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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY a 1862.

of opinion on that point. On the forts there is the
greatest difference of opinion. One, therefore, we
say of two things a reasonable Minister ought to do.
Either he ought to spare the country the expenditure
at a time when its danger from the distress
) of its manufacturing millions is a far greater dan-
ger than that of an invasion some years hence—for
the forts will be of no use for years or if in-
creased defence be really urgent, then as all the au-
thorities agree, let the first thing in importance be
the first attended to. Let the Thames, the Mersey,
the Clyde, and the Tyne resound with the building
of iron ships. If we get up our forts, or get them half
built, then their advocates being judges, they cannot
hinder an invasion elsewhere. But if we get up
an iron navy as superior to all nations as we have
the power of doing, invasion is absolutely imprac-
ticable. We could lock up any fleet of transports in
Cherbourg or Brest till they rotted. Without dog-
matising, therefore, in favour of an opinion we do
not doubt, we are entitled to ask—that, as no one
denies the necessity and efficiency of iron ships,
while the highest authorities and the best civilian
judges are divided on the efficiency of fortifications,
the money should be spent on what is certain to be
effective ; and, that the nation's pocket should have
the benefit of the doubt. We mean that till the utility
of forts is as generally admitted as that of ships.
Lord PALMERSTON should not risk the hard-earned
millions of the nation on what as so many believe,
will prove but 12ALMERSTON follies.
Nothing surely is better made out than that our
fleet is our reliance. It kept us safe from invasion
in the time of the first NAPOLEON, and if there
should be a fiftieth NAPOLEON, he will fare no better
than the first while we maintain our naval supre-
macy. Once let an enemy
get
Poortsfan:b a tahs
to place himself within range of
or Plymouth dockyards, and we would give
but little for them. These forts are after
all a craven looking sort of thing for Englishmen.
We quite sympathise with Mr. OSBORNE'S senti-
ment that they are an insult to our navy. Useful
things for French and Russian fleets to skulk be-
hind no doubt—Englishmen, like Spartans, know a
better way of defending their soil. They defend it
by advancing. They defend it as DRAKE did when
he singed the King of SPAIN'S beard. As he did
when he and his companions went out to meet the
Spanish Armada. Nor have we now a niggard
money-loving Tudor QUEEN with her hand on the
key of the Treasury door, starving the fleet for want
of ammunition, and preventing the complete
destruction of the enemy by her miserable parsi-
mony. We confess we dislike forts which seem to
say, we are afraid an enemy may come here. We
have no such fear. We believe in our "first line of
defence." And, if we want a second line, it shall
be a second line of Warriors and of English Moni.
tors. These forts betray, indeed, the timid caution
of aged landsmen, rather than any apprehensions of
our sailors, old or young. We own that we are
ashamed of them.

As to the debate of Thursday night, long aE it
was, we fear too few have read it. If they have,
we think they will agree with us that Mr. OSBORNE
was really unanswered. We reasonably fear that
his prediction will be verified to the letter, when
he said, " Parliament goes on year after year vot-
ing these sums, when the noble lord threatens
them with a dissolution. They care more for
their individual pockets than for the pockets of
the tax-payers at large. But I tell the noble lord
and his supporters that I am not content to register
the imperial edicts of a dictator. Yes, of a die'-
tator—l repeat the word—whose ,plans, if carried
out, mean increased expenditure, and who is leading
the country into heavier taxation and to financial
embarrassment."

Strongly as we share the popular sentiments in
regard to our jovial Premier, we must yet deal
honestly with him, and we do think that in this
business he is sacrificing, unconsciously, the inte-
rests of the country to a personal crotchet. So
strong, indeed, is the concurrence of reason and
authority for creating an iron fleet, that it looks as
if the Premier had some deep laid scheme to in-
crease the magnitude of the more aristocratic ser-
vice, the army. He will first get his forts, and
then come forward and tell us, that now we have
got them we must add fifty thousand more men to
the army to man them.

