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GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-pa3sage, 93, Upper Thames street, Loudon. E.G. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1868. The success which has attended the rescue of the Europeans so long detained by King THEO DORE has induced those interested in the fate of the supposed survivors of the unfortunate vessel at St. Abbs to bring their case again before the public. The particulars of the story have been recapitulated, and may be briefly summed up. Thirteen years ago the St. Abbs, having on board many of the cadets of the Indian service, struck on a reef off the East C)ast of Africa, and drifted on shore. The survivors, it was believed, fell into the hands of the natives of Somaliland, who took them up into the interior, where there is reason for believing some of them yet linger in hopeless capti vity. It is not altogether matter of conjecture, since the wandering Arabs who carry on traffic in the interior report having seen strangers, and some hides which came down from Somaliland to the coast bore some rudely scratched letters on them. Those well acquainted with the country and the tribes who inhabit it think the fact of their exist ence very probable. We know by King THE'O - example that the detention of Europeans is by no means without precedent. Dr. LIVINGSTONE'S experience confirms the impression, since in prose cuting his researches in the interior he escaped with difficulty from the pressing hospitality of some of the chiefs. According to Captain BELL'S protest— " The St. Abbs struck on a reef connecting Juan de Nuova and Gull Island at 11.33 p.m. on the 14th of June, 1855, and immediately came broadside on to the sea, which was running high. The mainmast went by the board. Two fathoms were found along side, the vessel drawing 18 feet. She soon bilged. From the darkness of the night and high sea nothing could be done, and all hands were ordered into the cuddy for protection. Some obeyed, others re mained forward. At daylight the longboat was launched without much difficulty, and supplied with water, provisions, charts, instruments, Sze., and the passengers and crew ordered into her, but, with the exception of the mate and two seamen, they refused to venture. In about ten minutes the boat was dashed to pieces alongside ; the three men in her were saved with great difficulty. Wind and sea continuing high, and the tide se'Aing fro.n the reef to the ship, rendered it impossible to reach the shore. Oa the 16th the third boat was lowered, and the mate ordered to go and en de tvour to establish communication wi h the shore. The mate refused, whereupon the captain went himself, feeling he ought not to order others to do what he would not do himself. AbJut thirty yards from the vessel the boat was capsizA, Capt. BELL and the three seamen reaching shallow water in an exhausted state. Being unable to render any assistance to those' on board they waded across the reef to Gullet Island, a mile and a half distant, in search of help, though what help they expected to get there is a somewhat perplexing ques tion. They were afterwards joined by two more, THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING , AUGUST 7, 1868. who reached the shore in safety. Admitting all these particulars, there is no proof that more of the passengers or crew may not have reached the shore alive on portions of the cargo or fragments of the wreck. Besides Captain BELL, and the three who came in the boat with him, two after Wards joined him, and three were seen drifting towards shore, and afterwards, it is supposed, found dead ; neither party knew of the existence of the other. There may, therefore, even by Captain BELL'S own story, be several survivors who may have fallen into the hands of the Sam di, at a little dis tance from the wreck and its spoils. If we are to disbelieve the whole story, what bee =3s of the evidence of Colonel PLAYFAIIt, the British CJiasul at Zanzibar, respecting the hides ? At any rate the inquiry ought to be prosecuted, since this is not a matter on which speculation should be indulged in, and the relatives of the passengers and crew Lave a right to know the truth. The official correspondence relating to the Wim bledon Volunteer R3view has been published, and will be found interesting to peruse. The Under- Secretary at the War-office acknowledged the re ceipt of a report from Major General lIAJLILTON on the review of Volunteers at Wimbledon on the 25th ult., and expresses the satisfaction experienced by Sir JOHN PAKIKGTON in regard to the execu- Lion of their mano3avres, and especially at the remarks of that officer, in respect to the regularity which marked the Volunteers on their march from the ground at the end of the Review. It is intimated, in connection with the Report, that his Royal Highness thc Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has perused it with great satisfaction. The Review took place, it will be remembered, iu presence of the Prince of Wales, and the number assembled was less than had been anticipated, in consequence of which other arrangements had to be made at the last moment, but little inconvenience was expe rienced thereby. Several manoeuvres were gone through, and the force was drawn up in line to resist the approach of an enemy supposed to be coming from Putney and Wandsworth. This was well performed throughout, and after the manoeuvres were ended the force was formed in columns at quarter distance, marching past his Royal Highness the Prince of WALLS in quick time, in open column of companies, his Royal Highness the Duke of EDINBURGH honouring the let Lon don Artillery Corps by marching past at