The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-21 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, FFIDAY EVENING9 AUGUST 21, 1868
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insurance-life, fire, and marine. It is a noticeable LATEST INTELL CGENCE CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, 1
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
flee, 4,7 _6 t '
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ROYAL INSURANCE. BUILDINGS, fact that life insurance is making greater pro-
ROYAL -..-...----.
Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool.
t. 121.! IsY ' '' 'IF42) , Sint greys in the United States than in this (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) i. inIOMOUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867. glic.ra 8,... •
The cc Royal: has never had a larger body of Constituents - • , .
PARIS, THURSDAY, August 20.
than now. ' -7-- -----..---- - tainly not, as a rule, more prudent than the AMERICA. It is thought with much reason that the Council of
FIRE BRANCH.
£160,553 LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1868. English. Other topics of general interest, such as Ministers held yesterday must have been of considerable
PREMIUMS in 1867 NEW YORK, Aug. 20.
being a larger revenue than in any preceding ..._-.8.--. the adoption of a uniform system of weights and COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. importance to bring M. Rouher from Macon, whither he
cussed was the time for holding the general elections, and
die-
year. • had gone to the marriage of his niece. The question
.£292,125 Closing prices :-Gold, 143 f. Sterling exchange
LOSSES by Fire in 1867 Seldom has the public been startled by the news measures, the purchase by the State of telegraph
as the Ministers saw nothing in the present state of France
NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex-
penses £56,373 of a more terrible and fatal disaster on our Eug- property, and the International Statistical Confer-
on London, 1091 ; 5-20 United States Bonds,
to. encourage an immediate appeal to the country, thero
LIFE BRANCH. lish railways than that which this morning ap- ence, were touched upon by Mr. BROWN, whose sec-
-1882, 1131 ; ditto, 1885, 111 ; 10-40 Bonds, will be no general election until next year. The seats
Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7-- £BOl,OOO
108 f ; Illinois, 142 ; Erie, 451. Cotton-mid-
lw,ehryichshoarrtelya.t pTrehseenrtesuvlatcsaonft wthilel,laosft cseovuelnsec,obnetefistilsedgiuvpo
Do. during previous Quinquellniilm £688.000 palled the readers of the daily journals. The tion is likely to do some useful service if it follows
Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £i28,583
nature of the accident at Abergele was so fearful, in the line he has marked for its attention.
dung upland, 29i. Petroleum-standard white,
LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the a return of four Imperialists to three Liberals ; but the
increased share of profits recently conceded to Policy- the number of victims so numerous, and the
It appears that all is to go smoothly in France 321. Flour, extra state, $B7O 930 c. ; Corn, old
holders. whole circumstances of the case so painful, that total of votes polled by all the Opposition candidates is
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. for the present, and the Constitutionnel declares mixed, $l2l.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. the calamity has scarcely a parallel in our railway much larger than the number given to all the Government
that the general election of deputies to the Legisla- nominees. The Opposition journals have not yet forgotten
August, 1868. annals. The Irish Limited Mail, leaving London
tive Body will not take place till 1869. This is (Per the Scotia via Queenstown.) the Jura election, which still inspires them with pride
To Tag ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH at 7.15 a.m., was en route for Holyhead, and
affirmed in the most positive manner, so that we NEW Yome, Aug. 11 (Noon).
is subject.ln,ely
to meet
eeutnflovritthunadtisemipsrseiofleictaso
and exultation ; but the official papers are silent on the
OF MARYLEBONE. tfhethreesudletpoat
his
seniltl
passed Abergele station in safety about one o'clock.
a ENTLEMEN,-, may put some faith in it. By next spring, it will The Secretary of War, in answer to the appeal
Upwards of seven years since you
e the honour to of Governor Warmouth, has sent instructions to success. He has been
elect me one of your Representa,ives, and forhe third thne I half an hour before a goods train had passed, and
be remembered, the ordinary time for the duration fourteen years in his
come forward to. solicit a renewal of the kind support I then and General Buchanan, Commander of the Forces in
. . . this was the cause of the subsequent. disaster. Apresent post, and is now unable to meet the
have since received. of the expires, so that there will be
Louisiana, to dispose of the troops under his corn- difficulty of the position. The control of the depart-
I appeal to my votes and conduct in Parliament during this little beyond Llandulas, a mile and a half Legislature • • • •
long period in proof of my having fulfilled the promises I then no extra preparation made and no undue excite-
mend according to his discretion, and to promptly of 1 () • •
ment will be much more difficult after the recent victory
made. from Abergele, a portion of this gools train
My best and most earnest attention has ever been, and shall went raised in the matter. It is the more fortu- tie Opposition. Moreover, the present prefect acted
telegraph for special orders from the President if injudiciously on this last occasion in choosing a can-
eontindue to lecl, devoted to
to support
polocartltihnetegantesi.plelolr Toecaelnodeelaf: seems, from some unexplained reason, to have
nate that things should remain undisturbed
any emergency should arise rendering it necessary
government, and to keep down the burthen of local taxation. become detached and ran back down the
now,
because, with one circumstance and dilate of no status or reputation, and in the violence with
I have given an undeviating support to every liberal and just to employ the national force for the preservation which he opposed M. Gr6vy.
measure for the promotion of Reform in the Law; for the im- incline, running into the mail train, which was
another, some anxiety has prevailed respecting
provement of the Education of the People; for the Exercise of The official press is still engaged in endeavouring to
due Eeonomy in our Public Establishments; for the Abolition of corning on behind at about 40 miles an hour. The public opinion on certain points, and just now there of order. diminish the signification of the interview at Schwalbach
compulsory Church Rates; and for the enactment of that men, The Louisiana Legislature has passed a bill -an event, I should think, that needs neither to be
engine, tender, and three first-class carriages, were
sure of Representative Reform, the first effect of which is, lam is a great deal about the Opposition oratory of M.
making it a penal offence to organize any military
hippy to say, the great enlargement of the electoral body of the
. _ smashed up together, but the climax of horror was exaggerated nor lessened. The 11.1oni'eur is not very pro-
lieiglorn. GREVY. Several of the journals comment on it in
Many important subjects must come before the next Parlia
