The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Times maintains that the report of the half-yearly general meeting of the Great Eastern Railway Company, held on Friday, shews how potent individual energy still is. An undertaking short of being the London, Chat ham, and Dover Company, could scarcely have been in a more hopeless condition than the Great Eastern was when Lord Salisbury accepted the post of chairman. Before Lord Salisbury's accession to power the company seemed sinking into irremediable insol vency. It is only since then that it has begun to emerge. Partisans of the old board may plead that the concurrence of the two facts is a mere coinci dence, that Norfolk cannot have despatched more farm produce to town in deference to Lord Salisbury, or engine drivers been more careful of their passengers' lives. Exactly in the same way a victorious general might have his share of the glory of a campaign pared away. In fact, the energy of a chairman is contagious through the whole staff of the company, from his brother directors down to the smallest stationmaster; and a railway's trade is flexible enough to vary no less with the conduct of its officers than with the needs of its customers. The embarrassments of railways have never arisen so much from want of traffic as from their own financial mis• management ; and a chairman who will not consent to " make things pleasant" by deceiving the shareholders, but frankly communicates to them, as partners in the concern, the principles on which he means to manage it, is able to exact from them the present self-denial necessary for its permanent prosperity. It is not without interest that the perpetual watchfulness and sell-restraint necessary to achieve such results—not the brilliant con quest of a rival company, but the conversion of his own company to a policy of caution and economy—should have been found in so eminent a degree in Lord Salisbury. The Great Eastern Railway Company has some claim on public gratitude for providing a statesman destined to power, but prone rather to criticise than to act with the training in the art of acting with other men which, in default of his retaining the control of India, the chairmanship of a great railway— a State in itself, with colleagues to co-operate with, citizens to govern and humour, neighbouring potentates to treat with, and new worlds to explore and abstain from appropriating—could most adequately supply. - - - - The Standard says this company seems at length to have turned the corner, and to be likely to surmount the diffi culties in which a generation of mismanagement had involved it. Nor has this been purchased by imitating the folly of other lines which have set themselves in antago- nism to the travelling public. Only in peculiar cases, and in localities where fares were unduly low, has any advance taken place, the Great Eastern having resolved to leave the suburban traffic free from any such discouragement as that which the southern companies have just inflicted upon it. In other words, while the South• Eastern and its allies are killing the goose that laid their golden eggs, the Great Eastern's wish is to keep theirs alive and hearty. There can be no doubt that this is the true policy of their line, as of every other, and it is not unlikely that the course thus taken may induce something like an exodus of suburban residents from Kent and Surrey to hitherto neglected spots in Essex and Hertfordshire. Meanwhile the adjustment of charges between capital and revenue is proceeding upon those " severe but just" principles described by the Caledonian committee of investigation, and though the shareholders are warned that the limit of profitable economy has been reached, and that they must not expect the net revenue always to progress at its recent rate, there is good ground for congratulating them on what has already been done, and on the brightening prospect which the vigour and honesty of the new board is opening before them. The Times observes with amazement the statement that the Archbishop of Canterbury has made formal applica tion that a royal mandate may be granted for the conse cration of a new bishop for Natal, and that the Duke of Buckingham, the Colonial Minister, has given his consent to the issue of such a mandate. This announcement was made by the Bishop of Capetown himself at a meeting held last week in Lonlon, but it is difficult to believe he is not mistaken. Can it possibly be proposed by a Minister of the Crown to lend the royal authority to the ques tionable purpose of ono of the parties in this miser able quarrel ? Can it be intended to entangle the Church and State of England still farther in the squabbles of Capetown, and to enable the two bishops to •bandy between them not merely the theories of cede siasties, but the solemn sanction of the Crown ? That any responsible public officer should voluntarily interfere in this matter is, indeed, inexplicable. It is conceivable that Dr. Gray, claiming to be the head of a voluntary association, should refuse to be gllided by English law ; but it is, we repeat, not conceivable that officers of the Crown should give advice in defiance of the Crown's own patents, and in practical opposition to courts of law. The Post believes that it is iq accordance with the advice of Sir W. Jenner that the Queen has now visited Switzer. land, and we may readily imagine that that distinguished physician has been guided by considerations of a purely psychological nature in counselling this course. Although living in retirement, her Majesty will find herself in daily contact with much that is new and strange, and will be prevented from dwelling, as she would unques tionably have done at Balmoral, on scenes and subjects which only serve to make the old wound break out afresh. It is idle to conceal the fact that it is of infinite moment that her Majesty should as soon as pos sible reoccupy that position from which she has so long withdrawn. The Queen is scrupulous in the discharge of what are strictly termed State duties, but there are other duties no less important which cannot be entirely over looked. No one, we are confident, is more desirous than her Majesty to do everything which her people have a right to demand from her, but until now it is no secret that she could only have done so at the cost of her health. The visit to Switzerland is certainly a pleasure excursion, but it has been undertaken in the best interests of her Majesty's subjects. The Herald rebukes the Liberal party for having no policy except of destruction. The future policy of its fore most statesman, !upon which he bases his appeal for a renewal of the trust confided to him in 1865, begins and ends with the demolition of the Irish Establishment. Never was the manifesto of a political leader more barren and evasive ; never was the programme of a great party on the eve of a renewed struggle for power more spiritless and meagre. The Liberal organs are disappointed, and take very little pains to conceal the fact. Now, as in 1866, they are conscious that their party is being badly led, and that any day may witness the break-up of the newly-united phalanx. Mr. Gladstone has put all his eggs into one basket ; he has tied his follow. ers together by a single string, and if that should break the party would at once scatter and straggle until it resumed that likeness to " a mere rabble " whereof Mr Bouverie spoke but recently. The Daily News, comparing the balance-sheets of the principal London joint-stock banks for the six month, ending June 30 with the same period last year, considers them, upon the whole, more than ordinarily satisfactory. The .baily News refers to the Credit Foncier Company, and says that we boast ourselves to be the first business nation of the world, but it is notorious that in foreign countries the popular verdict is against our self-estimate. The origin and fate of such an undertaking as this Credit Fonder and Mobilier Company j us tif y their unfavourable opinion. No parallel can be drawn between this scheme and the Credit Mobilier of France, for the simple reasons that the latter was a creation of the Imperial Government, and that its manage. ment was confided to men of wealth and high financial repute. The English imitation, when started, had nothing to commend itself to public confidence. Its career has been a course of transformations both as regards name, capital, and management. It seems too