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SMITH begs to announce that this elegant and popular Theatre will OPEN TO-MORROW, August 29, when he will have the honour of introducing Mr. FAIRCLOUGH, an American Tragedian, whom he has engaged for a limitedu um ber of nights. Mr. E. T. Smith bein.; acquainted with this gentle man's talent only through the favourable critiques and opinions he his obtained in the United States, and Mr. Fairclough desiring to stand on his own merits, his debut is thus announced without any preliminary eulogy. The box-office open under the direction of Mr. C. Nugent. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which (at 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK. a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, H. J. Montague, J. G Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds airi assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. 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Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London. E.C. .1,--,,,,,, 3,1 -----,.„:. ~,0) ~__ , - lilt , (Eit LO.NDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1868. The " Maiden City" has been the scene of inte rest during the last few days, and many circum stances have combined to render the Agricultural Show of this year moat attractive. It is a few years since the Society chose this city for the scene o their Show ; and, of course, those beat acquainted with the place have been curious to watch the pro gress which has been made since then. Many signs are visible to prove that Londonderry has not been behind in the race, if she has not the foremost place, in the momentous struggle now going on in all directions. The Lord-Lieutenant and his family appeared to do honour to the occasion, and the members of his Excellency's household received a perfect ovation, so great was the de light testified at their recent escape from the sad affair at Abergele. The Mayor read an address of congratulation on their visit to the city, and the escape they bad had from an imminent peril. In this due notice was taken of the chief events connected with the occasion, and first expression was given to the feeling of loyalty and attach ment which prevailed in this ar.cient city towards their SOVEREIGN. The Lord-Lieutenant was con gratulated upon the honourable distinction just conferred upon him, and the general approval which his conduct has met with during; the time of his viceregal duties. Indeed, the elevation bestowed upon him has been a compliuieut to the Irish nation, as well as a testi- moray to the services rendered by the recipient himself. The Duke of ABERCORN has had other and more onerous duties to perform than to wel come Royalty and preside over friendly hospitalities. He has been under the painful necessity of meeting and checking the spirit of insubordination which broke out and tended greatly to disturb the confi dence of the public, and even to inspire fear for the future welfare of the country and the prosperity of the Empire in general. It is well known how fortunate were his Excellency's well-timed efforts in this serious and eventful undertaking, and how fully his labours have been crowned with success. With firmness and yet with moderation disaffection was put down, and gradually a better spirit has prevailed, and in some respects things are better• than they were before. It would, indeed, be a most happy conjunction of affairs if the prognostications of the Mayor were realised, and if " Ireland's sons" would unite with one common object, the welfare of their country, unmindful of the machinations of evil-disposed persons, who are always anxious to tamper with the loyalty and good-will of others. Great advantages are offered to the community at large by the instrumentality of a society like the Royal Agricultural, and the development of national resources is a matter of too much moment to be disregarded and treated with indifference. The conviction that industry may attain important ends mite irrespective of rank, position, or riches, must tend to stimulate the energy and revive the confidence of many, and another advantage is that these projects may be pursued quite irrespective of party bitterness of feeling. In reply, his Excellency made a suitable acknow ledgment to the felicitations addressed to him, and declared that he fully appreciated the spirit of loyalty which prevailed. The commercial enter prise of the city of Londonderry offered a theme for counter congratulations, which was well taken advantage of, and the Lord-Lieutenant, in eloquent words, expressed his thankfulness that Providence bad preserved his family in the late fearful cala mity. In the evening a banquet was given, which was well attendel, and the Lord-Lieute nant's speech was a great success throughout. The state and condition of Ireland at all times are subjects of importance, but just now addi tional interest is imparted to them by recent events, and the efforts of some politicians to de preciate all that relates to the prosperity of that country. It is then, without doubt, a source of satisfaction that one so well versed in the details as his Excellency should speak confidently on the improvement which has taken place, and bear witness to the decadence of those efforts which have too long triumphed at the expense of social and national welfare. The province in which they found themselves was, he maintained, an en couraging one in which to meet, since it afforded them an example or lesson in studying the problem of Irish difficulties, Irish prosperity, and Irish in dustry. At the same time there are no peculiari ties in existence that prevent the happy condition of affairs from prevailing in other parts of the coun try. It might well have been supposed that the unfortunate influences that have prevailed for some time past in Ireland would have interfered with the agricultural interests as they had with the commercial ones, but no deficiency in this respect is to be observed, and there exists, on the contrary, ample evidence of a " sound and con firmed condition of prosperity." The Irish manu facturers have likewise competed not discreditably with those of Scotland and England. The returns which have been made show an increase of cereal crops over last year, and an in crease of acres of potatoes and meadow land. 