The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONLON, THUBSOAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1867.

MOSES and SON, Ready-made an
• Bespoke Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers,
Hatters Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and Ge-
neral Outfitters for all Classes.
MOSES and SON respectfully invite an
• Inspection of their Stock of Ready-made Clothing,
which in magnitude, variety, lowness of price, and general
excellence surpasses any that has ever been placed before
the public.
The Bespoke Clothing or Order Department is furnished
with a very large assortment of materials, selected with
:articular care from the principal Home and Foreign
,markets. Only First-class Cutters are employed, and
therefore the best styles and a perfect fit can be depended
upon.
and Boot and
The Hosiery and Drapery, Hat and Cap,
Shoe Departments, are also supplied with a large and
varied stock.
The Outfitting Department contains every requisite for
Sea or Shore, including tin-ware and Cabin Furniture of
every description.
All articles for Charitable Objects supplied at Wholesale
Prices • estimates promptly furnished.
E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are CLosED every
FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENUCG at
sunset, when business is resumed until Eleven o'clock.
Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures,
from which no abatement can be made.
Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the
money will be returned.
List of prices, with rules for self-measurement, patterns,
and fashion-sheet, and "History of London" (second part)
gratis and post free.
110 TOURISTS AND EXCURSIONISTS.—
E. MOSES and SON have made preparations on a
large scale in all departments of their business for Tourists
and Excursionists, and respectfully invite an inspection.
The following are the London addresses of E. Moses
and Son :-
IM, MINORIES.
155, MINORIES.
156, MINORIES.
157, MINORIES.
83, ALDGATE.
84, ALDGATE.
85, ALDGATE.
86, ALDGATE.
87, ALDGATE.
88, .ALDGATE.
89, ALDGATE.
506, NEW OXFORD-STREET.
507, NEW OXFORD-STREET.
508, NEW OXFORD-STREET.
1, HART-STREET.
2, HART-STREET.
3, HART-STREET.
137, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD.
138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD.
283, EUSTON-ROAD.
ALSO,
19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS.
20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFuence ORD, YORK
ntS.
mis-
SPECIAL NOTICE. -In conseq of freque
representations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary t,
state that they do not employ any travellers or agents
and that their only Establishments are the above-men-
tioned.

People.

11 Will WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
flits DAy. —Morning, 6h. 10m.—Afternoon, Gh. 33m
To-Mottßovr.-Monaing, 6h. 56m.—Afternoon, 7h. 28m

-
Zt-Tgg tl3 Sum

LONDON, THURSDAY, A UG. 22, 1867

~-s--

The prorogation Of Parliainent, which took place
yesterday, brings ono to the full conviction that the
session is over, that long period of hopes and• fears,
of doubts and ditliculoies, of success and. failures,.
of plots and counter-plots. For .a
time all must