their head. Subsequently the force was formed in double line of contiguous columns facing the saluting point, and advanced in review order, a Royal salute concluding the proceedings. No wonder that, reading tho 3e last words offering a spontaneous 'tribute to the discipline manifested by the Volunteers on their disposal, no wonder we say that Lord LONGFORD refers to Sir JOHN PAKING TON'S especial gratification at the commanding officers' remarks in regard to the regularity observed by the Volunteers on their march from the ground at the close of the day's proceedings. General HAMILTON, the Major-General com manding, in commenting upon the late review in his communication addressed to the Adjutant-General at the Horse Guards, takes occasion to remark, " I have reason be satisfied with the manner in which the several corps of Volunteers were handled by their brigadiers, and with the general steadiness of the men under arms;" adding that he could not conclude without remarking upon the efficient manner in which the ground was kept by a detachment of the 17th Lancers from Hampton Court, aided by some police, almost every Volunteer beirg outside the enclosure before the public entered the reviewing ground, and the Volunteers marching off to their respective stations with perfect regularity. MAME? .3-7 DAY. LATEST INTELLMENCh. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. 3* NEW YORK, August 6. The National Company's steamer Erin arrived VORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS; (FROM our. OWN rnintSPONDENT.) „., PARIS, THURSDAY, August 6. Ey this time you will have learned as much as I can tell you respecting the Queen's arrival here. The recep tion was conducted with the strictest privacy. Her Majesty's yacht was announced at Cherbourg at twenty minutes to seven last evening, and the journey to the St. Lazare terminus was accomplished by eight this morning. Her Majesty is to leave for Lucerne at seven o'clock this evening. The Empress would, I have no doubt, attempt to persuade the Queen to remain at Paris a few days, but I do not hear any talk of a stay. The Rochefort prosecutions are the topic of the day. 0± the men who have greatness thrust upon them the famous journalist of La Lanterne must now be ranked as one. His writings were so popular that he bid fair to create a reputation for himself, but the Government are doing their best to spare him the trouble. In compelling M. Rochefort to publish the communiqué, the authorities were in the right ; in this second affair they are deci sively in the wrong. A miserable print called the Inflexible published a series of gross libels upon M. Rochefort, who rewarded that favour by thrashing the printer. For this assault he has been summoned, and mulcted in the sum of 200 f. and four months' imprison ment. The excitement caused by this extravagant sentence is very great ; indeed, the proprietor of La Lanterne has gained general public sympathy. The sentence is on the face of it very extreme, but compared with such an award as one franc damages, it is positively ridiculous. The reason is, of course, M. Rochefort's influ ence as an Opposition writer. It is not at all likely that the Government will benefit by this procedure. There will be a great review at Paris on the 14th, the day preceding the Emperor's Fête. It has been currently stated that his Majesty will issue an order of the day, or some manifesto, which it is thought will be of a warlike character. As no contradiction has appeared, the order may be issued, bat the reports of its character are purely specu lative. If the Emperor means war he will not declare it before the time. If he thinks of postponing hostilities he can gain little by stirring up hostile feelings in Europe. According to the reports of his agency in the La Marmora affair at Florence, lie has been successful in lessening the chance of a good understanding between Prussia, Austria, and Italy, and it would be advisable to remain satisfied with this ” triumph." M. Emile 011ivier Las followed the example of most politicians, and gone to the waters of Vittel, in the Vosges Mountains. There lie has been serenaded. A great fire is reported from Dunkirk. The State Ware houses on the Quai de In Marine have caught fire, and are still burning. Fifty thousand:pounds' worth of merchan dise belonging to private persons has already been de stroyed. The fire has been got under, and the danger to the port has been overcome. No accident bas occurred. It is not a little remarkable that the Irish Church question is very commonly mistaken here for the greater and more general question of the union between Church and State. Moreover, those who know what the actlal question is still maintain that the entire issue is at stake. They do not hold that the smaller question will lead to the greater, but that both are immediately involved. This doubtless arises from confounding the nature of the politi cal struggle in England with that which prevails in several tarts of Europe. Female education is making considerable progress here. A young lady, Mdllc. Bres, has just passed the examina. Con for the degree of Bachelor of Science. She is now about to study medicine. THE WEATHER TABLE.-TIIIS DAY. IIETEOLOLOGICAL REror.TS. Extreme Elea ------ Friday, 11F.! ; ! 1 1 ! l':l i August 7, B. T. ~,...t _s' W. ' to, F. D. 'WR. to 5 a•ln. i'. l2 ' 19 Nairn 1 29'41f. 6l 56 S.W. 2 4 ! S.W. ro•c 1 Aberdeen 29 44f. 59 5 , 3 S. - 1 1 1 S.S.W. t.b.; o'os, 1 Leith Shields .. Scarborough 29'59f. 65 •61 1 S.S.E. 1 3 S.W. t.r.cl 1 Yarmouth 29'6lf. 69 68 W.S.W. 2 3 S.S.E. c.o. o's2' 3 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesures 29'64 \67 i S.E. 2 Ardrossan .. 