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Ijjitkrn (fflrasjjottert. (We deem it right to state that wo do not at alL timef Identify ouriclves with our correspondents Qpiuions,] It is a source of consolation, amid the troubles of "these presents," that the Education Bill has at last been got through committee. Another formal step, and the measure passes from the Lover House pre- paratory to the Lords dealing with it. During the session perhaps no bill that is more important has been introduced, and certainly no measure that has been more productive of difference of opinion, and we may therefore congratulate ourselves that progress has thus far been made. Indeed it is almost a wonder that the Education Bill could be pushed as far as it has been, so intensely have various members felt en the subject, and with widely differing views. There is now good reason to hope that the Lords will see fit either to accept the measure as the Commons send it up to their lordships, or else that the latter will make only such alterations as the Government can accept. In either case the public will be greatly the gainers, and the re- proach of England being behind other nations in educa- tion will be leaaened, if not wholly swept away. And there is consolation also to be drawn from the position of the other great measure of the Session, the Irish Land Bill The Lords have amended, and re-amended, and re- re-amended, and now at last the bill so stands that the Commons can accept the alterations, and thus the measure oan be carried through Parliament. Great fears have been entertained at various times relative to these two billa-the most prominent measures of the Session; but now there is little doubt that they will be passed, aud with their passing there will be a great diminution in the interest felt by the public in home politics. There II, of course, no public topic which excites any- thing like so much interest as "the war," as the Franco- Pruseian difficulty is called in brief. There is a wide differ- ence of opinion as to the blame to be attached to the two gnat Powers chiefly concerned. On the one hand it is maintained that the French Emperor and Government really care little about the nomination of the Prince of Hohenzollem in itself, but that they have throughout the whole affair sought an excuse for war; that the French people have been for four or five years put extremely jealous of the Prussians that France has been reaolved to quarrel with Prussia; that the Xing of Prussia has throughout the affair acted with conciliation and yet with dignity; and that in fact Prussia has had war thrust upon her. On the other ride it is maintained that the Emperor of the French has done all in his power to endeavour to avert this war; that, knowing how eager for war was a large part of the population of France, the Emperor has nevertheless exhausted all the means within his reach to preserve peace, and that he has been pushed for- ward by the force of events—by what he once spoke of as the inexorable logic of facts. Possibly the truth lies between these two views. Of one thing there can be no doubt—of the intense excitement that the declara- tion of war has caused in our own country and on the Continent. I can- well believe what I have read of the excited crowds in Paris, and the cries of the populace. I happened to be in Lille when the de- claration of war was made known. But before arriving there there were ample evidences of the excitement that the topic of the day was caus- ing. People in the train could talk of nothing but la guerre, and the excitement was intensified when we were told, on approaching the Franco- Belgian frontier that the railway had been cut on the frontier to maintain Belgian neutrality, and that we should have to walk to Lille But on reaching a little station en the frontier we learnt the actual facts—that the line had really been dtcoupie, but that it was rhmit. In the busy, working town of Lille, where there were then some 5,000 soldiers, all was excitement. Posted up in the market-place were the latest telegrams and declaration of war. Eagerly were these read, and more eagerly was the news discussed; and, judging from the prevailing tone of the conversation, this de- claration of war was certainly favourably received. In oar own country the news causes general regret, and whether we consider Prussia or France to be in the wrong, or both, we must deeply lament the probability of a serious atruggle. What to do with our boys is a constantly recurring prohlem. Apply to any friend in any trade or pro- fession, and your good-natured friend will almost assuredly tell you that that particular trade or pro- fession is overstocked, and you had better look out elsewhere for an opening for your boy. The Post- Office does well, therefore, to issue regulations as to toy clerkships in the savings' bank, telegraph, and cir- culation departments of that vast establishment. Boys between thirteen and sixteen, with no very high mental or physical qualifications, are to be eligible for appointments ranging from the not particularly extravagant pay of 5s. a week, as telegraph messengers, up to JB80 a year in the circulation department, the latter figure being reached, m in other departments, by an annual increase of JB5. Of course boy labour, like woman's work, always raises the queation what is to become of the men; but in this oase there will be plenty of occupation for men and boys too. and if the lads thus employed find that on reaching their maximum in the G. P.O. the salary is a bad look-out for the future, why they must seek some- thing better, and their training will not prove to have been a bad one. The inaugural ceremony at the Workmen's Inter- national Exhibition on Saturday was not at all a bril- liant affair, and the arrangements for the grand con- oert were in some respects ridiculously defective. The Exhibition has been opened at a rather unfortunate time; it is very late in the season, and then the news of the war hafl, without exaggeration, thrown a shadow over the Agricultural Hall. I am sorry to see that in many places the workmen's names are conspicuous by their absence, and that the names of firms have been substituted. It was undentood that the name of the real maker or inventor, and not the name of a firm was to be appended to the If esbibita," and this was to be a distinguishing feature of the Exhibition. This has been done to some extent, but in justice to the working classes whose exhibition thia iø, it ought to have been uniformly adopted wherever practicable. Iiooking at the Exhibition generally, however, it is a most interesting and attractive one, and thousands of people will daily flock to it. The vast building where it is held is admirably adapted to the purpose and there is ample room to circulate freely and examine the objects exhibited, while the facilities of communi- cation to and from the Hall have been largely increased staoe the last exhibition in the same building. Mr. Sporgeoo still ftlAI..tAln8 his remarkable, but act marvellous, popularity. Last Sunday morning the vast Tabernacle was crowded, as it generally is on Sunday mornings, and a noticeable feature was the attendance of a large number of casual visitors from the provinces and from abroad. I do not pretend to be able to tell either a countryman," as we Cockneys eay, or a foreigner at a glance, for Pompey is very tMchIike Cesar, &c., but having been several times asked, in the neighbourhood, "the way to Mr. >8pug.ø," and having heard, en sortant, two or three knots of people talking French, I naturally put this and that together, and arrive at a not very pro- found or sagacious conclusion. It is noticeable that the French and the French. Swiss are particularly careful to pay Mr. SpurgMD a visit when they come to London. They are very fond of good oratory, although the former have not noch opportunity of practising it, and Mr. Spurgeon's daifpg to be ranked as a fine orator are undeniable. The so-called "monster demonstration" in Hyde Park last Sunday, againat the Sunday Trading Bill, cannot be said to represent the opinions of the majority of the population of the metropolis. I see it stated that at least 30,000 persons visited the park as sym- pathisers with the object of the meeting." But what goataatee have we that the reporter who wrote this knew how to reckon the number? And how on earth ^ywiM he ten that all these were sympathisers with the object of the meeting ? But, even supposing these ex. feavagant statements true, it would be easy to get up meeting- (though not in the open air) at which, in the aggregate, ten times 30,000 would support the Sunday Trading BUL The strangest arguments used by the apwakeraat this meeting were that the bill was one-sided —In favour of the rich and against the poor, and one spnektr aMadedto thousands of the poor of the metropolis notbeingable to gettheir seouty Sunday dinners (ill they had sold their wares on Sunday morning. Now tkare is nothing more captivating with a certain class than strong language, about one law for the rich and another for the poor but this language will not always biar examination. Without entering deeply into the pro- visions of thi8 Mil, which I have geverthnfesa MjsfjiUy studied, and possessing a tolerable knowledge of v liat may be caNed" poor London," I unhesitatingly V*«rt that this hill would in the end be highly beneficjs to the poor. Te talk of it as being subversive of all "h,e serial liberty of the subject, tyrannical in the ex- treane, and opposed to morality, justice, and the per- sonal rights of a free people," Is simply nonsense. A his bill would tend far more to promote real liberty than It would tend to repress it. Sunday trading is very tyrannical as it now exists, and thousands of small tradesmen, shopmen, Ac., know this full well. One maa in a street will force twenty other people, masters men, to do Sunday trade when they otherwise woald not do it, and indirectly these twenty people in fluence others in the same directum. As to the "social liberty of the subject" we must not be led away bv *0 captivating a phrase. All our laws are less against individual liberty, for the common good, nature rfthirngs it must be so. On the religious p»* of the qpwrtaon I say but am persuaded that should this bill be pawed that put •f theworking classes tfho are now opposed to it would soon find that it was really for their benefi t. however, do I agree with one r^utwn paMed—that Charles the Second's Act should be abolished. It is bow an anachronism and an anomaly.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. In the House of Lords. July 18, Earl Russell rose to ask the Secretary for Foreign Affairs a question relative to the late negotiations now that war had unhappily broken out be- tween France and Prussia. It was said in the French Chambers that all the Powers with which France was in communication approved of the course she had taken and he wished first to ask whether that was so as regarded England. He also wished to ask whether the noble earl would make such a statement as was made in 1823 and 1854 as to the negotiations which had taken place; whether the approbation of the Government had been given to the further demand that the Prince of Hoheuzollern should withdraw his candidature. He thought the public of England had a right to know what part their own Government had taken in the negotiations. Lord Cairns asked whether, in the present aspect of affairs on the Continent, the Government intended to propose to Parliament any amendment of our laws witb respect to the enforcement of neutrality, such as was advised by the com- mission which sat two or three years ago. Earl Granvile said that, with respect to the last question, the object of the commission was to secure legislation which should pi event the sailing of suspected vessels in time of war. He was glad that the noble and learned lord had put the question, because his being so Implied a continued belief In the importance of the recommendation of that com- mission, and it was the intention of the Government imme- diately to introduce a bill with that object. With regard to the question which had been put by the noble earl (Russell), he was most desirous that no information should be withheld from their lordships. A few days ago he promised to lay before their i lordships at the earliest opportunity all the papers connected with this sad event, and that promise he hoped to fulfil within a few days He was entirely in their lordships' hands, but he could not help tbinking that it would be more convenient to their lord- ships, and fairer to the Government, that their lordships should have seen the