clear that a large proportion of £2,000,000 sterling has been lost in this disastrous undertaking, and it is beyond doubt that those managing it have largely profited at the expense of the proprietors. The Star complains of the way in which Mr. Gladstone Is treated in the Saturday &rim. Referring to the Finlen business, it says: But now, without being at all cynical, let us just ask a question rather pertinent to this Finlen business. Could the whole charge ever by possi bility have arisen if Finlen were a man of a higher class of life? Would anyone think of starting a theory that a public man ought to find out all about the morals of each individual member of a deputation made up of persons drawn from the upper or even the middle ranks of life ? We venture to say that there is no degree of scandalous immoralit y , provided it did not amount to proven felony, of which a man of means might not be notoriously guilty, without it ever occurring to any public censor that a statesman ought to refuse to receive a d e p u tation of which he was a member,lie might have deserted his wife as well as his children ; he might be living in flagrant vice with s omebod y not his wife • lie might be a tainted turf - m an ; a publicly stigma tised railway swindler lie might be anything in tl.e vicious way that a man can possibly be, short of being actually a convicted felon, and no Saturday Reviewer would dream of complaining because some Minister or ex-Minister had spoken to him as one of a deputation on sonic political question. Do we not all know perfectly well that such persons are thus received? Do not names autually leap to our mouths—the names of men answering this general description ? There is a sickening hypocrisy about raising a question in the case of a disreputable fellow of the lower class, which would never he raised in the case of any fellow, however disreputable, of the higher ranks. The Ancient Order of Foresters' High Court was brought to a oloeo M WolvokhAranton on Saturday night. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT HANLEY. The coroner's inquiry in reference to the recent boiler explosion at Bell's Mill pit, Hanley, from which the fire man William Shaw lost his life, and another man was injured, was held on Saturday afternoon at Hanley. The principal witness was Mr. E. B. Martin, chief engineer to the Midland Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, who stated that the boiler had been periodically inspected by the officials of the company since April 1863, in which year it was again thoroughly repaired, after being in use • about two years. A year after it was reported as leaking, and was entirely rebottomed. It again leaked, and was again repaired in 1865. In the following year it again leaked, and the bottom was again thoroughly re paired. In February and May last it was found leaking at the scam ruptured by the explosion, about a week before which it was again repaired, which last repair was believed to have caused the edges of the old plate to rip from hole to hole. The boiler was not an old one, but had been always worked very hard, and the bad water with which it had been fed had caused much scale, which is always injurious to boilers. The rent was in the oldest plate in the boiler, which had been cropped to in half for repairs, and the rips visible had been caused by the cross drifting to make the old and new work meet. The cause of the explosion was the weakening of the boiler by the very frequent repairs it had undergone, and the possible closing, of the stop valves communicating with the other boilers through the drawing of the fires prior to the accident. The stirring-up of the fires might have raised the pressure a little, while the subsequent admission of cold air to the boiler caused rapid contraction and strain to the already injured seam, and was the immediate cause of the explo sion. The evidence of the engine-tender showed that the boiler was found to be leaking half an hour before the accident, and that the deceased, in obedience to the orders of the engine -tenter, was raking the fire out when the explosion occurred. The jury, after a long deliberation, found a verdict of accidental death, but they considered the repairs of the boiler had not been entrusted to suffi ciently competent hands. LAW AND POLICE. VALUE OF AN AUCTIONEER'S CATALOGUE. —At the Ormskirk County Court, Mr. James Platt, auctioneer, of Southport, sued Mr. Thomas Bentley, broker, Wigan, for £l3 103., at which a hogshead of claret had been knocked down to defendant's wife at a sale at Southport. In the catalogue of sale it was announced that " a hogshead of wine containing 50 dozens " would be offered. At the commencement of the sale the plaintiff, who was auctioneer, sail that be would not guarantee quantities, but it could not be shewn that this was said in the presence of Mrs. Bentley, who was declared to be the purchaser. Serjeant Wheeler, in giving judgment, said there was no doubt that the statement in the printed catalogue was pr:ntd facie the basis of the contract between the parties. That contract admitted of variation, but the variation must be clear and distinct, and so made as to be within th 2 knowledge of the parties at the time the lot was sold. It was quite clear an auc tioneer must be held responsible for his catalogue, and U he sought to fix a purchaser upon different terms from the catalogue, the evidence must be clear that the diffe rence was brought home to the mind of the purchaser when he made his bid. As it was not proved that that had been done in this case, the verdict must be for the defen dant, with costs. PERSONATING A VOTER.—At the Bristol Assizes, Peter Morris was indicted for having voted in the name of Henry 'Hurley at the late Bristol election. It seemed that on the occasion in question a man named Hurley was on the register and entitled to a vote. The prisoner went to the polling-booth and handed in a scrip with Hurley's name and number. Some vestions we:e put to him, and he took the identity oath and voted. The vote being protested against by the agents, he ran away, but was followed by a policeman and captured withoLt having left the deputy-sheriff's view. The jury found a verdict of guilty, but the accused will not be sentenced till ome other cases of a similar nature are tried. SENTENCE ON THE ASIITON RIOTERS.—At the South Lancashire A ss . zes, at Salford, the whole of the prisoners found guilty of taking pant in the riots at Ashton-under- Lyne, on the 10th and 11th May, with the exception of Gilbert, Barton, and Binns, who had been recommended to mercy, were brought up for judgment. Mr. Justice flannen, in passing sentence, said that he had directed all the prisoners to be brought up together to show that the law could not nicely discriminate between the degrees of guilt of persons who were banded together in such transactions. Saone had been guilty of serious acts of violence, and some had only been guilty of having been present when those acts were committed. Some belonged to the Irish and some to the English party, but the offence of all was the same, namely, disturting the public peace. His lordship alluded to the fearful excesses committed by each party, and remarked that it was a fortunate occur rence for the prisoners that no lives had been lost, as, if any of the numerous pistol shots had taken effe.it, so:Le of the prisoners must have been tried fur mur.ler. After adding that if this crime should be repNittd it woi Id be his du'y or that of any other judge who might preside to pass a severe sentence, his lordsl4 ordered each of the prisoners to be imprisoned with hard labour for four months. Gilbert, Parton, and Binns were then placed at the bar, and each sentenced to two months' im nisonment. SENTENCE ON MURPHY'S SWORD-BEAREL - At the same Assizes Air. Justice liannen sentenced the man Ainsworth, the celebrated Murphy's sword-bearer, to four months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for having, in May last, wounded a man in the ear with a sword at Bury. The learned judge told hint that his case was not a whit better ;han that of the Ashton rioters, and that he must remember he was not protecting Mr. Murphy's tent when he was following and pursuing the prosecutor. DISHONOURING CHEQUES ILLEGALLY.