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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments aro the above-mentioned. 4 - T • ;Xlitto LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1868. The House of Commons did not begin the week well, and yesterda) 's sitting was distinguished for one or two incidents of an adverse nature. In the first place, Mr. FORSTER imparted an acrimonious cha racter to the debate by requiring some assurance from the Government as to the Report on the Cor rupt Practices Bill, as a rumour was current to the effect that they intended to strike out Mr. FAWCETT'S clause that had been agreed to on Saturday. Mr. DISRAELI replied that it was very extraordinary to put such questions at all, and that it was " unusual, un-Parliamentary, and inconsistent" to make remarks or anonymous rumours. This an swer appeared to satisfy the House, but it did not please Mr. GLADSTONE, who forthwith started up in the excitement of his most virtuous indigna tion, and asked the same thing in different words, whether, in the event of such a change being made, due notice would be given ; and Mr. DISRAELI replied that no one could accuse him of conducting public business in anything like an un-Parliamentary form, and that, of course, proper notice would be given. It is really very absurd, to say the least of it, for the time of the House to be wasted and its temper irritated by introducing these frivolous charges, but party spirit has run so high this year that it has been found quite impossible to prevent their constant recurrence, and no sooner is one confusion over than another begins. It is true that few days have been so remarkable as yes terday was, for there was a whole string of con trareities. When the dispute had been settled about the report, the Irish Registration Bill was taken on for consideration. The chief part of the provisions was got through very easily ; but at the third part of the bill great dissatisfaction was occasioned among the Irish members in consequence the clauses to erect new polling-places. The course pursued by these gentlemen was not creditable to their judgment, and they must indeed be greatly deceived if they think they showed their patriotism in controverting a proposition which was meant to preserve peace and order. So persistent was the Opposition to the plan that Lord MAYO was obliged to withdraw all the clauses that related to the new polling-places, and in doing so the noble lord very justly said that those who drove him to this course must take the responsibility of the scenes of violence and bloodshed which might arise during the ensuing elections which are sure to be hotly contested. This triumph of party feeling is much to be regretted, and the more so as its consequences m be serious and cannot now be averted. It was indeed ridiculous to say that Lord MAYO had laid a crafty scheme and taken advantage of some Irish members having gone home in order to play off this purpose, but absurd as the charge was it seeincd to be believed by the excited crew who thronged to the charge. When it has been clearly shown that these additional polling places are required, it is indeed trifling with the serious acts of legislation to insist on their non-erection. The discussion of the Metropolitan Cattle Bill was . then taken, and here again much virulent opposition was manifested, and before proceed- j THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1868. ing to the business part of the question there were many entreaties made to the Government that they should withdraw the bill altogether, and Mr. GLAD STONE joined in urging his favourite objection as to the financial difficulties in the way of settling the matter. Some other members very properly ad vised the Government not to give up to this " factious obstruction" that had been put in the way of the measure, and to keep the Parliament sit ting until it was passed. Mr. DISRAELI said that the principle of the bill had already been fully discussed, and the duty of the committee was now to deal in a practical manner with the clauses. Lord IL MONTAGU carried his point in clause ten, although Mr. M. GIBSON stoutly resisted it, and would not be satisfied with the modification made by the noble lord. Mr. GIBSON'S oft-repeated arguments did not, however, impress the house, and he was defeated by a large majority, for eighty-two decided in favour of keeping the word " sheep" in the clause. This is as well, for the preventive means must be the best, and it is idle to keep to the notion that no change must be made in the existing arrangements, or at least none worthy of the name. Mr. LOCKE'S amendment met with the same fate as that of Mr. MILNER GIBSON'S, and was rejected. Its object was to throw the duty on the Corporation of Lon don relating to the market authorities instead of the Commission. Some attempts were made to report progress before this, but after the clause was finished they were renewed again and again, so that Sir J. FAKINGTON very wisely agreed to an adjournment, as it was nearly three o'clock. The further discussion of this bill is fixed for Wednesday, when it is to be hoped that it will be settled. Two of the three majorities against reporting progress were very large, and it would be more consistent if these hon. members who are always lecturing the Government for not de ferring to the expressed opinion of the House if they who would look at home and practise what they preach. It is quite contrary to esta blished usages and Parliamentary forms to go on in this manner, and those who profess that they are advocating the