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THE SUN LONDON, FFIDAY EVENING 9 AUGUST 21 , 1868 • .........6,..1115M1C ARM- -7• . .......... ........ . ...... .....-.....,,,.. r-................................. insurance-life, fire, and marine. It is a noticeable LATEST INTELL CGENCE CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, 1 R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, flee, 4 , 7 _6 t ' '4, 4.ti• , . ROYAL INSURANCE. BUILDINGS, fact that life insurance is making greater pro- ROYAL -..-...----. Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool. t. 12 1 .! IsY ' '' ' I F 42) , Sint greys in the United States than in this (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) i. inIOMOUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. glic.ra 8 , ... • The cc Royal: has never had a larger b od y of Constituents - • , . PARIS, THURSDAY, August 20. than now. ' -7-- -----..---- - tainly not, as a rule, more pru d e nt than the AMERICA. It is thought with much reason that the Council of FIRE BRANCH. £160,553 LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1868. English. Other topics of general interest, such as Ministers held yesterday must have been of considerable PREMIUMS in 1867 NEW YORK, Aug. 20. being a larger revenue than in any preceding ..._-.8.--. the adoption of a uniform system of weights and COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. importance to bring M. Rouher from Macon, whither he cussed was the time for holding the general elections, and die year. • had gone to the marriage of his niece. The question .£292,125 Closing prices :-Gold, 143 f. Sterling exchange LOSSES by Fire in 1867 Seldom has the public been startled by the news measures, the purchase by the State of telegraph as the Ministers saw nothing in the present state of France NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex penses £5 6 ,373 of a more terrible and fatal disaster on our Eug- property, and the International Statistical Confer on London, 1091 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, to . encourage an immediate appeal to the country, thero LIFE BRANCH. lish railways than that which this morning ap- ence, were touched upon by Mr. BROWN, whose sec -1882, 1131 ; ditto, 1885, 111 ; 10-40 Bonds, will be no general election until next year. The seats Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7-- £BOl,OOO 108 f ; Illinois, 142 ; Erie, 451. Cotton-mid- l w ,e h ry ich sho a r r t e ly a . t p T re h s e en r t esu v l a t c s a o n f t w th il e l, la o s f t c se o v u e l n se c , o b n e te fi st il s ed gi u v p o Do. during previous Quinquellniilm £688.000 palled the readers of the daily journals. The tion is likely to do some useful service if it follows Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £i28,583 nature of the accident at Abergele was so fearful, in the line he has marked for its attention. dung upland, 29i. Petroleum-standard white, L I FE PROPOSALS now effected will pa rtici p ate in the a return of four Imperialists to three Liberals ; but the increased share of profits recently conceded to Policy- the number of victims so numerous, and the It appears that all is to go smoothly in France 321. Flour, extra state, $B7O 930 c. ; Corn, old holders. whole circumstances of the case so painful, that total of votes polled by all the Opposition candidates is PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. for the present, and the Constitutionnel declares mixed, $l2l. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. the calamity has scarcely a parallel in our railway much larger than the number given to all the Government that the general election of deputies to the Legisla- nominees. The Opposition journals have not yet forgotten August, 1868. annals. The Irish Limited Mail, leaving London tive Body will not take place till 1869. This is (Per the Scotia via Queenstown.) the Jura election, which still inspires them with pride To Tag ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH at 7.15 a.m., was en route for Holyhead, and affirmed in the most positive manner, so that we NEW Yome, Aug. 11 (Noon). is subject.ln,ely to meet ee u t nf l o v r it t h una d t is e mi p s r s e io f l e i ct as o and exultation ; but the official papers are silent on the OF MARYLEBONE. tfhethreesudletpoat his s en il t l passed Abergele station in safety about one o'clock. a ENTLEMEN,- , may put some faith in it. By next spring, it will The Secretary of War, in answer to the appeal Upwards of seven years since you e the honour to of Governor Warmouth, has sent instructions to success. He has been elect me one of your Representa , ives, and for he third thne I half an hour before a goods train had passed, and be remembered, the ordinary time for the duration fourteen years in his come forward to . solicit a renewal of the kind support I then and General Buchanan, Commander of the Forces in . . . this was the cause of the subsequent . disaster. A present post, and is now unable to meet the have since received. of the expires, so that there will be Louisiana, to dispose of the troops under his corn- difficulty of the position. The control of the depart- I appeal to my votes and conduct in Parliament during this little beyond Llandulas, a mile and a half Legislature • • • • long period in proof of my having fulfilled the promises I then no extra preparation made and no undue excite mend according to his discretion, and to promptly o f 1 () • • ment will be much more di ffi cult after the recent victory made. from Abergele, a portion of this gools train My best and most earnest attention has ever been, and shall went raised in the matter. It is the more fortu- tie O ppos iti on. Moreover, the present prefect acted telegraph for special orders from the President if injudiciously on this last occasion in choosing a can eontindue to lec l , devoted to to sup port po loca rt l t i h n e tega n t e s i . ple l o lr T o e ca e l n o d e e l a f: seems, from some unexplained reason, to have nate that things should remain undisturbed any emergency should arise rendering it necessary government, and to keep down the burthen of local taxation. become detached and ran back down the now, because, with one circumstance and dilate of no status or reputation, and in the violence with I have given an undeviating support to every liberal and just to employ the national force for the preservation which he opposed M. Gr6vy. measure for the promotion of Reform in the Law; for the im- incline, running into the mail train, which was another, some anxiety has prevailed respecting provement of the Education of the People; for the Exercise of The official press is still engaged in endeavouring to due Eeonomy in our Public Establishments; for the Abolition of corning on behind at about 40 miles an hour. The public opinion on certain points, and just now there of order. diminish the signification of the interview at Schwalbach compulsory Church Rates; and for the enactment of that