The Sun. — London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON , FRIDAY VENING / JULY 17 , 1868 . E .... lr IFE BOAT SERVICES. —During the Storms of THE EY RE T E STI MON IA L FUND. fssted, the Government would have got the bill that Sir H ENRY STORKS will be able to " change all CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS PRESIDENT. through Committee yesterday. this," and if he does nothing more than effect a ILI the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con . - Sir RODERICK J. MURCHISON, Bart., K.C.B. .-----...... ribn to to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship- Mr., HENLEY'S decisive remarks on the subject are thorough revision of our transport service, he will wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institution VICE-PRESIDENTS. (ntom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) also expended £31,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat THOMAS CARLYLE, Esq. worth yof notice. The right hon. gentleman very be entitled to the lasting gratitude of the public. The Hon. Major ANSON, M.P. and V.C. PARIS, THURSDAY, July 16. Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. The doitesp - ondance Busse is troubled with-some inauie• The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the COMMITTEE. truly said that there was a time when the people of public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued Lord De Blaquire. the - metropolis paid as high a price for their meat THE issue which will be presented to the House of tude on the subject of Prince Napoleon's journey to Aus tria and Turkey. It 'frankly expresses its fear that the heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments. Field-Marshal Sir William Col. Brownlow- Knox, M.P. Gomm, G.C.B. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London J. W. Cater, Esq. (of Cater Col. H. Lowther, M.P. as they do now, and when there was no greater dif- Commons on the Telegraphs Bill is a very plain and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, and Sons). Alexander Macdougall, Esq fetence between the price paid to the producer and • seducing reception" which the Emperor's cousin met one, and the subject will be readily understood if . . Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. Sir William Bagge, Bart., H. G. Bohn, Esq. with in the Austrian capital may have caused him tc M.P. J. A. Beaumont, Esq. thee price paid by the consumer. Mr. HENLEY the real question be put before the House. Parka- forget the tree interests of France. The latter country is Si M ACHINE -MADE JEWELLERY c. g;i 3 orge Russell-Clark, W. Hon. Franc siawl o y . wo anal up by saying that if they had been allowed t,s ment is called upon to determine 'whether it is warne d aga i ns t a M ac hi ave lli an sc h eme i n w hi c h A us t r i a The aonE s 18 Carat Gold, Ct. Walrond Clark. Capt.rnham. t o o into Committee all the difficulties would be worth while to purchase the business of the tele- I s re p resen t e d as d es i r i ng no t on ly t o a cqu i re t err it or y i n ap Mr. EDWIN W. STREETER Ga g " .3e per cent. less than hand-made, and more p erfect. S. C. Hall, Esq. Col. Henry De Bathe. graph companies on terms which have been agreed the East, which will compensate her recent losses, but as Sir Lionel Smith Gordon, Bt. Thomas Chambers, Esq. speedily removed ; and, in reference to the (Late Hancock, Burbrook, and Co.), to, ,subject to their approval. The amount to be aiming at the command of all the traffic between Europe Lieut.-Col. Johnston. B. B. Greene, Esq. (of the firm 37, Conduit-street (five doors from Bond-street), argument that they were now a dying body in and Asia. Prussia would favour such a plan because it Where the celebrated Maclaine-made Jewellery, in 18 Carat Gold Alan Lambert, Esq.❑ paid for this business is not an arbitrary one, but would turn the attention of Austria from German unity, so extensively introduced hy Mr. Streeter, Is only to be obtained Capt. Oliver, R.N. of Blyth, Green, and Co.) Admiral Sir Will Bowles, this Parliament and could not pass the bill, why it will be determined by what the profits of the and favour its development ;Germany would become one, William Vansittart, Esq. K.C.B. the right hon. gentleman the member for South LONDON AND GENERAL W ATER Viscouut Melville, G.C.B. Lord Ormathwaite. telegraph companies are actually proved to be. and Austria would gain new strength as the great highway PURIFYING COMPANY (Limited). John Arnold, Esq. Sir John Davis, Bt., K.C.B. Lancashire did not regard that as an • insuperable Twenty times the amount of their annual to the riches of the East. The Correspondanee Busse is to PATENT CISTERN FILTER, charged solely with animal Lord Headley. Hon. Rowland Winn. eharceal. The latest patented Filter in general use, and requir- Lord Boston. objection when he dealt with the Irish Church. net profits will be paid if the business be pur- be complimented on its ingenuity. There is very little hag, when once fixed, no attention whatever. Patronised and (With power to aid to their number.) . Notwithstanding the appeals made in all direc- chased by the Government. 'Whatever the need, however, to warn Prince Napoleon, for, whatever he may hay. intended, it is pretty certain that he has accom- Luc , ' by her Majesty the Queen at Osborne, by H.R.1.1. the Duke of C Lnetridge, the elite of the Medical Profession, and at the , In consequence of the earnest wishes of a large portion . amount . of the purchase-money, it will represent a Fusilier Gueris', Middlesex, St. George's, German, and London !of the public that a testimonial should be presented to lions to the opponents of the bill, they persisted inplished nothing. Austria's foreign polities must be nil for Hospitals, and at the Regent's Park and Tower Barracks, and ; Mr. Eyre, to mark their appreciation of the services he dividing the House again and again. Mr. DISRAELI proportietsate revenue equal to 5 per cent. on the some time to come. Turkey would no doubt be glad to purchase.- On the face of it, the purchase does not nom-roes institutions, breweries, &e. has rendered to his country in saving from destruction a Proreseor Frankland, F.R.S., in his analysis of the waters for declared that it was the usual practice of minorities accept any ally that might present itself, but who would Dseem'ter, 1865, inand, the report to the Registrar-General, states, rest British colon • and it being deemed unadvisable by arsear to be a bad one for the public, but there "With re e eatel to the filtration of this water (New River) through 1 t e . Committee of the . .Defence he are some circumstances winch render it in a money Marshal Niel has been attacked again. The Opposition animal charcoal, it will be observed that, although the total daily to interfere at present with the moneys at their disposal to defer to majorities, epecially when they were i n domestic supply of a house on Haverstock Hilt has passed (proceedings in the Court of (I ; ueen's Bench being still so large a majority as they hal been that evenine.s?' point of view more advantageous than it seems attempted yesterday to suppress some costly military corn. through the same filter for seven months, the anim al charcoal pending), it has been de termined to or g anise a s p ecial still retains practically unimpaired its power of abstracting or- testimonial fund. To afford an opportunity to all classes Major JERVIS also said that those in favour of at first sights By the amalgamation of the existing mantis, and another display of warlike logic was the result settee impurities." Last time an attempt was made to reduce the military * 4 ,* The above Filter was supplied by this Company. to contribute to this testimonial, amounts from Is. and up- . going into Committee would not give up if companies itlias been estimated that a saving of The Filters may be seen in operation, and full particulars ob- wards will be . received. A short address will be drawn up expenditure, the 'War Minister spoke of the unlimited tainsi on application to the Secretary, at the Offices, and placed in the hands of authorised persons for the col- all night to withstand the expense would be effected equivalent to £45,000 lection of signatures. manufacture of Chassepots, of the necessity