The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-31 00:00:00

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LTE R MAJESTY'S OPERA. (THE ATRE-RO YAL, D AURY-L AN E). Last ~ight but One. The Opera will positively close To-morrow (Saturday), Augnst 1. B.t..ent and Last appearance of Mdlle. CHRISTINE NILSSON. errand Combined Entertainment. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), July 31, the performances will commence with the First Act of Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIATA. Alfred , ), Signor Mariano Neri (his first appearance); Un M 31ico, Signor Foil; Il Barone Duphol, Signor Casaboni; Flora, M ills Corsi; and Violetta, Mdlle. Christine Nilsson. To be followed by the Second Act (Garden Scene) of FAUST. Faust, Signor Bulterini; Valentin, Mr. Santley ; Mephistopheles, signor Gassier; Siebel, Zandrina (her first appearance) ; Martha, Mille. Corsi; and Margherita,, 3ldlle. Christine Nilsson. To which will be added the Principal Act of I DUE FOSCARI. Lucrezia, Mdlle. Rose iler:;63; II Doge, Mr. Santley (his first appearance in that character). To conclude with the Third Act of Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. . E 14ardo, Signor Bulternal; Enr.co Aston, Signor Gassier; R amonao, Signor Foli; and Lucia, Mdlle. Christina Conduetor—Signor Arditi Doors open at Eight o'clock. Com . nence at half-past Eight. Stalls, One Glainea; imphitheatre Stalls, is, and 55.; Reserved Brt Seats, ICs. 61; Gallefy, 2s. CI. Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box oril..!e, Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second doer front Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super intoulence of Mr Nu?ent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (un .ler the portico in Brydges-street). Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. r HEATRE ROYAL, Ii .A. YMAR KE T. Sole Mr. Buckstone.__ THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Oth,Alo, Mr. Pennington: la ro, Mr. Ryder; Desdein , )na, Miss Ada Cavendish ; Mn.. 3 E. I'. Saville 1, 1 by PAY TO THE BEARER—A KISS. Mr. Frad. BacAitone Commence at Seven. friIIEA'rRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. 1. Solo Proprietor and M tnager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, A ROUGH DIA OND. Messrs. G. B3lmore, Ashley; Mrs. Bilington, and Miss Lennox Gray. A a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. M essrs. G. Belmoro, Bi lington, A shley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. J. Smith; \figs Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Meria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, R. It nner, W. H. Eburne; 31iss Melly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt. -441 :. „ - e -1)7 , 2 , 114 ItN i y UIT LOXDOiV, FRIDAY, JULY .131, 18G8. _ 45. To-day will be memorable in the annals of politics as witnessing the close of the last Parlia ment elected under the Reform Bill of 1832. Thirty-six years have passed since that epoch, and the usual chances and changes of this mortal scene have removed many of the chief actors in those stirring scenes. The work of that day was then looked upon as a great achievement and a step in advance, well suited to the requirements of the times and the progressive spirit of the generation which it affected. It may be truly said that it was enough for the existing emergencies, but the lapse of time has rendered it necessary that other and more comprehensive changes should be made. We all know the long story of the attempts to in troduce a Reform Bill, and the extraordinary de lays and disappointments that attended the struggle. Fifteen years saw successive Cabinets make the effort, and in repeated Speeches from the Throne I promises were made which neither Ministers nor Legislature could keep. At any rate, it seems to have been a fitting sequel to the tale that the task of getting a Reform Bill through Parliament should at last have been ac complished by a Conservative Government. The manner in which the Reform question was dealt with by the Liberals deprived them of all claim to consistency and sincerity on the subject. When in opposition it was a convenient handle against their opponents, and when in power it was suffered to lie idle, and year after year the country waited iu vain in anxious expectancy. More than all, the treatment which the DERBY Reform Bill of 1857 met with was most unworthy, and for that alone the RUSSELL Administration deserved to for feit the privilege of passing a measure of their own. Ministers have played a notable part in the settle merit of this great national question, and the disap pointment which overtook the ranks of the Liberals and Radicals was well deserved. Due credit should be given to the present Administration and to the noble Earl who has since retired from the post of Premier for the zeal and assiduity which they displayed ; and the work before thAn was indeed arduous and difficult ; in itself the task was rendered well nigh impossible by the fierce and bitter hostility which prevailed among the Opposition members ; that is to say, among those who followed through good and evil report in the work of their chieftain, for the independent Liberals, as it is the practice to call them, rendered the Government most able assist ance, an I are well entitled to a large share of the glory of the eventual Session. Respecting the character of the Reform Bill of the Con servatives, it may fairly be said that its merits were their own, while its faults, in some degree, belong to their opponents. had so much time not been wasted in public discussion, and so much angry feeling not engendered by the course pursued in certain quarters, many hints might have been attended to with advantage and the general features of the bill rendered more satisfactory. Taking it it as a whole, however, it may fairly challenge com petition with its numerous predecessors, and not fear the comparison. It is by far the most liberal, and certainly the most advanced in style and pro gress, while it puts faith in the good intentions and right feeling of the people to a far greater degree than any that has been put before Parliament. The course of events this session has surprised many, but the apparent mystery is easily accounted for. Mr. GLADSTONE was jealous and mortified at the brilliant success achieve.' by the Ministry, and the II )use had no seoner assemble 1 to commence the work of the year