The Sun. — London, England, 1868-09-17 00:00:00

IFE BOAT SERVIC ES.—During the Storms of 5.41 the past year the National Lifeboat Institution cotx tributed to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £31,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments. • Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. SPECIAL NOTICE. 74 MOSES AND SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS • WILL BE CLOSED THIS DAY and TO-MORROW, and RE-OPENED as usual on SATURDAY EVENING, the 19th inst., at half-past 6 o'clock. E. 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Still we know how in this particular we all suffer for a few delin quents." ALL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES "El MOSES and SON. ADDRESSES BELOW. EXCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS. EMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke . Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, I.l , ,siers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. •-•------ - Every article the best of ifs kind in Material, Style, and Workmanship. For .Ji7v - ENILES there is a distinct department, containing an un , 3quilled assortment of Clothing for every occasion. The m )st Fashionable Styles are combined with the best Materials a.:l I Wo rkmansh ip. List of Prices, with rules of self-measurement, Patterns and Fashion-sheet, gratis and post-free Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. - - - E. 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Yesterday morning a most interesting ceremony took place at Edinburgh for the presentation of the freedom of the city to Lord NAPIER of MAG DALA. A distinguished company was present, and the Lord Provost in presenting the certificate made an appropriate address. The honour was perhaps not great, he said, but it was all they had it in their power to bestow, and it had been one of the old " usages" of the Corporation to confer the freedom of the city, as a token of respect, on persons distinguished in statesmanship, arts, science, litera ture, and arms, who came amongst them. It is at any rate a most interesting custom, for this reason, that it associates with the records of all the cities the names of mighty men, and those who have been in their style and vocation the ornaments of their day and . generation are associated with the memory of the places that did them the honour. As the Lord Provost truly pat it, the good city of Edinburgh may look with pride on the list of emi nent strangers who have received this " civic dis tinction." Beginning with JOHN HAMPDEN, the re cord goes on to include worthies of a later date— Sir WALTER SCOTT, Prince ALBERT, CHARLES DICKENS, and some others, and concluding with the present Premier. The last man added to the list is one that all will honour, for the Abyssinian Ex pedition has caused unqualified satisfaction through the length and breadth of the land. Lord NAPIER, in replying to the compliment paid to him, declared that he should ever regard the mark of favour thus bestowed as a sign that he, and his naval and military brethren, had faithfully served their country in the venture they undertook. He then gracefully disclaimed the glory of the affair as appertaining to himself ; it being, as he said, due to all, who strove earnestly each in his vocation to do his best, and so further the cause in which they were all engaged. The privilege conferred upon him was, Lord NAPIER said, doubly dear, because he had always felt that his name belonged to Scotland, and though fortune has cast his lot away from Scotland, he had during his long residence in India always delighted to hear of Scottish doings from those who came there from that land. " I have often thought," remarked he, " of the won derful influence which the inhabitants of what I may call a small and rugged, though beautiful, country have exercised upon the welfare, not of Great Britain only, but of all countries where the flag of Great Britain waves." An interesting pas sage of his speech was when the illustrious General referred to a description met with in Ikon MILLER'S works, of a scene in a stormy night, and he compared it with the feeling which must have been experienced by the poor Abyssinian captives, who might well have exclaimed, on passing the gates of Magdala as these did, when rose from the waves that had submerged their barque, " There are many good souls praying for us this day." In concluding his eloquent speech, Lord NAPIER re ferred to the advantages which accrued to the Scotch from the system of education which pre vailed in the country, and by means of which a large mass of highly educated men in every trade and profession was called to fill important places in every land. A more :appropriate ceremony, con sidering all things, could not have taken place than chat which was yesterday witnessed in the famous old City of Edinburgh. There are some few men who, while they are fear less and uncompromising enough in maintaining their own opinions, are yet so fortunate as to win golden opinions from those who differ from them. Ea politics we occasionally meet with a statesman who, though mixing in the angry contentaans of the day, is never spoken of without respect and admiration, and in the same way a military leader may win the applause of his enemies as well as of his friends. All the bitterness of a civil war, which was certainly not made with rosewater, has not alienated from General LEE the affec tions of his countrymen. He is a man of whom all Americans feel proud, and he owes Ma position eve❑ more to his personal character than to his military genius. The dignity and magnanimity which the Confederate General displayed during the collapse of his fortunes did him more honour than the brilliant victories which won him a world-wide reputation ; and in the midst of all the excitement, the bitter animosities and virulent strife which has succeeded the war, General LEE preserved the same dignified reticence. So great was his influence over the minds of his countrymen, and so high the estimation in which he was held, that the course he might think proper to pursue became an important question. In the first irrita tion of disappointed ambition, and under the sense of mortifying failure, the white men of the South were ready for any deed, however desperate, and much depended