that a waggon laden with petroleum oil was at the . force in the State without orders from the Go- flounced in its pacific assurances ; but it observes that the
smaller German States have adop' el a -project with the
ment. and my conduct shall be animated by the same principles very free terms, and especial notice is drawn to the
The question of the Irish Church must at once occupy the
back of the goods train, and naturally exploded
fact that the new Deputy belongs to the Radical vernor. view of increasing their military strength, and yet their
serious attention of the New Parliament. I gave, and shall con-
tinue to give, my cordial support to Mr. Gladstone on this great The Alabama Legislature haspassed bill '
a in- policy. has not therefore become less pacific.
question, the settlement of which will, I firmly believe, remove when the collision occurred. The wrecks of the
section, and will thus be a great reinforcement to
vesting the Legislature with the power of casting It is said that M. de la Tour d'Auvergne, who is at
a fruitful source of discontent in Ireland, and greatly tend to carriages and the remains of their unfortunate oc-
promote the true interests of Protestantism throughout the them and a drawback to the Conservative party.
United Kingdom. cupants were all burnt in the fire, and twenty- the electoral vote of the State. present on holiday, will not return to his pre, and that
I shall carefully watch the estimates of every department of Great stress is likewise laid on the fact that the his place will be filled by M. Drouyn de Lhuys. This
the Public Service, more especially that of the Admiralty, with three passengers for Ireland were burnt beyond the Reports from Richmond state that a Conserve- rumour probably arises from the fact that the latter states-
the view of obtaining increased efficiency, combined with greater decision has taken place in the rural population, so
tive meeting held yesterday in that town was
economy in the expenditure of the public money. recognition of their friends. We may reasonably man is now the neighbour of Lord S!aaley at Lucerne.
I believe it is of the utmost importance still further to extend that the excuses cannot be made which generally
attacked by negroes. A fight ensued, in which
and improve the Education of the People, and that in the interest hope, from the violence of the collision, that they The edition of La Lantcrne, whic'a has been published
at Brussels, is vigilantly sought after by the police here..
of our manufacturers more attention should be given to Technical are found regarding the decision of the towns.
e pistols were used, and two negroes killed.
Instruction; and I shall zealously support any measures that were beyond the reach of suffering from the flames, It is little likely that many of the copies have found their
may be likely to effect so desirable an object. We doubt much of this is exaggerated, and, the
maybe have the honour to be, but the incident in its least painful aspects is suffi-
period being a dull one, the writers and OTTAWA 2 Aug. 11. way into France. At all events the domiciliary visits
GENTLEMEN,
Your obedient Servant, ciently appalling. In addition to the fatal cases, which have been numerous have not as yet resulted in any
The Canadian Parliament has been prorogued
HARVEY LEWlS.commentators are glad to seize upon any opportu- discovery.
here of course, more sufferers who
21, Grosvenor-street, Aug. 18, 1868. t are, many
some details of the health of Count Bismarck.
..: • more or less injured. The stoker was picked up Anti-Union Convention at Halifax has passed a
COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED sal out of it. The " impassable inhabitants" of the
The
.writer. says that the Premier is detained at
VICTUALLERS. dead from under the broken engine. The chief resolution strongly deprecating rebellion against
country are not likely to prove the correctness of
rim only article really suitable for that purpose, guard also was killed, but the driver, having seen the Crown or annexation to the United States ; at Varzin by circumstances of a particular kind (it does not
-1- ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address that a collision was inevitable, jumped off,- and the definitions concerning them ; but, meanwhile, appear what), and not by illness. Ho has seen the
the same time favouring the use of every constitu- statesman in person, and says that be never looked
1 05, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. many circumstances conspire to show the propriety
- - escaped with some injuries. The Duchess of tional means to withdraw Nova Scotia from the better, being, at most, but a little worn out.
CLASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED ABERCORN and her family were among the passen- of leaving the dissolution of the Chamber alone for
Confederation, which, they allege, it was forced to He rises every day in good time, and mounts his horse,
VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN.the present. It is not the thing itself so much asspendingenter against the will of the people. spending seven hours in visiting his tenants and the neigh-
vAT
gers, but fortunately escaped. LordFARNHAM,
ILLEAM HOLDICII and CO., No. 105, the rumours afloat concerning it that renders the bowing landlords. Then follows dinner, and afterwards a
, V Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; and No. 5, and two ladies who accompanied him, were among
election season a time of doubt and anxiety, and Sir John Macdonald and party have left Halifax period of rest and State business. If he had been really ill
he Pavement, Clapham-common. the victims. A watch was picked up among the for Canada. Their mission' to reconcile Nova he would not, thinks this correspondent, have retired to a
ruins bearing his name, but it is not nos- especially in France, where so peculiar a tone pre- little village where there is neither doctor nor apothecary.
• FABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, - vails with respect to public affairs. Scotia to the Confederation is pronounced a failure
I The doctor, in fact, has never been required except once,
expressly for Licensed Victuallers. Damask Napkins Bible to identify the bodies. Twenty-three
for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towellings of The Debats has, apparently, adopted the pacific by the provincial press, when the count's wife fell off a chair and slightly injured
and church carried to
haveffins been Abergele ,
avery description. Patterns gratis and post free. copolicy of others, and in the long summary of events NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Morning), herself.
the injured are distributed in the neighbourhood.
CARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar Such are the main outlines of this terrible story which it has given recently it favours the notion The Governor of Alabama has vetoed the bill . .
use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for 'of general quietude prevailing. The groat Cabi- empowering the Legislature to cast the electoral THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.
...allies' and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM lIOLDICH whose details will probably be shortly before us.
and Co., Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet- nets of Europe are all convinced, it says, of the net vote of the State. This veto will probably be
We have yet to learn the cause of part of the goods METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.