—At the Norwich Assizes, the action of Smith and another v. Birkbeck and another, was heard. It wa ;an action by the plaintiffs, as trustees under a composition deed of one Sayers, to re cover damages from the defendants, the well-known bankers, of Norwich, f r dishon,ur . ng Sayers's cheques on the 30th of January last. The plaintiff's contention was that at the time of the dishonouring the cheques there were sufficient funds in the bank to meet them, but whether or not that was true depended upoa the cost. f a special arrangement entered into by Messrs. Tillett, solicitors, at Norwich, on behalf of Sayers in the autumn of 1807. At the conclusion of the case the jury thought that the cheques ought not to have been dishonoured, and gave the plaintiff £l5O damages. CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.—At the Ipswich Assizes Isaac Clarke was indicted for feloniously wounding Maria Simpson, at Lowestoft. The prisoner had been adjudged the putative father of the prosecutor's child, but had never paid anything towards its support. On the night in question the parties met, and the prisoner, after some words, knocked the girl down, and kicked her severely. She was subsequently found by a policeman in an almost dying state. A large stab had been inflicted, but owing to the complainant being for some time insensible She could not remember how it had been caused. The accused was found guilty, and scntenccd to twenty years' penal servitude. Parents neglecting their children are now liable to six months' imprisonment, and a Imsbanl not main taining his wife can now be sent to prison by two justices. The demand for a poor-rate may be made on the premises although the parties do not reside on the premises or in the parish. Several communications from Scotland and from the North of England confirm the opinion that grouse will not be found in any great abundance except on some few favoured spots, and that on a very large extent of ground there will be no shooting at all. Grouse have been dying continuously throughout the last mouth, and their numbers are gradually diminishing. THE CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A SAILOR. — The charge against Thomas Pritchard of causing the death of a fellow-seaman named R:chardson, on the West Coast of Africa, was disposed of on Saturday by the Liverpool stipendiary. The medical evidence was that death resulted from congestion of the brain. The prisoner was therefore discharged. DEATH THROUGH SUNSTROKE.-0n Saturday an i . aquest was held by Dr. Lankester at Middlesex Hospital on the body of George Cadge, aged 43, who, having received a sunstroke in the neighbourhood of Fulham, was taken very ill, and on being removed in a cab to the above hospital, on his arriving there was found to be dead. Verdict, accidental death. FALL OF A MOUNTAIN.—The hill of Antelao, which hangs over several villages :of Cadore, and was always an object of terror to the villagers, gave way on the evening of the 27th of Ju!y, when several of the inhabitants had retired to rest. It is supposed that the great heat of the weather melted the Enov. , on the mountain, and that the water ,washed aw„y the small support of the masses of overhanging rock. In a brief space eleven persons were buried under the ruins of their houses, and more than sixty families are ren dered homeless. Tun FLORIDA AND CUBA. TELEGRAPIIIC CABLE. —A telegram received in Tem(lon statt.s that the cable which Sir Charles Bright, M.P., was en gag ed in laying between Florida and Cuba has been I.)st, and the t the attempt to recover the c .b'e of last year, which had broken, was also unsuccessful. It is stated Cott the cal le ran out when some miles short of Cuba. The end w: .s buoyed, but in the course of the night it was carried away by the current, and all attempts to find it have since failed. There was, we are informed, no pilot on board.— Palto Argos, - 11031 AN AFFAIRS. ful little white dog—" somebody's darling'' —peacefully sleeping on the top of one of the guns. We have hail one or two falls of rain, which have improved the air and rendered it more favourable for the exertions the troops have to go through. On Thursday evening, we had an unusually violent thunder storm, which lasted from early in the evening till 3 a.m. As soon as it had cleared off a little, the dragoons trotted past on their way to the camp. Yesterday and to-day it has been again fine, bright, and cloudless, and much cooler than before the storm. The religious celebrations of the week, of course, include S. Ignatius's day, kept grandly at the Gesii, with a trill zoo before and a novena after. The feast of S. Aloysius, the pattern of those who would seek God in their youth, was also kept with great devotion at one of the churches (S. Giacomo, if I remember right), in the Borgo. Communion was given by Cardinal Borromeo, in presence of the prelates of the household, to a number of young girls of the poorest class, gathered from the four parishes surrounding the Vati can. They had been specially prepared by the Cardinal himself, assisted by some Jesuit Fathers. A large congregation assembled to witness the edifying spectacle of a prince of the Church devoting himself to the direction and instruction of a class most lightly thought of by the world. There was likewise a festa at the Ospizio de Convertendi, whose care of poor converts I have already had occasion to men tion more than once. It is destined to receive poor persons, who, coming to Rome, desire to be instructed in. the faith. At the present time, the number of persons applying for i n n o st u r o u ra ct i i n o a n ti a o r n e r a e b q o u u ir t ed fifty t a year. There is o obtain admission. An aged priest, long accustomed to combat error, who is also an excellent linguist, gives all his care to the neophytes ; and an aged matron, who has already devoted fifty years to the work, attends to the necessities of female applicants. A great number of the Swiss cac ciatori come here to abjure their errors. Of these, however, perhaps still more owe the ministrations attending their conversion to the chaplains of S. Spirito Hospital. During the last year twenty-two Protestants, who were brought there dangerously ill, died as good Catholics. Something they owe, too, to the example of pious Cathelics among their own comrades there ; the number of communions on Sundays averaged eighty out of four hun dred sick. On the last day of the month of May nearly all the men received communion. The Holy Father visited one day this week the Convent of the Reparation nuns—the same order as at Harley House in London—who have a convent also in the Borgo, under the direction of Madame de Villele. Of course, his visit and benediction, and kind and cheerful conversation, was a source of great delight to the good nuns. Their work is the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and the education of the young in various missions. They have a house in India, where they have opened a house of refuge for widows who have emancipated themselves from the Suttee super- (From the Correspondent of the Westnanster Gazette.) RoME, Aug. 1. The preparations for another Garibaldian campaign continue unchecked—not only the efforts at enlistments, but the lately-established firearm practice in the neighbourhood of the depots. Rumours have likewise been sedulously spreadthis week that Garibaldi has left Capeera, and is now at Florence, and announces to his committee that he will go to Rome in the course of this month. There is reason to believe this is a mere party report, but its invention shows the wishes and feelings of the sect. Those who have the best opportunities of gaining informa tion are of opinion that Rome is not the pri mary object of attack, that the monarchy has first to be stripped of its remaining supporters, and the army, once under the orders of the De mocratic party, it would have the means of making the long wished-for attack on the headquarters of religion. Meantime, if Rome were unarmed, and unprepared, she would, of course, temptthem to come down upon her in the more direct way. It is likewise said that the noisy and ostentatious preparations at Terni, Orvieto, etc., are only feints to draw off attention from a more serious expedition which is preparing in the kingdom of Naples for an attack on the southern frontier. Go vernment is well informed of what is going on, and vigilant in its preparations. Pieces of artillery, of large calibre, have been mounted on the fortifications of the city, the arsenals provided with munitions of all sorts, and the army is