The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-29 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

It appears from the return issued by the authority of
the Registrar-General, that in the week ending on Stur•
day, 4,354 births and 4,050 deaths were registered in
London and in thirteen other large towns of the United
Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 33 per 1,000
persons living.
The annual rate of mortality . last week was 31 per
1,000 in London, 22 in Edinburgh, and 23 in Dublin ; 25
in Bristol, 38 in Birmingham, 37 in Liverpool, 40 in Man-
.chester, 35 in Salford, 39 iu Sheffield, 40 in Bradford, 35 in
Leeds, 34 in Hull, 20 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 37 in
Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 29 per 1,000 during
the week ending the 13th instant, when the mean tem.
perature was o'9 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the, same
week in London, where the rate was 27.

The mortality from diarrhcea shelved a further increase
during last week in nearly all the large English towns,
and was at the annual rate of 4 per 1,000 in Newcastle.
upen-Tyne, 6 in Bristol, 7 in London, 9 in Liverpool and
Sheffield, 10 in Manchester and Salford, 11 in Hull, 12 in
Leeds, and, highest, 14 per 1,000 in Birmingham. In
London the temperature in the shade rose to 96'6 deg.
Fahrenheit, and the mean temperature of the week was
69.2 deg., but there was no approach to these high
temperatures in the other towns, the highest recorded
in the shade being 91'6 deg., and the highest mean
of the week 64.4 deg., both in Sheffield. It will be
observed that in the English towns the lowest mortality
from diarrhcea occurred in Newcastle, where the mean
temperature of the week was only 60•3 deg., and lower
than in any of the other towns. In London the births
of 980 boys and 1,023 girls, in all 2,003 children, were
registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of
ten years 1858-67 the average number, corrected for
increase of population, is 2,062. The deaths of 945 males
and 940 females, in all 1,885 persons, were registered
in London during the week. It was the thirtieth week
of the year, and the average-number of deaths for that
week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,575;
The deaths in the present return exceed by 310 the estii,
mated amount, and are more by 243 than the number
recorded in the preceding week. The deaths from zymotit
diseases were 800, the corrected average number being
631. Seven deaths from small-pox, 35 from measles,
47 from scarlatina, 10 from diphtheria, 45 from whoop-
ing cough, and 57 from typhus were registered.
Fifty-eight deaths by choleraic diarrhcea or summer
cholera were registered in the week ; 33 were children
under 1 year of age, 8 aged 1 year, 1 aged 3 years, 2 aged
5 years. 442 persons died of diarrhcea, of whom 353
were children under 1 year of age, 49 were 1 year
and less than 2 years, and 23 were of persons aged 20
years and upwards. What is required in cases of
diarrhcea or summer cholera, now frequent, is immediate
rational treatment. Neglect of the early stage in children
and in the aged is death. The people should be visited
and informed of this. The health officer of Manchester
has proposed special measures to meet the emergency, and
it will be satisfactory to learn that some such proposal is
adopted by the health officers of London and of all the
large towns. Eleven persons died from sunstroke.

On Tuesday a failure was announced at Liver)
pool of a foreign film who have been speculating in cotton
(of which they hold 8,000 bales), and whose liabilities are
expected to reach £150,000.

THE HOP CROP. —The Maidstone Journal states
that during the past fortnight general complaints have
been made of the state of the hop grounds in that neigh-
bourhood, and particularly in the Weald. The red spider
and the dry weather combined have brought grounds
which shewed a probable crop of 15 cwt. an acre to nearly
a total blight, and another week of the present weather
will entirely do away with any prospect of a crop. At
Staplehurst especially the ravages of the red spider have
been something extraordinary—indeed, throughout the
Weald, the prospects which seemed favourable, are now
gloomy. The Sussex Advertiser says the reports from the
hop districts are almost in one unvarying key. The con-
tinued drought has told upon the plant. It is stationary
or going backward, and the burr is falling off and the bine
becoming sickly and yellow. That is the almost universal
report, and everybody predicts that the estimate of the
crop made a week or two ago must be materially reduced.

COLLISION ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
On Tuesday a collision took place on the Great Western
Railway, at a spot about a quarter of a mile west of
Reading Junction. It seems that a narrow-guage coal
train was standing on the up line when a broad-guage goods
train ran into it, doing damage to a considerable amount.
Both the up and down lines were completely blocked.
A number of men were at onca sent to the scene of the
accident, bat it wcs a work of about six hours
to clear the down line, the debris being so great, and the
wheels being jammed together. Fortunately no one was
hurt, and the passenger traffic was not much delayed, as
the trains were worked over the line first cleared, from the
west junction to the Reading station. The cause of the
accident is at present inexplicable, but it will no doubt
form the subject of inquiry. Mr. Besant, the divisional
superintendent, with Mr. Peach, the station-master, were,
quickly on the spot, and everything was done that coup
be to clear the line with as little delay as Possible.