than it became apparent all was not to go so s:noothly as might have been expected. A trial of strength was not anticipated in the few months that remained to a moribund Parliament, but a surprise awaited the select few initiated into the secrets of the Opposition. It soon became apparent that the work of the session was to turn out the Ministry, and install Mr. GLADSTONE in office ready to meet the new Parliament. Nothing could have been in worse taste than the fac tious attempt to regain power at this cri:ical junc ture of affairs, when the Reform question was not settled. Religious questions should always be introduced with care and circumspection, and it was we!l known that Mr. GLADSTONE'S views re specting the Irish Church were not always what they are now, so that his extreme eagerness and excessive zeal on the subject were at least premature. It was in vain, however, to urge delays, and quite useless to affirm that the new Parliament was the right place for the question to be decided upon. Nothing would do but an immediate appeal to the House, and the re sult, while it gave Mr. GLADSTONE a majority of sixty, really advanced matters in no degree. The confusion which ensued was not tD be wondered at under the circumstances ; and, though it may suit the views of some to magnify and extol the wisdom of the Opposition leader, a calm review of affairs will show that he has wasted the greater part of the session to very little purpose, and raised up party spirit without attaiuing any definite result. DISRAELI may certainly complain with justice of the manner in which he has been treated, and of the miserable nature of the tactics employed against him. Ile was Mr. scarcely settled in Ns new position when he was subjected to continual attacks, and the forces of his adversaries were all called into play in order to circumvent his plans and put a period to his tenure of office. It was only fair to expect that the Cabi net which passed the Reform Bill should appeal to the country ; btat Mr. GLADSTONE and his friends thought otherwise, and worked with might and main to effect their purpose. Not satisfied with attaining the expression of opinion on the part of the House about the Irish Church, the Liberal leaders proceeded to being in a bill on the subject, which took up an immense deal of time, and gave rise to great irritation of feeling and frequent dis plays of party spirit. As might have been antici pated the Suspensory Bill was rejected by the House of Lords, so that its framers had not the excuse of forwarding the completion of their works. The latter part of the session has been distin guished for the numerous disputes and fierce dis cussions that have arisen in consequence of the untoward state of affairs induced by Mr. GI AD STONE'S policy. All possible efforts were made to force the M;nistry to retire, and the hack neyed phrases of " honour " and " public spirit" employed to con% Lice the House that a change must take place. Mr. DISRAELI was too wise, however, to fall into the scare so speciously set for him, and kept Lis place in spite of all ob stacles. Then ensued an angry altercation upon the subject of the dissolution, and night after night was wasted in the attempts to prove that the work of the Session could not be got through in order to permit of the new Parliament assembling. When. this was proved to be an erroneous statement other devices were resorted to, and the temper and patience of tai Ministry most sorely tried. M. 14-krZY on one occasion declared that he longed for the appeal to the country to take place, no doubt representing in this the desire of his col leagues. The Ministry had ono crowning triumph in the success of the Abyssinian expedition, and this, it must be remembered, was made the ground of complaint at the earlier part of the session. It objected that the money of the country was being squandered upon a useless expedition, and that no goal could result. The onus of the affair did not rest with the Government who undertook its set tlement, for it was a legacy from their predecessors, but all parties must unite in feelings of satisfaction that the honour of the couniry has been so worthily represented, and its majesty vindicated. The House of Lords has sustained the loss of Lard DERBY as a Parliamentary leader, though happily the noble lord has been able to take part in the debates and to lend the aid of his eloquence to some important discussions. The Lord Chancellor has been of great service to his party, and added to his already distinguished reputation. The Oppo sition benches in the Upper House have thought fit to infuse a great degree of party rancour into the debates, and the character of that august assembly has not been at all in accord ance with our recollections of the " benches of the upper school." Same of Mr. DISRAELI'S speeches have been seized upon as the groundwork of commentaries, animated by a most bitter spirit, and the consequence has been that Lord SALISBURY has more than once justly complained of the " warm latitudes" in which he found himself. Some attempts have been made to improve the state of elections by the introduction of the Corrupt Practices Bill, and certainly a good deal has been accomplished in that direction. Mr. DISRAELI said in one of his novels that he who gains time gains everything, and so it may turn out in his present experience. The country has now an op portunity of deciding upon the merit of the rival candidates, and the excitement and confusion of this stormy session will have lapsed into the indifference that follows upon such displays. There seems no reason why the Ministry should not meet with a favourable reply in this their appeal to the constituencies, and the feeling of the country has been more than once expressed in their favour. At any rate they will have a fair trial, and the chances are as much for as against them. We do not think that the people of this country will be unmindful of the claims they have on their grati tude for having persisted in passing a Reform Bill of a comprehensive character and in a progressive spirit, and notwithstanding the taunts of their op ponents it has been far better than any other yet put before the public. The Session which closes to-day has not been without its works, and it is to be hoped that its successor will be yet more fruitful in its efforts to represent the interests of the great community, continually increasing in influence and