'l'h, more scientific culture of flax would be a source of much profit, notwithstanding that the population in scme provinces are already great adepts in it. The increase in the number of those receiving poor-law relief is to be attributed in a great measure t..) the local distress caused in some districts by the depres sion of the linen trade from the high rate to which it had risen in the late American war. Connected with the Emigration question, his Excellency very truly mentioned the dwellings of the labourers, and the necessity for their improvement. It is satis factory to know that the returns show a decrease in the number of emigrants. In the year ending June, 1868, there are eleven thousand less than the previous year, and, strictly, three thousand less than the year before. Increased wages is also a desideratum, and will be found advantageous in the long run, despite any temporary pressure they may entail. The LORD-LIEUTENANT declared that ho was ashamed of the dwellings of many of those on his own estate, and yet difficulties were in the way of a general improvement. After the summary he had given he was enabled to dwell with satisfaction upon future prospects, for the country is quieter than it has been for some years respecting seditious feelings. "We have no cause for desponding, but every just and reasonable hope that the day may come when the storms and clouds which hover round the destinies of Ireland may be dispelled, and the generous and cordial nature of her people may show itself in increased sympathy and union between all classes, and when all those benefits may attend her that a prosperous and contented people, an in creased capital, and, above all, internal peace can confer upon a great and united people. The interesting meeting at Norwich was on 'Wed nesday last brought to an appropriate conclusion by a grand banquet given by the Mayor of Norwich to the President, officers, and members of the Asso ciation. The members have had no reason to com plain of the hospitality of the good citizens of Nor wich, and have repeatedly expressed their sense of the cordiality of their welcome, and the banquet of Wednesday, numbering 700 guests, gave addi tional evidence of the eagerness of their hosts to do them honour. An interesting feature in the assem bly was the presence of the ministers of several forms of religion, a happy proof that the antagonism which formerly existed, or was supposed to exist, between the students of Nature and the worshippers of Nature's GOD is dying out with the advance and increase of know ledge. The Bishop of Norwich, in returning thanks for a toast, observed that he welcomed men of science as fellow workmen and fellow stu dents in different volumes of the works of the same Divine Author ; and the great gathering which had just closed had tended to show that men of faith should inquire more, and men of science believe more. The Reverend Canon DALTON, speaking on behalf of his Roman Catholic brethren, read a letter from Father SECCHI, acknowledging in warm terms the hospitality shown him at Norwich, and the Rev. G. GouLD, Nonconformist minister, responded in the same catholic and enlightened spirit. Happily this was one of the rare occasions on which politics could be allowed to slumber, all the guests being more interested in less agitating and irritating questions, and nothing occurred to mar the pro ceedings of the evening. Yesterday the excursions began, and though many members necessarily left the town a large proportion have prolonged their stay in order to examine the curiosities of the neighbourhood. Four excursions were arranged to come to Lynn and li.unstanton, to Walsingham and Holkham, awl to Great Yarmouth. Cromer possesses great attr actions for the geologist. Hunstanton cliffs, too, though not boasting of a forest bed, or a man tmaliferou.s crag, has an object worth notice in its section of red chalk and green sand. The etc ursion to Walsingham was of a more picturesque and archeological character, the visitors inspecting tb e ruins of an ancient monastery, the interesting records of Holkham Hall, With all the tradi tional relics of the great Lord COKE, from whom Earl of Leicester is descended. The Great Yarmouth had plenty of wonders, new and old, to see, beginning with the Roman camp, at Burgh, and ending with the Sailors' Home and the rocket apparatus of the present day. In alluding to the close of the labours of the Association we must not omit to mention the very able and interesting address delivered by Professor HUXLEY to the working men of Norwich on Wed nesday evening. He especially referred to the discoveries recently made in the course of marine surveying, which afford most valuable additions to our stock of geological facts. It is a striking fact, ascertained by an American microscopist, that the deep-sea soundings, brought up from a depth of 10,000 and 11,000 feet from the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, are chiefly made up of minute shells, as minute as those found in the chalk, and identical in their structure and character. The Admiralty subsequently despatched Captain DAYMAN on a task which, as Professor HUXLEY observed, reminds us of the obligations laid upon the young princes of the fairy tales. They bade him take a ship and bring up the bot tom of the Atlantic for 1,700 miles at regular in tervals. Captain DAYMAN fulfilled his commission as promptly and as efficiently as though he had a fairy godmother to aid him, and the examination of his specimens was entrusted to Professor HUXLEY. That gentleman showed his audience a lump of grey chalk which, he said, exactly corre sponded in appearance with the covering of the vast plain which lies below the Atlantic. Fully 95 per cent. of this substance, which covers a plain 1,000 miles wide, is made up of little shells, the largest of which is not more than oue-fiftieth of an inch in diameter, while the smallest may sink to one-thousandth of an inch. This is a most remark able fact, and the more so as the identity of the globigerina of the Atlantic mud and the globigerina of the English chalk is clearly established. "We Englishmen," said the Professor, in alluding to the antiquity of the chalk, " are very proud if we can trace our ancestry back to the battle of Hastings ; but we have here a little shell whose ancestors might have witnessed a battle of ichthy osauri in the sea over the country where Hastings now stands, and that puts all our escutcheons to shame." Professor HUXLEY'S lecture was listened to with deep interest and attention, and the work ing men of Norwich may think themselves fortunate in thus having so good a share of the intellectual feast which the rest of the citizens have been en joying. The half-yearly meetings of our southern railway companies have brought about, as might have been expected, some