The Sun. — London, England, 1868-06-08 00:00:00

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A GUA AMARELLA. restores the Human Hair tAN_ to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. 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 moro concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 5s 6d., and 15s. each. including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. 1404' -s) 1? T 4 rWyjt .zvfp--„? s u 4 " WO LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1868. A Radical elector of Leicester has set an example which will no doubt be speedily followed by many who are similarly situated. He has written a letter, in which he states that he has hitherto been one of P. A. TAYLOR'S staunch supporters, and he feels it would be unjust to a large number of Radical elec tors at Leicester—now the prosecution of Mr. EYRE is brought to a close—if TAYLOR'S conduct were not denounced to the utmost, and he expresses the shame how a large number of Radical electors felt in being represented, or ratlier misrepresented, by such a man. Further on follows an intimation that should he ever again thrust himself upon them he would find a very large number of once warm supporters converted into the bitterest ene mies. We are not at all surprised that this should have been made, because it is well known that the course pursued by the Jamaica Committee has been one quite at variance with the general feeling of the country. This writer referred to declares that a moderate Conservative would stand a very good chance of being returned for Leicester, and this will " show the country that such an abominable base, conspiracy will meet its just reward." No doubt a good deal of dissension has prevailed with one thing or another iu the Radical camp, as it is pretty plainly hinted here; but there will not be much chance of Mr. TAYLOR again being elected, for he can find no one to vin dicate his cause or make his doings popular respect ing the prosecution of Mr. EYRE. Mr. MILL may find a great difference in 'Westminster should he present himself again as a candidate for the suf frages of the electors, and people naturally feel indignant at being supposed to approve of or to tolerate the unfair course here referred to. Be sides the mortification of their defeat, the Jamaica Committee will have a good deal to endure of a kind they were not prepared for, and far from being hailed as the champions of the oppressed, they will have to realise the fact that they are themselves looked upon as persecutors. At any rate, it is a bad bargain that they lave made, and it is well that it should be so, because their persistence in their ungracious task has been un-English, and deserves censure. There was no cause to be given for their preferring the charge against NELSON and BRAND, but the decision arrived at on that score virtually disposed of the matter, and the renewal of their efforts by the repeated trials of Mr. EYRE showed a spirit of bitterness and intolerance in every respect most objectionable. The time has not yet arrived when a more direct manifestation can be made on the subject„ but according to present appearances the members of the Jamaica Committee will find them selves in the lurch when the dissolution takes place. If they were to seek for oue thing more than another which is unpopular it would most likely turn out to be the sort of policy here made reference to. Purporting to be liberal, it is really and truly the very reverse, and while it claims vindicating the op pressed, it itself is open to the charge of being bur densome and irksome. It is to be hoped that there may be one gain at least from all this, and that for the future such a thing as the Jamaica Committee may be unknown among us. The people of this country have with their usual discernment fathomed its meaning pretty truly, and its abettors and pro moters will long have cause to regret that they ever lest the beaten track to take up with such a hobby. Those who incur such responsibilities must take the consequences of them, however, and few can pity them when they reflect that the spirit of intole rance and the love of prejuiice have brought the evil upon them. The annual festival of the Newspaper Press Fund has now become one of the recognised features of the London season, and it usually numbers among its guests and supporters a goodly cAnpany of dis tinguished names. On Saturday evening the ban- quet was presided over by the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, who showed that he knew how to value the pen as well as the sword ; and among the company were many members of both Houses, as well as men pro minent in art and literature, and belonging to the Fourth Estate itself. The newspaper press indeed stands in the gap between politics and literature. It bridges over the gulf which at one time used to divide the man of thought from the man of action, and by partaking of the qualities of both it harmonises and unites them to their mutual advantage. Politics have grown more enlightened and more elevated, literature has become more life-like and more practical, as the press grows in importance, and as the sense of its public services becomes more widely recognised it is natural that greater interest should be felt in the fortunes of its members. There must always, in every profession, be cases of ex ceptional misfortune of premature decay, of untimely death, and of other unavoidable calamities, which not only reduce the members of that profession from competence to poverty, but leave their families dependent for aid, and, per haps, even for support, upon the kindness of others. It has been felt that this ought not to be so fre quently the case, and a few persons connected with the press, and interested in its welfare, have organized a scheme by which men in their days of success and prosperity may provide for the cloud and the storm and those who are themselves raised above the fear of want may assist their less fortu nate brethren. It is after the custom to speak of the imprudence and extravagance of men of the artistic professions, but those who censure them forget that their incomes are extremely uncertain, and that it is