The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-03 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE MURDER OF A CO3IMERCIAL TRAVELLER.—The trial
of George Harris for the wilful murder of Barnett Zusman,
at Strickly, was resumed on Saturday. Mr. John Mantle,
chain manufacturer, Birmingham, said he was in the
habit of supplying Mr. Cohen, Zusman's employer, with
chains. The gold chain which the prisoner gave to
Francis ICetley on the 12th May as security for a loan of
£2, and also the chain which he gave to Enoch Corbett on
the sth of May in consideration of a loan of 75., were
placed in the Lands of the witness, who identified them as
being of his manufacture. Another witness was told by
the prisoner on the day of the murder that the deceased
was shot by a pistol. The prisoner's schoolmaster had an
interview with Harris, and the latter said that he
knew who was the murderer but dared not tell. This
closed the case for the prosecution, and the jury were given
into the hands of the sheriff to be locked up over
Sunday.

-mriVBr."="7-7ETFar47za-t-,-Ammier
men—Flynn, Mann:Mum, Hanley, Kenny, Carney, Duff,
Cusick, Hasley, Delaney, M`Dermott, Quinn, and
Flannery—charged with riot and assault at Ashton on
the 10th May, resulted in the conviction of nine of the
number, Hanky, Quinn, and Flannery being acquitted.
Eight more rioters were subsequently placed at the bar,
but the evidence against them had not been completed
when the court rose.
GETTING OUT OF A TRAIN BEFORE STOPPING.—At the
Manchester Assizes, Mr. Lilly, a Brazilian merchant,
brought an action against the Manchester South Junction
Railway, for injuries sustained by him on the defendants'
line. The train by which the plaintiff was travelling
stopped, and he got out upon the step, when the train
again moved forward some yards, and he was thrown dowr
on the platform, and injured his right hand so badly that
he was unable to follow his business for three months.
The defence was that the train had not stopped, and that
plaintiff getting out too soon, the accident was the result
of his own, and not the company's negligence. Verdict for
defendants.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF
rATENT.—In Vice-Chancellor Giffard's Court, an appli-
cation was made on behalf of Mr. Pigott (who is plaintiff
in an action against the Anglo. American Telegraph Com-
pany for an alleged infringement of a patent) for leave to
inspect the mode by which the defendants' cable is worked
and signals are transmitted along the same, and also the
process by which certain difficulties arising from the resist-
ance of the cable to the passage of the electro-magnetic
current are avoided. The plaintiff's case was not con-
cluded at the rising of the court.
DAMAGES FOR Loss of A HUSBAND.—At the York
Assizes, the case of Scott v. the North Eastern Railway
Company was heard, Mr. Donald Scott was agent
t Major : Stapylton, of Myton Hall. On the 23rd
Jf last April he was travelling on the defendants'
railway, when a collision occurred at Reskelf, in which
Nlr. Scott was killed. The negligence of the defendants
was admitted, and they paid into court £3OO, and the
only question was whether Mr. Scott's life was worth
More to his wife and family or not. At the time of his
death Mr. Scott had ten children, who were of ages vary-
ing from 13 to 37, nearly all of whom were more or less
dependent upon him, and his place was said to be worth
£3OO a year. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
for £270, in addition to the £3OO paid into court.

IRISH SUPERSTITION.—The superstitious beliof
in the fairies—or " good people," as the people respectfully
call them—has not yet died out in Ireland. At the Rivers-
town petty sessions, county Cork, an old woman named
Mary Keefe was charged with obtaining money from
another, named Mary Murray, under the pretence that
idle had constant communication with the fairies, and
through their influence could cure the complainant's child,
who was ill. ;}he was sent for trial at the quarter
gessiol B.

The new customs tariff for exports and import'
between Russia and the other parts of Europe, called "The
Russo-European Tariff," will come into force in the year
1869. The extra fire per cent. hitherto levied will be abo-
ished.