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VICTUALLERS. April or May. A humorous writer sug- have put its protest on record against the
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
PARIS, TUESDAY, July 28. )e removed to the House of Lords, the lennth and value
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its tail ; in some degree the abuses that have been
sahllaTdchkineot unprofitable session, It is not possible for the
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105, ?eke 4,.____!_________-----stro,:t and 5 The Pavement, Clapham.
others suppose that the weather wishes to keep so justly censured and so severely commented
aPraeriniaomt Parliament sometimes accomplishes in. ay.ear ; revolutions sensor of a peerage. It is believed that neither Mr.
(C.) in the county, will find their seats
leLAss eL,11:1,..1.155.,1.,J1TA8LE FOR LICENCED
7,1 9d. rER DOZEN. pace with the election feeer, setting aside the on by the critics of the day.
Prince Gortschakoff has sent a circular to the3larhiinsg,
'v IC 11.;ALLE1i.o, . • • r()., leo. 105, scientific measurements, which may be disputed, The Registration Ireland Bill was read a third
Russian representatives abroad, dated the 17thir Mr. E. Fellowes •
WILLIAM HOLDIC ei gnu
inst., in which he says :-" Russia having assented safely be affi dth t
effected here by means of legislation ; 14,it it may Ipposed.
Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill ; any :I°. 5' the facts mentioned seem to convince us that New time and passed, but Lord STRATHNAIRN appealed .
y rme a the debates and the legislation of 1868 HADDINGTON BURGHS.- The venerable represete a' ive or
The Pavement, Clapham-common. ' toast suffering ' from an almost unex- to the Government to do something to increase
. to the proposal of the Berlin Cabinet that Commis- will permanently benefit the cause of liberty. The latter g 13 S Henry
York is al; .. • Hordes are constantly the number of polling places in Ireland. This, this group-Sir -ir enry Davie (L.)-still aspires to occupy
FABLE crio-rus, in every Width and Length, sioners and experts from the different Governments part of the Budget debate was
not very productiv& i seat in the Reformed Parliament.
ample 1 infensity of heat. __ -eneeses, he declared, was a fulfilment of his profese The last day
or two of the sitting was, however, signalised HALIFAX.-Mr. Stansfeld and Mr. Akre d,
1 express y oi ,
l f, • 1 icenced Victuallers. Damask Napkins ' ' ` should meet at St. Petersburg to draw up a prole- by the two
for Tray Clotns, Drills for Bar Ap•-ons and To welliugs of dropping dead iu the street cars and the e 11,.- ' Aetv as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, one salutary reform. Article 1781 of the Civil Code of :Aberal members for this borou h h •Y.
g , ave intimated that
every description. Patterns gratis and post free. , si 'col excluding the use of explosive missiles in future Napoleon provides that in all cases of dispute hey willoffer
while cases of sunstroke have assumed the fn.- (mai -..- 'here would be less rea- between
five because if this were done ...._ . warfare, these Commissioners will be able to master and servant on the subject of wages, the simple NORTHALLERTON.-111r. Hutton (C.) has announced .
him-
JACKETS made expressly for Bar queney of an epidemic. During the four or iin re-
of the military being pu word of the former shall be considered final, without self as a candidate for this borough.
k.) use, Warm and Elastic, from 58. 6d, each, for [says •to the 16th inst. the deaths are reported sou for the services assemble there on the 13th October next."
prior further evidence. This odious enactment was in force PONTEERACT.-At a meeting of the oldand
dies' and Gentlem-n's use. WILLIAII ItOLDlCHisition and the elections would in general be far .
Au offioial message from Orenburg, dated July
and Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, DA Fleet- to have numbered between two and three hundred. qu , until yesterday, when the Chamber,without • 't h b '
any discus- t as een unanimously resolved that Air. George Wilson
street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham -common. , peaceably conducted. Lord MALMESBURY,
The New York Herald of that date gives more 18, confirms the news of the termination of all sion, unanimously voted its repeal. This change, is, I of Manchester, should be invited to be the Liberal ca 2 ndi-
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beat in replying in the negative to the appeal, expressed believe the last necessary
hostilities with Bukhara, and states that peace has '
WILLIAM HOLDICH and Co., LICENSED the number of persons prostrated by the . equality of all citizens before the law which was sc general election.
iu strong terms the indignation experienced by the
VICTCALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 105, durinc, 21 hours in New York, Brooklyn, and been concluded with the Emir. strangely ignored by the Civil Code.
Fleet-street, City ; Southern Brauch-No. 5, The Pave- .
conduct of the Opposition in the House of Com- ______ BARNSTAPLE. -The Western Morning News states that
meat, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, Jersey as over 100, of which 50 cases had proved During the same sitting M. Rouher gave a final denial Mr. Cave, 111. P., and Mr. W. Herbert Evens have issued
with Price List. especting these clauses. The noble Lord AMERICA. .
to the report of the intention of the Government to alter
fatal. Dr. HARRIS, the Registrar of Vital Sta. mons r addresses to the electors of Barnstaple in the Liberal
erfectly justified in all he said in condemns- HALIFAX, July 28. the system of conducting the elections. There is no alter- interest. A third Liberal, Mr. Thomas, of Brecon, will
TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. tistics to the Board of Health, gives a similar ac- was p native but to take the word of the • '
that tion for the course pursued on this occasion by the The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of New Minister on this point, also be brought forward. Sir William Fraser, the Con-
ESTABLISHED 1842. count. Iu his report to the Board he states , but this does not check the belief that the question was aervative candidate, has been received so unsatisfactorily,
out of character. York arrived here at 4 p.m. to-day. All well.
WILLIAM HOLDICH and CO., 250 deaths from excessive heat have resulted in the opponents of the plan was quite seriously discussed in the Cabinet. The report long ago that his retirement from the contest is anticipated'
LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No, It is however now too late to attempt any change in - ....•
103, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. metropolitan district within three days, and he assumed a definite shape, and was, I believe, published Captain Charles Williams, of Pilton Houseovill probably
several times before it a
5, The Pavement. Clapham-common (Southern Branch). adds some plain and sensible directions for persons this respect, and whatever evils arise must be laid to INDIA,
appeared in the Presse. There be the Conservative candidate.
of those who factiously opposed the
the charge
to follow in order to avoid the danger. Happilyrumour was floated by the Government itself.
STRANGE DISCOVERY ---
HER MAJESTY'S OPERA. we are not in this country exposed to such extreme measure. To render the matter worse, those who The This railway over the Bhoore Ghaut was re- OF A CLERGYMAN.
mode of sounding the state of public opinion is by
(THEATRE-ROYAL, DitURY-LANE). compelled the withdrawal of the scheme for increase opened on the Ist inst. The strength of the line no means uncommon under the Second Empire. The dis- . •
Last Night but Two. risk, but notwithstanding the coolness of to-day
The Opera will positively close on Saturday next, August Ist. 'n the number of ollin laces are those who, was tested by seven locomotives with satisfactory content which the new Army Bill, the state of the An inquest was held on Monday at Stambourne, a large
Titiens-Nilsson--Kellogg. we have had, and will probably have again, heat 1 g p g p finances, and other grievances have produced in the Tillage in the lower part of Essex, on the body of the Rev. J.
Last appearance of Mdlle. CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, ten years ago, were very much in favour of them, results.
TO-MORROW EVENING (THURSDAY), July 3.; (last time), enough to be dangerous. Our labourers in the her- country, are the cause of serious apprehension. With a Forster, the rector of the parish, and the author of the
Mozart's Opera, and advocated the necessity of their adoption, a Authentic news has been received from Affghan- simple majority the Government could easily carry the "Churchmans Guide," the " Gospel Narrative "and other
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. vest field have, during the past ten days, suffered ,
II Conte d'Almaviva, Mr. Bentley; Figaro, Signor Gassier; necessity rendered all the more urgent from the istan, but is unimportant. Shere Ali is still at elections, and preserve its preponderance in the Corps .
wcrks, who had been found dead •in a field not far from his
