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THIS EVENING, at a quarter to Eight, TIME AND THE HOUR. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, &c. To conclude with "FOWL PLAY;" or, A Story of Chikkin Hazard. Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. rriIEATRE ROYAL, lIOLBORN. Elegantly JL repainted and redecorated.—Under the management of hiss Fanny Josephs. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOUL PLAY. After which, WHO'S TO WIN HIM ? To conclude with THE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. If. Cox. For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to eve. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIRD APPEARANCE of ONRA, who eclipses Leotard on the Flying Trapeze. ONR A'S Terrific Flight on Two Bars. 0 NRA'i Incredible Somersaults and Pirouettes. ONRA, the most wonderful and perfect performance ever witnessed. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS. EnixoßN.' ENTIRE CHANGE of PERFORMANCE. New and important Engagements. In addition to M. ONRA. The Great A,IATIC TROUPE, whose astounding feats are unequalled, will make their first appearance. First appearance of Mdlle. 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Mr. GoscuEN, it is true, was anything but complaisant, and though he admitted that the Select Committee had made progress, he demurred to the financial part of the scheme ; at the same tame be said that at this time of the Session it wculil not do to interfere with the arrangements ; and after spending some time in discussing the dif ficulties in the way of the measure, he laid grea t stress on the fact that the new Parliament would not be in any way bound by the provisions of it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement was sufficiently lucid to satisfy any one not hopelessly prejudiced in the matter, and he showed that the Committee had got through a great deal, and that the opposition of the Electric Telegraph Companies had been given up on account of their receiving twenty years' pur chase on the calculation of the present rate of profits. In point of fact, much that was doubtful has been cleared up by the Committee, and there no longer exists any reason for the hesitation mani fested at the outset to adopt the measure. The chief difficulty lay all along in the prejudice that arose in consequence of party feeling, and we should have heard little or nothing of the objections made in certain quarters if Mr. GLADSTONE had been on the other side of the House. To judge from the tone adopted in the earlier days of this affair, one might have thought that there never was anything so preposterous proposed before in the memory of politicians, and that rare malignant in fluence would be at work to aid the cause of par tizanship, and exercise an undue power. One re sult has been that the cost has been augmented, and for this the public may thank the zeal and assiduity of the opponents of the scheme. When we look on the matter seriously, what be comes of all the reasons so specially urged against the adoption of the scheme ? The Government, it has been seen, will not be so likely to exercise a monopoly as the companies themselves have been. In fact, the disclosures made have shown that a good deal of tyranny was exercised towards the provincial press under the recent arrangements, and no contradiction was given to the evidence before the committee which told of .he arbitrary use made of their power b y certain companies. Who can wonder, then, that, in the face of such as sertions, those appointed to judge should have given a verdict in favour of the trans fer. A little examination in a decisive style soon served to convince the committee of the scheme before the House, and the objections made on the score of the interference made with private en terprise speedily vanished into thin air when the various claims bad to be adjusted. And it is not too much to say that far more exaggeration appeared in the arguments against the bill than plain and common-sense objections. Mr. GOSCHEN, and those who countenanced him in his strictures yesterday, should remember that if they had not excited the opposition to the degree they did the difficulty of coming to a compromise would not have been nearly so considerable. It is not at all surprising that, under these circumstances, Mr. CHILDERS' amendment, to the effect that the whole question of terms of purchase should be re ferred to arbitration, was negatived without a divi sion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer showed very clearly that to adopt such a course would not be a satisfactory mode of dealing with the affair, and as the right hon. gentleman truly added, a settled bargain is always safer than on arbitration. It is well that the House took the same view of the case, and thus stopped at the outset the transition to a dangerous course of pro ceeding. Mr. GLADSTONE'S support of the measure was a very characteristic one, for he said he believed that the telegraph service would be greatly improved by being transferred to the Post-office. At the 1 same time he thought Mr. GOSCHEN was quite jus- tified in his belief that the best terms had not been made, and finally he concurred in the opinion of that gentleman that the new Parliament would not be bound by 'this bill. This is extraordinary, to say the least of it, and who was more indignant than Mr. GLADSTONE himself when it was said that the new Parliament would not be bound by the Reso- lutions of the Irish Church ? Where is the use of the bill being passed if nothing is to come of it after all? No doubt Mr. GLADSTONE and his ad vanced friends believe that in the kingdom of the just, which the new house will furnish, they will reign supreme, and all their views and opinions be carried out most fully; but it is rather hard to in- sist upon everything standing still until that period arrives. In all probability, bad the house refused to settle the matter as it now stands, the conse- luence would have been that the public would have had a great deal more to pay in the long run, and all those who take an unprejudiced view of the question will be glad that it has reached the pre sent solution. Some attempts were made to induce the Govern• merit to drop the Poor Relief Bill, but the sugges. tion was not complied with. The clauses which related to the facilitating of religious in• struction to the inmates of workhouses, by ministers of their own persuasion, met with some opposition from Mr. NEWDEGAI E and others. The clause in dispute was, however, carried on a division, but the committee was adjourned until another day, having