The Sun. — London, England, 1868-09-03 00:00:00

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Tie very kind reception he met with on Saturday night, from a ft thionable and crowded house, will never be effaced from his ni3mlry, nor the enthusiastic calls that he received before the irt tin by a kind and enthusiastic audience, entire strangers to Lim, and a few only of whom heard of his serious attack of illness 03 arrival in this country. The box-office open under the direction of Mr. C. Nugent, R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which (at 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in Liar acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. /fessrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, H. J. Mpntague, J. a Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds ani aasistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. • Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open drily from 10 till 5. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. 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The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. .THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18G8. H 1 MOSES and SON, AfERCHANT TAILORS and OUTFITTERS, FOR ALL CLASSES. EXCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS, pRIcEs BASED ON READY -MONEY SYSTEM. • lIE ADVAN rAGES of the READY-MONEY . SYSTEM cannot be better expressed than in the following extract from a leading article in the "Times:"— Everybody knows the difference between a credit and a ready-money business. It is this partly which affords one tailor the excuse for charging £7 7s. fur a coat while another will charge f 4 4s. . . It is true that every tradesman ought to abate his charges to customers who pay him punctually. Still we know how in this particular we all suffer for a few delin tin.uate." A LL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES -1 1 MOSES and SON ]—l • DDRESSES BELOW, . 4 .21 pf ) „ g Ltht'DON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 18G8. It is an encouraging sign of the times that we find the working men of England every where be stirring themselves and forming associations for the discussion and advancement of their political opinions. It is impossible to prevent shrewd and intelligent men from talking and thiukieg over the events of the day, if indeed it were desirable to do so. Surely, then, it is better that their activity should manifest itself in a fair and open manner, that their debates and demonstrations should be modelled on the plan of the classes above them, rather than on the old agitator fashion, which succeeded as little in benefiting the people as in increasing their political importance. It is not the habit of the day to underrate the working man either politically or socially. his nominal friends are no longer few and far between, but men of the most opposite opinions on other subjects outvie each other in their professions of a regard and in terest which, to say the least of it, must have been very suddenly developed. In fact, if we are to accept the declarations of some experienced poli ticians, it is the working men that we are to look to for that complete regeneration of English govern ment and English society which all theorists desire, but which none have yet succeeded in bringing about. Reform of every kind, of all past mistakes and errors, national education, the relations be tween labour and capital, bribery and corruption at elections, excessive national expenditure, the suppression of pauperism and crimd—these are a few of the subjects upon which working men are forthwith to legislate upon, and to legislate in a manner which shall astonish the world, and com pletely reorganise English politics. We may reasonably hope that a great proportion of our working men have too much common sense to believe all these fine things, though it is charitable to supp33o that the speakers believe them themselves. if we were suddenly to raise any one class into political prominence and give them unusual facilities for influencing the course of politics, we need not expect any wonder ! ful change in the spirit of our Government or in the practical management of affairs in general. In England, at least, no man is altogether independent of the opinions of his fellows, neither is any class as a class so reckless and so indifferent to its obliga tions as to regard its own interests alone, though no doubt it would give them undue prominence. If we were to have a Parliament of lawyers or of doctors, of merchants or of schoolmen, no doubt that the interests of their respective profes sions would be too much studied, not only from personal motives, but because they would appear more important in the eyes of their professors than any other. In the same way, if we could secure a Parliament of working men, we should have no security that the general interests would be more epuitably studied than at present, because we have no reason to believe that working men are exempt from the temptations incident to all ranks of life, or mentally and morally superior to all others. This is an unpopular doctrine now-a-days when something very like working-man worship is the fashion, but as it is true so it is more just to the working man himself. Those who are credulous enough to expect miracles from the reformed Par liament just became its members are to represent some tens of thousands of new electors will cer tainly be disappoin tel. Why should we expect the working man to show in dealing with public affairs a disinterestedness, an ability, and a liberality which he does not show in managing his own? Mr. T. HUGHES is a very favdurable, straightforward, and manly specimen of the working man'sfriend, since he does not shrink from telling them the truth on many practical points, and always stands to his own opinions, popular or unpopular; yet Mr. THOMAS HUGHES, in his speech at Frome, plainly intimated that to the newer and more democratic electors we must look for national regeneration. But are working men always so eager for the education of their children ? Is it the richer classes who forbid the poor man's child from attending school ? Why should we expect such energy in the cause of edu cation from those who too often will not avail themselves of the advantages offered their children? It is no question of the conscience clause, no adhe rence to particular tenets which keeps back the ma jority of children who do not attend school, for there are schools of every denomination and no denomination at all. It is the