of keeping 157, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. (FOUR DOORS FROM it took them attacks made. Seldom has a more factious exhibi- annually ; but by placing the business in the horses out of the hands of the agriculturists, lest their SOMERSET HOUSE). The London Committee being most desirous that Local Committees should be formed throughout the country, in- tion been seen, and it is little to the credit of those hands of the Post Office a much larger saving t ro tti ng f orm s h ou ld b e s p o il e d, and of the moral COUNTER CLOTHS FOB. LICEN CE! ) vice persons willing to form such committees to communi - :an be effected, as in very many instances effect produced by artillery that would mow cate with the Honorary Secretary, who will at once for - who persisted i n the attempt to st ifle discussion. VICTUALLERS. ward printed instructions and forms.existing post offices and post-office clerks will be down entire regiments. These peaceful arguments If any more of this takes place, we that the rHE only article really suitable for that purpose, Ladies and Gentlemen of known position, or other per- hope suitable for the work for which special offices and were immediately followed by the assertion that the ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address sons furnishing references, will have collecting cards sent P r i m e Minister will d ec l a re on the part of the Go- Government did not contemplate war. Yesterday Marshal 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Paveme nt, Cla p ham. them on a pp lication. Provincial Bankers are invited to clerks are now engaged. Again : the continuous in -0 apply for subscription books. vernment his fixed determination not to let the :Tease in telegraphic receipts is an important clement Niel announced that he could despatch to the frontier six GLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED The first list of donations will shortly appear. session close without passina the bill for it would „F•4l, bargain, corps d'armice, fully equipped for war, in five days. A VICTUALLERS, 'le. 9d. PER. DOZEN. Subscriptions may be paid to any of the undermentioned w ) •-a.•ae and if the question had gone to declaration in favour of peace followed in ludicrous London Bankers : —Messrs. Coutts, Strand; Messrs. Smith, be a pity to give way to such manifest prejudice arbitration there can be no doubt that an arbitrator proximity to this announcement. He further added, of WILLIAM HOLDIC II and CO., No. 105, Payne, and Smith, No. 1, Lombard-street; Messrs. Childs, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, Temple-bar ; United Service Bank, 9, Waterloo-place, as that which has been shown from the outset about would have awarded to the companies a large sum course to prove the same conclusion, that sixty-two regi- The Pavement, Clapham-common. Pall-mall ; London and Westminster Bank ; and Messrs. this measure in certain quarters. It makes it the on this account. This increase is, however, included ments of the line and twenty-four regiments of cavalry Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street. p ABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, All communications to be addressed to 9, Waterloo- more unsuitable, as the public have always been so , were now under canvas. Ho afterwars, however, at in the twenty years purchase which the Govern- place, Pall-mall. tempted an explanation by compa ri ng the forces of Franco and the North German Confederation to 1 expressly for Licensed Victuallers. Damask Napkins went have arranged to give. At the present time HAMILTON HUME, Hon. Sea inconvenienced by the high price of meat, and the numerical advantage of the latter. People, here, how for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings ofthe increase is going on at the rate of £50,000 a every description. Patterns gratis and post free. is people are tempted to say that any change must be year, so that when the Government take to the ever, are thinking i pi: i t I n etfel k a:te i ha n roe: g v id yea: million e,goodEl:B:It States d dn e i med a ri l e j ng u m. a s : t rir nt aranoef away 7 o I f i t h h iea e n tßoet briefe remarkablebrsliapaieciess 1 css7 .4, for the better, and are quite inclined to take their rIARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar business this time next year they may disbandingiffowtit ir:time ee rabove kJ use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for Z s tt : -.. -- E - ) . ' "Le *Mt chance of the proposed alterations. fairly expect to receive an income greater by ..,arlies' ani Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH - ,1. ..P and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet- £50,000 than that for which they are street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. _....._ The new arrangements at the War Office gave paying. If, therefore, the Government chose to ___ -- _ rise last night to a prolonged discussion in the carry on the business which they propose to purT, Marshal Niel, I hear, has armed himself with another peace argument. He has just purchased 3,000 horses—of LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 17 , 1868. course to preserve their trotting powers. W 1 VICTr I A 3 A l i, L F I RI 80'DRAPERS, E a s n t d abli 9 sh o e ., d 1 L 84 1 2 C LICENSED S I E O a p Lords. The conditions affecting the appointment chase on the same terms as have hitherto been _______... maintained, they would at once obtain an income The last pillar of the Exhibition of 1867, and the last Fleet-street, City ; SoUthern Branch—No. 5, The Pave- of Sir HENRY STORKS were regarded with some sus taqicritliotnoa7l p 2 er r c er en c t. en e t n . the accrues ur c f h r a o s m e ment, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, , The House of Commons was yesterday the scene ing Tl o ie f trace of the fairy city which surrounded it have vanished. with Price List. picion, and even the Duke of CAMBRIDGE expressed . of most factious opposition on the subject of the The Champ de Mars has once more become the arid waste himself dissatisfied on the that constant col- a expense in consequence of amalgamation and the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle Bill, and the style ground -ni the on s e a y ; of yore. We have profited by your experience. The pre- TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. adopted by the Opposition did them no credit. It lisions would be likely to arise from a divided au )olfuPthr:vbelcilsiinnecsosm. e arising from the natural increase cedent of the Brampton boilers has not been followed in WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., thority. It is very certain that whatever may be The Government will, therefore, the case of the Paris gasometer. LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. was not till after several divisions had been t a k e n t he r e sult of the chan g es in p ros p ect, no one is sates ' • Yesterday the Imperial advocate, M. Cheerier, an receive more than double the rate of interest on 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farring-don-street ; and at No. ). that the bill got into committee. By this stage sohas hitherto flounced his opinion on the case brought by the United the purchase-money which they will have to pay States Government against MM. Armen and ship s, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch fled with our military system, as it C0.,., much time was wasted that it was necessary to ad- been falling very short of the mark. Lord for it. It is true that it is not proposed to deal builders, and M. Erlanger, banker. He has decided H ER MAJESTY'S OPERA. NORTHBPOOK probably expressed the general with the business precisely in this way, as it is against the American Government, his principal argument (THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE). journ, but the large majorities carried against the ' Last Night of the Subscription Season. feeling when he said that no one could thought to be more advantageous to the public Production of "Il ,July co opponents of the bill prove that they did anything interest that sulstantial reductions should be made upon the Confederate funds. TO-MORROW EVENING (STURDAY) 18, Mozart's Grand Opera, rather than express the