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ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swauhorough. THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERIIif SERVICE: Messrs. Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Sheridan, Goo lall, Hughes, Newton, and f4ydia, Thompson. To conclude pith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. R OIAL AAIPIIITIIEAME AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. ONRA, in his original and sensational Flying Trapeze Act, evory evening. The most brilliant success ever achieved by any artiste. ONRA'S Terrific Flights on Two Bare. 0 • RA', Incredible Somer.-mutts and Pirouettes. ONRA, the most wonderful and perfect performance ever witnessed. The great attraction of the evening was the first appearance of Onra iu his performance on the flying trapeze, after the man ner of Leotard; but he far outdoes the efforts of that celebrated artist. 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Sint LoAVDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 18G8 We certainly are unfortunate this extremely hot season. In the first place there is the general elec tion, which will convert what 2ught to be the holi day season for many into a period of strife and con fusion. Besides this some other circumstances combine to render the present summer a most try ing one. The state of the railway world is any thing but satisfactory, and the public will have a practical illustration of the coils of combination in the increased fares they will have to pay. It will be remembered that Parliament very properly refused to sanction the proposed amalgama tim of the railways south of the Thames; but we meet with an illustration of the saying, that " a wilful man must have his own way" in the course now pursued. Determined not to be entirely outwitted, the Directors have raised the fares as much as they could under the pre scribed limits, and the hardship thus inflicted upon the inhabitants in these neighbourhoods is of course consilerable. Those who are in the habit of tra velling daily must of course feel the infliction ; but £0 far for the present their complaints are useless, and they must content themselves with the privi -1 ge of grumbling, which is the last resource of the ill-used. Under these circumstances, we should think that the House of Lords must con gratula..e themselves upon having reversed the de cision of the House of Commons in this respect. We have certainly no proof that ►►ad the Amalga mation Bill passel the fares would have been higher than they are at present, but at the same 61113 it is open for to to think that they might Lave been so.. The unfortunate victims of these augmented fares will yet find a NEMESIS to avenge their wrongs, for already there are signs and symptoms of discontent apparent which cannot be called insignificant and of n consequence. In order to understand the nature of the changes a' tention may be given to the communication of a 11.)11sc agent, whose property is in that part affected I.y the increased fares, and of others who are put to inconvenience by the change. We hear from him that already those who let apartmen+s have received from thei: lodgers notices of removal, for they can- not afford to pay the extra charge. The houses will soon be in the same way reachel, and after a time the railway will lose instead of gaining by the decrease in the passengers. Besides this, those who had before travelled first and second class will now go second and third ; thus we may confidently predict that the arrangement just entered upon has been an erroneous one in many respects. At any rate a storm of indignation has now been raised that will not easily be allayed, and the railway companies may expect what usually happens in such cases, namely, that all their sins will be remembered against them, and many real with some imaginary errors laid to their charge before long. It is especially unfortunate, too, for those who wish to visit the sea side at this season that this new difficulty should have been put in the way of travelling. It seems hard that the public should have to pay for the consequences of the recklessness of speculators, as it is not the fault of those who are called upon to make up the deficiency of the companies that such a want of discretion prevailed. Railways are among the triumphs of the age, but care and cau tion are necessary that there may not be an abuse of them, and the monopoly they possess makes it more expedient that due consideration should be given to all changes that are made. The arrival of the mail steamers from New York, with full details of the closing days of Congress, confirm the announcement previously made that the most objectionable clause in the bill for the protec tion of naturalised Americans has been struck out. it will be remembered that what was called the re prisal clause empowered the PRESIDENT, in case of the detention of a naturalised American abroad, to arrest any subject of the offending Government then in the States. This clause, as it was speedily pointed out, would have enabled the PRESIDENT to detain an Ambassador himself. In any case, supposing the powers not to have been obtained, so far it produced a ready excuse for a quarrel with any European State of which an unscrupulous President might easily avail himself. The Senate has amended the bill by striking out the clause, and substituting for it a phrase authorising the President to suspend diplomatic relations with the offending Government. This puts the matter on a very different footing, and bears less the ap pearance of courting a quarrel. The position of affairs in reference to Fenianism renders legislation on this topic a matter of some moment, and of course all such clauses are framed with a view to the naturalized American Irish. England, how ever, is not at all inclined to dispute with the United States the allegiance of those who have voluntarily abandoned her dominions. All she does is to insist that no one, whether English, Irish, or American, shall foster sedition and concoct treasonable con spiracies within her realm. With this no foreign statesman has anything to do, and most assuredly he has no right to object to the strict maintenance of the integrity of the QUEEN'S dominions. The bill as it now stands contains nothing with which foreign Governments need quarrel, and it is well that the Senate, generally wiser and more cautious than the house of Representatives, has removed and amended its obnoxious features. The Senate has been endeavouring to deal also with the financial problem, and has passed a bill providing for the issue of 3 per cent. loan certifi cates to the amount of 25 millions of dollars for the redemption of compound interest