it necessary to address to him a peremptory
demand for their immediate liberation, and to take
measures for supporting that demand, should it
ultimately be found necessary to resort to force."
This is very decided language, and we are glad to
meet with it. The time has certainly come now
when the honour of the country and the dignity of
the Sovereign of these realms demand that some
measures be taken of a decided character. Besides,
the hardships and sufferings that these unfortunate
captives have endured, and for which justice loudly
calls for compensation, we have to bear in mind
that they Are not only our fellow countrymen, but
that one of them, at any rate, represents the autho-
rity of this country in that distant place. To go on
appearing indifferent to their fate will not be
at all calculated to raise our character abroad, or to
keep up the prestige which we at present enjoy.
No doubt proceeding to extremities may be a costly
and dangerous way of settling the matter, but if no
other solution presents itself that reason c m justify,
this course must be adopted with as good a grace
as possible. A " peremptory demand " is the best
mode of addressing a man like THEODORE, and
it would have been better had this style been tried
previously. Either one course or the other should
have been pursued ; but the line which was fol-
lowed by the late Government was a most unwise
one. First they treated him with indifference, and
forgot the ordinary rules of courtesy ; and next
they gave him cause to think that they
were frightened of him, or at least did
not think it expedient to adopt extreme mea-
sures. We learn from Aden that Colonel MERE-
WETHEP. was to leave for Bombay in her Majesty's
ship Dalhousie, and to return in a fortnight, which
is a significant piece of intelligence, and, taken in
conjunction with the impressive passage in the
Royal Speech, naturally induces us to expect that
decisive steps will be taken. Lord STANLEY, in his
last speech in the House of Commons on the
subject, desired that the House would
leave the matter in the hands of those
with whom the responsibility rested, and the
public may feel assured on good grounds that the
best will be done in this affair.
The treasonable conspiracy in Ireland is made
mention of, and due acknowledgments are made to
the loyalty of the general population which contri-
buted as much as the admirable manner of the
troops and the police to put down the insurgents.
ller MAJESTY rejoices that the supremacy of
the law was vindicated, withoat the pain-
ful necessity of sacrificing a single life.
Respecting the great work of the Session, her MA-
JESTY declares that she has " great satisfaction in
giving her assent to a Bill for Amending the Re-
presentation of the People in Parliament, and
earnestly trusts that the extensive and liberal mea-
sures just passed may effect a durable settlement of
a question which has long engaged public attention,
and that the large number of my subjects who will
be for the first time admitted to the elective
franchise may prove themselves worthy of the
confidence which Parliament has reposed in them."
The time and labour required in the due considera-
tion of this important subject have not, however,
prevented other matters from being noticed, and
we find that, in the epitome of the session which a
Royal Speech always Makes, mention is made of
some interesting questions concerning the wellbeing
of the working classes to which Parliament
has directed its efforts. The provisions of
the Factory Acts have been extended to
various trades, and this is indeed a satisfactory
thing to mention as part of the work of a session.
The Trade Unions are spoken of, and it is said that
the revelations that have taken place before the
Commission have disclosed a state of things that
will demand the earnest attention of Parliament.
this is indeed a task which will await the labours
of another session ; but the way has been so
far cleared by the discoveries that have
been made and the time spent in consideration.
the administration of the poor laws requires con-
stant supervision, and hence a bill has been intro-
duced for improving the treatment of the sick poor.
There is more reason this year than on many prior
occ..sions to think that the hope expressed in the
last passage of the Royal Speech may be realised,
and that the members of both Houses may
think on returning to their homes that their
time and pains have not been thrown away,
but feel the gratifying consciousness that " they
have resulted in a series of measures which may
contribute to the welfare of the country and the
contentment and happiness of the people." The
Sesoion of 1867 does not rest its claim to regard
ntirely on the measure of Reform which it has
passed, for many other useful acts have been
passed, although of course not equal in importance
and interest to that of the Representation of the

We learn by telegraph from Sheffield that a meet-
ing of the executive of the organised trades was
held there last evening, when a resolution was r used
denouncing the resolutions recently agreed to by the
Sawgrinders' Union, and refusing to have any com-
munication with that union until it had expressed
contrition for past misdeeds and given a guaran-
tee for their future good conduct. We are glad
hat the men of Sheffield have come boldly for-
xard to disclaim any participation in such atro-
cities, either directly or indiiectly, and we hope
hat the Sawgrinders may be brought to

a sense of their conduct by the energetic
and united protest of the other trades. The
opinion of the class above them and those at a
iistance seems to possess no influence ; perhaps the
unanimous condemnation of men of their owu
standing in their own immediate vicinity may be
more effectual. At any rate, it is well that these
meetings should have been held by the Sheffield
workmen to remove some part at least of the stigma
eir town from the achieve-
which has attached to th
ments of BROADHEAD, CROOKES, and their fellows.
Meantime the tailors on strike in London are
e hoped, may
receiving a .lesion which, it is to.,

teach them a little more moderation. The evil ten-

dency of those combinations which attempt to con-

xol the action of men without their ranks is perhaps

more forcibly shown by the London tailors than by
the Sheffield saw-grinders, because the former have
not thrown off every restraint of law, morality, and
humanity as the latter have done. Nevertheless

;he effects are the same in a lesser degree. When

once the principle of interference with a man's

'ree will in the government of Lis own

right and reasonable actions is admitted, we shall
invariably be led on step by step until we arrive at

unmitigated despotism ; and thus, though blowing
up and shooting down is less popular as yet in Lon-
don i than in Sheffield, the system of " picketing.' is
unhesitatingly adopted, and every lesser means of
intimidation and annoyance employed which can