papers before he made any general statement on the subject. (Cheers.) As to the statement in the French Chambers, there was no difference as to the facts which the Duke de Grammont appeared to have drawn an inference which he (Lord Granville) did not admit. It was true that yesterday evening a declaration of war was sent from France to Berlin, and that would necessitate an immediate proclamation of neutrality on our part. A fortnight ago our relations with France, Spain, and Prussia were of the most friendly nature, and the language which had been used in the meantime had not, he believed, affected those relations. The Government were bound to maintain that dignified reserve and calm which would en- able us to maintain our rights as neutrals, and to act with perfect Impartiality and justice to both parties. Lord Kinnaird moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the past and present manngement of the Royal Mint. Lord Lansdowne said that the motion was premature, as the Mint had only just been reorganized. After a few words from the Duke of Argyll, the motion was withdrawn. The Duke of Richmond moved the second reading of the Life Assurance Companies Bill, which was read a second time. The Married Women's Property Bill went through Com- mittee. The Prayer-book (Table of Lessons) Bill was read a third time and passed after a short discussion, in which Lords Harrowby and Stanhope and the Bishop of Gloucester took pad. The Judicial Committee Bill was read a second time and their lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons, the adjourned debate was re- sumed on the South Eastern Railway Bill. and after a slight discussion the debate was again adjourned. Replying to Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Secretary Bruce said that he was not yet able to state whether the Public Prosecutors'Bill would be introduced next session. THE NEUTRALITY OF ENGLAND. Mr. Vermon Harconrt asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, having regard to the hostility un- happily imminent in Europe, it was the intention of the Government to issue a proclamation warning subjects of the Queen to abstain from all participation in such hostilities, and to observe the laws in force for the maintenance of the neutrality of the United Kingdom in time of war; and further, whether, in accordance with the recommendations of the Royal Commission of 1868, it was the intention of the Government to introduce a measure to im- prove the existing law and strengthen the hands of the executive Government in enforcing it. Mr. Gladstone said that it was the intention of the Govern- ment at the proper time—though he was not certain when that would arrive—to issue a proclamation of neutrality; but in point of technical arrangements the proper moment cannot be said to have arrived until the declaration of war had been issued, or until actual hostilities had commenced. He had just received a telegram from Mr. Otway, from Paris, in which Lord Lyons said that he learned from the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Paris that the declaration of war had been despatched to Berlin yesterday, and that as soon as he heard of its arrival at Berlin it should be com- municated to the Prussian charge d'affaires. That being so, he (Mr. Gladstone) concluded tnat the matter had reached the point at which it would be the duty of the Government to take the earliest opportunity-probably to-morrow-of isIning a proclamation. It was their intention to introduce at once a measure to improve the existing law and strengthen the hands of the Government, and, without stating the pre- cise terms, for the purpose of a more effectual fulfilment of all obligations that may attach to them under any contin- gency. especially with respect to ships leaving British ports. Sir J. Elphinstone asked Mr. Childers whether it was in- tended to take any steps to increase the strength of the Navy, so as to be ready for all eventualities, but Mr. Childers (who was loudly cheered on his return to the House) declined to give any answer. In answer to Mr. Osborne, Mr. Childers read at length the correspondence relating to the xetirement of Mr. Reed from the Admiralty. A second instalment of the "Massacre of the Innocents was performed by Mr. Gladstone, who withdrew the Savings Bank Bill, the Mines Regulation Bill, and the Parliamentary Elections Bill; and with regard to the University Testa Bill, on which he was questioned by Lord E. Fitzmaurice, he said the Government did not feel it their duty as yet to despair of carrying it to a successful issue. Mr. Leatham gave notice that he would push his Ballot Bill to a second reading on Wednesday week. The House then went at ones into Committee of Supply, and in a little ever an hour the remainder of thy Army Estimates were agreed to with the exception of Vote 16, which was postponed. The Army Enlistment Bill was next considered In Com- mittee, and finally passed through Committee almost without amendment. Colonel Bartttlot endeavoured to raise the general minimum of service from three years to six, and, failing this, to raise the term of service in the Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers to seven years. He was supported by most of the military members of the House but in the first division he was beaten by 122 to 58, and in the second by 111 to 85. The Public Schools Act (1868) Amendment Bill was read a second time, as were the National Debt, Forgery, and Statute Law Revision Bills. A considerable time was taken up in settling the clauses of the Sheriffs (Scotland) Act Amend- ment Bill in Committee. Sundry other bills were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. In the House of Lords, July 19, Lord Camperdown, after having laid on the table a number of papers, stated, in reply to many inquiries which had been made of him, that he should in a short time present the report of the experi- mental trials which had been made with the Monarch and the Captain. Lord Shaftesbury said he understood that a circular had been issued respecting the second reading of the Ecclesias- tical Titles Bill, which stood in his name, requesting their lordships to attend and support that measure. As it might be supposed that the circular came from him, he wished to say that he was no party thereto, nor would he be guilty of such an impertinence. On the order for the third reading of the Bankrupt Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill, The Marquis of Clanricarde made a few observations, and concluded by withdrawing the bill. The order was consequently discharged. Their lordships went into committee on the Medical Officers' Superannuation Bill, which passed, with some amendments. The Telegraphs Acts Extension Bill was read a second time. In the House of Commons, Mr. Pemberton asked the Home Secretary whether, inasmuch as Christmas Day this year falls on Sunday, the Government would bring in a short bill to authorise the closing of the Bank of England and other banks on the day before or the day after Christmas Day ? Mr. Secretary Bruce regretted that the clerks and others should lose the holiday at Christmas, but he did not think it consistent with public convenience that the Government should bring in a bill for the purpose suggested by the hon. member. The Comptroller of the Household (Lord Otho Fitzgerald), brought up her Majesty's reply to the address presented to her on the subject of the Thames Embankment. The reply stated that she had received the address and as no public office could be erected on the land without a vote of Parlla- ment, the House had it in its own hands and means to give effeet to the terms of its address. The Government would not ask for such a vote if it were contrary to the wish of the House and during the present year no appropriation of the land would be made. The Comptroller also read her Majesty's reply to the Ad- dress of the House on the subject of Friendly Societies, in which she stated that she would give directions that a Com- mission should Issue. The Education Bill, as amended, was then considered, and several amendments were agreed to.
PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY…
PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY BY ENGLAND. A Royal Proclamation, enjoining upon British subjects neutrality in the war between France and Prussia, was agreed to on Tuesday morning by the QueeniB Council.
A PAINFUL EVENT!
A PAINFUL EVENT! No event which has occurred this year in Norfolk has excited a more general and wide-spread feeling of consternation than the severe injury sustained by Sir R. J. H. Harvey on Friday afternoon, at his residence at Crown Point, near Norwich. The consternation and uneasiness were also increased by the circum- stances attending the lamentable event pointing to the conclusion that the wound which the hon. baronet was found to have sustained was inflicted by his own hand. Sir Robert was in his rosary or shrubbery at Crown Point during Friday afternoon, when suddenly two pistol-shots were heard. Some workmen and relatives rushed to the spot and found Sir Robert in a sitting position, under an ash, bleeding from a severe wound. He was removed into his residence—a splendid mansion, recently erected at great cost—and two surgeons from Norwich, Mr, Cadge and Mr. Nichols, were promptly in attendance. They found that a pistol.shot had penetrated the chest and passed through at the back. Lady Henrietta Harvey, the wife of the hon. baronet, and other members of hfs family were summoned by telegraph to his bedside, and the Mayor of Norwich (Mr. Bulingbroke) and other gentlemen called during the evening to express their condolence. Sir Robert rallied slightly, and was still alive up to a late hour on Saturday, although he lingered in a weak and un. conscious state. Painful rumours circulated throughout Norwich on Friday evening, and on Saturday morning the follow- ing dismal notice was found to be affixed to the doors of the Norwich Crown Bank, in which Sir Robert is the principal partner :—"Norwich Crown Bank.—In consequence of the lamentable catastrophe which has happened to Sir Robert Harvey it has been determined, by the other partners to suspend the business of the bank for the present.—Norwich, July IS." The Norwich Crown Bank was founded in 1774, and it has long had a targe and respectable clientele, and has many branches. To increase the gravity of the situation, Saturday is market day at Norwich; and a large amount is also paid away at the close of each week in wages. The Norwich branch of the National Pro- vincial Bank of Englaud apd Messrs. ,Gurneys, Birkbecks, Barclay and Buxton, however, intijpated during the day that they would make advances on de- posits at the Crown I^ank to the extent of about lQs. 1.n the pound, and much inconvenience and suffering was averted by this means. The notes of the Crown Bank were, however, refused. Sir Robert Harvey ia tjieeidest son of the late Lieu- tenant-Geperal Sir R- «■. ttaryey, a Peninsular officer, and his wife, Lady Henrietta Harvey, is of the Earl of Cavan'e family. Sir ftobert, as Mr R J H. Harvey, sat for Thetfcrd from lo 5 to 1868; but on the dis- franchisement of th&t Jjorovgh in the latter year he disappeared from parliamentary life, although he was inyiEed to cpntest Norwich this YPZfI m the Liberal- Copaepvativi interest. Sir Robert was created a baronet by ,th» pispaeli administration ipthe course of 4 petition paying that the firm in which he is the principal partner may be adjudicated bankrupt baa been presented by Mr. G. Gerlge. the principal local creditor, for whom Mr. E. C. Bailey is acting w. solicitor. Mr. Coaka is the legal representative of the other partners in the banking firm, Mr. Allday Kerrison and Mr. R. Kerrison, upon whom the catas- trophe which has befallen the bank has come with the suddenness of a thunderclap. The liabilities of the bank are estimated at £1,500,000 in round figures, but it is calculated that the assets will enable a divi- dend to be paid of at least 15s. in the pound. The causes of the collapse are heavy commitments resulting from the operations of Sir R. Harvey upon the Stock- Exchange, Sir Robert having been a great speculator of late in Spanish and other foreign stocks. The reason that the bauk closed its doors so suddenly was that the remaining partners were unable at the moment to realize all tbeir securities, and did not wish to give the slightest undue preference to any of their creditors. The profits of the bank have been £30,000 per annum, and the business of the establishment properly so called is in a sound state. Overtures have been made to the London and County Banking Company to take over the concern.