street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common.cessity of maintaining peace, and the same opinion effectual.
train becoming detached ; but it would seem that, Extreme Bea
WlLvLilklu 1 HOLDDIPCER
RS, EasntdablCishoe"d 1842,LICENSED
in any case, the mail train was too closely on its is expressed at London, Vienna, and Berlin, all feel- General Gillem has issued an order transferring Friday, Nvg r• 11
ing convinced of the wisdom of such a course being Arkansas to the military department of Louisiana, Ausgzsmt
.21, B. T.
... W. lit2o F. D. W It. toi
Fleet-street, City ; Southern Branch-No. 5, The Pave- track. Railway travellers trust their lives and--- ___- I
anent, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, . pursued. St. Petersburgh and Constantinople seem and assuming the command of the military forces Nairn -
with Price List. limbs to the keeping of the companies, and they 29'81f. 59 54 W.N.W. 1 1 S.E. c.ob - 1
Aberdeen - 1
to be the exceptions to the rule, but we must wait in Mississippi. Leith - -
have surely a right to expect that all possible pre-
f.or the war, as there exists at present no cause for The blockade of Mazatlan by 11.M.5. Chanti- Shields .... 29 94f. 57 53 S.W. 3 4 S.E. o. - 2
TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. cautions should be taken. They are perfectlyScarborough 29 96f. 58 54 W. 23NE.b c. - 2
Yarmouth .. 2918 r. 60 59 N.W. 2 3 N.N.E. no. 0'72 2
ESTABLISHED 1842. its prosecution. The King of PRUSSIA and Count deer was raised on the 30th ult. Cuxhaven. - - - - - - - - -
helpless to protect themselves, but they ought .. - - - - - - - - - -
WILLI A M HOLDICH and CO., BISMARCK are declared to be of opinion that Prussia The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New Skudesnies -
LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. to be protected by the companies from all Ardross an .. 2911 f. 57 54 S-. W. -4
4 81.-i-v. r-.c. 064 -4
105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. risks that can possibly be foreseen or guarded requires to be let alone for the present, and this York, on August 11, arrived at Queenstown at one groeleyrea tie. gs,g: g 2
W.N.W.11;. g 3
,s: w. c.c. 0.,:a -
v s.w. c. _ -
5, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Southern Branch). suggests the notion that it would have been far a.m. this morning with 123 cabin passengers. She kriLeererriaol.. : i rag: 60 54 ev. 57 Teee 2 2 eli. f.rb c. 0.01 i
against. If this accident was due, as some others
Cape Clear.. 3002 f. 59 53 4 N W c o'o3 3
better had they entertained the belief before and landed 73 sacks of mails, 27 passengers, find pro- Bootees Pt. 30-07.. .57 54 N.W.iv, ' 3 3 s:av: b. _-
THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. have been, to any failure in the coupling chains, Penzance .. 30•101. 59 58 N.W. 3 4 N.W. 0.0. o'o4 2
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. allowed others to enjoy their property undisturbed. ceeded at 1.15 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. The Plymouth .. 30158. 59 57 Z. 0c.b.10'07 1
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. it will be worth while to inquire whether some legal , •Weymouth 33'035. 61 59 W. 2 3 N.N.W.m.o' - 2
time is expected to work great marvels in Scotia performed the passage Portsmouth 2919 f. 58 56 N.W. 1 4 E.N.E. r.c.'0.071 1
THIS EVENING, at 7. A ROUGH DIAMOND. Messrs. nrovision cannot be made compelling all such chains in eight days fin)
London ~.. 3911 r. 53 56 W. 2 4 N. r.o.'o'o3'-
G. i3elmore, Ashley; Mrs. Billington, and Miss Lennox Gray. e Prussia, and in the new provinces attached hours. C'peCtria Nez 29'98r. 61 59 N.W. 5 3 S.W. r. o. 1 4
A a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. G. and irons :employed on railways to come up to a Brest
Beim ire, BPlington, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, to the rule of Berlin statesmen, the Southern QUEENSTOWN, Aug 21. L'Orient . - 3
Rochefort 3017r. 61 57 N.W. 7 7 N.W. r. • 7 4
C. J. Smith; Vl,Ol Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Government standard. We all know that con- Biarritz - - - - - - - -- -
-
Maria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. States may yet be induced to unite them- The National Steamship Company's steamer Corunna - - - - - - - - -
stant habit familiarises danger to such a degree that Brussels 2915 66 - S.W. 3 - - o. - -
To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, selves to the North. The arguments which Louisiana, from New York, arrived here at 6 a.m. Paris3o'oo 62 - N.W. 2 - - o. - -
B. Romer, W. H. Eburne; Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt, men grow reckless and indifferent to it, and the Strasbourg - 69 - S.W. 3 - - o. -
show forth this are not altogether convinc- to-day with $75,000 in specie. She landed passen. Irons - N. 1 - - o. - -
risks of railway travelling are thus too often Toulon - - - 75 W. f.b. - 5
ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ing ones, but it is certainly reassuring to learn gers and proceeded for Liverpool. Heart's Con-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. greatly exaggerated by the carelessness of the men tent (6 a.m.
local time) 30'23f. 62 62 W. 2 2 S.S.W. r. - 3
THIS EVENING, at 7, POOR PILLICODDY. that no more aggressions need be expected on the SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 21.
After which (at 8 o'clock), Dion Boncicault's new drama, in employed on the lines. There will no doubt be a
part of Prussia, for Europe has grown well-nigh =PLANATION.
four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life The Ilamburg and American Company's steamer
Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, H. J. Montague, full and searching investigation into the origin of
wearied of them, and indignant at the injustice of Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg a sea level. Theletter
llolsatia, from New York, has arrived here with
J. G Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. this appalling disaster, and we must hope that it . r., rising; f., falling • s ate: dy indicate direction of Otion of th
Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. their workings. The war fever has its partisans
To conclude with NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. will at least be possible to guard against its recur- 114 passenger s for this port, Havre, and Hamburg, mercury within last 14" bourn. - Thermometer exrermed in shade..
Extremew,eather
:Fotr.-cebliruiethstitys;Dirce.-ctelolonudaus.rmagetalacsttee2l4; If7frosg.
;Zh.-.-chalamil.;
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. Box-office open 42 sacks of mails, and $359,111 in specie for Lon-
both in Paris and Berlin, but they are just 110 W
daily from 10 till 5. rents, though at present the only prevailing feel- in anything but the ascendant, and therefore their
don. On the 13th she spoke the ship Edward 1.-lightning: m,-misty, hezy ; 0.-oreicait, ciull;r.---isin ;s.- snow;
ing is naturally one of sympathy for the living and
0Y A L STRAND THEATRE. views and intentions are not of much moment in
__.t
Vi tery, and on the 20th a Bremen steamer, both t.-thunder. Rain-fall. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours.
E. Cnln 1 ......,w1 Manageress. Mrs Swauborough. sorrow for the dead. the general estimation of affairs. It is necessary Sea disturbance.
REMARKS.
, , , I^.-s” 71 il Iv AC 4, -
- - •

