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the Imperial government of Prance, together with all their rights under the concession from the State of New York, and the benefit of the undermentioned agreements, and to defray all expenses up to the registration c.f the Company iu consideration of 5,000 fully p lid Share, to be allotted to them whenever the Cable shall have been successfully laid, and shall have co:atinued to work satis factorily for 30 days. They will also be entitled to receive one-fifth part of the surplus net profits in each year, after setting aside a reserve fund, equal to 5 per cent. of the net profits, and after payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. to the Shareholders. These contingent profits will, for con venience, be attached to a portion of the fully paid shares. It will be seen from this that the Concessiodaires look only to the success of the undertaking for their remuneration, and for the aepayraent of the expenses they have already incurred.' Copies of the Agreements and of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and of the Concessions, lie for in spection at the Offices of the Solicitors of the Company, Messrs. Bischoff, Coxe, and Bompas, 19, Coleman-street. Prospectuses and Forms of Application fur Shares may be obtained at. the Offices of the Company, Bartholomew House, and at the Union Bank of London, Princes-street, and their various branches. COPIES OF REPORTS OF SIR JAMES ANDERSON, SIR WILLIAM THOMSON, MESSRS. VARLEY, CLARKE, FORDE, AND JENKLN. London, 3d August, 1868. Baron Emile d'Erlanger, Julius Reuter, Esq. Dear Sirs,—With reference to the route projected fur the cable between Brest and America, I have recommended it for the following reasons : By keeping in the 500 fathom line upon Milne bank and around the southern edge of the Grand bank there is no possibility of ice, or of any other agency that ea.n be sug gested, injuring the cable. The northern edge of the Grand bank was avoided, because it is uncertain at what depth the icebergs ground. They are said, upon good authority, to ground at times in 90 fathoms. It is not certain at what depth the vessels employed in the seal trade may sometimes choose to drop an anchor for the purpose of keeping their station in the track of ice floes. The dangers are avoided by the track chosen for the proposed cable, and lam justified by my own experience in saying that the track from the southern edge of the Grand bank to St. Pierre, and thence to the place of land ing in America, is entirely free from any danger from ice, and does not cross any anchorage resorted to by the fleet of fishing vessels. The cable upon the Milne bank and from the Grand bank to St. Pierre, and thence to America (upwards of 1,200 miles), will be laid in water of such easy depth that repairs will be a matter of certainty ; and wo are justified, from the soundings which already exist, in affirming that the depth of water along the deep sea portion can be no greater than that in which the present Atlantic cables are laid. I anticipate, from the soundings about to be taken by the French ship of war, that a good deal of favourable ground will be found from Milne bank to the Grand bank of Newfoundland. I am, dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, (Signed) JAMES ANDERSON. London, 4th August, 1868. , Gentlemen,—At your request we have much pleasure in handing you the present report on the cable recom mended by us to be laid from Brest to St. Pierre, and from St. Pierre to the coast of the United Scates. The deep sea cable adopted is almost exactly similar to that used in 1865 and 1866. The groat merit of this form is its strength, both absolute and relative to the strains required while laying the cable. The actual strength of this hemp and steel cable is 7s tons, while the strain re quired for submersion need not exceed 14 cwt. Even if it should be necessary to haul back any portion already laid, the strain need not exceed 1} tons in the deepest water. The strength is, therefore, amply sufficient to meet all contingencies, with a margia quite as great as is allowed in any ordinary engineering construction or operation. We need hardly remind you of the experimental proof which has been given that this form of cable can, even if broken in the deepest water, be recovered by dredging, but we take the opportunity of expressing our deliberate opinion that this success was not fortuitous, but that the experi ment might be repeated as often as required with a like result. The power of transmitting messages through long submarine lines is no longer a matter of doubt, and the laws affecting their transmission are well understood. We can promise with certainty that through your enlarged core you will be able to send twelve words per minute, and by improved methods of signalling wo expect to in crease this minimum considerably. The length of your cable, which will be iu deep water, will be no greater than that of the existing calolcs, and it will rest on the same smooth and safe bottom. The shalow water section will be a heavy cable, protected against rust by a bituminous compound, as used for the Persian Gulf cable. The route avoids all considerable anchorages and all danger from icebergs, and should any interruption ever occur on this portion it can bo repaired with coil alnty and rapidity. In conclusion, tho strength of your cable is such as to render its submel:sien a safe operation; the route to be followed is eminently favourable, and a good commercial speed is certain to be obtained. You secure the advan tage of a direct communication, and the risks you run are not greater in any way than those already surmounted. We are, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servants, WILLIAM THOMSON, HENRY C. FORDE, and C. F. VARLEY, FLEETING JENKIN. LATIMER CLARKE, Messrs. Erlanger and Renter. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. When filled up to be lodged, with a deposit of £1 per Share, at the Union Bank of London. To the Directors of the Socidtd du Cable Transatlantique Frangais (Limited.) (French Atlantic Telegraph Company.) Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Union Bank of London the sum of being a deposit of £t per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and to execute the Articles of Association when required ; and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of Shareholders for tho Shares so allot:ed. Name in full Profession or business Address Signature Dated the day of August, 1868. BANKERS' RECEIPT. Socid e do Cable Transatlautique Franc,iis (E'l%,rich. Atlantic Telegraph Company.) Received this day of August, 18t38, of the suns of , being a deposit of X 1 per Share on application for Shares hi the said Company. For tho United Bank of London. COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. 1 1 IIE ouly article really suitable for that purpose, ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address 105, Fleot-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LECENCED vicruALLERs, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. WILLIAM H.OLDIC I and CO., No. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, Tho Pavement, Clapham-common. FABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, expressly for Liconcod Victuallors. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towolliugs of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar ‘.../ use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for , allies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICII and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED VicTuALLERs' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, ('loot-street, City; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, vith Price List,. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. ‘VILLIAAI IIOLDICII and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DR.A.PERS, No. . . . _ LO3, Fleet-stroot, corner of Farrington-street ; and at No. 5, The Pavement. Clapham-common (Southern Branch). THEATRE ROYAL, H A YMARKET. Sole Lossee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Pennington; lago, Mr. Ryder; Desdemona, Miss Ada Cavendish ; .milia, Mrs. E. F. Saville Preeed2.l by, at 7, THE INTRIGUE. Commence at Seven. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr, B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, A ROUGH DIA vl OND. Messrs. G. Belmore, Ashley; Mrs. Billington, and Miss Lennox Gray. A a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. G. Belmore, Billington, A shley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Maria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. To conclude with TIIE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, R. Romer, W. H. Eburne ; Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, POOR PILLICODDY. After which fat 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in tour 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 awl assistants. To conclude with NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 10 till 5. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1868. -3a.a•aiereahr , FRENCH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Incorporated under the Companies Acts of 1862 and 1867, under the title of SOCIETE DU CABLE TRANSATLANTIQUE FRAN CATS (Limited). - _ _ With a Capital of £1,200,000, or 30,000,000 f., in 60,000 shares of £2O or 500 f., of which 10,000 are to be issued as fully paid shares, according to the Prosp3ctus. The Union Bank of London will receive Subscriptions for £1,000,000, in 50,000 shares of £2O each of this capital, on the following conditions: — Deposit on application £1 per share. On Allotment £4 per share. On the 15th of February, On the 15th of October, 1868, 1869, £3. £3. On the 15th of April, 1869, On the 15th of December, £3. 1868, £3. On the 15th of May, 1869, Subscriptions will be opened simultaneously • At PARIS with The Societe Generale de Credit Industriel et Commercial, and Messrs. E. Erlanger and Co. BERLIN .... „ Mr. Joseph Jaques. HA M BERG .7. „ Mr. Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy. B REM EN „ Messrs. D. H. Watjen and Co. FRANKFORT „ Messrs. von Erlanger and Sons. AMSTERDAM „ Messes. Lipprnann, Rosenthal, and Co. And in the United States of America through the agency of Messrs. Duncan Sherman and Co., of New York. HONORARY CoNIMITTEE IN FRANCE. His Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuys. 31. Elie de Beaumont, Senator. Count Mallet, Senator. Vice-Admiral Treliouart, Senator. DIRECTORS. London Board. The Right Hon. ROBERT LOWE, M.P., Chairman. C )ruelius Grinnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell and Co.) Edward J. Halsey, Esq. (Messrs. Fesser, Uhthoff and Co., and F. sser and Co., Havana). Julius Reuter, Esq. William Henry Schroder, Esq. (Items. J. H. Schroder and Co.) Paris Board. Contra Amiral Lacapelle, President. Lo Marquis Eliacin de Beaumont. M. S. Boitelle, Sonateur. Lo Baron Ph. de Bourgoing. M. Charles Crapelet (MM. Rattier and Co.) Le Baron Emile d'Erlanger. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT. Sir James Anderson. CONSULTING ELECTRICIANS. Sir William Thomson, F.R.S. Cromwell F. Varley, Esq., M.LC.E. TECHNICAL ADVISER. IN FRANCE. M. Bertsch, Member of the Committee of Telegraphs in France. ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICIANS. Latimer Clark, Esq., Henry C. Fordo, Esq., M.I.G.E. Flemming Jenkin, Esq., F.R.S., M. 1.0 E. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Union Bank of London, Princes-street. BANKERS IN PARIS. Societd GemSrale do Cr&lit Industriel et Commercial. MM. Emile Erlanger et Cie. BANKERS AND AGENTS IN NEW YORK. Messrs. Duncan Sherman and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bischoff, Cosa, and Bompas. SECRETARY. Frederick J. Griffiths, Esq. OFFICES IN LONDON—Bartholomew lICUSe, E.C. OFFICES IN PARIS Raitbout, 20. The object of the Company is to establish and work a direct line of Telegraph between the Continent of Europe and the - United States of America, in accordance with the concession granted by the Imperial French Government to Baron Emile d'Erlanger, of Paris, and Mr. Julius Reuter, of London. This concession bears data 6th July, 1863, and confers the privilege of laying and working Submarine Telegraphs between France and the United States. The French Go vernment binds itself not to grant any other concession for lines between Prance and North America during the period of twenty years from the Ist September, 1869. A concession granted by the State Legislature of Now York, for landing and working cables between that State and France, has been secured. Arrangements have been made with the Submarine Telegraph Company for the exclusive use of one of their wires between England and Dieppe, from which place the French Government will construct a special wire to Brest direct for the Company. By this means, the valuable co operation of the Submarine Telegraph Company has been secured, awl an uninterrupted route from England to the UnitA States will be established. The French Government has promised its support and as•istauco to the undertaking, and an honorary committee of the highest position has been formed in Paris. The growth of te:egraphy on tho Continent in recent years has, owing to greater facilitiesand a lower tariff, been even more rapid than in England. In England the num ber of messages has been annually increasing at the rate of from 15 to 20 per cent. In France the number of mes sages increasA between 1863 and 1867 from 1,755,000 to 3,214,000, having nearly doubled in five years. In Prussia the average annual increase has been 34 per cent. In Aus tria the traffic increased nearly four-fold between 1861 and 1866. It has been generally acknowledged that, both for poli tical and commercial reasons, the laying of a direct and indepenilent cable from the Continent of Europe to the United States was only a question of time, and consider ing the extraordinary increase of telegraphic messages wherever new facilities are afforded, it is to be expected that the new undertaking will create fresh traffic, inde pendent of that of the old companies, sufficient to insure earnings of equal if not greater amount. The published report of the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company to their annual meeting, held in February last, contains the following sta!emeut " The revenue from tho cable is progressing satisfactorily, and the reductiou in the rates, which commenced on Decem ber let (1867), has tended much to the development cf business. The gross returns of traffic made to this coin piny since the 27th July, 1867, by the Anglo-Arnerican Company show the following daily averag es , name l y : "From July 27th, 1867 , to Feb. 21, 1863, Vie average per day has been about .