progress of free trade more harm to themselves and to the cause they espouse. A more prejudiced course has seldom been taken than that adopted by the opponents of this scheme, and we hope that they will not be allowed to succeed in their endeavours at obstruction. The banquet at the Trinity House last evening was of more than ordinary interest. His Royal Highness the Master of the Corporation was back again as President of the Festival, and the general satisfaction with which he was welcomed after his voyage round the world was enhanced by the recol lection of the terrible risk which he had run during his absence from the hands of an assassin. The Prince of WALES accompanied his brother as the principal guest of the evening, and on this occasion, as the sailor Prince humorously observed,changed places with him, being transformed by the election of the Trinity House into his "younger brother." There was, as might have been expected, a large and brilliant company, including Lord NAPIER of Mag dala—the lion of the season—and several members of the Cabinet, who were probably not sorry to exchange the mutual recriminations of St. Stephen's for the amenities of the Trinity House, although, as Lord STANLEY, by common consent, declared, it was too hot to talk politics. The Trinity House is one of our oldest and most important institu tions of the kind, and it is a favourable sign of the times that royalty should identify itself with such practical and national associations, since the real strength of the Throne must always lie in its sympathy with the wants and requirements of the people. The Duke of RICHMOND, in respond ing to the toast of " The Maritime and Commer cial Interests of the Empire," said that if he was required to describe in three words the origin of the influence of England, he would say that it con sisted of her ships, her colonies, and her commerce. As President of the Board of Trade he considered himself First Lord of the Mer cantile Marine, and he looked upon the mercantile marine as the naval reserve. His Royal Highness, the Master, in speaking of the value which he at tached to the Mercantile Marine, said that if he could, from his position, as Master of the Trinity House and member of the Royal Navy, in any way connect the two services more closely together, he should think it fortunate. The Duke proved that his acquaintance with the affairs of the Trinity House was something more than nominal. by recapitulating the achievements of the corpora. tion since his last appearance in that hall, -and he congratulated the members on having undertaken the construction of a lighthouse on the Wolf Rock. The lighting of our coasts, as the Duke rema. ked, is a work of more delay and difficulty than the lighting of the French side, because there the ex pense is defrayed out of the Imperial revenues, while with us the cost has to be defrayed from tolls levied on the shipping. Still matters are in a fair way to be satisfactorily accomplished, and we shall soon be quite on a par with our neighbours. Altogether the banquet was a brilliant success, and the hos pitalities of the ancient corporation have seldom been more gracefully dispensed. The news which reaches us from New York by the mails to the 11th of July is chiefly occupied with the proceedings of the Conventions. The great question at issue in the Democratic Convention at New York has been the selection of the favoured candidate, and the names of General HANCOCK, Mr. HENDRICKS, Mr. PENDLETON, and General SEYMOUR have all been canvassed. The balloting which took place from the Bth to the 11th of July at first' showed no decisive result. On the 19th ballot Mr. PENDLETON was withdrawn, and on the 21st General ILA.NcooK stood at 135, and Mr. HENDRICKS at 132. On the next ballot, however, the delegates from Ohio nominated Mr. SEYMOUR, and a change at once took place, the new candi date receiving the entire vote of 317, and the nomi nation appears to have given equal satisfaction to the Democratic party all through the country, for the news has been received with enthusiasm. Mr. PENDLETON, who, as we have seen, was withdrawn from the contest, has given his strongest support to Mr. SErmoun, whose chances of success are not insignificant. Two years ago the issue of the struggle would probably have been very different, and no competitor would have had any chance against GRANT, but he had lost much of his prestige, and this depreciation, coupled with the change in the public feeling with regard to the Radicals, has altered the relative positions. Another of the transparent devices by which the Radicals endeavour to maintain their supremacy is recorded from the Senate. A bill excluding all the formerly rebellious States from participation in the Presidential election, excepting those which have been admitted to represmtation in Congress under the Reconstruction Act, has passed the Upper House by 28 votes against 5. What sort of a union can that be which does not admit a large portion of the population to a voice in the selection of the national ruler ? The motive for passing this bill is at once apparent, and we can see the effect of the Congreedonal reconstruction upon the Southern States in the politics of the new members. Thus s i Louisiana, ono of the strongest Slave States, and most diametrically opposed to Republican doctrines, has just sent two Republicans to reinforce Mr. Mr. SUMNER'S party in the Senate ! If it is only by tricks like this that the Radical supremacy Ce in be kept up they had better abandon the farce of a Constitutional Government altogether. LATEST INTELLEGEME. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) HUNGARY. PESTII, July 20 (Evening). In to-day's sitting of the Lower House the Mili tary Committee reported the Army Organisation Bill, and recommended its adoption as introduced by Government, with a few unimportant alterations. The Minister of Justice, M. llowat, brought in a. bill for the abolition of the usury laws. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20. Prince Napoleon arrived at Syra on the 15th, but without landiug. A deputation of Cretan refugees waited upon his Imperial Highness on board with an address, praying that France would not abandon or forget their cause. The Prince made a reserved reply. CORETZFONIZECE FROM ra3114 Mom 0118 oint CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, July 20, 1 The Mexican loan is one of those slumbering grievances which are continually breaking into flame. The Emperor will certainly never hear the last of his . unfortunate expedition so long as the hungry debtors of the vanished Empire remain unsatisfied. As to the argu ment of the case, there is none. The Government has the might, but there can be no doubt whatever on which side the right lies. A letter has just been addressed by M. Picard to M. Rouher, which contains an examination of the whole question. The 111inister will find it difficult to reply to this statement. He may employ to the best advantage the peculiar talents for which he is so celebrated, but he can offer no effective or creditable plea in answer to the simple position put forth by M. Picard. It is quite true, the latter says, that th. 3 French Government did not guarantee the Mexican I..)an. If that had been the case the loan would have been taken up at 4.3 or 5 per cent., instead of 10. Had the Mexican Bonds been covered by those of France, there would now be no question of rer ayment or indemnity. The debt would have fallen upon France, the Government would have been held by the law to the payment of interest, and the loan would, in effect, have formed a constituent portion of the French debt. But direct borrowing, or the guaranteeing of any loan, could only have been effected by a vote of the Senate and Corps I,6gislatif. This is precisely what the Government wished to avoid, and to do this it offered other advantages to lenders. It did not guarantee the Mexican Bonds, but it guaranteed the Mexican Empire, which it could effect without the assistance of the Chambers. The Govern ment assured the bondholdirs that the finances of Mexico were in a safe condition, and further bound itself to keep the French troops in Mexico until the Empire of Maxi milian was thoroughly constituted, politically and finan cially. The sole argument is this : the French troops were to secure the interests of the bondholders, and they re turned without doing so. This is the substance of M. Picard's letter, and though the arguments are not new, the whole question is brought with clearness into a small compass. Unfortunately, the hopes of the bondholders are in an inverse ratio to the force of their logic. Paying fora dead horse is generally voted unpleasant ; paying for a defunct empire is next to an impossibility. M. le Saint, the rival of Livingstone, is dead. He had undertaken the perilous enterprise of traversing the centre of Africa at its broadest part. His plan was to begin at the Upper Nile, by way of Suez, and the Red Sea, and thence, crossing the continent from east to west, to reach the Gulf of Guinea, on the Atlantic. He was not, how ever, destined to accomplish, and scarcely to begin, this all but impossible journey. He had penetrated to some distance beyond Khartoum, at the junction of the. Blue and the White Nile, in Nubia, when he succumbed to a disease from which he had been suffering for some little time. Counterfeit money, never scarce in Faris, is exception ally abundant just now. Amongst the various schemes for palming it off, one is as novel as it is villainous. A public conveyance of some kind is hired at night, and the driver ordered to take his " fare" to some obscure part of the city at a short distance. Here a twenty-franc piece is given in payment, out of which the driver must return per haps 17f. A very liberal pourboireis always added to the fare. Unfortunately, daylight reveals the twenty-franc piece to be a combination of lead and zinc, thinly coated with gold. The recurrence of this fraud proves that an associa tion exists, but the exertions of the police have resulted in only one apprehension. An exciting wolf-hunt is reported from the village of Mallemort, in the South. The animal was first discovered promenading the village, attacking and killing the dogs it met with. A chase was organised, and a long, stern chase it proved. The wolf penetrated to every corner of the village. One man, armed with a spade, struck it a slight blow on the head, but he was seized and severely bittnn in the arm. After more circuits the wolf fell upon an old man, inflicted two terrible wounds in the side and the hand, and injured his skull in dragging him over the ground. All this was done with an extraordinary rapidity which did not allow any time for assistance. Imme. diately afterwards, surrounded by the pursuers, the animal leaped over their heads, falling over a low precipice into a ditch, whence it made its way into a clump of trees., It was reserved for a lame carter to achieve the victory with a pitchfork. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. SPAIN. MthRID, July 20. The Madrid journals consider it probable that Porto Rico will be made the port of call for the West Indian mail steamers instead of St. Thomas, in which case the governor of the island would make the port free. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, July 21. The Cunard extra steamer Malta arrived here at 7 a.m. to-day with 113 passengers She landed 34 passengers and her despatches, and proceeded at 7.15 for Liverpool. All well. CHOOKIIAVEN, July 21, 11 a.rn. The City of Baltimore from New York is now passing Browhead signal station en route for Queenstown. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA (HEAVY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, July 21. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria, with the above mails, arrived here this morn ing with 173 passengers, £2,605 in specie, and a general cargo (including 847 bales of silk, valued at £76,000). The Syria experienced fine weather throughout her voyage. On the 17th inst. she spoke the steamer Aurora, and on the 18th the brig Fairy . Queen. GIBRALTAR, July 16. The cholera is spreading at Mazagan, and the deaths reach 20 daily. Europeans as well as the Moorish population are among the victims. The disease was also spreading at Rabat, but declining at Casablanco The Board of Health has cut off communication altogether with Baibary. Tangier and the whole of the Riff coast have been declared in quarantine, and vessels with foul bills of health are not permitted to enter the harbour. Exchange on London--49i; Paris, 522; Madrid, par to i dis. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 20.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of mouth 7O 23 Credit ➢lobilier End of month 276 25 Credit Fonder —ll6B End of month — Bank Shares 3710 Ital'an Loan End of month Mexican Loan 23 50 Do. Bonds - Spanish Threes Home Debt.. Deferred . RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans ..................................... 881 Northern ......... 1153 Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 933 Southern..." .................... . ............ 568 Western ....................................... 567 Eastern ............ ........................ 558 Sardinian .................................... 49} Austrian ....................................... 562 Lombard ..... ................................. 401 North of Spain Saragossa Roman TERRIBLE SCENE A 7 THE BURNING OF A THEATRE. Tgives details of th e b urn i ng of thehe TurinNa t 'TheatreG azet te in that cit y . The disaster occurred during the p erfor mance of Crispino e l a o your places; it is female dancer had Comore. The house was cro wded, and the piece 3 of Keep a had arrived at about t he midd le of the second act when the scream of a w oman was heard from be hind the scene, follow ed b y t he noise of hurried nothing footsteps,. ”The and a ecrloyth of e 4, caught fire, and in her te rro r she had run abo u t with her skirt in a bla ze, and had thus set light to some drapery at the win g s. She was, however, firmly enveloped in a l inen cl oth , and the flames of her dress were extinguished before she had suf fered any injury. The alarm had, however, spread among the spectators, and a general rush was made to the doors ; for a moment there was great danger of loss of life from the pressure, but some young men who were in the gallery above, and could see what was going on near the stage, called out that the fire was over. About half of the spect a t ors then returned to their se ats, whi le those who were nearest the door left the building. The disaster had, indeed, for a moment appeared to be at an end, as the canvas on fire had been torn down and trampled under foot. But the flames had f oun d in the painted scenes and light woodwork an ali ment too favourable, and the flames again appear ing, the panic once more became general ; screams were heard on all sides, several women fainted, many persons jumped from the windows on the staircase, and every one made for the street, leav ing behind hats, shawls, umbrellas, &c. Fortu nately the theatre had been partly emptied at the first alarm, and every one was able to get away in safety. The scene outside was most curious ; the spectators might be seen, some bare-headed and others with clothes torn from their backs, hurrying to and fro in search of friends or relatives ; the actors and actresses were in their costumes, while some of the ballet girls, who had been surprises while dressing, were between two toilettes, half civil and half theatrical. The flames, in the mean time, had gained the pit and the galleries, and as the interior of the house was constructed of wood and canvas only, any attempt to check the progress of the fire was useless ; all that could be done was to prevent the conflagration from extending to the adjoining houses, and in a short time nothing but 1 the blackened walls remained. The hon. secretary of the Church Defence As sociation at Manchester has issued a circular w hic h is unique of its ki n d. H e says :—" Your help and assistance is need e d t owar d s defraying the ex pense of 10,000 copies of Fox's Book of Martyrs, which is published by the Book Society, 28, Pater noster-row, London, at 2d. each, containing 192 pages, and which is intended to be distributed free in all our Church of England Sunday Schools, to scholars of nine years of age and upwards, to counteract the circulation of 'William CObbett's History of the Reformation, which is being sown broadcast in our city, and is calculated to inflict a deep wound on our cause at the general election. We therefore appeal to you, hoping you will assist us in our noble work, so that the truth can be carried to 10,000 firesides. BRITISH COLLEGE OF REALTII, EUSTON-ROAD LONDoN.