—The Spring field Republican says that " the jury
in the United States District Court at Boston, in the case
of James Long, master of the British brig Valorous, against
Francis Lonsoda, the British consul at Boston, for illegally
charging certain fees, without the payment of which the
consul refused to deliver up the register and ship's papers
necessary for the plaintiff to go to sea, have returned a
verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed, and
which he paid under protest. The fees received by the
Consul at Boston from the masters of vessels engaged in
the coasting trade, of a similar character to those charged
against Captain Long, amount to $150,000 each year, and
it is at the instance of the Nova Scotian Government that
the above action was prosecuted, they having appointed
an agent to take charge of it."

Senator William Pinaney White, of Baltimore,
has taken his seat in succession to Reverdy Johnson.
Governor Swann desired to give the place to himself, but
he could not without the aid of the Legislature, so ho
appointed Mr. White.
An international convention is called to meet in
Portlans, Maine, on August 4, to consider the plans for
increased railway or canal communication between the in-
terior and the Atlantic seaboard, and also the vexed ques-
tion of free trade. Among the measures discussed will be
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, to San Francisco, the Northern Pacific road from
St. Lawrence waters to Puget Sound, the Niagara ship
canal, the Champlain canal, and new railroads from the
lakes to New England seaports.

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On Saturday evening the 3rd City of London Rifle
Volunteers, of which Lord Napier of Magdala has
accapted the colonelcy, was inspected by the gallant
general in the Regent's Park, in the prose= of some seven
or eight thousand people. There were 448 men on parade,
forming eight strong companies; but had the hour
fixed for the inspection (the corps being composed
chiefly of working men) been an hour later, there is no
doubt the zinger would have been much stronger. Tia,,
regiment was formed up in line facing to the south, and
awaited the arrival of the general. Shortly before seven
o'clock a carriage containing Lady Napier and her father,
General Scott, drove into the enclosure and took up a posi-
tion near the saluting point, followed by one or two other
carriages containing friends of her husband and his family.
A few minutes after Lord Napier, who was attired in his
full-dress uniform of a general, with all his orders, and ac-
companied by Colonel Dillon, of the Rifle Brigade, who
acted as his aide-dc-camp, entered the enclosure, and was
received by the regiment presenting arms, the band playing
" The Conquering Hero," and with a tremendous out-
burst of cheering from all sides of the vast assembly. At
the conclusion of the movements, Lord Napier addressed
the corps, and assured them that ho was very much
gratified to find that the City of London could turn out so
admirable a body of working men as he saw before him as
volunteers. This was the first time he had had an oppor-
tunity of making an inspection of volunteers, and he was
proud to be at the head of such a regiment. He knew
that a great deal of time and trouble must be sacrificed
to perfect themselves in drill as volunteers, even by inde-
pendent men, but what must be the case with a body of
working men who were compelled to toil and labour for
their daily bread by their occupations? He was sure that
they must have made many sacrifices to become trained
in the drill and discipline which had brought their regi-
ment into that most creditable condition to enable them
to effect the military movements he had witnessed that
evening. The way in which they had gone through their
exercises was extremely creditable to Colonel Laurie and
to the officers and noncommissioned officers of the
regiment, and shelved a vast amount of application and
attention on the part of the men. He had no doubt
they bad found that drill and discipline of service to
them. They must all have found that the discipline
they had learned as volunteers had assisted them
in preserving order with regard to their domestic lives
which they did not previously possess, and he had
no doubt that they had felt and did feel that by becoming
members of the volunteer regiment they had rendered
themselves both individually and collectively a far more
important body in the community than they were before,
and he had no hesitation in expressing his belief that they
would continue to maintain that important position. He •
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desired to encourage them in shooting, and therefore had
much pleasure in presenting the regiment witlia cup of
the value of £2O as a challenge cup.

DEATH OF FIELD-MARSHAL SIR E.

BLAKENEY.

