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8 tunatt : enough to retain her hold on the affections The discussion on the army estimates in the Corps
COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED 4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 186
. of all. American statesmen would gladly welcome Ldgislatif has naturally brought up the question of disar-
VICTUALLERS. •
mament. War is the usual topic on such occasions, but
'rill: only article really suitable for that purpose, Perhaps it is not to be wondered at that the House the :accession of any of the provinces to the
this time there is not the smallest pretence for it. France,
ss. Gd. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address Prussia, and Austria have each made a reduction, real or
1 05, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham.
-I-of Lords has at last got worn out with the various Unit' el States, and there is always a party
ostensible, in the effective strength of their forces, and
delays and hindrances of the most vexatious endeavouring to allienate the people of the
t;LAss cLoTtis SUITABLE FOR LICENCED
Session ; but, be the cause what it may, the cense- col.onies from the mother-country. Perhaps from the Utopian project of an alliance between France,
VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. Prussia, and Russia, though nobody puts the slightest
VILLIAM lIOLDIC II and CO., No. 105, quence cannot be overlooked. Last night the dis- th, tir near vicinity to America, however, the colo-
faith in it, 'thews the prevailing tone of popular opinion.
\ y Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, cussion that took place was of so very bitter a nix its are not at all favourable to the Republican Some Prussian papers have given this scheme special
The Pavement, Clapham-common.
character that the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Don intititutions, and Nova Scotia herself is confessedly attention. The Caurrier Busse, which supporta it, has
p ABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length,
Pacifico of the Peers, had to exert his skill as media- one of the most loyal of the provinces towards undergone a complete conversion of late. Formerly it was
1 expressly for Licenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins devoted to Prussia ; now it is of opinion that the rising
for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of tor, and by persuasion and satire combined to calm England, notwithstanding her proximity to the
German Power should restrict her boundary within the
every de.icription. Patterns gratis and post free. Main., and even hazards. the opinion that she
p would be
the troubled scene. Ti-e Duke of BUCKINGHAM United States. This proximity, in Lord STRATIIE-
DEN S opinion, renders the existing discontent in beaten in a war France. From this remise the
C ARDIG A. N JACKETS made expressly for Bar moved the second reading of the Bill for the Relief
Russian paper Bingeniously draws the conclusion
ne, Warm and Elastic, from ss. Gd. each, for of the Consolicated Fund from an annualpayment for the colony more important than it otherwise would
that the alliance of Russia is indispensable to
La lies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH
and LICENSED VICTUALLERS U. ... , ,
' D APEr 4 103 Fleet- purposes connected with the Church of England in be, as there is greater danger of its separation from
her neighbour. The Germans alone can break the peace
street, Co.,ity, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-cornmon.
the West Indies. The Earl of CARNARVON thereupon the British dominion, and any movement of the kind of Europe. This is a specimen of the writing which floods
------- the continental press. It is vague and purposeless, and
LDIC II and Co., LICENSED madesome observations, in which he did not intend, he would of course be warmly supported by the United
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etIA el eel RIOS' DRAPER:4, Esta.hlisbed 1842, at 103, seems to ramble in every direction in search of a resting-
said, to oppose the bill, though he could not agree States. There are several reasons which would
place. Its object is to find a policy, but the Governments
Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave- _ of Europe give it no clue to one. 'There is, however, one
npmt, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, with the reasons that hal been assigned for it. make the adhesion of Nova Scotia of great value to
with Price List. After suggesting the propriety of an amendment the Americans, chief of which is the possession of noticeable feature in all this rubbish. Whilst all sorts of
being introduced into it before going into Com- Halifax. Earl GREY, indeed, in giving evidence schemes are propounded, the idea of war is very generally
TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. set aside.
ESTABLISHED 1842. mittee, the noble lord passed on to another subject, before the Select Committee on the Colonial De- The bull-fights at Havre have been sorry failures. It
WILLIAM II OLD I C H and Cg., which, with all due respect for the noble lord, we fences, placed Halifax in the same category as is difficult to understand how the French can be entertained
LICENCED VICTUALLERS DRAPERS, No. by an exhibition which retains much of the cruelty and
105, Fleet-street, corner of Fareingdon-street ; and at No. may venture to say, had far better have been left Malta and Gibraltar, whose possession was impor.