£1,043. "From December Ist, 1367, to Feb. 21st, 1868, the average per day has been about £1,213. " From January Ist, 1863, to Feb. 21st, 1863, the average per day has been about £1,300. " The gross daily traffic for the month of February has been as follows: Feb. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 This average of £1,300 gives an income of about £i75,000 a-year. From their income, however, the exist ing companies have to pay one-third to the Newfound land Companies, a charge from which the present Com pany will be free. It will be the object of the new Company to fix such rates for messages as will secure the largest possible traffic. The price to be charged is in tended to be £2 for a message of 10 wools, and it seems not too sanguine an expectation th a t a t th i s rat) the line will find constant employment. .The power of transmission of tho now cable is estimated, according to the report of the engineers and electricians, at a minimum of twelve words per minute, which, all ow _ ing 14 hours a-day for waste time, and consequently only ten hours a-day for actual work, and taking 300 woiking days i n t h e year , g i ves, at the rate of £2 per message, an annual income of £432,000. Practically, the proportion of days and hours lost would in all probability be less than is assumed in this estimate. The working expenses of the new line may be calculated to amount at the utmost to £30,000 per annum. - The proposed cable will be laid in two sections —the first from Brost, in France, to the French island of St. Pierre, off Newfoundland ; the second from St. Pierre either to New York direct or to a point between Boston and New York, with a special line to the last-named city. The length of the cable is as follows:-- Ist section, from Brest to St. Pierre ......... 2,323 miles. 2nd section, from St. Pierre to the United States, about.. 722 ,047 . To this length an amply su ffi c i ent amount of 3slackmiles will be added. A contract has been entered into with the Telegraph - ConstrueCult and Maintenance Company to manufacture and lay the cable for the sum of £920,000, of which 1:31.0,0U;) is payable in cash by agreed instalments during the manufacture and shipment of the cable. The remain ing £llO,OOO will be payable in the following manner, viz., £60,000 in fully p a id- up S hares, after the sntion from Brest to St. Pierre shall have been laid and tested satis factorily for thirty successive days ; £lO,OOO in cash aster the section from St. Pierre to the United States shall have b.'en laid and tested for thirty days, and the final payment of £20,000 in fully paid-up Shares after th e entire- cable shall have been six months in satisfactory operation. Allowing £lOO,OOO for the construction of the land lines, engineers' charges, super v i s i on, an d all expenses up to the opening of the line, and deducting the consideration here after stated to be given for tho concession upon success, there will remain a balance, by way of reserve, of £BO,OOO. The Great Eastern will be employed in laying the deep sea portiod. Sir Samuel Canning with a competent star will ha :e charge of the submersion of the cable. Sir James Anderson will act on behalf of, and watch over, the in terests of the Company. Tho cable is contracted to be shipped in June next, and the line is expected to b 3 op ;in for traffic in the course of neat year. The cable will be of the best construction, and generally of the same description as those manufactured by the Tele graph Construction Company for the Atlantic and Angl o - Ai Telegraph Companies. The cable will be pro tior'can teeted by tar like the 1863 cable, and advantage has been t 'ken 01 all the experience since gained. In accordan ce with the unanimous reco,nmendation of the engineers cud electricians, the iveight of copper in the conductor li or as beau increased front 0001 b. to 4 001 b. per km:t Bythis means greater rapidity of trans:nission is obtained. the In tracing the route a detour has been made to avoid risk of icebergs and anchorage on the banks of . Newfound land. It is on these battles limit all accidents to the exist ing cables have occurred. s ir James Anderson has recorded his opinion that the object thus sought for will be fully attained ; that, in fact, the new line will be entirely free from accidents by ice- I ergs, and does not cros.-, any anchorage resorted to by fishing vessels. Nearly one-half the cable will be in a depth of water where the submergence will be easy, and the re c:)v,.ry for repairs inexpensive. The deep-sea portion will be in a depth similar to that in which the present cables aro laid, and from which the 1865 cable was recovered. Under those circumstances, and the Company having se cured the s erv i ces and expel icnco of all the eminent men wio s leive contr ib uted to the success of the forne ex t io l uthe risk of the present undertaking is reduced to a minimum. Arrangements have been jeumk.ade with Si r WT . 'Thompson, M r . Fleerninr, .n lam , and Mr. Varley, for the use of their patented instruments with any future improvements. The Concessionaires, by an agreement dated 3d August, 1868, and scheduled to the Articles of Association, have agreed to transfer to the Company their concession from 'ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole lessee and M anageress, Mrs Swanborough. TtlIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs. Har,ourt; Miss Sheridan After which, THE FIELD Ob' THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Messrs. Thorne, James, awl Robson; Mesdames Sheridan, Goo tall. Hughes, Newton, and Lydia. Thompson. To conclude sith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. ]1 DIAL AAIPIIITHEAFRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. OS RA, every evening, in his F lying Trapeze. Aet, as performed before their Royal Highnesses the urine° and Princess of Wales on Thursday last, amidst the most deafening applause. The must brilliant 5UC.20:4:4 ever achieved by any artiste. ON It VS Terrific Flights on Two Bars. 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Q PORTING. —JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the LATES C EDITION of "THE SUN " as soon as pub lished.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.-G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library. 4, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, delivers the LAT IC EDITION of " THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is able to deliver 3spies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by nine o'clock Orders by post punctually attended to, THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JIMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wohington," Wellington-street, Strand. rHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. Trim LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at W. SMITI" Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. • • V. 14 s' ii i Ult4 LONDON, IVEDNE,SDAY, AUGUST 12, 1868. The moderation of the extreme heat which has marked the past two months has produced, as might have been expected, a favourable effect on the public health. The weekly return of the Registrar-General shows the difference in number, although the average for the week is still exceeded. The improvement on the preceding week is very marked, since, notwithstanding that the present re turn exceeds the estimate by 52, it is less by 120 than the return of the previous week. The rate of mortality last week was 23 per 1,000 in London and in Dublin, 30 in Edinburgh, and 40 in Manchester, while all the other large towns ranged between these figures. Liverpool for once had the advantage of its busy neighbourhood, and only figures at 35. Iu Vienna the rate of mortality was 27 per 1,000 during the week ending on the Ist inst., when the tempera ture was 1.3 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in London, where it was 28. This proves that other causes must be at work besides the hot weather, and should induce us to look closely to our sanitary arrangements. The mor tality from diarrhcei is still high. Last week the deaths were 294, of whom 270 were children under ten years of age. In all the large towns, with the exception of Manchester and Hull, the mortality from diarrhoea showed a marked de cline, and the coolness of the present weather gives us good ground for hoping that we have seen the worst of it. Four deaths from sunstroke were re corded in the week ending on Saturday, in the pre ceeding week six, in the week ending the 25th of July 11. Two persons were killed during last week by street accidents, a source of danger which steadily swells our bills of mortality without being much noticed, yet the deaths from this cause must certainly be ranked under the head of deaths from preventible causes. Many of the deaths which are reckoned under other heads might also, if we had the full particulars, be put in the same rank. The crowded and unhealthy state of many parts of Lon don, the ignorance and mismanagement of mothers, lead unquestionably to the deaths of hundreds of ill-tended, ill-fed infants. The mortality under ten years of age from diarrhoea is of itself sufficient to prove that there must be grievous ignorance, as well as most unfavourable conditions at work. It would be well if all would bear in mind that the causes which produce such disastrous results in a week of exceptional temperature are i n themselves injurious at all times, and are slowly but surely at work, mowing down the population, impairing the vigour of those who survive them, crippling the infirm, and taking the bloom and freshness from childhood and early youth. Bad air, bad water, foul smells, ill-ventilated rooms, crowded and close houses, and the dirt and degradation in which too many of our people spend their days and nights, are all deadly foes, not only to decency and self-respect, but to health and life itself. Unless there is a panic about the cholera no one heeds these facts, though fever in its many forms is always busy amongst us, and the list of its annual victims would be for midable if placed beside the records of an epidemic. Mr. FORSTER appeared before his constituents at Bradford on Monday, and spoke to a crowded assem bly. The hon. member gave a long account of his stewardship, and with his usual ability discussed the chief subjects of interest and importance which the present day presents to our notice. Foremost he placed the Irish Church, and repeated the main arguments he has used before in the House. It must be a matter of regret to sober-minded persons, of whatever views they are, to find hon. members and candidates for election. speaking in so exagge rated a strain upon this subject. Let the question rest upon its own merits, with no straining after effect, and no undue stress put upon the facts adverted to. Thus, when we find Mr. FORSTER declaring that the motive which urges him on in common with his friends id that they be lieve " unless they carry out the mei sure proposed they cannot preserve the union betty, len England and Ireland without civil war," it certa . 'ally appears a strange way of representing matters. ha the fir 6 t place, this mode of argument is nol lair to the Irish people ? In common justice, it sh ,uld be remembered t!:at there was no syrup' .thy for Feuianisw felt among the body of th€ people, and that, on the contrary, it q as held in reproach and contumely by them. Had Ireland broken been inclined for c i v il war it would bave out before this for ver y cer t a i n. Another thi 'ng to bear iu mind i s , th a t suc h a style of talking . not in accordance with the right spirit which should animate a legislator, and if the plea or pretext of disaffection hold good in one country, it can in another, so that we should always be hearing in some quarter or other that this bill must pass, and that measure be repealed for fear of riots and disturbances taking place. Mr. DISRAELI'S remarks on the state of Ireland at the Mansion house the other day gave great umbrage, it appears, and Mr. FORSTER adverts to them in terms of dis approval. The union between the two countries ought not to be founded upon the conquest of one people over another, remarks the hon. member, and that is very true, so far as it goes ; but we must protest against the practice some politicians are fall ing into, of persistently discussing the principles of the Union to forward their own views and to faci litate the progress of their own particular schemes. No doubt they are actuated by the beat intentions, and believe they are working for the good of the country ; but a measure, excellent in itself, must not be advocated by wrong means, and it is a false and dangerous policy to stir up slumbering passions and arouse jealous fears. Of such it can truly be said, " The hand that kindled cannot quench the flame." We believe that the Irish, taken collectively, are too patriotic to adopt a course so prejudicial to the interests of their country as that held out to them so repeat edly as the most likely to adopt; but that doss not lessen the responsibility of those who persist in repeating the offence, and forcibly illustrates the injuries and inconveniences that arise from making religious questions so exclusively the groundwork of Parliamentary schemes and attempts to re build a party or change a Ministry. We live in an age when sensation is the prevailing element in speeches and writings ; but even with this fact before us, it seems a matter of astonish ment that a member of Parliament should inform his constituents that the Irish Church can only be maintained at the point of the bayonet. Those who argue in this strain inflict great injury on the cause they advocate, and give their opponents a handle against them by their intemperate lan guage. Mr. FORSTER dwelt briefly upon the other topics that attract notice just:now. Trades-unions ought to be allowed for innocent purposes, he thinks, and every obstacle should be put in the way of coercion, which is so far a wise opinion on the matter. It is worthy of notice that by this time few are found to speak against some legislation on this question, and the imposition of some restrictions when the Rport of the Commission is made known to the public. As in many previous instances, the abuses of these Unions, or some of them at any rate, have become of so flagrant a nature that the offenders over reached