Yesterday's ceremonial at the International
Exhibition down at South Kensington passed off
to every one's admiration—to the admiration, that
is, of every one out of the seventy thousand
persons who were present as spectators. In the
history of this second gigantic display of the accu-
mulated products of the world's art, science, and in-
dustry or manufactures, the 11th of July will take
rank as the companion festivity to that which ren-
dered memorable the Ist of May, 1862. In some
respects, the 11th of July will be looked back to by
those more immediately interested in the fortunes of
the Exhibition, as a date more memorable even than
that of the Ist of May. Upon a moderate calculation,
it ie estimated that altogether nearly three times as
many beholders were present yesterday, both within
and without the walls of the building—we find it
still difficult (almost impossible) to call it the Palace
—of the Exhibition, than was there assembled on
May-day: The prevailing melancholy which clouded
the glory of the inauguration, though not of course
absent from the minds and hearts of those who
witnessed the Distribution of the Prizes among
the throng of exhibitors, was more subdued, was at
any rate certainly less apparent. Not but what
one and all yesterday thought still with poignant
regret of the premature disappearance from amongst
us, of the gifted and virtuous PRINCE, from whose
cultivated intellect and active benevolence the idea
of these superb International Exhibitions originally
emanated. Time, however, while it has failed in
any way to obliterate the recollection of the over-
whelming magnitude and of the irreparable nature
of this loss to the QUEEN and the country, has in
some measure assuaged the bitterness of our regrets.
Besides which, it must be borne in remembrance
that the ceremony of last May-day was here and
there remarkable for very painful reminders both
visible
andaudible of the death of the PRINCE
CON sow,.
At the commencement of that cere-
mony, at the filing off of the magnificent procession,
all who were Present there upon the occasion of the
opening of the International Exhibition of 1862,
were profoundly affected by the point blank
re-announcement, as it ewere,
of the fact of
that lamented calamity at
once to the nation
and to the SOVEREIGN : its sad and signal
notification by the circumstance that the New
Exhibition had to be opened vicariously by
his Royal
Highness the ,Commander
-in-Chief.
The widowed QUEEN—while the gu„
were
firing, and the drums ' rolling, and
the
trumpets sounding, in declaration that the
World's Fair of 1862 was Inaugurated—w5B
hastily speeding northwards; seeking distraction
from her sorrowful thoughts by a hurried journey
to her Scottish retreat at Balmoral. Again, any
momentary exultation in the crowd assembled
together on that once Ist of May, was dashed by
the renewal of the general grief felt at the demise
of the PRINCE CONSORT by the choral voices of the
musicians peeling forth those exquisite lamenta-
tions on the memory of " ALBERT THE Goon," firti-

cuiated by the plaintive words of ALFRED TENNY-
SON, and by the pathetic music of STERNDALE
BENNETT—recalling to mind, with mingled pride
and grief, him who had—
" Borne the white flower of a stainless life,
In that fierce light which beats upon a throne,

