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

FRANCE.

PARIS, Aug. 3.

Au Imperial decree, dated yesterday, authorises
the issue of the loan voted by the Corps Legislatif
and the Senate, at the rate of 69f. 25c. per 1001.,
bearing interest at 3 per cmt. from the Ist July
last. According to an order of the Minister of
Finance subscriptions to the same will be received
from the 6th to the 13th inst. The minimum
allowed to be subscribed is fixed at sf. rente, and
the deposit on subscribing at one-tenth the amount
applied for. The rest is payable by monthly
instalments extending over a period of eighteen
months.

Bo URSE, August I.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :

4 per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 05

Credit Mobilier ... 265

End of month... 270
Credit Fonder ...1418
End of month...

RAILWA'

Orleans ,

Bank Shares 3145
Italian Loan —
End of month —
Mexican Loan 22 75
Do. Bonds
Spanish Throes 36 50
Home Debt —
Deferred —
3. Cash
... 880

Northern ll5O
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 570
___

Western
Eastern .. 557
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 403
North of Spain
Saragossa

Roman 42

A MAGISTRATE SENTENCED TO ITARD LABOUR.
—Mr. Montgomery, a magistrate of the county of
Monaghan, who was brought up some days since
before the magistrates at Belfast, and fined for
using party expressions and otherwise misconduct-
ing himself on his return from the Maize races, was
again in court under a warrant on Thursday, and
received a severe lesson. A man named Duffy, a
butcher, complained that ,he had been assaulted by
the prisoner, who threw stones at him and called him
a Fenian. A police-constable having been called asa
witness, the prisoner protested against his being ex-
amiued, on the ground that he had sworn falsely on the
last occasion, and his word was not worth the ashes
of the cigar which the prisoner had in his hand.
The complainant's attorney protested against such
an imputation being allowed to be cast upon a
member of the constabulary force. The bench cx
pressed surprise that the prisoner should have been
betrayed into the use of such language. He replied
that he was " as cool as a cucumber," and retuied
to retract the charge. He offered no defence. The
magistrates bore testimony to the unimpeachable
character of the constable, and, reminding the pri-
soner of the terms of their oath, which bound them
to do justice alike to rich and poor, observed that had
Duffy been found guilty of a similar offence he
would have been sentenced to imprisonment. The
bench, therefore, felt bound to sentence him to
fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour.

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Greencastle 3000 f. 70 65 S. 1 2 S.E. b. _
Holyhead
Liverpool
Valentia 29•89f. 64 61 W.S.W. 2 3 S.S.W. f.c 1
Cape Clear 29•85f. 68 67 S. 3 4 E.S.E. r.f: o'o2 2
ftocbe's Pt. 65 62 S. 2 4 S.E. b. —I 1
Penzance
Plymouth - I
IVeymoutli 30•04 f. 68 66 E. 8 5 S.S.W, b.c. 5
Portsmouth 30'07f. 70 64 S.E. 5 5 S.E. c. 4
condoit 30.13 f. 71 I6G E.N.E. 3 4 S.E. b.
grpeGrisßez 30'1•25. GS 61 E. 3 —1) c 1
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Brussels ... •
Paris
Strasbourg —
Lyons .. — ——
Poulon 29 98s. 75 75 Z. 0 b. 1
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ZXPLANATION.

Barometer corrected and reduced to Z 2 deg. a sea level. Theletter
r., rising; 1., failing ; a., steady—indicate directicn of motion of the
mrercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer mond in shade
Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm
Weather : b.—blue sty ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; h.—hail
I.—lightning ; m,—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r,— rain; a.—snow
L—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours.
Sea disturbance.

REMARKB
During the last twenty-four hours a slight diminution in atmosphe-
rical pressure is shewn at all stations, but readings are still high in
the south-western districts. The region of least pressures is in the
S.W. of Ireland. In the N. temperature has fallen since yesterday:
dot much change has occurred elsewhere. Winds hare been and con-
tinue light and variable generally ; but at Weymouth an easterly
gale is reported this morning, which has blown at Plymouth, where
the wind is still fresh from the E. Mist prevails in the N. The
weather is generally fine.

The health of Count Bismarck is reported to be still
better ; but he suffers greatly from restlessness and want
of sleep.