difficult for them to make an ade quate provision for the future. The dramatic pro fession has shown that there is no lack of prudence amongst its members when once the way is opened for them, and the success which has already at tended the early meetings of the Newspaper Press Fund indicates, we may hope, its lasting and ex tended popularity. The progress which it has already made is most encouraging. The Chairman, in remarking upon the utility of the institution, observed that since its establishment in the year 1864 there have been enrolled 280 members, one-fourth of them being life members ; and up to the end of 1867 there was a sum of £4,000 invested in the funds, while 25 grants, varying in amount from £lO to £75 each, had been:made to members and their families. This is a very good beginning for so I young a society, and the festival of Saturday will no doubt tend to raise it still further in the opinion of the public by SLowing the light in which it is regarded by men of weight aLd character. His Royal Highness, the chairman, said that he hoped his presence there would be taken as an indication of the interest and sympathy felt by the profession which be represented in the public press. Lord HOUGHTON, the able and accomplished president of the institution, to whose kindly services and unfail ing sympathy it owes so much,:observel that the royal duke had been prompt to recognise the importance of public opinion in this country. When it was with a man he could do everything, without it he could do nothing, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1868. and he thought for his part that the great value of the English press consisted in the fact that it represented the opinions of the country, or, as Lord HOUGHTON styled it, " the serious se cond thought of the nation." In foreign countries the speaker said that he had often heard of the good press and the bad press, but as a general rule the " good press" was thoroughly useless. The fact was that in matters affecting public life we must take the good and bad together trusting that they would succumb, and this had been on the whole the case with the English press. " You have always seen the press of this country first .; so the calumny which haunts every press has gone down; so the partiality which haunts every press has diminished ; so it is that the press has become more independent, more sincere, more noble, and more free." Hord HOUGHTON gave an amusing quotation from the opinions of the chzffoniers of Paris, who drank the health of the press at their meetings because it kept up the price of rags by the consumption of paper. Fortunately, added the noble President, it kept up other things too — the price of political character, of public honesty, of true patriotism. The reporters, who were the main recipients of the benefits of this society, are among it most useful members. They are, as Lord HOUGHTON called them, the historians of our time, and if oar predecessors had had such faithful and intelligent chroniclers of their public events we should now be in possession of much valuable in formation, and men's lives and actions would ap pear in a clear light to posterity. Dr. RUSSELL, who proposed the Houses of Parliament, remarked that when the first trembling accents of the press were raised to eulogise or to criticise what was spoken in Parliament it was at mortal peril not of life, but of condign punishment inflicted by the great offi cials of the two Houses. Nowadays the Parlia ment, as well as the public, would be prompt to resent the exclusion of the reporters, and the only anxiety of members respecting their presence is that they shall give due attention to their individual addresses. Dr. Rvs- SELL, in referring to this topic, alluded to the very unnecessary fears which some persons felt, or pretended to feel, when this fund was first established. It was said that it would affect the independence of the press, more especially with regard to its relations with Parliament. Certainly this apprehension was groundless, for the press has not spared Parlia ment of late years. Altogether the evening was a brilliant success. The Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath has been occupied with the consideration of the fin ances. The Finance Minister made a long speech, in which he entered into explanations relating to the subject. His statements were fair enough, for he showed that the agreement with Hungary that had been entered into rendered it necessary to fix the sums as they were recommended to the House. He advised them not to adopt any other measure, but to allow the Administration to keep to the pro posal of the Minority. The Government pro posal for the unification of the State debt appears, under the circumstances, to be as good as can be desired, and it is fortunate that it should have been acceded to. The Minister pre siding spoke out very fairly in his remarks on the subject, and declared that the primary object of the Government was to maintain intact the capability of the State to meet its engagements. This is a very safe principle to act upon, and we are glad that the Austrian statesmen can make so good a stand in the cause of progress and for the sake of the good faith of the country. A resolu tion was passed that the House did not consi der itself bound to provide for the payment of unconstitutionally contracted deb's, but re cognised the existing debts from high political considerations. These decisions arrived at by the Lower House of the Reichsrath appeared to have given general satisfaction, and naturally so, for they are wise, and also spirited in their tone. On the whole, there is no cause to fear that Austria will fall back from the position she has won of late, nor deviate very perceptibly from the line marked out by her reformers. Prince NAPOLEON'S visit to Vienna has given rise to a good deal of speculation, but it certainly shows that more friendly feelings are in existence between France and Austria. The Berlin chroniclers would have us believe that his Imperial Highness is to remain a week or more in the city, and will doubtless arrange some policy be tween the two Governments, or at least facilitate the chance of others doing so. It is very satisfac tory to find the affairs of Austria so promising, and it furnishes another instance of what may be done by perseverance. LATEST INTELL CGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION. SCHWERIN, June 8. Herr von Bulow, Minister of State of New Strelitz, has been appointed Minister Plenipoten tiary of the two Mecklenburgs at Berlin, and will represent both Grand Duchies in the Federal Council. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, June 7. The Tanjore left at 1 p.m., and the Massilia at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 12th, and the latter at Southampton about the 19th inst. SOUTHAMPTON, June 8. The North German Lloyd steamer Hansa, from New York, passed the Needles at 10.25 a.m. to day. Bo URSE, June 6.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares IW:en Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 38 25 Rome Debt Deferred — Cash Orleans N orthern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... Western Eastern •• Sardinian Austrian ... Lombard 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7O 50 Credit Mobilier End of month 293 75 Credit Foncier _1540 End of month — - RAILWAY North of Spain , Saragossa Roman An Italian rabbi, Rabbi Jona, ,of Jurea, has pub lished a drama, the object of which i 4 tt expose the absur dity of the blood accusations agetin3t the Jews, and to show on the stage the misery which they have brought on this people. The title of the dramas is "Michokky." It has been most favourably noticed b•y the Italian general press.—Jetoish Record. THE AMES EMBANKMENT.- —A Parliamentary return prepared by the Metropolitan E card of Works shows that the estimates for the embankment (north and south) amount to £3,167,515 Mansion-house-street, £2,227,837 ; other approaches, £173,000 ; total, £5,568,352. The ex penditure to the sth of May, 1868, reached £3,572,013; there was £157,339 available ;or !further expenditure, leaving a further sum of £1,839,000 required. EXCLUSIVE. VERY IMPORTANT, R ARE, AND VALUABLE are the properties of Laniplough's Py, 'etic Saline, curing the worst headaches, sickness, skin, or biliar y affections. Pleasant, palatable, and invigorating. Sold by all ( 71aemists,--[Advt.) CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, June 7. Two official documents appear in to day's papers : one addressed by the Minister of the Interior to the Prefets ; the other by the Minister of Justice and Worship to the Procureurs•Generaux. M. Pinard's is a modest produc tion, only a column long ; M. Baroche's occupies between three and four columns, and is terribly wordy. The interest of both is rather for French than English readers ; but I may mention that M. Pinard advises the Prefets to make their communiques as short as possible, and that M. Baroche tells the Procureurs that " in the last moments of an electoral struggle they may with the approval of the Prefets institute legal proceedings. At the same time, the Government is very far from wishing to excercise a dis quieting and stormy surveillance upon the minor extra vagances of the press." It is cnly " disloyalty " and " violence " that need repression. The first of these words is rather elastic, and I imagine that the interpretation of it will depend very much upon the idiosyncrasy of each official. The second circular ratite* confirms the belief that the elections will come off this year. Another incident strengthens the same conviction. About a fortnight ago an election took place for the circonscription of Tarn; the Government candidate was defeated, and Baron Gorsse elected. On Saturday this election had to be ratified, and M. Emile 011ivier took advantage of this opportu nity to make a strong protest against the system of official candidates. He said that it might be admis sible in cases where there was a Rubicon between the two candidates, but that in such cases as the present one the system was intolerable. A semi - official paper had de clared after Baron Gorsse had been elected that he was a friend of the Government; why, then, did the Govern m :nt oppose him ? The Constitutionnel had said that the Government had been consoled for the de feat of one of the two candidates by the success of the other. "After this exposé," added M. Emile 011ivier, " I will not add anything ; but yet might I not justly say, as the public says, that there is at the Ministry of the Interior a show Minister--" (Exclamations.) The President : "M. 011ivier—" M. 011ivier (con. tinning) : " kept in check by a Minister of action, modestly concealed under the title of Director-General?" (Fresh disturbance.) The President : " You have made use of an expression which doubtless does not express your meaning ; pray correct it."—M. 011ivier " The ex pression was intended. It does not exaggerate my meaning, and I maintain it."—The President : " You ought not to maintain such an expression, and for my part I most energetically protest against it."—M. Rouher : " This expresssion of M. 011ivier's justifies me in asserting that this discussion of his is a show discussion." (Great applause ; lively excitement.)—M. 011ivier : "Ad mitting that my discussion is a show discussion, allow me to reply that it is you who have been my master in the art." (Great noise.) After a further protest from the President, M.ollivier was allowed to finish his speech, and M. Rouher replied to it, declaring that there was the most entire accordance between the officials of the Ministry of the Interior (a notorious untruth, by the way), and justifying the conduct of that department with reference to that particular election, and the right of the Government to support the candidates it chose. M. 011ivier replied, and then followed another stormy scene. M. It.kailier told him that he should not talk about a house divided against itself, when the Opposition was split up into factions. That was the house which was likely to perish. " Then don't meddle with the elections," M. 011ivier replied. M. Rouher went on to say that with the Opposition every enemy of the Government was a use ful candidate. " Every friend of liberty," you mean," said 011ivier. To this Rouher replied, that " the work of