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The Standard, in their City article of Monday, says :— Of course all kinds of wild rumours are circulated with regard to the private debts and liabilities of Sir Robert Harvey. He is said to owe on the present account upwards of £80,000 to the members of the House who have transacted his business. The fall in Spanish is attributed to the closing of his several large operations. He held a considerable amount of Telegraph shares, and these have likewise been forced upon the market. It is asserted, but it is scarcely likely, that he has sacrificed upwards of je600,000 in his deal- ings during the last three years in foreign stocks, railway and general securities. The losses of Sir Robert Harvey must have been enormous, because it Is well known that his private fortune a few years since was £25,000 to £ 30,000 per annum, and it was always asserted that the business of the bank was exceedingly profitable.
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NORWICH, Tuesday Morning. Up to yesterday afternoon Sir R. J. H. Harvey still sur- vived, but in the course of the day his condition changed for the worse, aud it was expected that his death would occur in a few hours. Tne pistol shot seems to have been aimed by him at his heart. The bullet just missed the heart and passed through the body, coming out at the back. It has been stated that two shots were heard by those who ran to Sir Robert's assistance on Friday afternoon, but further in- quiries show that there was actually only one discharged. Sir Robert's eldest son arrived on Friday evening, and has been in constant attendance since upon his father. Sir Robert has for the last three years had a continued run of ill-luck upon the Stock-Exchange, and his losses during that period are stated to have been in round figures £600,000. The disturbed state of Continental affairs and the ruinous fall in Spanish stocks during the last few days gave the coup de grace. Much sympathy is felt for the other partners in the Crown Bank, Mr. Allday Kerrlscta and Mr. Roger Kerrison. Mr. Allday Kerrison returned to England about seven years since from Mexico, where he had accumulated a considerable fortune. He inherited also with Mr. Roger Kerrison a large sum of money. The overtures made to the London and County Banking Companf to take over the business have not proved successful The affairs of the bank are stated to have been administered with perfect regularity, and as a going concern it was a valu- able property but the London and County Banking Company have declined to take it up, the reason assigned belog, it is stated, the åi,inclination 01 the directors to compete for pro- vincial business with the National Provincial Bank of Eng- land which for some time past has had a branch at Norwich. Meanwhile Mr. Gibbon, the eminent accountant, and a large staff of clerks are going through the books of the bank, and a statement of tbe affairs of the concern will shortly be available for the information of all concerned. The other local bankers are doing all in their power to mitigate the pressure of the calamity which has befallen the district.
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NORWICH, Tuesday Afternoon. Sir R Harvey died this morning. An authoritative announcement has been published to-day to the effect that the receivers appointed under the petition in bankruptcy presented against Messrs Harvey and Hudson, have orovisioulllly agreed with Messrs. Gurney and Co., of the Monarch, for the sale to them of the premises and good- will of the Crown Bank.
THE WAR DEBATE IN THE CORPS…
THE WAR DEBATE IN THE CORPS LEGISLATIF, IN PARIS. In Friday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif, M. Emile Ollivier, after reading the statement of the rupture with Prussia, presented a bill for the establishment of a credit for 50 millions, and demanded that the ques- tion should be treated as one of urgency. M. Thiers, after responding to an appeal from the Presi- dent for unanimity at such a crisis, said,—When war shall have been declared, no one will be more anxious than my- self to grant the Government all the means necessary to w- sure a successful result. (' Trbs bien /') My patriotism is equal to that of any here. But have we now to consider the granting or withholding of means which are demanded by the Government ? No J protest against that notion. We have to deal with a declaration of war made in this Chamber by the Ministers. I* it, then, only for the Ministry to speak upon that subject ? Ought we not also to be heard, and ought we not to have time and opportunity for reflection ? Iuter. ruption.) We stand now before the face of history, of France, of the world. The resolution you are about to adopt may in- volve the death of thousands, and upon It also may depend the fate of our country. For my own part, before adopting so formidable a resolution, I do require time for thought. (Clamour and approbation from the Left.) Do you remember the 6th of March, 1366 ? You refused to hear me then, when I pointed out the means. (Exclamations.) The recollection of that incident ought to Induce yon to listen to me now with- out interruption. I am determined to endure your mur- murs, and to brave tbem. (Applause and cries.) Tbe prin- cipal demand of the Government—that which it assured us was the only one it had made—has been favourably received. ('No!') I care not for the angry exclamations, but for the serious interests of the country, and I am persuaded that it is our duty to resist passions which, however generous, are still imprudent. (Murmurs on the Right.) Upon so grave a question, gentlemen, every member, be he even the last in your esteem, if he has a doubt, ought to be allowed to ex- press it. (' Speak !') Now, I do not stand alone. (M. Dugue dela Fauconnerie.—'You are 14.' M. de Choiseuil.—If the elections had been free. we should have been more nume- rous.' Marquis de Pir6.—"Remember the defection uf ISIS.*) (Uproar.) Is it true that your demand has been listened to ? Is it true that you are forcing a rupture on a questioB of susceptibility ? Do you wish that Europe should say that when the substance had been granted, you for a mere ques- tion of form caused the outpouring of torrents of blood (Prolonged disturbance.) Each one here should bear only the responsibility which attaches to himself. For myself, I decline all responsibility. It is the form that has offended you. (' No!' I demand, In the face of the country, that you lay before us the despatches which have induced you to take a resolution which amounts to a declaration of war. I know what men are capable of doing when under the influence of feeling. If I had at the present time the honour of directing the affairs of my country (uproar)—I am not expressing regret that you know well-I ShOlÙd have allowed an opportunity for reo flection before taking so serious a resolution. I regard this war as very imprudent. I was more deeply vexed than any one by the events of 1866. More than any one i desire a reparation, but the occasion is ill-chosen. (Interruption; 1 rè8 bien' from the Left) Yes, when the satisfaction which you had a right to demand had been granted, when Prussia had expiated by her withdrawal the grave fault she had com- mitted in stepping beyond the limits of Germany, where lie8 her strength, and raising hostile pretensions suddenly in our rear; when Europe with honourable readiness declared that you were in the right, then foryou to have listened to suscep- tibilities upon questions of form may cause you one day regret. (Uproar). (Marquis de Pir6. You are the trumpeter of the disasters of France. Go to Coblentz.') (Renewed uproar). I repeat, notwithstanding your interruption, that you have ill chosen the occasion for a reparation which I desire as much as you may do. (Violent agitation; applause from the Left.) You are wrong In permitting it to be supposed that your resolution is a party resolution. (Uproar. M. Dugue de la Fauconnerle.—' It Is you who are but a party. We are the nation; we are 270.0 I repeat I am ready to vote all the resources which the Government may require when war shall have been declared, but I desire beforehand to be made acquainted with the despatches which have roused your susceptibilities. (Applause and noise.)" "M. Emile Ollivier.—The more unbroken and violent a current of opinion, the greater is the credit in opposing it when one acts from a conviction that it is erroneous and ill- timed. So, after listening attentively to the observations of M. Thiers, I should not have sought to reply to him were it nnt for certain opinions which I do not think are justified. We, too, have a sentiment of duty; we, too, are aware that the period is a grave one, and that each of us who has in any way contributed to the decision about to be adopted Incurs before the country and in the judgment of history a grave responsibility. During our eight hours of deliberation yesterday we have never for a moment forgotten how tearful and grevious an act it would be to give In our age the signal for a sanguinary conflict between two great civilized na- tions. We also denounce those who, acting upon impulse and without reflection, involve the country in these ad- ventures. We also believe that needless wars are crimi- nal wars, and if, with afflicted hearts, we decide now upon this war, to which Prussia invites us, it is because there never was one more necessary. (M. Jules Favre.—'I de- mand to speak.') We declare it here solemnly. No one member of the Government has sought any occasion to bring about a war. We have not considered whether the moment was epportune or not to attack Prussia. We had to face an affront which we could not endure, a threat which, had we permitted Prussia to carry it out, would have reduced as to a secondary rank among States. We resented the affront; and we hsve taken our precautions againts the menace. (Loud applause.) In the negociations we were at once rapid and decided, because if we had lost a moment's time we should have found ourselves presented with an accomplished fact, and being compelled to commence war, we should have haa at our feet the drag-chain it was sought to impose—a Prussian Spain. That first moment being past we have been moderate, patient, conciliatory, just. If a real satisfaction had been given us we should have received It with joy, but that satisfaction was refused. History must not be oblivious of the fact that the King of Prussia has constantly refused to interpose to put an end to the presentation of the Prince of Hohenzollern as a candidate for the Spanisb throne. Eve. when a renunciation had been obtained he affected to regard himself as a stranger in the affair, and even when, in order to obtain certain assurances for the future, we said to him in most respectful terms, Declare to us that this renuncia- tion is definitive, the King of Prussia refused to do so. Is it we who have shown ourselves to be susceptible ? No. We came here, and notwithstanding the impatience of persons here and out of doors, and the imputation that we were a Ministry of cowardice and shame, we continued to negotiate M. Thiers was wrong to forget that fact. In the midst of these negotiations we learnt that throughout Europe the Prussian representatives were announcing, and causing t to be published in the newspapers, that tbe King of Prussia had sent an aide-de-camp to our Ambassador, Informing him that the King refused to receive him. (Bravos, and exclamations from the Centre and Right; interruptions from the Left.) Marquis d'Andelarre.