The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

BB competiton Wide IT pante saca.

The attraction of the Lords and Commons' match
seemed to have brought ladies and others down to
ace the other shooting as well. The Ladies' Club
was fully occupied, for the first time this year.
The Cartons had hundredsof gaily-dremernookere-
on ; the train carried nearly as many ladies and
gentlemen, and all along the firing-places to the
moot distant ones, from which the queen's Prize
was being shot for, luid long and closely-packed
fringe of speetatote bt both sexes. Among minor
items of newt, all who know Wimbledon will be
glad to hear that the old clock-stand--as useful
and well-known a meeting' place In camp as the
crystal fountain was in the Exhibition of 18M—
bre been at last put up, and will be soon in fall
maivity.
Considerable sympathy hat been expressed for
the gentleman who has been disbarred from fur-
ther shooting by the comical. This unlucky volun-
teer officer had worked patiently up to represent
his oorps in the competition for the Queen's Prize,
and had made nothing but " centres " yesterday.
But his rifle went off by aocident.duzingthat mid-
day interval, in which cease-hiring is the rule ;
and the council were reluctantly compelled to
enforce the penalty. It should be added that this
officer was himself the one to inform the authori-
ties of his accidental broach-of fiuty, and to place
himself unreservedly in their hands. Lord Riche
was the victim of a- &aim misfortune, and was

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disbarred here-for 'the tneeiing of a year or two
bgo, and the regret felt.ll nitinti than was as oat-
spoken. as now. It is said that Lord Grosvenor
will eeespy the tent prowled for him with the
Queen's Westminstersiforilharst tiraikOtLifolidisr•
next, and will sleep in camp. Everyone was sorry •-
not tosee hint beratoi-d
liegiessi===== .

OUR 0014-TEMPORARIES.
(TIM DAY.)

reu 701111IGN exitta 11/4121. MIL •
The arginnemte for and *unlit the sboye .boill
says the Daily Xesee, lie upon the eurfaca, and if the
matter were talked about for weeks, no material alteration
would be produced in the opinions of the contending par-
ties. It may snit Lord Robert Montagu to Eq Ad fibs.'
question does not involve the issue of protection or free
trade. But to any one who understands the itsseniiii of
the words protection and free trade, it is perfectly °Worm
that the patent bid &Recto *II food supply of the wale -
=unity. All the arguments urged in favour of the MR A
before the house ressieble very closely thane by which the of the houselpewers of corn was defended ;!
more than twenty parr ago. In the main, as Mr. New-
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degate bluntly and bonettlystoted; the mann& wee de.

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Aid that being eat ea tam amMatineed tammetne admitted
some weeks ago, it was natural etteegh that the gnat
11111j0eity et the Lugo imb, with the mod,tion of 60,110
axemben memeated intle elriettitairal littereets, should
appose a measure so re*rede itad arrows.
lOW NOTTAT? 8 ILIIIMITitC24 LILL •

The nesse trusts that the above bill may be persevered
in. It deals, perhape,.,even, with only a
corner of a great subject,• the coresiPde=of which must
be one of the earliest works of the coining parliament.
Still, the In is short and Simple, it meets admitted and
crying defects in our existing system ; 'the provisions
wheat it eckstairk Verb intended to have beensetared is
{be
the act of 1861, waie 66nteined in the• gbvemment
bill of the present session, and must be included
in any future maim* of . bankruptity Enfolds. • The
mesa" ,we may add, declares expressly Abet, in ,
computation of the-false at-the debt of any creditor, tho
value ot. tha seem:it:les held Ay him on the slabter'. s pro-
pert, shall be deducted, and it instituted special means to
ascertain the existence and It plkie of ay* .sectitities.
Secondly, it provides that the deed of assuagement when ,
delivered-4°4h, registrar shall be accourposied,by two .
lista, each.variftedby the debtor. Ono list if to. show all his
Property andaredite, and their estiniated veins—not merely
tot preparty assupdead In tbirdnect Tisa-uttier list is In
exhibit the debtor's debts and liabilities in full detail and
with extrane particularity ; it is to specify the times. when
they were contracted, the consideration for them, the
names, residences, and occupations of the creditors, the
amounts due to than, the securities held by them, and the.
estimated value of such securities. Of course, every addi-
tional particular is alrealreateguard against the intrusion
of fictitious creditors. Besides this, the tack of these lists
having been made is to be dui} advertised, sad facilities
ire, tp be giyeg for their examination by persons in-
tended.