We regret to announca that Field-Marshal Sir Edward
Blakeney, G.C.8., and G.C.H., Governor of Che:sea Hos,
pital, died at his residence in that institution at an early
hour on Sunday morning. He was born at Newcastle-upon.
Tyne, and had reached the great age of ninety years. The
veteran field-marshal entered the army as cornet in the Bth
Light Dragoons in the early part of 1794; he afterwards ex-
changed into an infantry regiment, the 99th, in which he
was gazetted captain in September 1794, and in which
regiment he accompanied the expedition under Major.
General White, in 1796, to the West Indies, and was
present at the capture of Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo.
During his service in those parts he was three times taken
prisoner by privateers, and suffered insuperable hardships
during the time he was prisoner. He was at the evacua•
tion of St. Domingo in 1798, and returned home with hie
regiment. In 1799 he accompanied the expedition to
Holland, and was present in the actions of the 10th
19th September, and also on those of the 2nd and Gth
October. He was afterwards engaged iu active service in
Minorca in 1800 and 1801. In 1807 he sailed with the
Royal Fusiliers to the Baltic, joined Lord Cathcart's expo.
dition, and was present at the capture of the Danish fleet
and surrender of Copenhagen. Afterwards he again pro.
ceeded on foreign service, and in 1809 was at the taking of
Martinique. In 1811 he joined the British army at Lisbon as
major and brevet lieutenant colonel, commanding the Ist
Battalion 7th Fusiliers, and during that and the following
campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814 he was present at the
battles of Busaco and Albuera, in which desperately and
bravely-contested action and decided victory he Was
severely wounded through the thigh. The late Viscount
Hardinge, who was at the time deputy quartermaster-
general of the Portuguese army, in a letter addressed to Sit
George Lowry Cole, in alluding to the " danger" and glory
of the day, wrote : " The Fusiliers- exceed anything that
the usual word gallantry can convey." As well known,
ft IVIIR one of tii7:l7.oTh/Teratelv and bra velF-Iktfirr
actions for the numbers engaged on both sides that took
place during the war. He was also present at the action
of Aldea de Ponte, the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz,
where he was severely wounded through the arm at the
assault. He likewise was present at the battles of Vitt°.
ria, Pampeluna, Pyrenees, and Nivelle, besides various
minor actions with the enemy. In 1814 he accompanied
his regiment, the Royal Fusiliers, to America, to join the
force against New Orleans, and was present at the assault
of the lines before that place. In 1815 ho joined the
army in Belgium, after the battle of Waterloo, and was
present at the capture of Paris. In 1826 he proceeded to
Portugal, with a force commanded by Gen. Sir Wm. Clinq
ton, in the command of the Ist Brigade. In 1828 he was
appointed to the staff in Ireland ; and from 1838 to 1855
commanded the forces in that country. He was a Privy
Councillor of Ireland since 1836 ; was nominated a Knight
Grand Cross of the Bath in 1849, and in 1836 was made,
by William IV., a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal
Hanoverian Gn-lphic Order. From 1832 to December
1854 he was colonel of the 7th Regiment Royal Fusiliers,
when he was transferred to the Ist Regiment of Foot,
which becomes vacant by his death. He was colonel in
chief of the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade, which he
had held since August, 1865. Sir Edward was a Knight of
the Tower and Sword of Portugal, a distinction conferred
upon him in 1812. He had received the gold cross
and one clasp for Martinique, Albuera, Badajoz,
Vittoria, and Pyrenees, and the silver war medal
with four clasps, for Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo,
Nivelle, and Nive. His commission bore date
as follows :—Cornet, February 28, 1794 ; lieutenant,
September 24, 1794 ; captain, December 24, 1794 ; major,
September 17, 1801; lieutenant-colonel, April 25, 1808 ;
colonel, June 4, 1814 ; major-general, May 27, 1825 ;
lieutenant-general, June 28, 1838 ; general, June 20,
1854 ; and field marshal, November 9, 1862. The late
Sir Edward was appointed lieutenant-governor of Chelsea
Hospital in 1855, and in the following year, on the death
of Sir Colin Halkett, was made governor of that asylum.

A monster melon, weighing forty-two pounds,
was sold in the Paris markets last week for V.