continually reinforced from day to day. The Pope is reported to have said lately that the present was a time favourable to the peace and prosperity of the Church. The French, at Civita Vecchia, are likewise alive to all eventualities. The two men-of-war stationed in the port have orders to exercise themselves in various evolutions, and at the same time keep an eye on the coast so as to overhaul any suspicious craft which might be attempting to land men or arms. The English rifles, which ought to take their place in this making ready, are still delayed. I do not speak only of those to be provided by the English Committee, but also of those ordered by M. de Charette when in England. The report we have of them now is that we are to receive them by monthly instalments ex tending to the end of the year ! It is sincerely to be hoped that these will be hastened, as the state of preparation of the Pope's army is a subject of close observation to the enemy, and materially affects their tone. The preparations for the Council are not relaxed. A report has gained circulation but, it may not have the best foundation, that the Pope intends to invite the schismatic bishops to the council, to afford an opportunity, when they come to Rome, of exhorting their return into the pale of the Church. There is also another rumour of the same character afloat, that he is about to issue a bull, allocution, or act of some sort, condemning every system of education which makes profession of religious indifference such as that which pervades in the college founded at Constantinople under the protectorate of France, where, under pretext of paying due deference to the belief of each, no word of religion is spoken to any student of any of the various creeds which frequent it. Such a condemnation would indirectly touch M. Duruy's scheme, and the French Govern ment through him, and that at a moment when the Holy See appears to stand most in need of the support of France. It is not this considera tion, however, which will withhold the Holy Father, if he should think such a manifesto otherwise desirable. A very significant fact, which I have not seen mentioned in any paper, has just been brought to my knowledge, showing how little confidence the Emperor of the French feels in the stability of the kingdom he has set up in Italy. It would seem that secret overtures, more or less explicit, according to the nature of each case, have been lately made to each of the dispossessed sovereigns, by the French Go vernment, designed to ascertain whether, in the event of the disintegration of Italy, they would each undertake, as a primary condition, to recognize the quotient of the Italian debt appertaining to the State of each. I am not in a posiii9n to give you the answers that were returned, but it is clear that the difficulties of the case are not inconsiderable. At the time of the Piedmontese invasion, the finances not only of the Two Sicilies, but of Tuscany, Mo dena, and Parma also, were in a most flourish ing condition. On the statement of the Bud get every year, surplus was declared, and in - Naples, at least, the funds were always above par. We all know how different is the condition in which the former princes would now find the public revenues if they were called to resume the reins of Government. The contrast is palpable and striking, and with almost poetical justice, a reign, which com menced with spoliation, bids fair to end in utter financial ruin. The treasury of the Holy See, during the same period, notwithstanding the most adverse circumstances, has maintained its balance, and Monsignor Ferrari, the Minis ter of Finance, was able to state the other day —" If Italy repaid us all we have expended to satisfy the interest due on the debt of the provinces torn from us, we should from this source alone have enough to meet all possible contingencies for two years to come." And yet the Holy See has never swerved aside from any of its obligations, nor neglected to pay off any of its bonds as they fell due. Only one day this week the Giornale announced that a sum of a million and a quarter of franc, would be applied to paying off a certain num. ber of bonds of the so-called Catholic Loan —that is of the two united loans of 1860 and 1864. Six hundred and eighty-six bonds of 1,000 fianes, 665 of 500 francs, and 1,389 of 100 francs will be drawn and paid off at par. A public Consistory is shortly to be held, in which the Pope will bestow the cardinal's hat on two of the last created Cardinals, Mgrs. Barili and Ferrieri, who were absent —the one as Nuncio at Madrid, and the other at Lisbon—at the time the dignity was con ferred. There is some talk of a creation of Cardinals at the same time, but I do not think there is any ground for the report. Had there been a little better house accom modation in the sequestered village of Rocca di Papa, it would have become a favourite resort while the camp is there. As it is, the few houses available for letting, are objects of lively contest. The King of Naples, with his brothers the Counts of Caserta and Bari are already installed there with a limited suite. They live very quietly, and take great interest in the exercises of the camp. The scond brigade have been going down in de tachments this week. The Zouaves took up their quarters there on Wednesday. They were under orders to muster for starting about half-past three, but I had to keep up a pro mised look-out for my friends among them as they passed under my windows, till seven in the evening. And then they came by, about a thousand in number, in good spirits and ex cellent order, though it was it pretty severe taste of campaigning for some. I recognized one slim stripling in the van guard, whom I had known as a delicate boy, in England, where to have carried his own carpet bag would have been considered an unnecessary exertion for him, trying to look very strong and easy under his weight of knapsack, mus ket, and other impedimenta, and it required more exertion than lie cared to show to look up at my window and nod. And he had nine teen miles before him all uphill, in a strong hesifocco, and then to mount guard as soon as arrived. But pluck and a strong will carry a man through a great deal, and. I heard that on arriving he showed less fatigue than many stition. Mgr. Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algeria, is here, and he has had several audiences to ex plain to the Holy Father the situation of his vast diocese, the ravages of famine and typhus among his flock, and the means taken by the clergy for alleviating their suffering accord ing to the best of their power. He has with him a number of photographs, one series of which shows the attenuation to which num bers were reduced by suffering and privation, an exhibition by which the Holy Father was greatly affected. I believe he had himself planned this visit, in order to consult with the Archbishop on the means of diffusing the light of the faith over the peoples who inhabit the oasis of Central Africa. The condition of these once Catholic people, isolated by the effects of Mussulman invasion, and in their isolation losing much of the purity of their faith, has long been a matter of serious preoccupation with him. Though they have not been brought to venerate the Koran, and are still monoganists, and wear the cross tatooed in their foreheads, they venerate Mahomet as a prophet. They have the monopoly of the caravans of the desert, and conduct the whole traffic between Northern and Central Africa; for this reason they are very jealous of the intervention of extraneous persons, and forbid all Europeans to set foot on their territory. The Pope has now resolved to erect an apostolic vicariate in Sahara, to be confided to a body of zealous missionaries, under the direction of Mgr. Lavi gerie ; and thus the Pope's missionaries will penetrate where the French army has not been able to set foot. A subscription has been oponed to purchase and present to the Pope the picture of the battle of Mentana by Emile Lafont, which I mentioned lately. Without claiming to be a work of surpassing merit, it displays a lively appreciation of the chivalry of the heroes of the day; and though the success of the painter may not be judged to be complete, he has yet left pleasing traces that his dead soldiers have not fallen merely in stern obedience to duty, but in warm devotion to the holiest of causes. If he has not conquered the almost