—The despatch must be commu- nicated to us before we can be in a position to pass a judg- ment. M. Ollivier.—M. Thiers calls this a sentiment of sus- ceptibility. In that I fail to remark the usual accuracy of his language. It is not a question of susceptibility but of honour, and in France the preservation of honour is the first of duties. (Applause and murmurs.) We are asked for the despatches I say we have communicated them In our state- ment to the Chambers, (interruption.) We have only re- ceived confidential despatchell, which diplomatic usages do not permit us to communicate. We shall communicate nothing more. (Exclamations from the Left.) Marquis d'Andelarre.—I demand their production, other- wise there is no longer a Chamber. M. Gambetta.—Allow me to interrupt for a moment. It seems to me that this declaration, that In the Ministerial expost all the despatches necessary for the information of the Chamber have beeu communicated, Is wanting in political veiacity, and is an attack upon the rights of the Assembly. (Applause from the Left.) You say you will produce nothing more. You base this formidable question upon a despatch communicated without your knowledge to all Europe, stating that your ambassador had been turned from the doors of Prussia. We ought to know the terms of that com- munication. {'Trbs bien.' Movement) M. Ollivier.—.J must correct .\1. Gambetta. I did not say, and no one has said, that the ambassador of France had been driven out of Prussia. "M. Gambetta.—I did not use those words. I said that the King of Prussia had shut his doprs against him. "M. Ollivier.—I said—and in such matters it is best to state the truth exactly—I said that the King of Prussia had refused to receive our Ambassador, and that, in order that this decision should not appear to be what it might have been regarded as being—viz., an act without consequences—in order that its character should pot bp at all equivocal, the King's Government officially communicated that decision to the jiabinets of Europe, which certainly Is not done in all cases where audiences are refused to Ambassadors. I hold in my hapd despatches from two of our agents whose names I cannot mention, as the next day they would be obliged to quit the cpuntry to which they are apcredlted. These two despatches acquaint us with the language held by M. de Bismaik towards the other European Courts. Here is the first—' I have been made acquainted this morning with a telegram from Count Bismark, announcing the refusal of King William to undertake as King of Prussia that in future be will not glye his consent to the proposition of the Prince of Hohenzollern for the Spanish throne if the question should again arise, and the refusal of the King in consequence of the demand to receive our Ambassador.' The Chamber must be aware that those who occupy the Ministerial benches have never stated a faet without knowledge. Here is another despatch I believe I am in a position to send you an almost textual copy of the telegraphic despatch from Count Bismark.' After the renunciation of the Prince of Hohenzollern had been officially communicated to the French Government and to the Spanish Government, the Ambassa- dor requested the Eing at Ems to authorize him to telegraph to Pttris that His Majesty would engage to refuse at any time his consent should the Prince of Hohenzollern be disposed to retract his renunciation. His Majesty refused to receive the Ambasaador again, and caused him to be in- formed by an aide-de camp that he had no further communi- cation to make to him. (Agitation.) This refusal to receive our Ambassador was not conveyed quietly to the ear of the Minister. It was spread abroad throughout all Germany, the semi-otilcial journals repeating it in special supplements, and in some places those papers have been posted on the walls. The Prussian Ministers declared it to their friends, and it is a tale told to all Europe. At the same time, Baron Wer- ther received leave of aosence. In the night of the 13th and 14th of July military measures commenced in Prussia. Could we bear all that ? Ought we to have replied to such acts by abstention and silence ? I do not thus understand the duty of a Government. (' Trlsbien!') And, gentlemen, a movement has occurred the explanation of which we received this morning, and in the present state of affairs it is best to tell all ('Yes.') The King of Prussia has too much good sense not to understand that the objection of France to the elevation of a Prussian Prince to the throne of Spain was too well- founded to be combated. But he was hampered and re- strained by the fear of offending the military feeling of the nation, and his answer has always been the same, I will not interfere. I will not place any pressure upon the Prince of Rohenzotlern. Let him renounce, if he pleases. I will not oppose it, but I will not undertake to cause It.' When the renunciation of the Prince of Hohenzollern became known in Prussia, it caused great dissatisfaction among the military party, and it is to conciliate and soothe the feeling of dis- content that, instead of happily concluding a negotiation which we did all we could to bring to a satisfactory termina- tion, recourse has been bad to this coup de thi&tre, which we, for our part, are not Inclined to accept. From this day springs a great responsibility for my colleagues and myself. ('Yes from the Ltft) We accept it with a light heart. (Exclamations. ) "M Efquiros: You have a light heart, and the blood of nations is about to flow ? "M. O'livier: Yes, with alight heart. Do not play upon the word, and impute to me that I say it with joy. I have told you of my sorrow at being condemned to war. I mean to say with a heart not burdened with remorse, with a con- fident heart because the war we are about to engage in is forced upon us- M. E. Arago.—You make it. M. Depreaux —You have provoked it. (Great disorder.) M. Ollivier.—Because we have done all that humanly and honourably was possible in order to prevent it, and finally because our cause is just and it is entrusted to the French Army, (Applause.) Marshal Le Bcenf introduced a Bill for the mobilisation of the Garde Mobile, and another authorising the enlistment of volunteers during the period of the war. After a brief recess, "M. E Ollivier again rose and said,—The Government in this affair is especially desirous to state the plain truth. It has nothing to hide. When, in reply to demands for the pro- duction of despatches, it says it has nothing to communicate, it is because iu the real sense of the word there have been no despatches exchanged. There have only been verbal com- munications embodied in reports, whleh according to diplo- matic usage are not communicated. M. E. Arago.—It is upen these reports that you are about to declare war. "M Ollivier —Is it necessary that I should again explain the fact that has led to the rupture ? It is sufficiently set forth in the ezpost which I have had the honour of sub- mitting. I desire, however, to state it in the most precise manner In order that you may be in a position to form as just an opiaion as ours. It may happen that a king may decline to receive an ambassador. What is affronting is the intentional refusal proclaimed in supplements to newspapers andln telegrams addressed to all the Courts of Europe And the fact appeared to us the more significant that the aide-de- camp who conveyed to M. Bsnedetti the refusal did not fail il1 any of the forms of courtesy, so that O1ir ambassador could not bt first suspect the meaning that would be attached to a refusal which, made in a certain manner, might be dis- agreeable wiihout being offensive. The offence consists in the intentional publication. It was only when that became known to our ambassador that he felt wounded by an act of which he informs us, without characterizing it. There is no dimculty in communicating these telegrams. The first is dated July 13, 4.25 p.m.:—"The King has re- ceived the reply of the Prince of Hohenzollern. It is from Prince Aatolne, and it announces to His Majesty that Prince Leopold, his son, withdraws his pretensions as a candidate for the Spanish throne. The King authorizes me to make known to the Emperor's Government that he approves the re- solution. The King charged one of his aides-de-camp to make this communication to me, and I produce it in terms. His Majesty not having alluded to the assurance which we require for the future, I requested another audience that I may again submit the question and explain at length the observations which I preserited this morning to the request for another audience the King caused me to be informed that he could not resume with me a discussion respecting the assurances for the future which, in our opinion, ought to be given to us. His Majesty caused me to be informed that upon that subject he refjrred me to the views he had expressed in the morning, and the substance of which I communicated to you in my last telegram.' "M. Thiers.—Let all the world judge. M. de Choiseuil.—It is impofsible to declare war upon that. M. Gamier Pages—They are but phrases. "M. E. Arago.—When this becomes known the civilized world wlllhold you to be in the wrong. (Noise ) This being known, if you make war it is because you desire it at any price. (Exelamations.) "M. Ollivier.—A great humiliation, a checkhasbeensought to be imposed upon us to serve as a compensation for tbe withdrawal, in itself Inadequate, of the Prince of Hohen- zollern. If, now, you are of opinion that we ought to ac- cept this position—that after having excited throughout Europe the emotion of which you are witnesses, we should draw back—do so, it is, at all events, not for us to act a part so little patriotic. When, then in our history has it been permissible to conspire behind our backs for the elevation of a Prussian Prince to the throne of Spain? That solo fact would have warranted the most energetic resolutions but we confined ourselves to negotia- tion. Our requirements have not been excessive. We only demanded an assurance for the future. That assurance has been refused. M Ollivier then proceeded to insist upon the moderation of the Government; denying that the present rupture was to avenge Sadowa, and taunting the Opposition with their frequent reference to that event as a calamity for France He concluded by saying that the approbation with which his sentiments had been received by the Chamber convinced him that the course pursued by the ministry was approved by the representatives of the country. M. Duvernois having withdrawn the interpellation of which he had given notice, M. Thiers said he regretted to think that the country was engaged in war through a fault of the Government. Prussia had been guilty of a grave error, for peace was essen- tial to her. But France 8hould have waited untU Prussia sought to lay her hand upon all Germany. Then France would have had an opportunity of wiping out Sadowa. and all Europe would have been with her. But now that the Hohenzollern nomination was withdrawn the substance of Framee's demand had been obtained, and to go to war upon a mere point of form would be discreditable. It was ridi- culous to suppose that the name of the Prince of Hohenzollern would ever again be put forth in connection with the Spanish throne, and therefore to have insisted upon a pledge for the future from the King of Prussia was unnecessary and ill-advised." The sitting was continued amid great excitement and re- peated interruptions, but finally, as oar readers are aware, the bills were agreed to by overwhelming majorities.