—Health secured by Morison's Vegetable Univers& Mediaiaes. Read the works of Jam DlVriscm, the aneist, No TACGI44I9I7—I4VITOrNaIIItI METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. Extremo Sea Tuesday, t I I F. ! I 1 July 21, B. T. W. 11 to' F. W R. to 8 a.m. 12 Nalrn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 30'Oer. 70 !66 W. 2 4 W. c.b. 2 Yarmouth 3'4'o6r. 761 63 W. 2 2 E.S.E. C. 2 Cuxhaven — Skudesmes _ Ardrossan 29•97 r. 62 60 S. 3 2 W. r.c. o'o3 2 Greencastle 19 26r. 63 59 W.S.W. 3 4 W. r.o. o'ol Holyhead . Liverpool Valentia Cape Clear 3o'o7f. 64 63 N.W. 2 3 S.W. m.f 2 Roche's Pt 3ollf. 64 62 W.S.W. 1 4 W. b.c. 1 Penzance Plymouth . Weymouth 3015 r. 70 68 S.W. 2 1 S.W. b. 1 Portsmouth 3010 f. 70 66 N.W. 1 3 S.W. c.b. 1 London —3010 r. 73 68 W. 2 3 W.N.W. b. C'peGrisNez , 30'09r. 66 64 S.W. 3 c. 1 Brest L'Orient.. 30'08r. 66 61 E.N.E . 4 c. 2 Rochefort 29'9Bs. 73 86 N.B. 5 5 N. b. 1 Biarritz Corunna — _ Brussels Paris _ Strasbourg — _ Lyons — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 1 30'351. 40 39 S. 1 1 S. b. 1 EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to Z 2 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.—hail I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; op.—overcast, dull ; r.—rain ; s.— snow t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hoUrst Bea disturbance. REMARKS. Barometrical pressure in Scotland has recovered itself since yester• day. At southern stations it still continues high, a very slight change having occurred within the twenty-four hours. Temperature hag risen in England since yesterday. Winds are light, from S.W. to N.W. :at the entrance of the Channel calms still prevail. On the west coast of France the wind is easterly, The weather is dry, and the sky is generally overcast. Fog prevails in the south-west Ireland. Government defeats are now becoming an every-night occurrence. They were worsted in two divisions on Friday, two on Saturday, and on Monday evening they found themselves in a minority of 10 on Clause 34 of the Regis tration (Ireland) Bill. The Government proposed the creation of new polling-places, but the Irish Liberal members strenuously opposed the motion, and they were backed up by Mr. Gladstone. For once the division list spews a strict regard to party disci pline. Not a single Conservative voted with the majority, and the Liberals did not number one deserter. In conse quence of the banquet at Trinity House, the Ministry lost some of their best supporters, including Lord Stanley and Sir John Pakington. The Liberal leaders voted in a compact body, those present including many of the .late chiefs of departments. Mr. Noel and Colonel Lindsay acted as tellers for the Ministry, and Mr. Esmond° and Mr. Synan for the Opposition. Mr. Disraeli must be heartily tired in his efforts to pass the obnoxious Cattle Market Bill. The small body of Opposition members who have so determinedly opposed it throughout, gained what may be considered a victory on Monday evening. After they had been defeated five times in succession, progress was at last reported, although strongly objected to by some of the Conservative members. The majorities in favour of the Government were 82, 95, 87, 55, and 19 respectively, and it was after the last division that Sir John Pakington threw oil on the troubled waters. Both sides displayed a pertinacity rarely seen at this time of the year, especially when the extraordinary heat is taken into ac count. The division list chews that the chief strength of the supporters lies in the country party, whilst the minority is composed mostly of town representatives. Among those who voted against the bill in every division were Mr. Gibson, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Gaselee, Mr. Head lam, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Stuart Mill, and Mr. P. A. Taylor. Mr. Roebuck voted with the minority in the first two divisions. Mr. Disraeli left the House after the second trial of strength had been taken. Mr. Jacob Bright acted as teller twice, as did also Mr. Shaw Lefevre. The fourth division shewed a remarkable diversion in the Ministerial councils. Mr. Lefevre proposed to report progress, and it was supported by Mr. Cave, Mr. Hunt, Sir John Karslake, and Mr. Mowbray. In opposition were Sir John Hay, Lord John Manners, the Earl of Mayo, and Lord Robert Montagu. Mr. Hetley went with the minority at the last, but he steadily 'supported the bill in the earlier part of the evening. Mr. Assheton, the newly returned member for Clitheroe, voted with his party in the first four divisions, but his name does not appear in the fifth. BANQUET AT TRINITY HOUSE. On Monday evening his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Master of the Ancient Corporation of Trinity House, and the Elder Brethren entertained his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal Family, with a distinguished company at dinner at their house on Tower-hill. The guests were about 100 in !lumber. The banquet was of the most sumptuous kind. At its lonclusion, grace having been said, His Royal Highness the MASTER, who on rising was enthusiastically cheered, said he had the honour to pro- pose that toast which in this country preceded all others. Et was " The health of her Majesty the Queen." The toast was received with every mark of respect, and the band played the National Anthem. His Royal Highness the MASTER : The next toast I have the honour to propose is " The health of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Prin. less of Wales, and the other members of the Royal Family." It is a very