importance. Yesterday morning another important step was made towards the completion of one of the greatest of our metropolitan improvements. The footway of the Thames Embankment was thrown open to the public from Westminster to Essex-street. This is, at all events, au instalment of the long looked-for advantages to be conferrel on the hurrying population of London by the addition of this fine new highway between East and West, and so great are its conveniences that the managers of the undertaking will assuredly not be allowed to delay the completion of the full work longer than what is absolutely necessary. From Westminster to Temple Bar the tide of London ebbs and flows rapidly and unceasingly, and it is something to have gained so mach, but from West minster to the City a still larger number of pedes trians are constantly hurrying to and fro, and these not unnaturally ask why the footway should not have been ~ - , pened as f_►r as Temple Gardens, along which the Embankment is (pito finished. The ans ver, we believe, must came from the benchers, who have, no doubt, only to understand that the public are anxious for the privilege of tempo rarily using one of their avenues to grant it immediately. The portion of the embankment yes terday thrown open gives a very favourable im pression of what will be the effect of the whole work when completed. The pavement of the path way is 20 feet wide, one side of it abutting on the Embankment, the other on the roadway, which is to be 100 feet wide, exceptieg just under Waterloo bridge. This roadway will not, however, be paved until after the Underground Railway shall have been completed. This part of the business will unfortunately necessitate undoing some of the work already done, which appears to the uninitiated a matter of regret. The aggregate length of the whole Northern portion of the Embankment, from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars-b.i.lge is 6,610 feet, and is let in three contracts, whose sum total is £375,000. The Southern Embankment, from Wesseninste-b'i !ge to Vauxhall, is less extensive a' 1 less costly. Tae total cast of the contract is £309,000, and the length of the roadway 5,000 feet, its width being GO feet. On the southern side part of the works has consisted of wi lening or nar rowing the river as might be requisite. Part of the pathway on the southern side was opened last March, and has been a good deal used since then. No doubt the northern side will soon show as many promenaders along the instalment granted to the public. The approaches are to 'Villiers-street, Wellington-street, and Essex-street, and at a later date not yet fixel the road is to be continued from the embankment along the new street to the Man s:on-houss, so that a direct highway from the great centres of public business, east and west, will be provided. Altogether about 37 acres of mud end lime have been reclaimed, and are to be converted into ornamental grounds and gardens, as well as providing the necessary approaches. When the whole work is completed, embank ment, roadway, footway, railway, new street and all, there is no question that it will be an undertaking of which Londoners may be justly proud, and the cost of which will be as nothing in comparison with the ornament and advantage. It has been an undertaking of no slight difficulty even in this age of engineering skill and science. A river wall of granite eight feet thick has been built to dam out nearly 30 acres of the river, the wall being on an average 40 feet high, and nearly 7,000 feet long, while its foundations go to a great depth below the bed of the river. In the various works nearly 700,000 cubic feet of granite, 30,000,000 bricks, and over 300,000 bushels of cement have been used ; 125,000 cubic yard 3 of earth have been dug out, and 1,200,000 cubic yards of earth filled in. Some of this latter part of the work will have, as we have said, to be done over again, owing to the construction of the Underground R tilway yet to comp. The vastness of the undertaking, and the exquisite finish with which such stupendous granite works have been completed, have excite I the admiration of all engineers, both English and foreign, and afforded yesterday the subject of much comment. After the brief and simple ceremonial of inaugu' ration, Sir JOHN THWAITES, accompanied by Lord JOHN INIANNERS and other gentlemen, went down to Abbey Mills to inspect the sewage works, which gave great satisfaction. The engineer, with justi fiable pride, reminds us that, notwithstanding the almost unprecedented heat and drought of the pre sent summer, the waters of the Thames have been entirely free from smell, instead of being, as for merly, the source of sickness and mortality. We have reason now-a-days to be proud of the achievements of modern science in connection with our venerable old river. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BAVARIA. MuNicli, July 31. The King of Bavaria has bestowed the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael upon Baron von Wagner, the Wurtemburg Minister of War, and the Cross of Commander of the same order upon Colonel Suckow, Chief of the General Staff of Wurtemburg. COREESIONDENCE FROM PAM' • ;," FROM OWN COItItESPOI DENT.) . PARIS, THURSDAY, July SO, Prince INTap6leon arrived at Paris on Tuesday, but did tot, as was expected, go to Plombires. He immediatelj tarted for Meudon, where his wife and children reside. : am told that his journey has had no political result vhatever. Whether he went to seek alliances or not, I ball not attempt to determine ; but it is tolerably certain ;bat he has found non's. His personal convictions, as far as they can be ascertained, remain unaltered. He is tatisfled that the unity of Germany must be tccomplished with Berlin as the centre. Austria le has found so much disorganised and shattered that it will require several years of rest to enable her to take an effective part in European politics. The Ottoman Empire, he thinks, is condemned. He does not admire the method of government adopted in Roumania, and it is his belief that the policy of Prince Charles and his counsellors will speedily endanger the position of that State. Hungary, on the other hand, commands the warmest sympathies of the Prince. He is of opinion that the efforts made for the regeneration of the country in which be met such a splendid reception will not fail. The Constitutionnel is very angry with the reception accorded