ing ones, but it is certainly reassuring to learn
that no more aggressions need be expected on the
part of Prussia, for Europe has grown well-nigh
wearied of them, and indignant at the injustice of
their workings. The war fever has its partisans
both in Paris and Berlin, but they are just now
in anything but the ascendant, and therefore their
views and intentions are not of much moment in
the general estimation of affairs. It is necessary
that the Government of the EMPEROR should be
enabled to take time to consider their policy, and
not be forced into the whirl and confusion of a
general electi)n unnecesarily as it were. By the
time next spring comes much may have occurred
to tranquillize matters, or at any rate the policy of
Prussia may be more definite and settles:l.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Holsatia, from New York, has arrived here with
1.14 passenger s for this port, Havre, and Hamburg,
42 sacks of mails, and $350,111 in specie for Lon-
don. On the 13th she spoke the ship Edward
Vittery, and on the 20th a Bremen steamer, both
bound west.

Barometer corrected and reduced to n deg. a sea keel. Theletter
r., rising; f., falling; a., steady—indicate direction of motion of the
mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exrosed in shade.
Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm.
Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.— clouds, del ached ; f.—fog ; h.—hall;
I.—lightning m,—misty. br.zy :o.—orcica:t, dull ; r.—rain ; a.— snow;
t.—thunder. Raiu-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours.
Sea disturbance.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough.
IMES EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs.
Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan
After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Sheridan.
o Hughes, Newton, &c.
To conclude sith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE.