• PUBLIC ACTS IN THE LATE ►SESSION,—III the
late session 130 public Acts were passed, against 14° '*
the preceding session.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—The John,
Bull, in mentioning that the Archbishop of Canterbury
has left Addington Park for the Continent, states that
his Grace will be absent about six weeks. His Grace's last,
act was to write to the Queen's Advocate, his Vicar_
General, expressing his desire that arrangements
might be made for the consecration of a new
bishop for Natal in this country. A society,
as we have already announced, has been formed
to carry out the desires of the Archbishop in the
matter.

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Right Hon.
B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli leave town on Wed-
nesday for Hughenden Manor, Bucks; the Lord President
of the Council left his residence in St. James's-square
on Friday, for Cowes ; the Earl of Malmesbury will
leave town to-day for the North ; the Duke of Buck.
ingham left Chandos House on Saturday for Wotton,
Bucks ; Sir John Pakington will leave town to-morrow
for Westwood Park, his seat in Worcestershire ; Mr.
Gathorne Hardy left town on Friday for his seat near
Staplehurst ; the Earl and Countess of Mayo left on
Saturday for their seat, Palmerston House, county
Kildare ; Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., leaves Osborne
to-day for Exeter. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Stanley,
the Right Hon. the First Lord of the Admiralty, and
Lord John Manners remain at present in town.

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL. - The Govern-
ment officials at Liverpool on Saturday issued their usual
monthly report of the emigration from the 'Mersey.
From their statistics we learn that under the Act 21
ships sailed to the United States, with 85,868 passers.
gers, consisting o'f 501 cabin and 85,376 being steerage ;
of the' latter 3,829 were English, 811 Scotch, 1,649
Irish, and 2,727 foreigners ; the cabin are included
in the nationalities. To Canada there were five
ships, with 1,772 passengers, of whom 763 were English,
no Scotch, 96 Irish, 913 foreigners. To Victoria, one ship,
with 616 passengers, of whom 247 were English, 93 Scotch,
232 Irish, and 24 foreigners. The vessels which sailed not
under the Act are as follows :—For the United States,
eight ships, 673 passengers ; Newfoundland, one ship,
with six passengers; Victoria, three ships, with 79 pas-
sengers ; South America, four ships, with 70 passengers ;
Africa, two ships, with 24 passengers; China, one fillip,
with 27-nasseugers.

President JOHNSON, we learn by the Hammonia,
has put his veto on the bill recently passed by Con-
gress excluding certain of the Southern States from
participation in the Presidential election. The
PRESIDENT, of course, was well aware that in the
present position of parties in Congress there was no
chance of the bill being actually rejected, but he felt
it only consistent with his duty to set clearly before
the people the real natur., and object of the mea-
sure. It provides that such Southern States as
have not been restored to representation in Con-
gress under the Reconstruction Act shall not
participate in the electron : that is to say,
it excludes a large proportion of the popu-
lation from having any voice in an election
which concerns every American. It is quite a new
doctrine that one-half the country shall settle not
only how the other half is to vote, but whether it
has a right to, vote at all. The old theories of per-
fect equality have been altogether lost sight of in
the chaos, and the North assumes an authority over
the South such as no aristocracy dare claim over
the lower orders in the most despotic European
kingdom. The white men of the North treat the
white men of the South with as little regard as the
latter treated their slaves in the old days of
involuntary servitude. Mr. JOHNSON, in his veto,
declares the bill to be revolutionary and unconsti-
tutional, bang based on the assumption that several
of the States are out of the Union. The bill, he
shows, might enable the Congress to control the ap-
proaching Presidential election (no slight argument
in its favour in the eyes of the Radicals), and
Congress had his authority to exclude from the
Electoral College any State because a portion of the
inhabitants had joined the rebellion. All
this logic was naturally wasted upon
Congress, whose members immediately passed
the bill by 48 to 45 in Senate, and by 124 to 36
in the House of Representatives; but it will not, we
hope, be lost upon the people. Time has shown
them the truth of many of Mr. JOHNSON'S former
addresses and expostulations, and the Radical in-
fluence is no longer what it was. The movement
in question is clearly unconstitutional, but that con-
sideration has long ceased to weigh with the leaders
of Congress, and the motive is in this instance suf-
ficiently powerful to make them disregard a
much more pressing reason. The election of
a President in America is conducted on a
principle peculiar to itself, and is founded
on the not very Democratic theory that
the body of the people are not duly qualified for the
onerous task of selecting a President, but must
select delegates to vote for them. These represen-
tatiVe voters constitute what is called the " Elec-
toral College," and their total number is 316.
Each State has its electors in proportion to its Re-
presentatives in Congress, and thus the larger and
more populous States can greatly influence the
election. New York, for example, has 33 votes,
Pennsylvania 26, and Ohio 21, while Delaware
and Kansas have each only 3, and Michi-
gan and lowa 8. Of course the same
rule is in force in the South, and Vir-
ginia heads the list with more electors even
than New York. It is no great wonder, under
these circumstances, that the Radicals are anxious
to exclude Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi, the
three unreconstructed Southern States, with their
23 voters, from the Electoral College. The sum
total of the voters of the seven reconstructed States
' is only 47, so that these three would almost double
the Southern :vote. Virginia alone has 40, and
the politics of Richmond are not unknown at
Washington. What matters old theories of cons' i-
tutional rights and privileges
,with such statistics
staring the Radicals in the face. Allis fair in love and
war, says the old adage ; but, it should be added—
and in an American election. The excitement into
which the whole country is thrown by the near
approach of an election for President is something
which we do not even dream of. The campaign
is carried on all over the country by indefatigable
committees, whose members never rest, who busy
themselves about every one's affairs, and are con-