indifference, the mistaken indul gence, or the cupidity of the parents, and if we ex pect fathers of this stamp to pass laws inflicting penalties upon themselves we shall be grievously disappointed. Then, again, with regard to the na tional finances, are working men so invariably pru dent and successful in the administration of their own affairs, not only individual but collective, that we should hope that their influence in Parliament should lighten the burden of the national expendi ture ? The experience of too many of their benefit societies and clubs tell us the contrary. Not from want of integrity, but from want ' of foresight in the management, the funds of such associations are too often expended in the first few years of their existence, and failure and col lapse ensue. It is always the tendency of the working classes to consider to-day at the expense of to-morrow, to gain present ease at the expense of future suffering ; and supposing that they could direct the management of the Exchequer, their first care would be to relieve the taxpayer this year without regard to the possible exigencies of the next. As to pauperism, who make the paupers ? Too often they make themselves, and the able. bodied at least have to thank their own want of industry, of temperance, of thrift, for their wretched and degraded position. Of temperature the same thing may be sail. No laws can reform the drunkard, though improved social influences may do much. Mr. HUGHES is a staunch friend to temperance; hut if the working men would legis late to abolish drunkenness, why are they not a law unto themselves ? No " wise, strong, or Christian Government" can put down an evil like this, any more than it can make men, as a whole, sober, moral, and religious. If Governments could effect all that Mr.IIUGIiEs dreams of a despotism would be very welcome, but before the laws could do so much the people must have reached a degree of virtue, and intelligence, and self-control which would ren der legislation superfluous. Mr. HUGLIES thinks the new electors can stop bribery and corruption, but the fault does not lie all on one side. We may in deed blame more severely the educated man of wealth and position who uses his advantages to de grade his fellows ; but if the great body of electors were incorruptible, we vpuld have no opportunity for the offence. In all these matters we must have patience. The world is moving slowly, but it is moving in the right direction. Educa tion is far more general than it was half a century ago, drunkenness is being driven from one class to another till we may look for its comparative extermination in the future. Public corruption is no longer what it was in the old days before the passing of the Reform Bill. Our expenditure, if lavish, is at least more carefully watched. In fairness to the new con stituents, if from no other motive,llet us not ex pect that they can do the work of a generation in a few short years. Time works wonders, but he works them gradually, and therefore surely. No political miracles will last ; and if Mr. Hum'Es's visions are to be realised he must find a political utopia, not our work-a-day England of the 19th century. Mr. BAXTER'S speech at Hull on Monday was chiefly remarkable for the allusions ho made to the expenditure question, which is just now taken up on all sides with so much vehemence, and with so many recriminations of one sort and another. The financial declaration of the leader of the Opposi tion has been well answered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his able letter ; but as the false statements and unfounded charges are sure to be repeated on every imaginable occasion, it is quite as well for all those who understand the question to take it up, and in the speeches addressed to con stituents to point out the facts of the case. What ever may be the result of the election move ments now taking place, let it not be brought about by any unfairness, and how Mr. GLADSTONE and his friends can persist in their statements in the face of proved figures is really surprising. It is easy to raise a cry, but it is an undignified course for a statesman to pursue to do so on grounds that will not bear investigation. The ignorant and uninformed at a public meeting may take his remarks for perfect accuracy, and a wrong impression is thus produced. The chief cause for the increased expenditure has been the increased pay given to the soldiers and the sailors, who were both in great need of augmentation in this re spect. Lit Mr. GLADSTONE, if he gets into office next year, cut down the estimates in this respect, and see if his proposal meets the sanction of the House or gains the applause of the country. It is always an end in the policy of the leader of the Opposition that he is too niggardly in his arrangements for the requital of those whose services are of value to the country, and this is a most shortsighted view of the matter to take, and one that can never redound to the advantage of the public. The services of the country should be well paid, or else where is the inducement for able and experienced men to take part in them, and lend the aid of their valuable work. Another thing to bear in mind is that some of the expenditure items are in conscquence of the legacies left by Mr. GLADSTONE himself when he resigned office. The late Government built forts, but they did not man them, so, to all intents and purposes, they were useless. had the Government of Lord Itussr.u:remained iu office they must, ac cording to all the rules of common sense, have in curred this expense, so another of the charges now so recklessly preferred falls to the ground. The recent experiments that have been made have also curtailed a considerable expense in the charges that have become necessary to carry out the desired end; and to convert the old fire-arms into breech loaders was a very creditable task, but also an ex pensive one. It comes to this, are we to stand still and let other nations go ahead of us in the improvements that are made in all directions, and are we to be scared by the bugbears that short sighted statsmen and prejudiced partisans raise up about expense and inconvenience? It may fairly be retorted upon the Liberals now that if they had left the defences of the country in a proper state, and the army and navy in an efficient position, their successors would not have had to increase the ex penses they now rail at. One point of Mr. BAXTER'S remarks on this subject is well worthy of consideration. " Mr. GLADSTONE had the power, when he was in Parliament to put his finger on any particular