discussion respecting the recent raising of the fares. Both directors and share holders are very well aware by this time that the movement i 3 highly unpopular ; but we are sorry to find that they are not yet amenable to reason. However the state of their dividends at the close of the year will probably supply unanswerable arguments, since already the traffic on the southern lines has considerably diminished. People will not pay what they deem exorbitant prices for pleasure trips if they are compelled to do so for business journeys, and the Brighton and Dover lines have been in the habit of reaping a large harvest from the general preference for the southern coast. We apprehend that at the end of the season the railways will find they have made a mistake. The chairman of the London, Chatham, and Dover line took a very haughty view of the matter, and said the tone which the public had adopted was most unreasonable. The fares hitherto charged had been found to be unremunerative, and the directors were bound to consult the interest of the shareholders. He did not say why moderate fares had proved insufficient, nor allude to the extravagance which the public are called upon to pay for. A shareholder present said he did not see why the railway company should be treated worse than the butcher or baker, whose in creased prices were paid without grumbling I How ever the Chairman admitted that it was quite a commercial question, and if the present fares did not answer they must alter them, which is some thing gained. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Aug. 27. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Aug. 27. Aug. 20. fr. c. fr. c. Capital of tho Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro- _ perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 35,871,967 62 38,364,082 43 Treasury account cur rent creditor 191,601,715 51 176,618,090 73 Current accounts, Paris 472,340,213 43 49 , ;,115,076 40 Do. branch banks 56,972,310 48,286,62 Dividends payable 1,603,708 1,726,663 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last - - six mouths 703,152 42 703,152 42 Surplus of receipts not distributed - Sundries Total CREDITOR. Aug. 27. Aug. 20. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. 0 Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 293,241,620 87 314,405,229 51 Do. branch banks 226,584,842 '239,563,875 Advances on deposit of bullion 84,892,000 35,922,800 Do. branch banks 8,423,200 7,938,900 Do. on French Public) Securities 11,930,900 12,987,700 Do. by branch banks 8,535,500 8,544,900 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 G overnment Stock re- serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisdes (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 160,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 911,916 61 931,550 28 Sundries Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretio Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, palatable, and ilavizerating. Sold by all Cllazaists.--(Adyt.) THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1868. ...~ LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE RUSSIA. (Via Queenstown.) NEW YORK, Aug. 18, Noon. It is reported that the Governors of several Southern States have made a requisition to the Sec retary of War for arms for the Militia. General Schofield, however, has refused to furnish them until Congress shall have legislated more definitely on the subject. It is said that the Governors are preparing an appeal to Congress. The House of Representatives of South Carolina has passed a bill prohibiting any distinction on ac count of colour in hotels or public conveyances being made for the future. The Treasury of that State is empty. Enthusiastic Republican and Democratic mass meetings are being held in reference to the Presidential election throughout the country. An assembly of Fenians at Ardensbury is spoken of. The Canadian authorities have called upon the volunteer corps to hold themselves in readiness for any emergency. According to intelligence from Hayti, published in the New York papers, Salnave had imprisoned the Russian Consul, and also threatened the life of the British Consul, where upon H.M. ship Favourite made preparations to bombard Port au Prince. Telegrams from Jamaica (via Havana) state that the authorities of Jamaica propose to obtain a loan from Great Britain for the completion of the works now in progress. Mexican advices report that the expedition sent out by Juarez for the suppression of the insurrection at Alvavada has been unsuccessful. An outbreak against Juarez is apprehended at Vera Cruz. NEW YoRK, Aug. 19 (Noon.) Larga and enthusiastic Republican meetings are being held at Atalanta in Georgia. Democratic meetings, held in North and South Carolina, are largely attended by negroes. The World states that the recent reports of agents of the Freedmen's Bureau of Louisiana con tradict the statements made by Governor War mouth in reference to the assassination of Union men. It is reported that Rosecranz, the new Minister of the United States to Mexico, will urge Juarez in favour of annexation. News from Port-au-Prince of the 10th instan t indicate that the revolution is likely to succeed. Salnave was preparing for flight. llis family had been captured by the Cacos rebels. The Canadian authorities continue to take pre cautionary measures against Fenian raids. The Royal Mail steamship Russia, from New York on the 19th, arrived at Queenstown at 3.10 a.m. to-day with 40 cabin passengers and $76,000 in specie. She landed 86 sacks of mails, and pro ceeded at 3.20 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 28. The National Steamship Company's steamer Pennsylvania arrived here last night from Liver pool. She embarked her passengers and proceeded for New York. All well. HALIFAX, Aug. 27. The Inman Royal mail steamer City of Wash ington arrived here to-Jay. All well. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SUEZ, Aug. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Carnatic, from Bombay, arrived at 7 a.m., and the Candia, from Calcutta, at 10 a.m. to-day. FRA. gCE. ' .ree o'clock.—The market BOURSE, August27.--T. dosed as follows :- 4} per Cent. End of month... Ital!.an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 121 Mexican Loan -. 23 Credit Mobilier End of month... 283 73 Spanish Threes 36 50 Credit Foacior ...1436 Home Debt...„. End of month... Deferred ....... RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans ... 905 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern-- 5BO Western Eastern .. ........................ 