The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1868 CIA LLAGHAN'S .DERBY RACE GLASSES 1 mei. ~ •e 13 inforced by immigration to render the trade still CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. ...L., ...,,,,, - . • V 50s. each, with sling case. N.B. VOIGTLANDEWS 'a ► s i . ' -- - -r more extensive and profitable. Notwithstanding GLASSES am now to be bad at very reduced prices. . '1 31 g ' .\-.1,e; ntt., the variety of races and interests existing in the kfltosl OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CALL AGHAN, 23A, New Bond-street, 0 .. .. Corner of Conduit-street, W. - PARIS, TUESDAY, July 7, --- tunate enough to retain her hold on the affections The discussion on the army estimates in the Corps COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED 1 LOSDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1868. VICTUALLERS. of all. American statesmen would gladly welcome Ltigislatif has naturally brought up the question of disar is T HE only article really suitable for that purpose, nei . iia . eit. War is the usual topic on such occasions, but Perhaps it is not to be wondered at that the House the accession of any of the provinces to the ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address this time there is not the smallest pretence for it. France, 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. of Lords has a t last g ot worn out with the various United States, and there is always a party P russ i a , an d A us t r i a h ave each made a reduction, real or delays and hindrances of the most vexatious endeavou rin g to allienate the p eo p le of the ostensible, in the effective strength of their forces, and GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED the Utopian project of an alliance between France, VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER, DOZEN. Session ; but, be the cause what it may, the conse- colonies from the mother - country. Perha p s from Prussia, and Russia, though nobody puts the slightest WILLIAM HOLDICR and CO., No. 105, quence cannot be overlooked. Last night the dis- their near vicinity to America, however, the cold- faith in it, shows the prevailing tone of popular opinion. Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, . cussion that took place was of so very bitter a nists are not at all favourable to the Republican Some Prussian papers have given this scheme special The Pavement, Clapham-common. character that the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Don institutions, and Nova Scotia herself is confessedly attention. The Courrier Busse, which supports it, has Y 1 expressly CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, expresaly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins co of undergone a complete conversion of late. Formerly it was Pacifi the Peel s, had to exert his skill as media- one of the most loyal of the provinces towards 1. devoted to Prussia ; now it is of opinion that the rising for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Ap -one and Towellings of tor, and by persuasion and satire combined to calm England, notwithstanding her proximity to the German Power should restrict her boundary within the every description. Patterns gratis and post free. the troubled scene. TI-e Duke of BUCKINGHAM United States. This proximity, in Lord STRATHE- Main, and even hazards the opinion that she would be beaten in a war with France.. From this premise the CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar moved the second reading of the Bill for the Relief DEN'S opinion, renders the existing discontent in use, Warm and Elastic, fmn ss. 6(1. each, for Russian paper ingeniously draws the conclusion Ladies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH of theConsolicated Fund fromanannualpayinent for the colony more important than it otherwise would that the alliance of Russia is indispensable to and Co., LICENSED VICTUALT.P.Rs' DRAPERS, 103, Fleet- purposes connected with the Church of Eegland in be, as there is greater danger of its separation from her neighbour. The Germans alone can break the peace street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham -common. the West Indies. TheEarlof CARNARVON tharcupon the British dominion, and any movement of the kind of Europe. This is a specimen of the writing which floods the continental press. It is vaue and purposeless, and W ILLIAM HOLDICH and Co. LICENSED madesorne observations, in viii; hedidnotintend, he would of course be warmly supported by the United icons to ramble in every direction in search of a rssting- VicruaLLEllS' DRAPERS, Established 1812, at 103, said, to oppose the bill, though he could not agree States. There are several reasons which would ' place. Its object is to find a policy, but the Governments Fleet-street, City ; Satitbsru Branch-No. 5, The Pave make the adhesion of Nova septet of great value to of Europe give it no clue to one. There is, however, one meat, Olapliaa-coarnan. Patterns gratis and po s t free, w ith the reasons that hal been assi g ned for it. :with Price List schemes are propounded, the idea of war is very generally TO LICENCE!) VICTUALLERS. being introduced into it before going into Corn- Halifax. Ein GREY, indeed, in giving evidence set .side. ES - TAB - LIMED 1812. mittee, the noble lord passed on to another subject, before the Select Committee on the Colonial Da- The bull-fights at Havre have been sorry failures. it (ATILLIAM HOLD I C H and C 0., which, with all due respect for the noble lord, we fences, placed Halifax in the same category as is difficult to . understand . how the Frenc h.. can be entertained LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. by an exhibition which retains much of the cruelty and 103, Fleet-street, corner of Farriugdon-street ; and at No. may venture to say, had far better have been left Malta and Gibraltar, whose possession was impor 6, The Pavement, Clapham-eournon (Southern Branch). nothing of the excitement characteristic of an ordinary alone. Some remarks of the Lord Chancellor's the taut to our naval power as a place where we could Lull-fight. The Spanish bull-fight is generally a tragedy ; L ONDON AND GENERAL WATER other evening required correction, as he thought, refit our ships. Lord STRATIIEDEN, in referring to th e s p ec t ac l e a t H a vre did not rise above the level of PURIFYING COMPANY (Limited). and hence he proceeded to animadvert upon them. this part of the subject, quoted some other testi- farce. The steeds were old, lard-mouthed, and all but PATENT CISTERN FILTER, charged solely with animal broken down ; the bulls were " heroes of a hun charcoal. The latest patented Filter in general use, and requir- As a general rule it may safely ba affirmed that mony of a similar kind. " The late Duke of NEW ing, when once fixed, no attention whatever. Patronised and dred fights," and had learned by practice to used by her Majesty the Queen at Osborne, by H.R.H. the Duke these after-speeches, these commentaries on details CASTLE," he sail, " who had very lately re- be excessively cautious in battle ; and the men were mere of Cambridge, the elite of the Medical Profession, and at the F us ili e r Guards', Middlesex, Si. George's, German, and London that have taken place, hal far better be avoided, turned from N,S i rth America, said