item, any item in which he thought there was an excess, and he had a majority in the Commons to back him up, if he chose to do so." It was not convenient so to do, and the best way was to let his opponents complete his unfinished schemes, make up his deficiencies, and provide for any future exigencies that might arise, so that when he stepped back to his old place he might find things in a forward state, and reap what others had sown. Perhaps this might have passed mus ter had not he and his friends been unhandsome enough to seek to make political capital out of their own errors by putting the blame upon those who had the ungracious task of rectifying them, so that the consequences might not fall upon the country. Mr. BAXTER also touched upon the Reform part of the programme issued by the Opposition leader, and in alluding to his declaration that it must be the work of the new Parliament to reform the Re form Act, he forcibly inquires if it is consistent for the man who himself proposed and propounded a £6 rental franchise to quarrel with the Reform &ct which gives to every rated householder the power to vote. Whatever may b.e the advantage of coming forward and disputing the merits of a measure which has occupied two sessions in its discussion, " it does not lie with him who proposed a much higher standard now to say that the standard the Conservative Government have adopted in giving household suffrage to rate payers is not low enough." The fairest way to test the matter is to consider that if the Reform Bill of 1866 had become law, Mr. GLADSTONE could not now have proposed to the constituencies so much as his opponents have given them, for he would not have disturbed his own work so soon, so that the country has in reality gained by the transfer of power, in the increased number of electors, and the great extension of the franchise that have taken place. It is certainly easy to comprehend the disappointment that Mr. GLAD STONE and his followers must feel in having lost the glory of passing a Reform Bill of their own through Parliament; but the country would appreciate a candid avowal of the merits of others ; and, after all, it is, or ought to be, a pestion that is not the exclusive appanage of any party. The general good of the community ought to be the first object, and if it had been made 30 before fifteen years would not have been wasted in discussing the question. It was partly the jealousy that existe I in the Libe ral party that prevented its leaders from prosecut ing the task, and yet they would not let others do it for them. It is worthy of notice that when the Session was over we were informed that the real issue to put before the country was the trials Church, but a little reflection showed Mr. GLADSTONE ,that he had better have more than one string to his bow, so ho declared for economy versu.s. the reckless, unprin cipled, and extravagant expenditure of the present Government, and alterations in the Reform Bill, so that in a remodelled shape it might go down to posterity as the work of bona fide Liberals, and not " educatA Conservatives." All this is very flue, but will the constituencies so readily seize upon the bait held out to them ? Le ne'st gag le premier pas (pi coffee is a very correct phrase, all d it is to Mr. DISRAELI that the country is indebted for a Reform Bill after all, and not to those who now detract from its merits, and yet when it was before the House boat no opportunity of opposing it, and more than once imperilled its existence. Inconsis tency is not an admirable quality in a statesman ; yet in the confusion of election scenes people are easily led away, and very apt to believe the last speaker. The records of Parliament show that the Conservative leader succeeded in a task that was quite beyond the chief of the Libe rals, for the latter had neither the tact nor the temper required for the work. Let the constitu encies then be fair, and whatever other errors or shortcomings they may see in this Administration, let them not forget its claim to their support, as having been the means of carrying a Reform Bill through the Houses of Parliament which otherwise we should still be waiting for. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUfER'S TELEGRAMS.) INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MESSINA, Sept. 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria passed Messina at 7.40 p.m., en route for Marseilles. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, (FROM OUR OWl' CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, September 2. The journey of Prince Napoleon to Hamburg is attri buted to various motives, some of them not altogether irde from a little scandal. But it is generally agreed that politics have nothing to do with this expedition. The most ingenious labricant can discover no bidden signification in a visit to Hamburg. The Count and Countess de Girgenti have met with a splendid reception at Fontainebleau. The Parisians are indeed as much astonished at the warmth of the welcome as at the visit itself. The guests were installed in the suite of rooms which have become historical by the resi dence of Pius VII. during the first Empire. There was a grand banquet on the evening of the arrival of the Count and Countess. Covers were laid for sixty-eight. MM. Rouher and Pinard were honoured with a seat at the Imperial table. After the banquet the guests assembled in the theatre, where "On ne Badine pas avec l'amour" was represented ; and after the play came supper, the fes tivities of the evening terminating at about two o'clock. The gossips here can make nothing of it. Their alliance rumours have become flat, stale, and unprofitable, and there is no other explanation to be given. The proposi tion to supply 40,000 men to hold Italy in check in case of a European war was made last year by the Queen of Spain, but the Emperor neither accepted nor declined it. There must still be many objections to the acceptance of such a proposal. The task of keeping down insurrection in Spain may possibly entail the most onerous obligations upon the Emperor, if he fall in with the terms of the alliance as hitherto pro posed. On the other hand, is it likely that Spain, with so much disaffection at home, will be able to render much assistance abroad ? A letter from Brussels says that the condition of the Empress Charlotte is still far from shewing signs of im provement. The malady has entered upon a new stage. The violent attacks of delirium are less frequent, and have given place to periods of lethargic slumber, which are only interrupted at