the Empire was summed up in two words— the preservation of order and the separation of the Liberal flag from the revolutionary ; and the first we shall know how to uphold high and firm." (Great applause). Thereupon M. Latour du Moulin got up, and protested in very vehement language against identifying his friend Baron Gorsse with the revolutionary party. He c'e land that the remark of the Minister was an equivocation which he would not characterise. M. Rouher : " Characterise it, if you please." M. Du Moulin : " Equivocation is quite enough.', At that moment M. Pinard entered, and M. Du Moulin, referring to what M. 011ivier had said of the Minister, invited him to say if he was or was not a show Minister. M. Pinard did not accept the invitation, and the stormy scene then came to a close. I should mention that though this incident is supposed to indicate the intention of the Government to dissolve the Chamber this year, M. Rouher, in the course of his speech, referred to next year as the time when the country would give its verdict upon the Imperial policy. That, however, does not amount to much. At the p:esent time the Lower Chamber is very hard worked, for France. It is going to have two sittings a day in order to get rid of all the business that has to be gut through. Even then► there is no chance that the session will be over till the beginning of August. The Budget will not probably be presented for more than a fortnight, Already several deputies, overcome by the herculean labours of some four hours a day, are asking leave of absence. The semi official papers say that the Emperor has re covered from his attack of rheumatism. He has, however, put off till Tuesday his visit to Fontainebleau, and will hold a Council there on Saturday, and one at the Tuileries t.)-morrow. Prince Napoleon is going to stay a week in Vienna. Some people say that he ardently desires peace. lam afraid that they are more sangnine than discriminating. News from Vienna states that there is a strong war party in Pesti), it being thought there that it is only by war that Hungary will he able to take a position which would put an end to the Pan-Slavist agitation. The Prince is going to Pesth from Vienna. You have already been informed that the new Russian Ambassador has arrived here. He is said to have in formed our Foreign Minister that in the event of a war between Fraud and Prussia, Russia would preserve neu trality except Austria should take part in it, and then the Czar would feel it his duty to make an active alliance with King William. lam sorry to give very bad news of M. Forcade. His madness has increased, and he has to be restrained from doing violence. It is feared—should I not rather say hoped ?—that he cannot live much longer. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. ~--- THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The events of the past few weeks have directed general attention to the improvement of our communications with the East. The success of the Mont Cenis Railway holds out the prospect of the early substitution of the route by Brindisi for that by Marseilles. So far, one step in the right direction will be accomplished. But the advantages of this change are as nothing when compared with those which we have it in our power to secure by the opening up of the Euphrates route from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. The substitution of the Brindisi route for that by Marseilles is spoken of as a " geographical neces sity." The truth of this is apparent enough to any one glancing at the map of Europe. But how much more obvious is it that the establishment of the Euphrates route is a " geographical necessity ?" The Brindisi route will shorten by a few hours the journey between England and India, while the Euphrates Railway would enable us to save upwards of seven days. And who can estimate the increased security which such a railway would afford for the integrity of the British Empire, or the importance of the commercial results which would accrue from it, not only to this country and her Eastern dependencies, but to the world at large ? Captain Tyler, R.E., in his official report to his Grace the Duke of Montrose, Postmaster-General, on the subject of the Brindisi route, drew attention to " the still more important saving of time and distance" which would be obtained by the Euphrates Valley Railway ; pointing out, at the same time, that the navigation of the Persian Gulf to Bombay would be " far preferable to that via Suez and the Red Sea ;" and recommending the subject to the serious consideration of the British Government on the ground of his strong conviction of " the itn portant bearing that the construction of such a rail way would have, commercially and strategically, upon the British Empire." One would suppose that anything tending to the security of the British Empire, while at the same time promoting general prosperity, and thus afford ing the best guarantee for the peace of Europe, would require little argument to recommend it to the support and encouragement of British statesmen. A telegram published in the newspapers of the Ist inst., stated that a great battle had taken place between the Russians and Bokharians, resulting in the death of the Emir, and the capture of Bokhara by the Russians. Surely there is something of significance in this fresh proof of the gradual advance of the Russians in the direction of our Eastern frontier, something which should rouse us from our policy of inaction in regard to the Euphrates Railway. Are we to wait until events farce upon us the adoption of the Euphrates route at a time when we may be obliged to undertake the construction of the railway at a vastly enhanced cast, and under circumstances involving the sacrifice of thousands of our soldiers? Are we never to learn wisdom from the dearly bought lessons of the past, ant are we to rest for ever in a fatal apathy, content that England should be scoffed at by all the world as the great unready ? Three months ago I brought the subject of the Euphrates Railway, and my correspondence with Lord Stanley, and Sir Stafford Northcote regarding it, formally to the notice of the Viceroy and Go vernor-general of India, the governors of the Pre sidencies, and the principal chambers of commerce in India. I submit that the subject is one which it is the bounden duty of the press to advocate, or at least to discuss, and under that feeling I address these remarks to you.