on the action of Gen. LEE. The wiser and more thoughtful looked to him for advice and example, and when he plainly and frankly told the people of the Confederacy that their cause was hopeless, and that they must accept the issue of the war and obey the Federal authorities ; and, more over, when he enforced his advice by accepting civil employment and retiring into private life, the effect was conclusive. All saw that Gen. LEE at least regarded his parole as binding, and while he resolutely withdrew from public affairs any at tempt at reorganisation of the Southern forces .would have been madness. General LEE has re nainel in retirement ever since the crisis of the war, notwizlistanding the irritating conduct of the Radicals and the dismal prospects of the South. By so doing he has unquestionably rendered his countrymen the hest service in his power ; but the time has now come when he may safely emerge from tis retreat and play a more prominent part on the tage of polities. General RosEcnics, whose name was familiar to Europeans at the time of the war, has been the means THE SUN, LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1868. of drawing him forth. General ROSECRANS re cently addressed a letter to General LEE upon the state of public feeling in the Southern States. He asked the Southern General to procure from the other Confederate leaders who were known to re present the feelings of the people of their States a full expression of their views upon the political questions of the day. General ROSECRANS then went on to ask whether General LEE could hope for peace and prosperity under the Congressional scheme of reconstruction; and whether, if the whites were all enfranchised and allowed to control their section, they would treat the negroeskindly, and simi lar queries. Gen. LEE thereupon held a conference with the principal Southern Ieaders—BEAUREGARD, ANDERSON, and ECHOLS, and ALEXANDER STEPHENS. It must have been a curious and interesting spec tacle to see these distinguished " brethren in arms and rivals in renown," who had borne the brunt of so many battles, and shared in the hopes and for tunes of the once flourishing Confederacy, assem bled to discus the altered future of their people. One and all, however, they have unhesitat ingly accepted the situation, and instead of fruitlessly striving to restore the past, they are willing to render their country truer service by bridging over the gulf which separates North and South. In reply to General ROSECRANS, General LEE has drawn up a statement, which he has himself signed, and which the leaders whom he consulted have endorsed. This statement, bein g the first document of any kind which the Southern commander has put forward since the close of the war, is regarded with much interest in the States, and the Conservatives hail it as a sign that General LEE intends to emerge from his long retirement and give his countrymen the benefit of his services. General LEE begins by saying that he believes the people of the South are sincerely desirous of peace and restoration to the Union. He does not think it possible that the country can prosper while the mass of the intelligent men are disfran chised, and the control of the Southern Govern ments is left in the hands of the negroes and a few whites. General LEE does not add, as he might have added, that the whites who are thus favoured are not very favourable specimens of the commu nity, nor are they to be trusted even to represent their fellows. Their partisanship for the blacks is in many cases their principal recommendation, and their personal claims are too often predominant. The Northern people, General LEE believes, regard the questions of slavery and secession as finally settled by the war, and they have no disposition to re-open them ; they will, if left to themselves, treat the negroes with justice and kindness. The re establishment of slavery ended is so manifestly im possible that we could hardly imagine the Southern people could in any case indulge in such a vision, while the attempt to restore the Confederacy at the present juncture would be little shirt of mad ness. It is peace that the country needs—peace both North and South ; and without peace and internal confidence the prosperity of the Southern plantations can never return, for the capital which the States so much need for their re-establishment will never flow into a disorganised and disturbed community, where might is right. Peace, accord ing to General LEE, who ought to speak with know ledge, is the great blessing now sought by the people of the Confederacy. They have, he says, the greatest interest in maintaining a good and stable Government that will protect their property, and under which they can go to work with the confidence that what they accumulate by their labour will be secured for themselves and their children. Ile adds that the South, as well as the North, is desirous to advance the common interests of the country, irrespective of the causes which for a time divided the North and South, and resulted in the Reconstruction Acts. IVe may hope that this calm, temperate, and truly patriotic letter of General LEE'S will not he without its weight in the election struggle. In face of such an exposition of the situa tion, made by such a man, who would never stoop for party ends to deliberately disseminate falsehood, the Radicals of the North can hardly ob tain credence for their extravagant and injurious statements. If the Southern States were the hot bed of rebellion, and the life of a loyal white would not be safe under the rule of unenfranchised whites, General LEE would assuredly not have deliberately affirmed that peace was the great wish of the Southern people. Let us hope that this wish may find its echo in the North, and that the long and weary struggle may come to an end at last. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has received some rough treatment from those who came to hear his opinions, but the right hon. baronet was quite a match for the unruly spirits he met with, and set an example to other candidates by refusing to an swer some impertinent questions that were at last addressed to him. We suppose it may be partly the fault of those who introduced so bitter a feel ing into the debate at the close of the session that many untoward practices have prevailed during the preparatory meetings that have been held through the country, but be it what it may, it is no credit to those who take advantage of the matter to cause confusion and create excitement. In reference to the Reform question, Sir S. NORTHCOTE observed that the Conservative party had nothing to be ashamed of in respect to their conduct in that matter, for they made the best settlement that it was in their power to make ' 6 on a question of great difficulty and delicacy, and one which it was impossible longer to leave unsettled." This is a very good epitome of the affair, but it seems to be the dodge just now in certain quarters to decry the utility of all that has been done, and to affect that to all intents and purposes the work of last session, in respect to the representation of the people, might as well have been left;alone alto gether. This is simply absurd to say the least of it, and as unjust to the Government as it is insult ing to the constituencies of the country. It may also be added that it reflects upon the character of the House of Commons, because people may well ask, Why was the measure passed if it was neces sary to take it to pieces again and recommence afresh ? There is no saying to what lengths men will not go when they are jealous, and know that they have played their cards badly. The Liberal party will not relieve itself by playing a double game, and acting with duplicity to the constituencies. Either they stand before the country pledged to give effect to the measure which has received the sanction of Parliament or not. In the former case they have no business to sneer at it ; and in the latter they are answerable for agree ing to it at the time it passed. Respecting the Irish Church, Sir S. NORTHCOTE complaieed of the hearty manner in which Mr. GLADSTONE had taken up the question of disestablishment, after he him self had confessed that it had been breeding in his mind for years. A subject of such diffi culty and importance should not, he said, be approached " rashly and hastily." An immense number of questions were put to the right bon. baronet, to which he replied, until some extreme ones appeared, and then he very properly declared that he came to answer those put in a bona fide spirit, and not to meet statements of an insulting character. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that he did not ob ject to the admission of Dissenters to education at the universities ; but he did not approve of persons being admitted to endowments which were intended for another commission, though Dissenters might appropriately enjoy any endowment made for themselves. LATEST INTELL LGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CORRESPONDENCE PROM PAM& (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT 4 , PARIS. WEDNESDAY, September 16. M. Guizot's article in the _Revue des Deux Monde., has repaid anticipation, although it contains nothing new or startling. It is a calm and temperate view of the political situation, administering sweeping condemnation to none, but chewing clearly to whom the responsibility must fall. M. Guizot believes that the French Government sincerely desires peace—it says what it thinks. He then proceeds to find a solution to the question why, in the midst of the most profound material repose, the public mind is harassed, and business is hampered, by an obstinate feeling of anxiety. Reviewing the state of Europe, the veteran statesman concludes that peace is desired all over Europe, not excepting France. England's jealousy of her powerful neighbour has ceased, and she is sincerely pacific ; the war fever of France was quenched by the First Napoleon. M. Bismarck has no desire for a conflict with France, and "Russia is peaceful because she cannot be warlike. "Of all the rulers of France, the Emperor Napoleon is un doubtedly the one man whose duty and responsibility on the question of peace or war are at present the greatest. Between the str.rs of order and peace he has lived and reigned since his accession." At first order had to be restored ; but, this done, Napoleon 111. gave full sway to his warlike star ; he waged two plausible and successful conflicts in the Crimea and Italy, and a visionary and unfortunate war in Mexico. " This is a great deal ;it is enough, in my opinion, on the partof Napoleon 111. to discharge the debt he owed to the name and example of Napoleon I. I have no hesitation in stating that such is the feeling in France, and I am greatly mistaken if such is not the feeling of the Emperor himself. In 1855 I had the honour of an interview with him. time of the Crimean war ; Sebastopol was not yet taken, and the issue might appear uncertain. My academic duties fulfilled, the Emperor was good enough to detain me, and talk over the state of affairs in the Black Sea. He shewed himself preoccupied above all respecting the issue of the war, the various ways there might be of getting out of it, and the diplomatic arrange- ments it would be necessary to take in order to prevent the necessity of beginning so risky an undertaking over again. I was struck with the perplexity of his mind, with his prudent anxiety, with his moderation—l will take the liberty of saying with the modesty of his desires and his views. I left him, carrying away with me the convic tion that if he had readily entered upon war he would still more readily make peace." M. Guizot adds that he can see in France no party, no individual, that can overthrow a puce policy. It depends on the will of the Emperor Napoleon, and on him alone. The real or apparent inde. cision of the Government is the root of the anxiety. M. Guizot is 'willing to allow that if war were inevitable the Government ought to adopt an expectant attitude ; but on the great question as to whether there is to be a war or not, the Government ought to be able to form an opinion and act upon it. At present it does not. M. Guizot thinks war is not probable, and he therefore recommends that the army of France be reduced to a peace footing, after having ascertained by diplomatic means that the example would be followed. It is a fine article, well deserving of consideration. The Emperor was greatly pleased with the result of the Var election. M. Pinard was forthwith complimented on the result. The telegraph was immediately in requisition to inform the successful Minister