And blackens every blot I"
Yesterday the mere repetition of the circumstance
that the chief personage present, the leader of the
ceremonial in his capacity as the appointed Distri-
butor of the Prizes awarded to the Exhibitors, was
H. R. H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, rendered the
incident somewhat less melancholy than upon the
Inaugurative Day. It seemed, yesterday, in some
measure a mere matter of course that the stalwakt
form of his Royal Highness should close the courtly
procession, and that his hand, and no other, should
distribute the Prizes, just as a little more than two
months ago his voice had announced thelnternational
Exhibition to be opened. The ceremony of the
distribution was, as might have been expected, in
no way whatever comparable to the ceremony of
inauguration. Saving and excepting the proces-
sion which filed through the edifice between the
throng of well dressed spectators, there was little
or nothing to be seen as a ceremonial. There was
the Exhibition itself, of course, in all its complete-
ness as it certainly was not on Mayday. And to wit-
ness that Exhibition, and to scan the faces and fea-
tures of the eminent public men recognisable in the
procession as it passed, as nearly as might be com-
puted, at a glance, three times as many beholders
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As a whole, no doubt, the Crystal Palace
in Hyde Park surpasses, in our mere memory
of it, the actual and substantial fact of its far more
gigantic successor, with its far more costly, and
in several respects its far more wonderful
contents down at South Kensington. But then
the Exhibition of 1851 was, in all the circumstances
attendant upon it, exceptional. It was the first of
these great International Expositions. It was as
such especially, the cynosure not only of neighbour-
ing eyes but of foreign eyes as well, of the eyes of
spectators for the first time upon such an occasion,
for such a pacific cause assembled together in one
edifice, bringing with them specimens of their art
and of their industry from the uttermost ends of
the earth. Just as (architecturally viewed) Captain
POWXES'S building at South Kensington is the
veriest abortion, Sir JOSEPH PAXTON'S fairy-like
Crystal Palace in Hyde-park, was a lovely and
radiant masterpiece. The effect of that crystalline
edifice, with its matchless collection of the treasures
of both hemispheres, glittering there during all
that glorious summer :of 1851, upon the Hyde-
park greensward, was a fact not to be re-
peated. It lives still in the recollection of us
all—as with the splendour of " one entire
new and perfect chryssolite." We looked not
for its repetition in the new building erected
eleven years after to be the temporary receptacle of
the second, the present International Exhibition,
And, therefore,:not looking for that repetition, we
have not been, as we assuredly must have been other-
wise, doomed to disappointment. The wonderful
collection now on view at South Kensington—the
collection for the pick of the marvels in which
the principal exhibitors yesterday received each
respectively the award of the commemorative medal
—that extraordinary collection of specimens of art,
and of produce, and of machinery, and of manufac-
tures surpasses in its completeness as such, as an
International Exhibition, anything of the kind that
has ever yet been brought together. With the re-
cognition and acknowledgment of that fact
we must, perforce, rest satisfied. And in
itself it is assuredly sufficient to satisfy
us that the Exhibition of 1862 will infallibly
be looked back to as having been in all
essential particulars brilliantly successful. So
looking back to it, when, like its predecessor of eleven
years ago it shall have been again scattered, and
shall have been brought to end, like a tale that is
told—there will still survive in our recollection as
" things of beauty that are joys for ever," various
wonders of art, that after the lapse of years will
still be distinctly visible :to the " mind's eye."
Such wonders of art as, according to their re-
spective merit, let us say—that marvellous pair of
seated figures in the Roman Court, the " Sybil"
and " Cleopatra !" Or GIBSON'S exquisitely
beautiful " Venus," tinged with a faint and deli-
cate flesh tint, and bearing in her hand the
golden apple, the prize of her perfect loveliness !
Or, again, that astonishing group, in bronze, of "The
Wrestlers." Or even MINTON'S richly-coloured
and sparkling Majolica Fountain.

The warmest supporters of the North are com-
pelled to acknowledge a grave defeat in the battle
we heard of by the last telegrams. As they were
from Cape Race, only the next packet can bring us
any details, and these even will probably present
the least dark aspect of a dark affair. For our-
selves, we can feel none of the partisanship which
some of our contemporaries seem to cherish so
strongly. The anti-negro, anti-commercial, anti-
English feeling and policy of the North balances so
nearly with the pro-slavery, free-trade, and Euro-
pean leanings of the South, that we find the scales
oscillating strangely when we endeavour to arouse
our enthusiasm for the North. The Northerns are
freemen, but, singularly enough, they are now shed-
ding their own blood and that of the South like
water : for what object P—To reconcile themselves
with the Slave States, and to make the infamous
Fugitive Slave Law yet more than ever a reality.
Even within the last few weeks these Northern
freemen, with a war around them of which they
wish us to believe that slavery is at the bottom,
sent back fugitive slaves under this disgraceful law
to the masters who claimed them. Mr. COBDEN
and Lord PALMERSTON had a discussion the other
night on Providential retribution. Without touch-
ing on the transcendentalism of the subject, we
must all believe that obvious causes and effects are
i the arrangement of the Providence which governs
the world, and judged by this standard, few his-
torical retributions can be more obvious than that
which Northern debt, defeat, and expenditure of
life, as well as money, are inflicting on the Free
States. They nursed slavery in the South as long
as it was politically gainful, they have indulged
the most heartless and cruel feeling towards every
fellow-American who had a trace even of the Afri-
can colour on his finger nails, they refused, when
the south rose to make slavery its sole object, to
abolish it—and now the South is overwhelming
them with debt and disaster. The sins of the
North are finding them out at Ric;lmond, and even
at Charleston.