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. P. ANDREW. London, June 6, 1868. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sel Monday, .01 F. June 8, B. T. I 'S W. 1 t . , o F. W B. to 8 a,.m. 12 - Nairn Aberdeen Leith - Shields _ Scarborough 30'15r. 57 50 N.W. 3 4 W.N.W. c.b. Yarmouth fielder Cuxhaven Skittle/mass 29'57 47 W.N.W. 5 5 W.. ;‘'.W. r. Valentia 34'49r. 56 54 N. 5 5 N. c. Cape Clear 3O 40s. 55 53 N.W. 2 3 N.W. c. Roches Pt 3.1'39r. 54 51 N.N.W. 5 6 N.N.W. c. Holyhead - Liverpool Ardrossan 30'19r. 51 46 N.N.W. 4 6 W.N.W. r.c. o'l3 Greencastle 30 265. 53 51 N.W. 2 5 N.W. r.c. o ' o7 Penzance Plymouth - Weymouth P or t s mouth 30•29 r. 54 49 N. 4 5 N. c. London CpeGris Nez Brest L'Orient 3116r. 52 50 N.N.W.4 4 N.N.W. o. Rochefort 3o'2os. 57 53 N.N.E 5 5 N.W. b. Biarritz - Paris Strasbourg — - - _ Lyons Toulon - .E. 3 3 E.N.E. b. Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) 30'445. 48 48 8.8. E. 1 1 S.S.E. f. r. 017 =PLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg. a Sea level. Thelettere r., rising; f., falling ; s. , steady—indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermomete r exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z. — calm Weather : b.—blue sky ; e.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail ; I.—lightning ; m,—misty. hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.— rain ; s. —snow; t.—thunder. Raiu-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. north of Scotland rose rapidly REMARKS. Pressure in the during Saturday, but since yesterday there has been but little change. Readings are now generally high, and are highest in the south-west, but the reading at Skudesnae3 :s low. TI e difference tetwezu pressuras in the north of Scotland and in the south of Ireland Is about four-tenths of an inch. Temperature has diminished generally since Saturday, and is now rather low for the season. On Saturday the wind freshened to a gale on the west coast of Scotland : since yesterday morning there has been a prevalence of north-westerly winds, and which were fresh on cur we ,tern and south-western coasts. The wind is still generally rtl:-we ,terly and moderate. The weather is cloudy. Rain has fallen t a few places. The war rumours on the Continent are reviving. • This " recrudescence " is due in great measure to Prince Napoleon's tour, and will be strengthened by the announce ment that his Imperial Highness has altered his plans, and will remain a week at Vienna. The Paris corre spondent of the Nord (a journal founded at the outbreak of the Russian war to support Russian interests, and pub lished at Brussels) is very explicit as to the time when hostilities may be expected to commence. This will not be before the new French loan and the close of the season. In short, we may hope to enjoy about two months snore of peace. The views of the French Government, he de clares, are precisely defined on this point, and the Minis ters in their private conversations are agreed on the eventuality of a proximate war. Foreign political per sonages and competent military men regard the maw menu and preparatioN Frans alp ildatipil TO THE EDITOR OF 211 E SUN. Stn,—A correspondent of the United Service Gazette says that the distinction of a laurel wreath now to be worn round the forage caps of the ser geants of the 34th Regiment was originally con ferred upon that regiment in recognition of its gal lant conduct at the battle of Fontenoy, the emblem having only been discontinued to be worn since 1857. This suggests a question concerning what would be, one would think, of some interest to our regiments. I have not an army list by me, but I be lieve I am correct in saying that, with the excep tion of Plassy, a name which is written on the colours of the infantry regiment, whose motto is " Primus in Indus," nu victory anterior to those won by England over the French Republic is em blazoned on the colours of any British regiment. Now, why should this be ? In France nearly all the ancient institutions of the country perished iu the Revolution, and amongst them the army of the old monarchy. The revolutionary forces that, under General Bonaparte, broke into Italy were composed of newly-raised battalions, leavened with the dispersed cadres of the old royal army, and the French regiments of to-day are not the regi ments that fought at Fontenoy any more than the modern departments of France are its ancient ter ritorial divisions. I even question whether many of the present French regiments are the regiments that served the great Napoleon. For instance, take the regiment of lancers, attired in Polish colours, that furnished the escort of the Czar on his entry ento Paris last year. I think—for I cannot speak for certain —that this is not one of the great Napo leon's famous regiments of so - called Polish l ancers any more than the dukedom of Montmorency lately created by Napoleon 111. is the histo of that name, fo r , if I mistake rical ',dukedom not, th e greater part of the regiment s f orm i ng the present French Imperial Guard were constituted soon after the establishment of the second empire. The English regiments of to-day, however, are the regiments of yore. Some have changed their num bers and appellations, and the gentlemen of the Household Horse in 1788 handed over their colours to the Household Horse as at present constituted, but nearly all the regiments that serve Victoria served also her ancestors. A British regiment preserves a sort of military apostolic succession, the officers and men who at present compose it having rubbed shoulders with predecessors, who thereby transmitted to them rubs which had been transmitted to them selves through generations of officers and men from the members of the corps when just raised. Now among our regiments are corps two centuries old and thereabouts—the Foot Guards and the earlier foot and horse regiments of the line. Some of these, as their regimental