themselves, and by their own acts forced on the inquiry and spoke their own condemnation. Mr. FORSTER was one of the Com:nission that sat on the Schools, and gives a doleful relation of his arduous labours in that capacity. The honourable member holds very just views on this subject, and thinks that one of the chief advantages we may get fro►n " endowed schools" will be to enable the clever poor boy to " show his talent and rise to almost any position." Corning back to politics, again Mr. FORSTER disap proves of a great deal done in the Reform Bill, and does not think the minority clause will hold next Parliament, and gives us the cooling assurance that the " whole question of reform will have to be re considered." This is really too bad for everybody concerned in the affair, and besides very absurd when the new schemes have not been tried at all. In his eagerness to prove his opponents wrong Mr. FORSTER says the clause is working very badly in Leeds, and then adds that as a part► they will gain by it. Mr. GLADSTONE denounced the " extravagant expenditure" of this Ministry, and the member for Bradford follows suit, and yet tries to find out a reason for his opponents having made such an error. A Government in a minority cannot be an economical one, he says, to which it may be re torted that a strong Administration, with a ma jority in Parliament, should have looked a little better after the defences of the country, and then their unfortunate successors would not have had so much thrust upon them in order to serve the public interests faithfully. Mr. FORSTER spurns the notion that any gratitude will be shown to the "Tories for the Reform Bill." Its faults belong to Mr. DISRAELI, its merits to Mr. GLADSTONE, who improved upon the Government proposals, and the passing of the measure was the doing of Mr. BRIGHT, who infused into the House the spirit of Liberalism. No wonder the conclusion he draws from all this is that the tiara has come when the rule of the minority must end. The hon. member wound up his speech by admitting that Lord STANLEY had been an ex cellent Foreign Minister, and conducted affairs with great skill and public spirit. It was only to be expected that the successful accomplishment of the endeavour to unite England and America by the wonder-working cable would be the first in many similar undertakings. We are not surprised therefore to find our continental neighbours busy with a project which bids fair to be eminently successful. The development of scientific knowledge in the present day justifies the most ambitious schemes which a few years since would have appeared to be preposterous, while so great is the amount of business now carried on with the distant regions of the world, and so constant the desire for communication, that the demand for telegraph lines is always on the increase. The Continent used to be behind this country in matters of the kind. The people were less enterprising, less daring, and showed alike less readiness to invest their money in an un certain undertaking, and less aptitude to carry a difficult piece of practical science to a successful termination. Of late, however, a change has come over the sccne. Telegraphy has made even more rapid strides on the Continent than in England, not withstanding our vast submarine undertakings. There are greater facilities for the use of the land lines, and the cost of transmission has been less. At any rate, while in England the number of messages has increased from 15 to 20 per cent., in France, in five years, it has nearly doubled, in Prussia the average annual increase has been 34 per cent., and in Austria the traffic increased nearly fourfold between 1861 and 1866. Under the cir cumstances it is only reasonable to expect that a direct and independent cable from the Conti nent to the United Sates would be highly remunerative, and the very fact of its exis tence will create a fresh demand independent of that already existing. The object of the French Atlantic Telegraph Company, now completely organised, is to establish and work a direct line of telegraph between the Continent of Europe and the United States of Atneric t. 'The necessary powers have been obtained from the French Government, which has, moreover, pledged itself not to grant any other concession for lines between France and America for twenty years. The cable is to be laid in two sections —the first from Brest to the French island of St. Pierre off Newfoundland ; the second, from St. Pierre either to New York direct, or to a point between New York and Boston, with a special line to the former. The estimated length of the two cables if, about 3,017 miles, and the Great Eastern will be employed to lay it. The assistance of Sir STRAT FORD CANNING and Sir JAMES ANDERSON is pro mised, and altogether this prospectus promises most favourably. LATEST INTELIAGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, August 11, One of the journals here, I see, states that an incorrect account of the interview between the Empress of the French and Queen Victoria has been published. This is not unlikely, for who was present at the interview, that would be likely to furnish a correct account? The Paris paper, however, is able to guarantee one sentence. It says that though the English Constitution does not admit of interference in politics on the part of the sovereign, the Queen did make this remark : "Use your gracious influ ence with the Emperor, madame, to prevent war, which carries off children from their mothers." Royal personages are all en conge just now. The Emperor is not yet involved in the stern pleasures of his fete, and his return to Fontainebleau on the 10th was celebrated by a grand dinner. The public were after wards admitted to a portion of the reserved gardens, and there was a display of fireworks. The Emperor and Empress of Russia are still at Kicsengen, where it is said their Majesties and the King of Bavaria are on terms of the greatest intimacy. This close friendship has given rise to the report of a marriage between the young King and a princess of the Imperial Family of Russia. The rumour has been denied once, but it is reviving again. The Queen of Spain has left La Granj a, for the Escurial ; the Empress of Austria is about to stay a month at Garats hausen, on the shore of Lake Starnberg ; and the Queen of Wurtemberg is shortly expected at Ostend. Prince Humbert of Italy and his bride have departed from Holland to Baden. Not even (luring the Paris Exhibition were there so many illustrious personages en voyage at the same time. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday morning at Fontainebleau. The arrangements for the 15th were con sidered, and will be finally settled to-morrow. Prepara tions are already being made for the review. The papers are still occupied with the speech at Troyes. The word augourd'hui gives the most trouble, many of the Opposition journals thinking such a term not sufficiently comprehensive. They do not read the phrase " Nothing now threatens the peace of Europe," but " Nothing at present threatens the peace of Europe." Following up this ingenious conclusion, they decide that the speech is not at all pacific, but Tito the reverse. This, however, is a decision which they would have formed under any circumstances ; they are resolved that the Em peror means war, and nothing can alter that opinion. They rather, however, overlook the important question of date ; it is most probable that we shall have a war some time, but the difficulty is to fix the time. Some vague rumours are floating about here re specting the state of affairs in Portugal. " Great events " are expected, but no one can tell of what kind. The press prosecutions do not cease to multiply. The Electeur has been seized, and the Liberal (Seine-et-Oise) is likewise in difficulties. Demonstrations in favour of Lee Lanterne are very common, especially in the Quartier- Latin. Another weekly journal, La Cloche, is announced. It is to be published on the same day as La Lanterne, at the same price, and is intended it some measure to rival the successful paper of M. Rochefort. A double duel has been fought between two officers of a Belgian regiment in garrison at Tournay. The quarrel first arose in April 1867 out of some joke of questionable taste which was followed by an altercation, and finally, by a blow. A meeting w: s arranged for the next morning, in the neighbourhood of the citadel, the challenged party making the choice of five barreled revolvers as the weapons. At the third ball one of the combatants, named Vandenkinboom, the author of the obnoxious joke, announced that he was wounded ; but on inspection it turned out that the flash was but grazed, and the seconds considered that "honour was not satis fied," and the encounter must, therefore, proceed. The two remaining barrels were fired without effect. It was then arranged that the encounter should be continued the next morning. At the second meeting the revolver of M. Legrand, the other combatant, was injured at the first shot. A reconciliation was then effected. Fourteen months afterwards, in Marc'i last, the two late antagonists met again, and some allusions to the duel of April 1867 were let fall. M. Legrand, who had been guilty of the blow which led to the former combat, declared himself ready to repeat the chastisement. Another scene was the result, and a second, or rather a third, meeting was arranged. At the second duel M. Vanden kinboom was struck with a shot, which entered his body, and has not yet been extracted. The affair was brought before the Military Council of Hainault, and the two principals were sentenced to imprisonment—M. Legrand to fifteen days, and M. Vandenkinboom to eight. The Queen of Mohely is still in Paris. Her Majesty has visited almost all the theatres of the city, and is altogether an object of great curiosity in a place where royal per sonages are usually counted as nothing. 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It is thought highly probable that the town Tribunal of Pesth will find Prince Karageorgowitch guilty of complicity in Prince Michael's murder. AMERICA. GREENCASTLE, Aug. 12. The Allan Company's steamer Hibernian, from Quebec on the 21 inst., arrived in Lough Foyle at 4.50 a.m. to-day with mails and passengers. She landed the mails for London and proceeded for Liverpool. FRANCE. BOURSE, Augustll.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4i per Cont. lOl 90 End of month 3 per Cent End of mouth_ 70 30 Credit Mobilier 275 End of month 27- Credit Poncior Eud of month._ RAILWAY Orleans Northern Bank Shares 3160 liana) Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan 22 75 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred ... s, Cash 890 1160 Lyons and ➢lediterrauean So uthern..... 575 Western _ _ _ Eastern •560 Sardinian Austrian 550 Lombard: North of Spain Saragossa Roman THE GREAT FLOOD, (From the Baltimore Mirror.) Friday, the 24th day of July, 1868, was a day which will be remembered in Baltimore as long as the city endures. At Ellicott City, Howard county, it will be remembered for ever as the most terrible day which ever dawned on that once smiiing and prosperous community. During the night of the 23rd ult. Baltimore was visited by a rain which the soil, dry and arid from the extra ordinary preceding heat, drank up as soon as it fell. About eight o'clock on Thursday morning, the whole heavens put on a twilight hue. About nine o'clock the darkness was wellnigh equal to that of the same hour at night. The streets were almost deserted. Many an alarmed and anxious face was turned heavenward to catch a glimpse of light, but in vain. The whole air was charged with electricity ; lightning gleamed sharply and vividly over the city, and at times was rapidly fol lowed by terrific peals of thunder. But still the rain had not fallen to any unusual extent. In Oc tober, 1866, it rained for two weeks continuously and hard, and although much damage was done, those two weeks of incessant rain did not work a tithe of the calamity which last Thursday's rain brought upon the State of Maryland in less than two hours. It is the opinion of judges that this terrible calamity was the result of one or more water-spouts (the dread of mariners) having broken in their upward course. A little after nine o'clock in the morning the rain fell in torrents, " the big drops " following each other with al inning rapidity. At &even o'clock the entire section of Baltimore through which passes the Jones' Falls was one unbroken and constantly increasing sheet of water. Houses yielded before the onward rush of the torrent, wagons and other vehicles, lamp-posts, awnings, and thousands of dollars of wrecked materials, came surging through the city in their rapid flight to the basin. The city was almost given up to a panic. We will attempt no description of the terrible scene. Several lives were lost, but the density of the population in the unfortunate section of the city visited by the flood led us to fear that the loss of life would have been much greater. Commendable and noble efforts are now being made by the city authorities and private individuals to alleviate the immense suffering which the flood has brought upon thousands. At Ellicott City, mills, houses, everything in range of the fearful and swollen Patapsco, went down in wreck and ruin. Terrible to relate, nearly fifty lives were lost by the flood. Some of these, as in the case of the lamented Mrs. Owings and her young family, having been swept to their watery graves under circumstances of heart-rend ing pain. The splendid Granite Mill went down in the roaring torrent, and from that moment the deluge poured with resistless fury over everything that opposed an obstacle to its mad course. We visited the scene of the disaster a few days ago, and the whole country, Ellicott City and neigh bourhood, was converted into a universal scene of misery and woe. We earnestly hope that the poor sufferers who are left by the flood may expe rience that assistance which it is in the power of our people to render them. Never did a more powerful and touching charity appeal to the human heart. At a meeting of the Catholic clergy, held at Castlebar, on Thursday, to consider the represents. tion of Mayo, the following resolution was pro posed :—" That, having met to confer together on the respective merits of the candidates for the re presentation of Mayo, in connection with which we deem most necessary for the prosperity of Ireland and her people, we hereby pledge ourselves to give our strenuous support to those candidates only who shall advocate the