men, The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill -an event, I should think, that needs neither to be engine, tender, and three first-class carriages, were sure of Representative Reform, the first e ff ect of which is, lam is a great deal about the Opposition oratory of M. making it a penal offence to organize any military hippy to say, the great enlargement of the electoral body of the . _ smashed up together, but the climax of horror was exaggerated nor lessened. The 11.1oni'eur is not very pro lieiglorn. GREVY. Several of the journals comment on it in Many important subjects must come before the next Parlia that a waggon laden with petroleum oil was at the . force in the State without orders from the Go- flounced in its pacific assurances ; but it observes that the smaller German States have adop' el a -project with the ment. and my conduct shall be animated by the same principles very free terms, and especial notice is drawn to the The question of the Irish Church must at once occupy the back of the goods train, and naturally e x p loded fact that the new Deputy belongs to the Radical vernor. view of increasing their military strength, and yet their serious attention of the New Parliament. I gave , an d shall con tinue to give, my cordial support to Mr. Gladstone on this great The Alabama Legislature haspassed bill ' a in- policy . has not therefore become less pacific. question, the settlement of which will, I firmly believe, remove when the collision occurred. The wrecks of the section, and will thus be a great reinforcement to vesting the Legislature with the power of casting It is said that M. de la Tour d'Auvergne, who is at a fruitful source of discontent in Ireland, and greatly tend to carriages and the remains of their unfortunate oc promote the true interests of Protestantism throughout the them and a drawback to the Conservative party. United Kingdom. cupants were all burnt in the fire, and twenty- the electoral vote of the State. present on holiday, will not return to his pre, and that I shall carefully watch the estimates of every department of Great stress is likewise laid on the fact that the his place will be filled by M. Drouyn de Lhuys. This the Public Service, more especially that of the Admiralty, with three passengers for Ireland were burnt beyond the Reports from Richmond state that a Conserve- rumour probably arises from the fact that the latter states the view of obtaining increased efficiency, combined with greater decision has taken place in the rural population, so tive meeting held yesterday in that town was economy in the expenditure of the public money. recognition of their friends. We may reasonably man is now the neighbour of Lord S!aaley at Lucerne. I believe it is of the utmost importance still further to extend that the excuses cannot be made which generally attacked by negroes. A fight ensued, in which and improve the Education of the People, and that in the interest hope, from the violence of the collision, that they The edition of La Lantcrne, whic'a has been published at Brussels, is vigilantly sought after by the police here.. of our manufacturers more attention should be given to Technical are found regarding the decision of the towns. e pistols were used, and two negroes killed. Instruction; and I shall zealously support any measures that were beyond the reach of suffering from the flames, It is little likely that many of the copies have found their may be likely to effect so desirable an object. We doubt much of this is exaggerated, and, the maybe have the honour to be, but the incident in its least painful aspects is suffi period being a dull one, the writers and OTTAWA 2 Aug. 11. way into France. At all events the domiciliary visits GENTLEMEN, Your obedient Servant, ciently appalling. In addition to the fatal cases, which have been numerous have not as yet resulted in any The Canadian Parliament has been prorogued HARVEY LEWlS. commentators are glad to seize upon any opportu- discovery. here of course, more sufferers who 21, Grosvenor-street, Aug. 18, 1868. t are, many some details of the health of Count Bismarck. ..: • more or less injured. The stoker was picked up Anti-Union Convention at Halifax has passed a COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED sal out of it. The " impassable inhabitants" of the The . writer . says that the Premier is detained at VICTUALLERS. dead from under the broken engine. The chief resolution strongly deprecating rebellion against country are not likely to prove the correctness of rim only article really suitable for that purpose, guard also was killed, but the driver, having seen the Crown or annexation to the United States ; at Varzin by circumstances of a particular kind (it does not -1- ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address that a collision was inevitable, jumped off, - and the definitions concerning them ; but, meanwhile, appear what), and not by illness. Ho has seen the the same time favouring the use of every constitu- statesman in person, and says that be never looked 1 05, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. many circumstances conspire to show the propriety - - escaped with some injuries. The Duchess of tional means to withdraw Nova Scotia from the better, being, at most, but a little worn out. CLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED ABERCORN and her family were among the passen- of leaving the dissolution of the Chamber alone for Confederation, which, they allege, it was forced to He rises every day in good time, and mounts his horse, VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. the present. It is not the thing itself so much asspendingenter against the will of the people. spending seven hours in visiting his tenants and the neigh vAT gers, but fortunately escaped. Lord F ARNHAM, ILLEAM HOLDICII and CO., No. 105 , the rumours afloat concerning it that renders the bowing landlords. Then follows dinner, and afterwards a , V Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, and two ladies who accompanied him, were among election season a time of doubt and anxiety, and Sir John Macdonald and party have left Halifax period of rest and State business. If he had been really ill he Pavement, Clapham-common. the victims. A watch was picked up among the for Canada. Their mission' to reconcile Nova he would not, thinks this correspondent, have retired to a ruins bearing his name, but it is not nos- especially in France, where so peculiar a tone pre- little village where there is neither doctor nor apothecary. • FABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, - vails with respect to public affairs. Scotia to the Confederation is pronounced a failure I The doctor, in fact, has never been required except once, expressly for Licensed Victuallers. Damask Napk ins Bible to ide ntif y the bodies. Twent y -three for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towe llin g s of The Debats has, apparently, adopted the pacific by the provincial press , when the count's wife fell off a chair and slightly injured and church carried to haveffins been Abergele , avery description. Patterns gratis and post free. co policy of others, and in the long summary of events NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Morning), herself. the injured are distributed in the neighbourhood. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar Such are the main outlines of this terrible story which it has given recently it favours the notion The Governor of Alabama has vetoed the bill . . use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for 'of general quietude prevailing. The groat Cabi- empowering the Legislature to cast the electoral THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. ...allies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM lIOLDICH whose details will probably be shortly before us. and Co., Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet- nets of Europe are all convinced, it says, of the net vote of the State. This veto will probably be We have yet to learn the cause of part of the goods METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. cessity of maintaining peace, and the same opinion effectual. train becoming detached ; but it would seem that, Extreme Bea WlL v L i lkl u 1 HOL D DI P C E R RS, E a s n t d abl C ish o e " d 1842, LICENSED in any case, the mail train was too closely on its is expressed at London, Vienna, and Berlin, all feel- General Gillem has issued an order transferring Friday, Nvg r• 11 ing convinced of the wisdom of such a course being Arkansas to the military department of Louisiana, Au s gzs m t . 21, B. T. ... W. l i t 2 o F. D. W It. toi Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch-No. 5, The Pave- track. Railway travellers trust their lives and--- ___- I anent, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, . pursued. St. Petersburgh and Constantinople seem and assuming the command of the military forces Nairn - with Price List. limbs to the keeping of the companies, and they 29'81f. 59 54 W.N.W. 1 1 S.E. c.ob - 1 Aberdeen - 1 to be the exceptions to the rule, but we must wait in Mississippi. Leith - - have surely a right to expect that all possible pre f.or the war, as there exists at present no cause for The blockade of Mazatlan by 11.M.5. Chanti- Shields .... 29 94f. 57 53 S.W. 3 4 S.E. o. - 2 TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. cautions should be taken. They are perfectly Scarborough 29 96f. 58 54 W . 23NE.b c. - 2 Yarmouth .. 2918 r. 60 59 N.W. 2 3 N.N.E. no. 0'72 2 ESTABLISHED 1842. its prosecution. The King of PRUSSIA and Count deer was raised on the 30th ult. Cuxhaven . - - - - - - - - - helpless to protect themselves, but they ought .. - - - - - - - - - - WILLI A M HOLDICH and CO., BISMARCK are declared to be of opinion that Prussia The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New Skudesnies - LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. to be protected by the companies from all Ardross an .. 2911 f. 57 54 S - . W. - 4 4 81. - i - v. r - .c. 064 - 4 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. risks that can possibly be foreseen or guarded requires to be let alone for the present, and this York, on August 11, arrived at Queenstown at one groeleyrea tie. g s, g: g 2 W.N.W.11; . g 3 , s : w. c.c. 0.,:a - v s.w. c. _ - 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). suggests the notion that it would have been far a.m. this morning with 123 cabin passengers. She kr i L e e r e r ria ol .. : i rag: 60 54 ev. 57 Teee 2 2 eli. f .r b c. 0.01 i against. If this accident was due, as some others Cape Clear.. 3002 f. 59 53 4 N W c o'o3 3 better had they entertained the belief before and landed 73 sacks of mails, 27 passengers, find pro- Bootees Pt. 30-07.. .57 54 N.W. iv, ' 3 3 s:av: b. _- THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. have been, to any failure in the coupling chains, Penzance .. 30•101. 59 58 N.W. 3 4 N.W. 0.0. o'o4 2 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. allowed others to enjoy their property undisturbed. ceeded at 1.15 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. The Plymouth .. 30158. 59 57 Z. 0c.b.10'07 1 Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. it will be worth while to inquire whether some legal , • Weymouth 33'035. 61 59 W. 2 3 N.N.W.m.o' - 2 time is expected to work great marvels in Scotia performed the passage Portsmouth 2919 f. 58 56 N.W. 1 4 E.N.E. r.c.'0.07 1 1 THIS EVENING, at 7. A ROUGH DIAMOND. Messrs. nrovision cannot be made compelling all such chains in eight days fin) London ~.. 3911 r. 53 56 W. 2 4 N. r.o.'o'o3'- G. i3elmore, Ashley; Mrs. Billington, and Miss Lennox Gray. e Prussia, and in the new provinces attached hours. C'peCtria Nez 29'98r. 61 59 N.W. 5 3 S.W. r. o. 1 4 A a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. G. and irons :employed on railways to come up to a Brest Beim ire, BPlington, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, to the rule of Berlin statesmen, the Southern QUEENSTOWN, Aug 21. L'Orient . - 3 Rochefort 3017r. 61 57 N.W. 7 7 N.W. r. • 7 4 C. J. Smith; Vl , Ol Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Government standard. We all know that con- Biarritz - - - - - - - -- - - Maria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. States may yet be induced to unite them- The National Steamship Company's steamer Corunna - - - - - - - - - stant habit familiarises danger to such a degree that Brussels 2915 66 - S.W. 3 - - o. - - To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, selves to the North. The arguments which Louisiana, from New York, arrived here at 6 a.m. Paris3o'oo 62 - N.W. 2 - - o. - - B. Romer, W. H. Eburne; Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt , men grow reckless and indifferent to it, and the Strasbourg - 69 - S.W. 3 - - o. - show forth this are not altogether convinc- to-day with $75,000 in specie. She landed passen. Irons - N. 1 - - o. - - risks of railway travelling are thus too often Toulon - - - 75 W. f.b. - 5 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ing ones, but it is certainly reassuring to learn gers and proceeded for Liverpool. Heart's Con- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. greatly exaggerated by the carelessness of the men tent (6 a.m. local time) 30'23f. 62 62 W. 2 2 S.S.W. r. - 3 THIS EVENING, at 7, POOR PILLICODDY. that no more aggressions need be expected on the SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 21. After which (at 8 o'clock), Dion Boncicault's new drama, in employed on the lines. There will no doubt be a part of Prussia, for Europe has grown well-nigh =PLANATION. four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life The Ilamburg and American Company's steamer Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, H. J. Montague, full and searching investigation into the origin of wearied of them, and indignant at the injustice of Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg a sea level. Theletter llolsatia, from New York, has arrived here with J. G Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. this appalling disaster, and we must hope that it . r., rising; f., falling • s ate: dy indicate direction of Otion of th Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. their workings. The war fever has its partisans To conclude with NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. will at least be possible to guard against its recur- 114 pa ssenger s for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, mercury within last 14 " bourn. - Thermometer exrer m ed in shade . . Extreme w,eather : Fo t r .