he re- bunglers. The bulls not only took unusual care of them- H os pitals, and at the Regent's Park and Tower Barracks, and selves, but their horns were tipped with round knobs, numerous i n stitutions, breweries, 82c. and there is no exception to the rule. Lend GRAN- garded it as an important military post, Professor Frankland, F.R.S., in his analysis of the waters for which reutralised half their power of mischief. Neverthe- VILLE has said that there was a parallel between but still more important as a naval sta- December, 1865, in the report to the Registrar - General , sta tes, less, the spectators enjoyed the satisfaction of seeing one "With regard to the aitration of this water (New River) through the suspension of the ecclesiastical appoiutunnts iu tion, inasmuch as it was one of the finest her- Reim 1.1 charcoal, it will be observed that, although the total daily or two horses with their riders elevated in the air. The Somestie supply of a house on Haverstock Hill has passed _a Jama_, rc and their proposed suspension in Ireland, hours in the world. Rear-Admiral ERSKINE tea- horned backs were adequately tortured by darts, &c., but through the same filter for seven months , the animal ch arcoal still retains practically unimpaired its power of abstracting or- and the Lord Chancellor had commented upon this tified to its great importance to the Power that that was all. No one was killed or seriously hurt. I hope 'sante impurities." that this ridiculous exhibition will be the means of pre ss* The above Filter was supplied by this Compa n y . . in a manner that gave great offence to Lord CAR- should possess it in the event of a war with the venting the " sport " from making its way to Paris. It The Filters may be seen in operation, and full particulars ob tained on application to the Secretary, at the Offices, NARVON, as he had taken the same view of th sub- United States ; and Sir J. BURGOYNE mentioned has, however, become so much the rage in France that I 157, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. (FOUR DOORS FROM fear it is travelling this way. SOMERSET HOUSE). j ect. The Lord Chancellor said that he did not the Mauritius, Bermuda, and Halifax as most wish to re-open the Irish debate, anl ho did not essential to our power, and alluded to the impo rt- H ER A terrible conflagration at Dunkirk must be added to MAJESTY'S OPERA. pp the long list of great fires occurring within the last few begrudge the noble earl the rare oortunity h e ance which the navy habitually attributed to its (THEATRE-ROYAL, DAURY-LANE). days. The fire at Dunkirk fi rs t broke out on Saturday, Titiens-Nilsson-Kellogg. TO-MORROW EVENING (THURSDAY), July 9, Mozart's had had of replying to his speech. The noble and possession." The Nova Scotians hitherto, however , and up to my latest intelligence was st ill burnin g . Opera, learned lord went onto show the reasons that induced had little desire to join any other province or Damage to the extent of five millions of francs has already LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. been incurred. France is not the only sufferer from this Il Conte d'Almaviva, Mr. Santley; Figaro, Signor Gassier; himto make his statements,and said that the donation nation. They have been fu ll y satisfied with their D o tt o re Bartolo, Signor Foil; Basillo, Mr. Lyall; Don Curzio , species of disaster. At Auerb ac h, in Bavaria, more than Si g nor Agrettl; Antonio, Signor Zoboli; Mareellina, Mdlle. we gave in aid of the fund s o f the isl a nd was not connection with England, and had rather desire d 200 houses have been destroyed, three persons killed, and Ccrsi; Cherubino, Mdlle. Christine Nilsson; Susanna, Millie. Clara Louise Kellogg ; and La Contessa, Mdlle. Titiens. establishment or endowment, and the proposition to strengthen and perpetuate the ties which many families reduced to destituticn. At Kuppenheim, Oonductor-Signor Arditl. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. of the bill before the HOUSII was neither dis-near Rastadt, an infant playi n g with matches was the did-eats- bound them to the mother country than Stalls, One Guinea; Amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved means of causing the destruction of nearly thirty houses, blishment nor diseudowment. " With reference to form any new links with their immediate neigh- . Box Seats, 10s. s 1; Gallery, 2s. 61. Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box- the arguments advanced and the statements made, hours. It is acknowledged that a good deal of dis- with almost everything they contained. Such a number &lice, Her Majesty's Theatre, wider the Colonnade (second of catastrophes occurring at one time and from one cause doer from Pall-m. Ill), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super- I have nothing to retract, qualify, or explain." Of content exists in Nova Scotia with respect to the is without parallel. Intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (un ler the portico in Brydges-street) , open fro m 10 course Lord GRANVILLE had something to say— Act of Confederation, an d unfortunatel y one of the - till 8. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'.e one of those fatal last words that are so ominous first acts of the new Parliament was to raise the ad TIIE IVEATIIEII TABLE.—THIS DAY. MR. M APLESON'S BENEFIT, at the and so productive of evil. Upon this the discus- valorem duties of Nova Scotia from 10 to 15 per -e- _ CRYSTAL PALACE, on WEDNESDAY, July the 15th, supported bythe whole strength of sion became one of a recriminatory nature, and cent. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM indeed asserts METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. tIER MAJESTY'S OPERA. - Extreme Sea in the course of the dispute the 'observations that this WAS entirely owing to the condition of the 1 Wednesday, I HEATRE ROYAL, II A 1e1.1.1L KIEL Lord DERBY had made respectina Lord CAR- local finances, and that the provincial Parliement July 8, Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. c, 8 11.111. r,.,et: I F. B. T. " ".' ' W Ito F. D. wE. to ' 4 ' 12 9 THIS EVENING. THE LADIES' CHAMPION. Mr. Ken NARVON'S speech on the Abyssinian war were re- itself would have had to adopt similar measures. dal, Mr. W. Gordon. Miss lone Burke, and Miss F. Wright. Nairn . ferred to. By this time affairs had got so serious Since then so me o f t h e objectionable acts have been Aberdeen - 2 To be followed by A HER') OF ROM kNCE. Characters Leith - - • c• - by Messrs. Sothern, Howe, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, that it was not to be wondered at that repealed or modified, bat there is still some Shields - 2 (Stark, sic.; Mes , larrils It ibertson, Fitzwillia:n, Chippeadale, Scarborough I _ - - - - Dalton, Laws, and Da l'Agny. reference to Hangard could not settle the dispute, disaffection existing. Under these circumstances Yarmouth eer 30.13 r. 66 .64 W. 2 2 S.S.E. c.b. - 2 Conclu.ling with A CJ-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs. Id - - C. - 2 Cotn?tou and Kendal; Mosdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin, because the same words seemed to bear a different Lord STRATHEDEN proposed a conciliatory Cuxhaven - -; - - - - - -- - tires 30'05 57 I - S.E. 2 5 N.W. 0. - 2 &c. Ardrossan Commence at Seven. measure, nudes interpretation. The Marquis of SALISBURY sought the appointment of a commission of inquiry. Such Greencastle 30 02r. 61 .58 W.N.W. 1 3 W.S.W. Co.. Holyhead - - to adjust matters, and finally observed with much a measure, he argued, would give breathing time, Liyerpool .. 