5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). alone. Some remarks of the Lord Chancellor's the
ant to our naval power as a place where we could nothing of the excitement characteristic of an ordinary
bull-fight. The Spanish bull-fight is generally a tragedy ;
other evening required correction, as he thought, refit our ships. Lord STRATHEDEN, in referring to the spectacle at Havre did not rise above the level of
LONDON AND GENERAL WWATER
PURIFYING COMPANY (Limited). and hence he proceeded to animadvert upon them. this part of the subject, quoted some other testi- farce. The steeds were old, bard-mouthed, and all but
many of a similar kind. " The late Duke of NEW- broken down; the bulls were "heroes of a hun-
PATENT CISTERN FILTER, charged solely with animal
As a general rule it may safely be affir med that
charcoal. The latest patented Filter in general use, and dred fights," and had learned by practice to
lug, when once fixed, no attention whatever. _ Patronised
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these after-speeches, these commentaries on details CASTLE,S7 he said, " who had very lately re- be excessively cautious in battle ; and the men were mere
used by her Majesty the Queen at Osborne, by HR' . h
that have taken place, had far better be avoided, turned from North America, said be re- bunglers. The bulls not only took unusual care of them-
of Cambridge, the elite of the ...Medical Profession, and at the
Fusilier Guards', Middlesex, St. George's, German, and London
arded it as an im selves, but their horns were tipped with round knobs,
Hospitals, and at the Regent's Park and Tower Barracks, and and there is no exception to the rule. Lord GRAN- gportant military post ,
numerous institutions, breweries, tcc. sta- which neutralised half their power of mischief. Neverthe-
Profeseor Frankland, F.R.S., in his analysis of the waters for VILLE has said that there was a parallel between but still more important as a naval
December, 1865, in the report to the Registrar-G-eneral, states, less, the spectators enjoyed the satisfadion of seeing one
" With regard to the filtration of this water (New River) through the suspension of the ecclesiastical appointmmts in tion, inasmuch as it was one of the finest bar-
animal charcoal, it will be observed that, although the total dal or two horses with their riders elevated in the air. The
lomestie supply of a house on Havetrstocke I a p
th Hanii lmhal schaarscoseal Jamaica and their proposed suspension in Ireland, bours in the world. Rear-Admiral ERSKINE tes- horned hacks were adequately tortured .by darts, &c., but
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dit power of abstracting or- and the Lord Chancellor had commented upon this tilled to its great importance to the Power that that was all. No one was killed or seriously hurt. I hope
genie impuritio," that this ridiculous exhibition will be the means of pre-
venting the " sport " from making its way to Paris. It
''... The above Filter was supplied by this Company. in a manner that gave great offence to Lord CAR- should possess
.it in the event of a war with the
The Filters may be seen in operation. and full particulars ob-
NARVON, as he had taken the same view of the sub- United States ; and Sir J. BURGOYNE mentioned has, however, become so much the rage in France that I
twined on application to the Secretary, at the Offices,
157, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. (FOUR DOORS FROM ject. The Lord Chancellor said that he did not the Mauritius, Bermuda, and Halifax as most fear it is travelling this way.
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Opera, learned lord went on to show thereasons that induced had little desire to join any other province or
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO.
II Conte d'Almaviva, Mr. Santley; Figaro, Signer Gassier; him:to make his statements,and said that the donation nation. They have been fully satisfied with their
Donors Bartolo, Signor Foli ; Basilio, Mr. Lyall ; Don Curzio,
Signor Agresti; Antonio, Signor Zoboli; Marcellins, Mdlle• we gave in aid of the funds of the island was not connection with England, and had rather desired
Ccrsi; Cherubino, Mdlle. Christine Nilsson; Susanna, Mdlle.
Clara Louise Kellogg ; and La Contessa, .Mdlie. Titietl3. establishment or endowment, and the proposition to strengthen and perpetuate the ties which many families reduced to destitution. At Kuppenheim,
Conductor—Signor Arditi. of the bill before the House was neither die-esta- bound them to the mother country than
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Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight.
Stalls, One Guinea; amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved blishment nor disendowment. " With reference to form any new links with their immediate neigh-
Box Seats, 10s. Gd; Gallery, 2s. 6d.
Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box- the arguments advanced and the statements made, bours. It is acknowledged that a good deal of dis-
office. Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second
door from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super- I have nothing to retract, qualify, or explain." Of content exists in Nova Scotia with respect to the is without parallel,
intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal.