Galatz.

LOIV DON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1868.

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Now that Parliament is over it is to be expected
that we shall have election intelligence in all direc-
tions, and speeches from all parties of every class
and section. On Saturday last a meeting was held
at Preston for the purpose of hearing addresses from
the Conservative candidates, the Right Hon. Ccl.
PATTEN and the Hon. F. A. STANLEY. The greatest
enthusiasm pervaded the assembly, and the number
was very large. Colonel PATTEN spoke at some
length, and he informed his hearers that he had
been accused by both parties that whatever
was the result of the approaching contest,
no attempt would be made to interfere
with his seat, but still he felt it to be
incumbent on him to appear on the SCJile and state
his views on public questions. The Parliament
which has just ceased to exist has not been one of
long duration, and during the greater part of its
existence the present Government has held office,
and though not in a majority, it is trud, there is
just ground for Colonel PATTEN'S assertion that it
has done good service to the country and reflected
honour on itself. L is certainly somewhat strange
that a Government in a minority should have held
office for so long ; but the reason of its assuming
power may be found in the weakness of its adversa-
ries, who, numerically strong, were defective in unity,
an I could not combine with success to their cause
or service to the business of the country. There
has been nothing extraordinary in the assertion
made by the Conservative leaders to the effect that

stantly organising meetings, processions and torch-
light manifestations, while the press is kept con-
stantly at work by both sides. The labour
which these committees undertake in the cause
of their party is something wonderful ; but Ame-
ricans of all classes like excitement, and in
the Presidential election they have enough to satisfy
them. The general eagerness and recklessness
increases day by day until the day of election, and
business is in many places almost at a standstill
long previous. The aim is to get as many votes as
possible for the electors, every American who has
any lights whatever having the right to vote for the
College. No man, therefore, need fear to be over-
look by the agents, and we may expect to hear a
good deal about the rights and wrongs of Ireland
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until the Irish vote is secured.

What the result of this election will be is of
course doubtful. The Radicals, as we have seen, are
not scrupulous about the means which they employ
to the desired end, and the exclusion of the three
states will be of great service to them. There can be
no question, however, that the Democrats have
gained greatly in popular estimation since the first
trial of strength, and it is generally believed that
even should the Radicals carry the Presidency the
Democrats will secure a large accession to their
numbers in Congress in the elections for members,
which take place at the same time. They can
hardly, it is thought, obtain a majority, owing
to the ingenious manoeuvring of the Congres-
sional districts, but they will be able to secure
more than a third of the House of Representatives,
which will place them in a very differeht position.
Should SEYMOUR be elected this improvement in the
position of the Democratic party will give him
powerful support, since the Presidential veto will
be something more than a form.