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• THE DOME= OF xArnzAusarton.
The Staedard of this . warning admits that the
whole law ion this subject in Engtand will Nave to be ,
changed. In releseing-English subjeete4r6e settle in the
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United Statesand elect to become eitikena.of that country.
from their allegiance to the Queen, we shall have to care-
fully eoutder our Mws of Inheritance, and to guard
against very piobable attempts- of a certain clam of
while= British 7f.A loose with their
American citizenship. If Englishmen or Irishmen chowie
to abjure their allegiance to the English Throne, and
to invest themselves with the Character of American
citizens, well and good, we shall be but too happy to give
them up and regard them henceforth as foreigners ; but
they cannot be permitted to put on and take off American
citate,kkp ar Wcy pease to la. it is ardor 4. smash .
England end them to claim deal' liirrikhte• 411-111eglith!,---
citizenship either for the same purpose, or to enjoy in
ease the profits they have made by that hostility. The
Englishman and Irishmen who choose to abjure their
meter of British subjects must know that they take a
step which is not revocable. Altogether, the arrangement
of the question which the government and the 0011
the United -States have raised, in a not very
manner, will require considerable ears sad much 'timer
For the present they may well be 'satisfied with the
assurance of Lord Stanley that the English government
agrees with them in principle.

TER slur.

The Tekgreph says that yesterday, when the thermonie-
ter marked 110 degrees in the tun, and about 83 degrees
in the shade, was the hottest day that London has seen for
many a year. What city in the world is there so clean
and so healthy as London in the midst of an exceptionally
hot and dry season ? Any eastern city can be smelt almost
before it is in sight, and a good nose could scent New
York in the harbour. Refuse of all kinds is allowed to
accumulate in the streets, and the fierce sun strikes down
upon a mass of filth the savour of which is sweet to the
agriculturist, but far otherwise to the townsman. The
conservancy of London, and, indeed, of all OW great
towns and cities, is perfect—by comparison. Untamed
heat, like unusual cold, finds out all the weak places in
our constitutions, and the very feeble prove unequal to the
additional strain upon their slender powers. But although
the deaths last week were above the estimated average,
the country altogether is in a wonderfully healthy state.

DRAMA.

HAYMARKEI'.

Mr. Buckstane, the popular lessee of this house,
took his annual benefit last night, and, in spite of the
exceptional heat of the weather, was supported by a large
audience. To give novelty to the programme, Colley
Cibber's Anglo-Spanish comedy of She World Gni She

Not was revised, after a quarter of a century's repose.
This play was first represented at Drury-lane, No►. 26,
1702, the author or adapter playing Don Manuel (a part
now given to Mr. Chippendale), Pinkethman appearing as
Trappanti, and Hypolita being performed by the cele-
brated Mrs. Yerbraggen, whose personal charms are so
rapturously and minutely described by Anthony Aston.
In the Haymarket version represented last night Mr.
Buckstone played Trappanti, and Miss Robertson Hypo-
lita, but no acting can make such a fossil production
endurable.

A new farce, called Fey to the Bearer, a Kiss was pro-
duced asterthe comedy, in which Mr. Frederick Buck-
stone, a son of the lessee, made his first appearance hers
as a low comedian. The faros is very dull and slight, and
affords no opportunity for good acting.
at the close of the farce Mr. Buokstone delivered one
of those addresses which are always looked for on these
occasions.

To-night (Friday) Mrs- Soott Seldom will appear all
Beatrice in .1104 Ad. Abort Nirthirsf, and on Meeklay's
short legitimate seem will eammence under the ainellio-
meat of Mr. M. Barnett, whet Mr. Aimee Andersen will
make lie first appeaser* linos his return from
Austeelia.

AratutAin, Jul:: 16.—Appourrians.—Liep-
tenants Thomas P. W. 'Near" Frederick Witold., mil
Geerr, H. It. Rook to die 2:asima; eit*Lantemailia
Lord Charier Bamford, Benjaroin D. Arland, and Azthur.
Pandrawe, to the Victoria and Albert; A. Behemberg,
to the Prince Ocomet; William A. N to the Bea- ,
lope; and Eslorand D. Walkee,_to the Nan-
rting fhdr-Lieutewant ylAliam.Toqkar, to the
for the Lightomg. Vadslupiria A. to •
the • Caledmin. Acing Amartemt-Barmen
Putsey, to • the Bellerophon; and Naval Cadet, nom-.
noted, A. If . Praia.
DEPARTITHI OP TEI Ai itaMAN BQVAIthOIf Mt-
Cowse.—floovnarimons. Juix 16.—The ;fated &atm
aq.undion railed tips evening for Cow.., at which port it
will remain fora few days.
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luvogoiliarligte
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