insurmount able difficulty of massing his cohorts into one self-dependent scene, some of his groups show undeniable merit and good feeling. Among th e se may be noticed a Zouave giving drink to a wounded Garibaldian, and an army chap lain holding the crucifix to the lips of a dying Zouave, while he tenderly supports his head with his hand. MISCELLANEOUS NETVS. (From the Anglo-American 2 inter.) Paris is comparatively empty, though occasion ally straggling tourists find their way to the mighty city, where the heat and the flies remind one of the, country and misfortunes of the children of Israel. The Legislative Assembly has broken up, leaving a loan of 429 millions to be raised in Rentes from the 6th to the 13th inclusive. Great preparations are making for the celebration of the Imperial Fete on the loth, and a circulai has been addressed by the Minister of the Interior, M. Pinard, to the various Prefects of the Departments, one of the most pleas ing instructions contained therein being—" Forget not the poor." Building and other improvements continue upon the same extensive scale. The new opera of the Vaudeville is nearly completed, and gives an allitional attraction to the Boulevards ; a national library has arisen upon the Boulevard Haussmann, whilst the Rue de la Paix is arising again, like the phoenix, from its demolitions, in increased extent and beauty. The Rue de la Paix, commencing from the establishment of Messrs. Roberts and Co., well-known chemists, and extend ing to the Boulevard Italiens, has been always con sidered one of the very best streets in Paris, but now with the new opera in face, the square, foun tains, &c., which are in course of completion, it would be difficult to find in any capital a more beautiful locality. Talking of the Rue de la Paix reminds me of the New Passage and Express De partment established by Bowles, Brothers, and Co. in connection with their bank at No. 12, an arrangement calculated to prove of no ordinary advantage to the travelling public, not only in affording a choice and bird's-eye view, as it were, of the various lines and routes, with every practical information applicable to each, but in supplying through tickets, circular travelling credits, certifi cates of deposits, &c., available with the cor respondents of the house of Bowles, Brothers, and Co. in any part of the world. A move ment of this kind, which unites the advantages of a perusal of a Bradshaw with a practical oppor tunity of carrying them into effect without further trouble, reflects the greatest credit upon the house in question, and cannot• fail to be appreciated by the travelling public. The manager appointed for the immediate conduct of this branch is M. Hewitt, whose courtesy during his long connection with the Post-office and other departments of the Bank, has been:thoroughly appreciated by all who have had occasion to require his willingly rendered services. Several of our friends have looked in during the week to acknowledge the satisfaction afforded them others. In the Piazza di Venezia they met the Holy Father returning from his drive. They filled the width of the street, and he stopped to see them and bless them as they passed. The Artillery went down on Monday night. They passed at about eleven o'clock, quietly and silently in the moonlight and- a beauti- THE SUlq, LONDON, ISW.rJAY EVENING, AUG UST 10, 1868. by a visit to Asnieres ; but one, a Boston boy, does not imagine the refreshment saloons sufficiently American at present. He was greatly impressed with the courtesy of the direction ; he thought the new fountain with its green water lilies, illuminated on the surface of the water, and its showers of rainbow tinted spray, one of the most beautiful effects imaginable. But, lie could not get a gin sling. We arc happy to inform him that since the first week the direction have taken the refreshment department into their own hands, and that, carried out for the future upon the principle obtaining at Cremorne, will assimilate more nearly to American and English requirements. Au Exposition of Insects has been opened at the Palais d'lndustris by the Agricultural Insect So ciety, to last until the 30th of the present month. The insects are divided into two classes—useful and injurious. A rather good thing was uttered on the occasion by one of the gamins of Paris, who, in company with a comrade, was loitering in the neighbourhood of the Exposition. One of those exquisites, known in Paris by the designation of Petit Creve, was passing the Exposition in a velo cipede. " Ah," said the urchin, " voila one (insect) whom they have forgotten to exhibit." I had an opportunity the other day of witnessing the singular and beautiful process by which M. George, of the Rue de Rivoli, deprives dental ex traction of its terrors and surrounds it with a pleasing reminiscence not usually its accompaniment. The person operated on was a lady of about 23 years of age, who, after inhaling the gas for a brief period, which was carefully administered by M. George and a medical assistant, appeared to fall off into a most pleasant slumber. The tooth, a molar of for midable proportions, was drawn without the ope ration appearing to cause the slightestinconvenience. One hardly knows which to admire most, the beau tiful effect of the protoxyide or the skilful manage ment of the operator. However, the reader can at any time judge for himself. Our correspondent, writing from New York, July 24, says—Yesterday morning rain commenced in Baltimore, and, after a short cessation, again fell in torrents until 9 p.m., when the water rose at the rate of two inches par minute for an hour, flooding the streets in places to the depth of 18 inches. Lives are reported to have been lost, but the number has not been ascertained, though ru mour ranges from seven to one ; but there is a re port that the granite mills at Elicot city were carried away and sixty persons drowned. The flood subsided almost as quickly as it arose, though for the short time that it lasted, it turned the streets into raging torrents, overwhelming everything in its course. You will be 'able to judge of the violence of the flood, as a street car loaded with passengers was swept from the track and carried away several hun dred feet. Telegraph communication was stopped with Washington and the South. The loss is variously estimated, but it is considered that it will not be short of $3,000,000. The annual boat race of Harvard versus Yale came off at Worcester, Massachusetts, yesterday, and attracted much attention. After several minor races the college boys made their appearance, and were greeted with loud cheers. They are becoming personally celebrated—the youngest of the Harvard crew named Simmons, eldest son of the late Rev. George F. Sim- mons, is the largest of the rowers. The boats are each six-oared shell-boats, the Harvard 51 feet by '2O inches, and the Yale two feet longer. The distance was three miles. The Harvards started with a clear rapid dip and a strong stroke, and led at the end of the first quarter of a mile by a length, which they kept steadily increasing until the end of the race, coming home an eighth of a mile ahead of the Yale boat. The Harvard time was 17 mi- nutes 481 seconds ; Yale, 18 minutes 381 seconds. The Harvard time on Wednesday, although beaten by the Wards, was 17 minutes 53 seconds against 18 minutes 13 seconds last year ; and the Yale time of 1866 was 18 min. 421 secs., which shows that Yale has madelittle improvement, while the progress among the Harvard boys has been considerable. Mr. Bateman's French opera bouffe has met with great success. Since the opening night, last Monday, Niblo's house has been crowded, notwithstanding the heat. With this exception the theatres have been thinly attended during the summer, and some of the minstrel halls have cl sed altogether. John Brougham, at Wallack's is, however, an exception, as his new play, the " Lottery of Life," is a great success. Regarding politics, both parties have opened the campaign by mass meetings in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, the Republi cans last week, and the Democrats this; equally large and enthusiastic. At the former the speakers were General Woo lford, the Lieutenant-Governor of the State, and the Hon. H. Greeley. At the latter the Hon. 11. C. Murphy, and S. S. Cox, of Ohio. Disaffection prevails in the Democratic ranks, caused by the Repudiation plank, and it is