opinion of the House collet- have had dealings with the War Office Schemes for bridging, in various ways, the narrow sea IL FLAUTO MAGICO bt• d' in the cost of telegraphy. The result of this policy • which so greatly interrupts communication between Eng- Trebelli-Bettird, Mesdames Titiens, Christine Nilsson, Sinico, tively on the matter. A more paltry device than without feeling the necessity of extensive u ju 1- will probably be that the public will gain a double land and France are contiviall being • y discussed here, Rose Hersee, Zandrina, Drasdil, Bauermeister, Corsi. Signori Bettini, Fiorini, Belli, Agretti, Bertaechi, Casaboni, aclvantsg .1 • obtaining at the same time cheaper For the most part, however, they are merely repetitions Lyall, Foll, and Stantley. this of perpetually adjourning can hardly be ima- mender-in-Chief admits that the " modifications ' telegraphy and a good interest on the money of old plans modified or improved. The Emperor is now C o nductor —Signor Arditi. The scenery by Mr. William Beverley. The miss-en-scene by glued, and it shows that those who persist in it are required by the War-office are so important that \ invested in the business. considering one of the simplest of the many projects pro- Mr. Edward Stirling. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. very badly off for argument, since they rest their er The Duke of posed. This is a variety of the design of an enormous they cannot be delayed any long . Stalls, One Guinea; Amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and Is.; Reserved Some objection has been raised to the terma Box Seats, 10s. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. chief hopes on such a stratagem. It is really too CAMBRIDGE expressed au earnest desire that there offered by the Government, on the ground that they raft, to be placed upon three steamboats, each of 1.00 horse- Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box-power. The train, locomotive and all, will be received office, Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second. bad that at the close of a harassing Session, if it delay in carrying out are highly should be no unnecessary doer from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super-with rom ti- telegraph companies. need that intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, has not done too much, there should be so much whatever reforms were decided upon p p No one regret straits in all weathers. Drury-lane (under the portico in Brydges-street), open from 10 they will be benefited. If the Govern- The torrid heat of the last few weeks has given place to till 8. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. pertinacity displayed in the postponement of a tude, since the uncertainty which hung over offices ment have made a good bargain for themselves, -errible storms, which have visited nearly the whole of measure which is intended for the benefit of the w h e n r eforms are in contem p lation could not be T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. it is all the better if the bargaia is a. good France. Normandy and other northern districts have Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. community at large. First of all an energetic otherwise than mischievous both within and one for the shareholders also. It is a satisfactory suffered very severely. Rain, hail, and the electric fluid Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. without." It is essential that it should attempt was made to substitute the Corrupt prat- have combined to render the country a desert ; the THIS EVENING, July 17, at 7 o'clock. TOM THRASHER. element in the transaction that it allows of a large trees have been stripped and the crops swamped Mr. G. Belmore, Mt. J. G. Taylor; Miss Harris and Miss Nelly tires Bill and other matters for the Cattle be clearly understood that whenever changes Hart is. Bill, but advantage to both parties. The several telegraph At a quartqr to 8, A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Mr. Charles Mr. DISRAELI very properly refused to accede to are thought desirable and are determined companies have undertakings which may be with water or beaten down by the wind. Several fatal Mathews, Mr. Belmore, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. Ashley, Miss upon they should be at once commenced accidents from lightning are reported. The devastation in Maria Harris, Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. the request, but informed Mr. GIBSON that the ; Made much more profitable by united working. the south, especially to the vines, has also been great. I Concluding with IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. Parliament would notCor- and although they should be carried out The Government can bring about this unity, and hear the heat in London and other parts of England is Mr. Charles afathews, Mr. Ashley, Mr. C. H. Stephenson; Mrs. be prorogued until the even greater than in Paris. It is quite possible that the Biilington, and Miss Louisa Moore. rupt Practices Bill had been completed. The Me- with the greatest forbearance for those concerned, they have made a bargain for doin g so, sub j ect to war of the elements may pass over to you, and it would be ng out parliamentary approval, which seems to have tropolitan Forei n Cattle Market Bill came on for yet it should bo with as little delay in carryi well to prepare for a similar visitation. ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEA'TRE. - g advanced the value of the shares about 20 per - Sole Lessee and Manager,Mr. Vining. discussion at the evening sitting, and was lame- a great measure of reform as possible. This re- cent., and which may make a still further improve- THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Allerton Messrs Dominick Murray. J. G. Shore, Leeson, B. diately assailed with great rancour. It would seem, minder is by means superfluous to any Govern ment in their value. It is right that the substan tial profit and the intrinsic increase in value which Potter, B. Ellis, Meclean, Berwyn, Crellin, Cathcart, and Gres indeed, that the spirit of discord which was so rife at meut, for too often matters are delayed until half ---s— -ham ; Mesdames Eleworthy, Kemp, and Emily Cross. will arise upon the whole transaction should be ; Preceded by TH te DAY AFTER THE WEDDING.METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS. the middle 'period of the session, and was for some the good to be effected by the changes proposed is divided between the shareholders and the Govern- * To-morrow, RUTH. ee___ N.B.—Doors open at 7; commence at 7 . 30 . weeks laid dormant, had suddenly revived, in con- sacrificed, the public attention is wearied, - and the Extreme Sea work remains in a most unsatisfactory state. The ment. This appears to be th ei Friday, , e ,..e; ;F. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. sequence of this particular measure being advo- e case, as ie share- e•• te A 12 I 9 Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. sated. A. " protectionist device," and other signal • • • question last night was opened by Earl DE GREY, holders will obtain an advanced price for their 8 a ' ra ' i _ ' THIS EVENING, at a quarter to Eight, TIVE AND THE who asked the Under Secretary of State for War shares, and the Government will get double Nairn HOUR. Messrs. Alfred Wigan, J. L. Toole, &e. cant terms were given to it, and when Mr. HAD- Aberdeen To conduits with "FOWL PLAY;" or, A Story of Chikkin whether the arrangements for the establishment of interest for the money invested in the purchase. Leith Hazard. Mr. J. L. Toole, etc. FIELD proposed to adjourn the debate soon after it 'Shields It is to be hoped that the course which Scarborough 30•00 r. 60 59 N. 1 3 8 S.R. b.to 0-50, 2 • the new Department of Control in the War-office, ' has yarmouth _ 11 1 11EATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.— Elegantly which personalities were the order of the day. and for the closer union of the civil departments..teetnyen .. ...._ _ -I- repainted and redecorated.—Under the management of llnot be the wi of the army, were completed • and if so, whether Arclrossan .. 