The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-31 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, July 30.—A large business in cot-
ton at Liverpool, though unattended by any ad-
vance in price, is said to have caused a more cheer-
ful feeling in the Manchester yarn and cloth market.
There is no improvement in prices, however, and
business is still as difficult to effect as it was yester-
day. Buyers continue to make offers at prices
too low for acceptance by manufacturers, and
spinners show an unwillingness to operate ; conse-
quently only a very limited business has been effected
to-day.

BLACKBURN, 29th.—There was an average at-
tendance on 'Change to-day. Prices were about id.
per lb. lower than last week, but no improvement
in the condition of trade was manifest. Several spin-
ners and manufacturers in the town are running
short time, and irregular production from the partial
stoppage of machinery is on the increase. In the
neighbouring town of Darwen, where the water supply
to mills has been cut off owing to the drought, great
inconvenience has been experienced, the water
having in some cases to be carted in tubs from a
considerable distance.

BRADFORD, 30th.—The transactions in wool to-
day are only scanty. Spinners are generally well
supplied with wool, and are at present quite in-
different as to business. Staplers, however, show
great confidence as to future prospects, and do not
seek to press sales. Prices generally are firmly
maintained. There is a steady business doing in
mohair and alp:ica, at firm prices. The good harvest
prospects, cheap money, and the pacific nature of
our political relations at home and abroad, all tend
to create a confident expectation of The speedy re-
turn of a good and profitable trade. The other
branches—worsted yarns and pieces—are equally
dull. The amount of new business doing in these
branches is only meagre. Still most spinners and
manufacturers remain pretty well employed, and
unless the individual spinner or manufacturer is
getting slack there is no disposition to make any
condesAion'in ptice. - - - ' •

The Parliamentary Constitution of 1832, after a long
fruitful course of beneficent legislation, expires ingloriously
la the session now ended. The Times says the representatives
of a doomed constituency have displayed the impatient
recklessness of outgoing tenants, and the whole machi.
eery of legislation and government has been deranged
by the exceptional relation of the Cabinet to the
House of Commons. It had scarcely been observed, when
the Reforin Bill of 1867 was passed, that the Ministers
had incidentally secured to themselves eighteen months of
office; nor, indeed, could Mr. Disraeli himself have
effectually disputed the competence of the moribund
House of Commons, if his opponents had earnestly desired
to restore their own leaders to power. The Times alludes to
the incessant personal disputeswhich have marked the session
in the Commons and even in the Lords. After a long
review of the principal bills brought before the House,
and the questions discussed, our contemporary congratu-
lates the House that, notwithstanding miscarriages and
untoward complications, it has in its latest session
abolished church rates, inflicted severe discouragement on
the agents of electoral corruption, and noted for final con-
demnation the moat flagrant of political and ecclesiastical
abuses.

The Post thinks if the tactics pursued by Mr. Disraeli
during the past session arc to constitute a precedent for
the conduct of future Ministries, we may expect that the
only way which will remain of driving an Administration
from office will be, not by a vote of want of con-
fidence, but by a stoppage of supplies. If such
should be the legacy which the old Parliament has
left to the new one, it will at all events clear the former
of the imputation of having been entirely idle during the last
days of its existence. It cannot, without absurdity, be con-
tended that the public service would hive suffered if, in the
month of Jtme last, Mr. Disraeli and his colleagues had
resigned, or that the remaining Reform Bills would not
have been carried as successfully through Parliarpnnt
during the past month by the Liberal party as by the
Conservatives. The Government were in a decide
minority. They could only carry on the business
of the country on sufferance ; and under these circum-
stances it was not only lawful for Mr. Gladstone, but it
was his bounden duty, to endeavour to secure for his
followers the responsibility as well as the power of
administering the Government. The Premier accepted in
theory the decision of the House as a vote of want of con-
fidence, but in practice treated it with contempt.

The Herald alludes to the finality doctrine, and the
strange fact that a change in the representation has
occurred before the inventor of finality has retired from
Public life, and devotes several columns to a history of the
debates on the Irish Church. It concludes that Mr. Glad-
stone's cause is the cause of Popery ; Mr. Gladstone's vic-
tory is the triumph of the Liberation Society in England, of
Ultramontanism and persecution in Ireland; Mr. Gladstone's
friends are the Church's enemies, and her friends are
ranged among his foes. No Churchman, no Protestant,
no man really loyal at heart to his country, his sovereign,
and his religion, can doubt at this juncture on which
side is the right, or in which camp he ought to take his
place.