of the Interior of the excellent impression produced at Biarritz by the news from Toulon. It is said that the Minister of Foreign Affairs telegraphed the result to all the French embassies and agencies abroad. It appears that in the city of Toulon the Opposition had the advantage. There, M. Pey . iuc polled only 3,980 votes, whilst M. Dufaure obtained 4,988. I said yesterday that not a copy of La Lanterne founa its way into France. According to a Belgian paper, a printer has republished all the numbers of the obnoxious journal in very small type, on very thin paper, and large numbers are being imported into France in watch cases. They are certainly not read in public. The Constitutionnel has published an estimate of the vintage for 1868, in which it is concluded that the quantity will be up to the average, and the quality good. The writer, however, does not pronounce in favour of cheap wines. The stock in hand is small, and the demand for the produce of the present year is in consequence very considerable. A stange story is told of the Emperor of Austria's visit to Galicia. The Austrian Ministers, Baron Beust included, knew nothing of the project until it had been finally resolved upon. The influence of the Hungarian and Polish parties succeeded in gaining the consent of the Emperor. The Patrie believes that the interview between the Emperor Napoleon and the Queen of Spain will not take place. At Laqueito, however, the important event is confidently relied on. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme See Thursday, f 1 F. 1 Sept. 17, B. T. 0 W. ;1 to F. D. W It. to 8 a.m. 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'89f. 51 jlO S.E. I 1 2 N. 'en:lo'o'o2 2 Yarmouth 29'862. 52 49 W.N.W. 2 4 N.W. c.b. 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnees Ardrossan 29'96. 50 47 S.E. 2 2 E. c.f. 2 Greencastle 29 82f. 53 49 E. 4 4 E. o. Holyhead Liverpool 29•832. 54 150 E. 2 1 E. o. 1 Valentis 29'571. 60 58 S.E. 4 6 S.S.E. o.rc 0'34 3 Cape Clear 29'slf. 60 59 S.E. 6 5 S,E. f.m. 0'54 4 Roche's Pt. 29'59f 58 157 E. 6 7 E.S.E. r.o. 0'35 5 Penzance Plymouth _ 29•602. 63 61 S.E. 4 7 E.N.E. C. 3 Weyrno uth 29'67f. 65 62 E. 19 5 E.S.E. o.c. 5 Portsmouth 59'712. 61 57 E.S.E. 5 5 S.E. o.c. 4 London 29'81f. 59 55 E. 2 3 E. c.ro o'ol C'peGrisNez 29'79f. 59 50 E. 4 3 N.N.E. o. 2 Brest 29'49f. 59 55 S.S.E. 5 4 S.E. r.o. ? 3 L'Orient.. Rochefort ?29'Bos. 66 62 S.E. 5 4 S.E. c. 1 Biarritz Corunna — Paris - Strasbourg — _ Toulon - 4 Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 30•525. 52 51 S.E. I 1 S.E. o. 3 EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 12 deg. a sea level. The letter lON. Barometer correctet. deg. a sea level. The letter r., rising; 1., falling; s., steady—indicate direction of moticn 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 sly; c.—clouds, detached; f.—fog; I.—lightning hazy o.—overcast, dull; r.— rain; a.— snow; t.—thunder. Bain-tall. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. SPAIN. MADRID, Sept. 16. The Court will proceed to-morrow to San Sebas tian, and an interview between the Emperor Napo leon and Queen Isabella will, it is stated, probably take place at Biarritz on the 18th inst. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17. The West African Mail steamer Ethiope has'. arrived here with 19 passengers, 68oz. of gold dust £l,lOO, $3OO, and 1,850 f. in specie. Her dates are : Old Calabar, August 12 ; Cameroons, 14 ; Fernando Po, 15 ; Bonny, 18 ; Brass River, 18 ; Lagos, 20 ; Accra, 22 ; Cape Palmas, 25 ; Sierre Leone, 29 ; Tencriffe, Sept. 6 ; and Madeira, 8. At Accra trale was bad, but the river was healthy. At Brass River oil was plentiful, but prices high. The news from all the other ports is unimportant. FRANCE. PARIS, Sept. 17. The Moniteur of this morning states that the Emperor visited the Camp at Lanneinezan yester day. His Majesty was received by the Commander in -Chief, Marshal Neil, and General Goyot. An immense crowd was present, including the mayors and numerous inhabitants of 172 communes. The people and the soldiers vied with each other in greeting the Emperor with enthusiastic cheers. After a review of the troops the Emperor gave a grand dinner to all the generals and superior officers, and returned to Pau by the night train at seven o'clock. Everywhere on his journey his Majesty was received in the most cordial and sympathetic manner by the inhabitants. The Moniteur, in its bulletin, says that letters from Rio Janeiro to the 24th August announces that Senor Scarmiento, the newly elected President of the Argentine Republic, had been received by the Emperor Dom Pedro. The Brazilian Government has complied with the demands of the American Minister by permitting the American gunboat Wasp to ascend the Parana. BOURSE, Sept. 16.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : q per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan - 3 per Cent End of month 7O 27i Mexican Loan ... 23 25 Credit Mobilier End of month... 280 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier —l4lB Home Debt — End of month... Deferred — - RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern 1172 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5BO Western Eastern • • 0000000000000000000 00000 565 Sardinian Austrian 553 Lombard 4lO North of Spain s3i Saragossa Roman 37f BAVARIA. Muivictr, Sept. 17. It is announced that the marriage of the Duchess Sophia of Bavaria with the Duke of Alencon is to take place on Monday next at the Castle of Pos senhofen. WARSAW, Sept. 17. Yesterday, for the first time, students of every creed attending the lectures in the superior schools were enmpalcd to sny tlic Usual opening rraycrs in the Russian language. AGRICUL7 URAL HALL. The unprecedented success which attended the series of concerts given at the above hall last sea son has induced Mr. Charles Goffrie to become the temporary lessee of the Agricultural Hall, in order to enable him to give a second series of concerts of a similar description. The decoration of the Hall last year no doubt contributed greatly to the satis factory result which attended the performances, were so highly appreciated on that occasion. Th e H all, as now and Mr . assistanceGnof h hasffr t ie nsnw accordinglyhnse called to his aid the efforts arranged, presents a brilliant and fairy-like appear ance, and created