39'11r. 671 62 S.E. 2 2 W. b.o. - 1 THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. . . vale tin.... 30'15r. 62 60 N.N.W. 3 3 S. c.r.f o'4l .3 justice that, though but a young member of that and would defer the adoption of any hasty or Cape Clear.. 30-09 f. 60 57 S.W. 6 5 SW. r.e. o'ls 8 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.Recta's Pt. 30101. 63 62 W.S.W. 2 4 W.S.W. C. o'l6 2 Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. Penzance .. 30•19 f. 64 1:3 Z. 0 3 N.W. e.o. - 1 THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock (Benefit of Miss Maria and house, he most earnestly protested against the dangerous resolution in the local Parliament at Plymouth .. 30 20r. 59 56 N. 2 3 N.N.W. ban - I Miss Nelly Harris), THE IRISH TUTOR: Mr. C. H. Stephen- " growing practice of devoting 83 much valuable Halifax. It would, too, elicit the existence of a Port smou th se 7 ior. T 5 ,'-) N. W. -- . _ - i - 3 1 - 17, , T,_ --- 1 son. L in n ou 30'16r . 66 61 Wb IV 1 2 4.W. c.o. At a quarter to 8, A BACHELOR OF ARTA. Mr. Charles time in the discussion of personal questions in the party favourable to confederation if such there P e e m erei4;:i. 30145: 63 59 W.5.W.3 - - f. - 1 Mathews, Mr. Beim )re. Mr. C. 11. Stephenson, Mr. A shley, Visa . - - o. - 1 Maria Harris, Mies Nelly Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. midst of the important questions they had were, and would give a stimulus to the Canadians ratent - 1 A CONCERT, in which Mdlle. Adelina Patti, Sir. Santley, and to decide ;" and it will really be ain making wise concessions. The British Parlia- Roehefott - 1 Biarritz - - 0. - 2 II aflame Sainton-Dolby war appear. Corunna 3o'lo 69 - N. 1.,. 3 - - b. - 2 Concluding with a new piece entitled TOM THRASHER. good tiling if this salutary advice be ment was, he thought, bound to act impartially in B r' els 3,3:1 6 59 - S ' s ' W ' 1 - - b ' - - Mr. G. Belmore, Mt. J. G. Taylor; Miss Harris and Miss Nelly Paris 19 63 - N.E. 2 - - b. _ Han is. taken, for the public are tired of the con- the matter, and a full inquiry might certainly be 7":0-1..r"....• - 80 - w. 1 - - o 30'14 63 - NW 3 - - C. .7. - - - - Toulon _. 3o'oor. 73 71 E. ' 3 - - c. - 4 stant ." bickeeinas " that take place and mar the prosecuted without committing the Imperial Go- Heart's Con- R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. e tent (6 a.m. Sole Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vining. effect that the wis lom an 1 dignity of senators vernment to either side of the question. local time) ! - - - - -- - - -_ _ THIS EVENING (Wednesday), HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. should produce. Upon the Scotch Reform Bill the EXPLANATION. Ali e rton. Messrs Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, Leeson, B. ....-.. amma.•••••111=11. Potter, B. Ellis, Maclean, Herwyn, Cronin, Catheirt, and Gres- Duke of ARGYLL moved the rejection of one of the Barometer correeftd and reduced to 22 deg. a tea hvel. Theletter ham ; Mesdames E:sworthy, Kemp, and 1 . mily Cross. r., tieing; f., falinig ; s., ateady-iodic:de dim ection of 'notion of the Preceded by TH +.: DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. rating clauses, and obta;necl its rejection by ma- N.B.- 11011E0 AND JULINT on FRIDAY, July 10, for the Benefit of Mr. Allerton. jority of forty. The bill was read a third tims and • Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.-calm c.-- c c h liils, i d n t e h t , se b li ; N.8.-Doors open at 7; commence at 7.10. passel. Trie Irish Bill went through co:nmittee (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Weather : b.-I.lne fly; c f rill g i l lur i la il t 1.-17ghtning ;,n, —misty, hazy ; 0.--orereast. dull; r.- rain; '._snow QU E E N'S THE ATIt E, bong- without without amendment, se that a good deal of work t.—thunder. 1ta1..-fall. snow or ball (melted) during last 24 hours, Lessee an,l Manager, W. W. H. Li Be Sea disturbance, was got through by their lordships notwithstanding AMERICA. neeeeerees. THIS EVENING (Wm Alfred Wigan's nefit). THE RIVALS: Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. J. L. Toole, and Mrs. Wigan. the vexatious nature of the earlier part of their dis- F: w Yoe's, July 7 (Evening). ......11,cere22,8'..b.,elenneste.ariecceelYveastne3;day, except at Brussels and 5P.,,,.1...,,.... QUEEN'S THEATRE, Le ;see and Ihuager, Mr. W. H. Li.,toa. THIS EVENING ( Wra. Alfred Wigan's Benefit). THE RIVALS: Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. J. L. Toole, and Mrs. Wigan. Age3ilames Trebolli-13ettini and Sinico, and Mr. Santley. Piano forte, Signor Wrignnui. - To con.ltile with " F3WL PLXY;" or, A Story of Chikkin Hazard. Mr. J. L. Toole, ae. 'hero has been scarcely any c hange in the, barometrical p ressure at , any of our stations since yesterday, except at Brus se l s and Skudesnaes where iheie :s an increase of Olin. Thls in. rain pressure is very evanly distrlbutel, but is slightly lowar at our northern than at tho s .uthern stations. Temperature has increased slightly, except in the west, where it has diminished a little. The winds are generally light and variable ; fresh westerly breezes_ are, however, reported from Nairn and Cape Clear. Weather this morning i s fi ne, but cloudy. Rain h s fallen in the south of Ireland, and fog and mist prevail at places in the south. missions. The Democratic 'National Convention, which assembled here on S tturday las', have to-day an nounced their platform. It favours the taxation of United States Bonds and the payment in currency of the bonds of all public debts, except where pay ment in coin is expressly stipulated. It declares that naturalised American citizens abroad enjoy equal rights with native-born subjects of the United States. In the House of Commons the morning si tins was devoted to the Public Schools Bill, and five hours were taken up by the discussions of the com mittee. Mr. AYRTON engaged himself in another criticism oa the inefficiency of our Public Schools, in general, but he did not seem to meet with favour, for a proposition he male was not supported, and a clause he moved to provide for the admission of old boys to the great public schools was rejected by a majority of 56. Mr. LOWE withdrew his clause, to the effect that the boys admitted at these schools should be annually examined by one of the Privy Council inspectors, and at first sight this seems ad visable, but it was objected that to do so would be displeasing to the schools, and if not satisfactory the Government could do nothing. In the evening sit ting some remarks were male on the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill. After it had been said that the Government did not care for the bill being passed, Mr. DISRAELI spoke very strongly, and declared that he would prolong the session in order to pass it. There was a good deal of truth in the remarks of Culonel Noun, that the Opposi tion were in fault by their syste:n of talking out the measure. The Premier has wisely ceded to give an evening sitting to the discussion of the bill, since the mornings already devoted to the purpose have passed so unsatisfactory. Some other measures were discussed, and Mr. LOWE said that there was not sufficient room in the British Museum, and Mr. SCLATER-BOOTII gave some explanations on the postal arrangements, which were satisfactory. The House of Commons was certainly more cool and collected yesterday than the 4 4 other place" can be said to have been, and but for the episode of the Cattle Bill its proceedings would have been very quiet. On the whole, the work of the session is progressing favourably, and there is every prospect of it speedily terminating after having transacted all business that is absolutely necessary. frHEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.