- ce bl ir u i e th st it y s ; Dir c e .- ct e lo lo n u d a u s. rm a g eta la c s t t ee 2 l 4 ; I f 7 f r o s g . ; Z h .- .- c h al a m il . ; Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open 42 sacks of mails, and $359,111 in specie for Lon both in Paris and Berlin, but they are just 110 W daily from 10 till 5. rents, though at present the only prevailing feel- in anything but the ascendant, and therefore their don. On the 13th she spoke the ship Edward 1.-lightning : m,-misty, hezy ; 0.-oreicait, ciull;r.---isin ;s.- snow; ing is naturally one of sympathy for the living and 0Y A L STRAND THEATRE. views and intentions are not of much moment in __ .t Vi tery, and on the 20th a Bremen steamer, both t.-thunder. Rain-fall. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. E. Cnln 1 ......,w1 Manageress. Mrs Swauborough. sorrow for the dead. the general estimation of affairs. It is necessary Sea disturbance. REMARKS. , , , I^.-s” 71 il Iv AC 4, - - - • ing ones, but it is certainly reassuring to learn that no more aggressions need be expected on the part of Prussia, for Europe has grown well-nigh wearied of them, and indignant at the injustice of their workings. The war fever has its partisans both in Paris and Berlin, but they are just now in anything but the ascendant, and therefore their views and intentions are not of much moment in the general estimation of affairs. It is necessary that the Government of the EMPEROR should be enabled to take time to consider their policy, and not be forced into the whirl and confusion of a general electi)n unnecesarily as it were. By the time next spring comes much may have occurred to tranquillize matters, or at any rate the policy of Prussia may be more definite and settles:l. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Holsatia, from New York, has arrived here with 1.14 passenger s for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, 42 sacks of mails, and $350,111 in specie for Lon don. On the 13th she spoke the ship Edward Vittery, and on the 20th a Bremen steamer, both bound west. Barometer corrected and reduced to n deg. a sea keel. Theletter r., rising; f., falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exrosed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.— clouds, del ached ; f.—fog ; h.—hall; I.—lightning m,—misty. br.zy :o.—orcica:t, dull ; r.—rain ; a.— snow; t.—thunder. Raiu-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. IMES EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs. Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Sheridan. o Hughes, Newton, &c. To conclude sith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. In the northern districts barometricl.l pleas re hal dee aiel since yesterday : at Nairn the change has been nealy two-tenths of an inch, whilst at the English and Irish stations little difference is reported. At Rochefort a rise of 013 in. has taken place. The highest readings are on the west coast of France, and exceed that at Nairn by three tenths. In Scotland and on the E. coast of England temperature is higher. Winds yesterday in the S. and W. of these islands were mode rate from S.W. to N.W., and are now light from the watware. The weather in the S.W. is fine, but generally cloudy or overcast in other districts. Rain fell yesterday on all coasts except in the N. Nothing very particular has occurred in the election movements, but the candidates are becom ing rather more on the alert as time goes on and the day of decision draws nearer. A very large meeting was held at Exeter for the purpose of hear ing addresses from the Liberal candidate, Mr. COLERIDGE, the present member, who declared his admiration of the Attorney-General, but at the same time he considered that the constituency should return Mr. EDGAR BROWNING, IyhO is the new candidate put forward. Mr. COLERIDGE said little of the intentions and views of the Opposition, and professed disap pointment that the Attorney-General had not sketched out a distinct policy which her MAJESTY'S Government might be likely to pursue. He let out the secret of this when he said that it was the duty of one side to suggest schemes, and of the other to criticise them. This sounds very well; but who does not remember the do-nothing policy of the Liberal Gouernment for years, and if that is compared with the decided progress made the last year or two, the advantages are not all on the side of the fault-finders. It is always easier for an opponent to take up a cause if the party he criticises has committed himself to a particular phase of policy, and left himself no loophole of escape. Mr. COLERIDGE is evidently at fault, and does not know exactly what error of judgment to fix upon, so he has to resort to the expedient of saying that there is no policy in the present Government. The hon. member fell into a mistake, which has now unfortunately be come too common, with respect to his remarks on the Irish Church. Ile did not depend upon argu ments, but indulged in abuse, and if half of his language were true, it was a reproach to Mr. GLAD STONE that he did not attempt something of a re formatory kind before. It does not advance any course in reality to rush into dangerous extremes. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 18 (Evening) R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. The Sensation of London,—The most brilliant success ev achieved by any artiste. ONRA, every evening, in his Flying Trapeze Act, as performed before their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales amidst the most deafening applause. ONRA'S Terrific Flights on Two Bars. 0 slt,i's Incredible Somersaults and Pirouettes. ONRA, the most wonderful and perfect performer ever witnessed. The incomparable Scenes in the Arena as usual, including M. Samwell's wonderful performing Dogs. Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Morning Per formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. Children under ten, half-price. The recent investigation made by Midhat Pasha appears to show complicity on the part of some Russian Consuls and Roumain frontier authorities in the recent Bulgarian invasion. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The Liberte, has received special information from Bucharest, stating that Prince Charles of Roumania, thoroughly weary of the intestine dissensions of the country and of the foreign rivalry in the neighbouring States, is disposed to abdicate a dignity to which he did not aspire, and which was forced upon him, as it were, by the instances of the King of Prussia and the suffrages of the Moldo-Wallachian people. The same paper adds that the Prince has consented to postpone this project of abdi cation only at the persuasion of the head of his house, King William. A letter from Athens in the Inclependance Beige says that the departure from the Piraeus recently of a number of Cretan refugees who had determined to return to their homes was opposed by other refugees, and that the military who were called upon to interfere acted with so much vio lence that a serious struggle ensued. About 200 Cretans embarked. SouTuAmrToN, Aug. 21. The Union Steamship Company's steamer Celt, Captain Baynton, from the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived here with a full complement of pas sengers, 37 sacks of mails, £B2O in specie, and a large cargo, including 2,088 bales of wool. The Celt left Table Bay on the 10th ult. On the 21st she spoke the ship Astronomer, bound for Liver pool ; on the 27th the Hero of the Nile and the Golden Dream ; on the 28th the brig Endora, bound for Plymouth, and the barque Thor, from Liverpool, bound for Calcutta ; and on the 13th August the steamer Norseman, bound for the Cape. The Cambrian arrived at Table Bay on the 16th of July. A correspondence is now going on in the Times as to the real nature of the insurrection. Some maintain that a state of anarchy has been brought about by the intrigues of Russians and Greeks, and that the only real grievance the insur gents had at the beginning was certain vexatious taxes ; but, although it was unwise of tin Turkish Government not to remove them at once, it was absolutely absurd to magnify that grievance into a sufficient cause for detach ing the island from the Turkish dominion. "If heavy or vexatious taxation is sufficient justification for insurrection and annexation to a foreign Government, there are but few countries in Europe now where that process might not be excused." It is therefore recommended that the appeal of the Cretans for assistance in money be disregarded. Certainly, we should not like foreign capital to be employed in fostering an insurrection in Ireland, and it would perhaps be well, therefore, to leave the Turks and the Cretans to settle their own differences. The Cape Parliament continued in Session, and the work of the Legislature progressed satisfactorily. The Government Paper Currency Bill had passed the second reading in the House of Assembly and gone into committee. Little progress had been made with the estimates. The existence of extensive goldfields in the in teriur was confirmed. The Chief of that portion of the country where the mines were situated appeared well disposed towards Europeans, and had written to Governor Wodehouse requesting that his subjects might be taken under the protection of her Majesty, and offering to sell the gold country to the British Government. Several miners were extracting the ore. The gold is said to exist in veins half an inch broad, and the yield to increase in proportion to the depth to which the excavations are carried. Business at Cape Town had slightly improved, but the trade of the port was limited, and few vessels had arrived. It is worthy of remark that the gallery of Northumber land House just destroyed by firo is the very part which the Metropolitan Board of Works were anxious to prevail upon the late duke to dispose of, for the plrpose of open ing up a grand boulevarl from Trafalgar-square to the Thames Embankment. It remains to be seen whether the present duke will reverse the former decision in the altered circumstances of the case ; but noblemen are very jealous of their privacy, and if his grace intends still to make Northumberland House his town residence, the cost of rebuilding the wing will hardly be a consideration of sufficient strength to affect the decision already arrived at. The opening day's work of the various sections of the British Association promises well for the practical utility of the discussions. The several inaugural addresses of the chairmen of the dep xrt ments were for the most part full of interest. In the Economic, Science, and Statistics section, Mr. BROWN, president of the Institute of Actuaries, presided, and made special reference to the subject of technical education. It was, he thought, highly desirable that scientific education should be followed by technical education in workshops, and a great deal might be effected if employers woule require more proofs of practical knowledge. Mr. IVurrworrrit's munificent gift might be expected to give a great impulse to the movement, but there are many points in connection with it which require consideration, such as the attendance of children at schools, the effect of such attendance upoa the labour market, and other questions. Another subject of even greater importance was commended to the notice of his section by Mr. BROWN—the relations between labour and capital. In regard to the solution of this great social pro blem some progress had, ho thought, been actually made during the last year. Courts of Conciliation are engaging more and more attention, and the system of industrial partnerships has worked well in some places. Mr. BROWN then turned to a branch of Economic Science with which, from his position, he was thoroughly familiar, and he expressed his satisfac tion at the progress of the three departments of Copious rains had visited the colony. Farming prospects were good, but the wine trade depressed. The wool clip was expected to be large. Tonnage was scarce and freights were high. Should any modern satirist hand down to posterity a picture of English manners and customs in the upper and middle classes, as presented in the trial of Madame Rachel, the follies of the present day will assume a startling aspect. The Jewess of imperfect education ; her dupe who parts with a fortune for a few powders, soaps, a perfume box and pencil case, aforetime the property of " William's " sainted mother ; and the noble lord who has to listen to the criticisms upon his personal appear ance, make up an inimitable comedy. The materials for a comic opera are invaluable. Rossini or Mozart would have rendered them immortal. The trial causes the greatest excitement, the court being so crowded that counsel could barely procure admission. 'The circum stances of this case are exceptional, women of Lu3k un limited vanity and credulity not being at hand (very day; but Madame Rachel has not lived upon Mrs. Borra daile alone, and if this were not an age of folly the Bachels would have to find other nle ins for the develop- ment of their vulgar cunning. Thieves must work, and honest men weep. It has been observed that the ingenuity of the rogul, which brings him sooner or later into trouble, would, if devotel to an honourable profession, raise him to affluence. We have beard of the mock brokers collecting samples of °Dm, &c., merely to accumulate a bulk, and then sell it. This trick must give precedence in r erseverance and inventive genius to another just brought to light. A man has been In the habit of collecting catalogues from houses of busi ness, and when ho obtained a sufficient number, taking them to a butter-shop in Drury-land, all selling them at lid. per pound for waste paper. This is evidently no ordinary man ;ho would 4 . 