in England to the project of a military union between France and the Netherland. The question on the subject, of which Mr. Otway gave notice in the House of Commons, excites a special outburst of indignation. The. official paper charges England with bringing about, by her neutrality and irresolution, the partial transformation of Europe. Treaties which have the signature of English representatives are considered as nothing. The economical consideration is the only one entertained across the Channel. The Constitutionrel thinks that England, by her acquiscence, is partly answerable for the events of 1866. Of course the official paper says nothing of the attitude of France in that year. If France did not desire the unity of Germany, she had but to declare for Austria, and Bismarck would, for the time at least, have been frus trated. The French army would have done more than turn the scale. It was by the supine inaction of France that the unity of Germany was accomplished. It was too late to interfere when Austria was utterly defeated and incapable of rendering further assistance. Prince Metternich has gone to Johannisberg for a week. The statement that he recently wrote a letter from that place, expressing his conviction that a war between France and Prussia was inevitable, must be untrue. He has not visited Johannisberg fora considerable time. The Emperor, I hear, is about to establish an Academy of Agriculture, similar in number and constitution to the French Academy. Of course, whilst the latter is Con servative, the forme: will be Radical. The chief duty of the French Academy is to preserve the purity of the French language ; the Academy of Agriculture will consider all improvements bearing upon the culture of the soil. Pubiic executions are so rare in France that one which has just taken place at Vannes is regarded quite as an event. To their credit, be it said, their appetite for the extraordi nary and the romantic notwitl sanding, the French do not now•a-days greatly appreciate the guillotine. Rarely is it used without a general raid upon capital punishment, and the present instance has not proved an exception to the rule. The convict, it appears, was no extraordinary personage. His nature was simply of that lirntal insensible type which gcnera'ly appears in the character of murderers. He heard mass with great tran quillity on the morning of the execution, drank his coffee, and ate his bread, and then marched off to the scaffold smoking his pipe. The sight of a cabaret inspired him with a desire for brandy, which was given him. He then suffered the penalty of his crime. " What sort of an example is this ?" ask the French papers. " What lesson can the multitude derive from the sanguinary spectacle, when the man who suffers is impressed at the last moment with sensual ideas, and does not testify the smallest consciousness of his crime ?" The scaffold is decidedly in bad odour here, and the travaux forces are the favourite remedy. It is with great satisfaction that the Paris journals turn from the discussion of barren budgets to such an enter prise as the new Atlantic cable. An undertaking of the kind is so rare, and affords such a favourable contrast to the ordinary course of events under the Empire, that the extravagancies which are indulged in here may readily be condoned. The French line will begin - from the western extremity of Brittany and will reach to the little island of Saint-Pierre, near to Newfoundland. This portion of the line will exceed the length of the English cable by some three or four hundred miles. From this point the cable will be again submerged direct to New York. It is ex pected that the laying of the new cable will enable the French scientific men who accompany the ex pedition to make further observations as to the nature of the bottom of the Atlantic. This been already ascertained, at least with an efficient accuracy to determine the position where the cable should be laid. The bed of the Atlantic which lies between New York and the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the coast of France en the other forms a very deep valley. To the north and south the sides of this valley rise and form two large plateaux, on which the cable must be laid. It is impossible to lay down a submarine cable in the valley ; the line must pass over the mountain table lands. Several difficulties which were experienced in laying down the English cables will be avoided in this instance. But there is still abundance of scope for the acquisition of more knowledge. THE WEATHER TABLE,-THIS DAY. EXPLANATION, Itarometer corrected and reduced to :2 drg. a eca level. Theletter r., rising; f., falling ; 5., 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 : sky ; c.—cicuds, detached ; f.—fog ; I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; o.—orercast, dull ; r.—rain; 5. snow I.—thunder. snow or bail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. BIETEOLOLOGICAL REITETS. Extreme Boa Friday, n F. I 1 July 31, B. T. Li' W. Ito F. D. Wlt to a. 8 m. 11 , 11 12 9 — - Nairn Aberdeen - 2 Leith - Shields .. Scarborough 30'03r. 64 57 i N.W. 3 3 'W.N.W. c.b. - 3 Yarmouth 3o'o4r. 65 59 W.N.W. 3 3 H.N.E. c. - 2 Helder - - - - - - - Cuxhaven - - - - - - - - - - Skudestues - - - - - - - - - Ardrossan 30'09r. ES 53 N.W. 5 7 S.W. o.c. - 4 Greencastle 3)13r. 58 56 W.N.W. 3 6 W.S.W. r.c. o'o2 - Holyhead - - Liverpool Valentin • 31•29 r. 61 06 N. '2 5 W. r.f.b - 2 Cope Clear 3o'23r. 62 63 '.N.W. 2 4 W. m.c. - 2 Rocl:o's rt. 30'20r. 60 57 N.W. 3 5 W. c.b. - 2 Penzance - 2 Plymouth - 2 Weymouth 30'17r. 64 59 N.W. 3 5 W. c. - 3 Portsmouth 3015 r. 65 f 9 N.N.W. 5 6 W. c. - 4 London -3010 r. 66 GO N.W. 3 4 W.S.W. b.c. - - C'peGrisNez 301055. 