disposed of two or three more clauses. The Appropriation Bill was passed, and some other bills were forwarded a stage. The Corporation of the City of London is never behind in giving honour where honour is due, and accordingly the Court of Common Council have lost no time in presenting their testimonial to the hero of Abyssinia. Before the victorious General had set foot in England the Common Council had determined upon their gift and its form of presen tation, and yesterday Baron NAPIER of Magdala was invited to the Guildhall to receive the honorary freedom of the City of Loudon, together with a sword of the value of 200 guineas, as a token of the admiration felt for the fortitude, skill, energy, and promptitude displayed by him in bringing the Abyssinian war to a successful and brilliant close All due honour was paid to the ceremonial, and all the chief dignitaries of the City were present, as well as many visitors from the west. When Lord NAPIER arrived he was received with the greatest enthusiasm, both within and without the Hall, the court rising to receive him. After the formal cere mony had been gone through, the Chamberlain, Mr. BENJAMIN SCOTT, made an interesting and appro priate address. The Abyssinian war, he re marked, was in many ways exceptional of its kind. Unusual and apparently incongruous ele ments contributed harmoniously to the result. The army, English as well as Indian, the navy, and the engineers were alike represented. Following the example of old Rome in her days of conquest tributaries were used as auxiliaries. Three con- tinents furnished their respective contingents. The soldiers of Europe, Mahommedans and Hindoos of Asia, as well as African mule-drivers, made up the motley array which acted with as much unanimity as gallantry." The natural difficulties of the under taking, too, rendered it exceptional in its nature. A port was constructed, a base of supply formed, a railway and telegraph laid down, two chains of mountains surmounted, and water sought for at every post along the "bi idge of 400 miles" which, is Lord NAPIER'S own words, " the soldier constructed as he passed on to victory." The Chamberlain, after congratulating the General not less on the humanity, the discipline, and the un failing good conduct of his troops than on their military successes, concluded an eloquent address by presenting to Lord NAPIER the copy of the re cord. The General, in acknowledging the honour done him, was careful, as he invariably is, to share it with his whole force. At the grand banquet which took place in the evening at the Mansion hipwio the gags thing wa4 even perceptible, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1868. Even the native Indian regiments had each their word of special commendation from the chief. %Vhen the task was done the very first news which the army received from home was a congratulatory telegram from the QUEEN, " who is," added, Lord NAPIER, " always the first to encourage her soldiers in their duties." Nothing could exceed th,e cordiality and unanimity shown throughout the proceedings of yesterday, which were worthy alike of the occasion, the Corporation , and the General himself. It will probably be many a generation before the name of Lord PALMERSTON i 3 forgotten in the neighbourhood of Romsey and Broadlands, but though there is little fear of such forgetfulness, yes terday's celebrat ion was a grateful token of the af fectionate remembrance in which the memory of the departed statesman is held. ,A memorial window of elaborate design and great artistic beauty has been placed at the west end of the venerable Abbey Church, and a bronze. statue of Lord PALMERSTON has been erected in the market-place. Divine ser vice was read in the church after the window was unveiled, and after the service a procession was formed and proceeded to the market-place. The statue, a fine bronze one, by Mr. NOBLE, represents Lord PALMERSTON in the act of addressing the House of Commons. It was uncovered with all due honours, and Viscount EVERSLET, as Chair man of the Executive Committee, called upon Lord GRANVILLE to inaugurate it by the usual ad dress. Lord RUSSELL was unfortunately prevented from being present by domestic affliction, but Earl GRANVILLE was in every way well fitted to be the spokesman. For many years a colleague of Lord PALMERSTON, he has mixed in all the chief political struggles of the day, without sharing in the bitterness and vindictive spirit too often per ceptible among professional politicians, but from which Lord PALMERSTON was entirely exempt. Lord GRANVILLE'S speech was a heartfelt tribute to the persocal qualities of a warmly cherished friend, and it does high honour to the memory of Lord PALMERSTON, that is, as the man rather than the statesman, that his name is treasured among his old neighbours and associates. Lord PAL3IERSTON, as Earl GRANVILLE reminded his hearers, was once said by Sir ROBERT PEEL to be a Minister of whom England was proud ; but the incidents of yester day prove that he was something more, and that the more intimately he was known and the more closely he was watched the greater was the esteem and the affection with which he inspired his con temporaries. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) PORTUGAL. LISBON, July 21 At a sitting of the Council of State held last night it was determined to allow the Duke de Montpensier to reside in Portugal, although the French Minister was opposed to that policy. The new 'Ministry has been formed under the presidency of the Marquis de Sa, who also takes temporary charge of the War and Foreign Affairs Departments. The remainder of the Cabinet is composed as follows : Minister of Justice Senhor Pequilode Sabas, Minister of the Interior Monsignor Alves Mar tins, Bishop of Vizan. Minister of Finance Senbor Carlos Beuto. Minister of Public Works Senhor Sebastian Cal- harps. Minister of Marine Senhor Latino Coelho. SERVIA. BELGRADE, July 21. M. Peter Markovich has been appointed by the Court to act as counsel for Prince Alexander Kara georgevich, who has refused to surrender for trial. Some of the other pri3oners will also be defended by counsel assigned by the Court. The trial will be concluded the day after to-morrow. It is generally believed that eleven of the twelve persons charged with Prince Michael's murder will be sentenced to death. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, July 22. The New Free Press states that the Minister of Finance has prepared the preliminary draft of the budget for 1869, from which it appears that a balance will be established next year between the revenues and the expenditure without new in crease of taxation or contracting a fresh loan. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, July 20. The debate on the Budget will finally expire about the 28th of the month. It has been in a hopeless state of inanition for some time past. The asphyxiated deputies have striven bravely to speak, analyse, and vote under an ever-increasing temperature. For the last few sittings, however, their dormant energies have been roused only to the most languid efforts, leading often to absurd mistakes. But there is one conso lation for them. The Ministers are even worse off, for they have more work to do, and are one and all in extremis. Why is the Budget always brought up at the close of the session? It is the most important question, and the gravest deliberation of the year. The only chance —and that but a small one—of effectually opposing the Imperial policy, is to be found in the control of the finances. And yet it is brought forward when the depu ties are utterly exhausted, and when the height of the mercury will always ensure victory to the Govern. ment. The fact is that the introduction of the financial scheme three months earlier would cause the Emperor more difficulty than all his other troubles, though they are many. Such a Budget as that of 1868 could not have left the Corps L6gislatif in its present shape had it been intro duced in the spring. The elections have been the current topic here miring the last day or two ; but nobody has arrived at any conclusion, except the great probability of their being adjourned. Having settled this point, the public has taken to war speculation again, for which the imprudent speech of General Moltke on German supremacy forms an excessively barren text. The real danger of Europe is not war, but spontaneous combustion. The heat which troubles you so much in London prevails all over the Continent. Europe is literally smoking. Your burning mountains and pasturages are insignificant compared with the reports which come from Russia of pro vinces devoured by the heat of the sun. In France fires are of frequent occurrence. A spark from a passing train, the light thrown away by a smoker, or, in some cases, apparently nothing at all, is sufficient to kindle the shrivelled tow which should be grass. Conflagrations in buildings are still numerous, and in many cases may be traced to the heat. You are threatened with another bill of indemnity. Ina debt of 2,600,000 f., said to be due to France from England, has been discussed before on two or three occasions, and is now revived. The supporters of the claim argue that the sum in question was paid to England by France to be employed for a certain purpose, but was in part retained by the Government and spent on public buildings. In 1818 £5,200,000 was paid by the French Government in compensation for losses to British subjects during the war with the Empire. A proviso was added that if the amount were found insufficient the French Government should make up the deficiency; but if it proved more than sufficient the balance should be refunded. It is asserted as an unquestionable fact that only half of the sum was spent in compensation, the other half being em ployed in building Buckingham Palace. The whole of the claims were not sent in until a period of above forty years had elapsed. The last was disposed of by the House of Commons in 1861. In that year the subject was first brought up in the Corps Legislatif, but it received little attention. M. Rouher's acute perception could make nothing of it ; and the bewilderment of the average deputy was perfect. The deputy who first mooted it is now strengthened by the support of several allies, includ ing the Opinion Nationale. The question is assuming a s )rnewhat formidable appearance. It mast be remerc bered that as the last payment was made so recently as 1861, the claim, whatever may be its merits, is not at all obsolete. The marriage of Mdlle. Patti with the Marquis de Caux is coming off. As your readers have heard this announce. ment pretty regularly during the last six months, this repetition will not perhaps gain much credence. How ever, the banns were really announced last Saturday at Paris. The marriage will take place early in August, at the chapel of the French Embassy in London. There is no news from Spain, and very little from any part of ,the world. The official journals are denying with excessive zeal the report that the first warning of the conspiracy was sent to Spain from the French Govern. ment. The usual result fol:ows : people are not inclined to believe the report. Decidedly the Emperor is interested in preserving the .status quo, and nothing is more natural than that he should exercise a little surveillance in that direction. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY, METEOROLOGICAL BERORTP. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 21.—Three o'clock.—The market 101 50 Bank Sh ares 3155 Ital;an Loan 4c perll E s co f a e s nmt follows nt h . : 3 per Cent End of mouth 7O 10 Mexican Loan 23 50 Credit Mobilier - End of month... 272 50 Spanioh Threes Credit Foncier ...1142 Home Debt — Ead of month... Deferred .. - _ 1 RAILWAYS. Orleans • Cash 882 Northern 11531 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 575 Western 570 Eastern • • 556 Sardinian 42 Austrian 562 Lombard 40U North of Spain 6l Saragossa 69 Roman dq THE OieIGIN OF TEA. Darma, a very religious prince, son of Kasinwo, an Indian King, and the twenty-eighth descendant of Tiaka, a negro monarch (1023 n.c.) landed in China in the year A.D. 51.0. Probably a Brahmi n or a Buddhist of great austerity, he employed all his care to diffuse a sense of religion, and for this purpose denied himself rest, sleep, and relaxation. He lived iu the open air, and devoted himself day and night to prayer and contemplation of the nature and beneficence of God, aiming at eventual absorption into the Divine Essence when purified by long prayer, fast, and vigil. Flesh is flesh, however. After several years, worn out by want of food and sleep, Darma the great and good, involuntarily closed his eyes, and after that slept soundly, reckless of anything but rest. Be fore dawn he awoke, full of sorrow and despair at having thus broken his vow,snatched up a knife and cut off both his offending eyelids. When it grew light, he discovered that two beautiful shrubs had grown from them, and eating some of the leaves, he was presently filled with new joy, courage, and strength to pursue his holy medi tations. The new plant was the tea plant, and Darma recommended the use of it to his disciples and followers. Kempfer gives a portrait of this Chinese and Japanese saint, at whose feet there is already a reed to indicate that he had traversed seas and rivers, and had come from afar. The le gend seems to prove that from the earliest times tea was known among students and austere people a 3 a dispeller of drowsiness. Its first use was no doubt accidental, as was that of coffee, the virtues of which, the Arab legend says, were dis covered by some goats who had browsed on leaves of the coffee plant, and became unusually lively after their meal. It is a singular fact, too, that Jesuit writers who visited China in the reign of James the First expressly state that they used the herb tea common among Vie Chinese, and found that it kept their eyes open, and lessened the fatigue of writing sermons and hearing absolutions that lasted late into the night. No doubt the figure of Darma and his reed could be found on old China,—Dickenes 6, All the Year J?gund." 4 Extreme Sea B. T. 113 —ll W. I F to F. D. WR. t o NV . j ed u n i; s 2 ( 2 la . y, 8 a.m. . 12 9 --- _ -- -- ----, _ Nairn I 29'83f. 65 62 N.W. 2 4t W. 1.).c0 1 Aberdeen . ( 29'858. 68 164 N. 1 1 , NV.S.W. , b.c. 1 Leith Scarbhieldsorough 29•' 29 73 i 6B 98f. 87f. 72 65 S S. 1 1 2 2 W. .W. b.c. 2 S Yarmouth —31.6 r. 72 68 S.E. 2 W. c.b. 1 4 W. c.b. 2 Helder Skudesnres _ — _— Ardrossan Greencastle :9 91f. 67 62 W.s.W. 1 Holyhead Liverpool _, 1 2 N.NV. b. 1 Valentia 3o'olf. 65 63 N. W . ;:3 4 S.S.W. f.oc, o'o6 3 Cape Clear 29 98f. 70 67 z , ,w 3 2 S.W. r.c.10•05 2 Roches Pt 2 3 9 0 . . 9 0 7 1 f f . . 6 6 8 9 63 66 Plymouth Weymouth . -- 69 6b S. E. 2 3 S.E. c.b. 1 64 1,,,,. .. E. il) 2 S. ec f.. f b bb .. ___ 1 11 Portsmouth 30'01f. 74 68 i 2 2 S.S.W. C. 1 London _ _ 30'03f, 75 68 E.S.E.g 2 3 W.S.W. b.c. o'peGrls Nez 30'035. 77 68 b. 1 Brest b. 1 L'Orient . Rochefort 29'97r. 70 68 N.E. .-. 3 4 E.N.E. )1..c 9 1 Biarritz c. o'2o 2 Corunna — :..- Brussels .. • • -_—_ Paris __ Lyons 30 —. c6i . . 75 — Fri E.N . E . — 3 = _ _— b — . _ _ .7 — 2 Strasbourg — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. ocal time) — — EXPLANATION, Barometer corrected and reduced to 12 deg. a ,„„ ~.„ ~,t_,_ . ._ _ Barometer corrected and reduced to Z.. 2 deg. a sea level. r., rising ; f., falling ; a., steady—indicate directien of mol mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Weather : b.—blue eky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog I.—lightning ; m, —minty, hazy : (I—overcast, dull; r.—rain; t.—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or bail (melted) during last Sea disturbance. Theletter .tion of the l in shade. . Z.—calm h.—hail :B.—snow 24 hours. THE ROMSEY MEMORIALS TO LORD PALMERSTON. The ceremony of unveiling a statue to Lord Palmerston n the market-place of Romsey, and of uncovering a nemorial window at the west end of the Abbey Church, ook place on Tuesday. The proceedings of the day were >f a double character. At half-past one the mayor and nembers of the corporation in their robes, the borough nagistrates, the executive committee and subscribers, ncluding the Broadlands tenantry, assembled at the ['own Hall, and proceeded thence, escorted by the 11th Slants Rifle Volunteers and their band, and the Band of the Royal Marine Artillery, to Broadlands Park. The procession next went to the Abbey Church, where there was a special service. Just before the commencement % memorial window erected to the memory of Lord Palmerston in the west end of the Abbey Church wa, uncovered. The window has been designed by Messrs. Clayton and Bell, to exemplify the idea of government descending from heaven to earth. After the window had been uncovered a sermon was preached by the Bishop of London, from the 3rd chapter of Ecclesiastes, verse 8 and part of verses 13 and 14 : " 'What profit bath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth ?" " I know that whatsoever God doeth it shall be for ever." At the conclusion of the sermon a procession was re-formed to the market-place, where the ceremony of unveiling the statue was performed. The statue, which is by Mr. Noble, is of bronze, and it represents the deceased statesman in his usual attitude whilst addressing the House of Commons. The statue, including the bronze plinth, is Bft. 10in., and the pedestal 9ft. Gin. in height. The latter is formed of Aberdeen granite, and is about Gft. 3in, square at the base, with a polished shaft, on the front of which, in letters of gold, is inscribed "Palmerston," and at the back " Born 1784. Died 1865." The proceedings having been briefly opened by the Mayor, Lord Granville, at the request of Lord Eversley, unveiled the statue amid loud cheers. In a few well-chosen sentences, Lord Eversley, as chair man of the Memorial Committee, desired Lord Granville tc inaugurate the statue. Earl GRANVILLE : I feel it a very great privilege to be allowed to take a part in the ceremony which we have just witnessed in honour of that great statesman who within so short a time was your neighbour and your friend. It is with great sorrow for your sake, for the sake of Lord Russell, and for the sake of Mr. Gladstone, and specially for my own, that I find they are prevented from being here on this occasion. One is prevented by a severe domestic calamity, and the other by the stern requirements of parliamentary duty. (Hear, hear.) For some years before Lord Palmerston's death, as Lord Eversley has been good enough to say, I bad the honour of holding political service under him. More than twenty-five years earlier I entered into official life under his auspices and under his personal superintendence. Kindness received during that long period of more than a quarter of a century unfits me to give anything like a judicial opinion of Lord Palmerston, but I think it will be with you some claim why I may make a few observations with regard to Lord Palmerston as a friend, as a political chief, and as one of the most sagacious and certainly the most popular Prime Minister that eves ruled over this great country. (Cheers.) It is a fashion among some to say that political contests and public life weaken and deaden the feelings of the heart and the warmer affections. I ask you whether they had such an effect upon Lord Palmerston— (cries of " No ")—whether such was the case with regard to his affections or to the constancy of his friendships. There is hardly one of us who, even in his business hours, has not received from him timely and considerate advice on matters of a purely private and personal character to our selves. Well do I remember, at a time when he delighted the House of Commons, at the age of nearly fourscore years, by giving an attendance to his parliamen- tary duties which had never been given before by any leader of that House—at a time when he was fulfilling all the duties of his high office—he found time for weeks daily to write sheets of political and social news to relieve the hours of sickness of a dear young colleague who was sinking under disease in a far and foreign land. Gentle men, it is impossible not to connect those private virtues and personal qualities with the public character of this great man. I had the honour of serving under him in the Foreign Office. I feel some difficulty in saying what I could wish with regard to the political character of Lord Palmerston. If I were to pretend to you that in a life of devotion for more than half a century to the affairs of the nation, taking in most important ses sions a leading part, that Lord Palmerston had never committed a fault in Parliament or an error of judgment, that he was never mistaken at any time with regard to home or foreign policy, I should be saying that he was more or less than a man, and should be substi tuting fulsome flattery for that language of respectful ad miration with which I wish to speak of that great man. But this I will say of Lord Palmerston, that if ever he had faults, those faults came from the overflowing of the great qualities he possessed, and the exciting patriotism which animated every movement of his heart and mind. Lord Palmerston knew how to make concessions to change and circumstances, as all wise men know. He knew how to move in the spirit of the age, but there were some great principles he never deserted through life— namely, his, passionate attachment to civil and religious liberty all over the world, his detestation of anything like religious persecution or injustice, his horror of oppression, and his perfect abhorrence of slavery in all its forms. (Cheers.) His great stimulus was that patriotic feeling to which I have already alluded, and to it he added an unbounded belief in the destinies of the country to which he belonged, and a wish to place every Englishman, collectively and individually, on a pinnacle of glory, of honour, and of advantage. (Cheers.) On that sad day when all that was great and distinguished in England met in that old and historical abbey on the banks of the Thames to pay a last mark of respect to the statesman who had gone, in the midst of the gloom, moral and physical, which was in that great abbey, a gleam of sun shine appeared at the very moment his body was being lowered into its last abode, which for a time dispelled that gloom. That slight and accidental coincidence gave rise to a most beautiful expression by another great and eloquent clergyman, who, alluding to the event, said that when human minds, gifted beyond their fellows, left the world, they left something of a light behind them ; and I believe that at this moment, after uncover- ing this magnificent statue, so like and so characteristic of Lord Palmerston, when we saw the simple and touching ceremony which attended its unveiling, I believe there was not one of us, whatever might be our sphez e, whatsoever might be our opportunities, who would wish to .go away without determining to follow his bright example, in a lesser degree, but with the same wish to devote our lives in simplicity and under a sense of duty to the common country. (Cheers.) Mr. LOWE, on being loudly called for, also testified his admiration of Lord Palmerston's character. The noble lord was not only a great political leader and a great statesman, blithe was a great Englishman, and an example to the highest and lowest, because when he undertook a duty he did it, and did it thoroughly. The company then dispersed, but the principal visitors were entertained by Mr. Cowper at a luncheon in a marquee erected at the west end of the Abbey Church. The Duke of Argyll responded to the toast of "The House of Lords," and Mr. Cardwell to that of " The House of Commons." The day's proceedings terminated with an illumination of the Abbey Church. A " HAUNTBD HOUSE " IN AMERICA. The haunted house at Muchelney is one of those extra- ordinary cases which puzzle the scientific, furnish food to the superstitious, and excite the sneers of the supercilious and would-be-knowing. The farmhouse, an old substantial one, stands alone at the entrance to the village of Muchel ney, about three miles from Langport. Its only occupants are Mr. Traves, his housekeeper, and a young servant girl. Soon after Christmas last a slight shock of an earthquake, as supposed, was felt in the neighbourhood, and since then the farmhouse has been the scene from time to time of the noises and "manifestations" before described in these columns. The most common form is noise resembling at first the running of fingers over a hollow partition, or as if passing rapidly upstairs, and always ending abruptly with a kind of discharge, as loud as that of a rifle, but with no reverberation whatever—merely a dead thud— often followed successively kept up at intervals for days together, and then becoming silent for weeks. For some time the tin cover of a copper in the kitchen was wont to be thrown violently off upon the floor, and the bells about the house to be set ringing. But these are at present quiet, and the newest manifestation is in one of the passages, where a clock stands, with a table near, against the wall, and over it some bridle bits hung upon nails. About a fortnight since, during Mr. Traves's absence in the hayfield, the housekeeper and servants were terribly alarmed by the table being suddenly turned violently upside down, and the bits thrown off the nails upon which they were hung. The females immediately summoned Mr. Traves, who came in, and expressing his determina- tion to judge for himself, took a scat near the table and w ached. He had not been seated five minutes ere the table was again suddenly dragged, as it were, along the floor, and dashed down. We plainly saw the breakage which resulted, and heard the story from Mr. Traves's own mouth. It was only one of several stories of an equally startling nature. The mysterious part is that the walls are entirely Unshaken and the floors undisturbed.— Eithaan'OrsesivEmb LORD DENBIGH ON THE IRISH CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN." Sir.,—When the Bishop of Oxford uttered his bold challenge respecting the early Irish Church in his speech on the Suspensory Bill, I endeavoured, though unsuccessfully, to obtain a hearing, that I might give to his statement an unqualified denial. There now only remains for me to meet them on paper. Having asked for his authorities, he sent me those he relied on, and I propose, as shortly as possible, in order not to transgress the limits of a letter, to examine them and expose their worthless ness for the object in view, viz., as proofs that the early Irish Church was entirely independent of the Roman See, and did not in any way acknow 'edge the jurisdiction of the Pope; also that the doctrines of that Church were the same as those held by high Churchmen of the present day. I will commence by quoting the Bishop's words as reported in your columns of June 30. "Three fourths of the whole of the Irish Church property was given between the time of St. Patrick and Henry 11. to the native Irish Church. Do hey teach the same doctrine ? I maintain, and I lefy any one to contradict, that the Church of Ireland at that time agreed more completely with the High Church of England at this time than with the Ultramontanists on the other side. They were jealous of Rome ; they boldly refused to come under the Romish yoke ; they were con demned by the Church of Rome as schismatics, if not as heretics, because they resisted the oppres sions which were broUght upon them. The Church of Rome forbid the marriage of the clergy, the Church of Ireland allowed it. St. Patrick's father and grandfather were married clergymen. Which, then, did the ancient Church agree with—our Church or the Church of Rome ?" In proof of these statements I am referred by the Bishop principally to the annals of Cardinal Baronius for the years 516 and 604, and to the life of St. Wilfrid. As these refer to the most im portant points, I will, to avoid prolixity, confine myself to them. The first of these passages, No. 21, refers to a schism into which the Irish bishops, as well as certain African and Italian bishops, fell, through an opinion which they had formed that the Fifth General Council which the Roman Church had approved had by its condemnation of the three chapters infringed in some degree the decrees of the Fourth General Council. This misunderstand ing lasted some time, but was removed by St. Gregory the Great, says the same Baronius, under the year 592, No. 6, who remarks, " A certain proof that the Irish gave up their schism and re turned to Catholic Communion and unity is found in the fact that afterwards, like all other Orthodox men, they consulted Gregory on doubtful points, which they would not have done had they con tinued still in schism." You will observe that there was no question here of " tyranny "or " Romish yoke." The Irish bishops were deceived into thinking that the Ca tholic faith had been infringed, and when their error was removed, they returned to their ac. customed attitude towards the Roman See. I may here remark, by way of parenthesis, that the most unimpeachable writers, Irish as well as foreign, bear witness that Ireland received her Hierarchy directly and immediately from Rome, along with her first teachers of the Gospel, St. Palladius first, and after his death St. Patrick, having been sent by Pope St. Celestine. The Bishop's second reference to Baronius, in the year 604, No. 65, relates to the difficulties which Archbishop Lawrentius, the first successor of St. Augustine, experienced from the temper and conduct of the Celtic bishops of that day in \Vales and in Ireland. The heathen Saxon, for 150 years, had inflicted on the British Christians the most terrible calamities. They had finally driven them into Wales and the western parts of the island, and the enmity felt by the remaining British was so intense that they refused to communicate the Christian faith to those who had expelled them from their country. This was the cause of the little co-operation which they offered to the Roman missionaries in their efforts to convert the Saxon. But whatever differencies that existed as to the Irish time of celebrating Easter and the Tonsure, the Parliament of Whitby, convened by King Oswy in 661, discussed all the questions at issue between the Celtic and the Roman missionaries. The Celtic party was then represented by Col man, a monk of that great monastery of lona, whose missionaries, the spiritual children of St. Columba, had converted the north of England. The Roman part was represented by St. Wilfrid, and I quote from Montalembert's recent work* the issue of the conflict. The bishop had pleaded the practice of St. Columba and his successors— men eminent for the works they had done, and for their miracles. Wilfrid replied—" Admitting the holiness of your fathers, how can one prefer to the Church spread over the whole earth a handful of saints in a corner of their remote isle ? And as to your Columba, whom I will willingly call ours, as a servant of Christ, however holy and powerful he may have been by his wonderful virtues, can he be preferred to the blessed Prince of the Apostles, to whom our Lord said—' Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.'" Then the Saxon king said to his bishop—" Is it true, Colman, that these words were said by our Lord to Peter ?" "That is true, 0 king," answered the bishop. " Can you," rejoined the king, "show me a like authority given to your Columba ?" " No," said the bishop. " You are, then," said the king, " both agreed that the keys of the kingdom of heaven were given to Peter by our Lord?" " Yes," both adversaries at once replied. " Then," said the king, " I say as you do, that he is the doorkeeper of heaven, and that 1 will never contradict him ; but, on the contrary, obey him in everything, lest when I reach the gates of the heavenly kingdom there be nobody to open them to me if I oppose him who bears the keys. In my life never will I do aught, or approve thing or person contrary to him." And the whole assembly approved, by its vote, this conclusion of the king by lifting their hands—the Lords who were seated, and the Freemen, who were standing —and all de cided to adopt the Roman usages. From that time forth these contests between the Celtic and Roman custom, which had never Ouched matters of faith, dropped away. The British Church was united in its obedience to the Roman See, and all on which the bishop relies, as showing a repug nance to the " tyranny of Rome" and " the yoke of the Papal See," disappears. But the Bishop specially referred to a transient schism, lasting about thirty years, of the Irish bishops in the latter half of the sixth century. Now, it so happens that this period coincides exactly with the missionary labours of the great St. Columba above referred to, and that in his life by his successor, Adamnus, in the seventh century, we have an authentic picture of what the Irish Church then believed, and which the Bishop of Oxford claims as agreeing with the present High Church Anglican. St. Columba was an Irishman of the Irish, a prince of the Royal house of O'Donnell, who, in the year 562, at the age of forty, imposed on himself the penance of leaving his country, and founded the monastery of St. lona. In the thirty-fifth year which followed, up to his death in 597, he set himself to the work of converting the heathen Picts and Caledonians, and he did so by settling monasteries throughout their country. "Modern erudition," says Montalembert, " has discovered and registered the names of ninety churches, which trace their origin to him, and all, or nearly all, of which mu,t have been attached, according to the usages of the time, to monastic communities." This, I presume, is the first p o i nt _ _ of resemblance which the Bishop would establish between the Irish Church of the sixth century and he high Church at present. St. Columba was the father of a great number of monasteries, which followed his rule, and obeyed the government of his successors. I refer again to Montalembert (vol. 3, p. 299). " The most attentive and conscientious exami nation of all the monastic peculiarities which can be found in his biography (byAddumna, Abbot of lona, in the seventh century), reveals absolutely nothing as to the observance or obligations distinct from the rules drawn by all the religious commu nities of the sixth century, from the tradition of the Fathers of the Desert. But that which is evident in them is —first, the necessity of a vow or solemn profession (Volum monachiale voverient—votum monochicunz—devotus vovit—Adamn.l., 31-2., 39) to establish the definite admission of the religious into the community after a trial of various dura tion. Next the absolute conformity of the reli gious life followed by Columba and by his monks with the precepts and rights of the Catholic Church of all ages. Texts, both incontestable and uncontested, demonstrate the existence of Auricular Confession (expressly indicated in the history of Libranius, 2, 89), the Invocation of saints at every page, their protection and inter vention in temporal affairs, 2, 5, 13, 39, 40, cele bration of feasts and offices in their honour, 2, 4 5 —3, 11—), the celebration of tie Mass (a sancta Jussus Christi corpus conficere Eucharist ix mysteria celebrure pro animo sancta Colgan vita prima, c. b, Adammus, 3, 12) ; the real presence in the Eucha rist ; ecclesiastical celibacy, fasts, and ahstinences ; prayer for the dead ; the sign of the Cross, a nd especially a constant and profound study of the Holy Scriptures." These, I presume, are the other points of resem blance which the Bishop asserts between the Irish Church, from 431 to 1170, and tha present High Church. The Right Rev. Prelate is doubtless prepared to rise in his place in the House of Lords and, make this profession of his faith. Certainly all this exactly agrees with what the Ultramontanists, as he terms them, of the present day hold and profess, and St. Columba was a fit representative of the faith of the Irish Church in the sixth century; and these proofs of his faith are drawn from an almost contemporary author, who lived the same life and governed the same monastery as he did. The argument of the Bishop is that the Irish Establishment should not be dis establislied ; because, first, it holds the same faith as did the Irish Church between the years 431 and 1170; and, secondly, that the faith is the belief of the High Church of England of the present day. Which of these daring assertions would appear to be the furthest from the truth it is difficult to say, in testimony whereof I confidently appeal, first, to the evidences I have given above of the faith and practice of the Irish Church in the time of St. Columba ; and, secondly, to those who know what the temper of the present Irish Establishment has always been. The Bishop's last argument, drawn from the 'fact of St. Patrick's father and grandfather having been married men, is a mere sophism, unless he can prove that they married and had children while in holy orders. It is not at all infrequent for those who have been married to enter as widowers into holy orders. The present Archbishop Of Westminster was a married man, and Dr. Clifford, the Bishop of Clifton, is the grandson of Cardinal Weld, who was likewise a bishop. To conclude, the Irish Church was part of that great spiritual community termed the Catholic Church, of which the Apostolic See is the head and bond, from the time of St. Patrick to Henry IL, and the High Church of England during the whole term of its existence has, on the contrary, never formed a part of it, but has ever protested, as it does now through the mouth of the bishop, that this community is corrupt in doc trine and tyrannical in Government. Were I to pursue the Bishop through his argu ments I should fill a pamphlet instead of confining myself to a letter. Those who wish to see the whole subject treated in extenso, may refer to Rev. Dr. Rocks' letter to Lord John Manners, published by Dolman in 1844,-1 remain, sir, yours obedi ently, DENBIGH. July 21, 1868. * Les Moines d'Occident, 4, 171, translated from Beds , 3, 25, and from Eddi, c. 10. &pot t r„ 4, II El? MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 21. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Coburg, Princr2ss Christian, and Princess Louise drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princ3s3 Louis of Hesse, Prince and Princess Christian, Prin cess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Thatrice walked in the grounds this morning. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Their Royal HightiesseS the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, accom panied by his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hess e ' honoured the performance at this theatre last night Wit h their presence. REMARKS, Not much change has occurred in atmospherical pressure since yesterday. In the south of England some diminution is shewn since last evening, but readings at southern stations are generally high and uniform. Temperature is higher in the N. and IV. 'Winds are still very light and variable, with a continuance of calm in the south-west of England. Fog has prevailed on the west coast of Ireland, and the weather is fine on the Channel coast. Notwithstanding the result of the Wiirtemberg elections the project of a South German Confederation does not find general favour amongst the small States. The military union, which might have led to a further amalgamation of interests, has fallen through. Wiirtemberg and Bavaria were both favourable to a conference for the purpose of settling preliminaries, and would have commenced with the joint work of fol tifyb g Ulm, but neither Baden nor Hessee would listen to the suggestions. The Baden Government has, in fact, published an official disclaimer. The inspiration of Prussia is not difficult to trace here. To announce "no objection " in public and utt er l y t o frustrate the scheme in private is essentially Bismarckian. There seems no hope for these South German States, except under the wing of some powerful State with a vigorous Government, which will permit no liberties. For the last half century they have occupied a wretched posi tion in European politics—always too late, always joining the wrong side, always a benefit to the foe and an injury to the friend. The great question of the day is not the Irish Church, nor the Corrupt Practices Bill, nor the Cattle Bill, but the thermometer. Each day sees a rise of the mercury. Each day we say this is the hottest ever known, but to-morrow brings a hotter. This morning before sunrise the ther mometer marked 72 degrees, and by 8 o'clock it was over 75. A minimum of 72 is, we should think, unparalleled in English meteorology. Of course there are some very absurd statements ; for instance, that of Mr. Steward, optician to the National Rifle Association, who says that the maxi mum shade temperature yesterday was 101—a figure manifestly incredible, and, as Mr. Allnatt points out, would be insupportable even to sun-hardened Englishmen in India. The truth is, there is no shade at Wimbledon, and any reading there must be valueless. The tropical heat is beginning to tell seriously upon the public health. The Registrar-General's report shews a considerable increase in the mortality of the large towns. The mean rate for last week was 28 in London and thirteen other large towns, Dublin standing lowest with 19 and Manchester highest with 39 ; in London the rate was 27. The mean rate for all the towns has increased 5 since the beginning of June. The excess of deaths in London over the estimated average was 184. There were 37 deaths by choleraic diarrhoea, or cholera, and 340 by diarrhoea, of which all but 19 were those of children. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 701 deg., which is B's deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest. day temperature was 92'0 deg. on Thursday, July IG. The lowest night temperature WWI 521 deg. on Tuesday, July 14. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 39'3 deg. The maximum temperature of the air observed on Thurs day, IGth July—viz., 92 . 0 deg.—is a higher value than has been recorded since 18th July, 1859, when the maximum temperature was 93 . 0 deg. ; and the mean temperature (75'9 deg.) is higher than all other mean daily tempera tures as far back as 16th June, 1858, w llO3 TIT tif I‘,W plytain JOY . - STATE OF TRADE. MANciusTER, July 21.—The market has been rather more active since prices gave way on FridaP but still there is not any very considerable busines s practicable. For shipping yarns the market has been flat throughout the day. Spinners have been willing to accept lower prices than on any day Pr e " viously, for some time past, but the market closes tamely. Cotton began to give way in the Liverpu° l market immediately after the decline here in co t ton goods last Friday, and there is very little doub t that this is reacting to some extent on values here. In home-trade yarns, prices for most counts are id' to id. per lb. below the current rates of last week' The lower quotations, however, have occasioned 3 little more business, though this branch of the ma" ket is not brisk. For cloths, manufacturers have been more anxious sellers during several days pas t, and have been generally more willing to realise tb e total decline which has taken place in this class 01 goods. The result is that a fair quantity has been disposed of, especially from stock. The prices ac cepted show a decided decline on the rates held fo r last Tuesday, and the offers made by purchasers ar e on a still descending scale. To-day the offers ma de are lower than ever, a n d are, perhaps, less general, in their character. There are telegrams from India as late as the 18th inst. One to hand from Calcutta quotes prices lower. One from Bombay is not $e unfavourable, but still i s o f a rat h er discouraging character. Under thes e c i rcumstances, b uyer s 0 i cotton goods in Manchester for those market s appear determined to abstain from operations, n ° less they can get in at very low prices. Such de mand as ther9 has been for India goods up to th i ci s time has been principally for 39-inch shirtings, a° especially of the known or leading makes. LiO goods, such as long cloths and T-cloths of Indi a qualities, are still neglected and much depressed le , value. Home trade good s are se lli ng to a mo derate extent at low prices, lea v i ng i n sme i nstances a loss of 5 per cent. on the cost of material and manufa c ; ture. Messrs. John Slagg an d C o. report o f til l ,. day's cloth m ar k e t :—" Si nce our l ast repor t the!: has been more disposition among sellers to recogn is a decline in values, a n d cons id era bl e l o t s h ave 108 a cleared, especially of 39-i nc h s hi rt i ngs, a t prices showing a deline 11d. t o 3d. on t h e quotations ad, e hered to last Tuesday. T o -d ay the o ff ers are fewer and lower, and ou r mar k et c l oses w i t h ha' business." PRESENTATION TO DR. JOHN HARLEr. On day last a few of his old stud en t s presented th i s 3uished physician with a copy in silver of the Collini bearing an appropriate inscription, on tho occasion of 11' ; retirement from King's College, London, as lecturer ° r i f physiology. The testimonial was accompanied by 3'l e f flattering address. Regret is expressed on all sides a t Harley's severance from King's College and its besPitiOl. 3-. MILDRED.—By GEORGIANA M. UR A IK, Au thor of of "Jessie Tyrrel," &c. 3 vio l s. —" Thi s s t ory i s an resting one, well worked out. Only a few characters `its introduced, but each of them is an excellent study 13 t o way, and prove the author to be a keen observer Of bau b ' q s nature in most of its important phases. Miss grail' ; 0 before shown her ability in weaving a g ood tale• f ': cet knows well how to describe everyday li o on the sn l : " ' Lia r and yet to lift the curtain and show h er rea d e rs the 111 0 history of the actors also. That the story will please % a readers we do not doubt, the characters are so origin al ;,01 so admirably sustained. For Mildred herself all mus t a btrgna - ada4ratiou."—Obscrver. I r Col dat, pro, Ara i All it lir Q. th ke, I),J 11'p t Ali ° (; Do te nu k;,-; oyp 1) 0 , • Lro.