frighten and harrass men and women away from
their work. The system of picketing as described
by the police would be contemptible if it were not so
mischievous. It is wonderful what time these men
are willing to spend not in honest work to get their
living, but in endeavouring to prevent other men
from getting theirs. From the 22d of April, when
it began, the picketing, says one of the master
tailors in his evidence, has never ceased ; and he
adds that he has seen from one to sixty persons
opposite his shop at a time. One of the extra police
employed said that while on duty he had never seen
any one leave a master tailor's shop with a bundle
who was not followed. Mr. Baron BRAMWELL, in
his summing up, told the jury that picketing was
not illegal if it was done without any molestation
or threatening, but it is quite evident that such
was not the case here, since many of the men em-
ployed were afraid to go borne alone, and the women
were often much terrified, though no actual injury
seems to have been done. Even if the picketing
were strictly confined to following in crowds, and
using bad language, it is certainly an unwarrantable
thing for a man to be so annoyed because he chooses
to work at a particular shop. The talk about the
rights of labour, like a good deal of other talk,
ends by defeating its own object. After all
the abuse of masters, and the discussion about
the relations between capital and labour, the chief
difficulty seems to be with the men themselves
The contest is between workmen and workmen
more than between employers and employed. No
master dare treat his men as BROADHEAD and the
other heads of the unions treat their recusant
subscribers. If a man leaves his employers it is an
unheard-of thing for the employer to follow him
from town to town, and hinder his getting other
employment. It would be something new for an
employer to discharge his hands because they had
not paid up their subscriptions. The men have a
thousand opportunities of tyrannising over their
fellows, which in these days are happily unattain-
able by masters, and while judges and lawyers all
sanction the principle of trade combinations, the
great difficulty is to make the men stop short at the
right time. Combination in these days of rapid
communication and easy transit loses much of its
force, qince new hands can be imported to supply
the vacancies caused by a strike. The men con-
sequently resort to the expedient of threatening
and intimidating the new comers, and thus keeping
off all rivals. But the worst part of the Union re-
gulatits is the severity with which the adoption of
their rules is enforced on ordinary workmen in
quiet times. There can be no question that under
their influence English industry has lost much of
its vantage ground, and the quality of our handi-
crafts is inferior t 3 those of many foreign nations.
We must hope that the events of this year, painfu
and startling though they mly have been, may ye
do pod service in convincing men of their errors.

CORRESPOI\DENCE FROM PARIS,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening
The news to-day from Spain is important, and
entirely confirms the information I gave yesterday,
that the present movement is an organised plan to
overturn not only the Government, but the
dynasty. General Prim has issued proclamations,
in which he openly avows his intention, and says
the oppressions and miseries of the people can only
removede
tbi yo
nthe a
tdhoep t ot:idespotism of an o tohf ert
hsystemv
earnnd-
btheeredme
itie Ministrydffi
eI, nt tet
or c
he pa
have
se taheee acroa rt
e-
mr
eesnp otn d eTnhcee , Ssopatnhiasth
information from Spain ; but the Gironde, a
Bordeaux paper, which has peculiar sources, gives
wnainovgeinanetenrtesotfintghedeltsatihls
August had been
the following lhl oe
long in preparation. We knew on the 14th that
the revolution was about to take place, and we
ksupeawniartdhaathadfograisneevderal day
the
frontiers,
previously le
tiere,readyto exiled
a movement at anow
given signal. We know
General Prim, who was said to be in that
London,
do
n
entered Aragon on the 16th with an armed troop
jofaelesao,
amegna,rriwsoitnh6dtheeitya.ssuorannrcefirosft suinpfpoorrntlaftrioonm,
nuflermtieladt bthyetphleanacocfoutnhtes
itnlisinsrgmenorteniwngas, ret
ov e
takea l e
d
confirmed
possession of the telegraph for two or three days,
so that no news should transpire. Under
these
circumstances, the favourable accounts • given by the
Government will have no sort of value."
From other accounts, it appears that
which had been concentrated on the Eastern
Pyrenees, are under the command of
General
Contreras. It is stated, on good authority, that a
large portion of the Spanish army are
inclined to
support the present important movement.
The number of visitors at the
Exhibition On
Monday was enormous. Such was the ardour of the
thirsty souls that at one establishment where real
German beer is sold the cellar was emptied, and is
was difficult to allay the excitement of the visitors
when they became acquainted with the fact. Thirty
hectolitres.of beer had been drunk before 1 o'clock.
You have no more beer, then," said a thirsty cus-
tomer to the waiter. " Oh, yes," replied the waiter
"' we have leuty, but it is at Strasbourg. We
have telegraphed for it, and it will soon arrive by
the express train. 'Wait a little longer."
A lady of high rank, the Countess Dunin-Won-
sowierz, has just died in Paris, who had nearly at-
tained her 100th year. She was the granddaughter
of Stanislas Auguste, the last King of Poland, and
niece and sole heiress of the celebrated Prince
Poniatowski. The countess was much attached tc
literature, and in former days her soirees were at-
tended by persons eminent for intellectual acquire.
ments. She was first married to Count Potocki,
and, after a few years of widowhood, she married
Count Wonsowierz, formerly aide-de-camp to Napo-
leon the First, by whom she leaves a son, Count
Maurice Potocki. The two children by her first
marriage are dead. It is said that the Countess has
written some very interesting memoirs, which will
be published.
An old soldier of the Empire, named Armand
Bertrand, has just died at Libourne, iu the Depart
ment of the Gironde, in his eighty-second year
lie was at the battle of Leirsic. In 1814 Le erossee
the river Eisler at the same time as the unfortunate
Prince Poniatowski. Bertrand held out his hand
to save the Prince, but the current was too rapid,
and the Prince was drowned. Many French sol-
diers perished in their rapid flight across the river.
A letter from Florence, dated Aug. 17, says that
the cholera is at Leghorn, which is so near to the
• former city that a general panic has been created.
Leghorn is the Dieppe of Italy, where bathers go it
large numbers during the season. The epidemic
was serious at Albano, but it no longer exists there.
At Rome the average number of deaths is 20 a-day.
At Palermo the average number a day is from 200
to 300. There aro some cases at Naples. The
cholera spreads in Sicily. .
Another frightful suicide has been committed