notes. The House of Representatives has agreed to this ; though the great question of the national debt is left untouched, to be fought out at the electiona. In the East and in the West the opinione, on the subject differ very widely, since it is not a question of party but of position. The producers and tax payers object to the exact fulfilment of the national obligations in spirit as well as in letter, while the bondholders and national cre ditors generally naturally approve of the full dis charge of their dues. Radical and Democrat shape their course accordingly, and it is alinest the only subject on which we find them taking the same side. We cannot but hope, however, that the good sense and right feelings of those Americans who are sensitive to their national honour will carry the day, and that the National DJbt, principal and in terest, will be faithfully discharged to the full value of the amount advanced. Americans must restrain their impatience, and try to lighten the burden by spreading it out over the years to come. They may rest assured that even in a commercial point of view the addi tional outlay will well repay itself, since the nature of the national credit is far beyond any temporary calculation of dollars and cents. The House of Representatives has passed a bill providing for the Provisional Government of the three excluded States—Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas. It is plain that the delay in their so-called reconstruction is welcomed by the Radicals as an excuse for preventing them from returning their quota of members to the Electoral Cillege. Owing to the terms of the Constitution, it would be difficult even for them to maintain their system of exclusion against the Southern whites. The feeling against such exclusion is growing stronger and stronger. The Georgia House of Representatives, we learn, has passed a resolution in favour of the removal of the political disabilities of white inhabitants. Georgia is making progress, for General MEADE has issued an order declaring the supremacy of civil law. It is high time this supremacy should be recognised all through the South, and it would be absurd, if it were not so oppressive and iniquitous, that martial law should be maintained throughout a peaceable though deso lated country. It is only surprising that there should have been so little evidence of disaf fection in the South considering the high spirit of the people, and the indignities to which they have been subjected by the Northern Radicals. Hap pily time is fighting their battles, and we can hardly suppose that after the change which Congress must undergo after the elections that the same oppressive and arbitrary policy can be pursued in defiance alike of reason, humanity, and justice. The British Medical Association commenced its session at Oxford yesterday, and the President, Dr. N. ACLAND, delivered an interesting address. The attendance of scientific men was more than usually large, and foreign as well as British were present. The President addressed himself, in the first place, to the consideration of the position of medical knowledge in the world just now. One great draw back to success he traced to the fact that medicine had too long been looked upon as an art, and thus separated from science ; whereas it should be distinctly shown to be one "of the sciences that precisely interpret the phe nomena of nature." Of course in many cases the physician cannot always wait to establish conclu sions according to the rules of science, but may act in emergencies on his own judgment. True and false medicine, like the tares and the wheat, now stand together, said Dr. ACLAND, and of course the task is to separate them one from the other so far as possible. There is a good deal of truth in one re mark here met with, namely, that people nowadays are apt to disregard and to treat with contempt the experiences of the past. This is a mistake in THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1868. many iustances because, accumulated experience must be of serviee if rightly applied. It is the tendency of the present day to jump at conclusions, and therefore it is important that due regard be p lid to the assertions of those who have devoted their lives to patieut investigation and deep re searches. In foreign countries, more fully than in our own, we may notice the success of what is called " pre ventive medicine," but there is still much to do to meet the requirements of the day and the " exi gencies of a fast-growing population." One of the most satisfactory results of recent im provements has been the general increase of sani tary knowledge. This had long been demanded, but time passed on without giving any change for the better. The health and well-doing of the com munity depend a great deal upo❑ this knowledge being extensively circulated, and in no other way can we hope to mitigate the effects of overcrowding and other drawbacks of large towns. Towards the conclusion of his address, the President referred to the study of the classics, and lamented that those who cultivated them so seduously, should have been so " indifferent to the cultivation of science and the promotion of art." M the same time he truly said that what was required was not a substitution of the classics, but an addi tion to them. In an eloquent passage he advocated the importance of making the University a place where their professors might send their students in the confident expectation that they would be soon fitted and improved to their greatest extent, and where they might learn much that was valuable, so that they could go forth to their several vocations with minds fitted to perform their duties and hearts devoted to the cause of humanity. It is encouraging to know that, in spite of the alarm and uneasiness felt in some quarters on ac count of the drought, the accounts of the harvest are highly encouraging. The hay and barley, in deed, show lamentable traces of the want of rain, and many kinds of vegetables are likely to suffer ; but with regard to the great staple—corn--the re turns of the year seem likely to verify the old adage —" Drought never bred dearth in England." The high price of bread has been so great a trial to the poor and struggling classes during the last twelve months that it will be an absolute boon to the com munity to see the long-looked-for reduction in the quartern loaf. That we may hope for per manent improvement iu this respect is plain from the accounts we receive from foreign sources. Last year, in addition to the failure of our own harvest, the supply horn all parts of the Continent was de ficient, and even iu the Western States of America, supposed to furnish an inexhaustible granary, the crops ran short. This year, on