30'03r. 59 55 N.W. 1 2 N.W. o.c. —, 1 'prise Fanny Josephs. First of all, Mr. HADFIELD declared that the Minis- 1 House of Commons. The parties interested in Greene:tittle 30 04r. 61 57 W.S.W. 1 2 N.N.W. r.c. 1--- THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOUL PLAY. he would state their general nature. Sir HENRY Holyhead .. 30104 r. Si 57 S.S.W. 1 2 W.N.W. r.o. 011 ,-- After which, WHO'S TO WIN ram ? ters were nearly all absent, and took no interest on telegraphic communication had a right to appear Liverpool .. 30 07r. 62 a 7 W. 2 2 W.N.W. c.b o'l7 1 To conclude with THE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. H. Cox. the subject. Lord R. MONTAGU answered this • STORKS was appointed to the office of Controller at before the committee to oppose the bill. All the valentia .. .. 30'12r. 61 57 N. 3 3N. N.l 'c. Cape Cl ear .. 30'07 64 61 N.E. 2 2 N.L.N.N.W. c.b. --- 2 For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to the close of last year, and entered upon his duties chief telegraph companies did so a Roche's Pt. 30'10r. 61 53 N. 3 4 N . t • e 3 Penzance .. O'CBr. 67 65 Z 0 3 Wsw ' e 1 9ve. attack in a spirited manner, and said that the oppo- appear, Plymouth .. 30'07r 67 63 Z . 0 3 W . S . W . In. i • on the Ist January, an appointment which seems but they stated their willingness to waive their Weymouth • 30'09r. 68 63 W .N . .W. 3 3 E.S.A. c.o. ----- 2 sition to this bill was of a most factious character, 13 OY AL STRAND TIIEATRE. Portsmouth 30'03r. 71 67 N.W. 2 3WN 1V b • o 1 to have been received on all sides with satisfaction right if suitable terms could be arranged. The London .... 30'00r. 72 63 W.S.W. 1 2 'W. . b.' •_ IV Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. while those who desired to pass it had before them C'peGrisNez 29'965. 66 64 S. 3 —g, 1 THIS EVENING. at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE; Messrs. and approval. Earl DE GREY, however, was not Government then agreed upon the terms we have Brest Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan the desire to cheapen butchers' meat, and referred L'Orient. After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. fully satisfied with the position occupied by the named as the price to be paid to the telegraph R chefort 32'o3s. 72 69 S.W. 3 5 w 1 Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swanborough, to the dodges employed in order to circumvent its Biarritz - W ' S ' ' c ' f ' companies if the measure received the sanction of coreena —' 2 :2 = .:- Lydia. Thompson, Sheridan, Hughes, &c. new Controller, and there seemed to be an ap- • To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. passing. Mr. Al - 11TON, of course, had his say, the House. The companies then withdrew their P r zrlr ls _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and tried to show that the Ministers were ignorant prehens 'on in many quarters that he might be opposition ; and it was with the knowledge of this St ras bourg.. - •-= 2: OVAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, called upon to resign his office before the oulon ... 30'03r. 72 70 E. 4 —e, 2 HOLBORN. of the subject. Mr. FRESIIFIELD, who had been a agreement, and after a full discussion of its terms, serf's don _ _ . ---- --a --tee,- ea_ e .~~„ - that the committee passed the preamble of the bill. local tent e - ; 1 ( L a T ej . , 30'045. 57 56 W.N.W. 1 1 W.N. al' f. 3 The new arrangements at the War Office gave rise last night to a prolonged discussion in the Lords. The conditions affecting the appointment of Sir HENRY STORKS were regarded with some sus picion, and even the Duke of CAMBRIDGE expressed himself dissatisfied on the ground that constant col lisions would be likely to arise from a divided au thority. It is very certain that whatever may be the result of the changes in prospect, no one is satis fied with our military system, as it has hitherto been falling very short of the mark. Lord Nounnuoox probably expressed the general feeling when he said that no one could have had dealings with the War Office without feeling the necessity of extensive but judi cious changes. Even his Royal Highness the Com mander-in-Chief admits that the " modifications required by the War-office are so important that they cannot be delayed any longer. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE expressed au earnest desire that there should be no unnecessary delay in carrying out whatever reforms were decided upon with prompti tude, since the uncertainty which hung over offices when reforms are in contemplation could not be otherwise than mischievous both within and without." It is essential that it should be clearly understood that whenever changes are thought desirable and are determined upon they should be at once commenced ; and although they should be carried out with the greatest forbearance for those concerned, yet it should bo with as little delay in carrying out a great measure of reform as possible. This re minder is by means superfluous to any Govern ment, for too often matters are delayed until half the good to be effected by the changes proposed is Sacrificed, th© public attention is wearied, and the work remains in a most unsatisfactory state. The question last night was opened by Earl DE GREY, who asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether the arrangements for the establishment of the new Department of Control in the War-office, and for the closer union of the civil departments of the army, were completed ; and if so, whether he would state their general nature. Sir HENRY STORKS was appointed to the office of Controller at the close of last year, and entered upon his duties on the Ist January, an appointment which seems to have been received on all sides with satisfaction and approval. Earl DE GREY, however, was not fully satisfied with the position occupied by the new Controller, and there seemed to be an ap prehension in many quarters that he might he called upon to resign his office before the reforms which he set on foot were ac complished. The Commander-iu-Chief looks with some jealousy on the appointment of a new military adviser to the Secretary of State, a post which has hitherto belonged to the Commander-in- Chief. Then the management of the finances gave rise to a good deal of discussion, but it appeared after the Earl of LONGFORD'S explanations that many of these fears were groundless. There is no intention, according to the Under Secretary for War, either of removing Sir HENRY STORKS from his office, or of interfering with the functions of the Commander-in-Chief. Lord LONGFORD promised that there should be no needless delay, but admitted that there was some hindrance owing to the neces sity of consulting the vested interests affected in the different departments. Lord LONGFORD does not seem to be very confident of the effect of the c h ang es proposed, which, he says, have been rather exaggerated in their importance by the public. " The measure should be taken," he says, "for what it is—an important interior re-arrangement, and not a panacea against all future shortcomings." We scarcely need his assertion that we must still ex pect to find traces of red-tapeism, but it is something that the work should be a little cleared and simpli fied, and if, as we are told, the Chief Controller is now to be the sole authority over departments which have hitherto been under four or five diffe rent heads something has certainly been gained. One of the greatest evils of our military system has always been the multiplicity of departments, the subdivision of authority, and consequent loss of individual responsibility. We are all too painfully familiar with the effects of this in the Crimea ; but the evils which bore such bitter fruits then are still extant among us, as Lord STRATHNAIRN'S remarks on Sir ROBERT NAPIER'S difficulties with his transports abundantly proved. " Their lordships might be surprised to hear that one of the great difficulties which Sir R. NApIER had lately to encounter was a total disorganisation of the transport for the Abyssinian campaign. That dis organisation had been the cause of the delay of the operations for one month at Bombay. Hundreds of mules were landed on the sea shore, and there was no one to take care of them. They ate up 15 fathoms of rope to which they were attached, they were badly tethered, and the whole