In the northern districts barometricl.l pleas re hal dee aiel since
yesterday : at Nairn the change has been nealy two-tenths of an inch,
whilst at the English and Irish stations little difference is reported.
At Rochefort a rise of 013 in. has taken place. The highest readings
are on the west coast of France, and exceed that at Nairn by three-
tenths. In Scotland and on the E. coast of England temperature is
higher. Winds yesterday in the S. and W. of these islands were mode-
rate from S.W. to N.W., and are now light from the watware. The
weather in the S.W. is fine, but generally cloudy or overcast in other
districts. Rain fell yesterday on all coasts except in the N.

Nothing very particular has occurred in the
election movements, but the candidates are becom-
ing rather more on the alert as time goes on and
the day of decision draws nearer. A very large
meeting was held at Exeter for the purpose of hear-
ing addresses from the Liberal candidate, Mr.
COLERIDGE, the present member, who declared his
admiration of the Attorney-General, but at the
same time he considered that the constituency
should return Mr. EDGAR BROWNING, IyhO is the
new candidate put forward. Mr. COLERIDGE
said little of the intentions and views
of the Opposition, and professed disap-
pointment that the Attorney-General had
not sketched out a distinct policy which her
MAJESTY'S Government might be likely to pursue.
He let out the secret of this when he said that it
was the duty of one side to suggest schemes, and of
the other to criticise them. This sounds very well;
but who does not remember the do-nothing policy
of the Liberal Gouernment for years, and if that is
compared with the decided progress made the last
year or two, the advantages are not all on
the side of the fault-finders. It is always easier
for an opponent to take up a cause if the
party he criticises has committed himself
to a particular phase of policy, and left
himself no loophole of escape. Mr. COLERIDGE is
evidently at fault, and does not know exactly what
error of judgment to fix upon, so he has to resort to
the expedient of saying that there is no policy in
the present Government. The hon. member fell
into a mistake, which has now unfortunately be-
come too common, with respect to his remarks on
the Irish Church. Ile did not depend upon argu-
ments, but indulged in abuse, and if half of his
language were true, it was a reproach to Mr. GLAD-
STONE that he did not attempt something of a re-
formatory kind before. It does not advance any
course in reality to rush into dangerous extremes.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 18 (Evening)