The Daily News says that the prorogation closes
not only the session of 1868, but is the preliminary
to the dissolution of the Parliament of 1863. The
political struggles of the past three years have been
marked by an unusual degree of bitterness and con-
fusion. Mr. Disraeli has somewhere or other said that
wars of succession are always the most furious and relent-
less. The past three years have been occupied with a
parliamentary war of succession, in which the place left
vacant by Lord Palmerston was the prize of victory. The
Daily News thinks that it is time an appeal should be
made from such a House of Commons to the country.

In a leader on the close of the session, the Star says that
looked at hastily, and from say the intelligent foreigner
point of view, one might feel inclined to think that this
has been a very bard-working, energetic, earnest
sort of Parliament. If so, most of us are not only
very ungrateful, but unintelligible in our ingratitude,
for it is perfectly certain that we are all anxious to hurry
the departure of this Parliament, to get it out of
the world, and be done with it. Reformers rejoice
to be done with the Parliament which passed the
Reform Bill. Friends of Ireland are impatient to be rid
of the House of Commons which took the first step to
redress the grievances of Ireland. Men who detest parlia-
mentary corruption are not in the least thankful to the
House which first carried a decent Bribery Bill. A bundle
of seeming paradoxes might thus be strung together by
anybody who took the trouble to compare what this Par.
'lament has done with the thanks it is receiving and likely
to receive for its labours. . • -

The JTer /cLiebui ce theinines for the tone of its leading
article on the Mansion House dinner. The Premier's
speech was.one of remarkable moderation, lie congratu-
lated the country, as was natural, upon the maintenance
of peace and the promise of reviving prosperity ; he
claimed no wonderful triumphs for the Government ; he
put its claims to the confidence of the country on those
portions of its administration universally approved, on
measures which no one can deny that they have passed.

The Standard draws attention to the reference the
Premier made in his Mansion-house speech to our rela.
tions with America. No passage can be quoted from any
of Mr. Disraeli's speeches during the war which conflicts,
in language or in spirit, with this sentiment, and,
unfortunately, the same thing cannot be said of the
Liberal leaders. The Americana know that Mr. Dis-
raeli preserved a position of perfect fairness and neu-'
trality from beginning to end of their war ; whereas
Mr. Gladstone went about the country, a Minister
of the Crown, declaring that Jefferson Davis had
made a nation ; and Lord Russell at the same time
discredited the Northern cause by publicly asserting
that the " North were fighting for empire and the
South for independence." These were men who were sup-
posed to speak with the authority of the Government and
the nation. If they were in power now, the American
Government would cntainly not forget their old views
towards it, and consequently language such as Mr.
Disraeli used at the Lord Mayor's dinner would come with
a bad grace from their lips. For this very reason,
probably, the Premier will be violently assailed for daring
to use it. What business had he to show greater discretion
and wisdom, at a critical period, than the two men who
are supposed to divide the conscientiousness and states-
manship of the day between them?

We (Manchester Examiner) understand that Mr.
W. E. Gladstone will visit Liverpool next week, and at
once commence an electioneering tour in South Lauca•
shire.

EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITU TION, —OR
Wednesday evening a meeting of the members of this
institution was held fur the purpose of electing a successor
to the late Lord Brougham as president. Mr. William
Smith, vice-president (who occupied the chair), moved
that Mr. Thomas Carlyle be elected. Professor Masson
seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to.
The chairman then stated that it afforded him sincere
gratification to announce, on the part of Mr. Carlyle, his
acceptance of the office, and to convey the thanks of that
gentleman for the honour the meeting hadconferred on him.

FIRE IN THE METROPOLIS.—On Thursday night
a fire, ending in the destruction of a large quantity of
valuable property, broke out on the premises of Messrs.
J. M. Brown and Co., builders, 105 and 106, Paul-street,
Finsbury, and close to Finsbury-square. The fire made
rapid progress, and the reflection was seen for miles
round the metropolis. Although aided by the Salvage
Corps the firemen found themselves unable to save the
timber yard, in which a large quantity of valuable wood
was stored, and their exertions were then turned towards
saving the adjacent premises, among which was a large
block which had been rebuilt after a very destructive fire
about three years ago. In this they at length succeeded,
althrough the backs of ten houses were rather seriously
injured. The damage could not on Thursday night be
ascertained correctly, but it was estimated at between
£2,000 and £3,000. The offices of Messrs. Brown, adjoin.
ing the yard, were saved without much injury, as was
also the new block of buildings.

