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THE LATE EDITION of " TIIE SUN" at W. S➢IITF'S Comilen Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden town. .!•:'l,-?.4_,3‘ rig ,i4 j ) ; Lat - DON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 186 S. Railways form just now an engrossing subject of interest, and all tbat relates totheir conduct assumes an importance not to be overlooked. With one thing and another they have now acquired a power and have a monopoly that are vexatious and irk some if not duly restricted. The increase in rail way fares by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company has occasioned a great deal of annoyance in the southern suburbs of London, and the inhabitants have held a series of meetings in order to discuss the subject. In the notice issued it is said that the object is to consider the " un warrantable advance," and whether it was not ad visable to support a line of omnibuses to the City at reduced fares. First of all it was evident that a strong feeling of dissatisfaction prevailed, and that some steps would be taken of a decisive nature to testify their disapprobation. At the annual meeting the Chairman declared that to raise the fares after this fashion was a manifest oppression, and truly added that this was a question of supply and de mand. The railway company have a " monopoly," and it is this which makes their conduct the more unjustifiable in this instance. It is not to be w0n d,..!re..l at that people s'ould bestir themselves iu orIT to put a stop to the inconvenione?s v.hich they suffer from the encroachments thqs mute, aud turn their attention more is the dir,c:.;.on of circumventing the thing than merely c) .- nplrilning of the har.lsfdp. It is long since so wide-s2rea,d a dissatisfaction was occasioned by any ellange or ahem :Con in railway matters, and . 111:1 ss some desirable change is ma le it is not likely to subside. A sm all cr gradual increase would not have been objected to, but what offends and iirit tea peop!e is that the rise is so great,. and represents an addition of from twenty-five to 0113 hundred per cent., and this is naturally felt to be a " gross injustice." In the course of some speeches at the meeting it was said that the fares from West Dulwich had been increased twenty-five per cent. in the first-class, thirty-three in the second, and sixty-six in the third, which was an extraordinary thing for a railway company to do. Especially must the rise in the third-class be objected to, because it presses so hardly upon the poorer classes of passengers, and is in every respect in considerate. Several resolutions were adopted, among which it was decided that in the forth-. coming Parliamentary elections no support shoulCi be given to any candidate who will not " ple4;e himself to advocate Government control in *Jae working of the railways and regulation of ff ,res, and oppose railway oppression is every fer:m." This is what it will come to in the end if these ex periments are made, and the public and passengers are called upon to pay for the losses incurred by over speculation and unwise schemes too hastily entered upon. It is quite evident that a determined effort will be made to resist the in creased fares in all directions, and it is high time for the railway directors to look out if they are un willing to incur freshlosses. This is not the sort of hardship that people will put up with quietly, and the more they dwell on the unnecessary inconve nience to which they are put the more eagerly will they enter upon plans for the redress of their griev ances. A monopoly is always to be regarded with some suspicion, and the fears and doubts have in this case been more than realised. Thanks were given at this meeting to Lord REDESDALE for his advocacy of the rights of the public, and it may turn out now that some of the opinions of the noble lord were more correct than many believed at the time. Altogether this furnishes a most unfortunate episode in the railway travelling of the present day, and this season of the year is also as unlucky for the contretemps, because so many are availing them selves o! the opportunity afforded by a respite from their labours to take a holiday, and increased fares are a great hindrance. The death of TIIADDEUS STEVENS, though looked for, will not be heard with indifference either in this country or in America. Whatever opinion may be formed of his policy or his conduct, no one can deny his ability, his energy, or the prominent position which he had achieved for himself among American statesmen. The Radical party has played the foremost part on the stage of American politics during the last few years, and THADDEUS STEVENS was the most uncompromising of Radicals. He was indeed plus Arable que l'Arabie, and far out stripped his party. The main body of Republicans were opposed to slavery. THADDEUS STEVENS hated it with an honest and unmitigated hatred. It was he who did North and South good service by insisting upon abolition as a result of the civil war, and he did not shrink from putting his own principles into practice by associating with the freedmen of the North and admitting him to his table. The Radicals disliked the Southerner in the abstract, so far as they believed he was encroach ing on their rower and his interests were opposed to theirs. THADDEUS STEVENS went much further. As ho hated slavery, so he hated the white men of the South, only where the one feeling deserved respect the other could only call for censure and condemnation. Confiscation, exile, imprisonment, execution were always on his lips when speaking of the Confederates ; and the mainspring of his bitter antagonism to Mr. JOHN SON was the President's resolute and magnanimous determination to preserve the Southern people from destruction. Again, in this very question of op posing the PRESIDENT, Mr. STEVENS out-Heroied his party. They were prepared for opposition and the ordinary forms of Congressional warfare, but Mr. STEVENS WO:Ild be content with nothing less than the impeachment and confiscation of his ad versary. In this, as we know, he failed, and the failure may perhaps have been partly due to his enfeebled health, which at the time of the im peachment was rapidly declining. Ile appeared at the bar of the Senate, indeed, as one of the ma nagers of the impeachment, but he was unable himself to read the long indictment which he had prepared against Mr. JOHNSON. No doubt he was mortified at the result of that trial, but nothing daunted his energies, and only a few weeks since he was bringing before Congress fresh