Dottore Bartolo, Signor Foli ; Basilica Mr. Lyall ; Don Curzio, greatly, and in many instances many cases have Ldgislatif. But with the large majority required by the residence. The reverend gentleman, who formerly lived in
Signor Agretti; Antonio, Signor Zoboli; Mareellina, Mdlle. increase of the number of voters that has now Herat.
Ccrsi; Cherubino, Mdlle. Christine Nilsson; Susanna, Mdlle. occurred. In Fleet-street and Farringdon-street existing law, it is very likely that the Opposi. Lancaster-place, London, but had been rector of Stambourne
Clara Louise Kellogg (her last appearance previous to her de- taken place. In some places there are 30 and 35 miles The Madras and Benga 1 Banks have declared a •
parture for America) ; and La Contessa, Mdlle. Titiens. two deaths resulted from sunstroke, while in theton will gain many votes. The Government has since 1858, was 59 years of age, and it appeared that on the
Conductor-Signor Arditi than 11 between the polling places, and that must be a great dividend for the half-year at the rate of 51 and 41 been anxious to ascertain the effect of a change; evening of Frida he left the y rectory for a walk, speaking
The scenery by Mr. William Beverley. The miss-en-scene by metropolis and suburbs generally no less
Mr. Edward Stirling. inconvenience, besides being likely to produce per cent. respectively. the rumour has been put forward, and its recep- to some of the domestics in a cheerful tone as he left the
deaths from sunstroke were registered in the week.
Doors open at Eight o'clock. Commence at half-past Eight. lion has at once settled the matter. This is the general grounds. As he had not returned at 10 o'clock the family be-
Stalls, One Guinea; amphitheatre Stalls, 7s, and 55.; Reserved New York Registrar, advises every serious evils among an excitable community. At General Merewether has left to asaume his ap-
Bee Seats, 10s. 6d; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Dr. HARRIS, NT theory, and the most probable one. If no change be made came alarmed ; some of the neighbouring farmers were called
Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box- one to rise early, so as to take as little active exer- any rate we would remind those who may be pointment as Commissioner of Scinde, and General we shall look next March fora material increase in 'the np, and the search for him was continued throughout the night.
Oleo, Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second
door from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, nutter the super- tion as possible in the heat of the day, and he ber of the Left
favoured with indignant comments on the tyranny the Hon. Alexander Gordon Itas been appointed num . Early the next morning the body was found lying on a bed of
intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, the Government is credited with a eimilar attempt in potatoes growing in an allotment field a quarter of a mile
Drury-lane (under the portico In Brydges-street). Tickets also. urges the employers of labour to be considerate to ominander-in-Chief of the Bombe
and oppression of a Government which sends out provisional C y from the rectory; he was lying on his face, with his stick
at all Librarians' and Music-sellersa the case of the projected Customs' Union between France,
_ their men. A wet handkerchief or cloth over the the military to coerce the people, that those who army. Holland, and Belgium. The independent papers here by his side, and there were no signs of struggling. The
THEATPuE ROYAL, II A YAIARKET. head and back of the neck, worn under the P k Commission is sitting daily, seem to think that the
profess to guard the interests of the people have The Bombay Ban y, Emperor was anxious to sound medical man who was examined said he believed the rov. gen-
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. hat, is recommeded to those working in contrived so to act as to render the presence of the and a searching examination of the former director English opinion on this subject. The report, however, I tleman died either from an affection of the heart or the rupture
THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Pennington: see, has met with very little attention in England. It of a vessel upon the brain. The jury returned a verdict of
lac, Mr. Ryder; Desdemona, Miss Ada Cavendish ; Emma,exposed places, military inevitable. Lord DENMAN made some re- has commenced.
Mrs. E. F. Saville the harvest field or other would be advisable to first get the consent of two of the death from natural causes. Mr. Forster was for upwards of
Preceded by PAY TO THE BEARER-A KISS. Mr. Fred. and every one is advised to wash the head marks on the subject of Irish disaffection, which Colonel Herbert has left for Bagdad as Consul- principal parties-Holland and Belgium. Neither of these twenty years chaplain of the Chapel Royal in the Savoy.
Blackstone.
Commence at Seven. and neck frequently in cold water. If head- he said was brought about by the tenure of land, General in Turkish Arabia. prosperous States would, I imagine, consent to an alliance He was educated at Magdalen and Corpus Christi Colleges,
ache or dizziness occur the person affected should and not caused by the Irish Church. CALCUTTA, July 2. which would imperil their existence. Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1834. The
T lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. The little republic of Andorre, to its great advantage, Rectory of Stambourno is worth £350 a year, and is the gift
Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. immediately give up work and lie down awhile in In the House of Commons several minor mat- The subject of the construction of a bridge over
seldom makes its appearance in political history. It is of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. the shade. Such precautions should be generally tern were attended to. Among the questions the Hooghly at Calcutta is engaging much atten- situated high up in the Pyrenees, between the south-cast
THIS EVENING. at 7, A ROUGH DLA.‘IOND. Messrs. G.
Behnore, Ashley; Mrs. Bilington, and Miss Lennox Gray. adopted by those who are engaged in outdoor occu- answered was one by Sir J. PAKINGTON on the lion, and the municipality recommend the recon- of France and Spain, contains about 200 square miles, with THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.
At a quarter to 8, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. G Bel a population of 17,000. It has retained its independence
mire, Bidington, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, CJ. pations, and if our employers of labour would take subject of the reports as to the silence that had struction of the floating-bridge. .0.- .
Smith; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss Maria ifrom time immemorial, and is under the protection of METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.
Hareis, and Miss Lennox Grey.lt lt is stated that the of Burmah desires to
1 pains to enforce them upon the attention of their prevailed on the march at Aldershot. appears King both its powerful neighbours, but has always, with
To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, ! men, we should hear fewer of these sad cases in that fortunately the news was much exaggerated, extend the system of Indian telegraphs to his discrimination, given its "moral support" to France, Ettreme Sea
R. Romer, W. H. Eburne; Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt.
which a man succumbs to his work. and that only three men were sent to the hospital, capital. The keepers of the Homburg and Baden gaming-houses Weds- inlay, r,EI F.
F. D WR. Ito
" THEATRE ROYAL, HOLBORN.- Elegantly I have however once more brought the little State int
The Registrar-General of London is less occupied and that no cases of sunstroke had occurred. This In the case of the Port Coining directors v. " a July 29, B. T. 1)-4, W.
,ilt2o D. 0 8 aac.9
-A- repainted and redecorated.-Under the management of public notice. The hells of these two fashionable resorts _
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'km Fanny Josephs. Witll sunstroke than with another danger. The pre- is very desirable informatiou but it may be cogs Schiller, after four days preliminary investigation 7 are to be abolished, and the proprietors are on the look-2-
litierrndeen anis": 2 2 8.5.E..N.L. 2 1 N.E.. f%. -...- 1
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, FOUL PLAY Leith
valence of diarrhoea is a natural consequence of gested that it would be well if the military authori- Justice Markly decided on the most important out for other rural shades to which they could attract the Shields - 2
After which, WHO'S TO WIN HIM ? 1 Scarborough 29'60r. 60 56 IV.S.W. 1 4 S.S.E. c.b.,0'02: 2
To conclude with Tile. RENDEZVOUS. Mr. 11. Cox. ' the hot weather, and here again the danger ties could arrange matters so that reviews and issues in favour of Mr. Schiller, viz., that the deed scum and prargacy of Europe. Andorre offered induce- Yarmouth 29'6Sf. 58 58 W.N.W. 2 3 B.E-. r.o.!0'18! 2
For particulars see bills. Box-office open daily from ten to 1 _a meat to the speculators, for it is independent, and its Helder - - - - - -- -
2ve. I can be very much lessened by a little marches should not take place in those of the 13th February was not fraudulent. I