arrangements were so bad that the officer in command was obliged to name an officer from the 3d Dra goon Guards to have the commonest attention paid to the animals." Could any stronger proof be wanting of the imperative necessity for a thorough change in the controlling departments. The mules played a most important part in the cam paign, and were not the least costly of the requi sites for the expedition, and yet there was an entire lack of the simplest forethought and commonest care in providing for them, We earnestly hope journ, but the large majorities carried against the opponents of the bill prove that they did anything rather than express the opinion of the House collec tively on the matter. A more paltry device than this of perpetually adjourning can hardly be ima gined, and it shows that those who persist in it are very badly off for argument, since they rest their chief hopes on such a stratagem. It is really too bad that at the close of a harassing Session, if it has not done too much, there should be so much pertinacity displayed in the postponement of a measure which is intended for the benefit of the community at large. First of all an energetic attempt was made to substitute the Corrupt Prac tices Bill and other matters for the Cattle Bill, but Mr. DISRAELI very properly refused to accede to the request, but informed Mr. GIBSON that the Parliament would not be prorogued until the Cor rupt Practices Bill bad been completed. The Me tropolitan Foreign Cattle Market Bill came on for discussion at the evening sitting, and was imme diately assailed with great rancour. It would seem, indeed, that the spirit of discord which was so rife at the middle 'period of the session, and was for some weeks laid dormant, had suddenly revived, in con sequence of this particular measure being advo cated. A " protectionist device," and other signifi cant terms were given to it, and when Mr. HAD FIELD proposed to adjourn the debate soon after it had begun, a most striking scene took place, in which personalities were the order of the day. First of all, Mr. HADFIELD declared that the Minis ters were nearly all absent, and took no interest on the subject. Lord R. MONTAGU answered this attack in a spirited manner, and said that the oppo sition to this bill was of a most factious character, while those who desired to pass it had before them the desire to cheapen butchers' meat, and referred to the dodges employed in order to circumvent its passing. Mr. AYRTON, of course, had his say, and tried to show that the Ministers were ignorant of the subject. Mr. FRESIIFIELD, who had been a member of the select committee, referred to it very forcibly, and dwelt upon the inconsistencies of Mr. WILSON, and referred to his idolatrous love for free trade, which began and ended abroad, however his love for the foreign ox, and the foreign sheep, was very great, but the centre of his affections ap peared to be the foreign goat; the only animal, in deed, for which the right hon. gentleman bad neither affection nor sympathy was the genuine JOHN BULL of our own native island." This is more true than satirical hits of ten are for Mr. GLADSTONE, and many others, of whom Mr. GIBSON is conspicuous, are certainly putting the claims of foreigners befor those of our own people. Free trade is all very well in its way, but it has its abuses as well as its uses ; and it behoves the Legislature to see that it is not misled by apt teachers, who have made up their own minds and do not care very much if in carrying out their project it is pleasant or pro fitable to others. As for the arguments often made use of, that this measure was only for a portion of the community, that is fully answered by the ob servation that the mass of foreign cattle are landed at London, and it stands to reason that if foreign cattle are admitted there in an unhealthy state the plague must be disseminated over the whole country. Some objection has been raised to the terms offered by the Government, on the ground that they are highly advantageous to the shareholders in the telegraph companies. No one need regret that they will be benefited. If the Govern ment have made a good bargain for themselves, it is all the better if the bargain is a good one for the shareholders also. It is a satisfactory element in the transaction that it allows of a large advantage to both parties. The several telegraph companies have undertakings which may be blade much more profitable by united working. The Government can bring about this unity, and they have made a bargain for doing so, subject to parliamentary approval, which seems to have advanced the value of the shares about 20 per cent., and which may make a still further improve ment in their value. It is right that the substan tial profit and the intrinsic increase in value which will arise upon the whole transaction should be divided between the shareholders and the Govern ment. This appears to be the case, as the share holders will obtain an advanced price for their shares, and the Government will get double interest for the money invested in the purchase. It is to be hoped that the course which has been taken by the opponents of the bill in the committee will not be renewed i i the House of Commons. The parties interested in telegraphic communication had a right to appear before the committee to oppose the bill. All the chief telegraph companies did so appear, but they stated their willingness to waive their right if suitable terms could be arranged. The Government then agreed upon the terms we have named as the price to be paid to the telegraph companies if the measure received the sanction of the House. The companies then withdrew their opposition ; and it was with the knowledge of this agreement, and after a full discussion of its terms, that the committee pas sed t he preamble of the bill. on of the terms pro posed of the promoters the passing of the Under pre am b; ltbehueits7evt involved i st, r ie c l de r t a 8 - 1 s t t os a na n li c isc e: i of the measure, after th e preamble was passed, Mr. GOSCIIEN again raised the question of terms, and proposed to g ive the comp an i es s i x t een years ' purchase instead of twenty. Well might Mr. DENISON declare, after such a proposition was made, that some men were " inconvincible." The proposition was only one of the many schemes which have been devised for delaying the measure, in the hope that it might become impossible to present it to the House thi s year. The Govern ment, however, a ppear to have d e t erm i ne d th a t Parliament shall have an opportunity of expressing its opinion on the measure during the present session, and, if necessary-, to prolong the sittings of the two Houses for that purpose. ItOYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Farewell Performances, and positively the LAST SIX NIGHTS of Mlle. AZ n LLA, the Female Leotard, and M. AGOUSTE. THIS EVENING, Benefit of M. Agouste, when a host of novelties and attractions will be produced. THE DOG DAYS AT THE ROYAL A MPIIITITEATRE, HOLBORN, are among th© plea santest of the year. SAMWe LUS CANINE TROUPE received nightly with tremendous applause. The sagacity and intelligence of the "Clown" Dog universally admitted to be perfectly incredible. The unequalled Scenes in the Arena as usual. Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Morning Per formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at half-past Two. Children under ten half price. Mr. GLADSTONE'S grand objection was one of a finance nature, and he declared that the question must be considered of getting in oney before any thing definite was done. As for the Privy Council part of the argument, which the right hon. gentle man specially alluded to, Mr. DISRAELI said that as for this case the Council could not meet it, and that London must be dealt with by legislation. Mr. HADFIELD withdrew his motion for adjournment, on the advice of the Premier, who urged the House to pronounce a decided opinion on the merits of the bill, and not to evade the responsibility by ad journing. It would have been well if this excellent counsel had been taken on it the evening before. When the Opposition found straightforward plans failed, they had recourse to stratagem in order to serve their turn. Throughout the whole of the evening the majorities against the faction were large, and they cannot congratula to themselves on the effect their oratory produced. In short, persuasion, pathos, and invective alike failed to convince the general 1313 y of the house ; and Mr. GIBSON'S r.solatioa that any me isure of this kind ought to be general was rejected by a majority of 109. Mr. GLADSTONE again renewed his financial objections, to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, and said that the Metropoli tan Board of Works and the Corporation of Lon don would undertake the responsibility. Sir C. RUSSELL and Mr. DE GREY advised the Govern ment to put off the prorogation until this bill be passed, a:A very likely the advice will be takea. No doubt, had not such bitter hostility been mani- FIRST APPEARANCE of Mdlle. 