SCENES IN PARIS.
SCENES IN PARIS. A correspondent thus graphically describes the exciting scenes he witnessed in Paris:— I have seen Paris under many aspects, but never in the course of my residence in Paris, which now extends to nearly a quarter of a century, did I ever witness such a sight as the boulevards—the main artery where the pulse of the great city can be most distinctly felt- offered on Friday night. The heat was suffocating, the atmosphere was lurid and laden with minute par- ticles of du-t, and not a breath of air was stirring. The broad footpaths on either side of the carriage way were thronged with crowds so dense that progress was next to impossible the huge mass swayed to and fro like the surge of the sea. Newspaper stalls were besieged. The cafis were filled. Every now and then a band passed shouting "Vive la Guerre," "A [Berlin!" and singing the "Marseillaise." Then another band would pass by shouting, to my amaze. ment, "Vive la Paix!" On the Boulevard des Italiens, where I had taken up my station when this startling departure from the war enthusiasm first caught my ear, was evidently the head-quar- ters of the war party, so I walked down towards the Chateau d'Eau. I found the peace party very numerous indeed between the Faubourg Poisso- mere and St. Martin, where the bands who shouted for war were violently hooted, and the peaceful ones equally violently applauded. As the night wore on groups formed all along the line of the Boulevards, in which the respective merits of peace and war were ad- vocated with great warmth and an occasional exchange of blows. But considering the heat, the excitement, and the enormous consumption of bocks, the huge mass was quiet enough. In England a crowd so large, and animated by such conflicting opinions, would have very soon proceeded to extremities. I inspected the "manifestation gangs" very closely, and I must con- fess that they bore a strong family likeness to the roughs which distinguished themselves in June '69 by smashing in the kiosks. Among the quieter groups, con- sistingmostly of commercial clerks aud id lera, and alsoof the better class of workmen, the majority were in favour of war but the minority was a very large one. I am happy to say that both of these quieter groups agreed in blaming the noisy brawlers who cried Vive la Guerre or Vive la paix I" just as they would cry Vive Rochefort!" or vive anything for the sake of making a noise and that they expressed suprise at the police giving them such unbounded license. At half-past one this morning, when I left the Boulevards —for even correspondents must sleep—the crowds were as large as ever—the noise deafening—the heat intense—and the odeurs de Paris which prevailed almost made one agree, for once, with M. Louis Veuillat. "THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME." Around the various barracks the scene was a sad one. French soldiers are not as a rule allowed to marry, but they leave many ties behind hem, and the sobs and crying of the women about the barrack gates were not pleasant to hear. From an early hour in the morning the enthusiastic classes, mean- ing those who have little to do and seek sensation, thronged to the terminus of the Eastern Railway to witness the departure of the "trains for the seat of war." I went withtbecrowd, and was present at a scene which, though brimful of a surface liveliness, was poignant at bottom. A large proportion of the army of Paris—soldiers of the line and not of the Guard- -left for destinations unknown, per- haps Strasbourg, but more probably Metz, before five o'clock in the afternoon. Some of them marched in from the camp of St. Maur, near Vincennes, and somo from the outlying forts. The former were "dead beat," to use an expressive English idiom, aftor their dusty trudge with the weary load of knapsack, tente d'abri, and pouches crammed with cartridges, under the hot sun; but the couple of battalions of Chasseurs I eaw pass—handsome, fresh-faced, clean young fellows—had a spirited air, and looked soldiers every incb. Mobil of sympathisers bearing tricolours preceded the bands of every regiment, and intoned the refrain of the "Marseillaise." while many of them mingled in the ranks, and insisted on carrying the chassepots, or anything else of which they could easily disem- barrass the soldiers. Shouts of Vive la France Vive l'arm^e ran along the Une, and not a few of the multitude embraced the nostrils of the staff officers' horses, in the lack of opportunity to embrace the ofiacers themselves in their patriotic fervour. The enthusiasm was excessive; in the face of it no one could deny that this war is popular. Nous sommes tous contents" was the answer I heard from a tired conscript to a bystander, who asked him was he not pleased tp be going, against the Cos- sacks (sic.) JJeedlessly they Bled into the yard of the station, after a last kiss with a weeping relative or a stirrup-cup with a iriend of five minutes' creation, those poor boys, true chair a canon, food for powder, marching gaily to death, how many of them they knew not where, for a cause of which they had not the remotest idea. Amongst the corps which went I noticed particularly the Chasseurs, which c ime up in apple-pie order, looking tidy and up to any work and the 81st and 95th of the line. If they are sent into action with the impedimenta I saw on many of them— canteens, cooking utensils, two pouches, pack, blanket, havresack, and share of tent materials, I fear very much many of them will sink under the heat and burden of the day before any enemy is encountered. The officers, most of whom were decorated, looked grave but confident. On the arms of many of them bung wet-eyed wives or sisters, who were not, assuredly, amongst those who hailed the war as glorious or a blessing. As the troops were kept waiting before being ad- mitted to the carriages, liquor was plentifully pressed upon them by the spectator?, and accepted in fashion nowise loath, while the eternal Marseillaise was sung, and cheers raised for the "nation" and the line," and one sedulous colporteur went round with copies of the Gospel of St. Matthew, in neat pink bind- ings, from the presses of some London Bible society, which he distributed gratuitously to the passengers for Berlin." They took them politely, but appeared as if they would have much rather preferred some- thing good to drink. There was no outward melancholy in the proceedings, but these light- hearted Frenchmen did bear themselves with a certain thoughtfulness as if they felt the gravity of the occasion. Even among the lookers-on there was a section, and that by no means contemptible, that regarded the scene with sadness, and freely expressed their opinion that a conflict with such a power as Prussia was no frivolous affair. We have the mitrail- leuse, it is true," they said; but who knows what they have la bas but these thoughts were forgotten when Vive la cantiniere" was cried, as some plump daughter of the regiment, in uniform, smilingly went by, and humanitarianism forgot itself and j oined lustily in the chorus France for ever as the last men of the first legion from Paris disappeared behind the bar- riers of the terminus on their road to glory--or death!
THE FRENCH "MITRAILLEUSE."
THE FRENCH "MITRAILLEUSE." To destroy your enemy in the shortest time, in the easiest manner, and at the least possible expense, is the first maxim of war. The stone that whistled from David's sling, the bullet of the "zundnadel gewehr," and the volley of the machine gun" had all the same object. Since the days of Roger Bacon the aim of all improvements in firearms has been to carry the greatest possible number of deaths to the greatest possible dis- tance. Grape, canister or case, and shrapnel, all con- tain bullets, and are all means for multiplying deaths. The field gun mows down its hundreds by showers of case at close quarters, or at longer distances rains bullets from the bursting shrapnel. The mitrailleur, or machine-gun, on the contrary, sends a large number of small projectiles independently, and with precision, to a considerable distance. We may divide arms on the latter principle into two classes—first, those which discharge their bullets from a single barrel, fed by a many-chambered breech; and, secondly, those in which each cartridge has its corre- sponding barrel, the charging and discharging of which is direct, and more or less simple. It is obvious that, for rough usage and continuous firing, it is better that a large number of rounds should be fired from a con- siderable number of barrels so placed as to support each other and add strength to the whole machine. The French Mitrailleuse, as well as the Belgian Montigny, belongs to the second class, and the following brief de. scription is equally applicable to both arms The machine gun consists of a cluster of barrels, either bound together or bored out of the solid, and mounted on the same principle as an ordinary field gun. At a few hun- dred yards, indeed, it would be difficult to distinguish be- tween these weapons, as far as outward appearance goes. To the barrel is attached a massive breech action, capable of being opened and closed by a lever. In the Montigny arm the cartridges are carried in steel plates perforated with holes correpponding in number and position to the holes in the barrel. This steel plate, in fact, forms the vent piece" of the system. The central fire cartridges being dropped into the holes in the steel plate, stand out at right angles from it, and the plate:, thus ready charged are so carried in limber and axletree boxes specially fitted for their reseption. When the gun comes into action the breech is drawn back, a steel plate full of cartridges is dropped into its corresponding slot, and the breech block thrust forward and secured. The gun Is now on full cock, and contains from thirty to forty cartridges, which are fired by a barrel organ" handle, either one by one as the handle works round click-click, or in a volley by a rapid turn of the wrist. When the gjun is empty the breech block is again withdrawn, the steel plate carrying the empty cartridge cases lifted out, and a fresh plate dropped in, if necessary. The advantage possessed by the machine gun over infantry fire is that it is never in a funk. Bullets may rain around, bursting shells may fill the air, still the 37 barrels of the Mitrailleuse shoot like one man, and at 800 or 1,000 yards will pour volley after volley of deadly concentrated fire into a circle of from 10 to 12 feet in diameter. No boring or fixing of fuses is required, and the whole operation is performed so rapidly that two steady cool men could maintain a fire of ten discharges per minute. On the other hand, the Mitrailleuse could not well compete with the field gun, aud it is with this weapon it will assuredly be met. Its bullets would have comparatively slight tffect at the ranges at which field artillery projectiles are perhaps most effective, while its size would offer a very fair mark to the gunner. The foreign Press are welcome to write fanfaronnades about the sudden death of wretched horses at incredible distances. This is peace practice. The horses came from the knacker's yard, not from the banks of the Elbe, and there were no Uhlans sitting on them. We are also tempted on such occasions to take the square root of the reported distance as the actual range. The future of the Mitrailleuse, however, depends upon coming facts. The day's experiments are over; there are hundreds of machine guns trundling towards the Rhine. The drum-like roll of their volleys may ere long be heard in the vineyards of Riidesheim, or on the edge of the Black Forest; and the thud of the bullet may come from something softer than a wooden targtt. Yes, the machine gun is now en mute for the Rhine the experiments will now be on a gigantic scale and Mr. Cardwell may adjourn his special committee until after Christmas, at any rate. By that time the voice of war will have given the verdict; by that time the Chassepdt, the Zuad-nadel-gewehr, the shrapnel, and the volley-gun will each be credited with a ghastly ac- count, and we shall know which engine destroys human life in the shortest time, the easiest manner, and at the least possible expense.
GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE…
GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardener's Magazine.) [An excellent weekly journal, containing much valuable information for amateur and professional gardeners. I KITCHEN GARDEN. Take advantage of dry weather for clearing the ground of all exhausted crops of Peas, Beans, &c., and well manure and prepare by deep digging for the reception of the winter crops. The hoe must be kept briskly at work amongst all growing crops, both to keep down the weeds and to present a greater surface for the absorption of dew. If the weeds are allowed to get ahead now, the ground will get full of seeds from them, and be smothered with thousands of young plants directly we get the autumn rains. Autumn-sown and Potato Onions and Shalots are now ripening off, and should therefore be takes up and stored. Let them lie on the ground for a day or two if the weather is dry, and then spread out thinly in an airy shed. Plant out the main crop of Leeks if not already done; give them some good stuff to grow In. Look over the Celery and pick off and burn any leaves that are in any way attacked with the celery-fly, and dust the foliage with wood-ashes when it is wet with dew. Plant out the last main crop, and keep that already planted out well supplied with water. Celery is one of those subjects that can be watered with advantage. Plant in showery weather all the Winter Greens that have been advised to be sown as fast as the quarters become available 'for their reception. It is now getting late, and if this work is delayed much longer there will not be sufficient time for their full development before the cold weather will put a stop to their growth. Sow a few rows of Sangster's No. l Pea for late use. Plant out another breadth of Endive, if the seed was sown In beds but it sown where the plants are to remain, nothing will be necessary beyond thinning them out, a work which ought to be done as quickly as possible after they are large enough to handle. Where Broad Beans are in great request, a small sowing may be made of the sort known as Dwarf Fans. A few rows of Dwarf Kidney Beans may also be sown for the last crop. Prepare sufficient beds for Winter Spinach let them be high and dry, and the ground moderately rich. Deep digging is preferable for this crop to heavy manur- ings. FRUIT GARDEN. Espaliers and wall-trees must have constant attention now; keep the growing shoots trained in or stopped back, as may be necessary. All trees trained to the walls should hava a thorough washing with the garden engine once a day at least, especially those on the southern aspects. It is impossible to keep the trees free from vermin and healthy without such attention. Strawberry runners should be taken off directly they are rooted, placed in a partially shaded position for a week or ten days, and then be shifted it. to their fruiting pots. Others intended for making fresh plantations should be planted out soon after their removal from the parent plants. Where the Rround cannot be spared until the autumn they can be planted thickly in a spare piece, and be lifted and planted permanently in September or October. It makes Just » season's difference in the bearing if they are planted now Instead of the spring. A few soakings of water will help them to start if the weather happens to set in dry, but after they begin te make fresh roots they will be able to take care Df themselves. FLOWBR GARDEN This is the good time for transplanting HolUes and other evergreen shrubs, though few people have the heart to do it at this season. The only objection which exists to the carry- ing on jf transplanting operations now Is the derangement It will produce In the pleasure grounds, while they are at their best. Where a few choice specimens are to be shifted this objection should be waived, and the operation perform aa as speedily as possible. The holes for the reception of the plants should be got out at once, and the first day of dull or showery weather taken advantage of for taking them up and planting. The trees will not feel the shift so severely as they would do were they to be lilted during dry hot sunshine Roses may now be struck in quantity, as short-jointed half- ripe shoots will strike freely under the cover of a frame especially if assisted with a gentle bottom-heat A depth of from six to nine inches of light rich soil should be provided for the reception of the cuttings. Shrubby veronicas will root freely now, as the wood is in splendid condition. To ensure their rooting without much trouble, insert th" cut- tings in pots filled with sandy soil, with a layer of sand on the top, and plunge in a brisk bottom-heat. The bottom- heat may be dispensed with, but a greater degree of certainty can be depended upon by its aid. FOROINQ. Pinei.-See directions In former Calendars, and bring up arrears as quickly as possible. Keep the bottom-heat at its proper height, as formerly advised, to enable the plants to complete their growth whilst there is plenty of light to mature it. Pines in all stages should have a free circulation of air, and the frames be closed early in the afternoon, to economize the sun heat as much as possible fhose swelling fruit must be assisted with plenty of atmospheric humidity. Vines.Throw open the ventilators as wide as Posssible of houses from which the crop has been gathered, and keep the red-spider down hy frequent syringing. The laterals may also be allowed to grow away freely for the present. Late Grapes should have the same careful attention as the earilay crops, to ensure their being finished well. In S^vourable seasons like this no lire-heati Is necessary, mut if the ripenlntf process ig too long about the bj^rijs liepofyiQ thick-skinned and hang badly. Pea$fi$s and i{cctaviv$8 Jjuch the same treatment as advised In previous calendars. Houses In which the crop is just ripeping off should have air night and day a and where the fruit is turning faster than the coaaumption, two or three thicknesses of old fish-net, oae'of the hexagon net, will help to retard -t Jwitho^t impairing the flavour. Trees from whl?h erop has been gathered should have sufficient moisture botn at the roots and overhead, to enable them to perfect their buds for next yew. Melons.—Look over the frames ofcaaioaally, and remove all useless laterals. Those ripening fruits must be kept rather dry, with plfraty ov air. In other stages a liberal use of the syringe wiu he necessary to keep down thrip and red- spider. "V^here the air admitted Is Sufficient to keep the growth firm and stocky, no shading will be necessary. Cucumbers. Those planted in frames recently emptied of bedding plants will now be coming into bearing, and require careful attention. Stop the bracing shoots at one joint beyond the fruit, and keep superfluous shoots well thluned out, and the growth regulated;' for nothing is gained by over-crowding. Shut up early to husband sufficient solar heat to keep the temperature warm through the night. Plants that have been in bearing some time may be helped on with weak manure-water. All water applied to these should be exposed to the air some time previous to using, and be slightly tepid when used. PLANT-HOVSES. Stove and Orchid Bouse.-Little fire will be needed in either of these structures now. Give plenty of air during the fore part of the day, and shut up early in the Afternoon. Expose those plants which have completed their growth to more light and air, to mature it. Keep the atmosphere in a nice healthy growing conaitlon, by frequently sprinkling the paths wi h water. Syringe all plants not In bloom once a day at least; free-growing subjects will do better with a wash overhead, both morning and evening. Gree,nhouse. -Plants out of daoro require frequent and regular attention. The occasional rains are likely to mislead the cultivator into the belief that no water is necessai y ex- cepting in dry weather. Any that are getting infested with thrip or green-fly should be syringed with a solution ot "Fowler's Insecticide;" dipping is preferable where the plants are of a convenient size for its being done, and then every particle of foliage is exposed to its powerful effects.
The WAR and the ENGLISH PORTS.
The WAR and the ENGLISH PORTS. LIVERPOOL. Monday. A year or two ago enormous numbers of German emigrants were in the habit of proceeding, via Liver- pool, to the United States, particularly during the autumn. Mere recently, however, that branch of emigration bas been conducted from Hamburg and other German ports, so that the emigration trade of Liverpool will not sustain any serious diminution from the impending war, unless, in- deed, Denmark, Sweden and Norway (from which two countries emigration via Liverpool has latterly been very extensive) be drawn into the conflict. It is an- ticipated that, notwithstanding the restrictions on the Continent, large numbers of intending German emi- grants will pass the frontier into Holland and Belgium, and take passage thence to America. A considerable emigration from France, via Havre, has been latterly going forward through Liverpool, and large numbers of emigrants have been booked to proceed by steamer sailing this month but the emigration officials at Liverpool have received intimation that many of those contracts cannot be fulfilled in consequence of the demands at home for the services of able-bodied men. In support of the statement that France has been for a considerable time preparing for the war, it may be interesting to notice that during the last three months large quantities of wheat and bread-stuffs have been purchased in Liverpool. The partial failure of the French harvest was made the ostensible pretext for these transactions. The Exchange at Liverpool was perfectly paralysed by a report that Russia had resolved to join Prussia in declaring war against France. The cotton and share markets were thrown into a great state of confusion and panic, and sales were made at tremendous reductions. Later in the day the rumour as to Russia was announced as a "mistake," but the contradiction came too late to do any real good. All other kinds of business were reduced to absolute nullity, and many serious failures are anticipated both in the cotton market and Stock Exchange. GRTKSBT, Monday. The war is beginning to be felt at this port, freights have advanced 10s. per ton, and timber has risen in price. Many of the timber fleet soon due are German ships, which have been ordered to run for Bremen. Upwards of 400 young Prussians have left Grimsby for Hamburg; they displayed a sanguine feeling on leaving. The line of steamers from Grimsby to Ham- burg has been temporarily discontinued. The Anglo- French steamers which run from the port have also been knocked off but the steamers to Antwerp will run as usual Three French men-of-war have been ob- served cruising in the North Sea, off the Dogger Bank. SOUTHAMPTON, July 18. A South-Western Company's steamer has been secretly chartered, and left here yesterday, with sealed orders. The Bremen steamer Leipzig, bound for Baltimore, has not yet left this port, and the Bremen steamer bound for New York has not yet arrived. A gentleman residing in this neighbourhood and who is an officer in the Bavarian army has just received notice of his promotion, and orders to be prepared to rejoin his regiment at a moment's notice.
CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS
CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS The Louisville Courier tells a story of a man six years with a ball in his brain. They suppose he liked It or he wouldn't have done it. A New Orleans inventor proposes to avoid over. crowding in great cities by suspending wooden houses in the air to balloons, which could be chained to the earth. Henry Ward Beecher says: "Man is bcrn into a house of a thousand rooms he lives in one or two and leaves all the test unopened, unenjoyed." Iowa does not know which to brag most upon, its female sheriff, or its twenty-one years' old male sheriff, who is three feet tall, and weighs but twenty-eight pounds. A Delaware farmer cured the friskiness of his oxen's tails by tying a brick to each. He considered the plan a failure when one of the brutes swung the brick at a madden- ing fly, and brained the farmer's eldest boy. Illinois has a-preacher who gets his congregation in church, locks the door, and preaches at them until the dea- con collects a specified amount. He preached three hours last Sunday before they came down with 100 dollars he was anxious to collect. A Columbus photographer presented a revolver at the head of a gentleman who was sitting for his photograph with the cheering remark-" My reputation as an artist is at stake. If you don't look smiling I'll blow your brains out." He smiled. Word was sent to the City Marshal of Augusta Me., that a fellow was selling llckers from a waggon In Market-square. He went to arrest him and confiscate his stock, and found himself the victim of an atrocious pun. The man was peddling horsewnips. The following financial transaction took place in an office in New York a few days agoBy some means or other, it happened that the office boy owed one of the clerks three cents, the clerk owed the cashier two cents, and the cashier owed the office boy two cents. The office boy having a cent in his pocket, concluded to diminish his debt, and therefore handed the nickel over to the clerk, who, in turn, paid half of his debt by giving the coin to the cashier. The latter handed the cent to the office boy, remarking, "N ow, I only owe you one cent." The office boy again passed the cent to the clerk, wto passed it back to the office boy, and the latter Individually squared all accounts by paying it to the clerk, thereby discharging the entire debt.
EPITOME OF NEWS,
EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. It is said that Cardinal Antonelli presented one of his nephews on his recent marriage with 4200,000 sterling. Garibaldi has subscribed 100 francs towards the fund for the Italian sufferers by the fire at Constantinople. A French paper printed at New Orleans recently c Joo? a following announcement" Charles Dickens the great American romancer, died vesterdav of ^» He was the Walter Scott of America^' apoplexy" The Gaulois (Paris paper) has started a patriotic fund, and publishes a list of subscriptions, which is large for France. Emile de Girardin, who has become a fanatic for war after being an advocate of peace at any price has mil- down his name for £ 400. p The Military Gazette of Vienna publishes an article strongly recommending an alliance between Austria and France. "The victory of France," It says, "means the existence of Austria; the victory of Prussia means the dis- memberment of Austria." "Twenty-six iron-clads actually in commission," quite ready for any work by August 1st, and seven or eight more to back them. with men enough to work and fight them. Such is Sir Sydney Dacres's account of our naval condition, and a very good one it is. A notice has been issued by the Consul General of the North German Confederation In London calling upon all German subjects in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland who are liable to military service to at$n £ e proceed to Germany. A letter from Napoleonville, Brittany, states that tbe peasants, having literally no food to give their cattle, are selling them to dealers for inmost nothing, "even asllttle as a penny a pound for the live animal." In Paris an ox weighing, say 7001bs., which two months ago was selling for now tetç4ca scarcely £14- a 8ea8^e place—we do not know whether or not it was one ef the many Queens of Watering Places'—a 8eFv.ed UP recently at a not too oareful house. She contained a considerable portion of a gentleman's the^a*t"ntrh7erf". Did the duck the bather, and was this Cwn1/oumS natUFal «ue8tlon for a philosopher.— Opinions seem to differ as to the requisites necessary to constitute respectability. A London contemporary con- advertisement for a wet nurse, who must be re- and a 8in8Ie woman." Considering what are the qualifications for the office, we can hardly see how the party who applies is to combine respectability and single blessed- ness.—Court Journal. Prince and Princess Christian were preparing to leave rrogmore on Thursday last for the Continent, when they received a telegram from her Majesty, advising them to postpone their visit for the present; and their royal high- nesses will doubtless now defer their journey tl\l become more settled upon the Continent. Great excitement was caused 4u the London Stock Exchange on Saturday morning by a declaration of the wrong man. A cojum^nlpatlon was sent by a highly re- spectable member to the cowmitee announcing the faet that another member wad unable to meet his engagements The writer of the letter was by mistake declared instaad of the parson who was the object of his communication. The Rev. James Eagles, a clergyma^ of Birming- ham, has just conferred a signal benedt upon his parish fir prosecuting the keeper of a houae of ill-fame at th« quarter sessions. The rssuit is that the Zn h^b^0^ tenced to six months' imprisonment with hard lahonr tn a fine of and to find two sureti y$a?8. n i I There are some of Europe h. which the ti the ùl war will be with unfeigned delight. At little uyid village in Eo-f taidd seek t^e stuff, ,have no ^native but to sea-aide relaxation of a few weeks' residence by the in fron!* 8|?ce daoivation of war the pavement ? th,e arand Hotel In Paris, has been encumbered by wi iour1«ti' ?c,lle for Ml "outing" to Baden and Hom- S'^n,wh"80 lamentations that their plans are b#ul>-e(j HG *nej dftu't know what, to do vith themselves, are Audible to bjat^pders. The old soldiers, who know what -.farts, take a sorrowful leave of their friends; the youno Garde Mobile. flfho have yet to learn what the Empire hPd in gtore for them, are generally joyous Evan and Hannah Jacobs, the parents of the un- fortunate child who bas ob.f^ln#d a miserable notoriety as the Welsh fasting girl, have been tried and convicted of th« manslaughter of tfc,eir ojfltsprlDg, and sentenced to diflerm,* periods ol imprisonment. The husband and father, as the tbe two, is to undergo twelve months' incar- ceration, with hard labour, while the wife esospes with six months', because judge and w eI that she had acted at the instance and under the male prisoner, fhus ends the traeic and hi control of tional story ftf .aaVah Jacobs, whose supposed STSSR SAS-AAA: sonted being Valladolid T the principal cities repre- Cadiz, TortOsa. at th i Tarrae:^a' Xeres, Seville, Madrid, theatre twT » he JW^ation, which took place in a and women Tn^18 immense.concourse of workmen sentimenf tla fto e*Press the Ration 0f all national JL delegates chose a foreigner as president a French refugee named Basilica. The subjects under discus- Bion were, first the federation.of societies and funds for the purpose of resistance (caisses de instance). Second, the present and future of co-operation. Third, the social organization of workmen. Fourth, the attitude of the International Association of Working Men with regard to politics. Fifth, propositions oj a to Lord Lytton has undertaken, it is said, to write a new novel for Blackwood, for which he will receive £ 3,000. Some thieves stole 240 dozen eggs from a in Dundee the other day the eggs had been in the place tot two months, and were quite rotten. A discussion has arisen in Paris as to which 9 gentleman on horseback ought to take when he is ridiDS with a lady. According to the Paris correspondent of tbe CoUfi Journal, the Emperor has bacome very lively, active, | jocular since war was declared. It is possible that the outbreak of war will materially I Increase the revenue derived by the Chancellor of the ?' chequer from the telegraphs. Mark Lemon's notes on the origin and history Of Punch have, it is said, been found, and are to be published) a life of its Etiitor also. At a ineetin tr held in London, on Saturday, at rooms of the Deutacher Turnverein (German Society), it was resoived to form at once au aid society the wounded in the terrible war just begun. The Liverpool Mercury says that a movement on foot m Liverpool tor holding lay services in private houses, hall'i « {.ln connection with the Established Church, has n>et with much encouragement. with much encouragement. The little girl, Fanny Messer, who a few days ago was BO fearfully attacked by her mother, a resident in Bef" mondsey, has died from the effects of her injuries, and .r wa J on Saturday committed for trial on a charge wilful murder. We learn from the Mark Lane Express, that the rains at intervals during the week and the hot sunny days are bringing the crops fast forward to maturity, and wit^ fine favourable weather harvest will soon commence in early districts. The subject of the admission of women to Harvard University is being earnestly discussed by the authorities Of that institution. At the late commencement dinner, Dr. Hedge, the President of the Divinity College, earnestly ad" vocated the admission of women, and was heartily by the alumni present. A strange encounter is reported from Liverpool. Some French and Prussian clerks employed in a mercantile house got Into an altercation concerning the matters in dls* pute between their respective countries, and their patriotism carried them from words to blows. The result was a general melee, and two of the Prussians were so seriously hurt as to render their removal to the hos ital necessary. The number of pigeons slain at Hurlingham at the Turnament tf Doves" every week is something quite ex- traordinary. A philanthropic lady, who resides in tne neigh- bourhood, has established an infirmary for the wounded birds and it is remarkable to see the poor pigeons hopping and flattering about in their disabled state.