565 Sardinian .................................... 42 Austrian ....................................... 537 Linnbard ....................................... 407 North of Spain 53 Saragossa Roman 7HE UNEMPLOYED AT DEPTFORD. Last night a meeting, convened by the " Unem ployed Poor League," was held in the Broadway, Deptford—Mr. B. Cook in the chair. There was a considerable attendance of working men. The CHAIRMAN briefly traced the history of the was the fifth meet htishe subject of the un pinrgesewnhticmhohvaedmbeneet,nsthaetlidngont employed poor. As an instance of the anomalies which existed in our midst, he mentioned that every prisoner cost the country £37 a year, whilst thou sands of labouring men earned only Bs. a week, or £2O 16s. a year. Yet when the labouring man be came poor he was supported in the workhouse at 2s. 41d. per week. (Oh, oh.) The new Parlia ment of England should be enlisted on behalf of the unemployed poor. (Cheers.) Mr. J. W. O'NEILL moved the first resolution as follows :—" That it is the duty of the State to pro vide casual or temporary employment on such terms and conditions as may be found practicable and ex pedient for all persons claiming such employment, and having no visible means of subsistence other than by their labour, by continuously carrying on large national works of a permanent and beneficial character, such as the construction of waterworks, bridges, railways, canals, reclamation of waste lands, and the more scientific development of land at pre sent in a state of partial and defective cultivation." Ile said the unemployed could not gat justice all at once, but they would get it by agitation and the force of public opinion. Let those present take the truths they had heard to heart and grow them up, so that their voices would be heard in St. Stephen's. Mr. LE LUBEY seconded the resolution, and said the present movement grew just as the snowball did when rolling. _ _ The CHAIRMAN, in putting the question, said he had heard that on Saturday last thirty hands had been discharged from a factory in Deptford, and that in Deptford there were 800 houses unoccupied. He also understood that money boxes were being handed about for the unemployed poor. The resolution was carried, and some other speakers having addressed the meeting the proceed ings terminated. THAMES CONSERVANCY.--A return presented pur suant to Act of Parliament has been issued, which gives a general report of the proceedings of this body during the past year. The financial account showed that the Con servators received during the year 1867 a sum of £67,312, including a balance of £5,083 for the previous year. The chief items of this sum are tonnage dues, £22,991 ; pier dues, £5,627 ; water and canal companies, £2,350 ; tolls, £6,120 ; rents for accommodation, .£3,565 ; fines for accommodation, .£5,169 ; ballast licences, .£1,356 ; and fees for raising and removing wrecks, £2,276. The ex penditure for the year amounted to £63,138, of which more than .£B,OOO was expended in salaries, .£4,263 for iron lighters in raising wrecks, £1,218 in stores, screws, chains, and buoys for moorings, ezc., and .£2,051 in raising and removing wrecks and obstructions. The Con servators report that "in the early part of last year it was found that great quantities of mud had rapidly deposited in the navigable channel near the main drainage outfalls at Barking Creek and Halfway Reach, which threatened to present serious impediments to the navigation, and that the fact of such an enormous quantity of sedimentary mat ter being cast into the river from the sewer outlets causes considerable apprehension,and requires constant watch ing in order that steps m a y be taken to maintain and keep open the navigation." CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIV ZFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. THURSDAY, August 27. The visit of the Count and Countess of Girgenti still occupies the attention of the ingenious. Driven to despair by the lack of greater problems, the Presse believes that Rome is to be the object of this interview, and that an unexpected solution of the Franco-Roman question may be looked for. The Count de Girgenti is certainly the brother of the Ex-King of Naples, but then the Countess is the daughter of the Queen of Spain. Here is an admirable opportunity of a see-saw for the numerous politicians who rely upon their imagina tion for their facts. Those who reject the Rome theory insist that the Empress of the French - would like to hear from the daughter of the Queen of Spain respecting the events which are cc ur, ing, or may occur, in the benighted peninsula. This is much more rraisemblable than the first theory. As to the Emperor, it is pretty certain that the statement of the Figaro is correct, and that there will be no interview between his Imperial Majesty and the Queen of Spain at Biarritz. By the influence of the colonel of the 83rd Regiment an inquiry has been made into the events which transpired at Nimes on the 29th of July, when a private meeting was interrupted by the police with several soldiers. It was reported that M. Lanier was struck and wounded by a lieu tenant who has since been made a captain. The inquiry shews that M. Lanier was wounded by a bayonet thrust from a soldier, and that the lieutenant was behind. It is said that M. Lanier suffers much from the effects of hiEs wound. But still worse remains to be told. The father of M. Lanier was so excited when his wounded son waT brought to him that he died in four days from tilt nervous shock which he experienced. More than fifty thousand persons were present at the funeral. Must we estimate amongst the merciful " dispensations, of Providence," to use Mr. Disraeli's phrase, that villany can never restrain itself within due bounds? A young dealer in jewels here established himself in business, and . was enabled to obtain unlimited credit on acco un t of his being the nephew of a rich and highly esteemed merchant. To obtain jewels wholesale on the security of his signature, and dispose of them to the public for cash, was a highly lucrative business, and it is not sur prising that the young trader prospered exceedingly for a while. The species of fraud which consists in obtain. ing goods without paying for them is not original, but it is profitable and safe. But our young friend could not stop here. One day he became possessed, on credit, of diamonds to the value of £14,000, and the temptation proved too great. He could not wait for the tedious process of realisation by trade, so he left his business behind him