the contrary, the glowing sunshine has produced very different re sults. In Illinois the harvest is more abundant than was ever previously known, while in all the Western States the crops are good. The Continent tells the same story. Everywhere oppressive and unusual heat, everywhere an abundant supply of wheat. In Italy, where they are pretty well accus tomed to an atmosphere which astonishes us less cooler mortals, the reports are that the heat has been mar vellous, but the corn-fields have been crowned with unusual wealth. From France and Austria and other parts comes the same welcome news, and we must all heartily rejoice that at a time of gradual recovery from long-continued depression we are likely to have so powerful an auxiliary to renewed prosperity in cheap bread. LATEST INTELL IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, Aug. 4. The Cunard steamship Scotia arrived out at 1 p.m. to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices :—Gold, 146 k; sterling exchange on London, 1101. 5-20 U.S. Bonds, 1882, 1141 ; do., 1885, 1121 ; 10-40 do., 109 ; Illinois, 1501 ; Erie., 581. Cotton, middling Upland, 301. Petro leum, standard white, 35. C°: ' B RCINRPO 19 1 110: -- . AlAilt4tlo4l - t, TileZeAt, I - I;ilau f has ieceivea Positive information that, notwithstanding the denials of the Government organs, the question of a Customs union between France and Belgium has been discussed between the two Cabinets. A Customs treaty is at present in force between France and Belgium, and the union now under discussion is to be effected by a complete modification of this arrangement. One of the chief officials connected with the Department of Commerce at Brussels is expected to arrive in Paris shortly. The Liberte says nothing of Holland, who, if this report be true, is wiser than to allow herself to be mixed up in such an affair. The Emperor is reported to be greatly enjoying his " holiday " at Plombatres. He takes part in the rifle shooting, drinks beer supplied by the cantinieres, and is altogether winning the hearts of the inhabitants by that simplicity which is so charming in the great. His rusticity will soon, however, be interrupted. His return to Paris is fixed positively for the 15th of the present month. If we may believe the Pays, the question of fixing the time for the next elections will be the first occupation of his Majesty on his return to the capital. No date has yet been fixed, and the Opposition think that a surprise will be attempted. They are, how ever, straining every nerve to be prepared for a general election at any time, and to make the most of the chance which seems to present itself of increasing their majority. The controversy on the Nimes affair continues to occupy the French papers. It might be termed a severe discussion if its acrimony were not diluted by its excessive length. I have already stated the chief arguments on this question, and I see nothing new. The Government journals, however, not only justify the outrage, but praise the officials for their firmness and vigilance, as well as for their moderation ! Is there, after all, one law for the Government and another for the subject? The Avenir Nationale bitterly replies to the official papers by quoting an article by Louis Napoleon from the Progres du Pus de Calais, of October 4,1843. Here, the present Emperor complained that even Ireland—wretched Ireland—enjoyed greater liberty of meeting than France. Prince Napoleon is, I am told, about to pass the bathing seaeon at Havre. He has not yet visited his royal relative. It is positively stated that the directors of the Credit Mobilier, who were condemned to indemnify the share holders, will appeal against the judgment of the Imperial Court. An abundance of rumours is set in circulation just now in place of news. One of the most important affirms that Count Usedom, the Prussian representative at Florence, is about to be recalled. The manifestations which have accompanied the rifle meeting at Vienna have produced a profound, and, I should imagine, a disagree able impression in Prussia. A new breech-loader has been tried at this meeting. It is the invention of a Norwegian manufacturer, named Torsen. Whilst the Emperor Francis Joseph was present on Thursday the inventor fired fifty-three shots in three minutes, the experiment being remarkable, not only for this wonderful rapidity, but also for great precision of aim. It is likely that the Austrian Government will take this new weapon into consideration. M. P—, a worthy shoemaker, was some time ago the object of a night attack, followed by robbery. Not that he was garotted, for the robber adopted the good old fashion of placing the point of a knife to his throat, followed, of course, by the usual polite intimation. Our worthy shoemaker fought valiantly at first, but surren dered at the touch of the steel. He reluctantly partei with his money, and still more reluctantly gave up his watch, which, though old-fashioned, and an admirable representative of the turnip style, was a family keepsake. The victim gave information to the police, describing the footpad, who, it appears, was foolish enough to go about robbing people with a large dark scar, easily recognisable, on his cheek. No less than three years elapsed, and the departed turnip. watch lived only in the re nembrance of the shoemaker. One day he mountel to the top of an omnibus, and °ea-, pied the only vacant place. Lo ! on his right hand was the never-to-be-forgotten scar. The aid of the police was sought, and the owner of the scar searched, though with what hope or expectation does not appear. The venerable watch was, however, found upon him. It had, we are told, pleased him, and he had kept it—because, I presume, he was unable to dispose of it ; or, perhaps, because his principles were opposed to sacrilege, though not to robbery; or—who knows—because he was of opinion that his scar was not sufficient means of identity. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. HUNGARY. PESTH, A.llg. 5. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet the Army Reorganisation Bill was adopted in principle by 235 against 43 votes, after a debate which lasted five days. The prorogation of the Diet will take place about the middle of August. SPAIN. MADRID, Aug. 4. The official Gazette of to-day publishes a decree entrusting the Minister of Finance with the Minis try of Public Works ad interim during the absence of Senor Catalina. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Aug. 4. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier have landed, and taken up their residence in Lisbon. The Spanish frigate Villa de Madrid has left for Cadiz. EGYPT. ALEXANDR lA, Aug. 4. The Sultan's firman promoting the son and heir of the Viceroy of Egypt to the rank of Vizier was read publicly in the citadel of Cairo to-day. Cherif Pasha, the Regent, the Ministry, dele gates from the Assembly and the Consular body were present. The Egyptian press is warmly discussing the question of the consular jurisdiction. SEIIVIA. THE EXECUTION OF THE CONSPIRATORS. BELGRADE, July 28. The conclusion of the trial of the assassins of Prince Michael has been speedily followed by the execution of the condemned. Sentence was pro nounced yesterday, and this morning, at 6 a.m., the prisoners were executed. With the exception of Jose Jerewich, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, and against whom no proof of com plicity in the assassination was discovered at the trial, all the other accused persons who had been arrested, to the number of 14, were condemned to death. Prince Alexander Karageorgewich and his secretary (Triscovich), and Philipp Stanliovich, who had not been captured, were sentenced in default to 20 years' imprisonment. At half-past five the condemned men left the fortress and proceeded to the place of execution, which was in a valley about two miles from the town, on the shore of the Danube. In order to avoid a large crowd a report bad been circulated that the execution would takeplacein the evening at 6 o'clock, whereas in was in the morning that the actual tra gedy occurred. Nevertheless, even at that early hour an immense number of persons were assembled, who occupied the heights surrounding " The Black Valley," as the place of execution is called. In th valley itself a long freshly-dug trench was to be seen, along the edge of which 14 posts were erected. A large body of troops who were present kept the crowd at a distance, and formed square along the bank of the Danube. Precisely at six o'clock seven closed carriages arrived from the fortress of Belgrade, out of which the condemned men stepped, and were conducted by the gendarmes in front of the posts. They were not ironed, and all of them preserved a serene, almost cheerful de meanour. The sentence of the Court was fiat read out to them, during which the prisoners smoked. At the conclusion of the reading, Costa R tdovano witsch and his two brothers begged permission to be allowed to approach their brother Paul. This being granted, the three brothers advanced to him and kissed his hand, he respond e d to th i s act of affection by a fervent kiss upon the lips and fore head of each of them. pinioni ng o f th e condemned. T 'thenir commenced eyes co m w m er e e edthe bandaged, and their hands bound behind their backs, while they were fastened to the posts by ropes passed round their necks. They stood in the Petkowitsch ; 2, Vilo tigew i tsch;3 following o Atanakowitsch r ; 4, Jekowitsch ; 5, Pe 7, Sjubomir Radovano witsch troits ; B,c h adovanowitsch ; 9, Ta- Sima Nenadowitsch ; 11, Rogitsch ; w G 0 6 k , 0 M G ar e i o ts r e g h ; R iitsch ; 10, 12, Paul Radovanowitich ; 13, Costa Radovano witsch ; 14, Svctozar Nenadowitsch, with their faces to the west. Four gendarmes then advanced with breech-loaders to within six paces of the posts and fired upon the first prisoner in the row, Petkowitsch, who died instantaneously. The body was then detached from the post and laid in the trench, and the same course of procedure was pursued towards all the rest, who were each shot separately. At the exe • cution of Nenadowitsch a sad catastrophe hap pened. One of the bullets aimed at the condemned struck the post to which he was fastened, and glan cing off entered the eye of an officer, Lieutenant Basil Miatowitsch, who was commanding a com pany of soldiers on the ground, killing Lim in stantly. _ _ _ The extraordinary calmness with which the con demned men met their gate has been a matter of general remark. Sima Nenadowitsch continued smoking even after his neighbour was dead. With in a quarter of an hour the tragedy was over, and the bodies laid in the trench, which was at once filled up and levelled with the earth. FRANCE. BOURSE, August 4.—Three o'clock.—The marke closed as follows : _ 1} per Cent. Eud of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 55 Credit Mobilior End of month 258 75 Credit Foneier End of month — - RAILWAY Bank Shares 3140 ItaVan Loan End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - s. Cash Orleans , ... 88 2 Northern 1153 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 565 Western Eastern .. 558 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 402 North of Spain 55 Saragossa 421 Roman LORD NAPIER OF MAGDA LA. Lieut.-General Lord Napier of Magdala, G.C.13., G.C.5.1., yesterday honoured Mr. John Watkins, of Parliament-street, with sittings in uniform for a variety of photographs. Consul Cameron, who is slowly recovering from the serious ill ness caused by his long imprisonment, also visited Mr. Watkins's atelier yesterday, and sat for several negatives, this completing the artist's most interesting series of por traits of the whole of the rescued captives from Abyssinia —ten in number— and crowning the collection with that of their noble and gallant deliverer. EXCLUSIvE, VERY bin:alms; BARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lam plough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, palatable, and invigorating. Sold by all chomipts.—[Advt.] Nil VAL INTELLIGENCE. The Board of Admiralty paid their annual visit of inspection to Sheerness Dockyard and the ships in the harbour on Monday. The members of the Board present were Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Col poys Dacres, K.C.8., and Rear-Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, F.R.S., M.P. Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., secretary to the Board, and Mr. E. J. It3ed, the Chief Construc tor of the Navy, were also present. The Board arrived at Sheerness by train at 12 o'clock, and were met by Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin IV. Walker, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness; Cap tain-Superintendent W. King Hall, C.B , of the dockyard, and the principal officers of the port. The Board visted the storehouse, the masthouse, the steam-factory, the Naval Barracks, and the ships in the basin and docks. A new steam fire-engine, lately delivered at Sheerness, and manufactured by Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Co. of Blackfriars road, London, was next inspected. The furnace was laid with wood and shavings, and in 10 minutes after applying a light the engine was started with steam of upwards of 801 b pressure. A jet two inches in diameter was first tried, and attained a pressure of 1001 b on the square inch. After working this for some time, some stop valves were opened and others closed, when, without stopping the engine, six jets were all work ing at the same time. Various other alterations in the jets were shown, proving the power and effi ciency of the engine. The trial was in every re spect satisfactory. The engine is of the double horizontal construction, and is the largest of its kind, the weight being nearly three tons. A similar engine, by the same firm, is nearly ready for Pem broke dockyard. The Board then embarked on board the Admiral's barge and inspected the Lap well, to consider the advisability of building large basins and docks, and a satisfactory opinion of the place was expressed. The party after the inspec tion returned to shore and dined with Admiral Walker. On Tuesday morning their Lordships inspected her Majesty's ships Formidable and Cum berland, and were received on board the former ves sel with manned yards and the usual salute. After leaving the Cumberland they embarked on board Admiral Walker's steam yacht Wildfire, and left Sheerness at 11 o'clock for Chatham. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant Horace J. M. Pugh to the Peterel ; Lieutenant 11. C. Wallis to the Lion ; Lieutenant Charles A. Crespin to the St. Vincent ; Lieutenant Robert W. Evans and Lieutenant Alaric F. Grant to the Rattlesnake, ad ditional, far disposal. The St. Petersburg Gazette says that there is now in the Rut Aim' capital the richest Chinese library in the world. It consists of 11,607 volumes, 1,168 wood-eng.'avings, and 276 manuscripts. The books are on all .sorts of subjects, and among them are several rare works, one or two of which are unique, there being; no copies of them in even the largest libraries of China. The library was collected by 11.Skatchc di, now Consul-General in Pekin, during a residences of fifteen years in the Chinese Empire. Recently N. Skatchoff offered to sell it for 9,000 roubles (£.1..,400) to the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg aa'd the Russian Academy of Sciences, but both iu3thutions were compelled to decline the offer for want .of funds. At Alton, iu Staffordshire., the overseers have pui the names of the female ratepayers as claimants o: votes on the chub 3h door. The statue of Lcopold I. which has just been " inaugurated" aV Antwerp is in bronze. The King is represented on. horseback, with head uncovered and hat in hand as if saluting the people. The following inscript. On in French and Flemish appears on two sides of di t.l pedestal :—" The Commerce and People of Antwe.v.p to Leopold, First King of Independent Belgium ; voted 1856 ; erected 1868." The other two sides bear the words spoken by the King in 1836 when on a, visit to Antwerp, and his reply in 1831 to the delc gates of the National Con gress :—"Human destim ',es offer no task more noble and useful than that of being called to maintain the independence of a r ration and to consolidate its liberties." METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Si Wednesday, Hor' 9 ' F. I August 5, B. T. W. to' F. W 8 a.m. 12 Nairn - Aberdeen - Leith - Shields - Scarborough 29'94f. 65 63 S.E. 1 3 S.E. b. - Yarmouth 29'9lf. 70 67 S.E. 2 5 E. c.b. - Helder - - - Cuxhaven - - Skudeinues - - - - - - Ardrossan 29'84f. 68 63 S. 3 1 S.E. in. - Greencastle 29 76f. 61 63 S.W. 2 1 N.S.W. c.o. - Holyhead - Liverp00l - Valentia 29•801. 64 62 W. 2 3 W. s. W. c.r.f o'3o Cape Clear 29 78f. 65 64 S.W. 3 2 S.W. o.m o'l9 Roche's I't. 29•79 f. 66 66 S.W. 3 4 S. fbm - Penzance - Plymouth - Weymouth 29'885. 68 66 N.W. 2 3 S.S.W. c. - Portsmouth 29'901. 66 63 E.S.E. 1 3 S.S.E. c.o. - London - - C'peGrisNez 29'915. 64 62 W.S.W. 4 7 N.B. c.f. - Brest - L'Orlent 29•98 r. 61 59 W.N.W. 4 3 W. c.f. o'oB Rochefort - Biarritz 30'025. 68 66 W. 7 - r. Corunna - - - - ' - - - - Brussels - - - - - - - Paris - - - - - - - - - Strasbourg , - - - - - - - - - Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m.l local time) i 30 - 11 s. 69 59 S.S.W. 1 I 3 S.W. b. - EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. Theletter r.. rising; f., falling; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather ; b.—blue sky ; c.— clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hall I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull ; r.—rain; s.—snow t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Uniform atmospherical pressures exist over our islands this morn ing, and readings are generally somewhat lower. On our south coast, however, scarcely any change is observable, but since last evening there is a tendency of pressures increasing. The highest pressure, on the W. coast of France, exceeds the least, at Greencastle, by about a quarter of an inch. Temperature is generglly high, especially in the North. The winds have been generally light from S.E. to S.W. Cape Gris Nez has had a northerly wind—force 7. Winds now are from the westward in the S.—fresh at Biarritz ; but light and val.,- able over the British Isles. On our E. coast the weather is fine: much fog and mist prevails on the southern coasts of England and Ireland, and on the west coast of France. Rain Is reported from the south of Ireland. Sixty-nine and a quarter seems a short price for a loan Whilst the English Three per Cents, are at 94 ; but the French funds have always been at a great discount, and the price at which the new loan is to be issued is above the average. There is, moreover, every likelihood that the favourable conditions just announced will not long con tissue. Notwithstanding the reckless financial policy of the Empire, the subscriptions aro expected to be more than tenfold. The commercial difficulty is much the same as in England. There is a want, not of money, but of enterprise : the unequalled sum of 43 millions sterling in the Bank cellars betokens a time of great stagnation. The full conditions of the loan have been published in the Moniteur. Should the total sub scriptions exceed the sum of the loan-217,160,000, with a supplement of £860,000 the application, s for the five-francs rente, the minimum amount, will bo granted, and then a proportionate reduction will be made. The payment of the capital will be in this way: A deposit equal to the interest on the amount applied for will be acknowledged by a receipt. The receipt will be exchanged for a certificate of loan, upon which the preliminary deposit must be increased to ten per cent. The remainder will then be payable in eighteen monthly instalments, ending February 21, 1870. Instalments not paid within one week after they fall due will be charged five per cent ; after one month the whole amount of the certificate may bo required, or the Minister of Finance may order the sale of the rente. Payments in advance, at the moment of subscribing, will only be received on demands for sf. of rente, which are not subject to reductions ; a discount