charges and demanding a fresh impeachment. THADDEUS STEVENS was an implacable hater, and the unremitting animcsity he displayed towards Mr. JOIINSON was typical of the man. In the PRE SIDENT, however, he found his match. Mr. JOHN SON was as resolute as himself, and as little inclined to yield convictions which he believed to be sound. It has been said that Mr. STEVENS'S distinguishing characteristic was a love of the doctrine of equality, and it was this which animated him in his crusade against the Freemasons in Penn sylvania. If such were indeed his rulin g passion, his ideal must have represented a world in which all the rest were equal and he himself the leader. His dogmatic and dictatorial rule often chafed his followers, who sometimes rebelled, but their adhesion or secession appeared alike indif ferent to him. If the Radicals decided upon a measure with which he did not agree he would forthwith oppose it, and did not scruple to vote with the opposite party, so as to defeat his friends. Like many other prominent Americans, THAD DEUS STEVENS was a self-made man, having been born of humble parents, and risen to fame and fortune comparatively unaided. fie was born in New England, but early migrated to Pennsylvania, where he was called to the bar, and soon appeared in the State Legislature. Here he made himself obnoxious by his extreme measures, and was compelled to retire from public life for a while, but subsequently was returned to Congress, where he rapidly achieved distinction, and has during the last ten years or so been one of the most prominent of the Republi cans. The Civil War, of course, gave him the op portunity of coming more conspicuously before the public, and he did hisbest to intensify and perpetuate the bitterness of the strife. His hatred to Secession ists was almost fanatical. No measure of repression or of punishment could be too severe for him, and when the passions of the war time had died away in other men's hearts, Mr. STEVENS was still burn ing with undiminished wrath, and advocating ex ' treme measures. His party opposed only too suc cessfully Mr. JOHNSON'S humane and conciliatory efforts to restore tranquillity and confidence to the South, and the reconstructive policy which they forced upon the country was manifestly partial and unjust. The treatment of the South under Radical guidince, the maintenance of large bodies of troops and military districts, pressed heavily on the re sources of the North : and unnec&.s trily augmented the national burdens. The taxpayers of the States have indeed no reason b honour Mr. STEVENS'S memory, for the complication of the national financ.s is greatly due to the mismanagement of the majority in Congress. The death of THADDEUS STEVENS will remove one of the most formidable champions of the " green back" policy, and will, we hope, diminish the chances of its success. To the Southern people his loss will be a gain, They can hardly find a more bitter or more uncompromising enemy. His life, viEich stretches back to the days when WASHING- Tox was President, has seen the whole of the varied And eventful history of the United States. His :labours are over, and let us hope that some at least of the bitter animosities of the past may be buried Iva his grave. The dry summer which we have had has occa sioned a great deal of anxiety as to the supply of water, and interest will be attached to the last report of the health officer of Marylebone. In this report Dr. WHITMORE says that " the sufficiency of our water supply has undergone a severe test during the present season in consequence of the long drought, but it will afford a great deal of satis faction to know that while in many towns of England water has become a scarce com modity, the Thames has shown no diminu tion, either in its depth or daily flow, and this notwithstanding the largely-increased quantity of water that has been pumped from the river during the last three months." An eminent engineer, connected with one of the water com panies, has given it as his opinion that " the quan tity pumped might have been doubled without any serious diminution of the storage and flow of the river." This is the more vcourag ing, because many of the northern lakes are becoming more and more shallow, and many homesteads are without water, besides many in conveniences having been otherwise experienced. Those who derive their supply of water from either of the Thames Companies will hear this with satis faction, and it will afford a relief to all to know that the metropolis is in no danger of suffering from the loss of this important supply. LATEST INTELL (GE NOE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA- LIAN M kILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 14. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 12 passengers (including Sir R. Airey, the Governor of Gibraltar), £32,000 in specie, and a general cargo, including raw silk valued at £130,000. Upon the 11th inst. the Poonah spoke the steamer Syria and the Danube upon the 12th. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 10. Grain is becoming dearer at Tetuan and Tan giers, and holders are sending it to Fez, where large quantities are accumulating in anticipation of another famine like that of last year. The crops in the eastern portion of Morocco are short, but better in the western portion. Cholera is still raging at Sall Exchange on London, 49f to 9-16 ; Paris, 5 22 ; Madrid, to f dis. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 14. The Royal Mail steamship Tasmanian, having completed the transfer of mails, passengers, and cargo from the broken-down steamer Atrato, sailed at 6 o'clock this morning. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN THE BRAZILS. Rio DE JANEIRO, July 21. A Ministerial crisis has taken place here, and a Conservative Government mule into power on the 13th, composed as follows : Senhor Yhaborliy, Premier and Minister of -Fi nance ; Senhor Paranhos, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Senhor Muriliba, War ; Leao, Agricul ture ; Senhor Colegipe, Marine ; and Senhor Alen car, Justice. The Chamber of Deputies having refused the supplies and carried a vote of want of confidence the Chamber was dissolved upon the 18th. The new Chamber is orderei to meet May 3. (?) Intelligence from the seat of war announces that the Paraguayans made a boat attack upon two of the Allied ironclads at Tayi, on the 9th, but were defeated with loss. Advices from Buenos Ayres state that Sarmiento has been elected President of the Argentine Con• federation. A decree has been issued at Montevideo that notes shall be considered legal tender, subjected to redemption, at the rate of 3 per cent. monthly. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Rio, July 24. Exchange on London, 18. Coffee, good ; first, 7,500 rein ; sales, 124,000 bags. Shipments since the departure of tho last mail, 15,146 bags for the Channel, 6,632 for the north of Europe, 22,318 for the Mediterranean, 74,260 fur the United States, and 10,413 for other ports. Stock, 40,000 bags. BUENOS AYRES, July 14. Exchange 50. Wet salted hides, 39 ; tota sales, 20,000 ; shipments, 292,257; stock, 1,000 ; dry hides for Germany, 48 for 30 ; ditto for America, 44 for 22 ; sales, 94,000 ; total shipments, 14,794 ; stock, 42,000. Freight, Channel, 35 ; wool, 48 to 80 ; tallow, 15 ; lumber, 45 ; Cardiff coals, 12 ; loading salt, 13. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Aug. 14. The Moniteur Beige of this morning says : " There is no change in the state of the health of the Prince Royal. The King and Queen are ob liged to abandon their intention of proceeding to morrow to Spa." FRANCE. BOURSE, Augustl3.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3lBO Ital , an Loan End of month — Slexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish 'Threes Home Debt Deferred S. Cash Orleans , .. 892 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 575 Western 560 Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian 548 Lombard 403 North of Spain 55 Saragossa Roman 4oi 41 vor Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 10 Credit Mobilier End of month 277 Credit Foncier _l4lB End of month — - RAILWAY THE SCREW PROPELLER.—The application of the screw as a propeller of sea-going shipslwas admitted on all sides to be a most important discovery in steam navigation, but later on Mr Lowe made various improvements, which so greatly enhanced the effi ciency of the screw, that it may be said to have almost superseded the old paddlewheel. From time to time Mr. Lowe continued to improve on his first idea until at last he perfected a nrxrine propeller of extraordi nary power ; one that gave less slip, but increased the speed with fewer revolutions of the engine, with full backing power, greater steadiness, and a smaller consumption of fuel. Such an invention was hound, sooner or later, to come into general use, and although Mr. Lowe has not survived to witness the triumph of his labour, yet his family have now the inex pressible satisfaction of knowing that his invention has been adopted in her Majesty's navy ; and it is to be hoped that a portion, at least, of that reward duo to the dead inventor will bo received by those who still survive to witness the triumph and application of an invention that will render still further efficient the national as well as the mercantile marine of Great Britain. Curing a quarter of a century llorniman's Teas have had an immense sale, and as they are now 81. per Pound Cheaper, in consequence of the Reduced Duty, the demand will doubtless be even further extended. Sold, secured in Packets ; all gentline are signed " Llorniman and Co., London." THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVEAING, AUGUST 14, 1868. MR. GLADSTONE AND SOUTH-WEST LANCASHIRE. The following is the copy of a letter which Mr. Glad. stone has addressed to each of the electors who signed the requisition asking the right honourable gentleman to come forward as a candidate for South-West Lan cashire : _ " Hawarden, Chester, Bth Augnst, 1868, "Dear Sir,—A requisition to which you have given your name, requesting me to stand for South-West Lanca shire, has reached me. I have much pleasure in thanking you for your promise of support; and in acceding to the wishes of the requisitionists. As Mr. Grenfell's name was not before you at the time when the requisition was proposed, I may perhaps take the liberty of expressing, very respect fully, my hope that his claims to your support as my colleague may be favourably considered.—l am, dear sir, your obliged and faithful servant, " W. E. GLADSTONE." RUMOURED ABSCONDING- OF A MERCHANT. The Liverpool Mercury contains the following:—" bruch excitement was occasioned on 'Change y, sterday (Wednes day) by the prevalence of a rumour that a well-known merchant—the principal, if not the only partner, of an old established Liverpool firm—bad absconded, and that ho had left behind him forged paper repre:enting £20,000. The statement is believed to be substantially correct, and although, for obvious reasons, it would be unwise at present to give the person's name, yet we may mention that the case has been placed in the hands of the police, and that a warrant has been issued for his arrest on a charge of f rgery to the extent of £1,400. There are said to be other cases against him. The affairs of the alleged delinquent are likely to be investigated before the Bankruptcy Court in a few days." THE LATE MARQUIS OF DOWNSHIRE. The funeral of this nobleman took place on Thursday. The remains of the noble marquis had been removed from London to Hillsborough Castle, and amongst those who accompanied: them were the Earl of Hillsborough, Lord Arthur Hill, Lord Kenlis, Mr. Filgate, and Mr. A. G. Williams. On their arrival the colours of the Royal Consort and of all the other shipping in the harbour were lowered to half mast. The cortege passed slowly through the town. Although there was a drenching rain, there was a considerable assemblage. The pro cession increased in - extent as it proceeded on its way, the rain pouring mercilessly all the while. On approach. ing Lisburn it was met by a great number of the inhabi tants, and as it passed through the town the places of business were all closed. Outside Hillsborough another and greater accession was contributed, the inhabitants going out almost en masse. At the head of the coffin there was a marquis's coronet resting upon a cushion, then an inscription, which is as follows :—" Died on the 6th of August, 1868, agel 56 years, Arthur-Wills-Blundell- Sandys-Trumbull-Windsor Hill, Marquis of Down shire, Earl of Hillsborough, Viscount Hillsborough and Kilwarlin, and Baron Hill of Kilwarlin, county Down ; Earl of Hillsborough, Viscount Fairford, county Gloucester; and Lord Harwich, Baron of Harwich, county Essex ; hereditary constable of Hillsborough Fort, and colonel of the South Downshire Militia." Beneath the inscription was the decoration of the Order of St. Patrick, of which Lord Downsbire was a knight. A great number of people were admitted to see the coffin. The fine old Gothic church, which was built by the first marquis, had been draped in black. The coffin was placed in a vault beneath the south transept, which contains four coffins, those of the three preceding marquises and the dowager marchioness, mother of the late marquis, who died in 1555. THE WEATHER TABLE•-THIS DAY. WETEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme 13 Friday, !'" c* l F. August 14, B. T *E l W Ito F. D. W 11. 