441P1 flllcrg4 think, a god eltkiiini mat, Exchange—Treasury bills 30 days, par; bank and commercial, I per cent. ; commercial GO days, 1 per cent. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, Aug. 21 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bangalore arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. The mails leave by the 11.30 a.m. train. 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Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames. street, London. E.O. BOMBAY MAIL. SUEZ, Aug. 21. The Golconda, from Bombay 4th inst., arrived to-day at 8 a in. FRANCE. PARIS, August 2 An Imperial decree, dated the 18th inst., pro mulgated to-day, appoints M. de Banneville French Ambassador at Rome, M. de Cominges Minister at Berne, and Viscount de Laguerroniere Minister at Brussels. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, palatable, and invigorating. Sold by all Chemists.—[Advt.] DUKE'S " ELAINE." The Crystal Palace Dore Art Union has now, it appears, been thoroughly organised. It has been set on foot, with the consent of the Messrs. Moxon and Company of Dover-street, as well as with that of the Editor of the Tennyson-Dore Series, to the end that nine at least of the chefs dceuvre of the great French artist shall obtain the circulation to which they are so pre-eminently entitled, and this thanks to the all-but magical agency of the radiant modern art of Chromo-lithography. The nine exquisite embellishments to " Elaine" are the works which have been selected for this resplendent re production. The Chromo-lithographer,:under, whose skilled hands these exact fac-similes have been so marvellously brought into existence, is the one gold medallist of his class in the Paris Exhibition of last year, namely, Mr. Vincent Brooks. And containing the works as they have been reproduced by him justify (if it required justification) his selection thus to be a gold medallist. Each subscription strip torn off the counterfoils of the Dore Art Union for the distribution of the Nine Original Drawings from " Elaine " is, as it were, a ribbon fur the suspen sion of that gold medal of Mr. Vincent Brooks'. For the subscribers to the Crystal Palace Dore Art Union not only receive for their one guinea a copy of these nine lovely Chromo-lithographs from "Elaine," but the chance of winning through the lottery, in May, 1869, one of the Nine Prizes—meaning the Nine Original Drawings themselves—drawings the value of which has been estimated at no less a sum than £l,OOO sterling. " Vivien," " Guine vere," " Enid," will follow in due succes sion but, what we have now to do with is " Elaine," a work of which very nearly two years ago (see 2he Sun of Sep. 22, 1866) we had occasion to speak in the highest terms of admi ration. By the opinion we then expressed we abide. Perusing the Chromo-lithographs we look eagerly, almost, we are ashamed to say, covetously, at the list of the Nine Prizes, the Nine Original Draw ings in which the pencil of Gustave Dore has depicted with so much luminous beauty—King Arthur Discovering the Skeletons of the Brothers:; Lancelot Approaching the Castle of Astolat ; Lan celot Relating his Adventures ; Lancelot Bidding Adieu to Elaine ; Elaine on her Road to the Cave of Lancelot ; Torre and Lavaine Bidding Farewell to the Body of Elaine ; the Body of Elaine on its way to King Arthur's Palace ; King Arthur Reading the Letter of Elaine ; and last, and perhaps loveliest of all, the Remorse of Lancelot. THE REGISTER LISTS.—It has; been suggested that the register lists should bo posted at the police sta tions, instead of, or as well as, on the doors of the parish churches. At the former they would bo safe from mutila tion, and always accessible; at the latter they in many cases can only be examined on Sundays, or when a service takes place, in consequence of the locking 3f the outer gates. WRECK.—On Tuesday, during a strong wind from NAV., a French vessel, name not yet ascertained, was wrecked on some rocks off St. Ives, Cornwall. The lifeboat was promptly manned and the rocket apparatus t;ot uut, but it was found that none of the crew were on board. The ship's boat was on deck, and it is feared tha the crew have perished. THREE WIVES. By the Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids," &c. The now work of fiction, en titled "Three Wives," by the popular author of "Margaret and her Bridesmaids," supports her established reputation. It is charmingly written, and is not less remarkable for grace of style than for vigour and originality in the por trayal of its well contrasted characters, and for the touches of pathos and humour which abound in the author's works. Ail who have read and admired her former productions will be pleased with "Three Wives." TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCID.ENT. TWENTY-THREE PERSONS KILLED. One of the most singular, and at the same time most horrible, of accidents recorded in the history of railroads, took place yesterday afternoon on the line of the London and Nort-Western Railway, near Abergele Station. While the limited Irish mail, a train justly noted for regularity and speed, was pursuing its journey on the down line from London to Holyhead, at the rate of probably not b ss than 50 miles an hour, a goods train was pro ceeding at the ordinary pace on the down line of the same railway. A moment before the two trains would pass each other, the axle of a waggon laden with casks of paraffin broke, and the truck and its load were thrown across the up line. The engine and train of the Irish mail dashed into them, and were not only thrown off the line by the shock, but were set on fire by the paraffin which had instan taneously burst into flames on coming in contact with the engine fire. So far as could be learned in town last night nine persons were horribly burned to death or killed by the shock ; but other accounts put the number killed as high as nineteen. Of these the majority were passen gers by the train ; but, in addition to them, the stoker, one guard, and a Post-office sorter were taken up dead. The body of the guard, it is stated, was burned to a cinder. It would appear that the paraffin spread as a stream of liquid fire over the line, and, when once ignited and scattered over the persons of the passengers could not be extinguished. The mail bags were all s aved. A number of the directors of the London and North-Western Railway met at the Euston Hotel last night to decide upon such measures as it might be necessary to take in order to mitigate the effects of this awful calamity on their generally fortunate line. MANCHESTER, Thursday Night. A very extraordinary and shocking accident occurred yesterday, shortly after noon, to the Irish mail train while on its journey from London. This train was due at Abergele at 1.30 p.m. The acci dent happened about one mile beyond Abergele, where some trucks loaded with paraffin, and which had become detached from a luggage train, un fortunately blocked the line. 