general admiration. The lighting is effected by myriads of gas jets placed in every variety of form, with a profusion of exotic and flowing plants at each end of the hall. Mr. Hur witz, although not called upon to perform the won ders of decoration he achieved last year, has on the present occasion fitted up the boxes opposite the orchestra with the greatest taste and brilliancy, and the celebrated studio of Brucciani has been laid under heavy contribution to heighten to the general effect. Copies of the most exquisite statues, a b r o t t i la sticnuy antique indifferent p ar t s o f t h e modern, have been most building, also amongst the rich foliage of the plants, and such is the placed and profusion with which this eminent artiste has effected his part of the decoration that the place might almost be termed the " Hall of Sculpture." The general ap pearance of the place is altogether very beautiful, and such being the case it was to be expected the baud would be quite up to the mark. This certainly is the case, for scarcely a name of importance is ab sent from the list of instrumentalists the lessee has secured. The conducting of the concerts has been confided to the most accomplished musician of the day, M. Benedict, a sure guarantee for perfection ; the lessee himself sharing with the great maestro the responsibility of directing the magnificent or chestra. The attendance of the public last night was immense. The National Anthem having been splendidly performed by the band, strengthened by the Coldstreams and the Rifles, the pro gramme commenced with Beethoven's Grand March Triomphale, which called forth loud and ge neral applause. Then followed Mr. Harper with a wonderful trumpet solo " The Soldier Tired," and then a debutante, Signora Sofia Scalchi, sang the finale to " Cenerentola." The Agricultural Hall is not the place to test the cap a bilities of the voice, but from what we heard last night we feel certain we shall have better opportunity of hearing the lady, who evidently is a vocalist of high merit. Mr. Perren sang " Sound an Alarm," but he has not the power required for the performance of that magnificent composition ; he got on much better in the " Bay of Biscay," for which he secured an encore. Mr. Levy enraptured the immense audience with his cornet playing, and Mr. Wehli executed an arrangement of his own from Faust on the pianoforte, but the performer had so overloaded the original with digital difficulties that it might almost have been anything he chose to call it, as recognition was certainly out of the question. On this occasion we cannot compliment the performer, for had any one but a celebrated pianist attempted such a thing at a good concert he or she would most assuredly have been laughed at. Mad ,me Lieb hart, of course, secured rapturous encores for her ballads, and the selection from the Grand Duchess, for orchestra and military bands, went off with great spirit. Altogether Mr. Geffrie has every reason to be satisfied with his opening night, which, it may fairly be assumed, gave promise of a most successful sea son. Lieut. Cbas. P. G. Hicks was yesterday Appointed to the Forte. REMARKS. A general decrease has taken place in barometrical pressure during the last twenty-four hours: it has teen of considerable amount in the S. and W. of our islands—at Penzance and Valencia the change has been upwards of three-tenths of an inch. The least reading re ported is from Brest, which is 0141 n. lower than that at Nairn. Temperature is higher at southern and western stations. Easterly winds were strong yesterday in the S.W. of these Islands, where the wind is still fresh from the eastward. Light and variable winds pre vail on our E. coast. Rain has fallen in the S. of Ireland. The weather is cloudy. Lightning is reperted from Penzance. According to the Prussian (Cross) Gazette, Count Bis marck is so far recovered as to be able to take horse exercise. It is doubtful where the Prussian statesman intends to pass the autumn ; some say Menton, but the reports are rather in favour of an English watering-place. In the midst of the war rumours, Prussia quietly pur sues her policy in South Germany. The reorganisation of the South German armies on the Prussian model pro gresses. Bavaria held out the longest, hut she has at length consented to re-form the four divisions of the Bavarian troops into two corps d'arinCe on the Prussian system. This change, we are told, would be carried out sooner but for that all-important German consideration — finance. The new system will, however, be in full force by the Ist of October. This reorganisation still leaves open the question of a military union amongst the South German States. News of disturbances continue to arrive from Turkey. The assertion that the most comp!ete tranquillity reigned in Bulgaria has been supplemented by the statement that the Porte had resolved to occupy the Danubian Principalities, and reports of further engage ments between the Bulgarians and the Turks. The Viclordan of Belgrade says that three bands of Bulgarian insurgents, which had effected a union, were attacked by the Turkish troops, but succeeded in forcing a passage to the Balkan Mountains. There the chief of one of the bands attacked and captured a Turkish blockhouse. The Belgrade journal says the Turks lost 200 men in this affair. The news of the English cab strike has caused much astonishment abroad. According to the Times correspon dent, the foreigners generally do not understand it. Many things are managed better in France than in this benighted land ; but street conveyance is better all over Europe. The fault of our vehicles is that they are all upon the same footing. "In England the most ramshackle, neglected, fusty old vehicle, with a three-legged horse and a driver in a chronic state of gin-and-water, has a legal claim upon you for the same payment as a smart, clean, well-lined hansom, with a horse that thinks nothing of eight or nine miles an hour." In Paris excellent clean broughams or good open carriages may be had for two shillings an hour. Berlin street conveyances are superior both in pace and cleanliness. Vienna has long been famous in this respect. By the simple expedient of varying the price according to the quality of the horse and vehicle— that is, by classing the cabs—the question of privilege would be at once disposed of. Another foreign system, too, is worthy of imitation. At Paris a party arriving by train is presented with a ticket and an omnibus. The ticket states how much is to be paid, and the omnibus conveys the entire party and their higgago, with room to spore, to their clsAtitiatimfarAruosi rgQl:ote Brice. PBESENTATION TO THE Brarap OF TENNESSEE. It will be remembered that during the stay of the Bishop of Tennessee at Lavenham, a fund was raised for the purpose of presenting him with an altar-cloth similar to the one in Lavenham Church, which Miss Croker kindly promised to work. The presentation was duly made, and the following letter (written on parchment) has just been received from America by the rector in acknowledgment of the same :—" St. Luke's Parish, Jack son, Tennessee, U.S.A., July 21, 1868.