long intervals. The unhappy princess is under the influence of the delusion that she is pursued in a forest by knights and savages who wish to murder her. A souvenir of Mexico, beyond doubt. The state of the heir to the Belgian throne, the Duke of Brabant, also gives rise to the greatest anxiety. The doctors are very gloomy, there is no im provement manifest, and altogether the prospect of the Prince's recovery is considered doubtful. The judicial inquiry at Nimes is causing great excite ment there. The public ovations, of which M. Jules Favre is the centre, have been marked by extraordinary enthusiasm. The excitement is considered great even for that exciteable district. The first two sittings were en tirely occupied by the hearing of some sixty Nvitnesses,who were pretty unanimous in their testimony. They clearly proved that the meeting was private, the doors being strictly closed ; that the police got in by force; that remontrances and representations of the nature of the meeting were of no avail; that the soldiers, who had been concealed in some neighbouring house, suddenly followed the police, and that the electors were turned out by force, struck with the butt ends of muskets, and one of them wounded. Against these witnesses, which included a member of the Council General of the Gard, there was but the testimony of the Commissioner of Police and his subordinates. These maintained that the meeting Was quite open, and that they entered without using force. As to M. Sagnier, who was wounded, the officials state that the injury was caused simply through his indiscre tion. He ran himself against one of the soldier's bayonets. A fine speech from M. Jules Favre has scattered these assertions to the winds. Even au arrest, he maintained, could not justify these extremities; the bayonets ought not to have been displayed; and the blows from the butt ends of the muskets admitted of no:sophistical explanation. The decision, however, has been in favour of the police. The judgment of the tribunal was to the effect that the meeting was public, that the police were obliged to u: e force to get iu, and that the electors were subject to all the consequences of a breach of the law which prohibits public meetings within five days of an election. What is to be done in the case of a Government which draws a distinction between a public and a private meeting, and interprets it according to its own wishes? The noble army of martyrs increases. Two more jour nals have been condemned. Count Lon Goltz is worse. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. FRANCE. BoURSE, Sept. 2.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 1} per Cent. End of month... It&Fan Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 70 Mexican Loan ... 23 50 Credit End of month... 280 -- Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1140 Home Debt 3l End of month... Deferr©d — Cash Orleans Northern 1177 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 5BO RAILWAX Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 415 North of Spain Saragossa Boman 37 A SCOTCH EXPRESS TRAIN ON FIRE. NEWCASTLE, Wednesday Midnight. A serious and alarming accident has happened to the Scotch express from King's-cross. At a quarter to 11, when two miles north of Hunting don, the luggage on one of the composite carriages was found to be on fire. This carriage was in the centre of the train, which was proceeding at a rapid rate, but the screams of the passengers attracted the attention of the engine-driver. A 3 soon as possible the train was brought to a standstill, and the passengers in the burning carriage were rescued. The luggage was destroyed. The train was detained 40 minutes by the accident. NA FilL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, A general order issued by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, and signed by Lieut.-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, K.C.B , Adjutant-General, an nounces that the undermentioned medical officers have been promoted to the ranks specified in con sideration of their valuable services with the Abys sinian expeditionary force:—Deputy Inspector - Gen. of Hospitals Samuel Currie, M.D., C. 8., to be Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals ; Staff Surg.-Major Thomas Guy, M.D., to be Inspector-Gen. of Hos pitals ; and Surg. Charles Dodgson Madden, 4th Foot; Surg. Neil Henry Stuart, 3d Dragoon Guards; and Surg. James Sinclair, 33d Regiment, to be Surg.-Majors. The above promotions are to bear date the 15th of August, 1868. Lieut.-Col. E. W. Ward, commanding Royal Engineer for the Chatham district, has received the appointment of Master of the Royal Australian Mint, and will shortly proceed to Sydney to com mence his duties. The infantry troops doing garrison duty at the Isle of Grain are ordered to rejoin head-quarters at Chatham, under the command of Capt. IV. Glas cott, 30th Regiment, and will be succeeded in the charge of that• station by detachments from the corps comprising the 31 Depot Battalion, Chatham. The depot of the 48th Regiment, consisting of five oflizers and 95 men, are under orders to pro ceed from Fermoy to Colchester, and on their arri val will be posted to the 4th Depot Battalion. A detachment of No. 13 Troop Military Train is under orders to proceed from Woolwich to Col chester. Second Capt. D. S. Pemberton has been appointed to the C Brigade Royal Horse Artillery at Norwicb, vice Second Capt. W. R. Craster, who resigns the horse Artillery and has been appointed to the 24th Brigade. The Constitutionnel has some severe remarks on the unsteady proceedings which have at various times marked Garibaldi's career For some time past," the writer observes, " the Italian Radical journals have recommenced informing their read ers of the acts and movements of Garibaldi. 