efficient employ6s ? George C. Gorham commenced his official duties as Secretary of the Senate vice Colonel Forney on the 61/ June. The Senate on that day, besides rejecting the nomination of General M'Clellan to be Minister to Eng— land, rejected also that of Josiah Dunham as assessor 0 1 internal revenue in the Third Massachusett s di s t r i c t, an Charles R. Hall, as collector of customs f or th e di s t r ict 0' Stonington, Connecticut. Mr. John Hendrick, of Connecticut, and Edsrar2, Burke, of New Hampshire, are strivin g h ar d an d b ope fullY for that glorious office still dangled by th e President under, the noses of hungry office-seekers--the Commissionersla of Patents. General Grant has been at West Point to deliver the diplomas to the graduating class, which numbers 58. Births. CUMING—On the 30th ult., at 145, Adelaide-road, the wif e of Sam. Culling, jun., of a son. MAYNARD—On the 30th ult., at 8, Oberstein-road, Nos' Wandsworth, the wife of F. W. Maynrad, Esq., Of daughter. TlilriNE—On the 29th ult., at Berrylauds, SurbitoD, 3 11.5 ' E. L. Thynne, of a son. Marriages. BLAKELY—WALKER —On the Ist inst., at All Soul's, Lang ham-place, Loudon, Edward T. Blakely, Esq., to Eu3n )3 4 ' second daughter of John W. Walker, Esq., of S e venesko Kent. HOLLAND—TANNER.— On the Ist just., at St. Thomas'`' Portman-square, Richard Holland, Esq., of Spring' grove, Heston, to Frances, fourth daughter of the 11 Thomas Tanner, Esq., Secretary to the A rmy Medicg Board. Deaths. Barns—On the 30th ult., et The Chestnuts, Norwoo (1 ; lane, Godfrey W. Barry, the fourth son of the late SD Charles Barry, aged 35. KENNION—On the 301 h ult., at Oak Lea, Harrogate, Gi Keunion, M.D., Fellow of the Royal C o llege ° Physicians, aged 51. RIDDELL -On the 30th ult., at the Palace, Maidstone, 0 ! Lady Fran ces B uc h anan Riddell, widow of Sir Johnf Riddell, Bart, and daughter of the first Earl of RonoleP aged 90. STOKES—On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Dora Susanna h ' daughter of Prof. Stokes, of Cambridge, aged 3 mout h, TOOTELL—On the 29th ult., Charles J. Tootell, Esq., ° The Lodge, Michael's-grove, Brompton, aged 68. 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