r lle inhabitants, like other mortals,not indifferent to profit, Cuxhaven - - - - - -- --
are - - - - -
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, care and knowledge. The ignorance or indifference days when the beat is so intense, as ease stands over await the return T
till November, to n he President and the Vice-President of the Republic Greencastle 29 58r, 54 54 N.N.E. 2 7 .1- l's: E: r°..o. :0111 -
ROYAL AMPIIITHEX ME AND CIRCUS, ,
HOLBORN. 'of the mass of the population is only startled into it must produce great discomfort, besides of the Commission sent to England. were soon gained over, and the arrangements were nearly l!ioxp)eoa,l
_.g w. vv. 3 Bal..
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OelliA, in his original ant sensational Flying Trapeze Act, i compieted. Toe affair, however, came to the ears of the vatentia l'9 95r. 57 51 N. 8 9 W. o.rc!0•13; 1
ev:,ry evening. The most brilliant success ever achieved by any attention by a panic which increases the risk with- being likely to create evils of a serious nature. Tee The steamer bringiug the above despatches has Cape Clear 29'Bor. 58 57 N.W. 6 9 N.N.W.C. Igul 6
artiate. out teaching them how to avoid it. Cleanliness, Lords' amendments to the Public Schools Bill were made the passage from Alexandria to Brindisi in Parliament, who very soon disposed of it. The two erring Roche's Pt. 29'81r. 59 56 N.W. 7 7 N.W. • C. 10'49; 4
Penzance
ONR I.'S Terrine Flights on Two Bars. functionaries were dismissed for trafficing with the honour
O s RA.' 5 Incredible Somersaults and Pirouettes. jPlymouth
ventilation, and temperance are the most potent pre- considered, and one alteration was made. A ma- 75 hours. of the State, and the hell-keepers were ordered to find 'Weymouth 29'75r. 61 57 W.N.W.5 3 S.E. o. I- I 5
ON.RA, the most wonderful and perfect performance ever Portsmouth 29'745. 61 56 N.W. 5 5 W.S.W. r.o.!0•07 ! 4
witnessed. servatives, and if we reflect upon the manner in jority of them decided against the addition of Sir _______. another rest for the sole of their feet. London _
" The great attraction of the evening was the first appearance LISBON, July 28. io3lVeisNez 29'65f. 59 55 N.W. 7 - - r.o. 2 4
The news from Bulgaria is becoming somewhat serious ;
of Onra in his performance on the flying trapeze, after the man- which too many of the inhabitants of this populous 11. PALMER and Canon BLAKESLEY to the commis-29'96r. 61 56 W.N.W. 4 - - r.o. i 2
nor of Leotard; but ha far outdoes the efforts of that celebrated The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship not that the "insurrection" is formidable, but it points irjoCratit : : B.3irr.. 61 5576 Na.. N. ' 7 -.5
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artist. His Bights on two bars, in the course of which he makes metropolis live, we shall only wonder that the rate sion. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that it was not at all Seine - - i. .....7 3
most incredible somersaults and pirouettes, took the house by arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day from the Brazils, Corunna - - - - - - - -
storm, and the applause was of the most enthusiastic descrip- of mortality is not still higher. The neglect and desirable to increase the number on the commis- pretions of the Bulgarian Government are believed to Brussels - - -
tion."-Morning Advertiser, July 22. and will leave for Southampton at 6 p.m. be little
e else than pretence. Paris - - - - - - -_ _
"A. more genuine and flattering reception we Lave never wit- injudicious treatment of the children, especially the sion, otherwise these names would have been de- Strasbourg - - - - - - -- -
nesaed, nor at the same time one more fully deserved."-Standard, with 54 passengers, £3,665 in specie, 1,000 bales of Lyons - - - - - - - _ _ _
July 22. infants of the poor, are fruitful sources of serving of notice. The Poor Relief Bill was read a . Toulon - - C. 4
In addition to M. Onra, the incomparable Scenes in the Arena cotton, 2,006 bags of coffee, and 200 rolls of to- The Hungarian monarchy has endured for nearly a Hearts Con-
as usual, and first appearance of lldlle. Montoro. disease and death. They arc improperly fed, third time and passed, Mr. N BATE very truly ob. thousand years. During that time its name has never lte„natl(fillj'i 30.078. 52
Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Morning Per- bacco. 51 S.S.W. 1 3 S.S.W. b. - 3
formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. Children • b • h h " t' ' f
and the first symptoms of diarrheea - ne- o serving tat t ere was a compe ition o
The La Plata, with the outward mails of the 9th disappeared from the political geography of Europe,
axrnANATlorr,
under ten, half-price. though its independence has been compromised, and, it
glect. Such neglect the registrar emphatically cruelty" often observed on the part of . Barometer corrected and reduced to a 2 deg. a sea level. Theletter
inst., was at St. Vincent (Cape Verds) on the 20th was thought, irretrievably lost. But as the one-thousandth
, assures us is death to children and the aged. The different unions. They were constantly inquiringr., rising; f., falling; s., steady-indicate direction of motion of the
YA L STRAND THEATRE inst. anniversary of the foundation of the kingdom draws near, mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade.
it°Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs Swanborough. • figures speak for themselves. 4-12 persons died last what was the maximum of labour and the minimum ______ the prospects of the Hungarians as a nation are better than Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.-calm
THIS EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY SERVICE: Messrs.
Belford, Harcourt; Miss Sheridan week of diarrhoea, of whom 353 were children of accommodation for the casual poor, and there- FRANCE. at any former period. They form the most powerful Weather : b.-blue. thy ; c.-clouds, detached ; f.—fog; h.-hail
After which, THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.portion of a great empire, and yet have an independent 1.-lightning ; m,-misty, hazy ; 0.-overcast, dull; r.- rain ;s.-- snow
market
28 -Thr e o'clock.-The
Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swaaborough, uuder one year, 49 under two years ;58 persons fore the manner in which that class of paupers was BOURSE, July . t,t.-thunder. Rahafall. snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours,
r own. Their connection with Austria government of their • • h
Lydia Thompson, Sheridan, Hughes, &c. closed as follows :- Sea disturbance.
To conelude sith MARRIAGE AT ANY PRICE. died of summer cholera, of whom 38 were children treated was not at all satisfactory and creditable. gives them greater weight in European politics than REMARKS.
4i- per Cent. -
-------- under one year, and 11 more under five years. It was determined not to insist on the Commons End of month... -- - Italian Loan _ they could lope to obtain by a purely separate existence ;
bati
the western coasts of these islands a considerable increase in
LICENSED VICTUALLF.P.S• GUARDIAN 3 per Cent - - but in all matters relating to their own country they are ! pressure has occurred during the last twenty-four hours
Immediate rational treatment is what the registrar Atnendment to the Sale of Poisons Bill, to which whilst at northern and eastern stations readings '
are
, lower. At
R. GLEN/F., of the St o; rn,-, .I.ibrary End of month 69 93 Mexican Loan ... 23 50 perfectly free. How the one-thousandth anniversary shall Valencia the increase has been nearlysix-
tcnto of
G. 4, Connatteh t a at*raco, Hyde-park, lanalo'n, w., bees -t:, advises, and what all who have the opportunity the Lards had disagreed, and the \Vest India Bill Credit Mobilier - Do. Bonds
be celebra`ed is at present an unsettled question. Some lowest preaure is at Holyhead: the difference between the readings
ina rat his ea a we, ,•., and the Lieen.-eil Vietuallc: 3 ill getier:l. - Spanish Threes - -
that he has laan lila-el:acid Agent for the eaove named per to should recommend to the heads of families, was considered ; only one of the amendments of the - •
.
Credit Fancier -1132 - Home Debt._ - - recommend the erection of a colossal obelisk in one of the
at that station and Brest amounts to five-tenths. Temperaturei s
dilition to his agency for the Sporting Eili:ion oi - Tiff.: SL !: " much less in England and Ireland : in the north of Scotland it is
end can. supply the sumo on Friday evening, if rcq.lred, in t,,,-..1 But while we in the towns are chiefly concerned Lords was struck out, and altogether matters were /lad of mouth... - - Deferred ......
higher. A westerly gale-force 9 -blew yesterday on the Irish coast:
Sr country. RAILWAYS. Cash national pantheon, to be built on the mountain which
G. R. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the for the effect on the public health, it is very gratify- proceeded with very considerately by the short Orleans
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Northern
i ran any other !lain in Loralen nr Cenntev it,n eranina er atitat ing to learn that the harvest, now general, is an sitting. 1
T,aana and Mediterrancan - the N.W. Rain has fallen in England and Ireland : in the south-
! ___ .