'We are not disposed to attach the importance to these bulletins which the alarmists are inclined to as sign them ; because the friends of the General speak of the agitator, the consequence must not necessarily be drawn that he nourishes projects dangerous to public tranquillity. We have an ex planation much more simple and probable to offer. Garibaldi is one of those men who do not know how to disappear from the political scene ; and it is lost pains to attempt to prove to them that their role is finished, and that their renown has nothing further to gain, but all to lose. Nothing avails : they must have the appearance of acting even if they do nothing in reality. Garibaldi is especially the man of false alerts ; he leaves the army, and re-enters it ; he renounces politics, and issues manifestoes ; he is Italian, and gets himself natu ralized as au American, and displays, as fancy strikes him, the green, white, and red flag, or the star-spangled banner. He solicits a seat in the Chamber and then resigns. This last mance tyre, if we are not mistaken, he has already practised several times, and, according to what the journals at present say, he has just again repeated it, sure to yield shortly to the supplications of some elec tors, who will declare that, without him, the Italian Parliament will be unable to effect anything useful to public business. And thus it is that the grotesque side dominates more and more in a per - sonalty who can no longer even invoke patriotism as an excuse for his eccentric follies." A case of pluralism in the diocese of Manchester is bringing out some angry remonstrances. The Bishop, is appears, has appointed the archdeacon (Durnford) to the vacant canonry in the cathedral, worth £6OO a year, the same venerable gentleman enjoying nearly £2,000 as rector of Middleton, and £2OO a year from the archdeaconry, making a total of nearly £3,000. As soon as the proposed alterations in the Church of St. Mary-le-Strand—which have caused so much commotion amongst the parishioners— are c trried out, Dr. Evans intends to commence a daily choral evensong for city men, beginning about half-past four. There will be Gregorian music. ALMOST A TRAGEDY .---A deliberate attempt to murder two children and commit suicide was ma le on Sun day aLernoon, at Turnstall, Staffordshire, by the wife of a !abouror, named Fanny Mills. She had had a eitt trrol with her husband, and in a lit of passion loft the house with her two children, a boy three years old, and a girl one year old, and hurried to a neig,hbouring pool. In this she threw her children an I then jumped in herself. All three were rescue I, but not until life litl alave4t become extinct Vigorous remedies in time rostered animation, but the mother is not yet out of danger, although the ciildren aro nearly recovered. TILE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.--In North and East Yorkshire the anticipations of the partridges proved cor rect. Birds were plentiful and fine, but on comparing notes at night few large b Igs had been made. After a few shots the birds were very wild, the cornfields being all cleared, and the turnips affording very little cover. Prices run from 4s. 6d. per brace, starting. Some coveys aro re markably numerous. METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea Thursday, I 1 F.l September 3, B. T. ' "El W. Ito F. D. W It. I to 8 a.m. r q 12 9 -- Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 30101. 62 60 S.W. 2 2 S.E. Ibc. 2 Yarmouth 30'221. 65 62 S.S.E. 2 2 W.N.W.'c.h. 2 Helder Cuxhaven Skudeantes - Ardrossan 30'04f. GO 58 f S. 4 2 S.S.E. r.o. o'lo 4 Greencastle 29 06f. Cl 59 W.S.W. 3 4 S. c. Holyhead Liverpool Valentia 30•060. 62 58 W. 2 6 S.S.W. f 2 Cape Clear 3ollf. 60 59 S. 2 2 S. c. f. 1 Roche's I't 33)*lsf GO 60 S.S.W. 3 3 S.S.W. c.f. 3 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30'11.1. 66 65 E.N.E. 5 2 N.W. b. 2 Portsmouth 30'21f. 65 63 S.S.E. 2 2 i S.S.W. 1 London 30'2•jf. 59 58 W. 1 1 W.N.W b.f. UpeGris Nes 30'22f. 64 60 S.E. 1 4 S.W. c. 1 Brest L'Orient 3013f. 63 61 E. 3 4 S.S.E. ',.c. 1 Rochefort Biarritz 30'13r. 70 70 N.E. 4 -- b. 3 Corunna., — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) _ EXPLANATION. Baro ter corretted and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. The letter r., rising; f., falling ; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sty ; c.—clouds. detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail; I.—lightning :m.—misty, hazy :o.—overcast, dull; r.--rain; s.— snow ; t —thunder. Rain-4 . 11, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Atmospherical pressures are lower at all stations than they were yesterday morning : the greatest diminution has been on our N.E. coasts, amounting to nearly three-tenths of an inch. In the S.E. portions of our islands readings are highest—the difference between pressures at Yarmouth and Nairn is three-tenths. Temperature is generally higher. The wind yesterday was light and southerly. Light winds still prevail at most stations. Cahn is reported from the S.W. of England. There has been much fog in the S.W. of Ireland, where it is reported as continuing. The weather is generally cloudy. It is not surprising that warlike preparations, accom panied by warlike demonstrations on the part of the French official press, should produce an effect upon Euro pean opinion. The organs of the French Government have for the last two years written alternately for and against war with the most perfect indifference. But the standing testimony of increased and increasing armaments discredits their professions of peace, and strengthens their predictions of war. There is at present no tangible ground for hostilities ; the winter is near, and, of the material evidence that exists, armaments alone point to the prospect of a contest. But Europe is generally uneasy. The French papers are again writing up war, and the French Ministers utter only the most oracular testimony in favour of peace. The inde pendent journals are more or less certain of the issue. Most of them disbelieve in peace, whilst the Liberee, under the guidance of M. Emile de Girardin, demands unre servedly the rectification of the Rhine frontier. The Revue Conte;nporaine, which is not given to`writing at random, declares the Emperor to be resolved upon war, and that the only difficulty, finding a pretext, may be immediately dis posed of. The secret of the military counsels of the Government has been found out. "It is plain, from the quantities of money thrown into the gulf of the Ministry of War, that not defensive measures, but an attack, and a speedy attack, is in contemplation." The Ministry preaches peace, not because they believe in it, hut because they know the country wants it. "It will not do to say we are safe because no reasonable ground of war can be found. We know the habits of this Government, how it is addicted to theatrical surprises, and we feel nothing more likely than that 300,000 men should be one fine day thrown across the Rhine without France or Europe having any notice what ever." This is very true, but it has been written before without results. There is, moreover, some consolation in the reflection that war is becoming more a European ques tion, and less dependent upon the will of one indivi dual. The refusal of the Bohemian and Moravian deputies to Lake part in the deliberations