fullest measure of tenant right, unqualified freedom of Catholic denominational education, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Protestant Church, and, above all, the re peal of the legislative union, and who likewise shall not enter into coalition with any candidate not holding those principles or who shall decline to co operate with the candidate who maintains them." The Catholic Archbishop and many ecclesiastical dignitaries were present, and the reading of the resolution was received with loud applause. Sergeant Armstrong, 111. P., has been for some days past labouring under a severe illness, at his residence, Greenfield, Sutton. The learned gentle man has intimated to the electors of Sligo that, in consequence of his failing health, be will not seek re-election for that borough. Re continues dan gerously ill. Referring to Mr. Disraeli's recent declaration that the condition of Ireland is satisfactory the Northern IVhig says :—" Whether we look to the south, or observe t! le condition of the north here, we see that there is something radically wrong in the social and political condition of this country. If there have been manifestations of a better spirit• during the last three months, they have arisen, not from :he suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, nor from any system of repression, but from the effect of the earnest manner in which Mr. Gladstone's resolutions and the Suspensory Bill have been sup ported in the two Houses of Parliament. It begins to be seen that justice can yet be obtained from the British Legislature ; that there arc statesmen ani mated with a determination to grapple with the evils at their source, and to leave nothing undone to redress the wrongs of many generations." METEOEOLCCICAL REFORM Extreme Sea NVednesday, F. 1 B.T. August 12,W, Ito F. D. W It. to 8 a.m. 12 Ito 8 Nairn Aberdeen Leith 1 — Shields Scarborough 29•54 r. 60 57 S.W. 4 3 E.R.E. t.l. c o'62' 3 Yarmouth 29'6Br. 63 60 W.N.W. 2 4 E.S.E. r.b.,01.1 2 Fielder Cuxhaven ilcudesnres Ardrossan 29'41r. 58 56 A'.I , T.W. 4 5 N.E. r.0.10'22, 3 G reencas tle 29 55r. 55 54 N. 2 4 N. r.0.11'40 Holyhead Liverpool Valentin 29'63f. 56 53 N.N.W. 2 5 N. r.c.l 1 Cape Clear 29•56f. 52 51 N.B. 4 3 N.W. c.r.,0•53 3 Rocl.e's rt. 29 ' 58 f. 52 52 N.N.W. 3 3 N.N.W. c. I Penzance 29•661. 63 60 S. 6 6 N.W. outc'o'o2 4 Ply m outh Weymouth 29'73r. 64 61 S.W. 2 6 S.W. o. o'l6, 2 P or t smo uth 29'76r. 62 59 W. 2 4 S.W. r. o'o9l 1 London .... 2911 r. 61 55 S.W. 2 6 S.W. o.c. o'o3' CrpeGrisNez 2914 r. 63 59 W. 8 9 W. r.c. 1 0'12 6 Brest ...... 29'73f. 61 57 S.S.E. 4 5 W. o. 2 L'Orient 2914 f. 61 60 S. 5 7 W. , .W. c. 3 Rochefort .. 29'84f. 66 62 W.N.W. 7 7 W.N.W. r. ? 2 Biarritz .... 29.78 f. 66 64 W. 8 — . m. 4 Corunna.... 29'73 67 S.W. 3 c. 2 Brussels .... 29 - 81 GC S.W. 6 t.c. Faris ...... 29'85 62 S.W. 2 C. Btrasbourg.. 74 W. 3 Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 20'30f. 59 58 S.S.W. 1 3 W.N.W. c.fo 2 EXPLANATION. • Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a sea level. Theletter Barometer corrected and reduced to 92 deg. a sea level. Theletter r., rising; f.. falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hcurs. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm' Weather : b.—blue sky ; e.—clouds. detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail; m.—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain; B.—snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARK'S!. The diminution in atmospherical pressure on the N.E. coast has been considerable during the last twenty-four hours, the difference in readings at Nairn and Aberdeen being nearly half an inch, whilst In the S. and W. readings are slightly greater. Pressures are low in the N., increasing In amount to the southward : the difference between Aberdeen and Itochefort is half an inch. Tempera ture is generally lower. On our Channel coast a high wind from the B.W. blew yesterday, which increased to a gale from the west at Cape Cris Nez, and is continuing. Westerly winds are prevalent this morning in the N. and W., and south-westerly on the S. coast of England. Much rain has fallen duce e Aerday—especially in Scotland. The weather is generally cloudy, and mist is reported in the S.W. The Opinion Nationale says it has received information from a thoroughly trustworthy source to the effect that the English Government has made fresh overtures to tLe Cabinet of Florence respecting the passage of the overland mail by way of Brindisi. The replacement of General von Falkenstein by General Manteuffel as commander of the Ist corps d'armde is the topic of the clay in Prussia. The former is very popular, the latter just thn reverse. The part which General Manteuffel played in Schleswig- Holstein and in the campaign of 1866, in wh - e'l he re placed General Falkenstein as commander-in-chief of the Army of the Maine, has not by any means se3ured for him a share of public esteem. The disgrace of one of the most popular generals in Prussia is regarded with universal dis satisfaction. General Falkenstein is a decided supporter of the scheme of an alliance between Austria and Prussia. Has this predilection contributed to his downfall ? The Weser Gazette states that the North German Con federation is about to open negotiations with the United States, Great Britain, and, if occasion require, with other States, for the purpose of determining some principles of international law on the subject of the transport of emi grants by sea. The full text of the speech delivered by Baron Beust at the banquet which terminated the great rifle meeting at Vienna has been published. The speech W 33 graceful and eloquent, and appears to have been received with great enthusiasm. It is vague and indefinite—containing much about " the billows of discord" as opposed to the " calm current of peace"—as is the wont of speeches coining from highly responsible personages. But the statement that the policy of Austria no longer presses itself into the affairs of Germany, and no aspirations after vengeance fill the public mind in this empire," must fairly be deemed of some importance. The speech was decidedly pacific, and, together with the manifesto of the Emperor Napoleon at Troyes, ought to produce a good effect. A short time ago it was announced that the Serviaus who had been arrested in Hungary for complicity in the murder of Prince Michael were to be tried at Path, It has been found, however, that some of the tuts adduced in evidence can only be established on the Npob, and accordingly the Hnngsrian Minister of Justice has been asked to send three magistrates to Belgrade for the pur pose of making inquirleo, It Is stated that Prlno Alexander Karageorgewitel), who has hint beeil arrested at Peed,. basiAllen attimly DEATH OF ADAH I.KIACS ME KEG'. On Monday afternoon the well-known Adah Isaacs Menken—after having suffered severely for .navy weeks from disease of the lungs—quietly passed away without mental or physical pain, at half-past two, at her hotel in Paris, in the presence of two or three friends. According to her own statement, made some mouths ago when she was delivering a lecture, she was born in New Orleans in the spring of 1811. Her father, Ricardo Feur tos, a Spanish Jew, was a merchant i❑ that city. Her mother was a native of Bordeaux. Her