and decamped with the diamonds. When " wanted "he was abroad. Whether the defaulter can be captured, or whether the sale of the diamonds can be prevented, is a problem for the police ; but the boundary within which fraud is safe has been overstepped, and the " respectable trader " is now a criminal. Does not the difference between the crime and the prelude appear remarkably small? The opening of the Councils-General has been attended with few features of interest. They are presided over by some of the foremost Ministers, but the " utterances" so far have not been remarkable. The presidents have generally confined themselves to the stereotype routine of the harvest, the glorious success of the loan, and some Delphian predictions on the question of peace or war. The three forthcoming elections in the Var, the Nievre, and the Moselle departments are looked forward to with extreme interest after the result of the Jura. The candi dates have all been chosen, and are now vis-à-vis, but there are no means of estimating the results. The sale of the Figaro in the streets has been stopped— why, I cannot learn. This is the only press event of the week, so that the journalists consider themselves very mildly treated so far. Moreover MM. Finard and Baroche have been summoned to Fontainebleau, and this is con strued as an indication that the rigour of the press prosecu tions is to be abated. A dreadful crime has taken place at St. Denis. An old man of 73 years, with his woman-servant, aged nearly 50, have been murdered by a workman under circumstances of great barbarity. The murderer committed suicide on the spot. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sea Friday, I F. 1 August 28, B. T. z W. Ito F. D. W 11. to S a.m. •P A i 12 9 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'97r. 54 51 N.N.W. 3 6 W. -.W.! bc. 3 Yarmouth 3o'oBr. 56 53 W.N.W. 4 4 S.W. c.b. 2 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnrcs Ardrossan 29'94r. 55 50 N.N.W. 8 9 Ar.N.W. t.c. o'l9 6 Greencastle 30 - 00 r. 51 49 N.W. 6 8 W. o.r. 012 Holyhead - Liverpool Valentia 3ollr. 57 54 W.N.W. 2 8 W. b.ro 2 Cape Clear 3o'27r. 58 57 W. 5 7 W.N.W. c. 4 Roche's Pt. 30'25r. 55 51 W.N.W. 4 6 W. C. 3 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30'26r. 58 54 W.N.W. 3 5 W.S.W. c. 2 Portsmouth, 31'25r. 571 51 N.W. 4 6 W.S.W. c. 3 London 33'18r. 55 50 W.N.W. 4 5 W.S.W. r.cb, C'pcGris Nez I 39'18r. 55 50 N.W. 8 8 W. 0.c.1 5 Brest L'Orient . 30'35r. 54 52 N. 4 4 S.W. f.b.l 2 Rochefort 3o'3lr. 61 59 N. 5 4 N. b. 1 Biarritz Corunna — Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Ltons — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 30'17r. 47 46 N.W. 1 1 N.E. r.b.'o'22, 3 • EXPLANATION. Barn ter corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. The letter C., rising; 1., falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sky ; e.—clouds. detached ; I.—fog ; h.—hail; I.—lightning : m,—misty, hazy co.—overcast, dull ; r.—rain; s.— snow ; t.—thunder. Ralu-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. During the last twenty-four hours an increase in barometrical pressure has occurrec at all stations : in the S. and W. of these islands readings are higher by about two-tenths of an inch. At southern stations pressures are great, and exceed the least reported, at Nairn, by seven.tenths of an inch. Temperature has fallen at stations on the Channel coast. On our N.W. coast a gale from the westward sprang up last evening, whilst strong winds also blew in the E. of England. This morning the wind is westerly, and is still strong In the North : it is moderate in the English Channel, excepting at Cape Gris Nez, where the force is reported to be 8. Thunder is reported from Ardrossan. The weather is generally cloudy, The La Marmora controversy on the campaign of 1866 is likely to terminate at last. It had passed from the Italian Chamber of Deputies to a personal dispute betwel Generals La Marmora and Cialdini, and, lik e a ll suc h dis putes, threatened to persecute the country for an indefinite period. But King Victor Emmanuel, who has not been heard of since the Garibaldian defeat at Mentana, has resolved to confer a lasting benefit upon his kingdom by putting a stop to this nui sance. It is announced that the two officers are to meet at the hunting-lodge of the King, near Pisa, where, say the Italian papers, they will receive the Royal repri mand, and be made to shake hands. Whether this artificial mode of producing friendship be successful or not is quite indifferent, provided the two generals, and espe cially La Marmora, be silenced. The controversy has become a European scandal. The Havas Agency telegraphs, to the astonishment of everybody, that " the fears of disorder have completely disappeared." It is impossible to discover to what fears this telegram alludes. The risings which were recently announced have vanished, or at least nothing more has been heard of them, and no others have been announced in their place. Is it possible that by reporting the disappearance of all previous fears, the Hava.s Agency, notoriously in the hands of the Spanish authorities, is preparing the way for some approaching trouble ? A correspondent of the Ind - pendance Beige says that a short time ago everything was ripe for revolution, and a rising was ready to break out in many places. The arrest of the generals has postponed, not frustrated, the insurrection. The same writer says that in some cities bodies of men have been enrolled and are receiving pay. Where they obtain their pay is a mystery, for the best accounts state that there is no money in the country. But Spanish politics are always incomprehensible. All that can be confidently stated at present is, that the country is in the last stage of poverty, misery, and destitution. Some very extraordinary statements concerning the trial of Madame Rachel recently appeared. It was said that eleven of the jury were for conviction, that the recalcitrant juryman was a friendof Madame Rachel, that he had pro vided himself with a fabulous quantity of refreshment, and that when argued with by his brother jurymen he told them that he was determined that no verdict of guilty should be returned—he had plenty to eat and drink, and if they would persist he would starve them out. Quite a sensation was created by this story. It was the addition of sauce to an otherwise spicy dish. The only thing about the tale which detracts from the enjoyment of it is, that it is not true. One of the jury writes :- -" It is said there were eleven to convict, which is false. As to one of the jury being an