—Eleg a ntly L repainted an 1 relecorated.—Under the management of ,Liss 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. IT. Cox. For particulars 830 bills. Box-office open daily from ten to eve. Reports of a projected interview between the Emperors of France and Russia and the King of Prussia have again been revived. One journal guarantees the authenticity of the stl,t,ment, bat it receives general discredit. ItOYAL STRAND TIIEATR E. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs Swanborough. THIS EVENING. at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs. Belford, Harcourt; :Mss Sheridan After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Mamrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swanborough, Lydia Thompson. Sheridan. Hughes, &e. To conclude gith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRIDE. SERVIA. BELGRADE, July 8. The accounts of the misery caused by misrule in Spain are alarming. M en dieity, always prevalent a t M a d r id , and the police ar e cont i nua ll y has greatly increased, employed in arresting vagabonds or citizens driven from home by hunger. The public resources are utterly unequal to such an amount of pauperism. Orders have been given to the provincial authorities to prevent any one coining to Madrid to seek employment. Worl.c is nowhere to be found, not even in the, seaports, where the chances are always best. Commerce is paralysed, and industry suspended ; the workshops are closed, and bankruptcy is of every-day occur rence. Begging, then, is the sole alternative except . brigandage,. which is resorted to by great numbers. These accounts are not astonishing when the history of Spain for years past is taken into considera tion. Moderate journals are attempting to put an end to their ruinous situat ion b y brin g i ng the Court and the revolutionary party to terms. Large concessions on each side are absolutely necessary to this end ; but recent experience spews how small is the hope of settlement. M. Arnould, the correspondent of the Paris paper La Pat rie in this capital, being alleged to have for warded incorrect reports of the recent events in Servia, was to have bean exposed to a demonstra tion of the popular displeasure. M. Arnould, how ever, having received timely warning, quitted Bel grade, and the demonstration took place in front of the residence he had left. R OYAL AIIPIIITHEA.TRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. AZ .LLA, the Fent%le Leotard, Every Evening. On Friday next, July 10, GRAND FASHIONABLE NIGHT, for the Benefit of Mdllo. 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The Confederation of the British North American Provinces is a matter of such i►u portance that it would ill become the English Par liament to slight or set aside any communications concerning it. It is only comparatively of late years that the public has at all begun to appreciate the extent and the value of the British possessions on the American continent. The wealth of the vast tracts of laud which are nominally under British rule is as yet un developed, but tILT,, is good reason to believe that the natural resources of the country, cereal, mineral, animal, and maritime, arc i❑ the highest degree important. Canadian timber, or "lumber" as it is termed, is well known iu American markets, and British Columbia has taught us that veritable gold lies hidden in parts of the richly favoured soil. There can be no doubt that many of the rich tracts of land yet uncultivated iu various parts would supply almost measureless wealth to the agriculturist both in crops and pasture, and Hudson's Bay Com pany has proved that even the waste districts have their natural wealth in furs. if we look in another direction we find Nova Scotia and Newfoundland possessing a fishing trade of great value, and their hardy seafaring populations only require to be re- THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. FALMOUTH, Wednesday Morning. The Cape of Good Ilope Company's steamer Asia, Gaine, Commander, arrived at this port at 8.30 a.m. to-day from Algoa Bay, &c., having on freight 2,539 bales wool, 60 tons skins, 15 tons hides, and sundries ; 36 first-class and 8 second class passengers. _ _ _ Among the first-class passengers are Colonel and Mrs. Hamilton and 'hildren, Captain and Mrs. Vigors and child, Major and Mrs. Morant and three children, Captain J. G. Lakes, Captain and Mrs. Edwards. The Asia left Algoa Bay 28th May ; Capetown. Ist June; St. .I.lelena, 10th June ; Madeira, 29th June ; and experienced fine weather throughout the entire passage. The Asia brings no mails or specie. BOURSE, July 7.—Thr closed as follows 41 per Cent. End of month... Ital!.aa Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 85 Mexican Loan 22 50 Credit Mobilier End of month... 301 25 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier _1490 horns Debt — End of month... Deferred . 35 BAILwAYs. Cash • Orleans 886 Northern Lyons and Mediterranain Southern-- 577 Western Eastern • • ....... .. 557 Sardinian Austrian . Lombard. North of Spain Saragossa .ee o'clock.—The market 560 411 631 71 IREL.I.ND. DUBLIN, July 7. The c.)rrespondent of the Telegraph gives some lively details respecting the Skuptschma, or Servian Parliament,. The assembly is about 500 strong, and consists of four fifths peasantry and handicraftsmen, and the other fifth tradesmen and landowners. The writer doubts whether many of the deputies can read or write : one-half the number at least are profoundly ignorant on these points, and take their politics from the more instructed section. Not unfrequently one of the illiterate members has risen to express hii opinions, and has been told by one of his learned brethren to " sit down, and leave such matters to people who under- stand them." This is A truly admirable principle of business, and might be advantageously applied in the West, if we could but find the proper censor. The "House of Commons " is a large wooden shed, with rough deal . benches. The members are allowed about three shillings per day lodging money, and are provided with food of the roughest description. Prior to the day of meeting all the members were obliged to encamp out in the park of Top. chiderd. Their victuals were cooked twice a day for them, and, as the writer quaintly remarks, it must have been a curious sight to see the five hundred re presentatives of the nation supping their strung broth out of the big camp kettles, and eating their pork and black bread, squatted on the ground in croups before their tents. " I will venture "to say that forks were as rare amongst these legislators