found nearly impossible to raise funds to carry on the campaign. Rumour says that Mr. Belmont, who is the richest among the men of influence in the party, reluctantly gives money in aid of Sey mout's election, prophesying financial difficulties in the event of success. Mr. Belmont is a heavy holder of Government Bonds, as are his correspon dents in Europe, and he is not likely to favour a policy which would decrease the value of this pro perty. Neither candidate has as yet taken any active part in the canvas. Mr. Seymour is at work on his farm near Utica, and Gen. Grant, with Gens. Sherman and Sheridan, is on his way to the Rocky Mountains. The heated term is over, and we are enjoying comparatively cool weather, which the New Yorkers highly appreciate of ter their recent expe rience. Congress will adjourn next Monday(July 27). All the Southern States, except Texas, Virginia, and Mississippi, are now fully represented, and the Fortieth Congress may so far be satisfied with its work. The Union League of New York has re solved that Congress should remain in session to protect the negroes. The Hon. Reverdy Johnson has taken leave of the President and Mr. Seward, and having obtained his final instructions, has just left Washington to start ou the lst of August from Baltimore Mr. Adams has been well received in Boston by the best people of the city and i's vicinity. He declined in his reply to discuss questions connected with his mission to England, which, in spite of every effort, he skilfully avoided. The lion. W. P. Howland bas been appointed Lieutenant-Govornor of the Province of Ontario, and the Iron. L. 13. Wilinwtt Lieutenant-Governor of New Bruns- The Utah contested election came up July 23, and the House decided unanimously that Mr. M'Grorty, the contestant, was not entitled to the seat, and on the same day Mr. Clarke, of Kansas, from the committee on military affairs, reported a bill granting the right of way to a railroad company over the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth. Passed. _ _ _ The ordnance committee decline to interfere in the court-martial of General Dyer. They say the judge advocate is the proper officer for that purpose. A Western editor, in response to a subscriber who grumbles that his znorning paper was intolerably damp, says"that it is because there is so much dew (due) on it." Mr. Watts, the new Minister to Austria, •is a wealthy citizen of Philadelphia. Moses Y. Beach, the veteran editor of the New York Sun, died at Wallingford, Connecticut, Sunday morning, July 19. _ _ _ Among the guests at the great dinner to his Ex cellency Reverdy Johnson, given at Baltimore, were Governor Swann, of Maryland; Senators Hendricks and Nye; Collector Webster, of Baltimore ; Judges Crane, Merrick, and Bend, and others, representatives of the commercial, mercantile, and manufacturing interests of Maryland. Mr. John W. Garrett, President of the Balt:more and Ohio Railroad, presided, having on his right the distinguished guest of the evening, and on his left Mr. Thornton Letters of regret were read from the President of the United States, members of the Cabinet, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and many of the Senators. The Vermont Democrats have nominated a full State ticket, with John L. Edwards for governor.—The New Jersey Democrats have named General Theodore F. Runyon for governor, and Peter D. Broom and Adolph Schalck for electors at large.—At the Missouri Republican State Convention, Colonel Joseph A. M'Clurg, now re presenting the third district in Congress,. was named for governor; for lieutenant-governor, E. 0. Stannard ; for secretary of State, John Rodman ; for treasurer, Judan Moyer ; for Auditor-General, Daniel Draper ; At torney- General, Horace B. Johnson ; Supremo Judges, David Wagner, Philemon Bliss and Henry A. Clover; wick. electors - at large, Gen. Carl Schurz and Col. Riven. A large and enthusiastic ratification meeting was held at St. Louis, for the purpose of ratifying the State and national nominations. In the Cincinnati Congressional District Gon. Sam Cary has accepted a renomination from the trades unions of the district, and the Democrats of the Seventh Indiana District have nominated Samuel W. Voorhees for Congress against Gen. Washington. The Democratic nominee for Congress in Speaker C fax's dis trict is Judge W. K. Farraud. The Springfield Republican says :—" Mr. Dawes administered a very just reproof to Mr. James Brooks, member of Congress from New York. When the delega tion from Alabama was sworn in on Wednesday, Mr. Brooks took occasion to denominate them ' carpet-bag gers.' Mr. Dawes replied that such a sneer came with bad grace from the gentleman, who was himself a car pet-bagger' from the State of Maine, who had been sent to Congress from Now York. The hit was most palpable, for Mr. Brooks was a strong anti-slavery man in Maine, but changed his opinion when he removed to Now York. He was, perhaps, the original 'carpet-bagger.'" Admiral Farragut is said to be a millionaire. lle owns a number of pretty houses, some unoccupied lots, and twenty acres now in wheat, within the city limits of Vallejo, California. As that city is to be the western ter minus of the Central Pacific Railroad, this property is de stined to become a mine of wealth, and within a year has been trebled in price. Captain Semmes, of Alabama fame, spoke at a great Democratic meeting in Mobile, and was the most applauded at the gathering. The notice of the meeting had caught his eye, and led him there to rejoice in the action of the great and glorious Democratic party. He had been a Democrat all his life—before the war, during the war, and since the war —and fought the war on the principles of Democracy, believing that the grand old Constitution which embodied these principles was about to bo destroyed. Continuing, ho said :—" There is really but one grand issue in this contest, and that is the restoration of these states to their proper places in the Union with all their rights and privileges unimpaired. This issue will have the effect to drive from our midst the hordes of adventurers who have swarmed upon us like vultures to eat up the substance of the people. This issue will again reduce the negro to a subordinate position as the inferior race, and restore the white man to the go vernment which belongs to him. When you have settled this issue it will be time enough to talk about policy. It will be time enough to tid ourselves of the leprous army which has been fattening upon the wealth of the South. It will be time enough to settle questions of currency. It will be time enough to destroy the tariff and taxation under which the nation has been groaning. And now, fellow-citizens, I have come here to declare that I have given in my alle giance, heart and soul, to the old flag, provided we 'can re store the old flag again to be the representative of the prin ciples of the Constitution, which we will be able to effect by the election of Seymour and Blair." A correspondent of the Cincinnati commercial, whose letters are to bo found in every hole and corner, writing in a delightfully sonational style, gives an account of Horatio Seymour as he appeared at Utica after his no mination. The correspondent was greatly disappointed in seeing "a slender man with a black cloth coat buttoned up to a dwindled and dusty standing collar, shaved face, with plausible lines, but not a suggestion of positiveness in it, and a boldish head, with a rim of grey hair running round the base of the neck. He wore also grizzled hair under the throat. His eye was good ; his nose knobby and sensual, like his mouth; his address was nervous, but elegant." How much the candidates will learn about themselves if they only treasure up all that is printed of them in the United States. GENERAL GRANT AT LEAVENWORTII.