66 64 W. 5 - - o. - 3 Brest - -- r.m 1 I:Orient 30'21r. C 3 61 N.W. 3 - - c.. - 2 Rochefort - 1 I:larritz - - c.f. - 4 t 'orunna - - - - - - - - - - Brussels - W.S.W. 6 - - o. - - Paris - W. 2 - - o. - Strasbourg - 63 - N. 1,y0n3 - 3 - - b. - Tou7on - - b. - heart's Con tent (6 a.m. . local time) 30'36f. i5O 49 W. 2 2 S.S.E. b. - 3 REMARKS. On the Irish coast an increase of atmospherical pressure, amount ing to a quarter of an inch, has taken place since yesterday, but on other coasts little change is perc2ptible. The highest reading is at Valencia, the lowest at Nairn. Temperature has fallen in the north and west, but has risen elsewhere. Westerly and south-westerly winds prevailed yesterday, and were fresh on our N.W. coast., but they have veered to N.W. this morning, and have moderated. Fog and mist have prevailed in the W. and S.W. of the British Isles. l'hc weather is generally cloudy. The question of Reform, using the word somewhat in its familiar sense, is now occupying the attention of the Prussian Government. The organisation of the govern ment of the various states and districts is still dependent in some respects upon vestiges of the feudal system, in particular the division of the people into three or four classes. Count Bismarck considers this incompatible with the political institutions of the nation—universal suffrage and general. obligation to military service. A further advance in the direction of democracy may, therefore, be expected. The astute Minister, however, knows full well that, so long as the executive retains full powers, extension of suffrage need cause no apprehension. A statement that the Emperor Francis Joseph intended to preside in person at the Bohemian Diet is discredited by the Menzorial Diplomatique. His Majesty, it says, has never inaugurated any provincial assembly, and an exception in favour of Bohemia would only serve to encourage the resistance of the Czechs. The menace of the Bohemians to refuse to pay the taxes is generally disregarded. The Etendard denies the report that the French Minister at Lisbon had protested to the Portuguese Government against the permission to reside at Oporto accorded to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier. The same paper is unable to see what interest the French Government could have in discussingsueh a 'ratter with a foreign Government. One thing is certain, the Min;ster had no right to inter fere. France undoubtedly lent her assistance to Spain in detect:ng and suppressing the recent conspiracy; bat there is not even the pretence of justification for dictation in the matter of residents on Portuguese soil. The dispute respecting the existence of a conspiracy on board the Villa de Madrid is still unsettled. It is, however, well ascertained that the discontent in the Spanish navy is scarcely less general than amongst the land forces. The Spanish Govern ment still continues to take serious precautions against a revolutionary movement. All the suspected officers are watched by the police, and the troops who are considered trustworthy are distributed throush the provinces, parti cularly gataloialki FRANCE. PARIS, July 31. An Imperial decree published to-day extends the term of exemption of cargoes of grain, flour, and breadstuffs from the payment of navigation duty until the 31st of Decetuber, 1868, the date previ ously fixed having been the 9th of September. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 31—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 ver Cent. 1.4w1 of month— 3 per Cent End of month 69 92} Ora lit Mobilier End of month 273 Cradit Foncior _1432 Ead of mouth — RAILWAY Orleans _Northern Bank Shares 3146 Ital'an Loan — End of month — Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 36 Home Debt — Deferred — ;. Cash 881 1457 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern__ S7L Western _ __ Eastern • • • 556 j 441 556 ... 402 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, July 30. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figur3s of the previous account : DEBTOR. July 30. July 23. fr. C. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of lan,led pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight 40,338,230 07 39,021,778 88 Treasury account cur rent creditor 79,397,603 91 78,619,919 47 Current accounts, Paris 310,752,489 97 323,210,283 26 Do. branch banks 50,052,411 47,758,675 Dividends payable 2,415,675 2,896,189 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed - Sundries Total CREDITOR. July 30. July 23. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 211,991,361 79 218,576,877 48 Do. branch banks 198,428,115 197,195,472 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks 7,487,300 8,072,400 Do. on French Public Securities 11,810,500 11,724,300 Do. by branch bauks 6,245,100 6,417,100 Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks - Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds 1,001,200 970 , 300 Do. branches 826,200 824,900 - Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,930,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Routes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) WI 000,000 —... 100,000,000 ilotel and furniture of the Bl.nk and ladled proper V 8,266,085 1!; went - - 610,3 4 i - i 492,227 63 Sundries ,onsof -e Total Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed ROULAND. AUS7RALI.I AND NEW ZEALAND. The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Corn pany's steamer Kaikoura, Captain Darke, arrived at Panama on the afternoon of the 6th inst. The Kaikoura left Sydney on the Ist of June, and had a fine pasaage to Wellington, where she arrived at noon on the 6th, left again at 5 p.m on the Bth, ex perienced moderate weather till the 14th, when she encountered a furious easterly gale, with tremendous sea auleonstant rain, lasting with but little int ermis son for seven days, during which time the ship was hove to for 42 hours at various times, thus retarding the pasaage considerably, and compelling the ship to complete the passage under easy steam in order to economize fuel. Daring the gale she shipped some tremendous seas, one of which sto ve i n the wheel house aft, and another carried away part of figure head and handrail forward. Since the 23d she experienced mod !rate headwinds and fine (weather. VICTORIA.—Dates from Melbeurna are to the 28th of May. The South Bourke election was won by Crews, with a majority of 234 over O'Grady. Jones was returned for Ballarat, with a majority of 74 over Gillies. A protest has been lodged against Jones' election, on the ground of alleged informality on the part of the returning officer. Sir Redmond Barry is re-elected Chan cellor, and Dr. Browuless Vice-Chancellor. There was great excitement at Ballarat on the day of the elution. There were serious street fights, religious animosities were aroused, a shot was tired' by a man whom the police tried to lynch, and the police were severely handled. Parliament meets on May 29. O'Graly and Gillies expect to obtain seats. Flour is £l9 103., but few transactions ; maize is in demand at 3s. ld. There is some spe culation in teas, and sugars are lower. NEW SOUTH WALES.