—Reverend and dear sir, - our, ReverenclFather in God, Bishop Quintard, has presented to this parish the altar-cloth, cross, and alms basin which your parishioners donated to him, and in which they have reproduced the furniture of your own holy table. While our most thankful acknowledgments are due to our beloved diocesan for the distinguished honour he has thus done us, we take occasion to assure you, and through you all who took part in this contribu tion, of the lively pleasure and profound gratitude with which we receive it. It is superb gift from one of the parishes of that dear mother to whom the Church in these States is indebted under God for her first foundation and long continuance of nursing care and protection.' It now beautifies and adorns our modest sanctuary, and like a corona lucie, gives light to all that are in the house. It stands before us m a witness and testimonial of your and our oneness in the faith which was delivered to the saints. We greet it as a token and pledge of perpetua' fellowship and goodwill, and most lovingly respond to all that it so peerlessly symbolises.—Your brothers, John A. Harrison, Rector ; Jas. L. Tulbit, Senior Warden ; Jas. G. Womack, Junior Warden ; Ward M. Stephens, Thos. J. Caruthers, J. M. Barker, Thos. W. Harris (secretaiy), James C. Pybas, Vestrymen.—To the Rev. Joseph M. Croker."—Bury Post. THE IRISH CHURCH. A county meeting was held at the Shire Hall, Hereford, on Wednesday—Lord Bateman, lord-lieutenant of Here fordshire, in the chair—to " express disapprobation of any measure calculated to injure the position or impair the efficiency of the Irish branch of the United Church of England and Ireland." The requisition to the lord-lieu tenant was signed by about 400 county gentry and clergy, Lady Emily Foley and Lord Mahon heading the list. Among those present were the Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Hereford, the new Solicitor-General (Mr. Baggallay, M.P.), Sir J. R._Bailey, M.P., Sir IL Croft, Dr. Jebb, dtc. Sir JOSEPH BAILEY proposed the first resolution, atnrm ing that the union of Church and State ought to be main tained, believing that religious freedom was best secured by such union. The resolution was carried. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL (Mr. Baggallay) then addressed the meeting in support of the second resolution as follows :—" That the maintenance of the union of Church and State is the best means of securing the privi leges of the, poor of the United Kingdom of England and Ireland ; that the intentions of previous benefactors should be respected," &c. In supporting this resolution he said that the laity had as much interest in this question as the clergy, and more. Now, in the scheme sketched by Mr. Gladstone' for disendowing the Irish Church, he was at great pains to produce the impression that he would compensate all interests affected by the measure —an expression which sounded well, but meant more than appeared, for they found that, while compensation was to be given to the holders and patrons of benefices, the interests of the congregations were altogether for gotten. Was it a true definition of the Church to consider it as solely consisting of the clergy and the patrons? He ventured to think that they were but the trustees of the real beaficiaires—the congregations. The result of this scheme would be that the poor districts would especially be neglected, and the inhabitants would be at the mercy of the propagators of any other faith. It had been alleged that the Irish Church had ceased to effect the purpose for which it was esta blished. He admitted in a certain qualified sense that the Irish Church had failed to effect the purpose for which it was established. But they must look to the cir cumstances. It was a well known fact that on the first planting of the Reformed Church in Ireland it: was intended to work a political object—to bring the Irish people to the feet of the English—rather than to promote religion in the land. It was only owing to the zeal of a few godly ministers that the Established religion had prospered at all. But from the commence ment of the present century there had been a very different state of affairs. The learned Solicitor-General went on to show that the revenues of the Irish Church were derived from the land which had been granted to the ancestors of the present owners, subject to those dues. He also answered the argument that it was the ',Church of a minority. After answering other arguments advanced by Mr. Gladstone and his supporters, the speaker concluded by reading some passages from a speech delivered by Sir James Graham thirty years ago, as appropriate to the subject. Sir H. CROFT seconded the resolution, and denied that this measure would conciliate Ireland. The resolution was carried nem. con., and others or a formal nature followed. THE " LAW MAGAZINE" UPON LORD BROUGHAM. In the last number of the Law Magazine and Law Review is a somewhat lengthy but interesting biography of Lord Brougham. His career as a barrister, a states man, a judge, and a philosopher is illustrated by numerous anecdotes and clever criticism. His remarkable versatility is especially shewn, and, in the opinion of the writer of the article, the success of Brougham as a lawyer was marred by the enormous correspondence and attention which his other studies required. The following estimate of his character is given :—" As advocate, judge, statesman, orator, author, philoso pher, philanthropist, he was alike distinguished, and in each capacity is entitled to regard. But versatile as he unquestionably was, his was not the versatility of a shallow mind, which dips into everything but goes deep into nothing. What he did not know he never pretended to know. What he learned he learned thoroughly ; and whatever he did he did well. His was the versatility of that order of mind which distinguished Bacon, and Newton, and Locke, and Michael Angelo, and Leonardi da Vinci, who studied a variety of subjects, but made each aid the other. All his pursuits were connected with and assisted one another. 