At the latter place the defeat was a cruel one.
It is similar to too many in this war. The Northern
regiments, by the generous confession of the
Southerns themselves, fought most creditably. The
evidence from both Bides is conclusive, that, with
the exception of one regiment—the 46th New York
—the men both advanced and retreated with the
greatest oourage and coolness, under what was,
aranrderous fire. But, again,
without exaggeration,
they were badly led, The officer in command was

in fault. General BENHAM is, indeed, it is said, to
be brought before a court-martial, but that will
not restore the legions of this modern VARUS.
Charleston will now be safe probably for a long
time to come. It was supposed that it was to be a
4th of July present to Mr. LINCOLN, and a topic for
the oratory of the day, The orators have had a
mournfully different story to tell of the city which
began the rebellion.
But of Richmond the story was worse. The
Grand Army defeated, and huddled together be-
tween the little river Chickahominy and the large
river St. James, is the topic there. Further con-
sideration only confirms the views we briefly ex-
pressed on Thursday, on the first receipt of the
intelligence. We cannot perceive the slightest
evidence of the retreat of the right wing to the
back of the left wing for strategic purposes, except,
indeed, the strategy requisite to avoid utter rout
and destruction. JACKSON, who showed such
ability in the Valley of the Shenandoah, before his
opponents knew that he had left it,was at Richmond,
showing equal ability in the greatest battle of the war
there, and again proving himself victor even over
M'CLELLAN. Nothing can alter the facts :
First. That the right wing was pushed back
completely behind the left. Secondly. That in so
doing it had to abandon the Richmond and West
Point Railway, from which the army received its
supplies from the York River. Thirdly. That this
involved the abandonment of the White House, a
grand depot, quite a canvas town of military
stores, not far from West Point. Fourthly,
that Ithe whole army of M'CLELLAN, which had
been hoping to get into higher and healthier
ground, is now compelled to post itself between
two rivers; and, fifthly, that it has given up in-
vesting Richmond, and, according to all appear-
ances will have enough to do to resist Con-
federate attacks. Unless M'CLELLAN san
attack the city, which is improbable in-
deed, or can retreat with the disgrace of
being driven from the Confederate capital, he
will have to go into summer quarters in a very un-
healthy position. His loss of men from sickness is
described, even by friendly journals and writers, to
be something fearful.
What will be the effect of the Charleston and
Richmond victories on the North ? The first was,
of course, a comparatively small affair, and may be
set down to obvious incapacity of officers who had
the lives of brave men at their disposal. Still it
shows that Charleston is not to be taken any day.
But the Richmond affair will show that some one
is greatly at fault, or that the North is not strong
enough for its work. It is now plain that
APCLELLAN'S demands for reinforcements were
not made without reason, unless, we suppose,
which is not likely, that his men were de-
Scent in courage. Mr. STANTON, the Secretary
for War, is always said to be his enemy,
and much blame may be cast on him. M'CLELLAN
appears to have aimed at a semi-investment of the
city, and he may not be strong enough for that.
But be the blame where it may, the superior ability
of Southern generals, and the superior fighting of
Southern soldiers has again been illustrated. There
were no gunboats to aid. the North here, and it does
not appear as if the Federal soldiers could easily
beat the Confederates without their help. Whether
or not the North be irritated and stung to greater
exertions, it is certain the South will be encouraged
and emboldened to fight with greater determina-
tion than ever. They will not easily surrender
the fruits of recent victories—the increased quan-
tity of provisions grown in the South this summer
will amply supply their necessary wants, and they
will now assuredly not give in for want of luxu-
ries. Manchester may calculate now on a long
and weary war, for we do not imagine that Northern
ambition is at all likely at present to succumb to
reason. As, therefore, the South is not to be con-
quered in a campaign, Manchester must arouse
itself to its primary duty.

The Prince and Princess of Hesse arrived at
Brussels on the afternoon before last, having landed at
Antwerp from the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, in the
morning. The Princess was dressed in mourning. The
Count de Flandre went to meet them at Antwerp, and
accompanied them to Brussels, where they were received
at the Northern Railway station by the Duke and Duchess
of Brabant, and conducted in State carriages to the Pa-
lace. The English and Prussian Ministers were present
at the station. The Prince and Princess were to leave the
next day for Germany.