of 2 per cent. per annum will then be allowed from the date of the closing of the subscription ; after the allotment anticipated payments of one or more instalments will be permitted only on certificates of less than 1001. of rente, and the same deduction of 2 per cent. will be accorded. The funds have already gone up rapidly. The state of French commerce is such that this enormous sum will be swallowed up, and, like Pharaoh's fat kinc, leave no trace. An interview is spoken of as probable between the three Ministers of War representing Baden, Bavaria, and Wiirtemberg. This meeting, which is fixed for the end of August, will discuss the question of a permanent military commission for the common defence of the three States. Hitherto Baden and Wiirtemberg have not received this proposition very favourably on account of Prussian opposition. We are not, however, informed that Count Bismarck has given his consent to the project, and the smaller States are certainly not likely to act with• out it. It will be remembered that by a treaty signed shortly after the war of 1866, the South German States placed their armies under the control of Prussia in the IMO of war. THE NEW DUKE. It has been finally decided, says the Post, that tho Marquis of Abercorn shall be elevated in the peerage a' Ireland, under the titles of Duke of Abercorn and Mar quis of Hamilton. The marquisate will be of Strabane, in Ireland, and will not, therefore, interfere with the Duke of Hamilton's marquisate of Hamilton, county Lanark, in Scotland. The notion of conferring the dukedom of Ulster upon the Lord-Lieutenant has been abandoned, in consequence of the earliom of Ulster being one of the titles of the Duke of Edinburgh. The possession by the noble marquis of the viscounty of Strabane in Ireland enables her Majesty to raise bins in that peerage. Hes Majesty can only create a new Irish peer, of whatever rank, after the extinction of three Irish peerages, and after the lapse of twelve months after the expiration of the last of the three, in order to afford time for collateral claims to be asserted. At the present moment her Majesty is not in a position to create any Irish peer for some little time to come. The present act of the Crown is one of pro. motion in the peerage, and that power is not limited by any restriction. THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. The thirty-sixth annual meeting of the British Medical Association began at Oxford on Tuesday, under the presidency of H. W. Acland, M.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., the Regius Professor of Physics in the University. Dr. Stokes, of Dublin, is the retiring president. The meeting is expected to be one of the most important and influential which the association has yet held. It will extend to Friday, the 7th inst. The following are the presidents of the sections :—Sir William Jenner (medicine), Professor Rolleston (physiology), Mr. James Paget (surgery), Sir Charles Locock (midwifery), and Mr. John Simon (State medicine). One of the most striking features of this meeting, both in a scientific and social aspect, will be the president's soirée in the University Museum, a building singularly adapted to give brilliant effect to such a reunion. Among other scientific attrac tions which this soiree will offer, Professor Beale, of King's College, London, has undertaken to exhibit, with a lavish profusion of miscroscopes, a large number of very choice microscopical preparations, illustrating the tissues in health and disease. The PRESIDENT, in his inaugural address, after acknow ledging the honour which the association had conferred on him, said lie proposed to take a general survey of the position occupied by medical knowledge, and the objects which ought to be held in view in discussing the formation of the character and temper of the medical profession. Medicine had too long consented to regard itself as an art, and so dis tinguished from science. It could never fulfil its mission until it recognised and substantiated its claims to be one of the sciences that precisely interpret the phenomena of nature. In so far as medicine was purely scientific it was not in harmony with the average mind of mankind, and in so far as it was empirical it was at variance with pure science. Having shewn how medicine adopts scientific methods, Dr. Acland proceeded to consider the relations of medi cine to the wants of modern society. The relations of medicine were modified by the multitude of its agents. But if the philosophic base of medicine has been changed during the century by its relation to science, it has been as muclf modified by the exigencies of a fast growing popui.ation. It would not be true to say that till modern times no great crowds of men have been densely congregated into unhealthy masses. There were great armies before the Christian era ; there must have been great overcrowding in ancient Rome. A careful and detailed sanitary code was enforced on the Jewish people at the time of the exodus. Rome paid no small attention to sanitary works. But one of the peculiarities of modern life is the tendency to increase in great towns. In England between 1841 and 1851 there was an increase in the great towns of over 100,000 inhabitants of 23 per cent., and in the follow ing decennial period, from 1851 to 1861, there was in France an increase in towns of similar mag nitude of 50 per cent. The evils of modern civili sation had not yet been met by the clear-sighted and systematic superintendency by which they can be sub dued ; but he hoped ere long to see the relations which ought to subsist between this department of the science of medicine and the community at large investi gated systematically by a royal commission. He antici pated that one result of such a commission would be the elevation of the duties of an officer in State medicine to that of a recognised profession. The Government would have to define the duties to be discharged by public health officers, and the General Council of Medical Education would be able to direct the educa- tion of those who aspire to the performance of the duties so defined. The problems arising from the condi tion of great towns were become part of the literature of the day. "For my own part," said the professor, " I know nothing apparently so damaging to the reputation of the study of classics, as a means of forming completeness of character, as its active antipathy in former years to the cultivation of science, and its passive indifference to the promotion of art." The address was frequently ap• lauded. THE PUBLIC HEALTIL 4 Tho Registrar-General's weekly return of births and deaths in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom states that in the week that ended on Saturday, August 