from the column on the Place Vendome, by a gen-
tlemanly dressed man, who precipitated himself
from the top of the column on Monday evening, to
the horror of the passers by. The body rolled over
twice in its fall, and struck against the iron railing
which surrounds the base of the column. The head
was fractured, and there was a mass of blood and a
portion of the brains on the ground. His limbs
were much injured. Death was instantaneous. The
body was taken to the Morgue, but has not yet
been identified. Many suicides have taken place

from this column. At one time they were very
frequent, and extra precautions were adopted to
prevent them, but the individual in question con-
trived to evade the vigilante of the keepers.
During the stay of the Emperor and Empress at
Augsburg, their Majesties visited the house in the
Rue de la Croix, which was once inhabited by Queen

Hortense, the Emperor's mother.
The cures alleged to be effected by Dr. Jacob,
the Zouave, whom I mentioned the other day, are
so marvellous that one would hesitate to believe the
accounts if they were not given by credible wit-
__

ncsses. Count Chateau Villard has sent an account
to the Paine of a visit Le made to the doctor, who
resides at No. 80, Rue de la Roquette. The Count
says he went with his wife, who wept at seeing so
many unfortunates. The letter proceeds thus :
"We saw there a lady who bad brought her

• •
daughter. The daughter was carried in, but when
she came out she was able to walk home with her
mother. I saw a man, whose neck was twisted and
who could not walk a step, but after the consulta-
tion he leapt about with joy amidst the crowd of
patients in the court-yard. We were introduced
into the room, which may be called the room of
miracles. I saw persons carried in suffering and

paralysed, and so ill that it was necessary to sup
port them on their thairs; When the room
was quite full the Zouave entered and said,
Don't let any person speak while I interrogate
him, or I shall go away.' Perfect silence
prevailed. He went round to each patient
told him or her the nature of the disease, and,
without touching them, he said to the paralytics
Get up.' The paralytics did so. I was among
the number, and I got up without effort, although I
could scarcely move before. At the end of twenty
minutes he told us all to retire, which we did in
silence. My wife, more polite than I, wished to
thank him, but he imposed silence, and only said,
Other suffering persons are waiting for me. You.
are cured ; let that be sufficient for you. Go.' All
the patients in waiting surrounded me, and
affectionately asked how I was. I was able to
walk to my carriage, which was at some distance,
although I could not walk to the doctor without
being led,
and the pavement is so bad that a young
man of twenty may easily sprain his ankle. (The
count is quite truthful here, at all events. The
Rue de la Roquette is a most miserable street,
and the locality is replete with lugubrious
recollections. The executions take place there.)
Since the visit my wife has been perfectly well."
The Faculty affect to treat the Zouave doctor with
contempt, but the accounts of his cures are begin-
ning to create an extraordinary sensation in Paris,
Some more very interesting articles have arrived
at the Exhibition within the last few days, of which
I shall have occasion to speak. One is told that
there are seven wonders in the world, but the Ex-
hibition possesses an eighth wonder. When you
enter by the Pont de Yena, and turn to the left,
you always see a crowd of admirers, no matter
what is the hour. They are looking at the extra-
ordinary mechanism of the great clock constructed
by M. Detouche, of the famed establishment in the
Rue St. Martin. The mechanism may be seen
through the glass case, but the great dial is outside
at a distance of no less than 55 metres from the works
of the clock. The mode by which the communi-
cation is effected is a triumph of art and skill.
So skilfully contrived are the details that a
compensation principle is introduced, which coun-
teracts the effect of heat and cold upon the metal,
so that the time is marked with great accuracy.
Although M. Detouche has made some very costly
clocks and watches, he has very cheap and. excel-
ent, watches fur the million: It is impossible to
buy a good watch so cheap anywhere else in
Paris. M. Detouche has some splendid small
locks of peculiar construction in the clock depart-
ment in Gallery No. 3.
The storm yesterday made it cooler and more
pleasant to-day. The Exhibition has been again
much crowded. More English seem to come every
day. The English language to-day at all events was
more heard than the French.