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS,
HOLBORN.
The Sensation of London,—The most brilliant success ev
achieved by any artiste.
ONRA, every evening, in his Flying Trapeze Act, as performed
before their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales
amidst the most deafening applause.
ONRA'S Terrific Flights on Two Bars.
0 slt,i's Incredible Somersaults and Pirouettes.
ONRA, the most wonderful and perfect performer ever
witnessed.
The incomparable Scenes in the Arena as usual, including M.
Samwell's wonderful performing Dogs.
Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Morning Per-
formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. Children
under ten, half-price.

The recent investigation made by Midhat Pasha
appears to show complicity on the part of some
Russian Consuls and Roumain frontier authorities
in the recent Bulgarian invasion.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

The Liberte, has received special information from
Bucharest, stating that Prince Charles of Roumania,
thoroughly weary of the intestine dissensions of the
country and of the foreign rivalry in the neighbouring
States, is disposed to abdicate a dignity to which he did
not aspire, and which was forced upon him, as it were, by
the instances of the King of Prussia and the suffrages of
the Moldo-Wallachian people. The same paper adds that
the Prince has consented to postpone this project of abdi-
cation only at the persuasion of the head of his house,
King William.
A letter from Athens in the Inclependance Beige says that
the departure from the Piraeus recently of a number of
Cretan refugees who had determined to return to their
homes was opposed by other refugees, and that the military
who were called upon to interfere acted with so much vio-
lence that a serious struggle ensued. About 200 Cretans
embarked.

SouTuAmrToN, Aug. 21.

The Union Steamship Company's steamer Celt,
Captain Baynton, from the Cape of Good Hope,
has arrived here with a full complement of pas-
sengers, 37 sacks of mails, £B2O in specie, and a
large cargo, including 2,088 bales of wool. The
Celt left Table Bay on the 10th ult. On the 21st
she spoke the ship Astronomer, bound for Liver-
pool ; on the 27th the Hero of the Nile and the
Golden Dream ; on the 28th the brig Endora,
bound for Plymouth, and the barque Thor, from
Liverpool, bound for Calcutta ; and on the 13th
August the steamer Norseman, bound for the Cape.
The Cambrian arrived at Table Bay on the 16th
of July.

A correspondence is now going on in the Times as to the
real nature of the insurrection. Some maintain that a state of
anarchy has been brought about by the intrigues of Russians
and Greeks, and that the only real grievance the insur-
gents had at the beginning was certain vexatious taxes ;
but, although it was unwise of tin Turkish Government
not to remove them at once, it was absolutely absurd to
magnify that grievance into a sufficient cause for detach-
ing the island from the Turkish dominion. "If heavy or
vexatious taxation is sufficient justification for insurrection
and annexation to a foreign Government, there are but
few countries in Europe now where that process might
not be excused." It is therefore recommended that
the appeal of the Cretans for assistance in money be
disregarded. Certainly, we should not like foreign capital
to be employed in fostering an insurrection in Ireland, and
it would perhaps be well, therefore, to leave the Turks and
the Cretans to settle their own differences.

The Cape Parliament continued in Session, and
the work of the Legislature progressed satisfactorily.
The Government Paper Currency Bill had passed
the second reading in the House of Assembly and
gone into committee. Little progress had been
made with the estimates.