1, 4,416 births and 3,770 deaths were registered in London and in thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 31 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality last week was 28 per 1,000 in London, 25 in Edinburgh, and 23 in Dublin ; 25 in Bristol, 39 in Birmingham, 36 in Liverpool, 36 in Manchester, 39 in Salford, 38 in Sheffield, 39 in Bradford, 39 in Leeds, 36 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 30 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 35 per 1,000 during the week ending the 25th ult., when the mean tem perature was 5.1 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 31. The mortality from diarrhoea sheaved a decline last week in London, but had further increased in several of the other large towns, especially in Birmingham and Liverpool. The annual death-rate from this disease during last week was 4 per 1,000 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5 in Bristol, 6 in London, 9 in Bradford, 10 in Manchester and Hull, 11 in Liverpool, 12 in Salford, 13 in Sheffield, 14 in Leeds, and so high as 20 per 1,000 in Birmingham. There is little doubt that under a well-organised system for treating the disease in its earlier stages, this mortality would rapidly decrease, and the risk of the more dangerous choleraic forms would be reduced to a minimum. In London the births of 1,078 boys and 1,028 girls, in all 2,106 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1858.67, the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,026. The deaths of 859 males and 806 females, in all 1,665 persons, were registered in London during the week. It was the thirty-first week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,583. The deaths in the present return exceed by 82 the estimated amount, but are less by 220 than the number recorded in the preceding week. The deaths from zymotic diseases were 691, the corrected average number being 638. Five deaths from smallpox, 4G from measles, 47 from scarla tina, 9 from diphtheria, 32 from whooping-cough, and 52 from fever were registered. Thirty-eight deaths from cho• leraic diarrhoea or cholera were recorded ; 27 fatal cases were those of children under 3 years of age ; 5 children who died were aged from 2 to 10 years, and 6 fatal cases occurred in adults. The deaths of 6 persons from sunstroke were recorded ; and in many cases the fatal termination of diseases was stated to have been accelerated by the great heat. The deaths of 10 infants from syphilis, of 4 persona from burns or scalds, of 13 persons from drowning, of 8 infants from suffocation, of 6 persons who committee suicide, and of 4 persons who were killed by horses of carriages in the streets, were registered. At the Roya' Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'801 in. The barometric reading increased from 29'51 in. on Tuesday, 28th July, t( 30'16 in. on Saturday, Ist August. The mean tempo rature of the air in the week was 67'6 deg., which is 5 . : deg. above the average of the same week in 50 year , (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day tempo rature was 901 deg. on Tuesday, 28th July. The lowest night temperature was 49'4 deg., on Saturday, Ist August The entire range of temperature in the week was, there fore, 407 deg. The highest reading of the thermomete• in the sun was 167'0 deg. on the 28th July. Brighton intends to invite the British Associa tion to hold their next annual congress there. It is claimed as a fact worthy of note that there have been fewer persons apprehended during the Good wood Races this year than for several years past, as th following statistics will shew :—ln 1865, 12 ; in 1866, 10 in 1867, 21: in 1868, 8. The announcement in a contemporary that severa gentlemen who have distinguished themselves as supporter of the Government would be advanced to the dignity o the peerage after the prorogation, is very premature Nothing of the kind will be clone at present, and autum' will be far advanced before any such question is taken int consideration by the Primo Minister and the Crown.- Post. THE AMERICAN MINISTER.—The Hon. Reverd• Johnson, the new United States Minister at the Court c St. James's, is expected to arrive at Southampton wib his suite, from Baltimore, on the 15th inst., in the Norb German Lloyd steamship. Baltimore. Mrs. Lincoln, th widow of the late President of the United States, and he son, aro itlE) expected 1“ the stung otemucr. 111 rt 'l * C ' E cloymbt HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, August 4 The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and Prince, and Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday afternoon. Iler Majesty and the Royal Family walked in tb° grounds this morning. The Prince of Leiningen dined with the Queen [ast evening. The PHI, cess of Wales drove out ye s terdaY, 3c ' companiod by Prince Albert Victor and Poll ee George, attenled by the lion, Mrs. Ilardinge• LITERATURE. Colonel Fortescue's Daughter. By Lady Charles Thynne. Three Vole. Hurst and Blacke,tt• Lady Charles Thynne has been fortunate in the subject of her new work. Her stories are alsvAl s pleasantly written, and narrated in an interestil rummer, but in her novel lass year, " Off the Lin e, we could not congratulate her on the theme of h er selection. In her new work, ho . .vever, it is dif ferent. Colonel Fortescue' s daughter , in the fi rs " days of her infancy, is the delight of her happy parents. Her young mother with diffic - alty 0. 11 °, 3 , filer out of sight. An unlucky nurse walking this treasure on Hampstead Heath, during a fa ir ' meets a friendly butler, who offers to show he r some wonders in one of the booths, which he tells her she will never forget to her dying day. S be rashly accepts the invitation, leavi ng th e b a by Wi t ' ll a good-natured woman, who offers to hold and she does not, we are told, to her dying del forget the adventure ! 