29'47f. 62 158 S. 5 4 N.W. CO.. 4 Greencastle 29 400. 57 j 55 W. 5 6 W. o.rc o'l2 Holyhead .. 29'520. 63 162 S.S.W. 5 2 S.S.W. c.o. 1 _ Liverpool .. 29'59f. 64 160 r.S.E. 1 1 N.W. r.o. o'3l 1 C aleVntia.... 29'66r. 58 j 55 W. 6 4 S. o.rc'o'lo 6 Clear.. 29•620. GO 158 N.W. 6 0 Z. o.b. 0 'O7 5 Roche's Pt. 29•620. 59 i 56 W. 5 G W.S.W. b. 1— 3 Penzance .. 29 76r. 65 ,64 4 5 S.W. nare.o•l7 3 Plymouth ..1 29'75r. ,65j 64 W.S.W.W. 3 3 WS.W. m..c o'2B 2 Weymouth 1 2913 s ! 6r4 S.W. 0.c.,0'121 2 roam° tith j 29 74f. '67j G 5 W.S.W. 5 5 AV.S.W. r. o.ll'lll 4 London , ..129'970. 68 66 S.W. 3 5 S.W. r*oe'o'29, UpsOris Net 29 690. 661 66 W. -.W. 8 8 W.S.W. r. ;0•53j 5 Brest . . ... 29'85r. 63 Cl W. 3 5 S.S.W. al.f o'9l' 3 L'Orient ... 29875. CI 62 W.S.W. 5 7 S.W. r. 'OlB 4 Rochefort .. _ Li arr itz .... 30'11r. 72 68 W. 4 c. 5 C or unna • • els .... 129'34 72 S.S.W. 4 (3 , _ P Paris ...... 29'79 67 S.W. 6 o. §trashourg.. 72 S.W. 3 b. WOl3B ...... 3J•12 72 1 S.W. 3 . c. _ T o nj,;il ~ . 29•98 r. 79 j 79 Z. 0i 7 W.N.11 c.b. —,, 11 cart's Go;1 , 1 tent (6 a.m., 1 local time) J 30'4ff. 54 114 S.W. 1 1 N.I.W.f. 1 THE _ROYAL VISIT TO MIDDLESBOROUGH. Me programme of arrangements for the approaching visit of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur to Middles borough is now almost completed. The most extensive and complete preparations have been made to lend Mat and magnificence to the occasion. Decorations andilluminations will be made on an extensive scale. The Ist North York Rifles and the North York Artillery Volunteers will be in attendance as a guard of honour on his Royal Highness, as will also the 15th Hussars from York. On Monday after noon the Prince will be met at the Middlesborough station by the mayor and corporation and a number of other gentle. men, when a loyal address will be presented to his Royal Highness in the name of the corporation. Remaining the guest of Mr. Bolckow over Monday evening, his Royal Highness and suite will, on Tuesday, the 11th, open the Albert Park. A grand banquet will be held in the new Exchange Hall, when the Archbishop of York and several noblemen and gentlemen are expected to be present. Every facility has been provided by the authorities for a successful fete. The prince will leave by train early on. Wednesday morning, so as to be in Scotland in time for the opening of the grouse season. CORN. The accounts of the harvest continuo favourable, but the bettor feeling noticed in the wheat trade ou Monday is progressing. Most of the country market reports seem better, and at Mark-lane, this morning, the attendance was good, with advancing prices. English wheat was cleared off briskly at full is advance on Monday's rates for both now and old. Foreign wheat met a better sale, and Russian brought Is more than ou Monday, Baltic wheat remaining firm at late rates. • The flour trade was quiet. No qu ,table change in barley of any kind. Beans and peas sold steadily at about late rates. Oats met a steady sale at unaltered currencies. Calcutta Linseed arrives freely, and is easier to buy. Rapeseed meets a little better inquiry. Oileak) maintains its value, but does not sell quite so readily. 10EWGATE AND LEADENILALL. 31eat—The markets are quiet but steady, all prime fresh qualities selling pretty well. Beef, 3s to 4s; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Teal, 4s to Is 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s ; lamb, 3s to 4s. TALLOW. The market is dull at 44s 6d spot ; 45s 6d last three months. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. Supt. - is steady in valu.N with a groat Coffee—Supplies still large, and pricJs is to 2s under list week's rates. T e a.—Quiet since the sales. Common congou, is to is lid. Rico still dull. Oils remain as quoted previously. Turpentine firm at 27s to 27s 6d. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived August G.—Talavera, from St. Kitt's ; Amphion, from Prince Edward's Island; Hope, from Guernsey ; Cruiser, from Rangoon ; Elizabeth Young, from Guernsey. Arrived, August 7.—City of Amoy, from Calcutta Western Chief, from Shanghai; Leven, from Mauritius ; IJudine, from Pont L'Abbe ; Bloen, from St. Jago de Cubs ; Western Star, from Berbice ; William and Thomas, from Guernsey; Jens Kellerup, from Petersburg; Oliva, steamer, from Dantsic ; Florence, steamer, from Antwerp; Kingdom o'Fife, from Callen', ; Kaffrari, steamer, from Archangel ; Cologne, steamer, from Bouloguo. Sailed.—Dauiel Webster, for New York ; Wellington, for Demerara ; Alfred Hawley, for Brisbane ; Taweru, for Tahiti ; Britanuia, steamer, for Lisbon ; Golfe, steamer for Batavia; Triton, for Boulogne; Blanche and Lord John Russell, steamers, for Dunkirk ; Maria Pia, steamer, for Lisbon. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Earl of Southosk, from Port Natal, fur Lon don ; Balcomb, from Grenada, for London ; Maid of Judah, from Sydney, for Loudon ; Andreas, ship, from the west, for Loudon (in tow); C hoice, shi p , from St. John's, for London ; Pechelie, from London, fur Singapore ; Augusta May, from Colombo, for London ; Cayalier, from Madras, for London. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—Last night, about ten ' o'clock, the occupants of a pleasure van from Dunn's Tailors' Labour Agency, Newington Causeway, met with an accident whoa within a few yards of the Marble Arch. • All wore enjoying themselves, the baud was playing, K hen suddenly the box-wheel came off, precipitating the whole of them into the road. Great consternation was caused, and the byatanders hastened to render what ser -1 vice they could, but on inquiry it was fortunately ascer tained Cult, apArt front a severe shaking, the occupants were not any the worse fur the tumble. BENEFIT TO JEN! WAIID.