The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

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Dirco, Mdlle. Sinico; Medea, Mdlle. Titiens (her last appear ance previous to her departure for America). In the course of the evening the National Anthem. Conductor—Signor Arditi Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. Stalls, One Guinea; kmphitbeatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, its. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box office, Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second do , )r from Pall-mall), open to-day from 10 till 5, under the super intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (under the portico in Brydges-street). Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. THEATRE ROYAL, HA YAIARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, KING JOHN. Mr. Jas. Anderson ; Miss Frances Bouverie, oissAuas tn. Wil!on; Messrs. Ryder, Nanton, Nelson, Dalton, Odell, and Johnstone. Preceded by PAY TO THE BEARER—A KISS. Mr. Fred. Backatone. Commence at Seven. lIE ATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, A ROUGH DIAMOND. Messrs. G. Delmore, Ashley; Mrs. Bilington, and Miss Lennox Gray. A a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. G. Delmore, Biflington, shley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Maria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, R. Romer, W. H. Eburne; Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt. THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.— Elegantly -1_ repainted and re.le.:;orated.—Under the management of bliss Fanny Josephs. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOUL PLAY, After which, WHO'S TO WIN HIM ? To conclude with THE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. H. Cox. For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to five. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. ONItA, in his original and sensational Flying Trapeze Act, every evening. The most brilliant success ever achieved by any artiste. 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The QUEEN'S Speech i 3 generally made the.sub ject of criticism of no very complimentary charm ter, and the various sentiments are twisted and turned to suit the purposes of different writers ; but, on the present occasion, there is really not much to find fault with in its construction, and if it is short, it is also much to the point, and most em phatic. It is true that the Session which has just closed has not been one of long duration, but it has nevertheless been most fatiguing, and in releasing both Houses from their duties, her MAJESTY offers acknowledgments for the diligence which has been shown in the discharge of the various duties im posed on the Legislators. Certainly the work has been hard, because of the haste in which it was at last performed, and the numerous party contests and trials of strength whicli were made were in themselves calculated to render the year irksome and the debates overpowering. Respecting foreign affairs all is tranquil, and reference may be made to them with the more significance just now, because the present Government has been particu larly fortunate in dealing with them, and the influ ence which this country ought undoubtedly to exer cise in the affairs of Europe has been in a great degree restored during their tenure of office. The House was informed at the commencement of the Session that an expedition had been sent to Abys sinia for the purpose of liberating the Envoy and others of her subjects, who were detained in an unjust captivity. In referring to that subject, her MA JESTY felt convinced that her Parliament will share with her in the satisfaction experienced at the com plete success which has attended the affair. The strong place of Magdala has been taken, and the honour of the Crown been vindicated by the freeing of the captives, while no acts of oppression or of needless violence have taken place that might have detracted from the character of the expedition, or compromised its claim to serve the cause of hu manity. The paragraph relating to Ireland is most satis factory, and we learn that the cessation of rebellious efforts in that country has rendered it unnecessary for some time for the Executive to use the excep tional powers entrusted to them. At the present time there is no person detained under the provi sions of the Act for the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus, and no prisoner is awaiting his trial in Ireland for an offence connected with the Fenian conspiracy. Her MAJESTY notifies the pleasare with which she has given her assent to a series of measures, completing the great work of the amend ment of the representation of the people iu Parliament, which for the two sessions has engaged the attention of the Legislature. When we remember the many occasions on which reference was made iu Royal Speeches to the question of Reform, it is indeed a satisfaction to think that it is possible for the SOVEREIGN to signify to Parliament the justifica tion she experiences at the consummation of the work. The time which has been unavoidably taken up by the consideration of this comprehensive sub ject has not, however, prevented the two Houses from dealing with other questions of great public interest, and the Royal sanction has been given to many bills that are of a comprehensive character, and intimately concern the progress and prosperity of the country ; among these may be mentioned the Public Schools Bill, the regulation of rail ways, the acquisition and maintenance of electric telegraphs by the Postmaster-Gene ral, the amendment of the law relating to British Sea Fisheries, and some important measures relating to the improvement of the law, and of the civil and criminal procedures in Scot land. The appointment of a Comptroller-in-Chief in the 'War-office will effect a great reform in the army administration, and far more efficiency and economy at home and abroad will be brought about by the combination of the departments of military supply under one