as rosewater or napkins. A Servian deputy cuts bis meat and picks his teeth with his poniard, and wipes his greasy hands either in his hair or on the seat of his trousers. He is generally covered all ever with fleas and weapons--would that he confined his use of the latter to ridding himself of the former ! His dress is as unparliamentary as may be, and lie has about as little notion of the whole business ho is supposed to transact as be has of Greek particles or the ditferenti.l calculus." Let us, however, remember that great results hay arisen from elements as unpromising as the Servian deputies. Mr. Bright arrived to-day on a visit to Mr. Yea boiy, at Castle-Connel. He was received at Lime rick Station by Dean O'Brien and members of the Corporation, and loudly cheered. Ile has ac cepted au invitation to a public breakfast in Limerick. The London Working Men's Association, otherwise "Mr. Potter's Society," is agitating just now for an exten sion of the hours of palling. They complain that though they have been given the right of voting, working men will not Le able to exercise it without personal loss. The hours at which the poll is at present required to be opened are those during which a working man is hard at work, If, then, he have to leave his work he would lose sevexal hours, All this might be avoided by simply extending the hours to eight o'clock in the evening, A clause in the Bribery Bill would yet amend the evil. There is OM serious objection to the proposal, A general election gene. rally takes place late in the autumn, and at eight o'clock darkness has set in, Is not the darkness in such a time of excitement rather favourable to rioting I And is It ad• yjsable to run the chance of ellehi fyr Taioqi Rign thmo *watts of conywiccoi ST. JAMES'S TREAT RE.—Yesterday evening his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales t.nd his Royal High ness the Duke of Edinburgh honoured the performances at this theatre with their presence. llorniman's Pure Teas are Bd. per potmd cheaper. Their 2 500 agents—confectioners in London, and chemists iu the country—aro consth.ntly receiving •fresh supplies of these long-approved teas. Sold only in packets. THE CHAN.N.EL FLEET. - . Near-Admiral Warden's report of the trials of tbe Miami Fleet last year has been published in a Parliamentary paper. He states that the cruise of the squadron under his orders was on the whole a satisfactory ono. Ono of the trials lasted from noon to four p.m., and when the recall was made the following is stated to have been the "extraordinary" result :—The Achilles beat the Minotaur and the Lord Warden by 41 miles, the Bellerophon and the Prince Consort by 41 miles, the Royal Oak by 21 miles, and Warrior by 11 miles. The Lord Clyde was not taken into account as she was thrown to leeward by having to pass the Minotaur, and was placal at a con siderable disadvantage. The Pallas is stated to have been nowhere. To put the result in another form: —The Achilles gained to 'windward of the Minotaur 9,774 yards, of the Warrior 7,147, the Royal Oak 1,449, the Lord Warden 765, the niece Consort 634, and the Bellerophon 5C6. The report goes on to say that it is very remarkable to find a ship, in the short space at four hours, beating a very similar ship as much as five miles dead to windward, and beating somo of the latest constructed ships .dmost to the same extent; and this, it is to be remembered, by a ship, which, but one year ago, under a different system of :nesting, had great difficulty in getting from one tack to the other by tacking, and had actually, on one occasion, re fused to wear. Thu Rear-Admiral thinks it is impossible to advance anything stronger in favour of giving the Mino taur three masts instead of five, whenever concurrent cir cumstances admit of the transformation being made. On the 26th Nov. a full-speed trial, under steam, was made from 8 a.m to 4 p.m. The patent log of tho Minotaur, the sternmost ship but one, showed 90 miles, and the other, the Helicon, which was the headmost ship, showed 104 miles. The Achilles gained on the Lord Clyde 13 miles, the Belle rophon 101-, the Minotaur 10, the Pallas 81, the Prince Con sort 81, the Warrior GI, the Lord Warden 4/ ; but she lost on the Helicon 11 miles. "Here, again," says the writer, "we have the Achilles, ono of the first iron-clad ships built after the Warrior and Black Prince, distancing in a run of 100 miles, occupying eight hours, some of the latest con structed ships (and they containing generally the most recent improvements which have taken place in condensers, &c.), in a very remarkable manner, and even holding hor own within a:couple of miles, with a very fast despatch vessel, in wea ther very favourable to the latter. It is to be borne in mind also, that while the engines of the Achilles developo only about s,7oohorse-power to drive 6,000 tons, those of the Bel lerophon, Lord Warden, and Lord Clyde, were constructed to develope about 6,000 horse-power to drive 4,000 tons. It is a result, I think, calculated to give rise to very serious 're flection." The 29th November was devoted to target practice, which was attended by three accidents: one, in the Achilles, by the premature explosion of a cartridge in loading ono of the guns, by which one of the gun's crew unfortunately lost his arm; the second in the Lord Clyde, by the bursting of a shell in ono of the 7-inch G4-ton guns, by which a piece of the muzzle was blown off, without, however, any further acci dent to any ono ; and the third, in the Warrior, where an eight inch gun of the main-dock battery, in firing the first round, drew the pivotting bolt. The report is accompanied by diagrams illustrating the trials. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT.—It is stated that the Conservative candi dates for Devonport will be Mr. Ferrand, who was unseated for bribery, and Mr. Cecil Rrikes, who was defeated at the last election. Lord Eliot is probably secure, but Mr. Chambers's success is doubtful, as he is unpopular iu the dockyard. ATHLONE.— Mr. John Staniforth (L.), a gentleman of fortune and position, has issued an address to the electors of Athlone. BRIGHTON.—The Post is informed that Mr. James Ash bury, owner of the Cambria schooner, will be requested to stand in the Liberal interest. , BEWDLEY.-Sir It. A. Glass (C.), the layer of the Atlantic cable, has commenced an active canvass. The split in the Liberal ranks has not yet been healed. DROGIIEDA.—Mr. Whitworth (L.), the sitting member, is to be opposed by Mr. Brodigan, who unsuccessfully con tested the borough in July 1565. DUNDALK.—Sir George Bowyer (L.) has addressed the electors of this borough, intimating his intention of con testing the coming election. Both he and Mr. Philip Callan (L.) will go to the poll. The Conservative candi date has not been yet named. LEEDS.— A large meeting, numbering from 15,000 to 20,000 persons, has been held, to choose the two Liberal candidates. Three names were put up—Mr. Baines, one of the present members, Mr. Alderman Carter, and Viscount Amberley. Messrs. Baines and Carter had a large majority, and they will accordingly issue their addresses. MERTHYR.