—On Monday evening the veteran English pugilist, who contended successfully in eleven great battles, this last of which was nearly forty years ago, when he beat Simon Byrne with great ease, will have a benefit given him at the Bowery Theatre. In James Ward the peiple of Now Yotkmay see one of those pugilists whose race has become extinct—a man of exceeding strength aul cousummate science ; not very large himself, but a model in build, and able is the prime of his youth to stall off the onslaught of a giant ; great in courage and in prowess, but gentle in manner and courteous in address. Tie is now 68 years old, and is younger and statelier in :tppearauce than most of the dissolute scamps, who, call , ing themselves fighters, fail in stamina between 20 and 30, and seldom live to 40 years of age. Th e ex-champion will no doubt have a bumper house, and we declare that 7he fully d;seriNs it.—The Spirit of the Times, Now York. EXPLANATIoN. Earonieter corrected and reduced to Z 2 deg. a rca let el. TheleLter r., rising ; f., falling ; r., blezdy—indicate directif u of motion of the mercury within last 14 Lcurs. 'lleina meter ell creel in shade Extreme Force with its Direction dining last 24 Lours. Weather : U.—blue t 1:y ; c.- clete.s, del: (d ; f. — fog ; b.—hail Miry ; o.—overcast, ; r.- rsin ; s.- snow t.—thunder. Eno' or bail (melted) during last 24 hours. Bea disturbance. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices :—Gold, 1491. Ster:ing exchange on London, 1001 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1882, 1141 ; ditto, 1885, 1124 ; 10-40 Bonds, 109i 1 , ; Illinois, 150/ ; Erie, 59/. Cotton—mid dling upland, 291. Petroleum—standard white, 34/. Flour, extra state, $9 20c. to $9 80c. ; Corn, old mixed, $1 20c. ARRIVAL OF THE JAN . A. ( Via Queenstown.) NEW YORK, July 28. The Senate has confirmed Henry M. Watts as Minister to Austria, and General Rose cranz as Minister to Mexico. The Chinese treaty has also been unanimously ratified, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs has been directed to inquire into the expediency of negotiating a new Canadian treaty with Great Britain. The Funding Bill as finally passed appropriates 5135,000,000 annually from the imports towards the reduction of the Public Debt. The Conference Committee has struck from the bill the section legalising gold contracts. Congress has passed the bill discontinuing the Freedman's Bureau over the Presidential veto, which declared the bill interfered with the Presi dent's constitutional powers of removal and ap- pointment. The House of Representatives has passel a bill prohibiting the sale of gold by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Georgia Delegation has been admitted to seats in the House. Mr. Hamilton, the new Radical member for Florida, has offered a resolution to impeach Pres dent Johnson, which has been referred to the Jud ciary Committee. NEW YORK, July 29. President Johnson has issued a proclamation announcing that the 14th Constitutional Amend ment has been ratified by Georgia. Mr. Seward has also issued a proclamation declaring that the amendment is fully ratified by the requisite num ber of States, and is now part of the fundamental law of the Republic. General Grant, with the approval of President Johnson, has issued an order abolishing the second and third military districts with military supremacy, and forming them into a department of the South under General Meade. The fourth district is to consist only of Mississippi under General Gillem, the fifth of Texas under General Reynolds. The department of Louisiana is to be commanded by General Rousseau, and of Washington by General Canby. The Alaska purchase-money was delivered to Baron Stoeckel yesterday. The Royal mail steamship Java, from New York on the 29th ult., arrived at Queenstown at 7 a.m. to-day (7th August) with 61 cabin passengers and $187,368 in specie. She landed 100 sacks of mails and seven passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 7.15. All well. The Java performed the passage in 8 days 8 hours. SPAIN. MADRID, Aug. C. The rumour of an intended interview between the Queen and the Emperor Napoleon is without foun dation. _ Immediately upon the conclusion of the Cabinet Council hold yoSerday at La Grauja the Ministers returned to Madrid. YORTUGrAL. LISBON, Aug. 6. The Chamber of Deputies have rejected, by a large majority, the SJuth Eastern Railway Con tract of the 20th of June. THE BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 6. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tanjore, from Southampton Ist instant, arrived at 10 p.m. yesterday, and leaves for Alexandria at 8 a.m. to-day. All well. FRANCE. PARIS, Aug. G. The Minister of Finance has determined that collective subscription lists for the new loan, amounting in the aggregate to 100 f. Rentes and above, will be accepted. The scrip of the amount allotted to these subscribers can on the demand of the parties be divided in certificates even below 100 f. Rentes. But in order to prevent any abuse this collective scrip, whatever may be the amount, cannot be used for speculative purposes on the Bourse. B o U RSE, August G.—Three o'clock.—The mark e closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. ...... 1 0 1 80 End of month... 3 per Cent ......... 70 55 End of month... 70 55 Credit Mobilier 257 50 End of month... 25 75 Credit Foncier ...14208 End of month... RAILWA Bank Shares 3140 ItaPan Loan End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — s. Cash Orleans ... 882 Northern 1153 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 565 Western Eastern .. 