Mr. JOHNSON, we find, has been recommending
a Constitutional amendment regarding the elec-
tions. lie has sent a letter to Congress recom.
mending that the PRESIDENT be elected by direct
popular vote for a term of six years instead of four,
as at present, and that he should be ineligible
for a second term ; also that Senators should
be elected by the people instead of by the Legisla-
ture. It is not very probable that either of these
suggestions will be accepted by the Congress. The
fact of their emanating from ➢lr. JOHNSON would
of itself deter the majority from subscribing to
them, while the issue of the election is too uncertain
to render the extension of the term of office very
welcome. If General GRANT and Mr. COLFAX
were certai❑ of success, no doubt the six years
would be an agreeable change, but as it is more
than possible that SEYMOUR and BLAIR may be the
favoured names the old term of office will doubtless
be retained unaltered.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARISS

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Su?MAT, August
The unfortunate discussion which General La Alarniora
has raised respecting the war of 1866 has entered upon a
new and most unpleasant phase. The New Prussian
(Cross) Gazette has asserted that the note which General
Alarmora recently sent to Count Usedom on the subject of
the Prussian account of the war was inspired by the
French Government. The Prussian paper adds that
France hoped by this means to break the alliance between
Prussia and Italy and at the same time to prevent the
alliance now so much spoken of between Austria and
Prussia. A denial to this most important statement was
expected this morning in the Moniteur or Constitutionnel,
but both these official papers are quite silent, It must not
be forgotten that the C ?OM Gazette is an official Prussian
paper, representing more especially the party of General
von Moltke. Statements of this kind would not he pub-
lished in such an organ without a purpose. There is, no
doubt, a war party in both countries. In France the
possibility of friendship between Austria and Prussia
whilst the latter country and Italy remain allied, was
naturally alarming. Nor is it likely that this attempt on
the part of France to revive old grievances and stir up
fresh animosity between the three countries would be
calmly received in North Germany. Of course it remains
to be decided whether France did interfere as the Cross
Gazette averts. If so, this promises to be a very grave
affair indeed.

M. Henri Rochefort has given in. In yesterday's Lanterne,
het publishes the communique which caused him such
trouble last week. It appears that the Government
threatened to virtually stop the publication of La Lanterne
if the document were not inserted. Its appearance caused
no little astonishment. M. Rochefort had stated that the
communique would occupy forty-five pages, whereas it
does not fill half that space, and is, moreover, nothing
more than a refutation of what must, under the mildest
interpretation, be considered a gross libel. M. Rochefort
and La Lanterne will not greatly profit by this affair. A
paper which occupies such an anomalous position loses all
its influence when founcl disseminating incorrect intelli-
gence. In this case the calumny referred to the late M.
Billault, formerly Minister of State, and is, therefore, all
the more discreditable.

ROUMANIA..

Very grave news comes from Nimes. It is to the
effect that a private meeting was intruded upon by the
central commissioner of police, and that very unpleasant
and serious results were the consequence. The meeting
was for election purposes, to hear M. Cazot, a democratic
candidate. The assembly was somewhat numerous, but
each individual was invited by private letter. Hardly,
however, had the meeting opened, when the central
commissioner made his appearance, backed, not by an in-
junction to stop the proceedings, but by a force of armed
men. The proprietor of the room refused to give up the
meeting. The candidate, M. Cazot, made his appear.
ance, and protested strongly against the interference.
At length the armed men were called in, the
sight of the bayonets producing a feeling of great
astonishment and indignation. The candidate was seized
by four soldiers and thrust violently out of the room, and
the rest of the assembly was turned out with as little cere-
mony, one receiving a sword or bayonet thrust. A pro-
ceeding precisely similar has occurred at Alais. It is
scarcely necessary to say that these deplorable events
have produced the most painful sensation in political
circles. As to the injustice of the interference, there
seems to be no question whatever. During the debate
which took place on the IBth of March last on the new
law, M. Rouher expressly stated that, in accordance with
its title, the measure referred to public meetings only.
Private meetings, by separate invitation, had never been
forbidden nor subjected to previous authorisation. The
Minister of State further added, amid tremendous
applause, that private meetings would remain free from
all intervention. There can be no ambiguity here. A
gross injustice has been committed.