—The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce (L.) has met a considerable number of his leading supporters. He expressed himself as tolerably secure of success, if he could rely upon promises, but in election times it would not do to be too certain. He claimed the first scat, and thought that sixteen years' hard work in the House of Commons entitled him to it. He desire4l to stand by himself, and let the other two candidates fi;ht for the second scat between themse:ves. MEnioNETnsulnE.—At a numerously-attended meeting of delegates from all parts of the county, held at Dolgelly, it was unanimously resolved that Mr. David Williams be invited to stand in the Liberal interest, and on the volnntaTy principle. Mr. Williams has acceded to the request. As yet the Conservatives have made no definite sign. Mr. Richard Meredydd Richards is spoken of. Mora.Em.--Sir George Grey (L.) has lately stated his desire to have an early opportunity of addressing his new constituents in Blyth, which has been annexed to Mor petti. There is at. present no indication of intended opposition to the return of the right hon. gentleman. READING.—Sir Charles Russell, whom the Conservatives have given up as a candidate for Berkshire, will, it is thought, offer himself for the county town. STAFFORDSHIRE.—Mr. Staveley Hill, Q.C., has been invited to stand for West Staffordshire as a Conservative. Mr. J. Hartley, of Wolverhampton, a Wesleyan, will con test East Stafford in the Conservative interest. WATERFORD CITY.—Mr. James Delahunty has cora menced an active canvass of the electors. WHITBY.—Mr. W. H. Gladstone (L.) has announced his readiness to come forward as a candidate for the represen tation of Whitby. YORKSHIRE (EAST RIDING).—The split in the Conser vative camp has resolved the Liberals upon starting at least one candidate. It is stated that the Liberal loids have invited Mr. Denison and Colonel Haworth. There has been no contest in the Riding. for twenty-seven years. • GRAVESEND. —Sir C. Wingfield, whose address has been issued to the electors, promises to give a hearty support to Mr. Gladstone. He is brother of Mr. Wingfield Baker, Liberal candidate for North Essex, and has had a brilliant career in India, where he administered for several years the great kingdom of Oude in times of difficulty with signal success, and distinguished himself by his ability in high posts in the Civil Service. A Cadiz journal relates a sad accident which has recently occurred in the Bay of Algesiras. A small corvette, the Gulondrina, was exercising Ler men in firing, when the gun burst and wounded twenty-two out of the twenty-eight men composing the crew. Some are severely hurt, but hitLerto none of them have died. COAL PIT EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—On Tuesday morning au explosion of gas occurred in Messrs. Goddard and Son's " Knowles " coal pit, at Fenton, Staffordshire. There was a number of men at work in the pit at the time, and four of them—Joseph Booth, David Booth, William Booth (father, son, and nephew), and Benjamin Bould— who were "getting " coal at a depth of 360 yar3s, were burnt very severely. The cause of the . ixplosion is believed to be firing a shot fur blasting the coal, but there had been an accumulation of gas for some days, and some of the men had refused to go into the pit on that account. FIGUT BETWEEN A Fox AND TWO EAGLES.—A shepherd in the vicinity of Balloter witnessed a somewhat remarkable contest the other day between a fox and two eagles. Reynard had got a piece of meat with which he was making off, when an eagle swooped down and attempted to seize it. The fox boldly showed fight, how_ ever, and stuck by his prize. Another eagle then came to the aid of the first, but both were set at defiance by their four footed antagonist, who was ultimately allowed to get off in triumph, the eagles soaring aloft when the shepherd approached rather near the place where the fight was proceeding.—Edinburgh Courant. SIR ROLURT NAPIER.----It is understood that Sir Robert Napier is about to be raised to the peerage, under the title of Baron Napier of Magdala, and that he will be gn.zetted in a few days. Meanwhile Sir Robert has been pleased to accept the freedom of the City of London, which was recently voted to him by acclamation, with a mord of great value, by the Court of Common Council, and it has been arranged between him and the Lord Mayor that the ceremony of con ferring this mark of distinction shall be conducted in the Guildhall on Tuesday, the 21st inst. The com mittee of the Corporation charged with providing the sword have resolved to expedite its manufacture accord ingly, The Lord Mayor will entertain Sir Robert and a distinguished party at the Maaion House in the evening of tho flame daye-rTillgh THE NEW LAW COUIZIS. The decision of the Government respecting the architect for the new law courts has been received with universal surprise. Of the eleven gentlemen engaged in this the greatest competition of modern times three or four only came to the surface. Four or fire hopelessly submerged ; but in neither cat Tory could Mr. Street, £R.A., be fairly placed. Events prove that he is the favourite of fortune or possesses a few staunch friends, for it must be confessed that he finds l►ttle favour with the public, and the judges have coldly regarded him. If the commission meant anything, and was to be of the slightest service, Mr. Street's appointment must be unjust, for he obtained, it seems, but three points out of fifty, whereas some of the less fortu nate competitors scored as high as forty-seven. Surely the public have a right to demand and receive an explanation of this result of a competi tion which in all its stages has been unsatisfac:ory to everybody. Thus far none —none, at least, that is not perfectly incomprehensible—has been ac corded by the Government which ventures to ad vance no other plea but that of expediency. Mr. Welby Pugin appears in some degree to be responsible for the apparently inextricable confusion into which the judges and commissioners were thrown. In his review of the designs he placed Mr. Street at the head of the list, and he has since stir ported that view in a letter which appeared in the Times of June 23, which we reprint below. Neither Mr. Pugiu's reasons, however, nor his facts appear to us satisfactory, or justify, in our opinion, the present position of affairs. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Will you kindly extend the favour granted to me on former occasions, and insert a few fur ther suggestions in supplement to those I have already offered respecting the proposed New Law Courts? I trust I may not be suspected of personal mo tives in asserting that the Government, in its final decision, has shown greater judgment than might have been expected if the Earl of Carnarvon's canon about Government's " capacity, as a rule," for deciding on matters "of taste" be true. If " the arrangement of courts and offices is of such vital moment" that it ought to supersede all the considerations of architectural effect, and if, as is inferred by Mr. E. M. Barry and his supporters, the instructions were to be taken literally, and not relatively, why was not the obvious common sense course adopted in the beginning of having a preliminary competition confined to the general arrangement and ground plan? It is confessedly in the ground plan alone that anything like com plete success has been achieved. If, however, the best ground plan was found to be combined with the worst