records and tattered and ancient banners now hanging in cathedrals testify, won Marlborough's victories, and must have been present at Blenheim, Ramillies, and Malplaquet. Then why is it that the names of these great victories do not shine on their colours, as does the name of the contemporary victory of Turin on those of the Ist Prussian Grenadiers, a regiment of which the Crown l'rince of Prussia is colonel, and to which (so we were informed by the Times correspondent) he sent a greeting on the occasion of his reviewing the garisou of Turin dur • ing his late visit to Italy? If Salamanca, Vittoria, Waterloo, why not Blenheim, Ratnilli:s, and Mal plaquet ? Is it because their banners—for in stance those of the Ist Foot, fa'niliarly known iu the service by the nickname of Pontius Pilate's Guards, by reason of its antiquity —are so covered ... with glory that they can not find room for any more ? But surely, if this be the case, the regiments inconvenienced with an excess of glory could be given an additional colour, or in time we may see the Peninsula victories crowded off the silken field by ethers gained in some future war. What I have called attention to, as well as a pro poaition brought forward some time ago, of orna menting the regimental colour staff with a lion and crown, after the style of French eagles, which has, I believe, been in some cases acted upon, does not exactly involve so important a military reform as is at present associated with the name of Mr. Trevelyan. Indeed, in this age of breechloaders, and other analogous inventions of a generation utilitarian in war as in peace, the practice of a regiment carrying into battle a silk rag, fixed to a pole, as an object for the view of the enemy's marksmen, may, per haps, come to be dispensed with. I read in 1866, in the correspondence from the seat of war, in Ger many, that the Austrian regiments when they enter upon a campaign, deposit their colours in barracks, or some other safe place (!) in charge, I presume, of the girls they leave behind them. I will not vouch for the truth of the state ment, but certain it is that the custom of regiments bearing colours imposes upon the fortunate or un fortunate ensigns and cornets, whose privilege or misfortune it is to carry them in the field, a dan gerous distinction, as the accounts, made much of by poets, of standard-bearers being found dead on the battle-ground, covered with innumerable wounds, and with their colours wrapt round their breasts, demonstrate. In our service, however, regimental colours have notyet been relegated to the limbo which is the eventual destination of steel cuirasses, bearskin head coverings, and other monstrosities that form part of the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war; as yet they are not, like the French cavalry bands, deemed as of the impedimenta of war, so I have offered my remarks concerning them. If the suggestion they afford were acted upon it would give us a better system of military administration or education, but it would regild our ancient military glories in the eyes of the army that won them for us. We are not so attentive to these smaller military matters as are the French. For instance, if India belonged to France, and the Indian army to the Emperor Napoleon, the latter would take every opportunity to strengthen those feelings of loyalty which would be sure to be entertained by his Indian regiments for him. Why should not the Queen of England do the same ? The gallantry that some of her Indian regiments has displayed in former combats is well known, and now that the Queen of England is Empress of India, and • the Company's army the Queen's, it would be well if her Majesty were to confer on some of her most distinguished native regiments, in recognition of their gallantry, such royal appellations as are emblazoned upon the colours of many a British re giment. The " Queen's Own Scinde Horse" sounds as well as the " Queen's Own," and the " Prince of Wales's Punjaubees," as the ' , Princess of Wales's Dragoon Guards." Such acts would cost cheap enough.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, C. W. W. MAGAZINES. - THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW—in its cureent num ber for June (18 N.S. 55 U.S.) puts in a very notable appearance among the monthly periodicals. Leading off with a second chapter, biographical and critical, on " Joseph de Maistre," from the pen of Mr. John Morley, Editor of The Fortnighly, and with (immediately afterwards) a second chapter on " Mr. Darwin's Hypotheses," from the pen of the ex-Editor, Mr. G. 11. Lewes—the Fortnightly offers to our notice a tribute to the patriotism of "Massimo d'Azeglio," from a pen-point sometimes as keen and piercing as a stiletto, that of Signor A. Gallenga. William Bagehot has a disquisition of a very characteristic kind, entitled " Matthew Arnold on the London University ;" and Bernard Cracroft an artistic criticism on Mr. Holman Hunt's " Isabel." An admiring, though by no means enthusiastic, review of " Mr. Robert Lytton's Poems" has been contributed to the pages of the Fortnightly by one of the most accomplished writers on its staff, Mr. George Meredith. HOUSEHOLD WORDS in its second instalment — that is in Part 11. of the cheap reissue of it by the Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Tyler—comprises an extraordinary variety of attractive contributions, many of them memorable, and last not least among the number " From the Raven in the Happy Family "by Charles Dickens himself. The frolic fun, and humour of those delightful papers about (or rather purporting to come direct from the beak of) the Raven of the Happy Family—reminding one of the immortal Grip of " Barnaby Rudge"—revive our regret that Mr. Dickens never completed the series by perfecting it into a veritable raven's auto biography. BELGIUVIA,—" Deal-Sea Fruit" is continual, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerningharn meet ap.in. " Charlotte's Inheritance" is also proceeded with. " London Palaces" brings before us th:s time "The Savoy," " Buccleuch," " Whitehall," Bc3. These sketches are most interesting, and furnish the realer with much information. " Diana Gray" is con tinued. " French Etiquette" is a pleasing paper, and retails some of the customs of our neighbours that are interesting to readers. The illustrations are as usual an attractive feature in this magazine. "The Story of St. Thomas's Hospital" is a paper most appropriate just now. " Literature of the Time" and some other subjects complete the con tents of this number, which has a great deal of variety in style and subject. COILNIIILL.—." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly" continues its narrative and the various plots and counter-plots are told in an exciting manner. "Under the Sea" is a sketch that is likely to attract ; the first record of which is found in Thucydidea. " Camp Life in Abyssinia" is a subject that is sure to win regard just now. "A Group of Vagabonds" tells of the doings of some wanderers in olden days, who went a pilgrimage to a very favourite resort. " A City of Refuge" is a very interesting sketch that is well worthy of perusal. " Avelino" is continued and is entertaining iu this portion. " Anarchy and Autho rity" is an article of a solid kind that will suit grave readers. " The Earth a Magnet" is a paper that is carefully written, and will interest the student and the traveller. The accounts given of " magnetic storms" are worthy of attention. TEMPLE BAR.—" Kitty" is continued, and the story becomes more interesting as it proceeds, and the heroine is meditating a trip to India to better her fortunes. "In the Apple Orchard" is a pleas ing sketch, and the description of the first scene is very well done. " Mrs. 11 , 1airin" is a tale that is powerfully told, and has some originality about it to recommend it to the notice of the reader. "In Memoriam—Charles Kean" is the title of some verses that are written with feeling, and animated by a just sense of the merits of the actor whose life's drama is over. A sketch of " Lord Brougham" will be found interesting. "The Knight of Innis haven" is as sparkling as ever in this instalment, and touches on a variety of subjects. " Curiosities of Marriage Law and Ritual" contain some 'very strange accounts of the changes which this law has undergone in the course of time. Sr. PAULS.—" The Women of the Day" find in this number of St. Paul's a very fair and sensible champion, who takes their part against those anony mous attacks which have only attained celebrity by their extravagance. " What is the Eastern Question ?" is a query which it would puzzle a good many politicians accurately to define. Tnose who wish to improve their knowledge of the subject, however, can study it in the long and carefully written paper before us. " The Wilds of Cheshire" supply an interesting article, with a few hints about grouse and hawking. Madame de Sevigne, the queen of letter writers, is pleasantly portrayed in a brief memoir ; and among the other articles are one on " Fishing" and one on 6 ' British Rule in India," while " Phineas Phinn," under the facile pen of Mr. Trollope, goes on his way to fame as a candidate for Loughton. TINSLEY'S.—EInund Yates's story of " The Rock Ahead," is rapidly approaching its completion in this part, but as the novel readers have it already entirely in their hands, it is unnecessary to criticise it. "The Adventures of Dr. Brady," by Dr. Rus sell, must be chased under the same head. " Eng lish Photographs, No. V.," by an American, give a not unfavourable likeness. " Aunt Anastasia" is busy among the portraits, and another la ly of middle age, gives us a treatise on old maids, which is, in reality, an amusing sketch of the minor miseries of married life. TIIE MONTIL—Many subjects of interest are dis cussed in this number, and there is a liberal allow ance of literary crrticisms. The readers of the Month will Ex; glad to hail the author of "L 3 Recit d'une Some among them. THE BROADWAY.—This international magazine goes on its way very fairly and creditably upon the whole. A paper on " Old Trinity and the Ameri ca❑ Church" will interest English readers, and Alexander D'Orsey gives us a treatise on " Debating Societies." There are several other papers of varying merit, and three more chapters of " Break speare." THE MUSICAL MAGAZINES. lIANovER SQUARE.—The contents of th. , , current number of this veryexcellent magazine are as varied as usual. The first pianoforte piece, " A Lullaby" by Charles Solaman, is a melodious composition, but it will neither add to nor diminish the fame of its author ; he has given us far better things, and when next we meet with his name in Hanover Square we shall expect something more pretentious from him. Arthur Sullivan has set Miss Ingelow's words "() fair dove" very prettily. Clara Gottschalk has done as much for the words of Mr. Harrison, " Sun shine after Cloud," but it would be a decided im provement if one at least of the songs in the maga zine was of a little more cheerful description. it is not at all pleasant to be continually singing about dead friends and lovers, the prevailing theme now with nearly all our ballad composers. The marche " La Vivandiere," by Edouard de Paris, is a good composition, and one that will secure a great many admirers. The magazine, on the whole, well maintains its claims to the support of all musi cians of taste and refinement. BOND-SMEET.—The June number of this lively magazine is one that will enhance its reputation with the general musical public. Mr. Charles Coote is a most prolific quadrille composer, and as a rule his arrangement of the popular airs of the day are as clever as they are effective. His " Qua drille comique" will prove as great a favourite at fashionable parties as it certainly will become in the private circle. Mr. Robert Coote contributes a very spirited polka mazurka, " The Fairy," and Mr. Taylor's ballad, "I was like a spirit's sigh," and Mr. Conway Brown's song, " Beautiful dreams," are two very graceful compositions that cannot fail to please the taste of the subscribers to Bond street, which, as a manager of popular music, stands without a rival, either for cheapness or ex cellence. EXETER HALL.