The existence of extensive goldfields in the in

teriur was confirmed.

The Chief of that portion of the country where
the mines were situated appeared well disposed
towards Europeans, and had written to Governor
Wodehouse requesting that his subjects might
be taken under the protection of her Majesty, and
offering to sell the gold country to the British
Government. Several miners were extracting the
ore. The gold is said to exist in veins half an inch
broad, and the yield to increase in proportion to
the depth to which the excavations are carried.
Business at Cape Town had slightly improved,
but the trade of the port was limited, and few
vessels had arrived.

It is worthy of remark that the gallery of Northumber-
land House just destroyed by firo is the very part which
the Metropolitan Board of Works were anxious to prevail
upon the late duke to dispose of, for the plrpose of open-
ing up a grand boulevarl from Trafalgar-square to the
Thames Embankment. It remains to be seen whether
the present duke will reverse the former decision in
the altered circumstances of the case ; but noblemen are
very jealous of their privacy, and if his grace intends still
to make Northumberland House his town residence, the
cost of rebuilding the wing will hardly be a consideration
of sufficient strength to affect the decision already
arrived at.

The opening day's work of the various sections
of the British Association promises well for the
practical utility of the discussions. The several
inaugural addresses of the chairmen of the dep xrt-
ments were for the most part full of interest. In the
Economic, Science, and Statistics section, Mr.
BROWN, president of the Institute of Actuaries,
presided, and made special reference to the subject
of technical education. It was, he thought, highly
desirable that scientific education should be followed
by technical education in workshops, and a great
deal might be effected if employers woule
require more proofs of practical knowledge.
Mr. IVurrworrrit's munificent gift might be
expected to give a great impulse to the movement,
but there are many points in connection with it
which require consideration, such as the attendance
of children at schools, the effect of such attendance
upoa the labour market, and other questions.
Another subject of even greater importance was
commended to the notice of his section by Mr.
BROWN—the relations between labour and capital.
In regard to the solution of this great social pro-
blem some progress had, ho thought, been
actually made during the last year. Courts of
Conciliation are engaging more and more
attention, and the system of industrial
partnerships has worked well in some places. Mr.
BROWN then turned to a branch of Economic
Science with which, from his position, he was
thoroughly familiar, and he expressed his satisfac-
tion at the progress of the three departments of

Copious rains had visited the colony. Farming
prospects were good, but the wine trade depressed.
The wool clip was expected to be large. Tonnage
was scarce and freights were high.

Should any modern satirist hand down to posterity a
picture of English manners and customs in the upper and
middle classes, as presented in the trial of Madame Rachel,
the follies of the present day will assume a startling
aspect. The Jewess of imperfect education ; her dupe who
parts with a fortune for a few powders, soaps, a perfume-
box and pencil case, aforetime the property of
" William's " sainted mother ; and the noble lord who
has to listen to the criticisms upon his personal appear-
ance, make up an inimitable comedy. The materials for
a comic opera are invaluable. Rossini or Mozart would
have rendered them immortal. The trial causes the
greatest excitement, the court being so crowded that
counsel could barely procure admission. 'The circum-
stances of this case are exceptional, women of Lu3k un-
limited vanity and credulity not being at hand (very
day; but Madame Rachel has not lived upon Mrs. Borra-
daile alone, and if this were not an age of folly the
Bachels would have to find other nle ins for the develop-
ment of their vulgar cunning.
Thieves must work, and honest men weep. It has been
observed that the ingenuity of the rogul, which brings
him sooner or later into trouble, would, if devotel to an
honourable profession, raise him to affluence. We have
beard of the mock brokers collecting samples of °Dm, &c.,
merely to accumulate a bulk, and then sell it. This trick
must give precedence in r erseverance and inventive
genius to another just brought to light. A man has been
In the habit of collecting catalogues from houses of busi-
ness, and when ho obtained a sufficient number, taking
them to a butter-shop in Drury-land, all selling them at
lid. per pound for waste paper. This is evidently no
ordinary man ;ho would 4.441P1 flllcrg4 think, a god
eltkiiini mat,

Exchange—Treasury bills 30 days, par; bank
and commercial, I per cent. ; commercial GO days,

1 per cent.

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.
MARSEILLES, Aug. 21

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Bangalore arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. The mails
leave by the 11.30 a.m. train.