8 a.m. A 12 Nairn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 2911 r. 60 157 S.E. 2 5 E. o.ch 05 . Yarmouth 29'Bor. 63 60 &W. 2 5 E. r.c. 016 1 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesnms A rdrossan 29'61r. 59 It 6 S.S.W. 4 7 E.N.E. r.c. 0•63 Greencastle 29 55r. 59 157 S. 2 5 L. r.c. o'B9 Holyhead Liverpool Valentia 2 9 .35f. 57 153 E.S. E. 3 7 N. mrb o'3o Cape Clear.. 29•306. 55 j 54 B.E. 4 7 N.N.W. c.b. Boche's Pt. 29'27f. 53 53 E. 6 7 E.S.E. 0. 0'30; Penzance .. 29"56r. 60 57 S.S.W. 7 8 S.S.W. c.o. o'o3l Plymouth .. 29•63 r GO 58 S.S.W. 8 7 W. C. 01/7j Weymouth 29•69 r. 63 161 8.8. E. 3 8 S.W. r.0.,0131 Fortsmo uth 29 70r. 62 59 B.IV. 4 6 W. c. 10'80, London .... 29"76r. 59 57 S.S.E. 5 3 S.W. rb.c l o l 3l' C'peGris Nez '29 82f. 61 W. 57 S.W. 7 8 W r.c.'o'3s Brent 0r 59 1 55 S.S.W. 4 5 W . o. 10'08 L'Orient 29 . 715. 59 5 7 S.W. 5 5 W. c.r. P5l Rochefort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg — 1.y0n3 Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m., local time) 1 29'95r. 55 155 sm. 1 3 S.W. b. 10'12; ExrLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to ;.2 deg, a sea lcrel. Theletter r., rising; f., falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : rky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail; I.—lightning • hazy ;o. — overcast, dull; r.— rain; s. —snow; t.—thunder. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Bea disturbance. _ REMARKs. A region of low atmospherical pressure exists this morning in the S.W. of Ireland, where a diminution has taken place since yesterday. quarter of an inch in the 3t'ioans there has been a general n ß o a r r t o h m o e f t a r n e a d d . ibnugts at southern also less s increase in pressure of nearly two-tenths. Readings at Weymouth and in the South of France exceed that at Roche's Point by more than half an inch. Temperature hai risen in Scotland : on the S.W. coasts a fall is shewn. Since last evening high south-westerly winds have prevailed on the Channel coast, and in the S. of Ireland the wind was strong from the N., but it has now moderated generally. At the entrance of the Channel. however, a :Aron^ southerly wind is blowing. Ra n these islands is general n [' dof heavy mount in Scotland. The weather a generally fine, but on the west coast in has been of France it is raining. i r E n ia g n ene , The New York papers record the death of Pro feFsor John Millington, an English chemist and practical miner, at the age of 89. He was born at Hammersmith, near London, and was in early life connected with Mac Adam, the celebrated English road maker. A gentleman in Albany was arrested lately for following a lady in the street. He claimed that a man had a right to admire a handsome woman, let him meet her where he might. The court and the lady herself agreed to this, and the gentleman was dischtrged. Another disastrous explosion at the Oaks Colliery has been narrowly averted. The mine is still heavily charged with gas, and a few days ago a hurrier named Peak was detected so tampering with a safety lamp as to render an explosion highly probable. At the instigation of his fellow workmen he was prosecuted, and the magistrates at Barn sley on Wednesday sentenced him to three months' imprison ment. At the Chapter-house of Exeter Cathedral on Wed aesday a charge of breach of the Church Discipline Act was preferred against the Rev. R. T. Taylor, recto' of St. Mewan, Cornwall. The Commissioners of Inquiry appointed by the bishop of the diocese were—Rev. Chancellor Phillpotts, Rev. Canon Lee, and Rev. W. F .Gray. Mr. Rhodes, of Chancery lane, London, defended. Mr. J. B. Daniell, of Camborne, prosecuted, on behalf of James Coad, shoemaker, who alleged that the defendant had refused to bury his two children because they had not been baptised by a clergyman of the Church of England, but by a Wesleyan minister. In sup port of the charge evidence was given by Revs. Robert Dillon and B, ujirnin Brown, Wesleyan ministers. The Commissioners found a prima facie case against the do. fendant. SUPPOSED WATERSPOUT IN CORNWALL. A phenomenon such as is rarely witnessed on the coast of this country took place on Sunday morning last near Fowey. A number of people were standing on the town quay, at about nine o'clock a.m., when they noticed what appeared to be a dense column, not unlike in colour the smoke from a steamer, broad at the top and tapering downwards, and scudding over the hills opposite, appa rently making for the sea in a south-easterly direction. It swiftly passed away seaward, and ultimately burst on the Pencarrow Rocks, between Polruen and Polperro. It was pronounced by several old mariners to be similar to the waterspouts which frequently take place in the Mediterranean Sea, but arc hardly ever seen in this country. GYMNASTICS IN SCHOOLS. —There is even in this country a growing tendency just rlow to make of gym nastics in schools a fatiguing, tedious, and monotonous study, instead of their being an agreeable, diversified, and most invigorating recreation. We invite attention to the recent memoir of Dr. Gallard on this subject. The fol lowing are his conclusions. He proposes to proscribe for young people the exercises of the bar and the trapeze, and the monotonous use of " clubs" and dumb-bells ; and to replace the factitious exercising in the gymnastic school by free and natural exertion in such games as football, cricket, tennis, &c., in which the masters can take part with their pupils. Long walks may replace other fatiguing exercises; and for boys the rifle drill may be introduced after the age of 14, Swimming and horn-riding are in 'valuable gymnastics ; and deprivation of exercise should be li:wished from *144 9f k tiniann el* - r 44/. fc 1 iltroiah LITERATURE. The Popular Science Review. Published Quarterly. No. 28. Robert Harthvicke, 192, Piccadilly. Of the many publications which profess to amuse or to instruct the lovers of education, there is none of more real value than the Popular Science Review, and the number for the present quarter bids fair to eclipse its rivals for this year at least. Among several papers of merit it contains one of singular interest, descriptive of the remarkable event of this month, being the