authority. In the concluding paragraph her MAJESTY in forms the House that it is her intention to dissolve I'arliatnent ou the earliest possible day that will enable the people to reap the benefit of the extended system of representation which has been given to them by tha wisdom of Parliament. Her MAJESTY looks with " entire confidence" to their proving themselves worthy of the high privilege with which they have been invested, and trusts that under the blessing of PROVIDENCE their expression of opinion " on those great questions of public policy which have occupied the attention of Varna ment, and remain undecided, may tend to maintain unimpaired that civil and religious freedom which has been secured to all her subjects by the institu tions and settlement of her realm." Under the pe culiar circumstances of the case this was sufficient reference to make to the disputed topic of the Ses sion introduced by Mr. GLADSTONE, and followed by a controversy of so bitter and irritating a cha racter. Parliament has been prorogued until Thursday, the Bth of October. The House of Lords has worked unusually hard this session, having sat in all ninety-six days. In the House of Commons little of note took place during the period when the members awaited the summons to the House of Lords to hear the Speech from the Throne. Mr. REARDEN moved for leave to bring in a bill to secure the repeal of the Union with Ireland, but finding no seconder to the motion he did not make much progress Lord STANLEY replied to some questions relative to foreign affairs, and informed Mr. OTWAY that the report was unfounded which declarad that an offensive and defensive alliance had been projected between France, Belgium, and Holland for pur poses hostile to Prussia and Germany. The House separated after an exciting session, but not to enjoy the repose that generally belongs to this season of the year, for we are on the eve of important changes, and a momentous occasion will call forth the energies of the representatives and the con stituencies, so that this autumn will be an eventful THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1868 can insure going through life without some sudden emergency, and how many lives have been needlessly sacrificed through fear it would be difficult to cal- culate, Another reflection suggested by the mournful story is the urgent necessity of improving our public buildings. The means of egress are always sadly deficient, and although we believe care is taken that all new buildings should be better constructed the old ones are left as they are. If Exeter Hall were to be the scene of a similar alarm on a crowded night what an awful catastrophe would result, and many other of our large buildings would be nearly as fatal. It would surely be well worth while for all such halls and places of amusement to be examined, and where the means of egress are not large, easy of access, and numerous, to make additional ones at the cost of a little inconvenience or expense. By this means we should avoid the risk of having these dreadful catastrophes among us which so suddenly and so terribly convert a scene of pleasure and diversion into a dismal and painful tragedy. The monopolising spirit which has of late taken possession of the railway companies is about to put the public to fresh inconvenience. We are threat ened with a partial strike of the London cab drivers, and this time that much-abused class have certainly reason on their side. It seems that the railway companies employ cabs of their own, and refuse to grant the non-privileged cabs the very just and reasonable request which they make. They ask that ",every cab-driver who takes a fare to the station shall be permitted to carry one from it," but the railway companies refuse this, and the cab-drivers resent what they term "an oppressive monopoly." A meeting was held in Cumberland-market, which was on the whole very creditably conducted, and addresses were delivered by the president of the " No-Monopoly Club," and others. The men have determined not to ply at any railway station, or on any rank in the neighbourhood of a railway station, after a certain date not yet fixed, and they solicit the assistance of the public in refusing to employ privileged cabs. This assistance will not, we apprehend, be very generally forth coming, inasmuch as the inconvenience of a cabless railway station, more especially if it be one of the London termini, is very great, but we hope the railway companies will be brought to rea son without this awkward process. It is foolish for them to quarrel with the cab-drivers, who are certainly very important auxiliaries, and the public feeling is certain to be against them after the re cent specimens of their arrogance and overcharging. We want a more liberal and enlightened spirit in troduced into the management of our railways, else we shall have to reconsider the pros and cons of the continental system, which keeps the control of all such matters in the hands of the central authority. one. The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at Spring Gardens, when some questions of public interest were dis cussed. The report of the Works and General Purposes Committee was brought up, and it re commended a very useful purchase on behalf of the Board. It seems that a recent purchase of the ground bordering on Wilderness-row, formerly the property of the Charterhouse, by the Merchant Taylors' Company, has afforded a favourable op portunity for carrying out a long wished for im provement, by widening the thoroughfare. The present width of Wilderness-row is 28ft. ; but the reconstruction of the frontage will give a full width of 40ft., leaving only 10ft. to be provided to carry out the improvement. The Merchant Taylors are willing to sell the ground for £2,100, and a proposition to this effect was laid before the Board of Works yesterday, but it met with some opposition on the ground that the improvement in question was a local and not a ge neral gain. However, the original motion was car ried by a large majority, and very reasonably. It can hardly