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G LENIE d3liv3rs th 3 L NTE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40; Kilbun, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.3 0 ; Uxbridg e, 9.20; Watford, rl' lIE LATEST EDITION of "TILE SUN" to 1 seen Every Evening by 8.10 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCICS, Br:taua!a, Ken,ial New-town, POIMNG.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the LAMS EDITION of "THE SUN "as soon SR pub tEhed.-4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at 1 JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wohington," Wellington-street, Strand. THE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at JL J. SMITH'S, Bow-street, Covent-garden. if.ELATE .F2DITION of "'ME SUN i '' at W. SMIT'S • Garadeu Stores,* 78, Park-strv,t, Camden 0 WU, STATE OF TRADE. BLACKBURN, 15th. —Scarcely an average number of spinners and manufacturers attended 'Change to-day. No improvement on the long-continued depression was manifest, though prices were slightly easier. Since last week prices have declined from id. to id. per lb. Under ordinary circumstances this fall should have insured brisk transactions ; but, with the general flatness prevailing, it hardly proved to be any stimulus, and little business was clone. Many manufacturers complained that they would be compelled to stop their mills owing to the shortness of water if the drought continued. There was every appearance of an approaching heavy thunderstorm during the afternoon ; but after a slight shower the sun again broke out. BRADFORD, 16th.--A quieter feeling prevails to day in the wool market. Transactions are only to meet the consumptive demand of spinners. The supply of wool continues large, and prices, though not quotably lower, are not higher than they were last week. The prices asked for good Lincoln wools are—for hogs, 19d. to 190. per lb., and for wethers MI. to 161 d. per lb., though the wools chiefly sold are of the l o wer class, which are of course worth proportionately l e ss money. In worsted yarns there is still a fair business doing on home account. Shippers are less inclined to operate. There is, however, a tendency to softening in price, spinners being in many instances less firm than on Monday. The piece trade is far below the average. Business in the home warehouses continues pretty good, but principally in reference to orders pre viously taken. New business is scanty. Prices are, on the whole, tolerably steady. IMPP.OVENI ENT IN TEA FALGAP.-SQIJA P,E. —An im provement of a very striking character has just been intro duced into Trafalgar-square. A row of stately plants in tubs has been placed in front of the northera retaining wall. They impart much liveliness to the square, and can be seen for a considerable distance by persons coming up Whitehall TIIE ^ WEATHER AT LEEDS.— Ou Wednesday night, after an almost unexampled drought, the Leeds dis trict was visited with a storm of thunder, followed by showers of rain, which will prove of immense benefit to the AOrched earth and the grouting crops. EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to .?,2 deg. a sea level. Tbeletter r., rising; f.. falling ; s., 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 : b.—blue sty ; c.—clouds, detached ; ; h.—hail I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r.—rain; s.—snow; L—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Atmospherical pressure has increased a little at all stations since yesterday—chiefly in the N. and W. Readings are still remarkably uniform. The decrease in temperature noticed as having occurred in the W. yesterday has now extended to all stations, except those in the south-east. The winds this morning are light, and very variable : they are mostly from the north-westward. Weather to-day is cloudy. Fog and rain have occurred in places, and thunder is reported from Scarborough. The Daily News is greatly exercised by Mr. Bright's in fatuation about salmon. Says our contemporary, after speaking the praises of Messrs. Childers, Stansfeld, and Seely : " It is so much easier for an eminent Liberal mem ber to come down to the House and make a few fine speeches, to declaim and perorate on general principles, and to be merry and at his ease when millions of public money are being voted away, between sleep and waking, by a bare Ministerial quorum after midnight, that we can hot be too grateful to those very few members who, undaunted by the torrid heat, and unseduced by social distractions, devote night after night to the investigation of the driest details of supply, and make almost a surgical study of what may be called the morbid anatomy of the estimates." The truth is, Mr. Bright is an orator, not a legislator ; he can conceive great ideas, brit le cannot carry them out for lack of patience to deal with details. We believe that the only measure he ever drew up was his Reform Bill of 1858. In that abortive project he seems to have exhausted himself so much, that five years later he was obliged to go salmon fishing in Ireland while the measures were being carried through Parliament for the relief of his constituents and the other distressed cotton-spinners of Lancashire. So, now that a bill to put down the bribery which he has repeatedly denounced, is I?eing discussed, and with much labour brought into shape; now that Mr. Childers is leading a forlorn hope against the official strongholds of extravagance ; now that the country squires are making a vigorous attempt to pass a measure which they candidly avow to be a counter move to the free-trade victory of twenty-two years ago, Mr. Bright is on the Shannon instead of on the Thames, whipping the largest of British rivers instead of submitting to the discipline of the parliamentary whip. Was Mr. Bright afraid all the salmon would be caught,that he thus deserted his post a month before the time ? Clearly, Mr. Gladstone must not expect much assistance from his colleague in working out the details of the laborious measure for the rearrangement of the Irish Church revenues. Like the rest of the world, Messrs. Cancer and Capri corn are on their travels. We have yet to hear where the second has been journeying. The first has undoubtedly been travelling northwards, and this tropic is to be found somewhere about 51 deg. N. latitude. Mr. E. J. Lowe, writing from Nottingham on Wednesday, states that the thermometer on that day reached 93.1 in the shade, a higher temperature than those recorded during June 1846, June 1858, July 1852, and August 1856. The drought is greater than any other which he can remember. Many shrubs have died, and some trees are almost leafless. Mr. .Tibbitts, writing from near Kettering, records 96 deg. as the highest shade temperature. In London yesterday the thermometer was 84 deg. at 2 p.m. The haze and the smoke, which always hang over the capital more or less, to a certain extent intercept the sun's rays, and reduce the temperature. In the suburbs it was considerably higher than this. The barometer rose during the night in 7HE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY AT LEICESTER. The proverbially "weeping skies" of England had no iomage to offer to St. Swithin at Leicester. The day was hill enough ; a few enthusiasts wander ed down to the trial fields to see a little private ridging, harrowing, and rolling Or an hour or two, aisid then adjourned to the show-yard o see the brick and tile making, for which £2O was riven, and