great satisfaction to me on this second occasion of presiding at this dinner to be again Supported by my brother, who, however, on this occasion does so as a new member of the corporation. The Prince Jf Wales is fond of change, and having for some time been my elder is now transformed into my "younger brother." The Prince of WALES, on rising to speak to the toast, was received with cheers. His Royal Highness said: I return my best thanks to my illustrious relative for the kind way in which he has proposed this toast, and for zoupling with it the health of the Princess of Wales and that of the other members of the royal family. lam very grateful for the reception which had been accorded him in this room, and I have great pleasure in being here this evening. This is not the first time I have been present at Ule hospitable board of the Trinity House. It is the second time I have supported my brother ; and I come here now in a double capacity, for I have the honour of being pre sent to-day as a member of this corporation, and as his " younger brother." (Cheers.) I am sure I may say, even in his presence, that it is a source of the greatest satisfaction to me to be present at the first dinner at which be has presided since his return from Australia. In responding to the toast of his own health, his Royal Highness the MASTER said : I cannot refrain from alluding for a moment to what the Deputy-Master has said respecting the unfortunate occurrence which took place in New South Wales, but I feel confident that the solitary act of one man in that ' colony need not leave a ioubt in the minds of the people of England of the loyalty which exists throughout that distant portion of her Nlajesty's dominion; and of the love which is felt towards 'ler person and the throne. (Cheers). Lord STANLEY returned thanks for " Her Majesty's Ministers." The noble lord contended that no one could my that the two years during which the present Ministry had held office had been uneventful—for, independent of foreign affairs, they had had the Abyssinian expedition. The Ministry had entered with extreme reluctance into that undertaking ; and as to the manner in which it had been carried out he would say nothing. (Cheers.) They had also had other matters to contend with in the face of I commercial depression which rendered it almost im possible to effect any great improvements in financial tdministration ; and, above all, they had had a domestic political controversy, which it was their fate to inherit, is it had been their good fortune to settle. (Hear, hear.) They had had their turn at the wheel during a time in which the ship was not in the smoothest water, and although political contests might be extremely amusing to lookers-on, he assured them that they were more exciting than was quite pleasant to those who were engaged in them. (Laughter.) The difficulties which they had dealt with they had endeavoured to deal with to the best of their ability, and he could not help thinking that when the time came when an impartial judgment could be !ormed and their merits and demerits alike considered, those difficulties would be taken into consideration by a people who prided themselves above all things on a love If fair play. (Cheers.) Lord NAPIER responded to the toast of " The Distin guished Visitors." He said : I am sure you will permit me to express my gratification at the manner in which the mention of my name has been received by this ancient zorporation. As the expedition to Abyssinia has been aided to, I may take this opportunity of saying how leeply I feel indebted to the mercantile marine for the manner in which the transport service was carried out. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, permit me to say how much [ have been gratified by the reception I have experienced this evening, and, speaking on behalf of my fellow guests, to express my thanks to the Master and brethren of the Trinity House for the hospitality which they have extended to us this evening. (Cheers.) A FRENCH MINISTER ON ENGLISH AGRICULTURE. The following is an extract from a letter addressed by his Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuys to a friend in England " Leicester, July 17. " Mon cher Comte,—You are become an agriculturist ; you will therefore allow me to give you my impressions de voyage through Leicestershire. I had been fully able, during a former stay in England, to notice the fine appearance of your white and green crops, the beauty of your sheep and horned c-tttle, and the prodigies wrought by your high farming under so many disadvantages of soil and climate. By dint of that unflagging perseverance which is your eminently national characteristic, you have so thoroughly supplied by an acquired fertility any such deficiencies, that in no country is a larger pro portion of produce obtained in return for the labour and capital expended. The peculiar features of your rural economy have often been pointed out. With you the possession of estates and their management seldom remain in the same hands. Hence agriculture has become a regular profession, taken up by none but duly skilled per sons, and such as are at the head of the outlay required to provide the land with live stock and mechanical imple ments of the best description. Such a- transformation could only ensue from the vast development of trade in England. A prosperous industry and commerce can alone procure to agriculture the two great incentives of produc tion—an extensive market and an unlimited supply of capital. It is to the demand created by your numerous manufacturing population that your farmers