intimate friend of Madame Rachel, I do not believe any one of the jury had eves spoken to, or even seen her, till we saw her on trial. I am quite confident not one of us had prepared any refresh. ments whatever. We were very unanimous in this point, that we all wanted something to eat and drink, having been without food for ten hours. There cannot be a word of truth that any person writing to Mr. Lewis can prove what is written in your paper of to-day in Madame Rachel's case." A juror who pronounced for acquittal, writes that he never saw Madame Rachel before he saw her in the box, and therefore hesAttark_4.ot _ have iieetatt"' llama in Aryjsyi LANTERNS AND THE SAFETY OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The I,cinterne . question in Paris has reached in as plas4. A If. de Foudard writes to tho Tribune to say that among his sampleg of mock jewellery he has 44 a dinsinutiftnentern in his possession for five years, and that, on Thursday last, while his wife was out on busi ness affairs—exhibiting samples no doubt, and obtaining erders—she was arrested and locked up for two hours, every article in her possession bearing the remotest resemblance to a lantern being taken from her. At the same moment a commissary of police and four agents paid a visit to his workshop, and seized every article of jewellery they could find, whether in a finished or unfinished state, that approximated to the proscribed form. Where will the interdiction stop ? Will the law which obliges all vehicles to carry lighted lan terns between sunset and sunrise be abolished, or will it merely be suspended until further notice ? 111111111111111 KING THEODORE'S SON. Says an evening contemporary :—" It was very easy to bring King Theodore's son to England, bat it was not so easy to decide what should be done with him afterwards. He could not be turned loose to gain his livelihood, and it would have been unreasonable to ex peat the nation to provide for him after spending five millions to accomplish the ruin of his father. To have kept him in England all his days would also have been a mistake,.for that section of society which is always on the look out forßummun Lolls would have gone wild with delight over a king s son, and would have soon contrived to render him good for nothing. A plan has, therefore, been adopted which opens up a career of usefulness to the youth ful "1-have-seen-the-world," and will probably satisfy his ambition hereafter. Ho is to be carefully trained for the Indian Civil Service. He will have to enter through the open gates of competition, but he is said to be a quick boy, and there will be no unusual difficulty in rendering him fit to appear before the examiners. He is to be brought up, it is stated, in the house of a private gentle man. We hope there is no mistake as to the orthodoxy of the gentleman in question, or we shall soon hear from the Record." AN EXPERIMENT IN WHALE FISHING. A novel experiment in whale fishing has been tried at Peterhead during the past fortnight. At this season of the year large numbers of the species of whale known by the seamen as " finners " appear in the bay. It has always been a matter of some surprise, and even regret, that these fish could not be caught and utilised in the same way as the Greenland whales. Several attempts have from time to time been made to capture some of them, and about thirty years ago a Mr. Hutchinson succeeded in securing two fish, but he does not seem to have prosecuted the undertaking much further. A party of gentlemen belonging to the town, headed by Captain Gray, of the Mazinthian, screw steamer, have been making arrangements for trying what can be made of the business with appliances specially con structed. The lack of success hitherto doubtless arose from defective fishing apparatus and ignorance of what was really required. The boats used were the common whaling boats, and these were too light in themselves, while the plash of the oars drove the fish away, so that it was impossible to get near them. The party have procured from Messrs. Hall, Aberdeen, a decked fishing•boat, which is fitted with an engine and screw, and otherwise made suitable for hunting the whales in the bay. The craft, which was originally intended for the herring fishing, is about the size of the boats used for that purpose, her engines being from five to six-horse power. The miniature whaler has been several times at sea, but no fish have yet been landed. Numbers of fish have been seen, and a few have been fired at and struck, and on one occasion when the harpoon was fast in a fish the line broke, and the whale escaped. These failures,however,shew the promoters of the undertaking what is required to prosecute the fishing suc cessfully, and they have Leen acting upon the information and strengthening their gear. The harpoon is made with four "flukes" instead of two. On its point is placed a tin case containing prussic acid, in order to make the fish die quicker, as this species often run a long way after being struck. Unlike the Greenland whale, they aro not frightened by the noise of the vessel. They will swim about almost within hail for hours, but when struck they dart off at an immense velocity, making it almost im possible for a common boat to give them line or follow them. The vessel now in use has an advantage over the boats formerly employeil in that a harpoon-gun can be placed at each side, and thus command a greater stretch of the sea than can be done with the one gun placed in front of the regular whaling-boat. This species of fish are said to measure from thirty to eighty feet, and to yield from six to eight tuns of oil, so that one fish would be ample remuneration for a few days' unsuccessful work. The oil is about two-thirds of the value of the common whale oil.—Scotinan. FOOLHARDY FEAT.