be said that the improvement of the narrow, overcrowded City thoroughfares would not be a metropolitan improvement, since it concerns every one whom business calls to the City. It should be the object of the Board to improve and facilitate the means of communication in every populous part of the metropolis, and it is one of the great arguments in favour of a central authority that it should be raised above any petty feeling or local jealousy. It is to the interest of all Lon doners that those great centres of metropolitan life and business, which all of us must frequent more or less, should be as easy of access as possible. We have become so accustomed to the narrow byeways and crowded passages in which a good share of the business of the world is conducted that we are almost insensible to the inconvenience and inap propriateness which strike upon a stranger at first sight. The Metropolitan Board of Works will do good service if they will keep a vigilant watch over such localities, and seize every opportunity of widening streets and opening thoroughfares which presents itself to them. Another useful undertaking which has been fairly carried oit under the direction of the Biard is the formation of a recreation ground for the east of London. The names of the eastern parishes, Poplar, Limehouse, Spitalfields, Bethnal-green, and a host of others, are scarcely known to the inure fortunate denizens of the west, except in con nection with some terrible exceptional calamity like cholera, or with the annual records of famine and distress in winter time ; yet there are thousands of children eager for play, and thousands of men and women still able to enjoy a park and a pleasure. ground in spite of depression and destitution. If we had more of such moral and sanitary agents we may depend upon it that the masses of our toil-worn population would be less degraded, and there would also be less suffering. Fever and cholera would find less ready victims. Fresh air would give them vitality, and would naturally lead them to demand pure water, and these two combined would save more lives than the whole College of Physicians. Skill and science contend almost vainly against the condi tions in which many of our people live, and we shall not see many desirable changes effected until the habitations of our people are reformed and humanised. In waiting, however, for what must be a work of time, it is gratifying to see some of the natural requirements of the people provided for, so that soon we hope there will be no children living in London who will be able to say that they have never played among trees and flowers, nor seen the blue sky except through the chimney pots. The accident which occurred last night at Man chester was one of those painful and startling catastrophes which now and then call attention to the unsatisfactory construction of our public buildings, and to the lamentable want self self- control and presence of mind among the majority. The details are not yet given, but the accident appears to have originated in the old cause for un reasoning panic—the alarm of fire. As usual, it was a false alarm, but the result was equally ter rible. Nearly 2,000 persons were in the Victoria Music Hall at the time, and no sooner was the cry of fire raised than they rushed madly to the doors and windows, end the crush was terrific. Twenty six persons were killed and many injured ; how many it is yet impossible to ascertain. The lamentable consequences of giving way to such reckless terror have too often been made evident before for us to hope that the pre sent sad disaster will serve as a warning for the future. The total loss of self-control and reason on the first whisper of danger magnifies any risk a hundredfold and creates the very things it fears. Allowing the building to have been actually on fire, there would no doubt have been ample time to save every life if order had been maintained, and there are fifty ways of rescue which a man with his senses about him can discover for himself and others. The reckless and, we must add, selfish struggle to get first through a narrow doorway cannot fail to produce a fatal crush, which not only occasions the death and injury of individual sufferers, but which would in case of fire infallibly defeat itself. A regiment of soldiers would get through a gateway in one-tenth of the time occupied by a disorderly crowd in getting over the same space, even without the crash which impedes progress. There is not enough at tention paid to the cultivation of the very necessary qualities of self-control and presence of mind in training the young, and the consequence is that almost every accident is made ten times worse than it need be for want of sense and courage. No one QUEEN'S 771EATRE. Mr. Byron's new domestic drama, "The Lancashire Lass," is proving highly attractive at this theatre, notwithstanding the oppressive state of the weather for in-door amusements. This piece now acts munh closer than on the first night of the production, and the consequence is that the effects are very much heightened. The sensation scene, " Egremont Landing Stage," with the arrival of the night steamer, is a very beautiful specimen of scenic illu sion, and is much applauded. The cast of characters is unexceptionably good, and Mr. Irving, upon whom the weight of the drama falls, gives a very life-like representation of the heartless, calculating villain " one who would chip a woman's heart to pieces, bit by bit." Indeed, we rather think in some parts it is superior to his clever assumption of Bob Gassitt in " Dearer than Life." Mr. L. Brough, as the waif and stray Spotty, gives an effective ;embodiment of the cha racter, and Mr. S. Emery, who assumes a character-64 a party of the name of John son "—with all that dash and vigour that so strongly marks all his impersonations. Mr. C. Wyndham as Ned Clayton has not much oppor tunity for display, but all he does do is thoroughly artistic. Miss Nelly Moore as Ruth Kirby, the Lancashire Lass, throws a deal of pathos into the part, and Miss Hodson, as Kate Garston, deserves