great eclipse of August 17, 1868, by Richard A. Proctor, 8.A., F.R.A.S., author of " Saturn and its System," " llalf-hours with the Telescope," Sze., with plates illustrating the path of the moon's shadow across the earth's disc. The moon is supposed to be removed from obscuration, so that the spectator has a full view of the earth as seen by the sun. These plates are explained by very lucid descriptions. Taking on an average of any very great number of lunations there are for every 21,600 conjunc tions of the sun and moon 4,072 at which the sun is eclipsed; and yet, notwithstanding this number, it is clear that an eclipse of the extent of the pre sent cannot happen once in many thousand years, nor can one happen often which approaches even pretty closely to the conditions required by the cal culations deduced from illustration3(fig. 4) in one of these plates. Indeed one is lost in wonderment while contemplating this mysterious movement of worlds beyond worlds—the vast incomprehensible —to the very limited pen of mortality. Well might Young exclaim in his " Night Thoughts," "An undevout astronomer is mad." According to Mr. Proctor, the region traversed by the eclipse could hardly have been better suited than it actually is for the purposes of observation. Had it occupied any other part of the tropics, as the Pacific Ocean, the South American Continent, or Africa, it would not have been easy to supply skilled European observers in sufficient number, nor instruments of adequate power. If it had falleen much further north or south again (still lying within the tropics) the difficulties of observation would have been largely increased. As it is, there are many points along the line of central eclipse whic'l are conveni.sutly accessible. It passes eluse to Aden, and nearly coincides with the track followed by our steamers between Aden and Bombay. By a singular coincidence, two mail steamers, one from Aden for B )mbay, and the other from Bombay for Aden, will pass through the black shadow. A third steamer, from Bombay, August 18, will be starting nearly at the time of total eclipse. But the most important part of the shadow's path is that which traverses the the Indian penin sula. Major Tennant's account of this portion of the line of central eclipse will be very interest ing. The central line enters on the west coast of India in latitude 16 deg. 35 min., passing near Milian' and Guntoor, and a little north of Masuli patam. The shadow is about 143 broad. The northern limit passes close to the town of Shola poor (which is accessible by rail from Bombay), abcut 12 miles north of Rajamundi, at the head of the Godavery. The southern limit lies eight miles north of Goa, and goes on across the Malay penin sula to the island of Borneo. The duration of totality at points along the line of central eclipse will be sm. to sm. 50s. on the western and eastern coasts. The eclipse of 1860 on the coast of Spain had no more than 3i minutes to observe the phenomena, which are presented during the total eclipse. It is obvious that in the middle of the totality the ob scurity will be far greater than in that of 1860. It is satisfactory to learn that two expeditions, well provided with instruments, one a new one, the spectroscope, have proceeded from England to , India for the purpose of observing the great eclipse, headed by Major Tennant and Lieut. John Herschell, a son of Sir John Herschel' ; and another from France, headed by M. Jansen. Prussia has also sent an observing party to Aden, and the Pope has :sent out the .Jesuit priest and astronomer, Father Secchi. Let us hope that the weather may prove favourable, and that all may go well and prosper, for much is expected from this pheno menon, which thousands of years ago puzzled the wise seers of Chaldca, to whom astronomy is in debted for first unfolding this one grand mystery of Creation. PRINCESSY TIIEATRE. Mr. G. Vining has commenced his regular winter season with a great and decided success. " After Dark," Mr. Boucicault's latest sensation drama, produced on the opening night, drew an overflow ing audience, and both author an I manager have good reason to rejoice at the enthusiastic reception it met with. The new drama is in four acts, and abounds with sensation scenes, some of which exceed in intensity anything that has yet been accomplished even by Mr. Boucicault himself, who is now looked upon as the great sen sational dramatist of the day. The plot of " After Dark" is very simple, although a great number of scenes are required to work it out. The heir to a title and estate has in the course of his wild career forged his father's name to a draft ; this gets:into the possession of a villauous bill discounter, who on the death of the father demands of the heir, George Medhurst, one-half of the value of his estate as the price of the forged document. The plans of the holder of the paper sets all the characters in motion ; George Medhurst, the forger, he compels to desert his Ns ife in order to contract marriage with another ; this drives Eliza, George's wife, to attempt suicide, from which she is rescued by a poor, besotted man named Old Tom, who turns out to be her father ; and Gordon Chumley, the friend of young Medhurst, narrowly escapes .a terrible death through his visit to a low music-hall in Westminster, in order to get possession of the forged bill, where he is drugged, and then laid on the metals of the Under ground Railway, from which horrible position he is only removed by Old Tom an instant before the train passes over the spot on which his would-be murderers had placed him. However, all is worked out satisfactorily ; the forged bill is recovered, Old Tom reforms and claims the love of his daughter Eliza, who is recognised as Lady Medhurst ; and Chandos Bellingham and Dicey Morris, the two scamps of the piece, are walked off to prison, en route to the penal settlements. The part of Old Tom is one of those Mr. Vining excels in supporting. At one time he is the poor old besotted drunkard, but eventually he becomes " a man fit to own a daughter," a change that gave the talented manager full scope for the exhibition of his great abilities as an actor. Mr. Walter Lacy, as Bellingham, deserves unstinted praise for his ad mirable rendering of his part, but Mr. Dominick Murray, as Dicey Morris, on this occasion is not so happily fitted as useal—it is quite a puzzler to know by his talk whether he is Irish or Hebrew. Mr. Montague and Mr. Shore, as George Med hurst and Gordon Chumley, were excellent. Miss Rose Leclercq, as Eliza, .acted with taste and feeling, and Miss Trissy Marston made a pretty Rose Egerton. The scenery, which comprises many well-known spots in the great metropolis, is particularly good ; the greatest effect being thrown into two, viz., Blackfriars-bridge on crutches, with the Thames and London by night as seen from the nest of the night birds, and the Underground Railway, with its red and green signal lights, the various lines of rails and its trains in motion. The drama is, as we have said, a great success, and doubtless it will rival iu attraction the celebrated " Streets of London." BLACKIIEATII.