Death of the Duke of Northumberland

We have to announce the death of the Duke o
Northumberland, which oecurred between 11 and
12 o'clock yesterday morning at Alnwick Castle,
his ancestral seat in Northumberland. The deceased
nobleman, who had only recently arrived at the
ancient seat of the Percy; was taken suddenly ill
in the early part of last week. The nature of the
attack fully satisfied his medical attendants that the
venerable peer was at last succumbing from extreme
age. In consequence the whole of his family were
summoned to Alnwick Castle, and were present at
his death. The late Right Hon. George Percy, fifth
Duke and Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Beverley,
county York, Earl and Baron Percy, Baron Lucy,
‘Barrwookn
rt, and
Poynings,Fitz-Payne, Bryan, Latimer,
NraLovaine of Alnwick, Northumber-
land, iu the Peerage of Great Britain, and a baronet
was the eldest son of Algernon, first Earl of
Beverley, second son of Hugh, first Duke of
Northumberland by his wife Isabella Susannah;
'mond daughter of Mr. Peter Burrell, and sister of
Peter, first Lord Dwydyr. The late Duke was born
on the 221 of June 1778, and married, on the 22c1 of
June, 1801, Louisa Harcourt, third daughter of the
Hon. James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie,
second son of John, third Earl of Bute, and sister of
James, first Baron Wharncliffe, by whom, who died
on the 30th of January, 1818, he leaves surviving
issue Lady Louisa, born Sept. 26, 1802; Algernon
George Earl Percy (now Duke of Northumberland),
born May 2, 1810, and who married May 26, 1845,
Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Henry
Drummond, of Albury-park, Surrey; Lord Josceline
William, born July 17, 1811, and married August
8, 1848, Margaret, only daughter of Sir David
Davidson, and widow of the hight Hon. Sir Robert
;rant ; Lady Margaret, born May 16, 1813, anci
narried September -23, 1841, Lord Hatherton ; and
\lAjor General the Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers, born
August 22, 1817. The deceased Duke succeeded his
father as Earl of Beverley in October, 1830, and
succeeded to the dukedomof Northumberland on
.he death of his cousin, Algernon Percy, fourth
Duke, February 12, 1865. The
Duke as far back
as 1804 was appointed a Lord of the treasury, and
in 1807 was appointed a Commissioner for Indian
Affairs. In 1842 he was appointed Captain of the
Yeomen of the Guard, which office he held up to
the dissolution of Sir Robert Peel's Government in
1816, and, consequent on his appointtnent, was
nade a Privy Councillor. His Grace was Con-
stable of Launceston Castle. Previously to his
accession to the Earldom of Beverley he sat in the
House of Commons for the borough of Beeralston,
one of the boroughs disfranchised by the Reform
Bill of 1832.
The deceased is succeeded in the dukedom and
family honours by his eldest son, Algernon George
Earl Percy, above mentioned. The present Duke
was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and
represented the Northern Division of Northumber-
iand•(as Lord Lovaine) from July, 1852, till July,
1865. He was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty
in Mara, 1853, and subsequently, from February
no June, 1859, was Vice-President of the Board of
rrade,
on receiving which appointment he was
made a Privy Councillor. He had formerly been
in the Grenadier Guards. His Grace is a Deputy-
Lieutenant of Northumberland, and was in 1862
appointed Lieutenant-Golonel of the Northumber-
land Militia.