elevation, and if the best elevation was united to a ground plan of which the worst that could be said was that it was " inconsistent with some of the conditions," then the Government was obviously reduced to the necessity of choosing be tween two alternatives ; and I am bold enough to maintain that in selecting Mr. Street's designs they have done wisely ; and, whatever may now be said to the contrary, the Government will even tually receive the thanks of all competent judges of art. If Mr. E. M. Barry's superior ground plan failed to set off his elevations, the latter must have been, even to a Government without " capa city" in respect of " taste" bad indeed. Mr. Street's "architectural elevations," on the other hand, de spite their very serious defects, which I ventured to point out in your journal of August 15, 1867, evince a power which, when coupled with a sense, of the responsibility and grandeur of his position, will en able him to rise far above the comparative medio crity of his present design and produce a work worthy of its purpose and of the country. Let me, moreover, remind Mr. E. M. Barry, first, that the Lord Chancellor declared it to have been a question with the judges which of the authors showed the greatest capacity for superintending the erection of, and not merely for planning, the new Law Courts ; and, second, that the A'torney- General pronounced the decision in favour of two competitors to be " invalid." I have little doubt that Mr. Street is perfectly competent to improve and perfect his ground plan ; but I have far less doubt about Mr. E. M. Barry's incapacity for mending his elevations. It, therefore, resolved itself into a matter of choice between a short coming which any ordinarily gifted architect could set right, and a serious evil of which there was scarcely a hope of remedy. Who can say, then, that the decision in favour of Mr. Street is not a cause of congratulation, and that the Government have shown themselves above pedantry and red tapeism ? Mr. E. M. Barry claims the award on the ground of his compliance with the conditions. This sounds well, if it were true. But if he had fairly attended to what he considers a fundamental principle in the competition, viz., " utility befog e effect," he would never have produced that useless and incongruous mass presented by him for our admiration. There is no canon of art against.which Mr. E. M. Barry more incessantly offends in his designs than this. Ile is ever trying to produce " effects," independent of and at variance with both " nrinc:ple" and " utility," and he seems ready to sacrifice every principle of his art, from sheer inabi lity to adapt, compromise, or combine without totally destroying all proportion and beauty. One may test this not only by his elevations for the Law Courts, which abundantly demonstrate his utter incompetency to treat a fair ground plan on architectural principles or with aesthetic propriety, but also by his recently executed works in Palace -yard. With regard to the former, the Marquis of Salisbury, whose words prove him to be not merely an admirer, but a sound judge of art, strangely appears on this occasion to have attributed to Mr. Barry's design the very expressions which most appropriately describe that of Mr. Street—" sober and decent ;" whereas Mr. Barry's is about as giddy, puerile,'and firework sort. of a design as could possibly be produced. There is, positively, not one vigorous, sober, or manly line in it from one end to the other. Again, take the cloister in Palace-yard. Surely this can not be placed on the credit side of any man'a repu tation ; and no one would ever wish to see a pro duction (in itself a mere vulgar adaptation of the larger building which it ruins) reproduced in a thousand ways, usque ad nauseam, over a mass Covering upwards of eight acres. Supposing Mr. E. M. Barry had got the New Law Courts, and presuming that they take 20 years to erect, 50 years would then have elapsed since the llouses of Parliament were designed ; and we should find ourselves just completing a building which could only be tolerated from the fact that the work had been commenced 50 years before, when " true principles" were almost unknown. In other words, the result would be simply tantamount of itself to archaeologically setting back the pro gress of the Revival by half a century, and placing the llouses of Parliament 50 years beyond the period of their own erection. All this, too, inde pendent of the injury so large a work would in evitably entail on contemporary operations. Let Mr. E. M. Barry, therefore, content himself with raising the three useless domes of his National Gallory —with their certainty of shadow and the non- utility spikes and pots and other ab surd and overlaid detail—and spare us the in fliction of a second and more important build ing equally lamentable,. And let us congratulate ourselves upon the wise and judicious deci sion to which (in the absence of one still more wise) Government has arrived. It is now impossible to consider fully the important question of site with reference to the Thames Embankment, and to per fect a ground plan in all its internal arrangements before . finally deciding at all about the " tectural elevations, let us, at all events feel thank ful that the judges acquiesced in Lord Cranworth's intimation that, " in addition to internal accom modation, convenience, and general arrangement &c., a handsome facade was naturally expected,' l and did not sacrifice this great national work for the sake of a ground plan which they may bay e appreciated, but which is totally independent of its elevations. A camel is a very con•reniently arranged animal, and its 41 internal accommodation" appears to be - - ~,..--' remarkably well adapted to the countries wherein it flourishes, but I suppose people would not gene rally prefer a camel if they could procure the same advantages in au animal of less ungainly exterior. The nation has a right to expect not only that convenience should be studied, but that it should be so studied and general as to form the principal claim to our admiration, and thus be productive of living and necessary architectural combinations, otherwise unattainable, and which would mark the age.—Your obedient obedient, Rams3ate, June 20. E. WELBY PCGIN. • T O " illvt / A& urinTar „, HER MAJESTY. • WINDSOR CASTLE, July 7. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, went out this morning. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse returned to the Castle from Lon•lon this morning. The Queen held a Council to-day at one o'clock. HEALTH OF THE PRINCESS OF • WALES. (THIS DAY). The following bulletin was issued this morn- ing : " Marlborough House, July S. Her Royal Highness and infant Princess are going on perfectly well. " ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " EDWARD IL SIEVEKING, M.D." The Prince of Wales's family now numbers four, viz., Albert Victor Charles Edward, born January 8, 1864 ; George Frederick Ernest Albert, born June 3, 1865 ; Louise Victoria Alexandrina Dag mar, born February 20, 1867 ; and the princess as yet unnamed, whose birth formed the subject of congratulations at Marlborough House on Monday. The Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, IMP., and Mrs. Gladstone were honoured by the company of their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess de Paris at dinner last evening, at . their residence on Carlton House terrace. The dinner circle included his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and ill), Countess Bernstorff, the Duke of Argyll and Lady Edith Campbell, the Duke Of Devonshire, Lord and Lady Frederick Cavendish, Lord William Hay, Lord Eliot, the Hon. an Very R e v. the Dean of Windsor and Mrs. Weiresley, &c. After dinner Mrs. Gladstone received a select circle. The Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne, who has re sided for the last eighteen months at Jerusalem, for the purpose of personally superintending the erec tion of a chapel somewhat similar to that on the Campo Santo at Pisa, has gratuitously ceded to the French Government an estate she has purchased on Mount Olivet, and which, according to tradition, is the exact spot whence Our Saviour delivered the S.Amon on the Mount. The Princess has made this donation without any reserve, except that of being allowed to continue the erection of the sacred buildings, of which she has submitted a plan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ambassador of Russia has transmitted to the Prefect of the Seine a marble bust of his Imperial master, which Alexander 11. presents to' the city of Paris in acknowledgment of the evening of the Bth of June, 1867, when he dined at the Hotel de Ville. The bust will be placed in the gallery con taining those of Sovereigns who have partaken of the civic hospitalities since 1852. The list is a long one, considering the personages of which it is com posed :—The Queen of England and the Prince Consort., Victor Emmanuel, Pedro V. (the late King of Portugal), his brother, Luiz I. (the present King of the country), the Queen of Portugal, the late King Maximilian 11. of Bavaria, the Sultan) the Emperor of Germany, the King of Belgium') the Queen of Belgium, and the Emperor of All the Russias. A large number of Parliamentary veterans have decided not to seek re-election to the new House of Commons. In the list are many who have been . members of Parliament ever since th. 3 10-pounders in•beroughs and the 50-pounders in counties have exercised the franchise under the provisions of the Act of 1832. Amongst the hon. members who will retire is Lord Hotharn wit) is 74 years of age. 1 1 ' 5 lor3ship and Colonel Peers Williams, the senior rJ presentative of Great Marlow, may be termed the joint fathers of the House of Commons, for both have been in Parliament 48 years. Lord Hothata has during that long period successively repre sented Leominster and the East Riding of York shire, while Colonel Williams bas sat uninter ruptedly for the constituency which he now re presents. A most interesting work, entitled " Mari e Amelie de Bourbon," has just appeared. Th e frontispiece consists of a portrait of the aged Queen, Winterhalter, and the book itself contains several autographs, amongst which are letters from LOU'S Philippe, the Queen herself, the Duchess of Orlearlo, and the various members of the Orleans fatal and a letter likewise from the present King o f Bel gium, written when he w as qu i te a c hild . A most curious narrative by the Count of Paris, written for his mother, gives an intelligent account of 1 1 ° visit to Cail's foundry, where the young Prince was present at the casting of the various parts of a rail way engine. The following paragraph is from the Figaro :---* " Among the items of the annual expenses incide o to the keeping up of the House of Commons is"" Towards dusting and sweeping the House of Cony . mons during the session of 1857, £1,150 sterling' `Good heavens!' exclaims the much-amazed Figar ° ' 'in what wild gymnastic exploits must not th e members of the house indulge to raise such a das t j as to require the above outlay ! How c an the still':: representatives of the English nation possibly spa' their time ? Do they jotter de la semelle betweers their speeches? But even so, to have to pay £ l l l5O sterling to sweep away the dust made by 06 0 gentlemen sounds rather hard lines for the country'" Why is there no mat at the entrance door ?' Jou el : de la semelle is a practice common amongst collek boys and children, who warm their feet in wint er by striking the soles of their shoes or boots in measured manner against those of another pig . mate." . A.remarkable illustration of the character of d i° British juryman was gi v en th e o th er d ay i n a tr- ;a1 o before Mr. Jusece Hannen. The poi n t at is° ti f was whether a builder could recover a sum money from the property of a l una ti c f or w° done at the order of his wife s i n c e d ecease d. 1,1: 'le lady had been in the receipt of a certain allowance; and the judge told the jury that if they thoug h this allowance had been ample to defray all e%: O penses, these repairs included, then the husban ct t estate would not be liable. The jury could Do d sliut their eyes to the fact that the a ll owan ce lid been ample ; but one of th em i nqu i re d o f tb o $ judge with a kind o f i n di gnan t s i mp li c it y that t i o most amusing, " But, my lord, is not the matt t be paid ?" His lordship then laid down with gr ° gravity that they must not allow that consicler iv , Con to influence them by one hair's breadth --- " o 'f view of the case evidently shocki ng t o th e 1111 0 io the small tradesman by whom no higher princ l P.,l was conceivable than that a man should be 1 )31 f for his work no matter b ow or b y w h om. A n oth e o juror immediately asked, "If we find it 10 1- sufficient sum time tradesman will not get ; . ` 1 1 ; 1, money," and was again assured by the same l i e r exorable authority that this had . nothing t° ,at 't with the present question. The jury then rti bl ii - j ! sulkily found that the allowance was sufficient , t the verdict was entered for the defendant. I;° f' o they tacked on to their verdict the expression , 0 VI an opinion that the wife was the husband's ag e o f .1 and struggled manfully against the instruction s - I the judge. 0 The Cape Standard announces the finding ° f ,110 large diamond near the - Vaal River. It We l l'o fifteen and a half carats, and is valued at ago £4OO. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VA'—': tb" „ : are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, etw it ' ° O , worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. ri e '7) palatable, an rating% sold by all Chemists.--Lid il . la V N (10 UM The stock hare been the are dull' upon yet the teude Tbe Funds sb tilO settletnen tam that th 3 surfoit ere in ino3t to are :fa lower. Discount i; Corn is dul Consols are 95 for accoun 9 13-to 91 Cents., 1141 grain iti:heaerins'inldihoofairvitottihranrigivoscti g ltairst : oegcs a el.i t di t e t e r tolitres. Th, Metrical Ile : tin e : T : 1. 1 111 : 1 e discus current of o ailment origi] seems to hayl is preferable, Sears' &A ga , because tho and it is sect] that G9f. 50( Price, the sat BRITE 8 Par Cent. Cot :I: er 11-11 r2l PnEitto osi::t 3 Rrrer. .8111 ICO: y ( 316::E r (((I D E D.lol.o(lll.ueedr Bill Do. Do, Do. BAnk of Englai Do. Aceonnt INDIA N (.1c India stock, 10 Do. Opening Do. 5 per Ce Do. 4 per Ce Do. Cortifien Do. Enlaced Do. 5 per Ce Do. 51 per C Do 5 per Ce Do. Do. 1%. Deb., 5 Do. Bonds, 4 Do. under .E per a, 1 )0. 0.4 ati 3ll;(l; r 4 ai O . P , a W I p u.ACC7,116111.