558 Sardinian Austrian 547 Lombard 402 North of Spain 55 Saragossa Roman 421 PROSPECTS FOR THE TWELFTH. (From the Banfshire Journal.) We regret to say that the prospects of the grouse season this year are, in general, by no means favourable. Much disease prevailed among the birds last season, greatly thinning their numbers, and di minishing the breeding stock for this year. Owing to the fine early season hatching was early this year, and for a time prospects were good. The drought, however, has been unfavourable, and correiapondents write us that, where the young grouse have hap pened to be hatched near perennial springs of water, they are numerous in the coveys ; but where the water has failed, the young birds have disappeared, and the old ones are to be seen quite alone. This observation applies to a good number of moors in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire. In Morayshire the disease raged very much this season, and from nearly all parts of that county reports of the prospects of the sportsman are discouraging, so far as regards grouse. In Nairnshire matters are fully worse than in Elginshire. From various parts of Inverness-shire we have reports indicating that fair bags may be Inade, and in Ross-shire, also, the prospect; are not indifferent. In a number of cases, we are aware that sportsmen who shoot over their own moors are to shoot only sparingly this year ; and in other cases the moors have not been let, with the view of allowing the stock of birds to increase. Though grouse will be in general few, we arc glad to report that in most districts there is a splendid prospect of partridge shooting. The coveys are numerous and large, and the birds strong. Of black game also there is a more than usually good promise. The reports from the deer forests have been favourable, though the excessive drought of the last few weeks has told upon the condition of the stags. out to-day. REMARKS. A diminution cf atmospherical pressure, amounting to nearly two tenths of an inch, has taken place since yesterday iu the northern portion of the British Islands ; but the change in the south and west has been very little. Pressures are now generally low, diminishing in a direction from south to north. The difference in readings between Nairn and I; Orient is nearly half an inch. Since last evening, how ever, pressure in the south-west of these islands has slightly in creased. Since yesterday temperature has fallen in the N. and W. High south-westerly winds prevailed yesterday on the west coast of France, and at Cape Gris Nez it liew a gale, which is reported as con tinuing. In the south of Ireland the wind is fresh from the west ward, whilst at the entrance of the Channel it is south-westerly. Rgin has fallen generally. Thunder is reported from our cast coast. The weather is cloudy. According to all accounts, the cattle disease which has broken out in Russia is identical with the rinderpest which has caused such devastation in Britain. What ever may be its nature, it is spreading with alarming rapi dity. It has now broken out in some districts of Prussia on the Polish frontier. Some persons who bad eaten meat of animals infected became seriously ill, and have been sent to a lazaretto for treatment. •" All possible precautions have been adopted to prevent the spread of the contagion." The manifestations which have accompanied the great rifle meeting at Vienna have given rise to much dissatis tion in Prussia. Some of the journals openly express their resentment. The Provincial Correvondence of Berlin says that Germany disapproves of these manifestations because she sincerely desires peace and friendly relations between Prussia and Austria. The same paper is happy to notice the care with which the Austrian Government has ab , stained from all participation in these demonstrations. Saving some telegrams which come through the Havas Agency, the value of which we need not estimate, there is little news from Spain. The movements of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier are as complex and unintel ligible as ever, but it appears that they have taken up their residence in Portugal, though it is not clear whether it has been fixed at Cintra or Lisbon. The generals who have been sent to the Canaries are strictly confined there. The Spanish Ministers are still at La Granja, where, it is said, the Queen lies ill. There will be in all probability an epilogue to the insur rection which has collapsed in Bulgaria. The confessions of several insurgents who have been captured in the Balkan Mountains has afforded clear proof that the counsellors of Prince Charles of Roumania are directly responsible for the conspiracy. The Turkish Government is about to appeal to the Great Powers. A correspondent of the Daily News, who periodically succeeds in running the ineffective blockade around Crete, says the contest is still maintained, and that two years of war, though they have spread devastation far and wide, Lave not served to extinguish the courage and determina tion of the patriots. He says there are almost daily combats amongst the burnt villages and neglected fields, whilst the blockade is run as of yore at regular intervals. The running is not, however, altogether unattended with danger, as the n Turkish cruisers still keep a good look-out, nd fire whenever they think it desirable. Bread, ammunition, and medicines are the great necessities of the insurgents. From the best accounts that can be obtained of the state of affairs in Crete, there seems no doubt that if the Turks were to make a determined effort the insurrection would be quelled. The war :s carried on badly, and the blockade is altogether ineffective. The great dilliculty at present in the way of providing the blind with a comprehensive