high commendation. Altogether the piece is mounted in capital style, and reflects the greatest credit on the management. TERRIBLE CALAMI7Y ATA MUSIC BALL TWENTY ox Friday KILLED. (Midnight). A calamity of a ve r y terri ble character has oc cllviEEs PE R RS , I - AN F TE oc curred here to-night. A music hall in Victoria street, frequented by the lower classes, and known throughout Lancashire as " Ben Lang's," was the scene of the sad event. A benefit performance was announced to come off there to-night, and the attendance was very large. Whilst the performance was proceeding, a number of boys who were in the pit stood up on the benches, and to save themselves from falling they laid hold of a gas pendant. The weight upon the pendant moved it from its place and led to an escape of gas. So soon as the smell of the gas spread, the cry of " Fire" was raised. In an instant the whole audience was in a most dreadful state of alarm ; the screams of the women and the younger men and boys were frightful. A simul taneous rush was made to the staircase, and every one pressed with mad eagerness to escape from the fate which they thought was threatening them. But the fact was that they rushed from safety into danger. The crowding of the stairs, and the struggling of those who could reach them, was such that they gave way, and a large number of human beings were precipitated to the stone floor at the bottom. As soon as possible men were at work removing those on the top of the living mass eager to get at men and women who lay underneath shrieking piteously for help. No fewer than twenty-five were taken up dead. They were mostly young men, apparently factory operatives. A number more were injured considerably, and thirteen of them were carried to the Royal Infirmary. Eleven of these injured per sons were males and two females. The dead were also carried to the infirmary. A body of police were in attendance soon after the accident, and besides keeping order outside, where an immense crowd had of course assembled, they gave great assistance to the injured, and to those who had fallen with the stairs, but managed to escape without being much hurt. When the dreadful occurrence became known in Manchester thousands flocked to Victoria-street, anxious to ascertain the fate of relatives and friends who were known to be present in the Music Hall on the occasion of the benefit. The excitement up to the present hour has not abated. THEODORE GURENSTONE.—There are now on view at the Messrs. Wills and Sotheran's, the booksellers, of 42, Charing-cross, two life-size crayon portraits, deli cately tinted, and, as portraits, drawings :of a really remarkable character, by Mr. Theodore Gurenstone, an artist new, we blieve, to Lon lon, but well known in the Western counties, and certainly one very rarely gifted in his capacity as a portrait painter. To see this, it is only necessary to glance at the two crayon drawings above referred to -one of them the life-like portraiture of a venerable lady, the mother of ono of our most famous travellers, politicians, and archseologists. That nameless something, that je nesois quoi, which constitutes the subtle and indefinable, yet instantly recognisable charm of a genuinely successful likeness, Mr. Gurenstone'e pencil sketches with the most facile precision ; his portraits at the same time being admirable, purely and simply regarded as works of art. Musfc.u. ITEMS.—The Committee of the Royal Acade my has been reconstituted. Subscriptions are to be raised for a Mendelssohn monument in Leipsic. It is said that Verdi is composing a new opera entitled " Falstaff." The construction of the new opera house at Vienna is almost finished. A new English Opera Company is threatened— we can hardly believe seriously.--;lusicca Standard. cOBILESPODENCE,FROM PARISI - - - t , OWN CORRESPONDENT.). PARIS, FRIDAY; July 31: The iession — of the Senate closed yesterday, after .4 the, voting of the loan of 429 millions (£17,160,000), and thci transaction of other financial business. There is great agitation in all the departments in : y in , of the coming elections. Organisation goes on every where in the anticipation of a severe struggle. General Cluseret publishes a notable letter, in which he ener getically protests against all union between the Repub licans and the Orleanists. Nobody, however, seems to know when the elections will take place. If the time generally accepted be correct, these preparations are, to say the least, not a little premature. It is currently believed that the polling will not begin before next March. An election contest which lasts eight months would be more intolerably tedious, and far less exciting, than your lively struggles in England. I see the Inclependance Beige puts forth a denial of the various accounts which have been published respecting the condition of the Empress Charlotte. These statements are, it says, entitled to no consideration whatever. It moreover thinks that the magnitude of her misfortune, and the profound grief of her family, ought to secure the silence which is the token of respect, and that the tender solici tude with which she is watched ought not to be disturbed by fictitious - revelations. All this is not only very true, but quite unnecessary. The misfortune of the Empress, nay, of her whole family, has caused the profoundest sympathy throughout the civilised world. There is here no distinction of nation or religion, much less of politics. It is unanimously accepted as the darkest and most gloomy tragedy of our time. But is it altogether unna tural that the public of Europe should feel an interest in learning the state of the malady with which the Empress is afflicted, her progress, if any, towards recovery, and the chance of her restoration to intellectual life? As to the accounts which have appeared, their authenticity has not been established, and the public is not responsible for them. But can the Indepenciance Beige rely upon the veracity of its own statement ? It says the condition of the Princess has varied little since she returned to Belgium. " Her physical