are indebted for both these resources, and it has aptly been remarked that to James Watt's and Arkwright's powerful inven tions the improvements carried out by Bakewell owe their first impulse and their lasting success. Another dis tinctive trait of British husbandry is the innate taste for rural life which prevails in all ranks of society. Not only are its pursuits and enjoyments a source to all of comfort, of liberty, and domestic happiness, but by them a man attains to consideration, and even to power. Besides the advantages which accrue to the peasantry from a closer contact with the landlords, the constancy with which your aristocracy has remained attached to its country resi dences has interwoven its interests with those of the inferior classes, and has proved its greatest strength. The rural spirit pervades the whole national body, and its healthful influence has preserved you from the convulsions which have torn asunder your neighbours. The efficient patronage of your wealthy noblemen has done much to forward the cause of agricultural progress, and the native country of Arthur Young, John St. Clair, Bakewell, Ellman, Collins, Turner, Jonas Webb, and Fisher Hobbs, may well add to that glorious list the names of Townshend, Portland, Bed ford, Leicester, Spencer, Yarborough, Ducie, and Rich mond. I am, &c., " DROUYN DE DIM." ILLNESS OF THE ARCHIISHOP OF CANTERBURY.— The Church papers state that the Archbishop of Canter bury is so indisposed that he is ordered abroad immediately, and they add that it was on account of his Grace's illness that the recent sittings of Convocation were not prolonged, as was in the first instance intended. There is no doubt that during the five days on which Convocation sat the Archbishop was in a feeble state of health, and the remarks he made, which were very few, were scarcely audible in the small room in which the members of the Upper House meet. ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.—A man has been taken before the magistrates at Belper charged with attempting to murder his wife in the public streets. The prisoner, who is 26 years of age, has been employed in carrying out some mining and railway works. Owing to his drunken habits his wife determined to watch him upon leaving off work, in order to get money from him to sup port herself and family. While she was talking to him in the street, and urging him to give her money, he attacked her with a knife and cut her throat so severely that she is not expected to recover. STRENGTH OF THE VOLUNTEERS. —A parlia mentary paper has been published which gives the returns of the several volunteer corps in Great Britain, stating in each case the maximum establishment, the number of enrolled members, the number of efficients, the number of efficients entitled to an extra certificate, distinguishing the consolidated corps entitled to an adju tant from the administrative regiments, and under each administrative regiment stating the several corps com posing it, with the headquarters of each regiment and corps, stating also the total numbers of men under each head in each county. The numbers are founded on the annual return due the Ist day of December, 1567. The total numbers shew that there are in all 1,207 corps; that the maximum establishment was 215,812, of whom 155,216 were efficient, and 32,648 non-efficlent, the total number of enrolled members being 187,684, 'rho number of members who earnod.tho witrA 10§. wag 90.5 1 „Al a 4, - V.AIIII HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 20. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Coburg and Prince Leopold, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince and Princess Christian, Prin cess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds this morning. LITERAIIIRE. WARNE'S CIIANDOS CLASSICS. The Shilling Shakspere. Pp. 718. The Shilling Longfellow. Pp. 628. Frederick Warne and Company, of Bedford street, Covent-garden, are crowning themselves with honour as (among our popular publishers) the projectors and organisers of a new system cf one volumed editions, within each of which the complete works of a great author, printed in beauti ful and thoroughly readable type, on excellent paper in a compact form, are procurable by those who list for one shilling. Scarcely had the won derful shilling edition of Shakspere upon the ex cellence and beauty of which we have already commented made its appearance from the estad blishment of the Messrs. Routledge and Sons, than the Messrs. Fred. Warne and Company, claitning for themselves credit for the original conception of the idea of precisely such an edition, issue in every way as commendable. So that not only according to the old histrionic anecdote, are" two Richards in the field," but two hamlets as well, two Macbeths, two Othellos, and so on—in point of fact two complete Shaksperes. The Chandos Shaks pere, here immediately under our notice, being furthermore enhanced in interest and in value by one of briefest, and yet, everything considered, one of the very best miniature biographies we ever remember to have seen anywhere of England's, of the world's greatest poet and dramatist. As a com panion volume, in other words, as Volume Two of [he Chandos Classics, the same enterprising publishers have issued from the press a beautiful new one volumed edition of the poems of Long fellow. Nothing• could be more apropos. The book appears in effect in the very nick of time comprising within it all the famous poems of the great American author for a single shilling—Evangeline, Hiawatha, Miles Standish, the Voices of the Night, the Way side Inn, &c., &c. Coming before the public thus at the very moment of Mr. Longfellows's sojourn amongst us here in England, in so complete, so cheap, and so beautiful a form, the edition is sure of commanding for itself what alone can recoup the outlay upon it involved by its issue at no higher charge than a shilling, namely, an immense circu lation. Mildred. By Georgiana M. Craik. 