of the Provincial Diets has been met by energetic action on the part of the Austrian Government. If the refractory deputies will not attend their places will be filled up Ly others, and the business of the Diets will thus go on without the representation of the malcontent;4. G iskra, the Minister of the Interior, has sent a circular to the Prefects of the Empire, ordering them to remove all functionaries who arc hostile to tl.e new constitution. Rumours of the abdication of the King of Saxony in favour of Prussia are current at Vienna and in other parts of Germany. These statements have been met by denials more or less positive, and further rumours of modifications of the union between Saxony and Prussia have taken the place of the abdication reports. The Vienna correspondent of the Liberle says that it would not be surprising if King John, utterly weary of playing at government, should relinquish a crown to which he merely lends his name. Prussia's interpretation of the treaty of 1866 has undoubtedly been most liberal ; the power of King John DI now a mere _ aluvlow. 4LIEIVS. A return has been issued of the number of certificates of naturalisation issued to aliens by the Secretary of Stato for the Home Department, under the provisions of the 7th and Bth Victoria, o. 66, in each year, from 1854, stating the countries to which the aliens belonged. Another return gives the names and description of aliens, who from 1857 have obtained from the Legislature Acts of natu ralization, including the right of sitting in Parliament, and being of her Majesty's Privy Council. They aro as follows : —1849, Richard Tufton, Esq. (place of birth Verdun), and Henry Tufton (an infant), son of the above ; 1858, Sir John Emerick Edward Dalberg Acton, Bart. (of Naples); 1866. Lieutenant Francis William Lowther, R.N., (of Genoa); 1867, Charles Conrad Adolphus Du Bois, commonly known as Baron de Ferrieres (of Holland); Henry Louis Bischoff sheim, banker, City of London, (uf Holland); Daniel Adolphus Lange, East India merchant, City of London (of Holland); 1868, Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow, ironmaster, Middlosborough (of Suiten); and Christian lAllhusen, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (o: Kiel), whose bill will receive the Royal Assent next Com mission. THE QUEEN AT THE FU.RKA PASS. A Swiss traveller relates the following :—" Last Friday evening, about half-past seven, tired and hungry, I ap proached the hotel situated on the Furka Pass, to get shelter for the night. A heavy fog covered the whole neighbour hood, and the weather began to grow sensibly colder. I had travelled that day from Hash im Hof, over the Grimsel and the ice mountains of the RhOne, and it may easily be imagined that I hastened with a longing desire to reach the hotel. A waiter, who stood at the threshold, cried out to me, whilst at some distance, You cannot come in here, the Queen of England has engaged the house for three days.' I could scarcely trust my ears at first. Was it possible,' lat last asked, that the Queen could have engaged the only house on the summit of the pass for herself ?" It is nevertheless true,' replied the man, and you must look out for other quarters for the night.' I begged him, as the Queen had engaged all the bedrooms, to allow me to sleep in the saloon or even on the floor. ' I am sorry,' he said, ' but nobody is allowed to come in here.' I asked him then if the Queen with her suite had already arrived, he replied, but there is no doubt that she will be here to-morrow.' About this time almost a dozen travellers, one of whom was a lady, had arrived and looked all very eagerly for a night's rest. When I related what I had just learned, their dissatisfaction was extreme. Some of them even tried to force an entrance, but as they were met by her Majesty's cook, ready to resist any intruder, they were forced to continue their way, exhausted and half-starved, to the Realp, where they found a rest, though not without some difficulty for so many. We next day learned that many travellers had met with a similar fate, and every where they expressed their feeling strongly at such utter disregard of other people's comfort." D.P. VAUGHAN ON THE CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT. The Vicar of Doncaster has preached a sermon having special and important reference to the position and prospects of the Established Church. He said : " Church people must prepare themselves, I feel sure, for a speedy, a scarcely gradual, demolition of all that has been distinctive, all that has been exceptionally advantageous in their position. An eminent man and excellent bishop, who was laid in his grave last Friday, was wont to say, 'lf I live ten years I shall be the last Bishop of Peterborough.' It is more than probable that some of my younger hearers this evening may live, not only to see what we call the Church of England thrown altogether upon voluntary offerings for its maintenance, but also to find it at least an open, perhaps a very doubtful question, to whom shall belong the churches themselves and the glebe houses—whether, indeed, there shall be left to the old Church of England, as we still fondly call it, any vestige of that legal standing which has made her hitherto the calm shelter of her children, the admiring wonder of foreigners, and the mark of obloquy or envy, as the case might be, to thou sands of her domestic enemies. lam far from regarding this prospect—be it far off or near—with unmixed alarm or dismay. I never believed that the Establishment' as such, was Christ's Church in England, or that the with drawal of the favours of the State would be the putting out in our communion of the Divine Shechinah. It is not so much for the Church that I fear. I fear something for the State, when it ceases to have a religion. I fear some thing for the average tone of religion in our cottages and in our palaces, when there is no longer one form of worship which has upon it the stamp of pedigree and of custom — when it is an evenly balanced question with every man and with every family, whither shall I go this day, for God's worship—whither, or whether any whither? I fear there will be more and more in many houses of a cold indifferent scepticism —a Christless education and a God less life. I fear that snore and more may reach old age ignorant of a Saviour, and go to their graves without any sure and certain hope of a resurrection to eternal life." There is a rumour that the Order of St. Patrick, vacant by the death of Lord Farnham, will be conferred upon either the Earl of Mayo or the Earl of Longford. Dr. F. G. Lee is about to resign the. goner .1 secre taryship of the Association for the Promotion of the Unity of Christendom. A communication has been received from 11Ir. Jefferson Davis, accepting an invitation to visit Manchester, and it is proposed to welcome him at a banquet to be given in his honour. A woman of about sixty has appeared at the Ches terfield Police-court for advice. A man had made love to her, and extracted .