BUCHAREST, Aug. 1.

Telegrams received from Rustchuk state that an
engagement, which lasted three hours, had occurred
between the Turkish troops and the Bulgarian in-
surgents. Thirty-eight cf the Litter were killed,
and the remainder were surrounded by the Turks
at a point between Kasanlik and Schilkau.
The headquarters of Mithad Pasha are established
at Grahovo.

Shots have been fired upon a Turkish gunboat
from the Roumanian bank of the Danube, near

A large number of suspected persons have been
arrested by order of the Roumanian authorities at
Ibraila.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

THE SUN, LONDON, AiI&DAY EVENING,, AUG UST j, 1868,

MAGAZINES.

BLAcKWoon.—The first article met with itt this
number is one sure to excite interest and attract at-
tention: it is a notice of the career of the Right Hon.
Benjamin Disraeli, and this is the first part, so that
the reader may look forward to successive instal-
ments. It is said that although successful in his literary
attempt, Mr. Disraeli soon began to feel the " con-
sciousness of power to influence the fortunes of his
country otherwise than by his pen," and also that
he was many years in Parliament " before the
House and the country began in any degree to
appreciate his powers." Some of the earlier
speeches of the right hon. Lrgentleman are here re-
corded, and among them the celebrated one which
he made against Sir Robt. Peel's unscrupulous mode
of requiring his followers to rescind their votes on
some of the great topics of discussion. Ile said
that the right hon. baronet's " horror of slavery
extended toevery place but thebenches behind him."
It is certainly not to the credit of the leader of the
'Cory party that he should have slighted in so
marked a manner one of such distinguished ability
as the subject of this sketch. Sir Robert Peel's
love of mediocrity was never displayed in a manner
more inimical to his reputation than it was in his
treatment of the member for Shrewsbury, but time
has vindicated the one at the expense of the judg-
ment of the other. " The Odes of Horace" are
concluded, and we should say, without fear of con-
tradiction, that the attempt, here submitted to the
consideration of the general reader, and to the
criticism of Horatian scholars, will meet, among
the latter at any rate, with mingled respect and
admiration. The meaning of the great poet in
these versions has been in every instance scrupu-
lously preserved, while the rhythm throughout is
flowing, and the whole most delightful to bear in
remembrance. We only trust that the whole of
this new and remarkable version of the Odes may
be shortly published in a separate form, and in its
entirety. Judging of it merely from the frag-
ments that have already made their appearance, we
should pronounce it a most felicitous notion
most felicitously carried out. " How Frank
Thornton was Cured" is an ingenious sketch,
which may furnish a useful lesson ; and per-
haps if the decisive treatment here advocated
were adopted at an earlier period, it might be better
for all parties in the long run. Mrs. Craven's
charming work, entitled " Recit d'une Spear" is
considered in an entertaining paper on the subject,
which affords a good idea of the work to those not
acquainted with it in detlil. "Letters from a Staff
Officer with the Abyssinian Expedition " have now
reached to Part the Fifth. "Historical Sketches of
the Reign of George the Seconl" brings the poet
to our notice, and it is worthy of remark from the
style in which it is written and the comments made
on the various characteristics of the notabilities re-
ferred to. " Cornelius O'Dowd" is as curious as
ever in his strictures.

DUBLIN.—The pretty little story called " My
Queen" is concluded this time in a more satisfactory
manner than seemed probable at one time. " Itine-
rant Thespians" is a pap,er that is very entertaining
to peruse, and the incident of the j_tcli-chain
very amusing. " Haunted Lives" is continued,
and furnishes plenty of incidents in this num-
ber to awaken curiosity and admiration.
" The Abdications of Diocletian and Charles
V." are considered, and some similarity is found
between those two notable instances of the surrender
of power by sovereigns. Some poems are met with
which diversify the contents, among which are
" Lives' Voyage," and stanzas entitled " When
Minerva Smiled."