TELEGRAPHS.—The Paris llioniteur states that
at the recent telegraphic congress held at Vienna, at which
all the European States (except the Papal States) and also
India and Persia were represented, the rules of inter.
national telegraphic service have, after careful con-
sideration, received many important improvements and
modifications, which have been suggested by the expe-
rience of three years' working of the present system.
Notwithstanding the moderate rates fixed by the Con-
vention of 1865, the charges in some of the European
States have been still further reduced. The particular
atteution of the conference was directed to the trans.
mission of messages to and from the East Indies, and the
tariff has been considerably lowered. From January 1,
1869, the charge for a despatch from London to Calcutta
will be reduced from 120 francs to 71 francs, and in
the interval before that date various special lines will be
established in order to render the communication between
Europe and India more certain and more rapid. All
these improvements are completed by the establishment
of an International Telegraphic Bureau intended to serve
as a medium between the various administrations, by
centralising all statistical and other information which
effects the common service. The Swiss Administration
has been charged with the organisation of the Inter-
national Bureau, which will certainly be one of the
most fortunate innovations introduced by the Conferen
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IN.' • •-••
GREAT W ESTERN RAILWAY.

LTERATION OF TRAINS FROM LONDON FOR
AUGUST.
The 10.0 a.m. fast Train from Paddington will run in
connection with a quick Train from Hereford to Leomin-
ster, Kington, Lullow, Craven Arms, AC.
The 12.30 p.m. Train, from Paddington to the Wycombe
and Aylesbury line and Reading. will start at 12.20 p.m.,
and the train from Victoria, which runs in connection
with it, will start at 11.48 a.m. instead of 12.0 noon.
There will be extensive alterations in the third-class
train., f particulars of which, and also minor alterations,
see timo-bills. J. GRIEItSON, General Manager.
Paddington, July 31.

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TIER MAJESTY'S OPERA.
(THE ITRE-11D YAL, D rtliitY-LANE).
Last \ izht but One.
The Opera will positively cloat To-morrow (Saturday). August 1.
Bcrxilt and Last appearance of Mdlle. CIIRISTINE NILSSON.
Grand Combined Entertainment.
THIS EVENING (FRIDAY). July 31, the performances will
commence with the First Act of Verdi's Opera,
LA TRAVIATA.
Alfredo, Signor Mariano Neri (his first appearance); Un
Medico, Signor Foli ; I 1 Barone Duphol, Signor Casaboni; Flora.
11111 e. Corsi; and Violetta, 31.111 e. Christine Nilsson.
To be followed by the Second Act (Garden Scene) of

FAUST.
Faust, Signor Bulterini; Valentin, Mr. Santley; Mephistopheles,
Signor Gassier; Siebel, Mdlle. Zandrins, (her first appearance) ;
Martha., M.lllri. Cor.ii; :..I,lyherita. Mall,. Christine Nilsson.
To wine' will be add d the FriaApal Act of
I DUE FOSCARI.
Lacrezia. Mdlle. Rose Hersee ; Il Dogs, Mr. Santley (his first
appearance in that character).
To conclude with the Third Act of Donizetti's Opera,
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
Elp,•ardo, Signor Bulterini; Enrico Aston, Signor Gassier;
R licaondo, Signor Fuli; and Lucia, Mdlle. Christine ;Nilssua.

•
Conductor—Signor Artliti
Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight.
Stalls, One Guinea; lmphitizeatrc Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved
Box Seats, lie. 61; Gallery, 2s. (id.
13Jxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box-
offlre, Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second
door from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super-
intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal,
Drury-lane (miler the portico in Brydges-street). Tickets also
at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'.

THEATRE ROYAL, II A YAIARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Pennington;
la4e, Mr. Ryder; Desdemono., Miss Ada Cavendish ;
Mrs. E. F. Saville
Preceded by PAY TO THE BENREII,—A KISS. Mr. Fred.
Buckstone.