£2 from her for the marriage license. He decamped. Tho mayor was unable to assist her. In reply to applications made on behalf of Toomes, Mr. Parker Snow has, it is stated, received a final reply from the Secretary of State, to the effect that, after con sideration, such cannot be entertained now "at so early a period." THE ROYAL LIVER FRIENDLY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the Royal Liver Friendly Society has been held at Liverpool, and the balance•sheet for the past year, chewing that the total worth of the society at the end of last June was £169,392 25., and that - 237,000 had been saved during the last twelve months, was unani mously passed. THE PROTESTANT LECTURER. — Murphy's obsti nacy seems to be disappearing. He originally declared that he would not accept the terms proposed by the magis trates, nor enter into the required recognisances ; but he has since yielded to wise counsel, and it is understood that he will soon be liberated on bail. A THREATENED WATER FAMINE.—At a meeting of the City Council of Manchester the desirableness of continued economy in the use of water was strongly urged upon the people. It appears that in the neighbour hood of the Corporation reservoirs, where generally the rainfall is very great, only about liin. of rain has fallen since early in August, whereas in the Midland counties the amount of rainfall in the same period has made up the annual average. LivEßrooL LICENSES.—The Liverpool licensing sessions, which has just concluded, leaves Liverpool with twenty-four licensed houses less than before the session, the number of licenses in force then being 1,937, while now they number 1,913. Before the close of the business of the court, Mr. Jeffery made a long speech as to the remedy for drunkenness, and proposed the establishment of lunatic asylums for drunkards, lie also appealed to the controllers of public-houses to close their houses on Sunday, and to give that plan a fairer and more complete trial than had been accorded to it already. THE NEW WINDSOR CHAPEL RIOT.—The men concerned in this affair were brought up on Wednesday at the Salford Borough Police-court, in answer to sum monses charging them with riot and assault at New Windsor Chapel, Salford, on Sunday, the 16th August. The details of this disgraceful affair were made known some time ago, and as the proceedings at the police court on Wednesday were not very edifying it will be sufficient now to state that the several defendants were called upon to find sureties to keep the peace for three months. SUICIDE OF AN OLD MAN. The Florence journals mention the following suicide in that city: - A few days back M. Charles Saint Paul, goldsmith and jeweller, killed himself in his own shop on the Ponte-Vecchio. The deceased, 81 years of age, was looked on as the senior of all his craft in Florence, and was the Frenchman estab lished for the longest time in the Tuscan capital, whither he had been brought by the Grand Duchess Eliza Bacci ochi, sister of the Emperor Napoleon I. Ile was of a gay and jovial temperament ; his suicide is therefore inexplicable, except on the supposition of a fit of mental alienation. A. ronarkable accident has °earned on the South Devon line. A rope connected with the working of a water tank at Da wlisli became loose, and as a train pass. d tile rope flapped against each of the trucks. A porter named Crossing was standing on the steps of one of the trucks, and the end of the rope wound itself several times around his neck. He was at once precipitated from the steps into the air, but fortu nately he alighted on the platform. Tho weight of his body unwound the rope as ho fell, and be escaped with a foot twisted round at right angles to its proper position, an ankle put out of joint, and some severe marks made by the windings of the rope. The medical attendant states that bad Crossing's feet been detained by a thread when he was hurled off the step a dislocated neck and jrl§tant death must have ensucclq * L A 9 Tri n tit "41"' HER MAJESTY. PENSION WALLIS, LUCERNE, Aug. 31. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Colonel PonsonLY, &c., drove out in the neighbourhoJd. .1TIE,:11P7 1 TO LAUNCH 7HE BERMUDA FLOATLNG DOCK. Yesterday an abortive attempt was made, to launch this gigantic erection, the largest structure intended to float that has ever ben built since the lays of the Great Eastern. It gave another illus tration of the difficulty of broadside launches, or, if not this, it, beyond a doubt, gave indications that the engineering was in fault somewhere. No effort was sufficient to move the enormous mass. All sorts of temporary devices were adopted, but ill vain. Fresh efforts are intended to be made to day. Of these, however, there is little hope of success, and it is much more probable that the engineering and mechanical world will be at once delighted and improved by such a process of shov ing the great hull into the water as that which the Great Eastern underwent for near three months be fore she floated. It is almost paradoxical to speak of the launch of a dry dock. That, however, was the attempt made yesterday. Our ironclad fleet require almost con itant docking, more especially when in warm latitudes, where the sea grass grows unon their sides and bottoms to a length of six or eight feet, and of course tells fatally upon their speed when under way. None of our colonial docks will take in great trouclads like the Warrior or Minotaur, and, in deed, we have few docks at home which will suffice for their extensive requirements. Floating docks have therefore been constructed for their especial accommodation, and the first of these, which is called the Bermuda, and is meant for the Bermudas, was attempted to be launched yesterday. There are some vague ideas as to what floating dry docks are. A few words will suffice to explain their use and structure. They are simply iron floats, made in a horseshoe, or rather U, form. They are built of iron, the inner and outer sides being at great dis tances apart, and the space between them being di vided into cellular compartments. These compart ments, when filled with water, allow the