Drury-lane (under the portico in Brydges-street), ope.n from 10 course Lord GRANVILLE had something to say— Act of Confederation, and unfortunately one of the _
till 8. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music -sellers . ---
one of those fatal last words that are so ominous first acts of the new Parliament was to raise the ad THE 'WEATHER TABLE.—THIS DAY,
K. MAPLESON'S BENEFIT, at the and so productive of evil. Upon this the discus- valorem duties of Nova Scotia from 10 to 15 per --....._.
CRYSTAL PALACE, on WEDNESDAY, July the 15th,
supported by the whole strength of sion became one of a recriminatory nature, and cent. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM indeed asserts
HER MAJESTY'S OPERA. ----
in the course of the dispute the :observations that this was entirely owing to the condition of the Extreme Bea
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THEATRE ROYAL, H A I-MARKET. Lord DERBY had made respecting Lord CAR- local finances, and that the provincial Parliament Ivenesty, B. T 1-0 F. wR. to
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
NARVON'S speech on the Abyssinian war were re- anal, T. ,W.lto P. D.
itself would have had to adopt similar measures. --- _________l_ 12 _ _ 9
THIS EVENING, THE LADIES' CHAMPION. Mr. Ken
dal, Mr. W. Gordon, Miss lona Burke, and Miss F. Wright. Nalrt
ferred to. By this time affairs had got so serious Since then some of the objectionable acts have been Aberdeen
To he followed by A HERO OF ROMANCE. Characters Leith - C.
by Messrs. Sothern, Howe, Compton,
. Chippendale, Rogers, that it was not to be wondered at that repealed or modified, but there is still some Shields
Clark, dm.; Mesdames Robertson, Fitzwilliam, Chippendale, SeYarmarbOturhg.h 3071.3r. 66 -64 W. 2 2 B.S.E. e—..b. .1. i
Dalton, Laws, and Daubigny. reference to Hansard could not settle the dispute, disaffection existing. Under these circumstances
Concluding with A CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. Messrs. ,_ Helder
Compton and Kendal ; Mesdames Chippendale, Dalton, Lewin. oecause the same words seemed to bear a different Lord STRATHEDEN proposed a conciliatory measure, Cuxhaven
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Commence at Seven. interpretation. The Marquis of SALISBURY sought the appointment of a commission of inquiry. Such 4redrnossall 3o'olr. 6.1 5 SAW. 3 2 S. o.to o'o3 2
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to adjust matters, and finally observed with much a measure, he argued, would give breathing time, Liverpool - -i.
T lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. . • Valentia 3015r. 62 60 N.N.W 3 3 S. c.r.l o'4l 3
justice that, though but a young member of that and would defer the adoption of any hasty or Cape Clear 30'091. 60 57 sAv. • 6 s aw. r.c. els 5
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. house, he most earnestly protested against the dangerous resolution in the local Parliament at Roche's Pt. 30'10f. 63 62 W.S.W 2 4 W.S.W. c. o'l6 2
Penzance
THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock (Benefit of Miss Maria and Plymouth
Ms Nay Harris), THE IRISH TUTOR: Mr. C. H. Stephen- " growing practice of devoting so much valuable Halifax. It would, too, elicit the existence of a Weymouth
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At a quarter to 8, A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Mr. Charles
Mathews, Mr. Belmoro, Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. Ashley, Miss
Maria Harris, Miss Nally Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. midst of the important questions they had were, and would give a stimulus to the Canadians Ma. - '.. 1
A CONCERT, in which Mdlle. Adelina Patti, Mr. Santley, and to decide ;" and it will really be ain making wise concessions. The British Parlia- 1311acrhrgz".t: : : r011sr: 22 612 E. 4—5
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Concluding with a new piece entitled TOM THRASHER. good thing if this salutary advice be went was, he thought, bound to act impartially in Brussels
Mr. G. Belmore, M. J. G. Taylor; Miss Harris and Miss Nally 30.19 63 N.E. 2 —b, _
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in the course of the dispute the :observations
Lord DERBY had made respecting Lord CAR-
NARITON'S speech on the Abyssinian war were re-
ferred to. By this time affairs had got so serious
that it was not to be wondered at that
reference to Hansard could not settle the dispute,
because the same words seemed to bear a different
interpretation. The Marquis of SALISBURY sought
to adjust matters, and finally observed with much
justice that, though but a young member of that
house, he most earnestly protested against the
" growing practice of devoting so much valuable
time in the discussion of personal questions in the
midst of the important questions they had
to decide ;" and it will really be a
good thing if this salutary advice be
taken, for the public are tired of the con-
stant ." bickerings " that take place and mar the
effect that the wisdom and dignity of senators
should produce. Upon the Scotch Reform Bill the
Duke of ARGYLL moved the rejection of one of the
rating clauses, and obtained its rejection by a ma-
jority of forty. The bill was read a third time and
passel. The Irish Bill went through committee
without amendment, so that a good deal of work
was got through by their lordships notwithstanding
the vexatious nature of the earlier part of their dis-