A new comet was discovered on the 3d inst. at
Marseilles by M. Tempel, in the constellation of Cassiopeia.
It is rapidly journeying towards the polar star, and will
soon, it is believed, be visible to the naked eye.
RAIN IN ENGLAND.—As a matter of fact, Eng-
land, though a rainy country, is far surpassed by Norway
and even by a part of Spain. Except in such an abnormal
year as 18G0, sunny weather during six months at least may
be reasonably expected as the rule and not the exception.
Yet the misty ideas of the Roman historian still float in
people's minds. Even if dispossessed of the notion that
England as a country is remarkable for rain and clouds,
every one transfers the notion to his own county or to some
other county where his slimmer holyday was once spoilt, so
as to suit his particular grievance. Devon and Westmore-
land are special victims to this, but Lincolnshire is the gene-
ral scapegoat for atmospheric sins. It is but quite recently
that railroads have informed people that its inhabitants are
not web-footed, and do not keep boats instead of carriages.
It is supposed to be the home of fogs, mists, and anguish
miasmata. Only those who are deeply read can discrimi-
nate between the fens, welds, and marsh into which it is
physically divided, and the leaping-poles, still to be seen in
a few districts, serve to keep in a state of credulous vitality
the fabulous notions which have been mentioned. Yet,
notwithstanding its evil odour, statistics disclose to us that
Lincolnshire is among the driest counties of England.—
Once a Week.
THE CORONERSIITP OF THE WESTERN DIS -
TRlCT.—Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a special County Court
was held at the Town-hall, Brentford, before the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex, assisted by Mr. James Burchell
and the Under-Sheriffs, for the election of a Coroner for
the Western District of Middlesex. Only two candidates
offered themselves—Mr. Frederick Charsley and Mr. Jas.
Bird—both attorneys. Mr. Tootell proposed, and Mr.
Wools seconded, the nomination of Mr. Charsley. Mr.
Farnell proposed, and Mr. J. H. Walker seconded the
nomination of Mr. Bird. Mr. Charsley said he had come
forward as a candidate unshackled by party feeling. He
was not there to represent the brewing, licensing, or sport-
ing interest, but as an independent man having some expe-
rience as to the duties of the office. If he resided a few yards
out of the county, was that a circumstance to separate him
from soliciting their suffrages ? It had been stated against
him that he held several offices. He was the coroner of
South Buckinghamshire, and knew something of the duties

of the office. He was willing, if elected, to give up all his
appointments. Mr. Bird on coming forward, said he had
been long connected with the county. His opponent had
come from a neighbouring county, and had told them he
would resign his appointments if he was elected, but he
would very likely find it impossible to do so. It had been
circulated that it he was appointed he would discharge the
duties of coronership by deputy. He could assure them ho
should do nothing of the kind while in health. The
Sheriffs asked if any freeholder had to propose any other
candidate, and no one coming forward a show of hands was
taken, and declard to be in favour of Mr. Bird. A poll
was then demanded on the part of Mr. Charsley, and the
special County Court was then adjourned to Monday next.
The poll will be open one day, from 8 to 4 o'clock.
The " Havelocks," or 48th Middlesex Rifle Volu-
nteers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel George
Cruikshank, assembled at the Wellington Barracks, St.
James's Park, on Monday evening, for the purpose of in-
spection by Lieutenant-Colonel C. Morris, C. 8., when the
corps were put through various movements by their colonel
and also by the Major and the adjutant. After the inspec-
tion Colonel Morris addressed the men, and expressed him-
self satisfied with their state of discipline, considering the
short time the corps had been embodied. The corps then
marched, with their brass and drum and fife bands, back to
their head-quarters, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
GOING TO LAw.7--In the superior courts of com-
mon law, 114,8i0 writs were issued for the commencement I
of action in the year 1861; in the county courts, 903,957
plaints were entered; in the sheriff's court of London and
the borough courts, 30,507; making, in all, 1,049,314. The-
entire adult population of England and Wales, both men
and women, is not more than ten times the number.

Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne's time as
Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies and North
America expires in January next, and rumour has already
assigned Rear-Admiral Erskine as his successor.—Army
and Navy Gazette.