dock to sink so low that any vessel, whether an ironclad or a line-of-battle ship, can be placed upon it, and then as the water is pumped out and air let in both dock and vessel rise above the level of the ocean—the former supporting the latter high and dry, and ready for any repairs, even to her keel. The dock attempted to be floated, or rather launched, yesterday was of its kini peculiar. was built on Mr. Campbell's patent, and at its works near Silvertown, under the inspection of Colonel Clarke, K.E. The size of it seems even greater than the bulk of the Great Eastern, so vast tre its height and width. It is like a gigantic vessel with its bows and stern cut off. Its length is 384 feet, its breadth 124 feet, its heighth 75 feet. A thousand men have been at work on it for two years, and more than three million rivets have been driven. The whole weight of the mass, with its ballast and water in it, is nearly 9,0 00 tons, and it is equal to floating nearly 12,000 tons. Every vessel that floats, except the Great Eastern, could be taken into this dock easily. The sides of this great mass are built exactly parallel, except at the extreme ends, where they taper a little to assist the whole structure being easily towed. The whole hull is formed of two complete wrought-iron skins, each 20 feet apart. The space between these two shells of iron is divided by a water-tight bulkhead , and this again is sub-divided into three chambers running fore and aft. The uppermost of these subdivisions is called the " load " chamber, the second the " balance" chamber, and the third the " air" chamber. "Wieen it is required to dock a ship, the first operation is to pump the load chambers full. For this purpose the dock is fitted with eight 10- horse power engines, which can easily in the aggre gate be worked up to more than 200-horse power. It takes eight hours, however, to fill the load chain" bers, and this is enough to sink the mass below the level of the balance and the air chambers. Valves in the outer skin can then be opened and enough water admitted into the balance chambers to silk the dock low enough to let a vessel over it. Th e ends are then closed with the usual caissons, and the water pumped out of the great shell, and, of cours e ' as this is done it rises with the vessel, and sluic e doors in the caisson at the ends let the water rO O out of the dock itself till the vessel in it is high an d dry. In short, it is in plain termsauerely like letting water into a double box till it almost sinks, 110 ' 1 then pumping it out till it floats again. By filling, the chambers on either side the whole dock can h e heeled over so as to bring every part of its bottom in reach of easy and speedy repair. It w as roc' st stoutly maintained by those connected with th e works that had the dock once moved yesterday It would have slid without check into the Thaule!: This, however, was not the opinion of some of t he most experienced shipbuilders on the river, who long before the attempted launch began ma i n t a ined the . ", the launching ways were laid at too slight an inclin e; that there was too much pressure on them, and tha t if the great hull did move at all it would probab l y stop halfway. The opinion of most, however, seemed to be that the dock would not move at a ll. The eve nt confirmed these conjectures. At the appointed tin e ' half-past 1 o'clock, Mrs. Colonel Clarke came e l 3, named the dock ; the dogshores were knocked swap' and the hydraulic presses set in action, but the h u g s mass gave no sign of moving. At first the di teo was asserted to be only temporary, but nil° a rolled on as the tide rolled out. The crew on hoar 1 ,1 tbe the dock were set to dance and stamp, we-e . 11 shipwrights below wedged and hammered, but s te vain. The hydraulic rams were totally uneg,na l a, their work. Improvised battering-rams were us i e be e themonstrous almost every device resorted to to shak e monstrous fabric on the launching ways, but t.en structure gave no sign of yielding. At last, when the tide had fallen too low, the attempts were gi l ut up till this day, when they will be resumed at s he 2 o'clock, though there is not the s li g htest prosPeeer of their being successful till a greater motive P° ll is obtained than that of the two hydraulic Vel d which have to start the cradle. The attempts re 3. n e this day will show what is really in fault--the of the launching ways or the power ernplol etl or tli force the vessel down them. It is curious and W _ Ae r ways used ii notice that some of the launching this " dock ." are stated to be the same, and lard to n od the same incline as those over which it was atte ll Z o g to launch the Northumberland, when she, too , /0 in a position of no little peril for some dale' this case, however, the Bermuda Dock is better' {e, it has not moved at all, and, so far, it is clu ite ach and safe it is certain to remain, unless eee l jo greater power than has yet been employed 11' to start it. IIORRINGER FAlR.—This important Suff° ll4 „ -fs o ie t for sheep and lambs was held on Tuesday. sheep was large, and their quality was . ale l o 'h h i e e t :°h: ?t: might have boon expected, taking account a the st3iit. T which the pastures were reduced by the prolonged drottb:o The Marquis of Bristol showed a good lot of So uth s e i N i ves. A lot of 30 long-woolled shearling rot ° n„ these were sold by auction , own by Mr. Hugh A I Soo , ' oar: and l,Vr realised s D e e d r ferli:ram,xs 15.4„. to £ll each. Some fine black-faced Suffolk ram 101b5 ^ ‘, - 11 0 lised £2 10s. to £3 10s. each. The show of neat steel' about an average, but business was in a somewhat gish state, the prospects of feed being still fa - from 0 Sheepn fa • ctory. The same remark applies to the gen era l trade. SUNDAY IN LEEDS.—On a recent Assize P';siod iu Leeds Mr. B a r o n Bramwell a nd Mr. JusticJ Lust' v',,c•• the Exhibition, and for several hours enjoyed an ' t tio lion of tho splendid art works their collected. °cillper same Sunday Mr. Councillor Clapham g ave a 1)3%01 formance of sacred music in the Leeds Royal Pad' , 40 0 i was attended by many hundreds of the WOriiing t he for which " offence" he was fined £5 and costs 91iielt local magistrates. Mr. Clapham has issued a bill 4 ' 1 ' 1 ,00 he says that ho has, during the pre sent suintne 6 r ts ' ), fe j t compelled to pay £9l in fines (exclusive of 0 .... 5 t eal giving performances of sacred music on Sundays. Daily Express. Red Ste, 115 are gag, Sh a ar e 1) B to 1! t o dat e( Ot to , N ev , toel 1 ,, billan 1 1 1 Vith vlith D o to, G~ G" ~i b o 11 00 t 1,01- 1