—OQ his way to Denver General Grant passed through Leaven worth, but declined a public reception there. The follow ing is his letter to Mayor Morehead on the subject, dated at St. Louis on the 14th :—" Dear Sir,—Your favour of the 14th instant, iuclosing resolutions of the Council of Leavenworth city, extending to me a public re ception, and asking when I shall bo in your city, is re ceived. I expect to leave this city for Leavenworth in the train which starts in the afternoon to-morrow. I will probably be in Leavenworth ono day, at the quartet s of General Sheridan, wren I will bo happy to meet all the citizens of Leavenworth who do me the honour to call. But allow me to thane a public reception. I fully appreciate the compliment conveyed in the re solution which you forward, and thank the City Coun cil and citizens for it; but while travelling for re creation, and to inspect personally a country with which I have so much to do and have never seen, I would much prefer avoiding public demonstrations. Believing that you and the citizens of Leavenworth, to whom I reiterate my thanks, will fully . appreciate this feeling, and the motive which induces me to decline this proffered kindness--I subscribe myself, very respectfully, your obedient servant, U.S. GRANT." Two men, whose names are not yet known, were carried over the Falls of Niagara on the 19th July. General Ripley and General Maynadier, of the Ordnance Department of the Army, have both recently been in Springfield, the former ou the way to make his annual inspection of the fortifications and their arma ments on the New England coast, in which lie is accom panied this year by Captain Smoot of the armoury ; and the latter to make the customary inspection of the Govern ment establishment in Springffem. Samuel %Veils, formerly Governor of Maine, and Judge of the Supreme Court, died at his residence in Boston on Weducs lay, July 22. He was brother to the ox-Senator John S. Wells, of New Hampshire, and also of ex-Governor Wells, of Illinois. Thomas A. Goddard, of 'the firm of lasigi, God dard, and Co., ono of the oldest in Boston, died at his residence in Newton, on Thursday, July 23, after a brief illness, and has left property to the amount of upwards of $900,000. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Cole, Professor Phillips, and Mrs. I. N. Lincoln, widow of the late Professor Lin coln, all of Williamstown, Western Massachusetts, and a Miss Betts, of Troy, are to start immediately on a Euro pean tour, to be absent about a year. Mr. Cole goes for ;he benefit of his health, which has been delicate for a ong time. Hon. Luther R. Smith, formerly of Coleraine and of the class of 1859 at Amherst College, has resigned his position in the Alabama Legislature as Representative from Choctaw, in order to assume the judgeship to which he was elected at the same place. Paul Murphy, the celebrated chess-player, is at Homburg les Balms. It is uncertain whether he will attempt to beat the Kursaal Band at their game of roulette or rouge et noir. At Alton, in Staffordshire, the overseers have put the names of the female ratepayers as claimants of votes on the church door. 'The overseers of Salford have placed 1,208 women on the register of electors for that borough. Above 5,00') women householders have sent in claims to vote for the city of Manchester. The Revolution tells us that a Minnesota woman, Mrs. Myrick, milliner, of Ouatonne, lately sold her six teen years old and beautiful daughter to a Chicago fancy goods dealer for $2,000, in payment for an old debt. The girl heard of the transaction, and with her lover, a likely young fellow named Odell, eloped, were pursued, arrested and brought back, but the infamous sale which the mother contemplated was stopped. Maggie Mitchell will enter the contest for prizes at the Savannah boat race. Mile 3 O'Reilly is riled at a Western paper who, in describing his personal appearance, announced the boy to be 47 years of age. Although our clever friend of the Citizen has been abused to his heart's content, having a knack of writing verses that jingle unpleasantly in some people's ears, yet this addition to his years was the only dart he really felt. Miles is but 38, and if not full of years is at least full of vanity. The Spirit of the Times gives the following : " Another of Like Character.—We extract the following paragraph from the World of Tuesday morning last : We have received a note from a person who offers to bet from $5OO to $5,000 that Governor Seymour will cam this State by 70,000 majority, awl the same sum that Go vernor Seymour will be the next President of the Unitec States. It the enthusiastic bettor desires us to hold the stakes, he has addressed the wrong journal, His note should be addressed to Mr. Theodore Tilton, edito: of the Independent, who waa mentioned in the Washington telegrams as a prominent bottle and stakeholder during the impeachment farce.' The above offers can be met and covered, at- this office, for the highest sums named—to wit, for $5,000 each —and we will then bet $5,000 to $3,000 we will win the first bet, and $lO,OOO to $5,000 that we will win the second—that is to say, that Graut will be the next President, instead of Seymour. We have no objection that either the editor of the World or Mr. Tilton shall be holder of the stakes. Will the World please name its man ?" Well done_!—go it George ! Mr. Burlingame gave a dinner in Washington to the newspaper correspondents, and Congressmen wore ti have some "chow-chow" after they had ratified the Treaty with China. It is rather rich putting correspon dents before Congressmen, but America is tho Paradise of countries for l'ress-men, and we only regret that our labours should be conducted in such a dull, unappreciative climate as this. Canadian labourers refuse to take their wages in American silver, unless at a discount of 10 per cent. From Russia we are informed that the American company which had undertaken the construction of a tele graphic line between America and Nicolaevsk, on the Amoor river, has discontinued its labours, and officially renounced the concession it had obtained. The resigna tion has been accepted by th,3 Council of Ministers, and a decree, sanctioned by the Emperor, has been passed to that effect. TILE TEA DUTY IS REDUCED —ffornimait's Pure Tea is sold Bd. per pound Cheaper. This interesting fact will, when fully known, even further increase the demand for these choice, long-approved Teas. They aro not sold loose, but only in Packets, signed "Iferitiiitan," London. ... LETTER FROM GRO. IRANCLS TRAM. (Front the Anglo American Times.) Four Courts, Marshalsoa, Dublin, Aug. 2, 1868. Dear Anglo-American Times, —First to come to my assist is duo that you have somo of the official docu ments showing that 1 paid this claim years ago ; and yet lam in prison for life. Can any ono doubt now that you were right iu saying the arrest was political. Let me sup port you in that opinion in two or three extracts from the national press. And as all the Irish papers are 'on my side, you can judge of my chance in the Irish vote next November. John Savage, President of the F. 8., holds a great convention on the2-Ith instant, in Now York. That convention may change the destinies of Cations. (A mass of extracts from the Irish papers have been sub mitted, and if they fairly represent the case Mr. Train has received but scant justice. On every hand it is declared that after great trouble he procured the affidavit of the lawyer who paid the debt, which, though sworn before the British Consul in Venice, was refused by the chief clerk en the ground that it was not written on the regulation paper of the Dublin Bankruptcy Court.) The Boston Pilot says of Train :—"The owls and the bats that dwell among the cobwebs and crumbling ruins of Europe must be sur prised at the bugle notes of liberty proclaimed, under the eyes of effete royalty, by this apostle of liberty, human rights, and true progress. His speeches aro full of gems of thought, which, like seed sown upon genial ground, must, iu time, produce a fruitful crop in the garden of libJrty." The Fenian Volunteer, Buffalo; The Irtsh People and The Irish Citizen, Now York ; The Philadelphia Universe ; and The San Francisco Monitor, all talk in the. same style. _ My private advices all confirm the opinion that the Irish vote will be thrown for that party that will do the most for Ireland, and our citizens in gaol. Mr. Reardou's mo tion in Parliament settles the question as to the arrest being political, and the American Irish will act accord - ingly. This document will show you the infamous outrage on my person in this incarceration. No black Hottentot, red Hiudoo, or yellow Chinaman, no serf in Russia, slave ill Brazil, but what would receive the protection of a national flag in such a case as mine ! In the Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency before Judge Miller on Wednesday, Mr. J. F. Rynd applied to the court, in re George Francis Train, that the insolvent be reheard on his petition and schedule, now pending