-Court Journal. The inhabitants of the Faubourg.St.-Martin, Paris were on Sunday morning thrown into commotion by a fright- ful crime. A young woman aged 26, married, and mother of three children, was, after a quarrel with her husband, thrown by him out of the window of their lodging on the tilth floor and killed on the spot. He was in driuk at the time, and the whole incident was witnessed by the eldest child, a girl of six years of age. The Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, says that the act of renunciation of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern states that the Prince wishes to leave to the Spanish nation the initiative of the election to the throne. If this assertion should prove to be correct, a new light is thrown on the demand of France that the King of Prussia should, once for all, prohibit the acceptance of the throne by Prince Leopold. An International Working Man's Exhibition, which contains innumerable articles of constructive skill and in- genuity, not only from Great Britain, but from France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and other foreign countries, was opened in London, on Saturday, with some pomp and circumstance," by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, acting for the Queen. Her Majesty, it may be remembered, some days ago paid the exhibition a preliminary visit. The Chamber of Agriculture Joui-nal saystbat during the month of June there was a startling increase in the num- ber of animals imported in a state of disease and slaughtered by order of the Customs at the ports of debarkation. From twenty in May, the figures have sprung to 203. Of that number 18T came from Cherbourg and were landed at Southampton; nine of the animals were sheep and the re- mainder were swine. Only three cattle were found to be diseased, and they came to Hartlepool from Hamburgh. At the recent trial in Dublin of Peter Barrett for the attempted murder of Captain Lambert, a large number of gentlemen who had been placed upon the fury panel failed to answer when called upon. The Crown, and the prisoner also challenged so many of the furors who did attend that it was with considerable difficulty the jury-bo* could be filled. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald had fined thirty of the absentees .£50 each. they were liable to flues of treble that amount. The "account" on the London Stock Exchange concluded last Saturday will be a memorable oD'e nine failures having occurred on the Stock Exchange chiefly among brokers whose clients were unable to meet the enor- mous differences caused by the panic. The crisis was so unexpected that these suspensions are viewed with an un- usual degree of sympathy, except in one or two instances where reprehensible circumstances are rumoured —Bui- lionis!. In London, a woman named Messer, aged 47, has been charged with the murder of her daughter, eight years °ih" S<^ler ?odSed at a house in Bermondsey and the other lodgers, hearing screams, went to her room, and found fh ymg on a ao,a wlth blood streaming from her a hatchet Th«OT 8tand^, over ber> and striking her with and d £ d In w ctul,d recovered consciousness, and died in a few hours from the wounds inflicted ThO mother was committed for trial on the capital charge. A shocking accident occurred at the Cannon- street station, in London, on Saturday evening. The foreman of the porters crossed the line in front of a train in but in jumping on the platform caught his t-oe, and was thrown backwards on to the metals. Li j»„ instant the train went over him, and smashed his head to pieces. The large number of trains entering and leaving all the metro- politan termini, no doubt, necessitate what is called hvelv action on the part of the porters, but death in a terrible form worthy 'exertiw^6 °tWi~ be P^ worthy exertion. The House of Commons sat on Friday morning in ast week until a quarter after five o'clock, long before which vSgvSv ad been,extm8Ulsbed' a,ld the wearied assembly, which began its sitting at four o'clock on the previous after- ^fnt °n ^ith its work in the daylight. It is said that this slttbig has had no parallel ft>r length Blnce the conflicta which preceded the passing of the first .Reform Act At on* °! ?etVa J?,y' 1831' Slr Charles Wetherell and a few more obstructives, kept the House sitting until half-past seven in the morning. When they came out Into Palac9-yard it was raining heavily, a circumstance which induoed Sir Charles to express his regret that he had not given the Government a few more divisions. T c.aD?,P at Wimbledon, last Sunday, the Rev. J. Farrar, of Harrow School, preached an eloquent aermcjs, exhorting the Volunteers as to their duty in its hi^esC sense, and drawing a forcible parallel between the disci rline of a camp and the discipline of life. Referring to the c- aiinal war Into which Europe is being plunged, the pref/h^ re- marked upon the coincidence of his having last ad(> £ sed the Volunteers from his present speaking place Ju'* ion?years ago, and on the day of the battle o! Sadowa, ar d eonchuied a sermon which, though read, was remarkably throughout for Its oratorical power, with a peroration of t^eat beauty We should not have supposed that "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" was a favourite in France or th»t wh children were entertained with the pretty little stories of Papal persecution with which our children's J* but a serious accident lat^ oLurr«d n,f £ 2 I abound, Mont-Purnasse in on the Boulevard children to represent aaStff an attempt by some small sticks, styg a French paper snd^Mtn61? 8 of five ye^ra old, who undertook 'tS? nS ifM, chU2 heretic, bravely ascended the martyr^pyre Of°conr»^ the flames caught his clothes and those of thl young toquisitort and executioner! These wore rescued before they were Injured principal performer was very seriously
THE MARKETS.
THE MARKETS. MARK-LANE. — The prospect of a lower range ln the value J been rudely dispeUed by the declaration » 1 wl}eat has France and Prussia. Wheat has risen 3r 01 war between kinds of spring corn have commanded e- «T > ^4 all The imports of foreign and colonial „iir,aDoe (lu°tations. last week consisted of 21 C74 ars o' J??"0 06 mto London barley, 77,479 qrs. of oats Sqrs^ beJ* ?^16 198 ?"• ot Vs of tares, 411 qrs. of linked Tof,1'^22 q7 °f peaf' 5,537 qrs. of maize, 14 ors. r i 4'013J <1™ of rapeteed, 13 193 barrels of flour «.ls» and !,28l saiks and Is in a state of intense txScfment owin^ ,Matr.k-lane to-day ment that Russia V>aa1r,i^f ii owing to the announce- ls every prosneok nl 3°ined ,p™s«a, and that there The supply c/ t? general European conflagration. ThetrX^been 21 8ex-fod„Keilt has be,n heiafoT 8s^r„ and all qualities h*ve been has been moderatelv^Ti^i?!^ 1 foreign wheat the market at 8s. per sr. imdemaud has been active,, moderate. Tne marvStv The supply of barley has beent more more money ,fdy> at 2s- to per qr. ssz ment. yiaur has been firm, and'tendC^S^unte^ METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. MONDAY. AAAIISSS falling off in our foreign receipts. The supply has been short to-day, and there has been a marked soarcity of Btock RVnm ^Zi,nK dl8tricta the arrivals of stock have been I. Uuw ?he J0™1?? supply has included a fair number of Spanisu beasts. Prime breeds have been in reouest at an advance of 2d. pw 81b., the top figure behfz v in p.eA, Other qualities have been steady in o-i?e,t,rith a,fa,r Inquiry. From Lincolnshire LeU 1,200 shew'tharM, ^arTo^E 'f°t ppTyeo?8,\»ShIXi,C0,ia,1<1'22 h5* tew steady? at 2d 5 JT The demand, nownl and halt-breds been lold at 58. 4d. to 8lh, Lamb8 have been steadier, at from 6s. 4d. to 63. 8d. pm Sib. Calves and have lold quietly. Per 81b. to sink the offal Infer, ooawe beasts a «*3 8 Prime Southdown *6 A d« Second quality. 4 0 4 6 Large coarse calves S'.nfio Prime large oxen.. 4 8 & 1 Prime small ? A t Prime Scots, «fcc. 5 4 6 6 Large hogs ° Infer, coarse sheep 3 4 3 8 N eat small norker r H » Second quality 3 10 4 « Sucklinxt calve* 4„ £ Pr, coarse woolled 4 8 5 2 Or, old store Lambs, 63. 4d. to 6s. 8d. s8-^ 0 ^0 0 METROPOLITAN MEAT ifnvmv Limited supplies of meat have bee^j on ga.' h „ For all qualities the demand has beer^ flnner^ !$y' ruled as undernrmer, and prices have Per 81b. by the, carcase. d. 8. d. I, 8. d. II. d. Interior beef. IUVTSAAGSA- •• 3 10 4 0- Prime large ditto 4 8 j u Prima ver.0:: Ws; 84; T* ? 5. 0 | Small pork 6 0 5 4 Lamb, CM. 8d. to 6s. Od. HOPS. C^CTED^A^THFT RN6RDEELDEDIR FAVOURFTble. A heavy crop Is WD prices ARE^LMNFT°UG TER^ LUJ!E bttsine'">has BEEN 0 aEi« nominal. Quotations areMfj and SmL A I £ 12 12s- We»ld of Kent*, £ 6 to £ 8- Is to £ fi io^3' » £ 6_,12a- J Bavarians, £ 6 6s. to £ 9; yrench WOOL. declaration of war between France and Prussia has injuriously affected the wool trade At the, o'jlomal produce biddings have been mur;h less brhk anH prices have receded Id to ljd. per lb. EoSSiw been dull and drooping. Current prices „f Knln.h woolFleeces Southdown hoggets. is »0 lg Sif? bred ditto, is. 2d. to is. 3d.; Kent fleeces is 2d tn i« I uTrrsr1 'A! tac. ud. io u. & • 11 •» Hi; oomlA FISH. Herrings, pickled, 80s. to 38s.; ditto red 20s to 2K barrel; bloaters, 4s. to 6s.; kioDera bi turbots, 8s. to 16s.; brill, 3s. to S?' t^h ? 14s. 1 trawl haddocks, 8s. to 10s Der box • ani«a cote. Is* to Is. Id. per pound I mackerel 9» «' doaen smoked haddocks, 20s. to 33s ner ha'-Mi I?' <° 81 i lobsters, mtoieT' "ti™ ojrtm, «o. tos £ St POTATOES. GOOD^TH?TS|0^8AHATRA,REN 830RT: OF ,ORE,*N English Shaw, 7. to" M Sx klffi°lS gTtn dmorounds, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 64 and FrS'kt s. toX ^r MIL TALLOW.. The market has been firm. v c MNT AKM r^wn tallow. AI«. ad. n«tt w».h 1 *P°"» yer ewt