02nnes artes, quce ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi eogizatione quadant inter se continentur. So in Lord Brougham, each of his studies, however varied, were linked together by his study of man and his gigantic efforts for the amelioration of the human race. To say that he knew or tried to know everything is as contrary to fact as it would have been irrational in the attempt. He was no poet, no painter, no musician, no chemist, no metaphysician. In reality, although sneered at for directing his vast mind to so many subjects at once, and thence argued to be necessarily a shallow man, he did not in reality embrace so wide a range, much less did he grasp topics so unconnected and so opposite, as did some of the great men whose names we have cited, and whom none have dared to call superficial or shallow. His judgments, although they may be sneered at by mere case lawyers, whose minds are neither suffi ciently comprehensive nor sufficiently acute to regard the study as a science, are nevertheless remarkable and valu able as exponents of leading principles on many of the most important topics of jurisprudence, an effort of all others the most difficult of accomplishment, and a quality which not only distinguished the judgments of the most profound jurists who have adorned this country—our Hardwickes, and Mansfields, and Eilenborougbs, and Stowells—but which was after all their highest merit. Probably no public man ever attempted more than what Lord Brbugham attempted to effect, and few, if any, have accomplished so much. His law reforms alone occupy a considerable space in the statute hook. For education he effected a vast deal. No one contributed more to the extinction of negro slavery. Of political and social progress he was the pioneer. Of every abuse he was the determined foe. No subject was too vast for his genius ; no topic too commonplace or ordinary to be beneath his notice. With his splendid intellectual acquirements and untiring in dustry, were, moreover, combined a high moral courage and a sterling integrity which no dread of power could ever daunt, no temptation ever lead astray. Fortunately, perhaps, for his fame, and still more so for his country, the period in which he lived was exactly suited to exhibit to the full the stupendous powers and energies of such a man ; while he was in all respects singularly and com pletely adapted to the peculiar exigencies of such an age." In the course of an address at Leeds, Mr. Isaac Holden, ono of the Liberal candidates for the re presentation of the ca,3tern division of th 3 West Riding, said he had that morning received a letter frurn London, in which it was stated " that Mr. Gladstone ha] just intimated his willingness to consider the question of the ballot." SINGULAR CASE OF S UICIDE. —The Liverpool coroner has held an inquest on the body of William Rimmer, a metal broker. A few days ago he went home in an excited state and told his wife he had seen some of his barrels taken along the street by the Excise officers, and his mind became affected. He was afraid of being apprehended on account of an illicit whisky still he had in Everton. On Tuesday morning, at an early hour, his wife missed him from bed, and on getting a light found him sus pended by the neck horn the bedpost, and quite dead. The 4 . Liu ntunnl 7eract cf tem mrary ir.siLity. NAVAL AND MILITARY ln 7ELLIGENCE Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General Commanding-in-Chief, being expected to visit Portsmouth during the present week, the ordinary Monday's brigade of the troops in that garrison on Southsea-common was on tha day conducted on an extended scale by Lieut.-Gee. Sir George Buller. At the close of the movements Lieut.-Gen. Buller rode to the front of the 35th Regiment, where he presented Sergeant Crane, of chat regiment, with the medal of the Royal Humane Society, awarded him for au act of great gallantry in jumping into the tidal channel from off the Gun wharf wall, with his uniform and sword bayonet opt to the rescue of a boy, the son of Staff Commander iawckner, of her Majesty's ship Asia. Yesterday Major-Gen. F. Murray, commanding _he division at Chatham, inspected on the general ;grade ground the detac:nneuts of the Ist battalion A the Ist Royals and the Ist battalion of the Bth .teginent, under orders to embark for Malta, en route for India. An order was yesterday received at the head tuartas of the Royal Engineer establishment at drompton, directing the B troop of the Royal Ea'. 4 ineer Train to proceed from Chatham this morning ,o Aldershot, to go into winter quarters. The troop will march by daily stages from Chatham to Alder shot, halting to-night at Dartford, to-morrow at Lewisham, on Thursday at Richmond, Friday at Egham, and arriving at Aldershot on Saturday. [he A troop, in two sections, will also leave Chatham for Aldershot in the course of the present week. By direction of the Admiralty a trial has been made in the Medway, under the superintendence of Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.1 3 . Capt. W. P. Hall, C. 8., superintendent of the dock yard; Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., emu manding the steam reserve, and other naval and military officers, of a new description of life -buoy, patented by Messrs. Welsh and Bourchier, which it is proposed to adopt in the Royal Navy. It consists of a light, open framework of wood, at the upper end of which is a metal air casing, and at the lower part a small water tank, capable of containing about six gallons of fresh water. Two telescopic masts are also fitted to the lifebuoy, having at their summit two flags always flying seven feet above the level of he sea, for the purpose of pointing out its position from the ship. To these masts are attached two port fires as signal