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But while we in the towns are chiefly concerned
for the effect on the public health, it is very gratify-
ing to learn that the harvest, now general, is an
excellent one so far as the great staple, wheat, is con-
cerned. Bright suns and continued droughts have
hurried forward the harvesting, and will make its
course unusually rapid. In Yorkshire the men are
hired for three weeks instead of a month, as usual,
and it is noticed that the Irish harvester is absent,
the time for his arrival being yet a fortnight dis-
tant. After the apprehensions that have been cur-
rently entertained respecting the drought the good
news from the cornfields is indeed welcome, though
we are discussing the nature of the harvest and
the merits of the several crops a month or two
earlier than usual. Every nerve is being strained
to get the corn in before a possible change of
weather, and we may well be thankful that the
brilliant suns of 1868 have brought comfort to the
heart of the poor man by holding out the pros-
pect of a cheap loaf for his winter fireside.

In the House of Lords yesterday Lord LYVEDEN
criticised the Corrupt Practices Bill at Elections,
and declared that. in his opinion it would not be a
success. The chief obj, cam he made was about
the transfer of the jurisdiction to the judges, which
could not be a remedy against electoral evils, but
it is, at all events, giving things a chance ; and
those who object to this mode of procedure might
bear in mind that any change from the present
system may be for the better, for it has notoriously
failed to answer its purpose, and held up our repre-
sentative system to contempt in many quarters.
Because electors must take the initiative it has been
supposed that nothing will be done, but as Lord
AIAL3IESBURY very truly said, almost every man of
respectability would be an elector, and thus many
checks would be interposed. Besides this measure
is merely a temporary one, and the fuss made about
its provision is quite uncalled for, since if it does
not work well, or answer the desired end, it
can easily be altered and amended. One of the
chief difficulties in the way of legislation upon these
matters is always found in the overscrupulosity and
undue precaution of a select few, who will not be con-
tent to take things quietly, but persist in their endea-
vours to make everything perfect all at once. A.
very decided change has been made in the state of
the law concerning election petitions and corrupt
practices at elections, and we think that the Go-
vernment deserve great credit for the part which
they have taken in introducing the measure, and
tha determination with which they carried it
through the House. The committee of the House
of Commons also displayed great energy in the
work, which is saying a great deal when we think
of the lateness of the period when it was put be-
fore them, and the extreme heat of the weather.
The bill passed through committee in the
Lords ; and in order to facilitate this desirable end,
Lord ROMILLY very wisely withdrew an amend-
ment for infringing on the monopoly of shorthand-
writing respecting election inquiries. It is most
satisfactory to know the measure is now safe, for
many times during the last few weeks it has seemed
welluigli hopeless to think of its passing, and even
those who at first were sanguine became doubtful
when so many objections were interposed, and so
many new plans were put forward. All is well
that ends well may,"however, be said in regard to
this or other questions. And even if it should not
answer all the ends now supposed, it seems an ad-