literature is on account of the various systems of characters used in the embossed books. There are no less than eight different systems in use in England. If every embossed book published were avail able to every blind reader, it would hardly pay the pub lisher ; but when the blind are so divided in the systems they have been taught, the result is especially unsatisfactory. It is gratifying that a committee of blind gentlemen has , been formed in London, each member of which is able to read at least three of the systems, or is willing to learn them. They must not be wedded to any particular system, and their duties will consist mainly in taking the opinion of the intelligent blind who are conversant with more than one. The committee desires to increase its numbers, and appeals to blind gentlemen of education and leisure for assistance. It would be bad policy to with hold the treasures of literature from that tifTlicted ciao - • • which produced Homer and Milton, THE WELSH EISTEDDFOD AT iW-THIN. The National Eisteddfod is now in full working order. The bards, the more prosaic, if rather more prac tical social science men, the minstrels, and all the personnel of the great annual gathering of the Prin cipality are assembled in the ancient town of Ruthin, which has been made specially spruce and gay for the occasion by means of floral arches, garlands, and ban ners, which combine all the brightest types of colour. The Eisteddfod of the current year will perhaps be the most important that has been held in the Princi pality. Of late years, what may be termed the prac tical element has been gradually leavening the purely bardic, and this year the practical element is stronger than ever it has been. The inaugural address of the president of the Social Science Department, Mr. Hugh Owen, seems to have been an excellent one, and this department of the national gathering may be rendered highly beneficial in many practical ways to Wales. Several papers bearing on the moral and social condition of the Welsh people have contributed to this department, among which is a very interesting paper en "The Work ing Man and his Health," by Mr. Morris, of the Stamp Office, Swansea, whcse paper on " Building Societies," last year, was received with so much favour.—Cambria Daily Leader. rHE DEAN OF CANTERBURY ON HIS DEFENCE. The Dean of Canterbury for the first time takos part, in the Guardian, in the correspondence which has been elicited by the Dean's presidency at the Cheshunt College anniversary. After declai iug that he has given up no Church doctrine, the Dean proceeds:—"l have no hesitation in saying that, as I do not expect, so neither do I wish for, any reabsorption of Nonconformists into the Church of Eughtnd. I believe it Would bo the worst thing possible, both for ourselves and for them. We are to bo not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.' And to my mind, his Will has been unmistakably manifested in the free expan sion of the Christian conscience as now found among us. It is our duty not to fight against his providence; not to at tempt to v ork our way back to a uniformity which has ut terly gone by ; but to surrender our miseral le jf.alousies ; to accept, bravely and frankly, the state of things in which God has placed us; to walk, in the kingdom of God, and to the house of God, and in society before the world, hand in hand with our Nonzonformist brethren. Thus only shall we of the Church of Eng land be making safe and wise preparation fir the day which must soon come upon her. We may, if we p'eas:‘, lower ourselves, by exclusiveness and uncharitableness, - so as to become in that day a r eero sect among sects ; but to 1 9 we may also, and I hope we shall, so lift in our est( em our 'l . Christian brethren around us, as to find ourselves, when de 1 prived of the aid of the State, a church among churches." The Irish Church Commission Report laid before • Parliament was merely a "dummy," to enable the actual re port to be produced, when ready. Fully a month must elapse before the document can be completed, and a longer time still will be required for the printing of the voluminous schedules and tables of statistics by which it will to accom panied. An accident has occurred at Fiddown Bridge county Waterford, by which a gentleman on board Mr. Mal comsou's steam yacht lost his life. The vessel was return ing from a regatta, having a number of ladies on Inard, when in passing under the bridge a rope from a vessel which was across tLo waterway, not being pereceived, caught the funnel and knocked it down upon a Mr. Roberts, who was killed on the spot. Some of those on board had time to stoop, others were thrown into the river, but were rescued. The elegant tomb which has for several Lionths taut be,. , n in course of erection in the Gre,:k Church at Ainaout-keui for the remains of the late Mdme. Mussurus, wife of Mussurus Pasha, the Turkish Am bassador in London, a Constantinople taper states, is now nearly finished. It is constructed wholly of Ma morn marble, and its sculptural ornamentation is said to surpass in artistic taste and execution any similar monument in Constantinople. Tie removal of the deceased lady's retuair,s from their tem porary resting place will take place this month, when Mussurus Pasha is expected to take part in the imposing ceremony on the occasion. TRAMPLED ON BY A BULL.—A shocking occurrence marred the proceedings in connection with the annual show of the Driffield Agricultural Society. Shortly before the judging commenced, a man named Thomas Witbill, a herdsman in the employ of Mr. Joshua Craven, was in charge of a bull . called Red Admiral, two years and ten months old. Suddenly the Admiral turned upon \VALHI, knocked him down, and trampled upon his chest and body, breaking, as it after wards was four, d, three of his ribs, and, it is feared, inflicting other internal injuries. CHINESE LORE.