—Dates from Sydney are io June 1. The Government have notified to Father Dwyer, chaplain of the Darlinghurst gaol, that his services are dispensed with. Dwyer is supposed to be connected with the Fenians. The reports from the north-western districts respecting the disastrous effects of the drought are of a very distressing nature. The unexampled long con tinuance of dry weather had caused great loss to tho settlers. ADELAIDE.—The 15th Regiment is to be re moved from South Australia and replaced by the 18th Royal Irish. Randall's story at Mannam has been destroyed by fire. Duffield and Co.'s new mills are opened. NEW ZEALAND.--The New Zealand Parliament will be called together about the 9th of July. Early on Sunday morning the 18th of May a most de structive fire occurred in Wellington?on Lambton quay, which before it could be checked destroyed seven buildings and property to the amount of Z 14,000. Mr. Alderman Lusk, M.P., Mr. Vtryld, M.P., Mr. C. J. Cottingham, and Mr. Saul Isaac bad an inter view with Lord Stanley, at the Foreign Office, yesterday, with reference to the screw steamer Tornado. Cain a quarter of a century Horniman's Teas have had an immense sale, and as they are now Bd. per Pound Cheaper, in consequence of the Reduced Duly, the demand will doubtless be even further extended. Sold, secured in Packets ; all genuine axe signed "liornintan and Co, Louden." IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The accounts relating to the trade and navigation of ;lie United Kingdom for the month, and for the six aaonths, ended on the 30th June, were published on Thurs lay. The import returns, however, are only brought up o the end of May, the total value of enumerated imports or that month being £21,794,568, which spews a decrease n the returns of the previous month amounting to X 169,387, and on the returns for the corresponding month )f last year amounting to no less than £2,610,601. The export returns are also less favourable than they lave been for some time past. The total value for June vas £13,933,054. which is a decrease on each of the irevious four months, varying from 2107,925 to £896,195. Ile fall compared with the returns for the corresponding nonth of 1867 amounts to £1,557,037. rn,S'T OFFICE FACTS. The Postmaster-General's Report for 1866, which has ust been issued without any date—not an unnatural nnission when the issue has been deferred until the report or 1867 is due—contains facts worth recording, notwith tanding the delay. The number of letters delivered in the jnited Kingdom in 1866 is stated, in round numbers, at 7 50,000,000, an increase of 4 per cent. over the number in he preceding year. This gives an average of 24 letters 'o each person, 141 to each house; in England, 30 letters :o each person ;in Scotland, 22; in Ireland 10. The num )cr of book packets, newspapers, and pattern packets lelivered by post in the United Kingdom in 1866 ad 7anced to 101,784,185, an increase of 3 . 29 per cent. over .he number in the previous year. Money orders were issued n 1866 for £18,847,643, an increase of 5'71 per cent,—viz., ►f 5'57 per cent. in England, 6'62 per cent. in Scotland, 1.39 per cent. in Ireland. The depositors in post office savings banks at the end of the year 1886 were £754,258, t.n increase of 23 per cent. over the preceding year-24 per tent. in England,. 13 per cent. in Scotland, 16 per cent. in .. .reland. The balance due to depositors, £8,121,175, 'hewed an increase of 24 per cent. —25 per cent. in England, 11 per cent. in Scotland, 8 per cent. in Ireland. Clic total number of depositors in post office savings mks and the old savings banks-2,156,290, or one to every 1.4 persons—shewed an increase of 77,941. The number of )olicies of insurance effected with the Government through the Post Office increased from 560 at the close of 1865 to 1,150 at the close of 1866 ; the amount insured, from 341 ,734 to £86,503. The number of immediate annuities rom 91 to 283 ; the amount, from £2,236 a year to £6,427. MI6 number of deferred annuities from 54 to 107. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT.—The Western Morning News states as authentic that Messrs. Ferrand and Fleming (C.), who vere ejected from the House for bribery, will again stand or the borough. BARNSTAPLE. —Mr. David M. Thomas (L.) has addressed he electors with a view, in the event of his receiving suffi :lent assurances of support, of becoming a candidate for he representation of that borough. TOWER HAMLETS.—Mr. Ayrton (L.) has issued his tddress. SOUTHWARK.—It is stated that the Conservative party, ifter gauging public opinion in the borough, have declined my opposition to the sitting members. Should this be so, ;his will be 'the only metropolitan borough without a con est. LAMBETH.—This borough will be most fiercely contested. Both the sitting members, Messrs. Hughes and Doulton, stand for re-election ; while there are three Liberal candi lates—Messrs. M'Arthur, Hartwell, and Lawrence—and ;wo Conservatives, it is understood—Messrs. Raikes and Sleigh. NORWICH.—A meeting of the Conservatives has been held. It was intimated by Sir Samuel Bignold that two Conservative candidates would be forthcoming. The conservatives have lost every election for Norwich since 1854. . _ KILKENNY.—The electors of Kilkenny have signed a declaration in favour of Sir J. Gray's re-election, with the ►iew of deterring any other candidate from appearing. they bear testimony to his untiring labours both in and out of Parliament, and praise his " Church . Commission" a volume " almost wholly the work of his own hands." The !lectors intend to make it unnecessary for him to "can- vass a single vote or spend a single shilling." ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOA T INSTITUTION. On Thursday a meeting of this institution - ties field at its house, John street, Adelphi, London, Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.l'., in the chair. Richard Lewis, Ssq., the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous fleeting, £3 7s. Gd. was voted to the Licensed Victualler r.deboat of the institution, stationed at Ilunstanton, for ;oing off on the 231 inst. during a strong N.E. gale, and bringing ashore a lad who had been left in charge of the vacht Poem, of Wisbeach, which was at anchor off St. Ed munds in a dangerous position, wills the sea breaking heavily over her. Some fishermen had previously attempted to go off to th , yacht, but their boat had been immediately filled by the high sea that was iunninn at the time. A !eward of £7 17s. was likewise voted to pay the npenses of the Sheffield lifeboat of the society at Rund wick, Yorkshire, in going off on the same day during a N.N.E. gale and iu a heavy sea, and rescuing two men from ;he schooner Margaret Cunningham, of Whitby, which be mime a total wreck on the Kettleness Reefs of the south point of Rundwiek Bay. Rewards were also granted to the trews of the lifeboats of the institution at Lytham and Blackpool for going off, on the 19th instant, during a strong wind, and in a heavy sea, with 110 view of rendering assistance to the crew of the schooner Dove, of Barrow, which bad stranded on the Salt house Bank, but which eventually floated off without re quiring any assistance. Various ether rewards were also granted to the crews of shore-boats for saving life from ship wrecks on the coast. It was reported that 'Walter Cave Esq., cf Lowndes-street, had forwarded the society an cdditional liberal contribution of £lOO. A legacy of £6O had also been received from the executors of the late Mrs. Mary Chapman, of Ahlborough. The late Thema, Temple Silver, Esq., of Woodbr:dge, bad likewise be queathed to the institution a legacy of .£650, free. Payments amounting to neatly £3,000 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. The agents of the Ship -1 wrecked Fishermen and Idleiners' Society had likewise collected £74 lls. 9LI. for the support of lfeboats during the past year from seamen and fishermen. THE SOUNDING OF THE TOCSIN. In an article entitled " The Tenth of December, 18t8,' 51. de Girardin compares the condition of Franco at that date, with the condition of France at the present time. " Between 1818 and 18'.13," ho says "twenty years have passed. What has she gained by the overthrow of the Re public and by the establishment of the Empire ? Is she more free? No, she is less free. Is she less indebted ? No, %he is more indebted. What advantage has France gained in return for the 100,000 men and the 1,500,000,000 fr. which the expedition of 1854 cost? None. The Ottoman Em pire was not more menaced or less tottering in 1854 than in 1868. Has the recovery of Savoy and Nice been wot th. the cost which they have occasioned, and the responsibility they have entailed ? Assuredly not. What glory and profit have we acquired by four years' occupation of Mexico? Neither glory nor profit. What thanks does Prussia owe us for the 'atten tive neutrality' we observed in 1866, and which enabled her to strike Austria in the heart, to rob Hanover, to enslave Saxony, to drill Bader, Bavaria, and Wurtem berg ? Not the least in the world, and the opposition of Prus sia to our accinizition of Luxembourg by purchase is there to prove it. Flom the incontestable accuracy of this drawn in no spirit of vilification, between 1848 and 1868, the conclusion we draw is that it is impossible for the Empire, which owes its origin to the coup d'etat of December 2, not to be meditating and preparing. a coup d'eclat in order to make the balance, which is visibly inclining to the opposite side, incline to its own side. Now the coup d'etat has in its hands but one coup &eclat to try, and that is to render to France the limits of 1801, necessary limits, limits without which it will be obliged for ever to maintain a military force of 1,500,000 men, wholly absorbing the population from 20 to 29 years of ago. As a European disarmament is no longer possible except by a grand act of military manliness, the longer it is put off the worse and the more dangerous—the sooner it takes place the better and more prudent course. Stage coaches are about to be started by an American between Jeddo and Yokohama, in Japan. 'The Methodist Free Church, who are holding their Conference at Louth, has elected the Roy. Marmaduke Miller to the reeEidentship. The Royal Commission on Military Education, after sitting almost continuously from the date of its appoint ment, has adjourned for an autumn recess. Four Leeds tradesmen were fined £5O each for having adulterated tobacco in their possession. Starch was the material used for adulteration. We read in Galignani :--" Mr. Wilkie Collins writes to protest against the dramatised version of the 'Woman iu White' announced at the Gaieto ; ho denies having given his authorisation, and threatens prosecutions and the utmost penalty of the law against that theatre. M. Crisafulli, the translator, returns the tiro by declaring that he kids in his p9syssign Ur. 0911hdiprinission." y rnrt ljahale HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 30. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse. The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Louis of Hesse went to Goodwood this morning to be pre sent at the races. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, ac companiel by Prince Alb;:rtVictor, Prince George, and the Princess of 'Peck. A PLAY BY THE PlailE 111.1N1STER. The most remarkable literary incident of the, day is, undoubtedly, the announcement of a drama from the pen of the Prim+ Minister, to be produced forthwith on the London boards. Of the versatility of Mr. Disraeli's genius there has been no doubt, for his career as orator, novelist, and statesman has settled that point long since ; but though his charming works of fiction afforded clear evidences of poetic imaginings, it was still uncertain whether the creation of a drama lay also within his intellectual powers. Upon that point also all doubt is now removed by the public announcement that the season at Astley's Theatre, no longer devoted to scenes in the circus, opens to-morrow evening with a new play, or at any rate one never before produced upon the boards, written by Mr. Disraeli. The cast of characters is, we understand, good, and all the great experience and judgment of the acting manager, Mr. F. Cooper, have doubtless been exerted to the utmost to bring out this remarkable novelty with eclat. BULIVER, DISRAELI, AND COCKBURN. The following anecdote is related in the opening article of the August number of Bhckwood's Maga zine (just out), being the first of a series of papers on the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli:— When Mr. Disraeli launched his first tale and found it to b 3 a great success, Lord Lyi;ton, then Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer, had achieved the proud place as a novelist, which he has ever since retained , The