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Bole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
THIS EVENING (Wednesday), HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr.
Allerton. Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, Leeson, B.
Potter, B. Ellis, 'Maclean, Herwyn, Crellin, Cathcart, and Gres-
ham ; Mesdames Elsworthy. Kemp, and Emily Cross.
Preceled by MI: DAY A FTER THE WEDDING-.
N.B.—ROMEO AND JULIET on FRIDAY, July 10, for the
Benefit of Mr. Allerton.
N.B.—Doors open at 7 ; commence at 7.30.

QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long
-acre.
acre.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston.
THIS EVENING (Mrs. Alfred Wigan's Benefit). THE
RIVALS: Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mr. J. L. Toole, and Mrs. Wigan.
NI e3dames Trebelli-Bettini and Sinico, and Mr. Santley. Piano-
forte,
Signor Bevignani.
To conclude with "FOWL PLAY;" or, A Story of Chikkin
Hazard. Mr. J. L. Toole, dltc.

fuIIEATRE ROYAL, 11.0LBORN.—Elegantly
I repainted and redecorated.—Under the management of
hiss Fanny Josephs.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, WHO'S TO WIN RIM ?
After which, at 8.15, FOUL PLAY.
To conclude with THE RENDEZVOUS. Mr. U. Cox.
For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to
eve.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs.
itelford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan
After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swanborough,
Lydia Thompson, Sheridan, Hughes, &c.
To conclude with MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS,
HOLBORN.

AZ ELLA, the Female Leotard, Every Evening.