THE SHEFFIELD TRADES' UNIONS.—SHEFFIELD,
Wednesday.—A meeting of the Executive of the Orga-
nised Trades was held horn to-night, when a resolution
was passed denouncing the resolutions recently agreed to
by the , Sawgrinders' Union, and refusing to have any
communion with that Union till it bad exp,resrd contri-
tion for past misdeeds,. and givsn a guarantee for their
future good conduct.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE IMPERIAL MEETING.
SALZBURG, Aug. 22.

It is stated .that the Emperor and Empress of
Austria have promised the Emperor Napoleon to
pay a visit to Paris at the beginning of October
next, and that they will there meet Queen Victoria,
who, it is arranged, will visit the French capital at
the same time. It is believed that one of the chief
objects of the understanding which have been come
to between the two Emperors is to prevent South
Germany from joining the North German Confe-
deration, their Majesties considering the formation
of a South German Bund, under the leadership of
Austria, as the only admissible scheme of confedera-

tion for the South. The views of the two sove-
reigns relative to the Eastern question are said to

entirely coincide.

BELGIUM.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 22.

The Moniteur Beige of this morning publishes
a convention, concluded between Belgium and
Switzerland on the 25th April last, for the pro-
tection of international copyright.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 22.

The National Steamship Company's steamer
England, from New York, arrived here at three
o'clock this morning. After landing passengers
she proceeded for Liverpool. All well.

FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.

The New York and Havre Company's steamship
Guiding Star arrived here from Havre at 10.30 a.m.
to-day. She embarked 72 passengers and proceeded
for New York at 11 a.m.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22.
The Union Company's steamer Norseman, from
the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived here. Her
dates are—Cape, July 20 ; St. Helena, 29 ; and
Ascension, Aug. 2. She brings 89 passengers, two
packages of specie, and a full cargo.
Among her passengers are L. Cotterill, Bishop of
Grahamstown ; L. Twells, Bishop of Orange Tree
State ; the Rev. F. St. Leger, Lieut.-Col. Hawes,
from the Cape; and Lieut.-Colonel Freeth, from
Galle. _ _

The mails were forwarded by this morning's
mail train, and the Norseman then proceeded for

Southampton.
At the Cape preparations for the reception of the
Duke of Edinburgh were being continued. It was

expected that the display that would be made would
exceed the one that was made on his first visit to

the Cape.
The arrival of the news in the colony that the
diamond sent home in April was a real gem had
occasioned a considerable number of diamond-

seekers, including some certificated lapidaries from
Amsterdam, to go prospecting the diamonds in the
direction of the Orange River. More diamonds
have been found, including one valued at £l,OOO.
The Pk:rliamentary session was approaching its
close. The Government Native Passes Bill had been
carried in a modified form by the Assembly. By it
the natives beyond the border are declared
to be too numerous, as well as too barbarous,

to be allowed indiscriminate admission into the
colony, or to wander over it. Only those to whom
passes shall have been issued by competent authori-
ties resident beyond the frontier are, therefore, to
be allowed to enter the colony, either for employ-
ment or any other purpose. The Kaffirs in native
localities within British Kafiraria, and the Tam-
bookies in Queenstown, are to be considered " native
foreigners," and subjected to the act. A Kaffir or
Tambookie within those districts, however, who may
be a proprietor of land or possess immovable pro-
perty to the value of £2O sterling, or who by industry
and good conduct during his residence in the colony
of seven years merits the privilege, will be provided
with a certificate of citizenship that will give him
perfect immunity from the pass system.
Mr. Moltens's Cattle Theft Repression Amend-
ment Act had also been passed, but was much
altered. It provides that all stock stealing cases
shall be disposed of by magistrates, but that no
sentence of flogging can be inflicted unless ap-
proved by a judge of the Supreme Court.
The movement for retrencLment in the finances
had almost died out, and nearly all the reduc-
tions resolved upon last year had been reversed.
The return of prosperity to the colony, however,
and the consequent increase of receipts in almost
every department, had provided for this, and had
partly equalised receipts and expenditure.
There had been a heavy north-east gale on the
coast ; no wreck was reported, but several vessels
had been damaged.
Bishop Twells, immediately before his return to
England by the prevent steamer, had been armed
with authority from the Bishop of Cape Town as
metropolitan to officiate and have jurisdiction in
Natal. Dr. Twells had again visited that diocese,
and much ill-feeling had again been exhibited
between his friends and those of Dr. Colenso.

CENTRAL ASIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22

Letters received here from Orenburg announce
that fresh disturbances have broken out on the
Russo-Bokharian frontiers.