—The Buffalo Express says quite a sensation was created at Niagara Falls recently by the exploit of two labourers employed in the construction of the new suspension bridge. The main wires of the bridge have been stretched across the river, and these ambitious individuals, by holding to the upper cable, walked on thelower one from bank to bank, the wind blowing furiously at the time, to the great consternation of the crowd which thickly gathered. Jewellery of the value of £2,000 has been stolen from a luggage van attached to the London and North Western train, starting from Victoria Station, Manchester, for Liverpool. A traveller of Messrs. Schwabe's, jewellers, London, saw his boxes deposited in the van, and at Liver pool one of them with watches and jewellery of the value of £2,000 was missing. The police are on the alert, and the robbery is supposed to have taken place at Manchester. No intimation was given to the railway authorities as to the value of the contents of the boxes, and as this is required by the bye-laws of the company to be done before they can be made liable for special loss, Messrs. Schwabe, the proprietors of the stolen goods, in case the property is not recovered, will bo the sufferers. COST OF PAUPERISM—The return shelving the expenditure from the poor rates on in -maintenance and out-door relief in England and Wales in the half-year ending at Lady-day 1868 states that it amounted to £2,626,466—viz., £788,351 for in -maintenance, and £1,838,115 for out-door relief, being an increase of 6'B per cent. over the expenditure in the correspond ing half of 1867. Owing to the absence of returns from some places it is probable that the real ex penditure in both periods was nearly one per cent. greater than these figures represent. Wheat, flour, and bread were dearer in the half-year endi ng a Lady-day 1868, than in the half-year ending at Lady-day 1867 ; but meat was cheaper. Comparing these two half-years, the returns shew that in the later (ending at Lady-day 1868) the increase of expenditure over the earlier was 12'3 per cent. in the )'Vest Riding and in Worcestershire, 11'3 per cent. in Derbyshire, 107 in Staffordshire, 10.6 in Bedfordshire, and 10 per cent. in Lancashire. On the other hand, the increase did not exceed two per cent. in Hampshire, Cheshire, and Cumberland, and was less than one per cent. in Cambridgeshire and Warwickshire, and in Huntingdonshire there was a small decrease. In the metropolis there was an increase of 10'9 per cent. in so much as lies in Surrey, and 91 per cent. in that portion which is in Middlesex ; but in the small part which is in Kent there was a slight decrease, leaving the increase for the whole of the metropolitan districts B'7 per cent. ABSINTHE SUISSE. —We (Lancet) have analysed a sample of what we believe to have been the veritable Absinthe Suisse, in order to determine whether the analysis would throw any light upon the extraordinary effects produced by this compound on the human frame. These effects, as is well known, are high and even delicious excitements, followed by propor tionate subsequent depression, with, ultimately, early decadence of the nervous and vital powers. The results of the analysis were as follows : Specific gravity, 890 - 2. Alcohol, absolute, 65'528 per cent., 655'28 per 1,000 ; green essential oil, '202 per cent., 2'02 per 1,000; sugar, gum, &c., '354 per cent., 3'54 per 1,000 ; mineral matter, '056 per cent., '56 per 1,000. Two particulars of the analysis especially challenge observation and remark, and we believe that, taken together, they go far to explain the highly injurious and even deleterious action of absinthe upon the system. First, we observe that alcohol is present in very large amount—as large, in fact, as in the very strongest brandy. Second, we notice that it contains no less than 2 per 1,000 grains of essential oil. Now, a great variety of essential oils exert the most marked effects on the system—take, for example, those of tea and coffee ; and amongst those which exercise these effects we must certainly include the oil of absinthe. Now either the alcohol or the essential oil alone is capable of affecting powerfully the human organism, but when they are consumed together the body is subjected to the double power of two most potent agents, acting mainly on the nervous system. It is there. fore far from surprising that it should give way under repeated doses of this but too seductive beverage. Of the inju rious operation of an essential oil on the economy we have another example in oil of grain, or fusel oil. The absinthe was specially tested for metals, such as copper and iron, as, had they been present in considerable amount, they also, in combination with essential oil and alcohol, would have explained in some degree the deleterious properties of extrait d'a,bsinthe ; trace? of iron ply, I ....._ avLezza . mja ki foundt.f.-44.4111, 6,0113:„f, rt: • 4 , VII Tat HER MAJESTY. The Queen, with the junior members of the Royal Family, and their attendant suites, will arrive in England on the 11th of September. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain his Serene Highness the Prince Leiningen, will pro ceed t 3 Cherbourg, and be ready to embark the Royal party on the morning of that day. The yacht will then cross to Portsmouth Harbour, and the Queen and Royal Family will disembark at the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard. They will then travel t) Windsor, arriving at the Castle a little after seven o'clock. It is believed that the Queen A ill leave IVindsor about Friday, the 25th of September, for her High land home at Balmoral. 711 E CA7ASTROPHE AT ABERGELE. In the excitement attendant upon the a w ful catastrophe of last week some expressions have found place in the descriptions published by the daily journals which do not appear to be exactly warranted by the circumstances when these are examined critically. The idea that the terrible loss of life which occurred was due to " explosion" is not well founded. The paraffin oil with which the run-away trucks were loaded is not, at least in the liquid form, an explosive material. It is highly combustible, and when ignited, as it doubtless was by the fire of the engine with which it came in contact, it would burn with terrible rapidity. But had the material been really explosive, instead of a few carriages with their inmates being consumed, the whole train must have been shattered to pieces. Various explanations have been hazarded in regard to the absence of cries for help from the carriages, and the fact that no effort seems to have been made by any one passenger to escape from the burning vehicles. It has been suggested by some that the inmates were stunned by the con cussion ; by others that they were instantaneously rendered insensible by the anaesthetic properties of the vapour from the oil. We do not think that the circumstances can be altogether explained in either of these ways. In even very violent collisions it has never been the case that all the inmates of the first few carriages have been so stunned by the concussion as to be incapable of an effort at self preservation, and it has often happened that, the whole force having been spent in breaking up carriages, as occurred in this instance, the pas sengers have escaped with very little injury. There must, then, have been other causes in operation. The