aspirant for literary distinction had long ad mired at a distance the renown of his senior, and, encouraged by the reception whisk his own maiden effort had received, he did what young authors under similar circumstances are apt to do. He sent to Mr. Bulwer a copy of " Vivian Grey," writing, at the same time, an apologetic note, and giving reasons for the liberty he had taken. The letter, 'with its accompanying gift, were at once acknow ledged, and Mr. Disraeli was requested to name a day for dining with their recipient. It happene d that Mr. Disraeli had arranged for quitting Eng land on the day but one after receiving this invita tion. He wrote to say so, and the morrow wa s fixed for the symposium. Four gentlemen sa t down at Mr. Bulwer's table on that occasion-- one being, of course, the host ; another, hip' Disraeli ; the third, a man, shy, but evidentil intelligent, for though he said comparatively little , his remarks, as often as ho hazarded them, were keenly to the purpose. The fourth, a private friend of the host, need not be specified. It was an even ing not to b 3 forgotten, because then, as now, both Lord Lytton and Mr. Disraeli shone in conversa tion. The party broke up about midnight, and the host and his friend were left alone together. A f t er discussing Disraeli, the question was put, " Who i 5 your silent guest ?" "He is one of the ablest tnj u I know," was the reply. " Ile was my conteny porary at college. He is now a barrister; an mark my words, he will attain the highest honour s of his profession. His name is Cockburn." T he climax to this little bit of domestic history or gossiP i is very remarkable. The two brilliant novelists a nd the painstaking lawyer who dined together some forty or more years ago comparatively obscure we ll ' have all risen to positions of eminence in the Stat e ' Mr. Cockburn is Lord Chief Justice of Euglaud ; Mr. Bulwer, after serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies, has become a peer of the realm ; an a Mr. Disraeli, on more than one previous occa sion Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons, is now First Lord of the Tr e ' r sury. So much for the practical working of a G ° ' l o - stitution which Mr. Bright denounces as repres sis l of merit, and Mr. Gladstone, forgetful of wha t 1 has done for himself, seeks to overthrow. MR. LONGFELLOW'S APPEARANCE.—The ing graphic descripion of the noble countenance of the American Poet, Professor Longfelloll is given in the last number of the l ir Journal, edited by Mr. S. C. Hall, who sals " Of the Poet Longfellow there have been doz`3l3; of photographs. We doubt if one of them is good as the latest, recently taken by John W a i f ' kips, of Parliament-street. It conveys so haPP I his fine intellectual head and peculiarly genial s r gracious expression, combining, w ith B iaggi': fid,:lity, the poet and the man : the lofty int e ,, l , l ; gence and genuine benevolence that have t 11 ; 1 ,, sources in his mind and heart: Those Longfellow will not be disappointed ; that is, pelt haps, more than could be said of any of the poets, his predecessors ; and we have seen wcrtli, Coleridge, Southey, Moore, and Callar eb a; Longfellow has a beautiful but manly h e3 it c the expression of the features is that of aspiration, united with simplicity, and suggest i . e vy strong sympathy. The month , although P arts a id hidden by a moustache (a lamentable evil regethe to such a face), is at once sensitive and firm ; forehead is broad and high; the nose exceedlita. refined; the chin sufficiently weighty, but cos ccaled by a flowing beard; the hair, verging tovv3elo thin and grey, is still long and ample ; but tb e . t is is the distinguishable feature of the fine heal / t o luminous, sending forth a white light; der colour is a sort of grey blue, at once tec the and severe ; either according to the mon' the eyebrows are full and arched. Neither ineor countenance nor in the form do We nise the Anglo-American type, which is tie p etn rigid and muscular; the one is full au'l frosd thoughtful and generous, the other somewhat " er i 6 and firmly set, yet not ungraceful. His man e 10' gentle and genial, yet animated ; geni tiity o, t t he deed, obviously his very nature. There i 4 13 : 0 E1 slightest approach to assumption, nothing to c an ilea that he values himself as others v3 111 ' 3 0 , 0 0 nothing of self-estimate, nor any taint of ar r 73 pa 6 that may seem justified (but is never so, a 0 cl . to e- 44 rarely the associate of genius) by a een 3ci . e to ad that millions are his debtors. It is pleasan t " ,„ be i° of such a man that, in all the relations of Ili 10 6 exemplary ; that no great author of anY e t v e better right to honour on the ground of priv y ' ratter." TREATY OF NAVIGATION WITII AtTs ll/11‘' ;; °- purerTt laid d e i a r t e y oaf o rgA f o u e s s t , r a i I before Parliament. On the one side British ships e iti' Navigation (ls oign n: hde between ~.tli,,-; to o l oonthtehresi3dOetlashAippsrbil: 110806:;4:00:1 ions of the States of the Emperor, are respectivol• 4pee. a do m i nions of the other Power, to be treated in e yeti r oe sr 1 i s . national ships and their cargoes, from whatever p i ; F la°, o rg, whatever their destination, and whatever t ie , Dog; favoured or destination of their cargoes; aude;t,;i9ll:c:: to be epdp i n ic a a t b io l n e c t l o a n u a se tio is na a l dd fi V ie c b ie u s t . th is ilsotiptruelia:o; irsalehil to the pritish colonies, but not to the coasting " 0 de r ' the colonies, except where it is or shall bo tilrol° (id' to foreign ships, as it is already in British lodif'"oro to c onStl iS ese rte r9 lon, the Cop, Victoria, and St. Lu ti 6a. receive all lawful assistance in the recovery o f 19 from ships. 00 111- e TILE CAMP AT CoLcas...sTEß.—Liegt• under 0060 and Lieut. Lister, of the 32nd Regiment, are uil icio ster 0 Guards orders to procA3d from the depot at staff"cr,llo the service companies in the Mearitius. ~L i to ' , It Linsey, of the Bth depot battalion, transferrio ~,,b„i+ 75th R : r/a )3° for Gibraltar to ' ' his ' Jo 'n regiment. ~„T D irAl'"., Oti EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTANT, rata, 1-- ca ri",,,t, eVneUt, is held in immediate roadines3 t ° c '' are the properties of Lamplough's Pyretic Salitl e ' rjea went headaches, sickness, skin, or bilisrl O cc _ ti ff . [AO ./ palatable, and inTigorating. Sold by all OhcasPwP** 0„ 16 (Li Aa (l e ; lzu Cal 10 1 ,, sch,