maiden name was Dolores Adios Feurtos. By the death of her father she was left an orphan at the age of two, and then was taken by her mother to Cuba, where 6he was brought up in the family of a rich planter. By and by her mother died, and finally her bene factor, leaving her, then aged 13, the bulk of his estates. A suit was instituted in the law courts by the heir-at-law, and the will was set aside. Left utterly unprovided for she turned her attention to the stage, and at the age of 14 came out at a theatre in New Orleans, her native city, as a dancer. Her success was flattering in the extreme, and for up wards of a year she continued this vocation, appear ing in the principal theatre in the Southern States, and once in Havannah, where she again experi enced ill-treatment at the hands of the possessors of her former benefactor's property. Afterwards she aspired to higher walks of the drama, and played Bianca in " Fazio," Madeleine in " The Belle of the Faubourg," and many other parts in tragedy and serious drama, with more or less success. About this time she married Mr. John Isaac Menken, and thus, changing her second name Adios into the English Adab, acquired the name she has borne till her death. Before the American war broke out she again married, this time Mr. Robert H. Newill, of the New York Sunday Mercury, and author of the famous " Orpheus C. Kerr Papers." This alliance, like one or two others which it is still less pleasant to dwell 'upon, was ill-assorted, and speedily re sulted in separation and divorce. She seems to have followed the axiom laid down in words she often spoke jestingly, "It is well to marry young, and, if possible, often." At the commencement of the civil war she evinced strong Southern :Tel pathies, and on one occasion, when acting at Pitts burg, she was arrested on a charge of rebellious conduct, an actually imprisoned for thirty days► when she was sent under guard to Louisville. After this affair she came to England and played a wonderfully successful engagement at Astley's, then to the provinces, and finally to the Continent, where, except for a few months last winter, she hal lived ever since, making Paris her home. Had she been spared life and health she would have played at the Chatelet in a new drama called "Theodorns," written by M. Henri Rochefort, the clever jour nalist and editor of La Lanterne. Throughout her life she professed the Jewish creed, and only a few months ago expressed a strong wish to be buried according to its customs, with nothing to mark her resting place beyond a plain piece of wood with the words, " Thou knowest." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE• The Lordi of the Admiralty inspected the Royal Marine Artillery yesterday morning. A brigade, consisting of two battzlions and two field batteries, was formed on the glacis of Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, 6.45 a.m., and at 7 a.m. their Lord ships arrived, and were received with a general salute. Afterwards the brigade marched past. The field batteries then took up a position for prac tice, and the officers and men composing the bat talion marched off at once and manned the various land and sea batteries. Their Lordships, after in' spectiug the interior arrangements of the Fort, took up a position on one of the bastions, and imme diately afterwards shot aud shell practice commenced from every description of ordnance at ranges vary ing from 800 to 3,000 yards. The firing was Wel l sustained, and their lordships expressed themselves highly pleased. The Board, accompanied by Major' General Traves, Colonel Williams, A.A.E., Colonels Schomberg and Barnard, Captains Colomb and Pe Kantzow, then proceeded to Eastney Barracks, and after breakfasting with the officers commenced a minute inspection of that establishment. On leaf ing their lordships expressed their satisfaction at everything they had seen. The practice was under the immediate command of Colonel Barnard , assisted by Colonels Digby, C. 8., Adair, MawbeYl and Alexander. The early hour fixed for the in' spection was fully appreciated by the officers 5 0 1 men. Their lordships, after the inspection, returned to Portsmouth, embarked on board the Victory , Captain T. B. Seymour, A.D.C., flag-ship of Ad" miral Sir T. S. Pasley, under the customary salute , for the purpose of inspecting the ship and muster; lug the crew, and afterwards visited the Roya l Naval Hospital, Haslar, as well as the gunboat s and sheds near that establishment, thus concluding their annual inspection. They will leave Port! mouth in the Admiralty yacht Enchantress tb iS morning for Portland. A trial has been made at Chatham dockyar d ' under the superintendence of Mr. T. H. Bake r ; the chief of the engineering department of tP, establishment, of the model of a new engine an d steering telegraph apparatus, the invention of g r. F. N. Gisborne, for use on board vessels of Nary Until recently it has always bee n consider ed necessary to employ electricity or pneumatics f or , the purpose of connecting up the steering a nd engine-room telegraphs between the bridges, tut ; rets, engine-room, or steering wheel, and era those principles the telegraphs used on W I. vessels of war have hitherto been generally work e d: In the model invented by Mr. Gisborne the io l , cators are worked upon simple mechanical Prl r a o ciples, the communicators at both ends of the I °. o and aft bridges, and both turrets, as well as tli t 7 o at the upper and lower deck wheels and in engine-room, all moving easily and in exact or o de r Only wire, with chain at angles, is use d o p connecting up, the wire being at the same time s adjusting to contraction or expansion. 0 013° Up to the 31st of July last 28,712 appli° 3 e d had been received, and 24,838 volunteers enr° s o f in the Royal Naval Reserve at the various pa' 91. the United Kingdom. Of the above ' nurabe r ' 9 l4 possess certificates of competency as masters; ditto as mates ; 8 ditto of service as mastersiorce ditto as mates ; making a total of 1,038. T be c i ut et also includes 3,106 petty officers in the w er ci t he service. Deducting for men who have Pin e d i e d, Royal Navy, 548; been discharged, 1, 362 ' 4 or 1,226; and not applied to be re-enrolle d, 5,7 6 th o a total deduction of 9,600, the present strong the Reserve stands at 15,238 men. Miss Lily Maxwell and 1,000 other householders in the township of Chorlton-te; Medlock have sent in claims to be placed oi l list of voters for the city of Manchester. Coi r The election of Councillor J. V. 111ackeY, 3 , I ty servative and a Protestant P , to the Dubl in Inari;•og of 1869,was rescinded on Tuesday,'after c°.-tho discussion, by a majority of 28 vote s to 23, ° 73 ,_„ e n ground that Mr. Macke 's nomination had v t ' iyo boasted of by the Globe and other Conn journals as an evidence that the Dublin =f the Council and the citizens were in favour ° I bit loca maintenance of the Irish Church. I‘ lllch terness of feeling had arisen during the o ut in The use of the Irish language is clYi El g ° „ ti vi Dai Ireland, and it is estimated that twenty years I,"°- is almost the oldest tongue North-Western Bur°P° cease to be used. siefte= C l ,O Six Per i 103 D 9 t 112 ; toria (tub) 11 1 tY, t/ 0 14 to 2i I)ren eir eu 4, ft rate, s . hut , chee Iron] Paid k.,t ee A