lights, one being ignited by the action of letting go the buoy, while the other is at the service of the man when he gets into the buoy, to show his position in a dark night. The buoy wil l support a whole boat's crew by their holding on to the floating brackets outside. The trial was mad e from the stern of the Salamander, and the result Wag highly satisfactory. Her Majesty's screw troopship Simoom, Capt. J. B. Lethbridge, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday with the Ist and sth Batteries of Royal Artillery ou board, comprising Capts. Wylde and Ellaby, Lieuts• Milbury,Pipon, and Sanders, 200 non-commissio ned officers and gunners, with women and children. The Liffey, screw (unarmoured wooden) friga te ; 34, Capt. E. J. Johnstone, sailed from Spithev yesterday afternoon for a few days' cruise in t he Channel for gun and general drill practice. A court-martial was held yesterday on board the flagship Royal Adelaide, in the Hamoaze, for the trial, on a charge of drunkenness, of Navigating Sub-Lieut. Charles Meadows Doleson, when h e was , dismissed from her Majesty's service. The C ourt consisted of Capt. Lambert, president; Capts-Ju ue° ' Earle, Pellew, and Buller, with Mr. Win. Eastlake/ Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet. A general order from the War-office announces that cases having occurred in which Staff depart' mental officers serving abroad have remitted large sums of money through the military accountants fe_r payment in England, the Secretary of State for W,2140 desires that it may be distinctly understood that tu intention and scope of War-office Circular No. 481 (the 28th of September, 1850,) was to extend to such officers the privilege previously granted to officers serving in India only—namely, " to remit,' limited portion of their pay for the benefit of thef t parents, wives, children, brothers, or sisters," 3°l that the remittance of au officer's private fu n d s through the public accountants cannot be perm itte ', for other purposes, nor to any amount beyon d that of his monthly pay. In future no remittan ces '° of such amount will be issued by the War office. Mr. P. Thornton, master shipbuilder at Chatham dockyard, has resumed his duties at that establi..ll_.: ment, after being engaged for some time in the . 113 _ 4 spection of the double-screw iron armour - hat turret-ship Cerberus, built by the Palmer Shthe building Company, at Jarrow-upon-TY" , for fly defence of Melbourne. The Cerberus will shor arrive at Chatham to be completed for sea. The Inspector-General of the Royal Alaril3e „,.. ac Forces, Major-Gen. Oates Travers, C.D., Len aloft poled by his aide-de-camp, Capt. J. I \ l. ich commenced the annual inspection of the `v°°' division of that force yesterday. fled e ll The practice with the 150-pounder xi th-V re converted from a 68-pounder cast-iron sul°° Yesterday gun on the Parsons' system was resumed Y es ,,as to complete the programme of firing 120 rollout; ' be stated in Zhe Sun), 17 rounds of which b ad ti t of fired, but owing to the platform getting °,_efore order, and there not being time to repair it : wil ed the rise of the tide, the practice was disco ° 00 0 after firing 11 rounds, making in all 114 r wder that had been fired with charges of 301 b. of P° t wo and a projectile of 1501 b. weight, bes ides tu e hot . proof rounds of 37i1b. of powder and 101hAri, The range attained was slightly under that °`: it i a l day last at the same elevation of 19 deg. - 60 0 velocities taken and roughly calculated were Capt. feet per second, but owing to the absence o f till Sun g Noble, R.A., have not been checked. The under shows no signs of weakness or deteriora tion the severe strain to which it has been put. , s s hip A trial of the engines of her Majesty 0.1 Northumberland, 24, Capt. Roderick D° Yr t i l, yea' was made outside the Breakwater, Plylnc u six r uns terday, when the mean speed attained after bout, under full boiler power was 14.132 knots Pe1 i1. 728 and with four runs at half-boiler pow er f ood knots. The engines worked in a very satin manner, indicating over 6,500-horse power' t . A naval court-martial, presided ove r b s pa J. Kennedy, C. 8., her Majesty's ship Ira] is i . I As a composed of Capts. W. C. Chatuberlain,_ °rico; B. Johnson, Liffey ; E. A. D. Brooker, Sera 034 S. B. Spiers, Himalaya ; J. C. Soady, SeraF t „ o ath at P° Victory' 1 E. W. Watson, Crocodile, assembled on Saturday, on board ner Majesty's sh i p sea man , for the trial of Thomas Power, ordinary training serving on board the Duke of Wellington e issP ship,lon a charge of having t hrown an °P he g hiP knife at the sick berth attendant on board l cosicle- The court found the charge proved u, t, ration of the youth of the prisoner, sent u' oye srS i t n o tLheewe Lewes mitigated ganl, w t i e t r h m h o a „ i ota Chat h The detachments of the 14th and Bth i legl Bo l t° placed under orders to proceed from _ or ni of imprisonment flg f Malta nr will embarkation leave the nn gbaorrairsdonthone Saturday Bth I teg inves ts The service companies of the Ist and will shortly proceed from Malta to lud i t_ ec ted t° o moat for tic is The depot of the 48th inventßeg arrive at Colchester to-morrow or SaturnaY 410 d to officers and nine men of the 4th a nd Bth 1-leriii_ortlig talions are under orders to procce School of Musketry on the Ist pro/du i°. in fora t . " O Au order has been received at Chatht ee w ith 04 War-office announcing that, in acc ordan cooo ittee l l recommendation of the Ordnance Sele ct s berie s P he it has been decided that shot—solid, to common i , and 68-pounders —are n future boN ' painted black, instead of red. Care. infa" d of of the ever, be taken that they are not used lo s inch hollow shot at stations where any store _ au Do Th e solid s c i latter may be remaining. hot 13 1 fi4l mice in the weight. screw ss readily distinguished from t he hollow 11 the iffe, " His Imperial Russian M a j esty's from Algeria, arrived in Plymout. 3 0 da9 roceed •gh ° gate Alexander Newsky, 51, Capt h . s K o r l e i n er ycss te r rde c , afternoon, and, after coaling, will P ness Grand Duke Alexis, who is ac Petersburg. She has on board his . fincoPe_rpiaaliiiedi 14 Vice-Admiral kosiet. 1), D. . 44 Kati, 1) loth, Th fo / all Rkl Rr( me [lei an ( Fil Lii 18( It f, Rti tin( A Nt 11„.41 ti c °4l) t , 0„,41