The efforts made to keep the Germans now assembled
in Vienna from the domain of politics are not altogether
successful. The speakers at the various reunions will not
be put down. The progress made by Austria in the direc-
tion of civil and religious liberty, and the chance of the
Austrian Germans being cut off from the Fatherland, are
the two great topics, and they are handled with much
more freedom than prudence. Baron Beust has found it
necessary to send a despatch to the Austrian Embassy at
Berlin declining all responsibility for the fete, and stating
that it is impossible to prevent manifestations which are
often caused by the imprudence of individuals.
On the first of July the last of the troops composing the
Abyssinian expedition arrived at Bombay. They left
Zoulla on the 25th of June, by which time the traces of
invasion were fast disappearing. The pomp and circum-
stance of war had gradually vanished, and Zoulla was
beginning to re-assume the miserable dreary aspectof yore.
Long may it he retained.
The Indian press is engaged in a raid upon that
peculiar form of Anglo-Indian insanity which has gained
the distinction of Russophobia. It is now beginning to be
thought that Russia may work her wn y in Central Asia,
but she will not go further than it will pay her to go.
Says the Indian Daily News: " Before she can reach our
frontier with such a force as would be of any avail
to injure our possessions, she wcull have to incur
an expenditure she can ill afford ; and even with
that, might find the expedition as disastrous as that of the
first Napoleon to Moscow, or our own unwise and impolitic
attempt upon Affghanistan. We trust that lesson has
not been forgotten." The prevalence of such conside-
rations as these is a healthy symptom. We can gain
little by a war in Central Asia, but if we aro to fight, let
us not first provoke the contest.

From Madras we hear that the Commander-in-Chief
has issued an order forbidding beards to be worn in the
army. The joy amongst the barbers at this announce.
ment may be great, but the soldiers do not appear to share
it. The order has been received with mingled indignation
and ridicule. The question appears to be, is a man's hair,
like the head upon his shoulders, his own, and should he be
consulted as to its removal ? The .Bangalore Herald
decides in the affirmative, but the logic is clearly not all
apon one side.

We must confess ourselves utterly puzzled to decide
uetween the conflicting news arriving from South America.
A day or two ago the Paraguayans were announced to have
gained a victory of some magnitude. Five thousand of
the allied army had been utterly defeated, the fortress of
;lumaita was declared as strong as ever, and the hopes of
he Paraguayans were represented as proportionately high.
Now we hear from Brazil that the Allies are daily gaining
,;round. "Positive information" bad been received that
Lopez had fin ally determined to evacuate the fortress, having
thus found his strongest position untenable. The Buenos
A yres Standard says that the Paraguayan commander will
dispute with the remnant of his army the pass of a deep
and rapid river called the Tebicuari. How shall we
decide? By much the greater part of our news has been
received through Brazil, and it has, of course, invariably
been favourable to the Allies. The only difficulty is that
the numerous victories that have been announced ought
to have completely flnished.off the war long ago. The
Allies are always beating the enemy, but never gain any.
thing by it, It is an extwainary war,

COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE for August opens
with a continuation of Dr. Gordon's " Notes on Vie
History of the British Soldier," in which some
further interesting particulars are given, tracing the
various changes and improvements which have
gradually occurred in the conduct and tortunes of
the army from the earliest times down to a very.
recent period. The doctor shows great research
and wide knowledge of history, all which is
more interesting than valuable in a practical point
of view. Captain Brackenbury " On Military Ar-
maments, &c.," refers to the actual operations
in the field, and the capability of the several
weapons of destruction, in which he deve-
lops some startling effects from our cam-
paigns in China down to the crowning glories
of our doings in the mountainous advances to the
strongholds of Magdala. From great guns his
description descends to the varieties of rifles in use
in the several States in Europe, and he exhibits a
rare appreciation of their several qualities or de-
merits. The articlu:on " Coast Defences, No. 2 "
resumes the subject by giving some practical
descriptions of the operation as exhibited by our
devoted kinsmen across the Atlantic in their fratri-
cidal determination to " do or die " in that struggle
for victory, in which the battle is not always on
the side of the bravest cavalier. Fortification and
the Defences of the Kingdom, No. 3," is another
instalment on a very important subject, in
which the writer dilates with patriotic ardoar on
the absolute necessity of our being better prepared
for eventualities than we are at particular junctures.
lie dwells with a generous spirit on what ought to
be done in strengthening our present defences and
in providing additional forts, on the principle that
things are much better and much cheaper done in
peaceable times than they can be in the commotion
and bustle incident to a state of war, wherein dan-
ger is magnified, and wasteful expenditure is reck-
lessly thrown broadcast on the winds. By the way
he asks, very pointedly, what has become of the
grand central arsenal at Cannock Chase, which was
once to be constructed as the forlorn hope of our
freedom as far back as 18G0? We have but one
arsenal yet, and that is at the mercy of any daring
freebooter who may take a fancy to have a look at
the time of day at St. Paul's, after taking a hasty
breakfast at Woolwich on his way up the Thames,
now being purified for the unwelcome visitor, who
will be welcomed with the same feelings as was the
Grand Turk at the Mansion House. Certainly we
expend plenty of powder and burst great guns in
our destructive gambols at Shoeburyness by way of
learning how long it will take to kill a poor gun
which has weathered some two thousand attempts
on its existence ; and yet we have not
the common prudence of providing an inland
armoury at Cannock Chase, so as to have a shot in
the locker for a stormy day. And yet we are so
very careful of the public money that the Minister
for War who preceded General Peel " had ordered
the conversion of some 40,000 small arms into
breechloaders, at a cost of 112 a gun" (a very
liberal Minister !), when his successor got the con-
version effected for less than twenty shillings,
thereby saving nearly a million in 100,000 rifles
only ! This statement has not been contradicted.
" Marshal Niel on the Performance of the Chas-
sepot Breechloader," which is all but perfection, with
some slight drawbacks, and Lard E. Cecil " On
Military Education, Guns, and Other Matters,"
we have not time to dilate upon, but recommend
to the reader's attention. On the subject of in-
vasion, which was once a great bugbear, we will
only say that a wise man will not leave anything
which can be guarded against to take the chance
of any unlucky because unforeseen accident. Time
was, time is, but time shall be no more! What
then ? England, while there is yet time, must act !
FRASER. —SonL3what weighty is the table of con-
tents which " Fraser" presents to us this month,
though it is not devoid of interesting matter.
Lands and Seas of Another World," by K. A.
Proctor, 8.A., will attract the astronomer. " The
Vrench Army in 1734" supplies some curious infor-
mation, while "Trades' Unionist:a in the City and
.IPay Fair" is an article which shows that exclusive-
less is not confined to brickinakers and file
grinders. We have besides a translation of the
Ninth Satire of Horace," by Theodore Martin,
three chapters of " Oatnessiana," the coatinuation
of l'atricius Walker's " Rambles," and sundry
papers of a less attractive order.
MACMILLAN.—The COIICIUSiO.I of Mr. Markham's
narrative of the "Abyssinian Expedition" is the first
thing to meet the reader, and the events subse-
quent to the fall of Magdala are briefly though
vividly described by one who participated in them.
Miss Clough contributes a very sensible and suggestive
article on Primary Education, and her notice of the

THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.--The illustrations
in the St. James's refresh the sight of the weary
Londoner, bringing as they do visions of trees and
flowers. The literary contents, however, are not
without its attractions, beginning with Mrs. Rid-
dell's novel, and following with instalments of two
other novels for the lovers of fiction, and more solid
articles for the wiser reader. " The Secret of
Economy" is a sensible and suggestive piece of
advice to houskeepers, while " Oar Cabs" is the
title of a paper which looks at both sides of
the question. " Merlin," that mystic hero of
romance, is resuscitated and his, history told, and
the King of Clubs—Brillat Severin—is also chosen
as the subject of a memoir.
TEmrLE Ban.—" Kitty" is continued, and the
adventures of the heroine in this instalment are
well worthy of note. The fatted calf is killed, and
it is said that the ceremony is pleasant to all but the
calf and the prodigal. The col-dhearted philosophy
of the damsel is indeed most undeserving of the
attachment she inspires in well-meaning indivi-
duals, but that, perhaps, is not unusual in the world.
"Lady Esther" is a tale that tells of the doings of
a young lady who is at war with circumstances, and
cannot decide between the rival claims of a man she
loved without money and a man she hated with
money. It must be said that she got a better fate
than she deserved under the circumstances. " A
Popular Swiss Tour" tells how a month ►nay be
spent most delightfully in the country which has
become the word's great playground of late years.
The scene traversed was the Bernese Overland, and
the description may well tempt any one to follow
the track here put before them. " Vera" is a pecu-
liar sketch, that will be more interesting next time
in all probability. " Adventures in the Mosquito"
is an exciting sketch, and " Vox Populi on the
Farr has some very sensible observations on that
topic of public interest. An interesting notice of
Samuel Lover is met with, and he is called the most
popular of Ireland's song-writers since the days of
Moore.