'rho engine of the mail train dashed upon the trucks with terrific vio lence, breaking them to pieces, flooding the line with paraffin, which was splashed over the pas senger carriages, and the fire of the engine set the liquid in a blaze. The consequences were fearful. Three of the passenger carriages and the Post office tender, were set on fire. Before the unfor tunate travellers could be liberated nine were killed by the collision and the fire, and thirteen were injured. The mail bags, it was reported, were saved. By the collision the line was blocked for several hours. Thursday Midnight. The accident caused a block of six hours. It is now believed that the mail bags are destroyed. The train was through from London. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. SIIREWSBURY. At half-past one this afternoon the Irish mail, from London for Holyhead, ran into some trucks which were filled with paraffin casks, near Abergele. The engine unfortunately set the oil on fire, and ten persons were burnt to death, while many more are reported missing. FURTHER. DETAILS. SUPPOSED DEATH OF LORD FARNHAM. ABERGELE, Midnight. The most extraordinary and fatal accident ever known on an English railway occurred at midday on the Chester and Holyhead line, near Llandulas, about a mile and a half from Abergele. The Irish limited mail leaving London at 7.15 passed Aber gele (Pensarn Station) in safety, about one; a goods train had passed half an hour before. Beyond Llandulas a portion of the goods train to Holyhead seems to have become detached, and ran back down an incline, meeting the mail train, which was going about forty miles an hour. There is a curve near. The driver of the mail train, Arthur Thompson, of Stafford, saw that a collision was inevitable, and jumped off, escaping with slight hurt. The stoker, Joseph Holmes, of Stafford, remained at his post. At the back of the goods train was a waggon loaded with petroleum oil. When the collision occurred the petroleum exploded. The engine, tender, and three first-class carriages were smashed up together and burnt with petroleum. Twenty-three passen gers for Ireland were all burnt so badly that none could be recognised. A watch was found with an inscription showing it belonged to Lord Farnham, who was accompanied, it was supposed, by his two daughters. The Duchess of Abercorn and Lord George Hamilton were on the train, but escaped unhurt. Locomotives, cranes, and men were sent from Chester an I Crewe, and the line was cleared by about half-past five in the even ing. The telegraphic wires having been broken prevented messages for assistance being despatched early. Twenty-three bodies have been brought to Pensarn station and placed in coffins by Mr. Waite, undertaker, of Chester. They were then taken to Abergele, and deposited in the church. A large number of passengers who were hurt are distributed about Pensarn, Abergele, and places near. Their names cannot be ascer tained at this late hour. It is feared that none of the bodies will be recognisable by friends, they are so fearfully charred. Four doctors from Aber gele an d Rhyl have been waiting upon sufferers by direction of the railway company. The body of the stoker was picked up under the broken engine. Thompson, the driver, is at a cottage near the scene of the accident, and will be able to give some account of what he saw. The icquest will pro bably open to-morrow (Friday) and be immediately adjourned. The Duchess of Abercorn and Lord George Hamilton proceeded to Ireland in the course of the afternoon. LATEST PARTICULARS.-THIS DAY. DUBLIN, Friday. The mail-boat Connaught arrived at Kingstown at 1 a.m. A large crowd -was present of persons seeking their friends ; great excitement prevailed. The Duchess of Abercorn, with Lord George Hamilton, and Ladies Albertha and Maud, pro ceeded to the Viceregal Lodge. Lord Castlerosse and family, and Judge Berwick, have escaped un hurt. Lord and Lady Farnham and their three children were killed. No other names as yet known. Mails all saved. Among the destroyed are several ladies ; 23 altogether were burned to death. (From the Times Second Edition.) We are enabled to relieve in some degree the terrible anxiety which will be felt this morning by all persons having had friends travelling from London by the Irish Limited Mail yesterday morn ing, by the announcement that, with the exception of the Post-office van, none of the London carriages were seriously affected by the accident. The only carriages destroyed are the chief guard's break, which immediately followed the tender, and those coaches which were taken on at Chester, viz., one composite, two first-class carriages, and one covered carriage, consisting of second-class compartments and a luggage box. lhese carriages alone have been destroyed, but of their inmates it is feared not one person has escaped. The engine, tender, and guard's van alone left the. rails. The four carriages enumerated remained on the metals, and were burnt to cinders as they stood. Hinton, the surviving guard, states that not two minutes elapsed after the collision before the whole of these carriages were enveloped in flames, and so sudden was the shock and its consequences, that not a solitary cry for help was beard by him from any of the burning carriages. It will be apparent from the above statement that unless any of the London passengers changed their carriages at Chester, none of those travelling from the metropolis have suffered. We have received the following details from a gentleman present at the scene of the catas trophe : " ABERGELE, Aug. 20, 1868. " The quietness of this summer resort has this evening been broken by a railway accident, a parallel to which can only be found on the Ameri can continent, where lives seem to have little value set on them. " A little before one o'clock, and after the down Irish express train had passed, fire was seen to proceed from a spot about two miles distant, as to the cause of which various surmises were made by those who perceived it. Conjecture was soon set at rest by the return of an engine which had been despatched to ascertain the cause, with a number of carriages, part of the train which had passed a few minutes before at a rate of some 60 miles an hour. The occupants gene rally did not appear to have met with serious in jury, one gentleman alone being unable to wa'k from the carriages, but many bore marks-of violent blows. " One elderly gentleman was severely cut on the forehead, having, he informed me, been thrown. against the opposite passenger, whose teeth were knocked out by the collision. " A. visit to the scene of the accident afterwards, however, revealed more