of which Whitehead, of Preston, took ,hree-fourths. The temperature was almost mien hirable. On many parts of the line from London the fields were not only burnt up by the " sun's perpendicular lea," but by the cinders from the engine, whose effects lad spread like wildfire. Near Peterborough two corn ields were reported to be in a flame which no army labourers could quench, and not far from Kettering, haystack was on fire, in a field which was mtirely charred. The cattle under their long lanvas tents at Leicester looked cool and comfortable mough, and somewhat grudged being roused when he judges began their labours at nine a.m. on Thursday. The prizes were awarded later in the day. In ;he catalogue the horses took precedence with 167 entries. Df these 35 were for agricultural horses, and Mr. Wilson took the head prize for Suffolks with The President. The entry of thoroughbred sires was only poor, and the £lOO lot !ell on Sir George Cholmeley's massive chesnut Angelus, a ,yell-know ei winner in thlYorkshire rings. The hunter :lass was made especially interesting by the antagonism if Lady Derwent and Mountain Dew ; the " Lady ' had won at Ripon, and had been beaten at Peterborough uy a bay horse from the master of the Pytchley's stud, since the two met, with different judges, for the Islington told medal. That decision was confirmed before a tribunal )f three, of which Sir George Wombwell was one, and the mare beat the horse. In the competition for two-year-old heifers, her Majesty won her first shorthorn prize with Alexandra. The Herefords were not very strongly repre sented as regards numbers, but the Devons had a capital show throughout. There was a good show of sheep, but she pigs had an especially hard time of it in the heat, and their attendants sat beside them sponging their faces with ;old water: With respect to the implements, there is very .ittle to be said. The trials were made for conformity's take, but the ground was in such a state of bake that any practical result could hardly be arrived at. In the Xnplement yard there was nothing new except the Abyssinian well, and the people crowded round it. and Irank the purest water with a zest which 90 deg. in the shade may well account for. On the whole it bids fair to be a most successful show, and the coffers onhe Ryoal Agricultural Society, which were sadly lowered by the fallow year of 1866 and the half fallow year of 1867, will have the replenishment which they have sorely needed. The attendance was good for a five-shilling day, and the company were scarcely out of the yard when a tremen dous shower came on, and St. Swithin was avenged. * c, _ olstifat awl c,,,, HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 16. . _ The Queen, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Coburg, drove out yesterday after noon. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince and Princess Christian, Prin cess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds this morning. LATEST INTELL fGENC. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TIIE WAR IN THE BRAZILS. Rio DE JANEIRO, June 24. The financial measures announced in the Imp''' [jai speech at the opening of the Chambers have not yet been introduced. The Duke of Saxe is journeying in the interior. According to the latest advices received here from the seat of war the bombardment of Humaita continued. A Paraguayan attack on the Cho° had been defeated. The result of the Presidential election in Buenos Ayres is still uncertain. The Sarimento ticket has obtained a majority in the capital. At Montevideo the accounts of tho Mana ha d been audited, showing a surplus of £400,000. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Contrary to general anticipation, the storm and aceom *flying rain of Saturday night last did not bring with them the anxiously-expected termination of the present long-protracted drought. The few occasional showers which have fallen during the last few days seem to have been confined principally to the neighbourhood of the metropolis and the country districts immediately adjoining the coast. In Bedfordshire, Northampton shire, and other counties, the work of gathering the harvest has fairly commenced, numerous fields having been already cleared on the heavy lands. The labour is chiefly English, the customary influx of Irish labour being on a considerably smaller scale than formerly. On the light, loose, and gravelly lands the wheat crops are found to be extremely poor ; in not a few places they are apparently doomed to complete destruction should the present tropical degree of heat continue. The wheat plant on these soils is thin on the ground, short in both ear and stem, and frequently almost empty in the ear. The soils themselves present a hard, dry, and cheerless appearance, fortunately very unusual in this country. They have become completely devoid of moisture, and are utterly incapable of affording any proper nourishment whatever to the crops borne by them. Even a speedy change of weather will scarcely suffice in some districts to repair a tithe of the loss and damage thus occasioned by the prolonged absence of rain. In some of these localities so hopeless are the leading wheat-growers of their crops repaying even the mere cost of gathering, that they have had their fields at once placed under the plough. On the well-farmed heavy lands the state of the crops is much more satisfactory. In not a few districts the yield pro mises to be most abundant, even exceeding the usual average. In the Midland Counties especially the wheat grown on the stiff clayey soils has turned out wonderfully productive in numerous localities, exceeding the most sanguine expectations of the farmers. It is the same in other districts. But for this it is certain that the harvest of 1868 must have proved a com plete failure. As it is, we may now reasonably hope for a harvest, considerably, it is true, below the average, but far better than we had any grounds for expecting, considering the extraordinarily unfavourable circumstances under which farming operations in general have been carried on during the past summer. The barley crop is variously spoken of, as are the oats and rye crops. There seems to be considerable uncertainty respecting their general condition, but it may be safely assumed that it is the same with those as with the wheat crop ; that on the heavy, well, and early farmed soils there is nothing to complain of, but that on the light, loose lands, where the heat has penetrated several inches below the soil, the produce is damaged to a greater or less degree. The green crops are everywhere unfavourably spoken of, particularly the potatoes and tur flips. The hay crop is also one of the most deficient ex perienced for many years. Hayricks are comparatively few in number, and our graziers find themselves reduced to the disagreeable necessity of feeding their live stock with the provender intended for winter consumption. No wonder that the price of linseed should have risen within the last few days. The effect of deficient pasturage upon the condition of live stock in the midland and northern districts is very marked, particularly among sheep, large numbers of which present a thin, unsaleable appearance, except in the neighbourhood of rich grazing lands, which latter, however, are becoming less and less available each day. In most country villages the springs and wells have become completely dried up. It is, however, an ill wind that blows nobody good. rarmers and graziers may suffer, but the gardeners will gain to some extent by the long-continued warm weather. 'the orchards in all parts of the country present an unusually luxuriant aspect, the yield of plums, apples, and pears promising to be exceptionally abundant. In fact, the fruit crop of 1868 will probably prove one of the richest and most abundant ever known in this country ; and it is expected that the competition for fruit prizes during the forthcoming agricultural gatherings in various country districts will be of an extremely keen and animated character. In Devonshire the apple orchards arc so exceptionally productive, that the manufacture of cider is commencing on an unusually large scale. Entomologists are in high glee. Their cases have become filled to overflowing with specimens of moths and butterflies, many of very rare character. Never before have these insects been so abundant. In certain parts of Kent, Surrey, and other districts they are to be seen literally in thousands—a very pretty spectacle, no doubt, but one which is anything but gratifying to the farmer. — Daily News. NEW GAMING ACT.