TnE MONTH.—" The Story of a Great Li-
brary " traces the fortunes of the Bodleian
Library at Oxford very pleasantly. " Men of the
Thirty Years' War" is the title of a biographical
series, beginning with Firdinand 11. and the Elector
Frederick. " Anne Severin" and " Eudoxia" are
two pleasing stories, while" Of the Sun," an essay
by Fr. Secchi, is full of valuable information, and
illustrated by several diagrams. There is a good
supply of critical notices, and Aubrey de Vere
contributes a thoughtful poem on the memory of
Coleridge.
TIIE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.—This old friend
with a new face keeps up its improved character.
It opens with four chapters of " Not in Society,"
a smartly-written drama of London life. Part 3
of " Among the Pictures" is worth reading, and
the directions " how, When, and Where to Bathe"
are very useful and appropriate this weather. " Our
Grammar Schools as they are" are considered, prior
to the discussion of what they should be, and the
" Science of Croquet" is dilated upon by an en-
thusiastic votary of the balls and hoops. " Pigs
to Wit," is an essay which possesses;the recommen-
dation of novelty, for few writers ever discourse on
the merits and demerits of the various specimens of
pork! Edwin Arnold contributes a well-written
essay on "Theodore the King," whose ambition
might have been gratified had he known the cele-
brity he was to enjoy in the West. " The Memo-
rial Window" is an interesting story, and " Music
in Vanity Fair" is a pleasant piece of criticism.

THE MUSICAL MAGAZINES.

lIANOVER SQUARE this month is a very excellent
number, and opens with a very clever composition—
a nocturne for the piano, entitled " Murmurs," by
Charles A. Palmer ; it is very effectively set, and
doubtless will become a favourite. o.le of the songs
in the present number is by G. F. Stanislals, who
has adopted S!lakespere's words to a very graceful
melody. Rene Favager contributes a brilliant
morceau de salon, entitled " L'Etiucelle," and
" Virginia Gabriel " another of her very pretty
ballads. Al ogether the August number is perhaps
one of the best that has yet been sent forth by its
accomplished editor, Mr. Lindsey Sloper.
BOND STREET, too, this month is of more than
ordinary goodness, and doubtless it will be generally
appreciated. It opens with a most exhilaratingquad-
rille by Mr. C. Coote, entitled "Presentation," and one
which will become a universal favourite in the
ball-room, M, Lutz gives us a delicious gem of