passengers here were grouped into two portions, those who were consumed to ashes and those who escaped comparatively unhurt. We must, therefore, necessarily look upon the presence of the paraffin oil as the essential cause of the exceptional horrors which marked this railway accident. It has been suggested that the unhappy victims were thrown at the outset into a state of anaesthesia. Of the anaesthetic properties of the vapour of paraffin oil there can be no doubt. The oil is highly complex and somewhat variable mixture of volatile hydro carbons, and though this mixture has probably never been directly tested, some of its constituents undoubtedly belong to the clam of anzsthetics• Amylene, for example, is a well-recognised member of the class, and amylene is a very common, if not a constant, constituent of the oil. So far, then, probabilities appear in favour of the hypothesis ; but without venturing to dogmatise upon so difficult subject, we are compelled to think that these proba bilities diminish on a closer examination. A careful consideration of the circumstances appear to u s to indicate that the ignition of the highly inflammable fluid mustshave followed almost instantly upon the collision, and consequently that the unfortunate crea tures must have been surrounded by a sheet of flame long before anaa sthesia could possibly have been pro duced. IVhat they then breathed was not the mere vapour of the volatile hydrocarbons, but a torrent of black smoke, charged perhaps to some extent with hydrocArhon vapour, but deadly from its tempera ture, and from the products of combustion of which it mainly consisted. Carbonic acid, and the still more poisonous carbonic oxide, are more likely to have been the noxious agents than the var ours 01 the oil. They must have been present in far larger quantity, and are much more intense and rapid 10 their effects. It was probably asphyxia, in fin e, not anaesthesia , which cut short the s u fferings o ', the victims. But this is not a ll. Th e cause 01 death, and the explanation of the horrible stillness which characterized the inmates of the leading esr: riages, may be reasonably ascribed, we think, l a some cases, to the shock which the sudden exPo" sure of the entire body to flame would inevitably occasion. The impression upon the nervous centres thus produced would be a powerful agent in rapidly extinguishing vitality. And there is nothing 10" consistent with recorded experience in this Vey ( ' In our journal of the 17th of January' 1863, Dr. Buzzard described minutely the appea r antes presented by six children who had been taken out dead from the top room of a house v(13104 bad been burnt down. They had all been foun d lying in bed in a posture of repose, except one/ who was on the floor. The condition of the boo showed unmistakably that the extensive burns ° ll , them had been inflicted during life, and signs °L a b suffocation were absent. Yet they had made, a f, one doubtful exception, no effort to escape, an their countenances bore no sign of a struggle f or existence. On such a point as the degree of O a , sciousness which would exist under the circu ol stances of violent death of this description it is at . possible to speak with absolute confidence, but ° a the the whole we believe that a human body sudde n t! wrapped in flames under the conditions which gr . _ tamed at Abergele would have its vitality ex ll 'll guished with extreme rapidity. And this 0 03 , 4 amount of comfort is all that we can extrit....t, from an event which is sickening to dwell upon' 7he Lancet. THE THREATENED CAB STRIKE. A. gre at amount of public inconvenience, resulting !NO the cabmen's agitation against the railway privileged titb system, is likely to arise in the streets of London to-Ilig7i than has been experienced since the agitation comme nce : l ; Tho notice, directing "all cabs to be home at seat, o'clock," on the occasion of the Cumberland-market eie t; jug some three weeks since was but litttle attended to, th e movement not being then very generally taken UP vi At i trade. Up to last week, however, 4,762 non-privilege d ""„:1 ver5,1,132 non-privileged masters, 53 privileged drivers' ad 42 privileged masters, in all representing 3,877 plata, lla ni signed a guarantee not to ply at or near the railway wringetat- until the privileged cabs are withdrawn thereforra- n the past week large additions have been made to the tog h - t ,.; tures of both masters and men, so that it is expected at least 4,000 cabs will be withdrawn from the streets r i night about seven o'clock, in order to enable proprie,t°o and drivers to attend the " Great final meeting," to be P- te r iu the Agricultural Hall at eight o'clock. As the Je'les of the Cabmen's Association to the railway couVellso sent a fortnight ago has produced no effect tending to Do amicable settlement of the dispute, it is more than Pre l till a strike will be decided on to-night. What its form ;is be it is impossible to say. Some masters suggest keeP all cabs at home until half-past ten every morning, 13°0 to render the conveyance of the public to the early ti l t er difficult. Others are for keeping the cabs at home taller four o'clock in the afternoon, while a small section trade advocate entire cessation from ordinary ca b ; tr of for a certain period. Whatever may be the decie`3"blio to-night's meeting in the direction of a strike the P u will be the sufferers. p ro" IIOW TO INCREASE YOUR OWN RENT.--i' .diog perty owner of South London has been detectsd ON , a clumsy trick during the past week. He had induce r' certain capitalist to examine a house he had for Pl e ' Bo .4 presenting the rent to be £l5 a year more than had 0 actually obtained for it, to back up which story Tbe persuaded his tenant to act in collusion with him' a e r capitalist had almost completed the purchas e, at a ir re cssive price, believing that ho would obt ain a a„igoo, turn, when his pro3pective tenant rushed into the and made a clean . breastpf his own perfidy , acknowle:bog that he had been a party to a deception, o f which 13civer1 now ashamed. The tenant had made the timely dis c , o r that he would be compelled to pay the ex tra £l5 per or to the new landlord, according to his own stateiaaf 9, be liable to an action for assisting in the Nvorkiag fraud.—South, London Press. d e r house, IVe house, in the occupation of Messrs. Cope Brotber,,s'9,3 de" d n esd ay evening a large cio r manufacturers, in Sidney-street East, Liverpool, stroyed by fire. du ar i Ila N. St, no .;e n lc to W ee th e the D, E tiliti, I), Ar 4, 4 11 li tro D qr?' L o D u 0