strength is entirely restored, and her in tellect is generally lucid ; but she is subject occasionally to caprices and inexplicable whims, which shew that her mental condition is not entirely satisfactory." This, after all, does not differ very materially from the accounts com plained of, which represented the same danger, though in more alarming colours. I am inclined to fear, even against hope, that the case is very unpromising ; but, whatever may be the truth, I see no reason for withhold ing it from a really anxious public. The terrible storms,- of which I spoke some days ago, have prevailed more or less throughout the whole of France. A very large number of accidents from lightning are reported, some of them of the most extraordinary kind. Three days ago the electric fluid struck a house at Courpignac, Charente-Inf4:ieure, and injured six persons. A girl had her clothes burnt, and received a severe shock. The lightning fired off a double-barrelled gun, broke the glass of a clock, and melted the weights. Another case is much more deplorable. A young man of the age of 22, and a girl aged 13, who were on the point of marriage, were found leaning against a tree, both quite dead. A man had his watch broken in pieces without suffering injury himself, so it is reported. Many other stories are related bearing upon the present domination of thunderstorms ; but there is an obvious need of confir- mation in some cases. There is no doubt that the fatality has been very great. The electric current has also interfered with the transmission of telegraphic messag , s. When shall we hear the last of the Mexican affair ? It turns up in every possible form ; it is dragged before the public by indignant sufferers ; and is constant'y reap pearing in the shape of some disagreeable or discreditable incident. Augustin Iturbide, brother of the Prince Iturbide, who was adopted by the Emperor Maximilian as his heir, has been found keeping a cabaret in a Parisian suburb. It has been suggested here that, as a bondholder, he should have a proportion of the four millions of Rente assigned to him. He ought, at least, to be allowed a pension out of the spoils brought over by Marshal Bazaine and other officers. The bullion in the bank is still going upwards. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL DEPORTS. Extreme Sea Saturday, 1.0 4 I 1 August 1, B. T. 0 W. Ito F. D. WR. Ito 8 a.m —. 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Le:th Shields 30'26r. 63 58 N.IV. 2 2 N.W. c.b. 2 Scarborough 30“19r. 68 58 W. 2 3 N.N.E. c.bo 2 Yarmouth 3o'32r. 63 58 W.N.W. 2 4 N.N.E. c.b. 2 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesmes Ardrossan 30'27r. 61 ,57 S.W. 3 2N. N.W. o. 2 Greencastle 3,23 r. 64 60 W.S.W. 1 3 W.N.W. c. Holyhead - Liverpool Yalu] ti a Cape Clear 3o'26r. 64 63 W. 2 2 W. c. 2 Roche's Pt. 30 - 30 s. 63 60 E.S.E. 1 3 S.S.W. h. Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30'33r. 64 58 E. 6 3 N.W. b. 3 Portsmouth 30'32r. 64 58 E. 1 5 N.N.W c.m 1 London 30'35r. 61 56 '.N.W. 1 3 N.W. m— C•peGrisNez 30'29r. 66 59 N.N.E. 1 b. -- 1 Brest - b. ? 2 L'Orient Rochefurt Biarritz - b. 3 Corunna.... Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Lyons — Toulon : 30'04r. 66 61 E. 1 h. 2 Heart's Con-1 tent (6 a.m., local time) 130'28x. 69 63 S.W. 3 3 S. o. 3 =PLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 22 deg. a rea level. Theletter r., rising; f„ falling ; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hairs. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain ; a.— snow t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours, Sea disturbance. REMARKS. An increase in atmospherical pressure of more than a quarter of an inch has taken place on our N. and E. coasts during the last twenty four hours, and uniformly high readings are now reported on all coasts. In the W. scarcely any difference in pressure has occurred since last evening. In the N. and W. temperature is a little higher. The winds yesterday were moderate and variable, and continue so, except at Plymouth and Weymouth, where a fresh easterly breeze is reported. The weather is generally fine. On the south coast of England there is a mist. The construction of a Prussian navy--a favourite idea with Count Bismarck— is going on with great rapidity. The first vote of the Federal Parliament on the Budget was an assertion of the rights of the deputies to control the expenditure, and resulted in some delay. But when the Premier refused to go on with the navy unless he was allowed his own way with the money, the Parliament soon repented, reversed their former vote, and the work now progresses rapidly. Jande is to become a great naval station for vessels of the largest size, with docks, building department, and powerful defences. Dantzig is already established as a royal shipbuilding yard, and orders have been given for the construction of four iron-cased vessels. Experiments have been made with heavy guns on the thickest iron plates intended for the protection of the coast batteries. Expense, a great consideration in Prussia, seems disregarded in matters relating to the navy. The state of affairs at Trieste is still far from satisfactory. Daily encounters take place, and the Italian party, we are informed, adopt extraordinary means of tormenting the rural population. Work is re fused to the poor Slave population of the district, the masters who belong to the Italian party hoping by this action to bring Italian labourers into the field. As the workmen who come to Trieste are regularly turned away from the lab. ur upon whiei they have hitherto depended, it would appear that the Italian party must ultimately succeed in driving the Slaves from the neighbour hood. It is a strange story. The Austrian Government is, of course, interested in foiling the Italian party, and hare sent a military governor to assume the direction of affairs. But what can he do to put an end to this or ganisation if, as it appears, the Slaves are the poor, and the Italians the wealthy of the district ? The chief news from the Peninsula relates to the move ments of royal personages. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier are on intimate terms with the King and Queen of Portugal, and numerous visits are exchanged between the two families. This is somewhat significant news, when it is considered that the Cabinets of Paris and Madrid strongly opposed the granting of permission to the Duke and Duchess to remain in any part of Portugal. The Queen of Spain is reported to be very unwell. Her health is the subject of great uneasiness to the Ministry, as, indeed, well it may. Her Majesty resides at Santa fldefonso, in the strictes'. retirement. Au influential citizen of Madrid, Don Francisco Garcia Lopez, who was formerly a deputy, has been arrested. The cause of this proceeding has not been definitely rtained. The regency which has been appointed in Sonia, has "raised the siege" in all parts of the country except. t Belgrade. The fear of an insurrection, or of further atrocities in the way of assassination, had led to the esta. blishment of strong guards in all the suspected places. These have now been deemed unnecessary, Belgrade alone excepted. This tends to the belief that Belgrade is not favourable to the Government which has signalised its accession to power by fourteen executions. A Government which does not meet with support in its own capital cannot be expected to possess much stability. It is aunc. uace 1 that the Orchestral Union, which achieved so much popularity ui der the direction of the late Mr. Alfred Mellon, I:as been revivel under the direction of • Mr, F, liingekurn =TENS. RUSSIA. • A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Salut Public of :.,yons, says : " What can I speak of except the infliction vhich has for some time past desolated Russia. I mean he conflagrations that occur. Recently the Paris Monde )rinted a letter of an alarming character, and which, one Gould have supposed to have been borrowed from the nar .atives of early travellers in the New World, and in which vas reported an account of prairie fires in Russia covering m extent of several leagues. The communication stated hat from the frontiers of Prussia, and stretching as far as St. Petersburg, over an extent of 800 kilometres ;each five-eights of a mile), the forests and plantations were burning for several days. At this narrative every )ne here smiled, and the German journals treated the story as absurd; but, unfortunately, there is in it only some !xaggeration. The Riga Journal of the 20th says : ' Fires oxe increasing in the forests with an alarming rapidity. they probably arise from the long-continued drought. News received from the interior of the country announces that the woods are on fire in various parts of Esthonia and Livonia ; as, for example, in the neighbourhood of Fellin, ;.n the grounds appertaining to the Chateau of Rodenpoiss, and other localities. Near Riga many forests are all ablaze, and the sky is darkened with the smoke. On the evening of the 19th, extensive reflections of fire were per ceived on the horizon from the upper part of the right bank of the Duna." IMPORTANT TRADES UNION CASE. An important trades union case was yesterday decided by Vice-Chancellor Malins. The plaintiffs, the Spring. head Spinning Company, filed a bill praying for an injunc tion to restrain the defendants, John Riley and John Butterworth, the president and secretary of an association called the Operative Cotton Spinners and Self-acting Winders and Twiners Provincial Association, and a person named Carrodus, a printer, of Oldham, from printing and publishing certain placards for the purpose of intimidating workmen from entering the service of the plaintiffs. The defendants had filed demurrers to the bill for want of equity, and for the purposes of the demurrer all the allegations of the bill were admitted to be true. The plaintiffs carried on the business of cotton-spinning at Springhead Lees, near Oldham, and they stated that, owing to the change in the quantity of cotton used in winding and spinning, they found it necessary to readjust their scale of wages. This eventually caused a strike. The plaintiffs state that there were many persons willing to take the place of the strikers, and that to prevent such persons entering the plaintiffs' employment, the defendants caused to be posted in the neighbourhood and to be inserted in the Manchester and Oldham newspaper the following notice :—" Wanted, all well-wishers to the Operative Cotton Spinners', &c., Asso ciation not to trouble or cause any annoyance to the Springhead Spinning Company,Leeds, by knocking, at the door of their office until the dispute between them and the self-acting winders is finally terminated.—By special order." This was the bill which the plaintiffs wished the defendants to be restrained from printing. Mr. Glasse and Mr. Ince appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Cotton, Mr. Keene (of the common law bar), and Mr. Bardswell represented the defendants. The Vice-Chancellor, after referring to the Act, which declared combinations of workmen against employers to be injurious to the trade and commerce of the country, ex pressed his entire concurrence in Baron Brarawell's direction to the jury on the trial of the tailors last year for picketing. The jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (he continued) was to protect property, and it would interfere by injunc tion to stay anyprocecdings, whether connected with crime or not, which tended to the destruction of property or to make it less valuable or comfortable for use or occupa- Con. The acts of the defendant in this case did tend to the injury and ultimate destruction of the plaintiffs' pro perty, and the court, therefore, had jurisdiction to restrain those acts. The question whether the court could interfere to prevent the unlawful issuing by workmen of placards amounting to intimidation would be decided at the hearing of the cause, but according to the Act of George IV. all these proceedings were alike injurious to the persons concerned in them, and to the public at large, and if the court bad jurisdiction to pre vent these misguided men from the destruction of that which was the source of their own livelihood, he believed it would be found one of the most beneficial powers it had ever exercised. Considering the novelty and importance of the question, he should reserve the costs. Lord Strathnairn has arrived in Dublin, and re sumod the chief commani of the forces in Ireland. John Foley, the only person arrested in Cork in connection with the robbery of arms at the Messrs. Allport's in December last, has become insane. Ile was at liberty on bail, and escaped from his friends after unmis takable proofs of mental derangement. He has since mrrendered himself to the police, but will probably not be brought to trial. BIRDS OF A FEATHER.