On Friday next, July 10, GRAND FASHIONABLE
NIGHT, for the Benefit of Mdlle. AZELLA, when in ad-
dition to her wonderful evolutions on the Flying Trapeze,
she will take part in a number of entertainments specially
provided for, the occasion.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS.
The coolest theatre and pest entertainment in Lon-
don. First appearance of M. Maitrejean, the great Eques-
trian Equilibrist. Immense success of Samwells' cele-
brated Canine Troupe, the cleverest and most wondertul
performance ever witnessed. The CHINESE FAIR, or
Eastern Festival ; M. Agoust ; and the unequalled Scenes
in the Arena as usual.

Doors open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight.
Grand Morning Performance, Wednesda3 and Saturday, at
half-past Two. Children under ten half price.

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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1868.

iTHE

'LEFT.

Rear-Admiral Warden's report of the trials of the Chinnd
Fleet last year has been published in a Parliamentary paper.
Ho states that the cruise of the squadron under his orders
was on the whole a satisfactory one. One of the trials
lasted from noon to four p.m., and when the recall
was made the following is stated to have been
the "extraordinary" result :—The Achilles beat the
Minotaur and the Lord Warden by 4-1 miles, the
Bellerophon and the Prince Consort by 4j miles, the Royal
Oak by 2i miles, and Warrior by 11 miles. The Lord Clyde
was not taken into account as she was thrown to leeward
by having to pass the Minotaur, and was placed at a con-
siderable disadvantage. The Pallas is stated to have been
nowhere. To put the result in another form :—The Achilles
gained to windward of the Minotaur 9,774 yards, of the
Warrior 7,147, the Royal Oak 1,449, the Lord Warden 765,
the Prince Consort 634, and the Bellerophon 506. The
report goes on to say that it is very remarkable
to find a ship, in the short space of four hours,
beating a very similar ship as much as five miles dead to
windward, and beating some of the latest constructed ships
almost to the same extent; and this. it is to be remembered,
by a ship, which, but ono year ago, under a different system
of roasting, had great difficulty in getting from one tack to
the other by tacking, and had actually, on ono occasion, re-
fused to wear. The Rear-Admiral thinks it is impossible
to advance anything stronger iu favour of giving the Mino-
taur three masts instead of five, whenever concurrent cir-
cumstances admit of the transformation being made.
On the 26th Nov. a full-speed trial, under steam, was made
from 8 aan to 4 p.m. The patent log of the Minotaur, the
sternmost ship but one, showed 90 miles, and the other, the
Helicon, which was the headmost ship, showed 104 miles.
The Achilles gained on the Lord Clyde 131 miles, the Belle-
rophon 101, the Minotaur 10, the Pallas 81, the Prince Con-
sort 81, the Warrior 61, the Lord Warden 4'l ; but
she lost on the Helicon 1; miles. "Here, again," says the
writer, "we have the Achilles, one of the first iron-clad ships
built after the Warrior and Black Prince, distancing in a run
of 100 miles, occupying eight hours, some of the latest con-
structed ships (and they containing generally the most recent
improvements which have taken place in condensers, &e.),
in a very remarkable manner, and oven holding her own within
alcouple of miles, with a very fast despatch vessel, in wea-
ther very favourable to the latter. It is to be borne in mind
also, that while the engines of the Achilles develop° only
about 5,700 horse-power to drive 6,000 tons, those of the Bel-
lerophon, Lord Warden, and Lord Clyde, were constructed to
develop° about 6,000 horse-power to drive 4,000 tons. It is
a result, I think, calculated to give rise to very serious re-
flection."

The 29th November was devoted to target practice, which

was attended by three accidents: one, in the Achilles, by
the premature explosion of a cartridge in loading one of the
guns, by which one of the gun's crew unfortunately lost his
arm; the second iu the Lord Clyde, by the bursting of a shell
in one of the 7-inch GI-ton guns, by which a piece of the
muzzle was blown off, without, however, any further acci-
dent to any one; and the third, in the Warrior, where an
eight inch gun of the main-deck battery, in firing the first
round, drew the pivotting bolt.
The report is accompanied by diagrams illustrating the
trials.