In a recent address to the electors, Sir Jolla
Acton made the following remarks on the Irish
Church question :
" I approach this question of the Irish Church
Establishment, I am sure without partiality, and
hope without prejudice. I should deem it critnina'
to be influenced in my judgment by the fact tbat
I belong to a different communion, or to attempt
the destruction of an Established Church for n°
better reason than because it is not my owe'
(Loud cheers.) I judge the Irish Church Estah-
lishment on exactly the same principles that I should
apply to a Catholic Church Establishment in the
midst of an overwhelming majority of Protestants,
:And I cannot be more zealous for the destruction of
the one than I should be for the abolition of
the other. This seems to me the part of an honest
man ; and this is not the spirit in which the Tories
have acted. Refusing to consider the conditions
which justify or condemn the existence of a State
Church they reject the obligation of principle, and
disguise a sordid interest in the stolen garb of reli-
gion. (Applause.) There has been another con'
troversy of late years which may serve to illustrate
the one in which we are now engaged—l wean
the controversy about the temporal power of ths,
Pope. Suppose I were to say, in the case °`
Rome, that I would not consider the prineiPles
on which the Government is conducted, and ti/
charges which are brought against it—that
would not judge it by the same standard as
other States, because I thought that its destruction
might be injurious to the Church to which I bell
_what would you then think of me ? You would
say that I was a man without principle, that I Waf •
willing to do evil that good might come, that `
acted as if the end justified the means; in short'
you would scout me for a hypocrite. An I Y°l
would be perfectly right. But the course which, 5
have described is precisely that which the TorLeu
have pursued in the question of the Irish Chac
Establishment. (" Hear, hear," and applause.)
You cannot believe that the Irish people are less
titled than the Roman to be governed in the WI,
that suits them best. If you think it wren;
to support by force an ecclesiastical denomiaati°o..
in one place, you cannot defend it la
Li
other. (Applause.) The right which you accord
to foreign nations you cannot deny to your can
countrymen. If such an arbitrary and unpatri°tie 3
distinction were possible, the privilege of being
British subject would be a curse indeed. The tae'
tics of the Tories are not only a crime, but a wito
take. They are binding the two Establishments
together by a bond which may prove too strong t
be sundered when the weak one sinks. They, n°
we, have embarked the Church of England iii thins
crazy boat ; they, not we, are answerable for tho
result. They cannot save the Irish Establishmeet
its weakness exceeds their strength. I would Ora
them not to plunge the two institutions iuto one Nei'
mon ruin. And I warn them in all sinceriT
for I am very far from believing that 1)°.110
are involved in the same condemnation. W 111,,,
the conditions which are essential to the legitimate
of a State Church are entirely wanting in the °i
case, it cannot be justly said that they are so in t
..v0
other. There are reasons which, while they
fatal to the Church Establishment in Ireland, Ituni
plicitly sustain and fortify it in England. (1;
plause.) It is yet time for the English Establishale
to free herself from her sinful sister, and to es
,pi
the effects of a ruinous complicity. If she Ivo
bring back the untaught heathen of our great toW
to the forgotten name of Christ, and work ete/lat
that apostolate of charity towards the negleco
poor, which England among all the nations need 0,
the most, then she need not fear for her C
o'
do wments, for Catholic and Noncomformist .4
alike acknowledge that the labourer is worthy °f hrhire. (Applause.) There are those who endeavceno
to persuade even grown men that this moven:l,
against the Irish Establishment is part of 3 cos
spiracy for the erection of a Papal absolutism ie A
country. I will not waste many words en suchis
pitiful absurdity. But I ask you to remember
oif
—that the Catholic clergy of Ireland have s°lelll.
declared that there are not suitors for the spoil
of
the Establishment, and that they will not Co
sent to accept one farthing of its endoWolteooomir
They have done this, well knowing that
twit
decision will be an embarrassment to state
brethren on the Continent, where any A
that wishes to cast off the burden of
stag
salaried clergy will find its hands stl.'"-voit
ened by their declaration. And where Ot
think Mr. Disraeli has found the most signifiesl
support in his policy on this question ? A
an official organ of the Roman Government, Iriti
newspaper which is published under the alltl3°6oo
and the shadow of the Vatican. If combitla of
there be, it is a combination among the Teri°. h'
different creeds to keep up ecclesiastical esta bort
ments both at home and abroad. (Hear' •
13rldg'
and applause.) I may fairly say that
few;
north will be in the van of the c° and
fight. When a large body of sincere
wh o
strenuous Protestants support a candidate thel
conspicuous for nothing but his Catholicism/ 10 to
give in times like these a memorable exan3P e.)
their countrymen. (" Hear, hear," and aPP e 1011
Perhaps you Will be told that, in electing 131134h'
will not be earning the praise thus duo t(3l,c told
minded and enlightened men. You may 11, foal
that I occupy an exceptional position, apart the
amen hat
the common mind familiar line of opinion tha
English Catholics. You may be reminded
elate
in the late debates, a right reverend Vo; to
pointed to me as one who had special real the
look with sympathy on the existence of 000
Establishment. And it may be said that the
cannot be taken as a representative
ity largo
Catholic body who is at variance with
tleden'
portion of it on important points. —e
13 tone,"
whether I represent the body or not, I claimlf
derstand and represent the spirit. (Cheers) them
differ from many of my friends, I differ from
ivi be;
in nothing more than this, that so far frernhostile
lieving the principles of my religion to hefurevioll'e
political enlightenment, to the progress of testor secular knowledge, to liberty which isL/ that re'
truth, or to charity which is a test of fait',
toitieS'
ligion has taught me to cherish the high ,b. the
'
the love of Lir dealing and of open sPee
Are ti'°
love of even justice and of freedom, which
glory of the English name." (Lou'

NEW DIVORCE ACT.—On Saturday Was hi7Dro°
the Act which received the Royal assent 00 is i 0
rogation to amend the law relating to tlPPe3rdo
the Divorce Court. Appeals to the noose °coo°
to be within one month, aud no appeal to the
of Lords in undefended suits for dissolution 0
%Viler
riage unless by the leave of the Court. rf
war
there is no right to appeal the parties WY
le &-
again at any time after the pronouncing of ti „tive
tree absolute. The act has a qualified retrosPev
operation.