3 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a singularly interesting story, and the in terest is possibly more intense because it is wholly concentrated upon one subject. In her early girl hood Mildred Treherne leads a tranquil but in her opinion a dreary life in her country home, the sole companion of a somewhat invalid father. At nine teen, however, " a change comes over the spirit of her dream," or, rather, her dreams themselves are changed into realities. Mr. Treherne is advised to go abroad for his health, and Mildred exult 3 in the prospect of a change of scene. At Amiens a slight accident keeps them prisoners for a while , acd they make the acquaintance of Philip Romney, an Englishman, who, having spent all his fortune , leads a Bohemian life, without home or position. flow the acquaintance between Philip and Mildred advances in intimacy under the very eyes of the unsuspicious Mr. Treherne, and now, even when he is aware of the fact, he is too weak to withstand the vehement determination of Philip Romney, we leave the reader of Mildred's history to inquire. The course of true love for once might have run smoothly enough were it not for the interference of Mildred's uncle. \lr. Heriot is a man of stern determination, but he finds a match for even his inflexibility in the person of his niece. The affection of friends, the long suffering of years, even th e sad consciousness of the faults and shortcomings o f it object, have no influence upon the true devotion of Mildred's faithful heart. The concluding pa" tion of the tale is very cleverly told, and the jute' rest is maintained to the end, which end, by th e way, will take many readers by surprise. In th e former works of this authoress we have found many things to commend, but " Mildred" is by far th e best novel which we have seen from her pen. George and Robert Stephenson: their Lives. By Samuel Smiles. One vol., pp. 388. John Murray. Among all " the fairy tales of science," old Georg e Stepheuson's Life is one of the most remarkable• It is of a piece with th e won d ers accomp li s h e d 1) 1 science itself within the present century. The ex trication of the unlettered co lli er f rom t h e d ea d lev°' , in which he was born, and his ultimate elevatio n to the social status in which he long lived, and in which he eventually died full of honours, is on 6 par with the marvels effected in art's triumphs over nature through the agencies of mechanics, chemistry and electricity. As James Watt stood in regard to the construction of the steam-engine , so George Stephenson stood in regard to the adaptation of the locomotive to ou r system of railroads. If neither of them could b 0 considered, strictly speaking, the inventor, th e one of the steam engine, the other of the loconl°- tive—they were at any rate respectively the perfee" tors of those two marvellous contrivances. 14.! more enthralling incidents are recounted in " Arabian Nights' Entertainments" for the delight' of the lovers of romance, pure and simple, thai l those which are related in these pages by Sarao° l Smiles as actual matters of fact in regard t ! George Stephenson, whose first start in life was D I an unlettered collier's boy, son of " Old Bob" °: Wylarn. That said Old Bob being thus described by one of his mates :—" Geordie's fayther like a peer o' deals nailed thegither, and a bit ° flesh i' th' inside ; he war as queer as Dick's 113° band—went thrice aboot, and wudn't tie." J3 O the child of working people, bred as a collier urchin' George makes his way bit by bit, successively b e ' coming a herd-boy, a plough-boy, a corf-bitter, 6 gin-horse driver, an assistant fireman, a fireras ° ' an engine-man, a brakesman, a shoemaker (in 03 hours), a clock cleaner (also in odd hours), a 1)31• last heaver, an inventor and mechanic, an engip e l doctor, an engine wright—contriver of the GN l.ci J o Safety CLamp Engineer of the Stock t° and Darlington Railway Engineer of t 0 Liverpool and Manchester Railway -- road, maker across Chat-moss—builder and o . °„, ;.. triver of the famous Rocket Locomotive—PrO e tor, organiser, father, in a manner creator of o whole Railway System, and as such (more str ict u , speaking than Macadam, according to the vi e fe known nzot) Colossus of Roads With the 111°- , of recent career and the yet vaster achievernow kar t George Stephenson's equally famous son R° w- tici Stephenson, the whole of the civilized world is 10- 0 4 ; since familiarly acquainted. His Level Bridge it 4 Newcastle, his Tubular Bridges at Menai st o o p and at Conway, his vast Tubular Bridges in t li° world and the new, in the east and in the W e aro across the Nile and across the St. Lawrenc e, toe monuments of his eugiueering genius. Th e Y . f or marks left by him upon the world to show to 3, 0 , 0 times that there were giants also in these our boett days. Mr. Smiles's story of his, that is, of ed Stephenson's Life and of that of his di s tiugo: t o , father George Stephenson, a story compac ted gether in one charming volume, takes its P l9c lox right among the choicest biographies in °I-ir4est guage. It is as instructive and as deeply 111t`i lug as any among them—from Cavendish's „,oise to Boswell's Johnson, or to Forster's Goldsnuw I