--This healthy suburb of our rapidly extending metropolis possesses an open space which is of almost incalculable benefit to our teem ing population. For years past its green sward has been gradually destroyed, partly by wantonness, and in some eases by a legalised stealth. Local authority even, aided by the recent Commons Enclosure Act, has failed to preserve what in our day we value more and more as we lost it—an open space for the purposes of recreation and fresh air. We are therefore glad to learn that recently the subject hasheen brought b Moro the Metropolitan Board of Works, with the object of preserving this lung of London, and of continu ing its full benefits to the public. It is in contemplation to plant some portions of it with trees, to set apart others for recreation and equestrian exercise, and to place the entire heath under police authority.— The Lancet. EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, RARE, AND VALUABLE are the Properties of L.implough's Pyretic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliary affections. Pleasant, palatable, and invigorating. Soldtry all cheinifits.—[AclYt.] CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. :FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, August 13. The Moniteur is quite silent on the subject of the review announced for to-morrow. Nevertheless, the question has been decided, and the review is to take place at three o'clock in the afternoon. The fifty-two battalions and the detachment of cavalry forming the National Guard of the Seine will occupy the avenue of the Champs Elys4es, from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe. The Imperial Guard, the regular troops, and the cavalry and artillery will occupy the avenues radiating from the Arc do Triomphe. The troops will be ranged in line, and the Emperor will simply pass before them. The entire force will then defile down the avenue of the Champs Elys&s, the Emperor and his staff being situated at the lower end. It is not impossible that the Emperor will be accompanied by the Empress and the Prince Impe rial. Various rumours as to political manifestations are in circulation here ; it is thought by some that the Emperor will make another pacific speech, divesting the assurance given at Troyes of all ambiguity ; but these statements are not worth attention. The speech at Troyes continues to form the great subject of discussion here, and will probably continue to do so unless supplemented .by another manifesto to morrow. The question, I think, is somewhat unfairly treated by the Opposition journals. The Emperor ma\v have ulterior designs of war, but if he pronounce in favour of peace for the time being, there is no reason why the declaration should not be accepted to that extent. Of course everything is possible, but there are not the slightest signs of a war this year, and " sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." It would be better if the Emperor set the rest of Europe an example by .disbanding part of his troops, but this he will not do. Of course the news of the massacre of French soldiers at Cochin China has received material additions. It is now asserted that the state of affairs in the colony is much more serious than would appear from the account in the Moniteur, and that the country is in a state of great agitation. Certainly the number of the band of robbers— one thousand—is very large, and points to " brigandage " similar to that reported by the Turkish Government on the occasion of the late rising in Bulgaria. Whether the people generally are disaffected or not, it is evident that a band which numbers 1,000 rises from the term "robber" to the higher designation of " insurgents." It is probable that another dispute will shortly break out between France and the Bey of Tunis. It will be remem bered that the Bey recently offered the tax upon the olive harvest in Tunis as guarantee for the payment of the interest doe to foreign creditors. The French Consul was recently informed that in one of the provinces the tax was being levied for the use of the Bey himself. The French Consul communicated with the Bey, but without effect ; the tax is still levied for the same purpose as before. There the matter rests at the present. There is more political news from Andorre the Republic of some 200 square miles, situated in the Pyrenees. A short time ago it was announced that the President and Vice-President had been invited to resign for trafficking with the proprietors of the German gambling houses, who wished to establish themselves in Andorre. It was announced that this peaceful revolution was accom plished with ease ; the functionaries resigned, and two others were appointed. Now comes intelligence of another revolution, equally calm and bloodless. It appears that the President this time was accused of usury, and all the inhabitants gathered together to demand his abdication, which was perforce conceded. This must surely be the second change of rulers in this delightful land, where an erring Government is set aside without the slightest difficulty, and with the utmost satisfaction to all concerned except the fallen potentate. What a pleasure to live in a country where two estates of the realm, the People and the President, are sufficient. The resignation of M. Farb, Secretary-General of the Government of Algeria, is announced. Up to this time it has not been accepted. The disturbances in the Quartier Latin, which followed the scene at the distribution of prizes at Sorbonne, resulted in the arrest of eight students, of whom six were released on the spot. M. Rochefort is at Spa, where he awaits the result of the prosecution now being proceeded with against him. The Figaro announces that he will fix his residence at Florence if the decision be adverse. The dispute respecting the concession granted by the French Government to Messrs. Erlanger and Reuter still goes on. The solicitors to the rival company, Messrs. Blackmore and Co., write to say that the exclusive con cession to