We are glad to be enabled to announce the
safety of Her Majesty's sloop Mutine, which by the last
accounts from the Pacific was reported to have been
wrecked. The Mutine was at Panama on the 13th of
June.—Army and Navy Gazette.
The Second Chamber of Holland is continuing
the debate on the bill for abolishing slavery in the East
Indies. Art. 3, fixing the surveillance of the State at ten
years, was adopted by 42 to 46. Art. 4, declaring that the
State should direct and encourage the immigration of free
labourers, was passed with amendments on the details.
The debate on Art. 5, concerning indemnities to slave-
holders, is not yet determined.

EMIGRATION TO BRITISH COLUMBIA.—The Silis-
tria, belonging to Messrs. H. T. Wilson and Chamber's
White Star line of packet clippers, sailed yesterday for
Victoria, Vancouver's Island. This is the first ship sent
out by this firm to Vancouver's Island. Besides a full
cargo, the Silistria also took out 250 passengers, of whom
30 were in the poop.

A letter from Alexandria, of the 29th June, in
the Progres of Lyons, says :—" The rise of the Nile has
commenced, and the Government, in view of the inunda-
tion, is adopting precautionary measures, The heat is
excessive here. The works on the Isthmus of Suez are
being urged on most energetically. There are upwards of
25,000 men at present employed in cutting the canal. The
news from the Lebanon are not satisfactory, as it is said
that the Druses of the Haram testify some intention of
again rising against the Christians."

CAMBRIDGE, July 11.—A large salver, and other
elegant pieces of silver plate, were yesterday presented to
Mr. Romilly, the late Registrary of the University, in tes-
timony of the unvarying and obliging courtesy with which
for 30 years he had discharged the duties of his office, and
as a mark of the great esteem and regard in which he has
ever been held by all who know him. The testimonial was
presented by the Master of Emmanuel College, in the name
of the subscribers, and in the presence of those who were in
Cambridge.

The exertions of Lord Ranelagh to develope the
volunteer movement are deserving of praise, but the mode
in which his lordship has sometimes desired to assert his
individuality has not always been equally fortunate. No
one who knows Col. Morris will imagine that he is likely
to exaggerate the importanoe of his duties, but when he was
sent upon duty by the War-office to inspect a gathering of
volunteers, it certainly argues an indifference to the first
principles of military discipline on the part of the senior
officer to say to the inspector that "he disallows his right
to interfere." Col. Morris has, we believe, made a repre-
sentation of the facts, which has led to a strong letter from
the War Department to Lord Ranelagh ; and we are very
much gratified to learn that his lordship has not adhered to
his original languaga.—Army and Navy Gazette.
THE KIRKCALDY BURGHS.—A vacancy in the
representation of these burghs is, we learn, about to take
place through the resignation of Col. Ferguson, owing to
continued bad health. Though it may be some days before
the necessary preliminaries are completed, Col. Ferguson is
understood to have already applied for the stewardship of
the Chiltern Hundreds, or some other nominal office,, the
acceptance of which vacates the seat. From what we hear
there is likely to be a perplexing abundance of Liberal can-
didates.—Scotsman.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.--We under-
stand that the Minister of War of France has, at the re-
quest of the council of this society, kindly permitted the
bands of the Zouaves and of the Gendarmes of the Imperial
Guard to prolong their stay in Lond9n until after Wednes-
day nest, for the purpose of performing in the gardens of
the society each day until then. Without this permission
they were to have left London on the 13th (Sunday).
CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morning a great
deal of excitement was caused in the vicinity of Newington-
causeway, owing to the body of a male child having been
found with its throat cut in a frightful manner at Bridge-
house-place wrapped in brown paper. It awaits an inquest,
DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM REPLETlON.—Yes-
terday Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the deputy coroner for
East Middlesex, resumed an adjourned inquiry at the Wil-
liam the Fourth, West-street, Mild-end Old Town, on view
of the body of Emma Wood, aged one year and 9 months,
who died from eating a large quantity of beefsteak pudding,
under the following circumstances :—lt appeared from the
evidence that the mother, about ten days since, gave the
deceased some beefsteak pudding for breakfast, although
of such tender age, and shortly afterwards she was
seized with illness. The medical gentleman called in
found the deceased in great pain, The stomach was dis •
tended and death soon took place, He had since made a
post mortem examination of the body, and had found in the
stomach about Boz. of beefsteak pudding. He had mea-
sured some of the pieces of meat, and found them one inch
and a half in length. The meat was in an undigested condi-
tion, and had, in his opinion, produced death through in-
flammation of the stomach. The deceased was in a weakly
condition, and such a quantity of meat and pudding was not
fit, even for anadult person, at breakfast. The jury returned
a verdict in accordance with the opinion of the medical
gentleman.