in the court, pursuant to the terms of au order made by his lordship on a previous day—namely, that the insolvent be at liberty to apply to be again brought up for hearing, upon giving notice of such application to the opposing creditors, and upon lodging in court the originals or copies of the instruments referring to his property, men tioned in the amended schedule, alleged to have been conveyed to the insolvent in trust for his wife and children, and on producing the accounts or documents in his possession or procurement, relative to the street railways or other companies with which he was finan cially connected. The application was grounded upon the affidavit of Mr. Train's attorney in America—Mr. Clarke Bell, of New York—and the contents of which were merely a repetition of the facts previously deposed to by the insolvent relative to his wife's property and his mone tary transactions with Mr. Wllenry, to whom the claire was paid. Judge Miller, having read the affidavit, said ho could not receive it, inasmuch as it was not in the proper forrot and did not comply with the terms of the order. Mr. Rynd then applied for an adjournment, to give Mr. Train an opportunity of filing a further affidavit. Mr. Martin (instructed by Messrs. D. and T. Fitzgerald) , who appeared for the Ebbw Vale Iron Company, did not oppose the application. • Judge Miller consented to allow the caso to stand until Friday. —Evening Mail. On Friday I applied again with the affidavit of in father-in-law and Thomas G. Durant, the vice-presiden t of the Union Pacific Railway, who paid Mr. MAlenry Ebbw Vale claim four years ago, and the Judge again refused the documents, or to allow me to appear and state my case. As it stands there is no redress. The Courts being shut I must appeal to the Press, and herewith utak° my acknowledgments to the Anglo-American Times for being first to lead off in giving me fair play. CrEO. FRANCIS TRAIN• As my turn will come by and by I have just penned th o notice on the several parties. Look out for breakers :-- IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER, IRELAND. The Ebbw Vale Iron Company, plaintiffs ; George Francis Train, defendant. Sirs,—You are hereby required to take notice, that I/ George Francis Train, a native-born American citizen, an the defendant in this cause, require that the execution issued against me, pursuant to the Judge's fiat, for £ 9 d s d 15s. 7d., and under and by virtue of which I was committe to gaol on the 3d day of March last, ba forthwith set asi de for irregularity, inasmuch as the said Judge's fiat was irr e : gularly and surreptitiously obtained on a writ of summon? and plaint ; and on the separate affidavits of Josenil Robinson and Jahn Spratt, all entitled in a ean. ° ending in this honourable Court, wherein " Abraluu`: arley, William Tothill, Henry Dickenson, Thou-15, Brown, and Joseph Robinson, lately tradit•g irentnaster; under the style and firm, the Ebbw Vale iron Company, at plaintiffs, and "George Francis Train" defendant; bu t tbe said execution was issued against me in a fiAitious caus e purporting to be pending in this court, wherein "Abralo ul Barley. William Tothill, Henry Dickenson, Thoma g Brown, and Joseph Robinson" wereplaintiffs, and"Georgel Francis Train" was defendant, when no such cause as 1 0 mentioned is or ever was pending in this honourable court. And further take notice, that I hereby require that execution for £9ll Is. Bd. issued against me on the juag; ment marked in this cause; and obtained by default on tt' t 18th day of March last, be forthwith withdrawn and sFti aside, and that I be at liberty to plead or demur to the 53".,, writ of summons and plaint, inasmuch as I have, sil3%,i the marking of said judgment, discovered certain factsfuL obtained certain statements of accounts and docurnap whereby it appears that no money was due or owing ido me to the plaintiffs, as iu the said summons and plain t alleged. And further take notice, that I hereby require to 1 1 forthwith discharged from custody on the grounds tblq,: was illegally . arrested, by reason of the said irregu lar, i 9 and defects in the pleadings and proceedings in tfo cause ; and on the grounds that I was an d 11' f been held in custody for the aggregate amore ether the Judge's fiat and the judgment, making tog the sum of £1,816 17s. 3d., as also on the grounds ttigsor the plaintiffs had made their election by proving '4O the amount of the Judge's fiat alleged to be due to tt, as creditors in the matter of my petition in insolvenci fore Judge Miller, in the Court of Bankruptcy and lossd vency in Ireland, which precluded them from taking further proceedings against me, and which petition o fp solvency was adjudicated upon by the said Judge Al l on the 23d day of June last by adjourning the Bain° s die A . nd you are hereby informed, that I will use this no they; as I may be advised, in all applications by me to t. o , Honourable Court, or the Court of Bankruptcy an d f it solvency, or elsewhere, and same will also be bare s eOl used by me to enforce the payment of the large danOs oc t expenses, losses, and costs to which I have been sabi nt y and sustained by reason of the plaintiffs' illegal and 7 0 - pressive proceedings, and the cruel incarceration c°lo quent thereon, and the infamous outrage on my P ° and business. Dated this 25th day of July, 1868. GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN, Four Courts, Marshalsca, Dublin, Ireland. , ; f r• To Messrs. David and Thomas Fitzgerald, the FA' tiffs' Attorneys, Dublin, &c., &c., &c. AN INDItFENDENT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT* „ A I This is the style of letters that pour into nl O America : ca. " New York, July 11, " George Francis Train, Esq., Queenstown, Ireland "Dear Sir,—lf the Democratic party is dead—°ollo by Seymour—and the Republican party is sick, and 49 0 0 last legs, as many believe, why is it not the right and 4 9 organize the people's party, with George Francis , r S i for President ?—I am, respectfully, your obedient 0er. % ,. "B. FRANKLIN Cl k r o .o. l " P.S.—Send us a platform by next mail, and oblio MR. TRAIN'S REPLY. Dublin, Four Courts, MarsboSef4 July 29, '6B. 13. Franklin Clark, Esq., 1 , Park - place, New York' e orl e Dear Sir,—The party is already organized. Til ° oP t t: aro already awake. The platform is that of the 1 0 , wit b v TION. Greenbacks for American indust, and o P oor" England for our citizens ! Our campaign will b e sharp, and surprising.—Sincerely, GEO. FRANCIS Al*-- Mr. Gaspar Black Brown, Representativ e A a its an Louisia, annoyed by the reporters, who P erS `: -°ll ° calling him Black Man, corrected the error in the 1°;tioll ing laconic answer :- 16 I wish to state for the inf°ll'inrter°' of whom it may concern, especially Congressional reptotlie that my name is not Blackman. I am a friend et• black man, but I am white throughout, except t1:300/ Births. e po e Bup o T w oN le — , B O u n r i t h on e , i c th .B i . n , s o t i , a at so V n " . almer, the wife GI C° I til ° BATHURST—On the 7th inst., at Gress h 11 .er• A _,. 4 0 lc, on-a , .. wife of Captain Henry Bathurst, of a daughte,' ric,/ FERGUSON—On the Bth inst. at Half Moon-street" dilly, the wife of George erguson, Esq., of n s' e. Marriages. oi l ' ( - 1( 0 i ~r, COODE—DAUTUZ-011 the 6th inst, ate ee , - .. ° ,,t- 1 1 istOg *".- ,v . Walter Coode, Esq., of Lincoln's-un, rr ~,, no , to Mary Wihnot Arundel, elder do.ughter of tP -01, Daubuz, of Killiow. IT l` f e Ce l ' COCHRANE —NtelloLsoN----On the sth inst•, at - ‘ )e t.' 'of Cheshire, Somerset Cochrane, sou of the late l ' ct- t s. - Cochrane, of Fort-William, to Mary, eldest dour it, the lite John Nicholson, Esq., of Bock I)3r Furry. Deaths. ,On the 4th lust ,at Burgh li•ill, tic ° ASTI EY Nathaniel Astley, Esq . '' 13 inert" ~ late Captain ilia 31. ,000 11 1 D • - QIN NSIIIRE—On the 6th inst., at Herne Bay, su ( Arthur Hip, Marquis of Dowsliire aged 56. , l'' 7 . PILLING • —On the sth inst., at attellold, Wre%haul, Pilling, Esq., aged 31. ' ClaS ell' SIMPSON—On the 6th inst., at 10 nenrietta-stroeti - dish-square, John Simpso:), Esq., aged 66 * ----0 .-,% —_ N1) 11- il , Norfolk, Vfasb,•od London : Printed and Published by WiLLIA)I: A` No 1 o f of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tan SUS oeilf-'',oo,ity Strand, in the Precinct of the Ss voy, in the Middlesex.—Monday, August 10, 1868. :ttice, 1 AD' hold ttble For] the the Bat app