Messrs. Erlanger and Reuter has been granted by the Minister of the Interior "in defiance of formal engagements contracted at a prior date with those whom we represent." They state, however, that the Minister has not yet applied for his Majesty's signa ture, without which the concession would be ab solutely without effect. The Conseil d'Etlit has been appealed to. Messrs. Blackmore and Co. hope that the proceedings of the Minister may be declared illegal, and feel confident " that his Majesty's signature will not be affixed to the alleged concession." The interview between the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia which took place at Schwalbach on Wednesday has naturally excited considerable attention. The Indcpendance Beige says that such a meeting between relatives is not surprising ; but it cannot fail to be invested with some importance at a time when the relations between the two countries are not by any means so friendly as they were a short time ago. A second interview at Wiesbaden is spoken of as probable. All the Spanish Ministers have returned to Madrid. The cause of this re-assembling of the Cabinet is much disputed, but there is no doubt that it is partly owing to risings of more or less importance in different parts of the kingdom. The telegram stating that insurgent bands have made their appearance in the neighbourhood of Caspe, inthe province of Arragon, is confirmed by intelligence through Paris. The Madrid correspondent of the Liberte says that two hundred mounted insurgents have established them selves in the province of Cordova, and similar risings are spoken of in Catalonia. The captain-general of the latter province was deprived of his command, and ordered to Madrid to render an account of his proceedings ; but as he is the relative of one of the Ministers, ho has been sent as governor to the more peaceful district of Seville. The Avenir Nationale is decidedly of opinion that the military union between the three South German States will be accomplished, and to the profit of Prussia. The Provincial Correspondence, the organ of Count Bis marck, entirely approves of the negotiations between these States, because " they are eminently useful to the general system of the defence of Germany." General Moltke continues his military tour, accom panied by several officers of the higher rank. He will shortly inspect the heights of Rheen, where he thinks the Prussian army should be posted, in order to cover North and South Germany at the same time. The latest reports of the health of Count Bismarck are less favourable. The Minister still suffers from want of sleep, and is obliged to have recourse to opium to obtain the slightest rest. The mountain air of Lucerne has already had a benefi cent result on her Majesty's health, removing the feeling of faintness and depression to which she has of late been subject. Lord Stanley is expected to return to London in a fortnight, in order to receive Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the new American Minister, who will arrive shortly in this coun!Ty. Mr. Burlinehame's Embassy will also land in England about the end of the present mont'.i. Sir Staf ford Northcote is named as likely to succeed the Foreign Secretary in attendance on her Majesty. Now that there has been some talk of an increase in the civil list, it is interesting to know the present amount of it, and the items which it comprehends. On the accession of her Majesty to the throne, the annual sum of £385,000 was placed at her disposal, independent of the control of Parliament. Besides this, £1,200 a year is entrusted to her for pensions. The Prince of Wales now receives £40,000 a year ; his Princess, £10,000; the Duke of Edin burgh, £15,000 ; the Crown Princess of Prussia, £B,OOO ; Princess Louis, £6,000 ; Princess Christian, £6,000 ; the Duchess of Cambridge, £6,000 ; the Duke of Cambridge, £12,000 ; the Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, £3,000; Princess of 'Peck, £5,000. Our Royal Family does not test the loyalty of the people so severely as did the " first gentleman in Europe," by getting into debt and calling upon the nation to get him out. It is said to require rigid economy on the part of the Prince of Wales to keep up the dignity of his position, and to make both ends meet. The pensions for eminent services by sea and land amount to £35,000. the pensions for civil services, £21,139, have been diminished by the deaths of Lord Colchester and Mr. Lushington, and by the suspension of Mr. Disraeli's £2,000 a year while he is in office. The four first-class pensions are appropriated to that gentleman, to Mr. Walpole, to Sir G. Grey, and Mr. Milner Gibson. The pensions for judicial services of late Lord Chancellors of England and retired judges, £44,700 a year, have also I.,etri recently by death, but have received an iclition in the pension of I r Lushington. The here ' 3it: ry pensions of the Duke of Marlborough and others, formerly deducted from revenue in transit, continue at £7,360. The rain which has fallen 'has raised the hopes of the graziers throughout the country. Grass has once again assumed a verdant hue, and the trees, no longer looking as if the autumn were far advanced, have ceased to drop their small dried leaves. There is, therefore, little fear that we shall have to fall back on the said leaves to feed cattle with in the winter. At worst, Italian rye•grass arty bo obtained. But the ground is now so warm that unip-seed will germinate and there are prospect; of an avorago late cm! . 'N. ileAilx. &nil '‘' ziniuk HER MAJESTY. PENSION WTALLIS, LUCERNE, August 13. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, has taken walks through the neighbourhood, and has also made excursions on the lake. IIEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISraiTES. A meeting of Mi ldlesex magistrates was held yesterday at the Court-house, Clerkenwell, for the transaction of the county business ; Mr. Henry Powuali in the chair, supported by Mr. liemsheal, Mr. Sergeant Cox, Mr. Charles White, Mr. H. White, and other magistrates. Mr. FRANCIS, Deputy-Clerk of the Peace, real the minutes of the co Arts held on the IGth and 20th July, and 31 August, which were am - rove I of. THE CORONER FOR. WESTERN MIDDLESEX. Ti:,; CHAIRMAN laid before the court a letter from Dr. Diplock protesting against the withholling of his salary, and contending that while he was de facto coroner, and until removed by a competent autho rity, he was, like any other labourer, worthy of his hire. Mr. KEDISHEAD said the committee of accounts at the last court recommended the payment of the salary to Dr. Diplock to the 30th June last (£209 Gs.), but the court then ordered that the mony paid out of pocket by Dr. Diplock, and not the salary, be paid. The court had just heard. read the letter sent to their chairman, and he would read a letter he had received from Dr. Diplock's solicitor, which was dated July 21, and was to this effect : He en closed a copy of the letter sent to the chairman, and expressive of his willingness to give a valid gua rantee securing ;the county against a double payment. Under those circumstances the comrn mittee of accounts recommended that the court do order the salary to be paid upon such guarantee being given. He hoped that recommendation would be approved and the former order rescinded. He could not help saying that if Dr. Diplock had addressed him in the same terms as he had ad dressed their chairman, he would not have found him so ready to listen to him, for a more ungentle manly epistle could not have been addressed to any one, let alone to their chairman. He moved the adoption of the report. Mr. DIXON thought the court should hold back till theylnew the right person elected coroner. no moved that that salary be not paid. Mr. C. Winn thought, after the correspondence which had taken place between Mr. Kemshcad and Dr. Diplock's solicitor, the money had better be paid. Mr. Sergeant Cox said the matter had been de cided by a competent court that Dr. Diplock had not been duly elected, and he had appealed against that decision. Mr. MARSHALL thought the court should with hold their decision for a month or two until the matter was finally settled. Mr. H. WHITE said, if Dr. Diplock was entitled to receive the money as coroner, they would have to pay it ; but if he was not, they had no business to pay it at all. The amendment was ultimately carried, and the payment of the money deferred. MILITIA STOREHOUSES. It was agreed that the sum of £982 should be voted for the improvement and maintenance o f the militia store houses. The court then adjourned. FISH PASSES ON THE SEVERN. The following report has been handed to the Committee of Works and Finance by Mr. E. Leader Williams, the engineer to the Severn Com mission : " A copy of Mr. Buckland's report upon the fish passes in the Severn weirs has been forwarded to me by Mr. Southall, ant I have now to lay before you my reply to the recommendations contained therein, and to inform you how far any of these recommendations may injuriously affect the into• rests of the navigation of the river. " With reference to Diglis weir, it is satisfactory to find that the pass recently constructed at It 3 east end meets with Mr. Buckland's approval, 85 I believe that it will give increased facilities to tb° fish at that state of the water in which there has heretofore been some impediment to their ascen t when heavy with spawn. The pass in the centr e of the weir was constructed in accordance with a plan furnished me by the late Inspectors of Fisheries, Messrs. Ffennell and Eden, who approved of its coo' struction ; Mr. Buckland has nevertheless Bug; gested various alterations in the pass, some which have been already carried out, being el l " dent improvements. There is one, however, tha t ; would so seriously interfere with the safe passage °f vessels over the weir in periods of heavy fresh as t° be entirely inadmissible. I allude to that which M c ' Buckland calls a flood-guard,' which he propol should be fixed nine inches above the upper sill ° the weir, in order to lessen the quantity of wat a flowing into the pass during a fresh. Any ereott °ll o standing above the upper sills of either of Severn weirs cannot, in the interest of the nav l g 3 d tion, be allowed. No such erection is required, 8 : whenever there is so much water coming down t bti river as to overcharge the pass, there is sufficient to enable the fish to ascend any part of the weir aPr°o without difficulty. "In addition to the two passes already alluJe a to Mr. Buckland suggests a removal of five or 0 feet of the cap-sill of the weir at its western ang le ' stating that in the event of this being effected natural conformation of this corner is such as won'', enable the fish to run up without further assistanc e ' In order to meet his wishes I have cut down the cap-sill, at the angle in question, for a length of 0 feet. I therefore submit to you that nothing ad di ; tional, whether in the shape of diagonal boards otherwise, should be asked for, especially when it / i considered that you have been at the expens e c ' t erecting, at various times, five different passes 5 r3 this weir, involving in their erection and the reP 5l O consequent thereon, an outlay of £5OO of the ftl e of the commission. tea " lu the report under consideration I find it s 3 that the length of Diglis weir is a b ou t 200 fe e "' This is an error, it is 485 feet. "Mr. Buckland omits all notice of Bevere wel s the next above Diglis, and in which there is a next that has met with universal approval, bu t °c is directs his attention to Holt weir, and describes3o its western angle a splendid run of water abou t 4, feet in length, with a gradient of about one ie 5 , 1 1 , 0 up which the fish can easily get, a portion of c.tp-sill of the weir having been removed - to fa ci di j tate their doing so.' In addition to this sP le/ %0 run,' Mr. Buckland, however, wishes to have 3 I) constructed at the eastern end of the weir by 1 ' 1°1 , 3, 1 of that which he describes as a ' diagonal bo ard, , which practically means a timber structure s l g lar to that recently completed at Diglis, con tai°l o , about 100 cube feet of timber, an d which is tbe r 3. fore something widely different from a b ° '` l , at There is in this weir, besides the splendid rtitisoci the western angle, one of Messrs. Ffenuell Eden's ladders, which Mr. Buckland reports W ll b,!en ' acting beautifully' when he was at therefore submit to you that all that is needful has already been accomplished. w ith " The weir at Lincomb is also furnished 0 ladder similar to that above alluded to, fixe d 3t :to inclination of one in seven, a gradient so Os/ t ; - th e afford every requisite facility for the paisage °' fish. This weir has long required tepair, ci stances having prevented the work being 1-I°t taken. It will, however, claim my attention at earliest fitting opportunity, notwithstandiDg.n!v Buckland's wish that its repair may be indefitill'4l postponed. When the work is undertaken I tea take all possible care that the fis h are not preve°er.,, from ascending the river at all states of the %va t —Worcestershire Chronicle.