'When she returns ft° inspecting the wonders of the show woman and 1/ are gone. Great is the consternation and grief 0 the parents. Days of anxiety follow4with adver tisements and researches innumerable. At last 3 cradle is deposited at Colonel Fortescue's d° ol.l containing to the delight of all beholders a ba l l; but also to the consternation of all beholders, be it added, containing not one baby, but a coup le Dressed alike, and possessing no distinctive f°3l: tures, no one can tell w hich i s THE b a by and Whic h the impostor. The parents decide upon keeP rr iv h g e both children, and treating them exactly alike. - 1. " 1 doubt as to the identity of her own child embitte.lo the mother's life. The after complications of t 4 t story may be imagined. The main incidell.t; of course, is si ngu l ar l y improbable i ll 1 , nature, but it gives occasion t o a ver y interest laa story. The characters of the t wo su pposed sis ters are very capitally drawn, and th e w i se impae.i alll of Colonel Fortescue, thrOughout th e d a ys of t heic e , girlhood, contrasts with th e ea p r iii ou s and Pr d , judiced feelings with which Mrs. Fortescue reg 3 f the child whom she believes to be an alien. " (1° Fortescue's Daughter" will be a favourite with the novel readers. Elephant IlauntB: Being a Sportsman's NarratiVe °f the Search for Dr. Livingstone. By Henry F 311 1.;, ner, late 17th Lancers. One Vol. PP. 3° llurst and Blackett. lerue The very spirited frontispiece to this V 0 n f gives lively assurance of the stirring adventur es - a which it relates. In a thick-tangled jungle we ourselves in company with no less than five a ; Enense elephants. The sportsman, assisted hY., ° OO follower only, has already done good service• huge monsters lie dead among the long grass, s . Li ti , two others are taking to flight, one of thou ` 11 , 1 , 1 110 his trunk in the air " trumpetting" loudly 1 , i f' fifth, and the most formidable, has been struck es the head, and is in the act of falling, but he not fall unavenged. In his fall he sends h is , ho stroyer flying through the air, and disables j. formidable gun which Ills given his death-NO Ull a Never, perhaps, not even in the well-known f ' ( : 11 - ; tispiece of Southey's " Doctor," in which "" "author" turns his back upon those who coni ° ;: elate his "portrait," never did authar apPea r r s ,icted in more undignified guise. In this p icte o f before us, surrounded, it is true, by the trophi es er , ter his valour, the author appears in the air, and I liL tbe Lily " upside down !" This adventure with ire dye elephants, of which full &tail; `. 1 , 4 given at page 198, is only one of many es e:ti rts . scenes. Mr. Faulkner is evidently a keel 5 . 1)° , - l e , man, and whether the object of his chase b ° - f dif phant, buffalo, or hippopotamus, he is eg ti- t ho ready for the occasion, and equally fearless it t i o adventure, conducting us, as he does, through se ' t he, but little known, and describing situations f °r ,, o 3 most part unfamiliar, his work has a freshn ess t ba a merit which render it conspicuous ainoog sports and travels of the season. t NEW POLICE POLICE ACT.—Yesterday the i l f As ia amend the law relating to the funds provided for d°"*"/The the expenses of the Metropolitan Police was issued . t he rate on all property assessed to the poor is to be 9d. jil t . i te pound, instead of Bd., as hithnrte. The Secretary ° I I . of may make an allowance to the assistant commi ssion £3OO in addition to his salary, for house rent. er SUDDEN DEATII OF A 'WESLEYAN I\llNlaJ A t Tho meeting of Wesleyan ministers in Coufol °E tid Liverpool had a peculiar solemnity cast over it on , by the news that the Rev. Alexander T. JaricS, w w ' so of that town on Saturday for Huddersfield, for the pal, ° t o is preaching Sunday school sermons, had been found a bed on Sunday morning. t 11 1eet' THREE-CORNERED CONSTITUENCIES.---4•- 3 fo r ing of the Liberal electors of Birmingham, held Onoa the day evening, Mr. Turner in the chair, to impress Il i :, 0 0 electors the duty of voting as they are requested scare Liberal Association at the next election, in orde r to s'rft the return of three Liberals, the following letter froit'Aug' Bright, M.P., on the subject was road Rochd a/e ; ° r r e ; I.—Dear Sir,—At the ward meetings the P l3° s i"a o4. " turning three Liberals should be thoroughly °P,. ° :con, and every man who votes for two candidates, as bt mended by the committee, should feel that he has "P t' good utmost to secure the return of all three. Without iiover organisation the return of three Liberals ism Da ce sible. With it you may succeed, and thus blad e ql - aeo c° offensive scheme ever devised for destroying the s " of the largest constituencies. I hope the ca ndid 3te .,o o6 be held to be on a perfect equality, an d that the i " v o . l effort. will be made to return all the three. who votes for two of them in the manner PrO,°"-yotif"' most help to carry the threo. - I am, very truly ' oa JOHN BRIGHT." RAILWAY COLLISION AT WEYMOUTII.---• C o f f es ; occurred on the London and South-Western N'iii,:',,leavt3 terday morning. Shortly after 7 a "bathing trai h. P' Dorchester to enable persons to bathe a: WeYt"Titwben: terday the train had more passengers than u stl3h O ne - ti % accident occurred at Weymouth station which 8t s r eff threatened considerable destruction of prolog)" t ' a y st e „i loss of life. The run into Weymouth is over av - 00'; decline from Ridgeway tunnel, about four a e h s o ve t t on emerging from which steam is shut off, and t : i . c rsr.,;,; belonging to the engine, as well as that in the g u " 9-' are applied during the remainder of the ioul li r ) ; AV e „ ) ; metals at the time were very slippery, and on DC3,1.11; Dr fr io mouth station the engir o-driver discovered tlla: d ob. at would not act. The guard was communicate J03°1)0 apply his break with greater force, and this w , r est,, : , it broke soon after, and the train had nothing t ro ci; io o oP o ' l progress until entering the station, when it " „ ti rpo s ' ) o o sion with a kind of buttress erected for the severe, its stopping carriages. The collision was in CoSt te g d fo ol oia barrier being broken into fragments and s t3r a a bou t se d, foundation, while the passengers were toss ° re c 0 „10 bruised. Fortunately, no serious injuries weiied, ha although many severe flesh wounds were susfal_olosof,,Lfs, sufferers were conveyed to one of the waiting-ruscith V ei t station, when Mr. Arnold, the agent, togetborod fox and Rhodes, were sreedily on the s pot i ,. ure J. to ,oisfictroft : l:: they could to alleviate the sufferings of the 1 c iii to On Tuesday the banks of the great 1 ' _ K- 80 ,0.,.,4 e to x i t i: . t a - o p i a .d r i k n a N r V y e were teerhOWadmOmingw rsptcncettnatbooriss London Swimming Club. The match noil:), Na' t dig comp,•t: tors swimming in their ordin. r con ) rt apparel, boots, trousers, coat, hat, he four tance being 600 yards. The names of t Norris.. titors were Cromlie, Sprange, W. Bell, ftw-l_ Pito, half-past seven they took their position . 1. 4 platform at the east end of the signal they all dived in amidst loud &Jo i e; .tn ' a Vll. tor y. took the lead, followed by Morris, Crnl-1.1 but i 3 f° ,l 0 .64 this course they swam the length of the 1 4 forfne, .04, ing Bell went away from Morris and C oe I ' s e s.o ti. l , at abreast of Sprange. The mei now boome 1: ro for they were neck and neck for some to o ; 0 ~..oros stoat. D e ll 11 length e a s3Bull Morrislaunched was third out 0 0 heaviest of clothes and thick boots. tstonind°Cvrol'inlio fourtb.