THREATENING NOTICE.—Some excitement has
taken place at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in consequence
of Mr. Nathaniel Norman., assistant constructor at the car-
riage department, having received a letter containing a
rough tracing of a coffin, and threats of assassination. The
following is a correct copy of the document, which is badly
written :—" 9th July, 1862.—Mr. Norman,—This is to
corshorn you against your coming fate—prepare yourself
for i will take your Life befoie a weak from this you are the
workmans enemy in this place and your Life i will take be-
fore you see next month—you d— coundrel and to h— yon
will go." The police are now engaged in an investigation
of the matter, and it is believed the writer of the document
will be discovered.

BINGWALL.-A MAN KILLED BY A BIILL:-A
melancholy accident, which has since unfortunately proved
fatal, occurred near Dingwall, on Monday last. It appears
that Mr. William Macdonald, brewer and innkeeper, left
town on the day in question with a cow, which he was to
leave at the farm of Pitglassie, in this neighbourhood. On
arriving at his destination, he drove the animal into an en-
closed park wherein were two bulls, and then rashly at-
tempted to drive one of the two, a young beast, out by the
park gate. The infuriated bull at once rushed at him and
dashed him to the ground, and then backing for a short
distance, and lowering its head, prepared for another as-
sault, when assistance opportunely arrived, and the animal
was driven off. On examination, it was found that Mr.
Macdonald had been so severely injured that he had to be
at once removed to town, and placed under the care of Dr.
Robertson, who found that almost all the ribs on the left
side had been fractured by the force of the blow. Mr. Mac-
donald lingered in great agony until Tuesday evening, when
he expired.—Ross-shire Independent.

RETURN OF THE BISHOP OF MALTA.—A. letter
from Valetta, dated the 4th inst., states that the Maltese
have not yet got over the excitement caused by the return
from Rome of Monsignore Pace Forno, the Roman Catho-
lic Bishop. His progress from the landing-place to his
palace in Valetta presented a scene of frantic enthusiasm.
The demonstration, however, was chiefly confined to the
lower classes. They took the horses out of his carriage
and pulled it into the town amid the most vehement shouts
of " Viva Papa Re I" and the waving of innumerable yel-
low flags. In the evening a partial public illumination
took place. The bishop was bearer of a letter from the
Pope, thanking the Maltese population for their address of
condolence and bestowing upon them his Apostolic bene-
diction. The Pope has conferred upon Captain Cal-
verfique, who commands the French packet which con-
veyed the bishop to Civita Vecchia, the decoration of
the Cross of St. Gregory. The Governor, Sir Gaspard Le
Merchant, paid a State visit on the 26th ult. to Monsignore
Pace Ferno, in return for a farewell paid him previous to
his departure for Rome.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—The
wheat and barley harvest in Stirlingshire will be some
weeks later than in previous years. Owing to the excess
of moisture, the crops have made but little progress during
the past month ; but although it is anticipated that on
many farms there may be a deficiency in the yield, a few
weeks of warm and genial weather would go a great way
in rendering the harvest abundant. Oats in low grounds
have been all but swamped by the superabundant moisture ;
but on the high grounds they have a much better appear-
ance, though, taken as a whole, they appear thin. Pota-
toes look well, and from what we have seen of the esculent
the quality is good and free from disease. The yield of
hay is abundant, although thin, and there has been a defi-
ciency of clover. Beans are all in bloom, and in a very
forward state. Turnips, which were late in being sown
owing to the adverse weather, are, of course, especially in
the low-lying grounds, in a backward state. The gardens
also suffered greatly from the rains-and high winds, but in
all probability there will nevertheless be considerably above
an average of the apple and pear crop.--Edinburgh
Courant.