Twelve hundred children attending the Lambeth
Ragged Schools will, by the kind permission of his Grace
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, spend a day in the
palace grounds: but for this privilege they would be de-
prived of their holiday, the numbers attending precluding
the possibility of taking them either by rail, boat, or vans.
As it is, the expenses of the day, it is calculated, will
amount to £4O, towards which contributions are earnestly
solicited, and will be most gratefully received by W. H.
Miller, superintendent, 225, Westminster-bridge-road,
Lambeth, S.E.

The Figaro, in announcing that the Queen of
England, accompanied by Sir Thomas and Lady
Biddulph, is about to have an interview with the
Empress of the French in Paris on her way to
Switzerland, adds that the twenty-four cooks
usually in the retinue of her Majesty when on her
travels will, on this occasion, be dispensed with.
The Queen's head cook, according to the I'igaro,
receives a salary of £720 a year, and her three
travelling niaitres d hotel £360 each. The head
cook also enjoys the privilege of educating four
apprentices, each of whom pays him £l2O a year
for culinary tuition.Zln wages alone the Royal
kitchen of Engand costs about £4,000 a year.
So, at least, says the Figaro.
An article by M. Ferdinand do Lacombe, in the
last two numbers of the Spectateur Militaire, on
‘, The Campaign of 1867 in the Pontifical States,"
thus describes the condition of the Papal army at
that time :—The gendarmerie, a corps d'ilite, ani-
mated by an excellent spirit, sustained by its old
traditions, of fidelity to the Pope ; its auxiliaries
the squadriglieri, a corps of " agile, vigorous, wily
children of the mountain," maintained for the pur-
suit of brigands ; a battalion of carbineers com-
posed of Swiss, Bavarians, and natives of Baden ;
the artillery, constituted of Italians and Swiss,
under the command of French and Italian officers,
and consisting of two batteries of horse and three
of foot artillery, of six guns each, organized on
the French system. Next come the dragoons, and
the Antibes Legion, which, " though mounting the
Pope's cockade, has preserved the esprit of its
native land ;" and, finally, the Pontifical Zouaves,
formed of volunteers from the " great houses of
the Catholic aristocracy of the West." General
Kanzler's report of the paper strength of the
Roman forces at the commencement of the Gari-
baldian assaults was 12,981 of all ranks, and 929
horses ; but non-effectives of every kind being de-
ducted, the true combatant value was found to be
at the utmost only 8,000 men. The Pontifical
garrison of Monte Rotondo, which held out against
the Garibaldians for twenty-seven hours on the
23rd and 24th of October, numbered 323 officers
and men. On the 29th the French forces landed
at Civita Vecchia ; on the 31st they entered Rome.
On Sunday, the 3rd of November, 2,900 Roman
and 2,200 French troops marched to the attack of
Monte Rotondo, and Mentana, " where the 9,000
or 10,000 men directed by Garibaldi were strongly
intrenched." After the battle of the 3rd, Gari-
baldi recrossed the Italian frontier during the
night, and on the 4th, his forces, after some brief
encounters, either fled or surrendered, and the
" campaign " was at an end. The loss of the
French is given at 41 in killed, wounded, and
missing, ; that of the Roman troops at 133, while
the Garibaldian casualties are stated to have been
nearly 1,000 killed and wounded, besides 1,400
prisoners. Not much is said about the Chasse-
pot, but the fire of the French soldiers who were
armed with it at Mentana is described as " fou-
droyant."
The enormous sum of £540,000 was remitted by
the Irish in America to their relatives in Ireland
during the past year. Of this sum £202,000 was
transmitted as prepaid passage orders. Since 1848
the Irish in America transmitted £14,500,000
sterling to that country.

Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
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Sardinian
Austrian
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North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

A joint-stock undertaking of a somewhat novel
character has just been brought out in Scotland.
It is entitled the " Money Order Company of Great
Britain and Ireland (Limited)," with a proposed
capital of £200,000, in 20,000 shares of £lO each.
The prospectus states that the company has been
formed for the purpose of establishing a cheap
and secure medium for transmitting small sums
given which,
oitf
ism osntaetye,d,anwdillaptraorvi of charges is
prove highly
highly remunerative. This
scale is much lower than the Post-office
rate; the average difference being about one-
half. From the nature of the business to be trans-
acted respectability of direction and management is
obviously an essential preliminary to the acquiring
of public confidence. This requisite is attained by
the list of the names presented as constituting the
provisional committee, which includes many of the
leading citizens of Edinburgh, Li•ith, and Dundee.
It is to be presumed that the scheme will receive
its chief support in Scotland, but, should it succeed
a peculiar result will follow. Whether extended to
England or not, the Post-office, which has no legal
monopoly of money-order remittances, must either
at once reduco its scale of charges or lose part of its
moat profitable source of revenue. •
A swift and terrible doom, says the Daily e 7 le-
graph, has overtaken the murderers of Prince
Michael. Fourteen of them have been condemned
to death ; two, Prince Alexander Karageorgievich
and his secretary, are to suffer twenty years' penal
servitude ; twenty years' hard labour in a fortress
has been awarded to another ; and the least guilty
of the conspirators is to be imprisoned for five years.
The severity of the sentences, coupled with the atti-
tude of the foreign Powers and the resolute bearing
of Turkey, may read an opportune lesson to those
restless Pansclavists who are still troubling the
Danube and neighbouring provinces with their
abortive intrigues. Continental agitators would
do well to ask themselves, also, whether, on the
whole, political assassination pays. We do not ask
whether political assassination is just, for that
question brings up ideas which we cannot expect
them to understand, far less to share. We put the
matter on no higher ground than that of profit
and loss. Abraham Lincoln is dead, but his
death only lent strength to Abolitionism. Prince
Michael is dead, but the objects of his murderers
have not been brought a whit nearer. The Em-
peror of the French is not dead, though select
committees of assassins have again and again met
to see how they might best send him to a world
in which coups d'jtat and press laws would be be-
yond his reach ; but, somehow, their hostility has
missed its mark, and the effort to shoot him down
without giving him a chance of defence has done
more than a host of Persignys could have accom-
plished to make his hold on the French throne
secure.

The Hungarian monarchy has endured for nearly A
thousand years. During that time its name has never
disappeared from the political geography of Europe,
though its independence has been compromised, and, it
was thought, irretrievably lost. But as the one-thousandth
anniversary of the foundation of the kingdom draws near,
the prospects of the Hungarians as a nation are better than
at any former period. They form the most powerful
portion of a great empire, and yet have an independent
government of their own. Their connection with Austria
gives than gre.tter weight in European politics than
they could hope to obtain by a purely separate existence ;
but in all matters relating to their own country they are
perfectly free. How the one-thousandth anniversary shall
be celebra'ed is at present an unsettled question. Some
recommend the erection of a colossal obelisk in one of the
vast corn-producing plains. Others are in favour of a
national pantheon, to be built on the mountain which
overlooks the capital. The question is to be discussed in
all the jurisdictions of the kingdom ; and then the pro-
gramme will be finally fixed by means of a council of dele-
gates from the districts and towns.
The people of Frankfort cannot reconcile themselves to
Prussian authority. They embrace every opportunity of
bewailing their lot, some little disturbance is continually
arising, and the police can generally find employment.
It will, perhaps, be remembered that a burgomaster of the
name of Feiner hanged himself in despair at the annexa-
tion of his country. On the anniversary of his death,.
which has just come round, the populace got up a demon-
stration. The police interfered, and, as usual, took
possession of the "key of the position." This time it wo'
the cemetery.
The French journals, as might be expected, attach great
importance to the fierce warfare now going on between
the journals of Russia and Prussia. The discussion is cer-
tainly very angry, and daily becomes more envenomed.
The Golos, of St. Petersburg, for instance, says " the
friendship of Russia is for Prussia a condition of existence."
The same paper talks about the relations between the two
countries being the same now as when Count von Boranden-
burg was obliged to go to Warsaw to hear a lesson from
the Emperor Nicholas. The Prussian papers reply
so fiercely that the only more advanced manifes-
tion now possible will be a series of duels between
the combative editors. The acrimony of the dispute is
extraordinary; but nobody, not even the Paris journals,
can divine the cause of it.

lowest pressure is at Holyhead: the difference between the readings
at that station and Brest amounts to five-tenths. Temperature is
much less in England and Ireland : in the north of Scotland it is
higher. A westerly gale—force 9—blew yesterday on the Irish coast:
the gale continues at Valencia from the north, and a W.S.W gale is
blowing at Holyhead. On our Channel coast the wind is fresh from
the N.W. Rain has fallen in England and Ireland : in the south-
west the fall has been considerable. The weather is cloudy or over-
cast.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
Downing-street.

Mr. Justice Mellor, during the assize business on
Saturday at Exeter, appeared to be suffering from illness,
and at the rising of the court left for London to consult his
medical adviser.

TIIE FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF FLAX..— The
Northern Whig of Tuesday, says : The first consignment
of this year's flax grown in the south of Ireland, was
received in Belfast on Tuesday. It is said to be of fair
quality.

THE HARVEST AND TIIE LABOUR MARKET.—
At Mallon, on Saturdly, the attendance of harvesters was
large. There was an entire absence of the Irish harvester
the time of his appearance being fully a fortnight distant,
when the harvest will be nearly over. The bulk of the men
were from the mining districts, where-little is doing. Ex-
cellent wages were obtained, but mostly for three weeks
only instead of the customary month. Bright suns and
continued droughts have made harvest general, and all
promises to be not only one of the earliest but also the
shortest on record.—Leeds Mercury.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and family intend to leave Marlborough House
on the 91h proximo for Abergeldie Castle, N. 8., for the
season. At the end of the shooting season the Prince and
Princess purpose going to Denmark to visit the King and
Queen and other relatives of the Princess.
ICED TEA.—The most delicious and sustaining
beverage that can be drunk this hot weather is good
strong tea cooled down with lumps of ice. It should be
only slightly sweetened, without milk, and flavoured with
a few slices of lemon, which are infused at the time the
tea is firet made.—Medical Times and Gazette.

The Libert has received information that General Prim
has paid a visit to Lisbon, and is now on his way baCk to
London. As the Spanish refugee has been made to per-
form this not very short journey several times during the
last few days, this repetition must be received with
caution. It is, however, on " good authority." The
Liberte adds that several of General Prim's intimate
friends are at the head of the Portuguese Government,
and that the General himself has had an interview with
the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier. This much is
certain : if a revolution should break out in Spain, it will
receive countenance, if not aid, from Portugal.
The process of stamping out in Poland goes on un-
checked by European indignation, or by any other influ-
ence. Recently an order was sent to the Polish clergy
forbidding the use of prayer-books printed in the national
language. This order has been so strictly enforced that
soldiers systematically enter the places of worship and take
the prayer-books from the congregation. The same principle
has now been carried further. The clergy of all denomina-
tions throughout Poland have been forbidden, from the
Ist of January next, to employ any language except
Russian in their relations with the lay and ecclesiastical
authorities. The use, in an official capacity, of any other
tongue will be punished by fine, and even by deprivation
of living.
Mr. Watkin sends to the Times the concluding letter in
iris correspondence with Lord Redesdale. It is, on the
whole, written in a more temperate spirit than his former
epistles. Lord Redesdale having denied that he charged
Mr. Watkin personally with jobbing, the last-named
gentleman writes : "If you had stated this at the begin-
ning it might have saved the necessity for further corre-
spondence, because when a gentleman denies that he has
intended to throw out imputations, his denial must be
accepted even against the evidence. I will not criticise
the distinction between charges thrown out broadcast
against unnamed individuals and the ' personal and
specific charge '—which latter can be dealt with
as such charges when false ought to be." Mr.
Watkin, however, again refers the noble lord to his
speech to shew that it really did convey the impression
that he was making a pe: sonal attack, and adds : " I
have since consulted a gentleman who was present at the
bar during the discussion, and he distinctly assures me
that you charged the promoters to the bill under discus.
sion with promoting it for jobbing objects. I have only
to say that such a charge, either against the promoters of
the bill or against the shareholders of the South Eastern
Railway, is entirely without foundation, and entirely un-
justifiable."

A CHOLERA STRICKEN SHIP.—A ship called the
Turtellea, laden with wheat from Valparaiso, put into Cork
harbour last week for orders. She came direct from Val-
paraiso, and had been only sevens days out from that port
when he crew was attacked with cholera. Seven of them
died, but six of them and a mate recovered, and worked
the ship the rest of the voyage.

THE PROROGATION.—The London correspondent
of the Freeman says :—" It is understood that on Monday
an intimation was conveyed by the Premier to the
Speaker that the Government business is now in so
prosperous a state that the prorogation will take
place on Friday next. The probability is that both
Houses will meet on Wednesday for a abort time to
sweep up the scraps, and that an adjournment will then
be agreed to until Fridab when tirFerernony of proroga-
tion will take placq,"_,

All the fish ponds which once belonged to Netley
Abbey are now dried up, excepting one. This, which has
existed for hundreds of years, is as beautiful as ever. It
partly covered with water lilies, a flock of ducks skim
over its surtace, and the banks are covered with foxglove
and other wild plants. The Netley station is nearly two
miles from the abbey, so that pilgrims are as badly off as
before. The railway company wanted their line to run
close to Seutbampton Water, which is within 200 yards of
the abbey, but this was opposed. If a station on the
present iine were made opposits the abbey, and a horse
tramway ran from it to the ruins, thousands of persons
would visit the latter.

The London accounts of the weather, which for a long
time past have presented such dreary complaints of heat
and drought, at last rejoice in a change. Between seven
and eight o'clock on Tuesday evening the clouds rolled
up from the south-west, and the weather-wise, whose pre-
dictions have so often been disappointed, felt confident in
prophesying rain. At eleven o'clock a heavy shower came
down and lasted for two hours. After a short cessation
it fell again for some time longer, and the latest
accounts read as if the spell of dry weather were
at last broken. It appears to be a mistake to suppose that
this has been the driest year since 1826, for a. corre-
spondent to a contemporary gives a tabular statement of
the rainfall in 1863 and 1864, from which it appears that
in the former year only 8185 inches of rain fell up to
July 28, in 1864 only 8.152, while this year
9.440 have fallen to the same date. At the same time the
excessive heat, the absence of clouds, and the wonderful
dryness of the atmosphere have promoted excessive evapo-
ration.

Notwithstanding that the price of corn has for some
time fallen, no alteration has been made in the price of
bread. 41any are the complaints on the matter addressed
to the papers. Where, everybody asks, does the fault lie?
The farmers are selling at a lower price, and yet the bakers
protest that they cannot lower their figure. It has already
been pointed out that the bakers ii. tha country are, being
men of.small means, entirely in the hands of the millers
and flour dealers, but as between the average price of
the corn sold an 1 the bread consumed there is some-
thing between 30 and 40 per cent. to be accounted for, it
is still not easy to understand why a fictitious
price should be kept up. A correspondent of
the Times .declares that the only persons to whom
it does good are the corn-factors, the millers, and
the flour dealers—a class of men who are everywhere to be
seen thriving on the excessive dearness of the poor man's
loaf. surely, ha rays, it is a study for philanthropists L w
to devise a means whereby t: e tlil(r of the soil may bt
enabled to eat a good a al p loaf without the present
a .tortion.

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