tragic features of the occur rence ; the debris of an engine, tender, mail and luggage vans, and two or three passenger carriages were emerging from the smoke which had before obscured them ; the charred remains of several passengers, the stoker, and guard of the Irish ex press said to be among them ; also those of Lord Farnham and others in the same carriage, but whether among these were any of his relatives I could not learn. "The Duchess of Abercorn, three sons, and two daughters had been in the next carriage, but succeeded in escaping before it took fire. "But now as to the cause of the accident and the circumstances owing to which it became so fatal, one of which certainly should not pass unnoticed. "It appears that some trucks containing paraf fine had become detached from a luggage train and were on the down line when the Irish express dash!ci into them. The trucks gave way before the concussion, but the paraffin° barrels flew on and about the engine, taking fire and exploding with suai rapidity as to set on fire those car riages and vans which were nearest the point of collision, and before the passengers, probably stunned by the effects, had time to escape through the windows—for no other means of exit were left for them. All those who escaped from the carriages which took fire informed me such was the manner in which they escaped ; and, had it not been that the collision in itself was so slight, victims of this catastrophe would have been still greater. " The number of lives lost does not yet appear to be, and perhaps never will be known. Before assistance could reach those carriages nearest to the engine they were in flames, with their unfortunate occupants. _ _ " You will doubtless have full accounts of this accident from persons deriving such from railway officials ; but I think it well to set forth the fact, that the fatality attending it might have been less had the carriages not been locked at both sides." LITERATURE. Three Wives. By the Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The popular authoress of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids" and " The Valley of the Hundred Fires" has been resting upon her laurels, as the saying is. We do not call to mind any work of hers during the last two or three seasons. She has, however, made up for the delay by giving to us now three very charming tales in one. The three wives who give the title to this/work are not, as that title led us to imigine, three ladies who combine together in one story to exhibit to the uninitiated the different arts and mysteries of the important science of managing a husband. The three ladies in question stand alone. The first vo lume is entitled " The Lady Elizabeth ;" the second is " Eve," and the last is "Dew." The whole range of pattern wives, from Griselda down to Mrs. Caudle, never exhibited three more exemplary than these. The first story relates the history of the gentle and stately, but very shy and timid, Lady Elizabeth Ellvrton, who has been strictly brought up by a too careful grandmother, and who being, to her own surprise, selected by the best parti of the season, is the object of gene ral envy and admiration. Lady Elizabeth is too reserved to find any pleasure in attracting public attention, and is even too shy to venture on calling her husband by his Christian name. In contrast to this quiet beauty is the brilliant and ambitious Lady Rose Alwyn, who, jealous of Elizabeth's suc cess in the matrimonial lottery, hides her disap pointment by accepting a less desirable offer, and who, by lavish expenditure, admirable skill, and wonderful determination, succeeds in eclipsing her greater rival, and becomes at once the rage and fashion of London society. The description of Lady Rose's lively conversations, and her delightful entertainments at her " Nutshell," as she *ith mock humility styles her abode, are very amusing. The story is full of interest, and will be read throughout with pleasure. The evils which accompany a too extravagant in dulgence of the fast life of the votaries of fashion are here very vividly set forth, both by precept and example, as for instance—" London began its old ways, resolute only in this—to be more fast, more reckless, more mad than ever. Few had time to pause and see that they were undergoing the same temp tation as Adam's. Fruit was offered to their sight, which they knew it was ruin to touch, death to taste—a worse death, the close of which angels weep to see. All dashed recklessly at it, many touched, few refused to taste, until but one motive ruled the world, and that was to be the fashion." The second story, " Eve," is not much to our taste. The first chapters are sufficiently interesting, and the early days of the heroine, who is lovingly en titled " Childie," are very tenderly described. Indeed, Chadic is made so loveable and so good that we cannot think it natural that one endowed with such a character should so cruelly disappoint the expectations of her friends, and, like her first namesake, bring sorrow on thos 3 who best love her. The authoress, however, seems to admire the conduct of her heroine, who solely oe account of some altercation about the disposal Of property, suffers her friends and relations to believe that she is drowned. The brother, whose whole life has been devoted to her, and who on ac count of his . greater age and protecting care she has been accustomed to style " Father J ack, is not only heart-broken but embittered and Ow dered desperate, and his life is blighted by the rash conduct of his " Childie." Others suffer cruelly freel the deception, and Eve, in a disguised name, de votes herself to the care of an invalid and deformed husband, and believes that she is fufilling h er duties. And even in this respect she is c ontent to suffer wrong to her own character and bi°P for by many she is believed to be his mistress; This story is, to our thinking, no way worthy of e being classed with the very charming histories 01, "Lady Elizabeth," and of " Dew." The story. _..1 " Dew" occupies the third volume, and it is 1:3 teresting throughout. Tue " situation" is incl% , somewhat extraordinary, but all is well that ends w to and we shall not betray the secrets of this li tale. We may very safely commend the " vireo Wives" (two of them at least) to the bes t tateritioa of the novel readers, as being quite wortiYa_ to take their place by the side of " Margaret 71 0 her Bridesmaids," and " The Vall e y of t Hundred Fires." FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS.--The OStrleS; try Advertiser says :—" A contempora r y states that io tijf parish of LittleWenlock there is not a single elector out ° ,l 110 on the list who dared to sign the requisition to a t bir ., candidate for the borough, their reply being that their ° orders at former elections had boo n that they should NT°' for Forester and Gaskoll,' and they had uo oth er order' as yet.' " XI The Week t An At du Aa Au Au for R edue( 115 15 3 to tat , l Y la On e i e 2 di s. . (10 4 V I Pa rt del R e Prey