—In a cause tried this week at Guildford Assizes, the dramatis personce were one person convicted of felony, one person convicted of misde meanour, one uncertificated bankrupt, one bankrupt attorney, one person who had forfeited bail, and one criminal " touter at the Middlesex Sessions.— Law 3 I Journal. Thursday was " Speech-day " at the Leeds Grammar School, and the prizes were distributed by the Bishop of Hereford (Dr. Atlay), who as Vicar of Leeds was chairman of the board of trustees. Tho Bishop spoke briefly on the subject of education, and observed that while admitting considerable modification was required in the old grammar school system, he should be sorry to see the pupils of those institutions deprived of the means of obtain ing a good classical education, which he regarded as a most important and essential feature of the education of the young. CLERICAL TITLES.—By the District Church Titles Amendment Act, which on Friday received the Royal assent, every beneficed clergyman not a rector obtains the style and designation of vicar. The anomalous title of perpetual curate, which has attached to the incumbencies of district churches and of the greater part of the appro- priate and impropriate rectories, has ceased to exist, and the nominal inferiority implied by its use has been removed. All beneficed clergy of the Church of England are now either rectors or vicars. A DANGEROUS FREAK.—A peculiar case is at present under the treatment of the medical staff at the Halifax Infirmary. A showman named Henri Teintinier, engaged with his employer's troupe at Dudley-hill, ad journed, after his day's work was over, to a neighbouring inn, where, having drunk too freely, he, at the invitation of one of the company, in bravado, swallowed three ounces of white pepper. Inflammation shortly afterwards set in, and on the same day the foolish fellow was sent to the Halifax Infirmary, where, after having a narrow escape of his life, he now lies, having almost recovered from the effects of his freak. BANK NOTES. —A parliamentary paper shews that it appears from the Bank weekly return that in the year ending with June, 1868, the amount of Bank of Eng land notes held by the public varied from £22,889,000 in the middle of December to £24,994,000 in the middle of October ; and the bullion held varied from £18,994,000 in May to £23,497,000 in October. The return for the week ending 24th of June, the latest given, shews that there were then in circulation £1,649,800 £5 Bank of England notes, £445,600 £lO notes, notes from £2O to £lOO amount ing in value to £7,127,000, £2OO to £5OO notes £1,890,000, and 1,965 £l,OOO notes. THE SIAMESE TWINS.—Mr. Dickens brought home a good story, in which the name of this united couple is used. A man in America knew everybody. Name what celebrity you could, Palmerston, Guizot, Arago, Land seer, Livingstone, Mario—no matter. "0 ! yes, I knew him very well indeed." At last a provoked cynic asked, "Did you happen to know the Siamese Twins?" The omniscient but conscientious speaker at once replied, " Well, one of them I knew exceedingly well, but I am not quite sure whether I ever happened to meet the other."— Some News for India. LONGFELLOW.—No poet has been more used by English composers than Longfellow. His hearty Saxon English words seem better adapted for music than those of any other writer. The fact of his name having become so familiar in this country is mainly owing to the numerous settings of his shorter poems. It must cause him no little surprise to see, if he ever does see them, the different ver sions that have appeared of some of his most popular stanzas. His books have been mines of wealth to our musicsellers and booksellers, and a source of delight to every lover of English literature.—Gentleman's Magazine. THE MARQUIS OF A . ..IEIIEOEI'S PROMOTION IN THE PEERAGE. --The Post believes that it is not quite settled what title Lord Abercorn will receive at the hands of her Majesty. The subject will receive irnme• diate consideration, with the advice of Sir Charles Young, Garter King-at-Arms, and the title will most likely have an hereditary interest. Our contemporary understands that the dignity of Duke of Ulster would be most valued if her Majesty were pleased to bestow it on the Viceroy ; and, as an Irish title, would be a special distinction, being the second duke in the sister kingdom. A royal peerage already exist:, involving the name of the province of Ulster, but it possibly may be found that there will be no difficulty in carrying out the royal wishes. If, however, too many difficulties present themselves, the creation will be Duke of Abercorn. Her Majesty has not during her reign been advised to create au Znglish dukedom, • 1:1 Int .7* lan% HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 31. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning accompanied by Princess Louise. The Duke of Edinburgh went to Goodwood this morning to be present at the races. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, ac companied by Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. LATEST INTELLIGENM (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per the Hammonia, via Southampton.) NEW YORK, July 21 (Noon)• President Johnson has vetoed the bill providing that such lately rebellious States as had not been restored to representation in Congress under the Reconstruction Act shall not participate in the Presidential election. He declares the-bill to be revolutionary and unconstitutional, being based on the assumption that several of the States were out of the Union. The bill might enable Congress to control the approaching Presidential election, and Congress had no authority to exclude from the electoral college any State because a portion of the inhabitants had joined the rebellion. The Senate by 45 to 48, and the House of Representatives hi 134 to 36, passed the bill over the veto. President Johnson has sent a message to Con gress recommending a constitutional amendment, providing that the President be elected by direct popular vote for a term of six years, and be inelig ible a second term, and that Senators be elected by the people instead of by a vote of the Legislature. The Senate has passed the bill reducing the stand ing army, and have rejected the nomination of Jr Smythe, as Minister to Vienna. Five Louisiana and two South Carolina member s have been admitted to seats in the House of Ite" presentatives. President Johnson has nominated Henry Watts Minister to Austria, General Rosencrauz t ° Spain, and General MiClenand to Mexico. Mr. Seward has officially announced that the 1 4 t h constitutional amendment has been ratified by t he requisite number of States, and is now part of th e Constitution. Negro riots in Mexican Texas continue. T he rioters are entrenched, and defy the civil and Dili, tart' authorities. ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 1 . The Royal mail steamship Cuba, from New i° lll arrived here at 5.15 a.m. to-day, with 68 cabin par sengers and £203,000 in specie. She landed 10a sacks of mails, and seven passengers, and procee ded for Liverpool at 5.30 a.m. All well. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. r The Hamburg and American Company's stea mer Borussia from New York passed the Needles t 10.30 a.m. to-day. BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 1. The Royal Mail steamer Seine, with the ab °ll : mails, has arrived here with 72 passengers, £ 4,71 ; in specie, four packages of diamonds (value 13° stated), and 3,469 packages of cargo. BUENOS AIRES. The fall of Humaita is considered a mere clu e % tion of time, and the deserters state that Lope z '', ordered its evacuation, and was preparing to cils• pute the passage of the River Tehicuari. The er i peditionary force sent to pierce the enemy's coun try and reconnoitre the position of Lopez had reto rt without achieving its object. A strong feeling prevails here amongst o° ll'o parties against the alliance with Brazil. A terrific storm passed over the River Plate, causing much damage. The Presidential elections are expected to resu lt in a majority for Senor Sarmiento. Rio. It was reported that the Minister of Financ e l et tended to introduce a measure authorising a f urt o bi issue of $60,000,000 for paying off Treasury in circulation. The bombardment at . 1 1 ' 1131 : 1 4 was maintained with considerable 01)8 01 " both by the Paraguayans and Allies , ip reconnaissance found the Paraguayan s Do i force upon the Tebiguary, and armed / T o g works from the Paraguay to some distanee•a_A, the north bank of the Tebiguary are constructs Trade was in an unsatisfactory state both import and export markets, and financial oper9Sl - - were hampered by the uncertainty of affairo. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. A c a d m 1 The annual public concert of the Royal 14 - 6 . 4 0 ,0 - took place on Wednesday afternoon, at th e ' t ver-square Rooms, in the presence of a brilli 3l3 " of fashionable audience. The music was gene ra coo' a high order, and an interesting feature of t- ta iompi cert was the introduction of several P ro fl e' scholars to the public. The performanc es () tid e with an M.S. symphony by Mr. Alwyn, a -t poi ° which was pretty, and well executed, and t i l ios fiog gentleman afterwards appeared as a pianis t ' B : r to bl no slight promise in his rendering of a e onc e ar e, Hiller. Another young pianist, Mr. Sil a 'co o. a King's scholar, played a capriccio of his o'o'oo position, in. which the orchestra 1 09 fi ts h et too noisy to do him justice. The lady stad e : e tfro' Miss A. Lanham, who sang the well-known o aj ovil " Norma" with Miss De Chastelaine veri fo ° : Miss Vokins, who played Mendelsiiohn' s uts tasia in F sharp minor, with wonderful eye t and Miss Dowling, whose manuscript Parthotig, " Oh, the Merry May," was charming, greittile simple. The rest of the programme S ti o varied. Miss De Chastelaine was ce rtal: o og prima donna of the occasion, but Miss li c l o irab il ; cavatina from "Der Freischutz" a " l b i .1 1/ 00 c and Miss Jewell also gained favo ur . t h ~ 01. 00 singing of a duet from " Samson . P leet' ° Lanham, and by taking part iu a se no of f , 5 ,4 Mendelssohn's " Athalie," which was ?" - a . 0 4 %0 successes of the afternoon. The openi ° ' ll ' j .„lay, „ E rtl and solos, " Heaven and the earth cll'r„ per' t o very effective ; and the war choru3, depart," was capitally given, though the euilivosicic`tPio a whole, were not equal to the other _, 5 on, , e ci Miss Buer played a concerto of B e ethov e : e oij ilt e a pianoforte superbly, and Mr.KemPl‘v bc " il e s 0 13° 0 ,tio to mention among the scholar artist cbroliltbe wonderful skill in his rendering of tho ti g li c tiO fantasia by Bach, also on the piano',, attra-og, music itself was too monotono us to "` t o An air from Bach's Passion music w as ,„ s sieP 0 , severely C'P co 3 by Miss Severn, but it was too b e a please the general audience. Altoget" . 8 ati since.. .1 • 1 r cert may be pronounced a great otoi ca augurs well for the prospects of our fession. be fit The prices edoced; prices of llo~•rtiman Teas are greatly of s pa s t o well-known superiority has attracted a 11°44 -re 4'l -0 4,Ho?imitations; therefore notice all Genuine Packets ASP in Lo-landbonannaLCO2.:2"o.LooenndeenanistnCtoLfeccottliounterir! p RICES BASED ON READY -MONEY SYSTEM. LL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES