The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-31 00:00:00

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TIER MAJESTY'S OPERA. (THE ITRE-11D YAL, D rtliitY-LANE). Last \ izht but One. The Opera will positively cloat To-morrow (Saturday). August 1. Bcrxilt and Last appearance of Mdlle. CIIRISTINE NILSSON. Grand Combined Entertainment. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY). July 31, the performances will commence with the First Act of Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIATA. Alfredo, Signor Mariano Neri (his first appearance); Un Medico, Signor Foli ; I 1 Barone Duphol, Signor Casaboni; Flora. 11111 e. Corsi; and Violetta, 31.111 e. Christine Nilsson. To be followed by the Second Act (Garden Scene) of FAUST. Faust, Signor Bulterini; Valentin, Mr. Santley; Mephistopheles, Signor Gassier; Siebel, Mdlle. Zandrins, (her first appearance) ; Martha., M.lllri. Cor.ii; :..I,lyherita. Mall,. Christine Nilsson. To wine' will be add d the FriaApal Act of I DUE FOSCARI. Lacrezia. Mdlle. Rose Hersee ; Il Dogs, Mr. Santley (his first appearance in that character). To conclude with the Third Act of Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Elp,•ardo, Signor Bulterini; Enrico Aston, Signor Gassier; R licaondo, Signor Fuli; and Lucia, Mdlle. Christine ;Nilssua. • Conductor—Signor Artliti Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. Stalls, One Guinea; lmphitizeatrc Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, lie. 61; Gallery, 2s. (id. 13Jxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box offlre, Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second door from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (miler the portico in Brydges-street). Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. THEATRE ROYAL, II A YAIARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Pennington; la4e, Mr. Ryder; Desdemono., Miss Ada Cavendish ; Mrs. E. F. Saville Preceded by PAY TO THE BENREII,—A KISS. Mr. Fred. Buckstone. Commence at Seven, HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Solo Proprietor &al :Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, A ROUGH DIA 10ND. Messrs. G. B3lm)re, Ashley; Mrs. Win and Miss Lennox Gray. A a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. NI essrs. G. Bolmore, Bilington, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moon), Miss Maria II arr:s, and Miss Lennox Grey. To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, R. Romer, W. 11. Eburne; Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt. f rHEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.— Elegantly repainted and radecorated.—Under the management of illNs Fanny Josephs. THIS EVENING, at 7.31, FOUL PLAY After which, WHO'S TO WIN HIM ? T) co - r,lnds with THE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. IT. Cox. For particulars ace hills. Box-office open daily from ten to ave. R OYAL FRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. ON RA, in hit; original aa.l seaAfttionl,l Flying Trapeze Act, evsning. The most brilliant success ever achieved by any arjsta. Oti P. A'S Terrific Flights on Two Dare. 0 • RI'S Incredible Somersaults and Pirouettes. ONRA., the most wonderful and perfect performance ever witnessed. The great attraction of the evening was the first appearance of Onra in his performance on the flying trapeze, after the man ner of Leotard; but he far outdoes the efforts of that celebrated artist. His flights on two b trs, in the course of which he mates most lucre lible somersaults and pirouettes, took the house by storm, and the applause was of the most enthusiastic descrip tion."—Morning vertiser, July 22. " A more genuine and flattering reception we have never wit nessed, nor at the same time one more fully deserved."—Standard, July 22. In addition to M'. Onra, the incomparable Scenes in the Arena as usual, and first appearance of Mdlle. 31 oute ro. Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Morning Per form Ince, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. Children under ten, half-price. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 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The Ministry had one crowning triumph in tile success of the Abyssinian expedition, and thins, it must be remembered, was made the ground of cu )mplaint at the earlier part of the session. It obje eted that the money of the country was being squat udered upon a useless expedition, and that no good could result. The onus of the affair did not rest. - with the Government who undertook its set tlerru 3nt, for it was a legacy from their predecessors, but :all parties must unite in feelings of satisfaction tha t the honour of the country has been so worthily rep resented, and its majesty vindicated. The Ho . use of Lords has sustained the loss of Lard Dr :EBY as a Parliamentary leader, though happily the. noble lord has been able to take part in the debates and to lend the aid of his eloquence to some important discussions. The Lord Chancellor has been of great service to his party, and added to his already distinguished reputation. The Oppo sition benches in the Upper House have thought fit to infuse a great degree of party rancour into the debates, and the character of that august assembly has not been at all in accord ance with our recollections of the " benches of the upper school." Some of Mr. DISRAELI'S speeches have been seized upon as the groundwork of commentaries, animated by a most bitter spirit, and the consequence has been that Lord SALISBURY has more than once justly complained of the " warm latitudes" in which he found himself. Some attempts have been made to improve the state of elections by the introduction of the Corrupt Practices Bill, and certainly a good deal has been accomplished in that direction. Mr. DISRAELI said in one of his novels that he who gains time gains everything, and so it may turn out in his present experience. The country has now an op portunity of deciding upon the merit of the rival candidates, and the excitement and confusion of this stormy Eles.-iion will have lapsed into the indifference that follows upon such displays. There seems no reason why the Ministry should not meet with a favourable reply in this their appeal to the constituencies, and the feeling of the country has been more than once expressed in their favour. At any rate they will have a fair trial, and the chances are as much for as against them. We do not think that the people of this country will be unmindful of the claims they have on their grati tude for having persisted in passing a Reform Bill of a comprehensive character and in a progressive spirit, and notwithstanding the taunts of their op ponents it has been far better than any other yet put before the public. The Session which closes to-day has not been without its works, and it is to be hoped that its successor will be yet more fruitful in its efforts to represent the interests of the great community, continually increasing in influence and importance. ..- - - 1 4 CL3A ,5, 4 4 4 3A,,, VAg*?,7 0 . Vb . di r ‘ .4) AL 44 i 44, ~ --- i - LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 18G8. To-day will be memorable in the annals of politics as witnessing the close of the last Parlia ment elected under the Reform Bill of 1332. Thirty-six years have passed since that epoch, and the usual chances and changes of this mortal scene have removed many of the chief actors in those stirring scenes. The work of that day was then looked upon as a great achievement and a step in advance, well suited to the requirements of the times and the progressive spirit of the generation which it affected. It may be truly said that it WP.B enough for the existing emergencies, but tho lapse of time has rendered it necessary that other and more comprehensive changes should be made. We all know the long story of the attempts to in troduce a Reform Bill, and the extraordinary de lays and disappointments that attended the struggle. Fifteen years saw successive Cabinets make the effort, and in repeated Speeches from the Throne', promises were made which neither Ministers nor Legislature could keep. At any rate, it seems to have been a fitting sequel to the tale that the task of getting a Reform Bill through Parliament should at last have been ac complished by a Conservative Government. The manner in which the Reform question was dealt with by the Liberals deprived them of all claim to consistency and sincerity on the subject. When in opposition it was a convenient handle against their opponents, and when in power it was suffered to lie idle, and year after year the country waited in vain in anxious expectancy. More than all, the treatment which the DERBY Reform Bill of 1857 met with was most unworthy, and for that alone the RUSSELL Administration deserved to for feit the privilege of passing a measure of their own. Ministers have played a notable part in the settle ment of this great national question, and the disap pointment which overtook the ranks of the Liberals and Radicals was well deserved. Due credit should be given to the present Administration and to the noble Earl who has since retired from the post of Premier for the zeal and assiduity which they displayed ; and the work before them was indeed arduous and difficult ; in itself the task was rendered well nigh impossible by the fierce and bitter hostility which prevailed among the Opposition members ; that is to say, among those who followed through good and evil report in the work of their chieftain, for the independent Liberals, as it is the practice to call them, rendered the Government most able assist ance, and are well entitled to a large share of the glory of the eventual Session. Respecting the character of the Reform Bill of the Con servatives, it may fairly be said that its merits were their own, while its faults, in some degree, Yesterday morning another important step was belong to their opponents. Had so much time not made towards the completion of one of the greatest been wasted in public discussion, and so much of our metropolitan improvements. The footway angry feeling not engendered by the course pursued of the Thames Embenkmmt was thrown open to in certain quarters, many hints might have been the public from Westminster to Essex - street. This attended to with advantage and the general features is, at all events, an instalment of the long of the bill rendered more satisfactory. Taking it looked-for advantages to be conferrel on the it as a whole, however, it may fairly challenge come hurrying population of London by the addition of petition with its numerous predecessors, and not this fine new highway between East and West, and fear the comparison. It is by far the most liberal, so great are its conveniences that the managers of and certainly the most advanced in style and pro- the undertaking will assuredly not be allowed to gress, while it puts faith in the good intentions and delay the completion of the full work right feeling of the people to a far greater degree longer than what is absolutely necessary. From than any that has been put before Parliament. Westminster to Temple Bar the tide of London ebbs and flows rapiely and unceasingly, and it is The course of events this session shay surprised many, but the apparent mystery is easily accounted something to barb gained no much, but from West minster to the City a still larger number of pedes for. Mr. GLADSTONE was jealous and mortified at trians are constantly hurrying to awl fro, and these the brilliant success achievel by the Ministry, and the House bad no sooner assembled to commence not unnaturally ask why the footway should not h the work of the year than it became apparent all have been opened as far as Temple Gardens, along which the Embankment is quite finished. The was not to go so smoothly as might have been answer, we believe, must come from the benchers, expected. A trial of strength was not anticipated who have, no doubt, only to understand that the in the few months that remained to a moribund public are anxious for the privilege of tempo- Parliament, but a surprise awaited the select few racily using one of their avenues to grant it initiated into the secrets of the Opposition. It soon immediately. The portion of the embankment yes became apparent that the work of the session was to terday thrown open gives a very favourable im turn out the Ministry, and install Mr. GLADSTONE in pression of what will be the effect of the whole office ready to meet the new Parliament. Nothing work when completed. The pavement of the path could have been in worse taste than the fat way is 20 feet wide, one side of it abutting on the tious attempt to regain power at this critical junc- Embankment, the other on the roadway, which is to tore of affairs, when the Reform question was be 100 feet wide; excepting just under Waterloo not settled. Religious questions should always bridge. This roadway will not, however, be paved be introduced with care and circumspection, and it until after the Underground Railway shall have was well known that Mr. GLADSTONE'S views re been completed. This part of the business will specting the Irish Church were not always what unfortunately necessitate undoing some of the work they are now, so that his extreme eagerness already done, which appears to the uninitiated a and excessive zeal on the subject were at matter of regret. The aggregate length of the least premature. It was in vain, however, whole Northern portion of the Embankment, from to urge delays, and quite useless to affirm that Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars-bridge is 6,610 the new Parliament was the right place for the feet, and is let in three contracts, whose sum total question to be decided upon. Nothing would do is £875,000. The Southern Embankment, from but an immediate appeal to the House, and the re- Wesstniuste-bridge to Vauxhall, is less extensive suit, while it gave Mr. GLADSTONE a majority of and less costly. The total cost of the contract is sixty, really advanced matters in no degree. The confusion which ensued was not to be wondered at £309,000, and the length of the roadway 5,000 under the circumstances; and, though it may suit feet, its width being 60 feet. On the southern side the views of some to magnify and extol the wisdom part of the works has consisted of widening or nar of the Opposition leader, a calm review of affairs r owing the river as might be requisite. Part of the will show that he has wasted the greater part of pathway on the southern side was opened last the session to very little purpose, and raised up March, and has been a good deal used since then. party spirit without attaining any definite result. No doubt the northern side will soon show as many Mr. DISRAELI may certainly complain with prom enaders along the instalment granted to the justice of the manner in which he has public. The approaches are to Villiers-street, been treated, and of the miserable nature W e llington-street, and Essex-street, and at a later of the tactics employed against him. He was date not yet fixed the road is to be continued from the embankment along the new street to the scarcely settled in his new position when he was Man subjected to continual attacks, and the forces of s ion-house, so that a direct highway from the great his adversaries were all called into play in order to centres of public business, east and west, will be circumvent his plans and put a period to his tenure provided. Altogether about 37 acres of mud and of office. It was only fair to expect that the Cabi- lime have been reclaimed, and are to be converted net which passed the Reform Bill should appeal to into ornamental grounds and g ar d en s , as well as the country ; but Mr. GLADSTONE and his friends providing the necessary approaches . thought otherwise, and worked with might and When the whole work is completed , embank main to effect their purpose. Not satisfied with ment, roadway, footway, railway, new street and attaining the expression of opinion on the part of all, there is no question that it will be an the House about the Irish Church, the Liberal undertaking of which Londoners may be justly leaders proceeded to being in a bill on the subject, proud, and the cost of which will be as nothing in which took up an immense deal of time, and gave comparison with the ornament and advantage. It rise to great irritation of feeling and frequent dis- has been an undertaking of no slight difficulty even plays of party spirit. As might have been autici- in this age of engineering skill and science. A pated the Suspensory Bill was rejected by the river wall of granite eight feet thick has been built House of Lords, so that its framers had not the to dam out nearly 30 acres of the river, the wall excuse of forwarding the completion of their being on an average 40 feet high, and nearly 7,000 works. feet long, while its foundations go to a great depth The latter part of the session has been distin- . below the bed of the river. In the various works guished for the numerous disputes and fierce dis- nearly 700,000 cubic feet of granite, 30,000,000 cussions that have arisen in consequence of the bricks, and over 300,000 bushels of cement have untoward state of affairs induced by Mr. GLAD- been used ; 125,000 cubic yards of earth have been STONE'S policy. All possible efforts were made dug out, and 1,200,000 cubic yards of earth to force the Ministry to retire, and the hack- filled in. Some of this latter part of the neyed phrases of " honour " and " public ' work will have, as we have said, to be spirit" employed to convince the House that j done over again, owing to the construction of the a change must take place. Mr. DISRAELI was too I Underground Railway yet to come. The vastness wise, however, to fall into the snare so speciously of the undertaking, and the exquisite finish with set for him, and kept Lis place in spite of all ob- which such stupendous granite works have been stacks. Then ensued an angry altercation upon i completed, have excited the a lmiration of all the subject of the dissolution, and night after ni g ht i engineers, both English and foreign, and afforded was wasted in the attempts to prove that the work yesterday the subject of much comment. of the Session could not be got through in order to After the brief and simple ceremonial of inaugua permit of the new Parliament assembling. When I ration, Sir JOHN THWAITES, accompanied by Lord this was proved to be an erroneous statement JOIIN MANNERS and other gentlemen, went down other devices were resorted to, and the temper and to Abbey Mills to inspect the sewage works, which paeiienc4 of, the Ministry moat sorely tried. Mr. i f gave great satisfaction. The engineer, with jUSti- IiALDY on one occasion declared that he table pride, reminds tus that, notwithstanding the almost unprecedented heat and drought of the pre sent summer, the waters of the Thames have been entirely free from smell, instead of being, as for merly, the source of sickness and mortality. We have reason now-a-days to be proud of the achievements of modern science in connection with our venerable old river. LATEST INTELL MENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BAVARIA. BluNicii, July 31. The King of Bavaria has bestowed the Grand Cross of tha Order of St. Michael upon Baron von Wagner, the Wurtemburg Minister of War, and the Cross of Commander of the same order upon Colonel SAckw, Chief of the General Staff of Wurtemburg. CORRESPONDENCE jitolll PAtig; FROM . 01713 . OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. THURSDAY, Juliio". Prince IsTapOieon arrived at Paris on Tuesday, but did tot, as was expected, go to Plombibres. He immediatelj tarted for Menden, where his wife and children reside. am told that his journey has had no political result vbatever. Whether he went to seek alliances or not, I hall not attempt to determine ; but it is tolerably certain ;hat he has found none. His personal convictions, as far as Iley can be ascertained, remain unaltered. He is tatisfiecl that the unity of Germany must be accomplished with Berlin as the centre. Austria se has found so much disorganised and shattered that it will require several years of rest to enable her to take an effective part in European politics. The Ottoman Empire, he thinks, is condemned. He does not admire the method of government adopted in Roumania, and it is his belief that the policy of Prince Charles and his counsellors will speedily endanger the position of that State. Hungary, on the other hand, commands the warmest sympathies of the Prince. He is of opinion that the efforts made for the regeneration of the country in which he met such a splendid reception will not fail. The Constitutionnel is very angry with the reception accorded in England to the project of a military union between France and the Netherland. The question on the subject, of which Mr. Otway gave notice in the House of Commons, excites a special outburst of indignation. The official paper charges England with bringing about, by her neutrality and irresolution, the partial transformation of Europe. Treaties which have the signature of English representatives are considered as nothing. The economical consideration is the only one entertained across the Channel. The Constitutionnel thinks that England, by her acquiscence, is partly answerable for the events of 1866. Of course the official paper says nothing of the attitude of France in that year. If France did not desire the unity of Germany, she had but to declare for Austria, and Bismarck would, for the time at least, have been frus trated. The French army would have done more than turn the scale. It was by the supine inaction of France that the unity of Germany was accomplished. It was too late to interfere when Austria was utterly defeated and incapable of rendering further assistance. Prince Metternich has gone to Johannisberg for a week. The statement that he recently wrote a letter from that place, expressing his conviction that a war between France and Prussia was inevitable, must be untrue. He has not visited Johannisberg for a considerable time. The Emperor, I hear, is about to establish an Academy of Agriculture, similar in number and constitution to the French Academy. Of course, whilst the latter is Con. servative, the forma will be Radical. The chief duty of the French Academy is to preserve the purity of the French language ; the Academy of Agriculture will consider all improvements bearing upon the culture of the soil. Public executions are so rare in France that one which has just taken place at Vannes is regarded quite as an event. To their credit, be it said, their appetite for the extraordi nary and the romantic notwitl standing, the French do not now-a-days greatly appreciate the guillotine. Rarely is it used without a general raid upon capital punishment, and the present instance has not proved an exception to the rule. The convict, it appears, was no extraordinary personage. His nature was simply of that brutal insensible type which generaly appears in the character of murderers. He heard mass with great tran quillity on the morning of the execution, drank his coffee, and ate his bread, and then marched off to the scaffold smoking his pipe. The sight of a cabaret inspired him with a desire for brandy, which was given him. He then suffered the penalty of his crime. " What sort of an example is this ?" ask the French papers. " What lesson can the multitude derive from the sanguinary spectacle, when the man who suffers is impressed at the last moment with sensual ideas, and does not testify the smallest consciousness of his crime ?" The scaffold is decidedly in bad odour here, and the travaux forces are the favourite remedy. It is with great satisfaction that the Paris journals turn from the discussion of barren budgets to such an enter prise as the new Atlantic cable. An undertaking of the kind is so rare, and affords such a favourable contrast to the ordinary course of events under the Empire, that the extravagancies which are indulged in here may readily be condoned. The French line will begin from the western extremity of Brittany and will reach to the little island of Saint-Pierre, near to Newfoundland. This portion of the line will exceed the length of the English cable by some three or four hundred miles. From this point the cable will be again submerged direct to New York. It is ex pected that the laying of the new cable will enable the French scientific men who accompany the ex pedition to make further observations as to the nature of the bottom of the Atlantic. This been already ascertained, at least with an eflicient accuracy to determine the position where tho cable should be laid. The bed of the Atlantic which lies between New York and the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the coast of France on the other forms a very deep valley. To the north and south the sides of this valley rise and form two large plateaux, on which the cable must be laid. It is impossible to lay down a submarine cable in the valley ; the line must pass over the mountain table lands. Several difficulties which were experienced in laying down the English cables will be avoided in this instance. But there is still abundance of scope for the acquisition of more knowledge. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. FRANCE. PARIS, July 31. An Imperial decree published to-day extends the term of exemption of cargoes of grain, flour, and breadstnffs from the payment of navigation duty until the 31st of December, 1868, the date previ ously fixed having been the 9th of September. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 30.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month -- 3 per Cent End of month 69 92} Credit Mobilier End of month 273 Credit Foncier 1132 End of month — RAILWA Bank Shares 3]46 ItaFan Loan — End of month Mexican Loan 22 50 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Rome Debt Deferred 3. Cash Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 571 Western Eastern .. 556 4 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 402 North of Spain 6O Saragossa Roman 4-2 BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, July 30. the following is the return of the Bank of France for the week en ling to-lay, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : July 23. fr. DEBTOR. July 30. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857) 7, 014, 776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 1,285,624,825 1,274,085,975 Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor 79,397,603 91 78,619,919 47 Current accounts, Paris 340,752,48 9 97 323,210,283 26 Do. branch banks 59,032,444 47,758,675 Dividends payable 2,415,675 2,896,189 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six mouths Surplus of receipts not 182,500,000 - 40,338,230 07 39,021,778 88 703,152 42 distributed - suudrios 703,152 42 ----- - 9,119,09 1 60 11,269,259 03 Total CREDITOR. July 30. July 23. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet duo 211,991,361 79 '218,576,877 48 Do. branch banks 198,428,115 197,195,472 Advances on deposit of 271,521 85 277,734 36 bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities 11,810,500 Do. by branch banks 6,215,100 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. ou Credit Fwncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 -- 60,000,000 Uovernment Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable ...... ; Routes Immobalisces (Law, June '2, 1857) 16,41 000,000 100,000,000 -- Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed 8,403,769 8,266,085 Expenses t of b r a m n c a h n e a s o . o 1 inent 660,359 77 492.227 63 Sundries 31,187,300 - 31,927,800 - 7;487;300 - 8,072,4:10 - 31,840,400 - 25,0'L4,600 - 11,72 34,415,700 - 25,035,600 -- Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed ROULAND. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Com pany's steamer Kaikoura, Captain Darke, arrived at Panama on the afternoon of the 6th inst. The Kaikoura left Sydney on the Ist of June, and had a fine passage to Wellington, where she arrived at noon on the 6th, left again at 5 p.m on the Bth, ex perienced moderate weather till the 14th, when she encountered a furious easterly gale, with tremendous sea aud constant rain, lasting with but little int ermis &on for seven days, during which time the ship was hove to for 42 hours at various times, thus retarding the passage considerably, and compelling the ship to complete tthe passage under easy steam in order to economize fuel. During the gale she shipped some tremendous seas, one of which stove in the wheel house aft, and another carried away part of figure head and handrail forward. Since the 23d she experienced moderate headwinds and fine tweather. VICTORIA.—Dates from Melbourne are to the 28th of May. The South Bourke election was won by Crews, with a majority of 294 over O'Grady. Jones was returned for Ballarat, with a majority of 74 over Gillies. A. protest has been lodged against Jones' election, on the ground of alleged informality on the part of the returning officer. Sir Redmond Barry is re-elected Chan cellor, and Dr. Brownless Vice-Chancellor. There was great excitement at Ballarat on the day of the election. There were serious street fights, religious animosities were aroused, a shot was fired by a man whom the police tried to lynch, and the police were severely handled. Parliament meets on May 29. O'Grady and Gillies expect to obtain seats. Flour is £l9 10s., but few transactions ; maize is in demand at 3s. I.d. There is some spe culation in teas, and sugars are lower. NEW Sours WALES.—Dates from Sydney are to June 1. The Government have notified to Father Dwyer, chaplain of the Darlinghurst gaol, that his services are dispensed with. Dwyer is supposed to be connelted with the Fenians. The reports from the north-western districts respecting the disastrous effects of the drought are of a very distressing nature. The unexampled long con tinuance of dry weather had caused great loss to the settlers. _ _ ADELAIDE.--The 15th Regiment is to be re moved from South Australia and replaced by the 18th Royal Irish. Randall's store at Mannam has been destroyed by fire. Duffield and Co.'s new mills are opened. NEW ZEALAND.—The New Zealand Parliament will be called together about the 9th of July. Early on Sunday morning the 18th of May a most de structive fire occurred in Wellington, on Ltunbton quay, which before it could be checked destroyed seven buildings and property to the amount of £ll,OOO. Mr. Alderman Lusk, M.P., Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. C. J. Cottingharn, and Mr. Saul Isaac had an inter view with Lord Stanley, at the Foreign Office, yesterday, with reference to the screw steamer Tornado. luring a quarter of a century Horniman's Teas have had an immense sale, and as they aro now Bd. per Pound Cheaper, in consequence of the Reduced Duty, the demand will doubtless be even further extended. Sold, secured in Packet , aA genuine are signed "Bondman and Co., London." METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Bea Frida, I F. 1 July 3 y l, B. T. W. 1 1 to F. D. WB. to 8 a.m. 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 30'03r. 64 57 N.W. 3 3 W.N.W. c.b. 3 Yarmouth 3o'olr. 65 59 W.N.W. 3 3 E.N.E. c. 2 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnms Ardrossan 20'09r. P 8 53 NW. 5 7 S.W. o.c. 4 3recncastle all 3r. 58 56 \V. N.W. 3 6 W.S.W. r.c. o'o2 Itolybead I.iverpool 3014 r. 61 55 W.N.W. 3 2 S.S.W. o. 010 1 Valentin 3O/9r. 61 56 ti N. 2 5 NV. r.f.b 2 Cape Clear 30•23r. 62 60 .) .N.W. 2 4 W. m.c. 2 Roche's Pt. 30'25r. 60 57 N.W. 3 5 W. c.b. 2 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30'17r. 64 59 N.W. 3 5 W. C. 3 I'ortsmouth 30'15r. 65 59 N.N.W. 5 6 W. c. 4 London .... 30'16r. f 6 CO N.W. 3 4 W.S.W. b.c. C'PeGrisNez 20T5s. 66 64 W. 5 o. 3 Brest L'Orient 30'21r. 63 61 N.W. 3 c. 2 I tochefi,rt 3O/3r. 60 59 N. 4 7 N. c.b. 1 Biarritz torunna — _ Brussels l'aris Strasbourg — 63 N. Lyons Toulon 29'91r. 73 73 W. 1 b. 4 Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. , local time) 30'36f. 50 49 W. 2 2 S.S.E. b. 3 EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 12 deg. a tea level. Theletter r., rising; f., falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather : b.—blue Ely ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; I.—lightning ; m,—misty. hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain; s.—snow t.—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or bail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. On the Irish coast an increase of atmospherical pressure, amount ing to a quarter of an inch, has taken place since yesterday, but oa other coasts little change is perceptible. Tho highest reading is at Valencia, the lowest at Nairn. Temperature has fallen in the north and west, but has risen elsewhere. Westerly and south-westerly winds prevailed yesterday, and were fresh on our N.W. coast., but they have veered to N.W. this morning, and have moderated. Fog and mist have prevailed in the W. and S.W. of the British Isles. The weather is generally cloudy. The question of Reform, using the word somewhat in its familiar sense, is now occupying the attention of the Prussian Government. The organisation of the govern ment of the various states and districts is still dependent in some respects upon vestiges of the feudal system, in particular the division of the people into three or four classes. Count Bismarck considers this incompatible with the political institutions of the nation—universal suffrage and general. obligation to military service. A further advance in the direction of democracy may, therefore, be expected. The astute Minister, however, knows full well that, so long as the executive retains full powers, extension of suffrage need cause no apprehension. .• A state neat that the Emperor Francis Joseph intended to preside in person at the Bohemian Diet is discredited by the 111gmo;ial Diplomatique. His Majesty, it says, has never inaugurated any provincial assembly, and an exception in favour of Bohemia would only serve to encourage the resistance of the Czechs. The menace of the Bohemians to refuse to pay the taxes is generally disregarded. The Etendard denies the report that the French Minister at Lisbon had protested to the Portuguese Government against the permission to reside at Oporto accorded to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier. The same paper is unable to see what interest the French Government could have in discussing such a matter with a foreign Government. One thing is certain, the Minister had no right to inter fere. France undoubtedly lent her assistance to Spain in detecting and suppressing the recent conspiracy ; but there is not even the pretence of justification for dictation in the matter of residents on Portuguese soil. The dispute respecting the existence of a conspiracy on board the Villa de Madrid is still unsettled. It is, however, well ascertained that the discontent in the Spanish navy is scarcely less general than amongst the land forces. The Spanish Govern ment still continues to take serious precautions against a revolutionary movement. All the suspected officers are watched by the police, and the troops who are conAidered trustworthy are distributW through the proyinces t _parti• .jagrulaggsgiii IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, The accounts relating to the trade and navigation of ;he United Kingdom for the month, and for the six months, ended on the 30th June, were published on Thurs. lay. The import returns, however, are only brought up o the end of May, the total value of enumerated imports or that month being £21,794,568, which shews a decrease n the returns of the previous month amounting to 1169,387, and on the returns for the corresponding month A last year amounting to no less than £2,610,601. The export returns are also less favourable than they lave been for some time past. The total value for June was £13,933,054, which is a decrease on each of the Previous four months, varying from £407,025 to £896,195. l'he fall compared with the returns for the corresponding nonth of 1867 amounts to £1,557,037. POST OFFICE FACTS. The Postmaster-General's Report for 1866, which has ust been issued without any date—not an unnatural mission when the issue has been deferred until the report 'or 1867 is due—contains facts worth recording, notwith tanding the delay. The number of letters delivered in the jnited Kingdom in 1860 is stated, in round numbers, at '50,000,000, an increase of 4 per cent. over the number in he preceding year. This gives an average of 24 letters 'o each person, 141 to each house; in England, 30 letters :0 each person ;in Scotland, 22; in Ireland 10. The num )cr of book packets, newspapers, and pattern packets lelivered by post in the United Kingdom in 1866 ad 7anced to 101,784,185, an increase of 3 - 29 per cent. over he number in the previous year. Money orders were issued n 1866 for £18,847,643, an increase of 511 per cent,—viz., )f 5'57 per cent. in England, 6 . 62 per cent. in Scotland, 1-39 per cent. in Ireland. The depositors in post office savings banks at the end of the year 1880 were £754,258, kn increase of 23 per cent. over the preceding year-24 per tent. in England, 13 per cent. in Scotland, 16 per cent. in 'reland. The balance due to depositors, £8,121,175, ;hewed an increase of 24 per cent.-25 per cent. in England, 11 per cent. in Scotland, 8 per cent. in Ireland. rhe total number of depositors in post office savings yanks and the old savings banks-2,156,290, or one to every l 4 persons—sheaved an increase of 77,944. The number of )olicies of insurance effected with the Government through he Post Office increased from 560 at the close of 1865 to t,150 at the close of 1860 ; the amount insured, from ?41,734 to £86,593. The number of immediate annuities 'tom 94 to 283 ; the amount, from £2,236 a year to £6,427. Che number of deferred annuities from 54 to 107. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT.—The TVestern Morning News states as authentic that Messrs. Ferrand and Fleming (C.), who vere ejected from the House for bribery, will again stand 'or the borough. BARNSTAPLE. —Mr. David M. Thomas (L.) has addressed he electors with a view, in the event of his receiving suffi :ient assurances of support, of becoming a candidate for he representation of that borough. TOWER HAMLETS.—Mr. Ayrton (L.) has issued his address. SOUTHWARK.-it is stated that the Conservative party, ifter gauging public opinion in the borough, have declined my opposition to the sitting members. Should this be so, ,his will be the only metropolitan borough without a con est. _ _ LAMBETH.—This borough will be most fiercely contested. Both the sitting members, Messrs. Hughes and Doulton, stand for re-election ; while there are three Liberal candi htes—Messrs. M'Arthur, Hartwell, and Lawrence—and :wo Conservatives, it is understood—Messrs. Raikes and Sleigh. NORWICH.—A meeting of the Conservatives has been h.eld. It was intimated by Sir Samuel Bignold that two conservative candidates would be forthcoming. The Donservatives have lost every election for Norwich since 1854. KILKEICIM—The electors of Kilkenny have signed a declaration in favour of Sir J. Gray's re-election, with the view of deterring any other candidate from appearing. Phey bear testimony to his untiring labours both in and out of Parliament, and praise his " Church Commission" a volume "almost wholly the work of his own hands." The electors intend to make it unnecessary for him to " can vass a single vote or spend a single shilling." ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. ip. On Thursday a meeting of this institution was Reid at its house, John street, Adelphi, London, Thomas Thapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.l'., in the chair. Richard Lewis, F.sq., the secretary, having road the -minutes of the previous meeting, .£8 7s. 6d. was voted to the Licensed Victualler r..,ifeboat of the institution, stationed at Ifunstanton, for ;oing off on the 23 1 inst. daring a strong N.E. gale, and )ringing ashore a lad who had been left in charge of the yacht B. am, of Wisbeacb, which was at anchor off St. Ed munds in a dangerous position, with the sea breaking heavily over her. Some fishermen had previously attempted to go off to th • yacht, but their boat bad been immediately filled by the high sea that was )unning at the time. .A -sward of £7 17s. was likewise yokel to pay the ixpenses of the Sl:effielcl lifeboat of the society at Rund wick, Yorkshire, in going off on the same day during a N.N.E. gale and in a heavy sea, and rescuing two men from ;he schconer Margaret Cunningham, of Whitby, which be :tame a total wreck on the Kettleness Reefs of the south point of Rundwick Bay. Rewards were also granted to the trews of the lifeboats of the institution at Lytham and Blackpool for going off, on the 19th instant, during a strong wind, and in a heavy sea, with le view of rendering assistance to the crew of the schooner Dove, of Barrow, which had stranded on the Salt house Bank, but which eventually floated off without re attiring any assistance. Various ether rewards were also granted to the crews of shore-boats for saving life from ship wrecks on the coast. It was reported that 'Walter Cave Esq., cf Lowndes-street, had. forwarded the society an additional liberal contribution of £lOO. A legacy of £6O had also been received from the executors of the late 1 Mrs. Mary Chapman, of Aldborough. The late Thoma, Temple Silver, Esq., of Woodbridge, had likewise be queathed to the institution a legacy of £650, free. Payments amounting to nearly £3,000 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. The agents of the Ship wrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society had likewise collected £74 11s. 9d. for the support of iceboats during the past year from seamen and fishermen. THE SOUNDING OF THE TOCSIN. In an article entitled " The Tenth of December, 1848,' M. de. Girardin compares the condition of Franco at that date, with the condition of France at the present time. Between 1818 and 18C8," ho says "twenty years have passe d. What has she gained by the overthrow of the Re public and by the establishment of the Empire ? Is she more free ? No, she is less free. Is she less indebted ? No, sho is more indebted. What advantage has France gained in return for the 100,000 men and the 1,500,000,000 fr. which the expedition of 1854 cost? None. The Ottoman Em pire was not more menaced or less tottering in 1854 than in 1868. Has the recovery of Savoy and Nice been worth the cost which they have occasioned, and the responsibility they have entailed ? Assuredly not. What glory and profit have we acquired by a four years' occupation of Mexico? Neither glory nor profit. What thanks does Prussia owe us for the atten tive neutrality' we observed in 1866, and which enabled her to strike Austria in the heart, to rob Hanover, to enslave Saxony, to drill Baden, Bavaria, and Wurtem berg ? Not the least in the world, and the opposition of Prus sia to our acquisition of Luxembourg by purchase is there to prove it. From the incontestable accuracy of this parallel, drawn in no spirit of vilification, between 1843 and 1868, the conclusion wo draw is that it is impossible for the Empire, which owes its origin to the coup d'etat of December 2, not to bo meditating and preparing a coup d'eclat in order to make the balance, which is visibly inclining to the opposite side, incline to its own side. Now the coup d'etat has in its bands but ono coup deciat to try, and that is to render to France the limits of 1801, necessary limits, limits without which it will be obliged for ever to maintain a military force of 1,500,000 men, wholly absorbing the population from 20 to 29 years of age. As a European disarmament is no longer possible except by a grand act of military manliness, the longer it is put off the worse and the more dangerous—the sooner it takes place the better and more prudent course. Stage coaches are about to be started by an American between J-eddo and Yokohama, in Japan. The Methodist Free Church, who are holding their Conference at Louth, has elected the Rev. Marmaduke Miller to the Presideotship. The Royal Commission on Military Education, after sitting almost continuously from the date of its appoint ment, has adjtsurned for an autumn recess. Four Leeds tradesmen were fined £5O each for having adulterated tobacco in their possession. Starch was the material used for adulteration. We read in Galignani :--" Mr. Wilkie Collins writes to protest against the dramatised version of the ' Woman iu White' announced at the Gaiete ; he tonics having given his authorisation, and threatens prosecutions and the utmost penalty of the law against that theatre. M. Crisafulli, the translator, returns the fire by cleclarivs tl* he holds in hip p9,3sepics ,~ zfr* . p " tfflirt 4` HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 30. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse. The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Louis of Hesse went to Goodwood this morning to be pre sent at the races. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, ac companiod by Prince AlbmtVictor, Princa GeAgel and the Princess of Teck. A PLAY BY THE PRIME MINISTER. The most remarkable literary incident of the day is, undoubtedly, the announcement of a drama from the pen of the Prime Minister, to be produced forthwith on the Loudon boards. Of the versatility of Mr. Disraeli's genius there has bee❑ ❑o doubt, for his career as orator, novelist, and statesman has settled that point long since ; bat though his charming works of fiction afforded clear evidences of poetic imaginings, it was still uncertain whether the creation of a drama lay also within his intellectual powers. Upon that point also all doubt is now removed by the public announcement that the season at Astley's Theatre, no longer devoted to scenes in the circus, opens to-morrow evening with a new play, or at any rate one never before produced upon the boards, written by Mr. Disraeli. The cast of characters is, we understand, good, and all the great experience and judgment of the acting manager, Mr. F. Cooper, have doubtless been exerted to the utmost to bring out this remarkable novelty with eclat. BULWEI?, DISRAELI, AND COCKBURN• The following anecdote is related in the opening article of the August number of Blackwood's Maga zine (just out), being the first of a series of paper s on the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli:— When Mr. Disraeli launched his first tale and found it to ba a great success, Lord Lytton, thca Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer, had achieved the proud place as a novelist, which he has ever since retained , The aspirant for literary distinction had long ad' mired at a distance the renown of his senior, and , encouraged by the reception which his own maidea effort had received, he did what young authors under similar circumstances are apt to do. He sent to Mr. Bulwer a copy of " Vivian Grey," writing, at the same time, an apologetic note, and giving reasons for the liberty he had taken. The letter , with its accompanying gift, were at once acknosv• ledged, and Mr. Disraeli was requested to name , 11 day for dining with their recipient. It happe n `' that Mr. Disraeli had arranged for quitting Eng land on the day but one after receiving this invitel uou. He wrote to say so, and the m orrow O s fixed for the symposium. Four gentlemen as down at Mr. Bulwer's table on that occasion one being, of course, the host ; another, M r ' Disraeli ; the third, a man, shy, but evidently intelligent, for though he said comparatively lit tle ' his remarks, as often as he hazarded them, w ere , keenly to the purpose. The fourth, a private f rieau of the host, need not be specified. It was an even ing not to be forgotten, because then, as now , bet Lord Lytton and Mr. Disraeli shone in c onver 6s ; tion. The party broke up about midnight, and the host and his friend were left alone together. -E- ftet discussing Disraeli, the question was put, " W." is your silent guest ?" "He is one of the ablest 111- n I know," was the reply. "He was my COnte ni ; porary at college. He is now a barrister; anur; mark my words, he will attain the highest h onan be of his profession. His name is Cockburn." T. climax to this little bit of domestic history or gosslP is very remarkable. The two brilliant novelists as"! the painstaking lawyer who dined together soLllu forty or more years ago comparatively obscure ta li ' have all risen to positions of eminence in the Stat e. Mr. Cockburn is Lord Chief Justice of Eugla na ,Nlr. Bulwer, after serving as Secretary of State , the Colonies, has become a peer of the rea lm ; 3.13: Mr. Disraeli, on more than one previous occas lbe Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of House of Commons, is now First Lord of the Tr' fi ' sury. So much for the practical working o f aC° re stitution which Mr. Bright denounces as rep ress it of merit, and Mr. Gladstone, forgetful of vib st has done for himself, seeks to overthrow. MR. LONGFELLOW'S APPEARANCE.—The fol 1011; ing graphic descrip'ion of the noble countei333„, of the American Poet, Professor Long fell 7.l is given in the last number of the I_, Journal, edited by Mr. S. C. Hall, who saY s " n$ " Of the Poet Longfellow there have been cl32e-scp of photographs. We doubt if one of them I° 7 „t. good as the latest, recently taken by John 1, "ii kins, of Parliament-street. It conveys so haPPloci his fine intellectual head and peculiarly genia l ltld r gracious expression, combining, with slag lli• fidelity, the poet and the man : the lofty i 3 : he ir gence and genuine benevolence that hav e v- se e sources in his mind and heart. Those wh ° Longfellow will not be disappointed ; that is ' r r e ~, $t haps, more than could be said of any of the,g r as. poets, his predecessors ; and we have seen worth, Coleridge, Southey, Moore, and Ca 3 1 ,1 1; - 0 Longfellow has a beautiful but manly 31c 3 fti the expression of the features is that of ' ) 0 of aspiration, united with simplicity, and sugge' tiv . a iii strong sympathy. The mouth, although Par#ocl hidden by a moust who (a lamentable evil in rebtbe to such a face), is at once sensitive and firc a l; ',,,,ll forehead is broad and high ; the nose e xceed on refined; the chin sufficiently weighty, hu t o cl o cealed by a flowing beard; the hair, verging tcivi e l° thin and grey, is still long and ample ; but t he it is the distinguishable feature of the fine heal.; the luminous, sending forth a white ligh t ; oc ier colour is a sort of grey blue, at 01 10 A te , the and severe; either according to the eyebrows are full and arched. Neither ' o f countenance nor in the form do we r : o lli uise the Anglo-American type, which is 11-oper, rigid and muscular; the one is full and voila thoughtful and generous, the other somewhat ve r and firmly set, yet not ungraceful. His nza gentle and genial, yet animated ; geniality I ' o ' t t he deed, obviously his very nature. Ther e i 3 not slightest approach to assumption, nothing t° c an idea that he values himself as others l'alucgoee nothing of self-estimate, nor any taint of l ig b 0 that may seem justified (but is never so, 33 . °l O O rarely the associate of genius) by a con 331 to acl3 that millions are his debtors. It is pleat s 33 u .! c be i 4 of such a man that, in all the relations o life, 110 exemplary ; that no great author of an/ :r e O r better right to honour on the ground o f Pril meter." TREATY OF NAVIGATION WITH AUS TII , I - B P: IA ... „ Ina Treaty of Navigation between her Majesty ° a ` . tli s 1 ' 4 , -1i p a oror of Austria, signed on the 30th A ri1, 186 ' 4 1 :P 5 L' ; ': i I id before Parliament. On the one side Britis4,'„ito c''' their cargoes, and on the other side ships baloeg'l3l",, 'a i l.l tens of the States of the Empe rerevective;'.:sPe44 dominions of the other Power, to be treated a in e le r rd pl r c e f l a i s national ships and their cargoes, from whate ver it: P 3cLi f 0 ving, whatever their destination , ' and whatevef 0: oato°s f origin or destination of their cargoes; 9.a l d f ,n 15 ; ,9 favoured nation clause is added ; but this stil3l".`l"" Porr: T he treatYtode is to be applicable to national fisheries. „ a stiog 0 or to the British colonies, but nut to the the colonies, except where it is or shall be t br , i °% ;, Liel t; to foreign ships, as it is already in British l' i `i' s 0 0 lon, the Cape, Victoria, and St. Lucia. °9ludeSerte receive all lawful assistance in the recoverY °` 0° from ships. Tbo l 5 . THE CAMP AT C O LC HE STER. --Liell. aer o°r lo are 114001.00 ;rod Lieut. Lister, of the 32nd Regime nt, wards orders to proceed from the depot at Stall'Guiergetio he service companies in the Mauritius. e d 0 a y. aamsey, of the Bth depot battalion, transf'rr,c, OP' 15th Regiment, is held in immediate readiness . , sv , 0 0 :0J for Gibraltar to join his regiment. EXCLUSIVE. VERY IMPORTANT, BARE, A 5" ettri °- ,iiti , a , r o e rs t t h h e e pLo a p e e h r e t s ie , s sic o k f u L es a s ir: s p ia lo n, ug o h ; s bi a i r ; t a le ffeTt l i i:o lVo ll palatable, and brilgerallAg. §Q10 7 7 all Q4°l34°*- s ,~ 1 )4i EXe s ' o 2 t! 1 3 ti 8 - t 052 vice 7 %re Rg to 4