A statement just published of the exports
of Colonial Produce to France during the eight
months ending the 30th of April last shows that,
with the exception of coffee, the increase of general
trade between England and France since the date
of the complete operation of the treaty has not had
much influence in stimulating activity in the ship.
ments from this country to France of those articles
of colonial produce of which this country is the en•
trepot. The value, however, of the coffee exported
hence to France has increased from £8,313 in the
eight months ending April, 1860, and £82,014 in
1861, to £168,881 in 1862; of indigo, the amount
was £30,754 in 1860, £187,599 in 1861, and
£144,859 in 1862; of rice, £33,121 in 1860,
£148,668 in 1861, and £59,976 in 1862; of cotton,
£222,318 in 1860, £219,63;# in 1861, and £293,988
in 1862 ; of silk, £971,509 in 1860, £2,627,666 in
186]' and 5£2,250,658 in 1862; and of wool,
£367,709 in 1860, £595,762 in ,1861, and
£610,190 in iso,

LATEST NEWS.

PARIS, JULY 12.
The dfoniteur of this morning announces that the
Emperor arrived yesterday at Vichy, and that the
Empress is staying at St. Cloud.

The lJloniteur also says :—" The news from
Mexico of the 15th ult., published in the Madrid
papers, has not yet been confirmed."

TURIN, JULY 11.
To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Rat-
tazzi said :

" The Chamber knows what our foreign relations
have been for the last two years. Having no re-
presentative at St. Petersburg, it has been impos-
sible for the Government to open direct negotiations
with the Government of the Czar; but the Empe-
ror of the French, ever having the welfare of Italy in
view, interposed his good offices on her behalf, and
his efforts have been crowned with success. The
Czar has declared himself disposed to receive an
Extraordinary Italian Mission, after which regular
diplomatic relations will be re-established between
the two countries. As there has been no rupture
with Prussia, we have been able to enter into direct
negotiations with the Government of that country.
A despatch from our representative at Berlin an,
nounces to-day the recognition of the Kingdcm of
Italy by Prussia. The diplomatic documents rela-
tive to Russia will be laid on the table, and I hope
in a few days to be able to do the same with those
relating to Prussia."

Signor Rattazzi then announced the betrothal of
the Princess Pia to the King of Portugal. The
Minister added :

" Italy takes her place among the Powers of the
first rank in Europe. She will be able to fulfil the
expectations universally formed of her, and will be
a powerful instrument in extending liberty and
civilisation."

The Minister of Finance then presented a Bill
granting the sum of 500,000 lire for the dowry of
the Princess, the urgency for the discussion of
which was agreed to by the Chamber.
A committee was appointed to congratulate the
King.

PARIS, JULY 11.

The news received from Madrid of a Provisional
Government having been established in the city of
Mexico is considered doubtful.

The Moniteur of to-day gives an account of the
reception of the Emperor at Bourges.
His Majesty, in reply to the address of the
Mayor, said that he intended to create a great
military establishment at Bourges, which, on ac-
count of its central position, would increase the
defensive forces of France.

In reply to the Archbishop of Bonrges, the Em-
peror thanked him for his proofs of devotion, and
added that, in the presence of injustice and ex-
citement, he would remain immovable in the line
of policy which he had followed, and, while main-
taining intact sovereign rights, he would seize every
occasion for expressing his respect for religion.

PARIS, JULY 11.

The Patric of this evening says ;

" We have every reason to believe that the nego-
tiations between France and Russia have brought
about a general understanding. The two Govern-
ments are said to have agreed on the mode of ex-
amining and solving the questions relative to the
Christians in the East. They have by mutual con-
cessions arrived at a complete harmony of views on
these questions, as well as an identical appreciation
of Italian affairs, admitting the recognition of
existing facts. The two Governments have agreed
upon the course which it is desirable for the
Cabinet of Turin to pursue in questions yet un,-
settled, in order to avoid acts productive of compli-
cations. This understanding between France and
Russia extends also to a solution of the Schleswig
question."

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SIILY 12.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Tagus, with the Peninsular mails, from Lisbon
on the 7th inst., arrived off Hurst Castle telegraph
station at 8.15 a.m. to-day. -