—The St. Petersburg Gazette says that there is now in the Russian capital the richest Chinese library in the world. It consists of 11,607 volumes, 1,168 wood engravings, and 276 manuscripts. The books are on all sorts of subjects, and among them are several rare works, one or two of which are unique, there being no copies of them even in the largest libraries of China. The library was collected by M. Skatchoff, now Consul-General in Pekin, during a residence of fifteen years in the Chinese Empire. Recently M. Skatchoff offered to sell it for 9,000 roubles (4fr. each) to the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg and the Russian Academy of Sciences, but both institutions were compelled to decline the offer for wants of funds. Tim BROKEN ATLANTIC CABLE.—On Monday night Mr. Willoughby Smith, the eminent electrician, started for Valentia, county Kerry, in pursuance of in structions from the joint committee of the Atlantic and Anglo-American Telegraph Companies. He was followed on Tuesday by Mr. Latimer Clark, who will verify his tests, which at present shew that the fault lies at about eighty miles from Newfoundland, in water not exceeding, if it reaches, 100 fathoms in depth, and that the interruption of communication is so complete as to put it almost beyond doubt that the injury has been caused by the grounding of an iceberg. Communication will, it is expected, be re stored in less than a month ; but meanwhile the other cable is fully equal to the work required of it. CONVERSION OF CAST-IRON GUN - S.—AI the late competitive trial between two Woolwich 64 Ton ndei wrought-iron rifled guns and a 32-pounder cast-iron gun, converted to a 64-pounder rifle on the Palliser system, the wrought-iron guns burst respectively at the 2,211 th and 2,273 rd rounds, while the converted 32-pounder fired 2,280 rounds, and was not injured to any extent worth mention ing. The consequence of this trial has been the abandon ►nent of the manufacture of wrought-iron 64 pounders, and Sir John Pakington has given a heavy order to the Elswick Ordnance Company for 212 Palliser guns. The old guns are now being selected at Woolwich for trans mission to N e wcastle-on -Tyne, and about 30 of them have already gone. They consist of 65 cwt. 8-inch shell guns, and will be converted to 64-pounder rifled cannon. These 212 guns are immediately required by the navy, hr.._ greater numbers are wanted for our land fortifications. No funds are at present available for undertaking the conversion of the old guns on a large scale in the royal gun factories. A REV. LECTURER AND HIS REPORTER. — The New York Evening Post is responsible for the following " comparison of notes" between an eloquent and reverend lecturer and the somewhat reckless reporter who attempted to put his remarks in type. Here is what the reporter said of his lecturer :—" The lecture last evening was a brilliant affair. The hall ought to have been filled, but we are sorry to say only forty persons wi-re present. The epeaker commenced by saying that he was by birth an eeclesia,tical deduction ; gave alearned description of Satan, and his skill hi sawing trees. Among other things, Le stated that the patriarch Abraham taught Cecrops arithmetic. We trust the eloquent divine 'nay be induced t ) repeat the lecture at some future day." Here is what We lecturer said of the reporter :—" Dear sir, in a report of my lee• turc in your beautiful city you have made some mistakes which I wish you to correct. You make me speak of myself as bybirth an ' ecclesiastical deduction.' What said Was, that I was not by birth, but only ecclesiastically, a Dutchman. Instead of speaking of Satan as sawing trees, I spoke of him as sowing-Lives. I said nothing of Abraham, but spoke of the Arabians as nomads of patriarchial simplicity. I said that Cecrops was the founder of Athens, and inf L lauded the people in agriculture.", P .-~. f efr art )4;1 444 HER MAJESTY. The christening of the infant Princess, fourth child of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, took place yesterday at Marl borough-house. - - - - The infant rrince33 received the names of Vic :oria. Alexandra Olga Mary. BANK 01! FRANCE. PARIS, Aug. 6. The following is the return of the Bank of FranCO for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. July 30. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of lauded pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,00 0 Notes in circulation - Bank notes to order and receipts payable at sight 40,338,230 07 39,047,410 55 Treasury account cur rent creditor 79,397,603 91 Current accounts, Paris 340,752,489 97 Do. branch banks 50,032,444 Dividends payable 2,415,675 Discounts and sundry Aug. G. ir: C. 182,500,000 -- 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 11 73,835,116 5 9 3:',4,640,15 7 - 49,602,882 - 2,070,479 1,481,212 7 - 2 1,820,943 07 interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not 703,152 42 703,152 42 distributed sundries 9,119,091 60 8,681,757 33 Total CREDITOR. July 30. Aug. G. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. C. Branch banks Commercial bills over- 271,521 85 798,777 72 duo Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 241,991,361 79 196,112,06 7 7 9 Do. branch banks 198,428,115 191,855,664 Advances on on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock ro- 31,187,300 - 32,189,78 0 7,487,300 - 7,375,90 0 -- 11,840,500 - 11,948,80 0 6,245,100 - 6,179,500 35,077,30 0 25,1t3:4,000 1,001,200 - 1,020,200 -' 826,200 - 826,900 -- 60,000,00 0 --- 12,980,730 14 12,980,750 14 40,636,419 66 40,636,419 66 serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 11,0 000,000 ilotel and furniture of the 11:.nk and lauded propel ty branches Expenses of manage- 100,000,000 -' 8,40,769 - 8,403,974 nieut Sundries 660,359 77 G 85,7 61 17,635,731 G 9 21,116,667 53 , Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the BAfik- a France. (Signed ROULAND• TERRIBLE FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS OF LlFE.—This Day. About seven o'clock this morning a fire of a wort rapidly destructive nature, and which, it is feared , will be attended with loss of life, occurred at the premises of Mr. George Mattocks, French polisher, in a large way of business, Pintland-street, St. James's. It appears that some short time after the men in Mr. Mattocks' employ commenced work a barrel of methylated spirit by some means or other becaru e ignited, and an explosion immediately following' the whole place in a few minutes was on fire, th flames darting from the back warehouse where the calamity originated through the house with such la' tensity that a number of houses in the opposite side of the street were greatly damaged, some houses to such an extent that they were obliged to be c losed. Mr. Mattocks' premises were situated at the cor ner of a gateway, and extended some distance down the yard, the whole of the lower portion of thee' being used for trade purposes. immediately after the alarm of fire was giv e° the police went for the engines, and four of tb ° land steam engines were promptly in at e, and the flames were extinguished, but not till th whole of the premises were burnt out, the tir e lasting little more than half au hour. Four persons, namely, Mr. George Mattocks, the proprietor of the premises; Edward Walters' of Green-street, Little Pulteney-street ; Edwar d Monument, of Union-street, Middlesex Hospital ; and John May, of Clystone-street, were m ore o r less injured by burning, and taken to the Middl e ; sex Hospital where they were immediately attenole' to, but the poor fellow Walters is in such a pre °3 ' rious state that his life is despaired of. Some lives were saved by the police by means °f ladders. A body of the C division of police, under tb ° superintendence of Inspectors Harrison and 13a 80/3 ' rendered great assistance to the police. es It is a fortunate circumstance that the were prevented from entering a store house opPon - Mr. Mattocks' back warehouse, in which a 13 ' 4 quantity of varnish and other inflammable TOW rials are stored. We believe Mr. Mattocks is is sured. ROYAL GARDENS, NORM WOOLWICII* Under the spirited aud intelligent manage° „ 4 of Mr. Chas. Morton these spacious and tas teful e . laid out gardens have exhibited a great inaprc)vt; meat on past seasons. There is plenty of Orie in the entertainments, and the quick succession o, am u s ements keeps the attention of the visitors c°l; st a ntly employed. On Mondays and Sat te there are grand galas, when Madlle. Geraldine/ t, flying lady, goes through some astonishing Pe,, formances on the trapez3. There is a bone ; ascent, and a brilliant display of fireworks. O° °. other nights there is a vocal and instrumental ev a cert, under the direction of Mr. Jonghmans, a fa r of which Miss Fitzhenry is the bright part ic h o er o vocal star. The band, composed of many nte°l" era, of the Oxford orchestra, numbers fifty perforol,bo.o and gives immense force to the dance music• rieo is also a ballet d'action, called "Le Deni °ll 3 11 Paradis," executed by the Carle family, and w lO . is h these good things have been exhausted the war public commence dancing on their own aceot ilit ,, t br the Magdala platform. The gardens are brilP"oo illuminated every night. The gigantic piet tif t e e o f the other side of the lake, representing the ro ° 4o the British army through Abyssinia to the be' e o f of Magdala, painted under the superinten den' t of Mr. Matt. Morgan, the formidable eartoonliceoio the Tomahawk, is a striking specimen ( : ) ,,, f s r aso. 4 art. Altogether North Woolwich " -° il - doat are the Cremorne of the East of 11:1- 0 0ge and fully serve the liberal P at , rd i , a rid ar bestowed on them. We perceive that u'raeos Morton announces his first benefit at these g a r j ot. for Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 2 r l witO " The Beggar's Opera," in full operat ic 'beo3°' per' Miss Fitzhenry as Captain Macheath , will have formed, and a host of professional celebritiavoif, volunteered their services on Mr. Mortorl'6 f, Few men more deserve the s ypathy of tie 01i0 m a r eir olo and the profession, and we hope t hat a lar . D. of his friends will support Lim on the oec°l° Schneider, who received -s ssoo—a—nig—l—it in the 1 ' sv o o L p ix e u ra,. is described as a fair, stout woman, with liht-ifiail dra r o l o a , ut hair, shoulders as broad as those of a l'l .---° es cepgtia.al, a short neck, a waist that no one could clastP:,,,d, and wonderfully brilliau ?jot which figurativelast she "n", uses to produce her greatest effects. P. costumes are something startling, the state l'Obe°,l;v which med she appears in the second act glittering Witil_„o and the gold-embroidered tiaiu trimmed 7 4 to e su rt r r n i i i j n o s eirecriring all the strength of the blaelc I'gt mtnonwealth. I BS l . liE WEATHER AT LIVERPOOL.--rfliere - , .te r d most welcome change iu the weather at Liverpevl P:iore ay. Ilain began to fall heavily in the morning, n ild ~0 0 : Ti l e teil l Yog, were thunder showers throughot the day. tire, however, con ti n ued high, uand the att uesPert) t Very close avd, oppressive. *am 1 retu leas full, rett Thl the 4th bet 93; NE 11 , BE IoN Ce we