—The net Vagrant Act Amendment, which contains an important provision affecting the parties who play or bet in the streets, &c., has been printed. From the Ist October, persons playing or betting by way of wagering in the street, road, or public resort, are to be deemed rogues and vagabonds, and to be punished under the Act of sth George IV., c. 85. Hitherto the parties having the table or instrument of gaming have been considered the rogues and vaga bonds. LIVE STOCK OF THE UNITED STATES.—The live stock of the United States, according to the recent reports of the Agricultural Bureau at Washington, has diminished to an extraordinary extent since 1860. In these reports it is stated that the number of mulch cows in the country is now smaller by 5 per cent. than it was in 1360 ; the num ber of working cattle is less by 30 per cent.; the decrease in asses and mules is 23 per cent. ; in horses, 17 per cent. ; in swine, nearly 35 per cent. When the war was ended there were literally no oxen, cows, horses, asses, mules, or swine left in all the South. A NEORO ARRESTED FOR TEE MORANT BAY MASSACRE.—The watch of Mr. Smith, a white planter, who was pursued into the woods by the Morant Bay rebeh during the rebellion of I$G5, where he died, has been dis covered by the police in possession of William Chisolm, r. black man, who was taken to England by the Jamaica Commitee and the Anti-Slavery Society to exhibit as one of the innocent negroes who were persecuted and hunted clown by Ex-Governor Eyre during the " reign of terror." This man Chisolm is the son of William Chisolm, who was hanged at Morant Bay for the prominent part he took in the maasacre of the white inhabitants of St. Thomas-in the-East. The Morant Bay Court House, which was the scene of the late massacre, and which was burnt by the Morant Bay rebels, has been rebuilt by the Government and very handsomely done up under the immediate superintendence of Colonel Mann, the director of roads.— Bertnt44% Poyeq Gazette COMUERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange on London, 171 firm; coffee, good first, 7,700; sales, 31,000 ; export to Channel, 2,560 ; North of Europe, 10,551 ; Mediterranean , 6,257 ; United States, 25,199 ; other ports, 8,263. Stocks, 110,000. Freights to Channel, 355. BUENOS AYRES, June 14. Exchange, 491- to 494 ; wet salted hides, 49 to 42 ; total sales, 385,500; shipments, 279,0 58 ; stock, 10,000 ; dry hides for Germany, 50 for 30 ; ditto for America, 42 for 21 ; sales, 52,50 0 total shipments, 245,928 ; stock, 73,000 ; freight, Channel, 37i ; wool, 46 to 80 ; tallow, 15 ; lumber , 45 ; Cardiff coals, 15 ; Cadiz salt, 15, less active• AMERICA. ' QUEENSTOWN, July 1 6 . The National Steamship Company's steal:obi! Helvetia, from New York, arrived here at 10 AO' to-day with $46,000 dollars in gold bars. ' S he landed passengers and proceeded for Liverpool. PORTUGAL. LISBON, July 16. The Duke de Loule not having succeeded 0 forming a new Ministry, Count Avila has again accepted the charge. It is considered likely that he will reconstruct the Ministry, and it is said 00 6 the Cortes will shortly be closed. :NDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN HEAVY MAILS. GIBRALTAR, July 16. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam er Syria left at 1 p.m. for Southampton, where 0 13 e may be expected on the 21st inst. OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTO LIAN MAILS. The Massilia, from Southampton, on the 1 1th Instant, arrived to-day at 5 a.m., and left at 9 O il ' for Alexandria. All well. LORD ROBERT NAPIER AND TEE SON OF THEODORE AT PORTSMOUTH. PORTSMOUTH, July 1 6. , As I informed you yesterday, Lord Robert NVe. trrivel here yesterday evening, and was met at t h ,_ ° o Landport Railway Station by an officer of the Royal Navy delegated to receive the distinguis h° f visitors, and to introduce them to the notable °I the place. After an introduction to the Adol ic h % of the port and to the Commander-in-Chief of the district, Lord Robert Napier repaired to Queen's Hotel (not the " Pier," as I before statel mhere apartments had been taken for him, mhere he slept last night. This morning be P a :,• t visit of inspection to the several places of rest in the neighbourhood, not omitting a call gyp, vent Cambridge Barracks, where the 33d gyp,nent are at present stationed. He also v isit he forts at Spithead in course of construction two ,hose on the Gillkicker Point—the Fire Cl he f; „Addle wheel yacht, Staff Commander Frederic k . 0 Paull, being placed at his disposal for the t. er Lord Robert embarked from the Southsel —which had been gaily decorated with flags for t o )ccasion—and received a flattering ovation fr those present on the pier. i I° l It had been suggested by one of the Pr nci a et tradesmen of the borough that a public bancll.3 should be given to Lord Napier, to which the offi ce o t of the 33d should be invited ; but this idea did :el receive much support—indeed, from the time at Lord Robert's disposal it was impra c ,l 3 able. However, the corporation of the 1)0 0 % held a hastily-summoned meeting this afteraOeci at which a complimentary address was g re w upon, which was to have been presented this esrra ing at the Queen's Hotel ; but in the interim 1-194.. Robert had received a communication from her bot jesty, desiring his attendance at Osborne, so ifi t 0 1 le had to write to the Mayor, acquainting biPijic ier Majesty's instructions, and assuring his wori4to, ~ hat he would be pleased to receive the addr ess fire norrow morning. He. left the hotel soon aft e f„ e oo )'clock, and embarked on board the Fire 14 t o 'row the Southsea pier, and proceeded direct Osborne, receiving a round of cheers fromt .vho were assembled on the pier. , 10 014 This evening, at twenty minutes after six 0 e he young son of the late King Theodore, o° , ° oo oanied by his tutor, Captain Speedy, arrived 11 " o p Landport station of the South Western 1° 11 , v :111 1 , n route for Plymouth. The prince was dret-sieti pair of white trousers and bluß jacket .;oat, and had on a white straw hat with ",,,do re' n the ribbon. He appeared surprised at t ' s. p re' zeption which awaited him, a number of thof3eirbodr sent persisting in crowding round him to endelltet to shake his hand. Captain Speedy, howeve r, the prince in his arms and carried him to 'O4 Age which was in waiting on the tramway' shortly after he was driven quickly away. THE PRINCE CONSORT'S WINDSOR ASSOCI'e —Yesterday the annual meeting of this essentialli v association, which was founded by the late Psi ° lf li e ,; sort, and is now under the immediate patronag e 90 0' 4 Anjesty the Queen, was hold in the Home Park, lorle. the north terrace of Windsor Castle. The Prince °' distributed the prizes. terc isY The United States squadron sailed 9 65 , 0 0 ' evening from Southampton Water for CONVOS7 ' tl3 61 ° port it will remain for a few days. .„ : „0 I , MANCHESTER, July 16.—There is 120tuL.0 tA, commercial advices from foreign markets O r ! of state or prospects of the home trade to g i t ' e e t new impetus to business, and in this Ea h i ' bili" c i have the same flatners and depression w hic ; existed so long. The cotton market is aotillollo: full prices, but prices here have ceased t fi f c io ) the lead of the raw material. The stocks °wit!) and goods of other kinds are cons id e rable , j, large supply continually coining forwareari joi e buyers are unwilling to operate except at I t ip rates. In fact, they have no encouragem eli Theo w ' condition of any market to do otherwise. 00 tai l ,: f offers they make are at low prices, and pe dency of the market is continually to a cle'' values. .4 °l° EXCLUSIVE, VERY IMPORTA'ST, RARE, aN et isios are the properties of Lamplough's Pyre tic Saliue' worst headaches, sickness, skin, or binary affectiolo Palatable, 4114_111Y180rating• §old_by all claCtaWs-.... \. Xi Th e r Wed n t'ocoei Phis i eleati i hav e tx c h t , eenel u The the be ILi u In eo fr4e