—This month contains a very fine selection from Handel's " Israel in Egypt," arranged for the pianoforte by E. F. Rimbault, in addition to which are two sacred songs and an evening hymn, the words of the latter being the composition of the Rev. Dr. Mousell. We have, as usual, a piece for the harmonium, and an extra attraction is given to the present num ber by the addition of a very clever illustration of the Old Music Hall in Fishamble-street, Dublin, where " The Messiah" was first performed. Boosey's Household Music will certainly meet with great success, not only from the wonderfully cheap price at which it is published, but also from its extreme goodness. We thought music had already reached the height of cheapness, but the latest issue from Holies street surpasses everything that I as yet been offered to the public. The quality an quantity of " Household Music " may be judge I of when we say that ten of the gems of the most cele brated composers for the pianoforte, or 30 songs with accompaniments, can be had for sixpence. Messrs. Boosey have also just published a number of very beautiful ballads ; one by Claribel, " Roses and Daisies," will *doubtless become a universal favourite. The same good fortune will attend Virginia Gabriel's song, "_I will not ask to press that cheek," and Mr. J. L. Hatton's ballad, " The beacon that lights me home." " The St. Patrick's Quadrille," and " The Hit and Miss Galop and Quadrille," are the latest novelties in dance music. Messrs. Metzler have just published three very striking pianoforte pieces " The Evening Star Reverie," by Reyloff ; " Primavera," by Emile Waldtenfel ; and " Les Oiseaux," by Edouard de Paris, which will be readily welcomed, as they are of more than ordinary goodness. ((MittlCM D. I. Yin Tar I HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, June 5. The Queen went out in the morning, accom panied by Princess Louise; and in the afternoon her Majesty drove out, with the Duchess of Athole in attendance. The Prince and Princess of Wales drove out on Saturday. PIGEON SHOOTING. GUN CLUB. The counter attention of the sweepstakes at Hurling ham Park, and the absence of several members who had gone over 0 Paris, did not fail to produce a marked dif ference in the attendance at the ground of this club on Saturday. During the afternoon, however, several sweep stakes, upon the usual conditions of £1 each, three birds each, were shot off. The first, of seven subscribers, re sulted in a division between Captain N. Burnard, 241 yards rise, and Mr. Bentley, 221, each having killed three. Cap tain J. W. Fredericks, 26, took the pool in the second by killing three. Mr. Reynolds Peyton, 241, and Mr. Davis, 251, shared the third, scoring three each. The fourth was divided by the Hon. R. C. Hill, 26, and Capt. N. Burnard, 251, after tieing with Capt. Fredericks, 26, Mr. Marshall, 251, Mr. Davis,' 251, Berkeley Lucy, 27, and Mr. Lysley, 251. Three tied in the fifth, viz., Hon. R. C. Hill, 27, Mr. B. Lucy, 27, and Mr. A. Hardy, 251. In shooting off Mr. Lucy and Mr. A. Hardy each missed their fifth bird, and as the Hon. R. C. Hill killed, he of course became the winner. No less than six gentlemen tied by killing three each in the sixth, and on contesting the ties Mr. Davis, 261, and Mr. Lamont, M.P., 27, were the only two who were successful in bringing down four each; so they divided. J. Offer, of Hammersmith, supplied the birdo, and better never went from the trap. RURLINGHAISI PARK. Again was there a large attendance of rank and fashion at this now celebrated resort on Saturday last, and in the course of the afternoon a £5 sweepstakes, at 10 birds each, 25 yards rise, was decided. The shooting itself requires but very little description, although the admirable manner in which Mr. E. H. Maxwell, M.P., the winner, killed his birds, frequently gained him the plaudits of the spectators, the eighth bird especially, which was one of the most swift flyers ever seen, being stopped at a distance of nearly 100 yards. There were only two ties for the second prize, viz., Viscount Holme3dale and Sir Frederick Johnstone, and in shooting off Sit Frederick Johnstone missed, so that he had to be content with the third prize. At a rather late period of the afternoon his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales came on the ground, and although he did not participate in the shooting, he seemed to evince much interest in the proceedings. The winner made use of an excellent muzzle-loader by T. Bass and `Jo., of St. James's-street. The birds were supplied by Hammond. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Malmes bury, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the Earl of Mayo. We understand that the Government have agreed upon the following arrangement with respect to the archi tects of various buildings now under their consileration, viz., that Mr. Street shall be appointed architect to the Law Courts, Mr. Edward Barry to the National Gallery, Mr. Scott to the continuation and completion of the Go vernment buildings in Westminster, and Mr. Waterhouse to the buildings at South Kensington. THE PACIFIC COD FisHEntEs.—The San Fran cisco Mining and Scientific Press says: —Sixteen vessels, aggregating about 2,000 tons, have already left this port, the present season, to engage in cod-fishing on our north west coast. A large amount of capital is also invested in salmon-fishing iu that region. The fisheries along the coast of Alaska are probably superior in variety, and ex tent, and in facilities for catching and curing to those of any other portion of the world ; an , lfor that business alone, with its incidental advantage of a nursery for seamen, will, in a few years, be worth all, or more, than it has cost the National Government. EARTHQUAKE IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—Ad vices relating to the volcanic eruption in the Sandwich Islands state that at Katuka on April 7 the la va a g ain burst forth through a fissure nearly three miles long, en d ran in a few hours twelve miles, from a height of 3,800 ft to the sea, forming a solid projection one half-mile in length. ~_. lac A qu i Stock contin ue to b ave fictio ns n , roveru n at hi g h Is . a feat t on np t posed to be wade p:ty to t .3s cans, Th e , , if 0117 ' ,4 cent. .4di a s t Do. A D o . 5 Do. Do. C Do. Do. 5 Do. 6 Do 5 D,;, I r 130,