The Cardiff Times

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. kSt8 °w"ground at Bury St. Edmunds is 40 acres in is within a very easy distance of the tation of the Stt, street station of the Bury and Sudbury section Is w Eastern Railway. On passing through sJK-W^tile, the visitor finds before him a central avenue r°ad, curving gently to the left until it reaches the ?*tem Railway (Ipswich and Bury line). Thecentral ^W ^aj^tersected midway by a transverse avenue 140 "^loiig this avenue, proceeding from the entrance, ^ced right and left and at right angles to it a i "tit 35 in number, varying somewhat in dimen- vew filed *uy them 250 feet long by 20 feet wide. {Q ?> which extend to the tranverse avenue, are e^i ^piemen ts, as well as another range of nine r^'O.feet by ^0 feet. The accommodation for Js I On is comprised iu 14 sheds, each 200 feet by 20 ■Ohi^rj.. 6 left of these latter, and parallel with therb, • 8 ^ou^e horse boxes, each 200 ft. long. These t{] *6 6j, Side of a large quadrangle, bounded on the other r**e*8 a c°ntinuous line of single horse boxes. In single and 73 double horse boxes, 17 of ? reserved for ponies. In the centre of the f they enclose is a large ring (300 feet by j-°r the trial and exercise of horses, and the \^i°U of horse boxes is extended to the east, in the t"^ dining pavilion, for the accommodation of er Va J ithout the quadrangle on the west side is of tj, an<^ adjacent to the receiving yard are the %3Je^ judges, contractors, &c. On the cont ° show-yard is a line of sheds 760 feet in o»! models, seeds, woolj butter, cheese, Sti "e east of all a large space with 2,000 feet Vh • ASet apart for the exhibition of machinery in '> t the north-east corner of the ground is a (At .for the reception of sick cattle. The total 1 miplements entered is 4,804, and of animals *0'kabitants of the town are honouring the event Witoeu rful spirit. Their out-door decorations are and somewhat original, consisting chiefly—as wLeXpected in such a bright, clean, flower-gardened tfjN 'more of garland and leaf than chopped VH £ .id ill-concealed tinsel. There are several l&hv arches, rather light in structure, but > as must the case when the chief lO aJ*e often actual fir-trees in freshest green. 'nJ'fvjj f. S8, of course, everywhere, and mottoes in 8be r,?P" Prominent is our ancient acquaintance, the plough," and a number of Bhort sentences W;e^e a a, fervent hope that agriculture may prosper, ^OhL So on increasing. The chief thing to be t<iadpC^nnection with the inscriptions is the endea- $0)t!?Ult, tor the first time at these meetings, to place *0h lcHlt„ e by side with agriculture. The Royal ^tid Society have ventured at last out of Lon- here will be a grand exhibition under its v^e tl' VISIT OF THE VICEROY OF EGYPT. $Ctoy tVent of the opening day was the visit ot the /i„ elit Egypt. The townspeople up to the last ^0uM not be dissuaded from believing that the ^iTie bring with him a gorgeous retinue, lnclud- W.Peej, an and the Prince of Wales. The authorities le, ^Prised that the visit was to be as private as f0t Hd no special preparations were accordiiigly reception at the railway station. Ine \h^tion0 r added a few evergreens to the other the and placed some red cloth upon the ground S^°t where the carriage would halt to the H stat;°°r' ^here were only thirty or forty_ persons at the time of his Highness's arrival, and iVth *ti0n an 100 outside. The Mayor of Bury, the Stoi ■i' an<l some of the railway directors, grouped f^°re the royal saloon carriage to receive their visitor, who was accompanied by one #'ehn endant an(^ two or three English gentlemen. V^rrijjQess was introduced to the Mayor and to Sir ^1IJ>J' whese carriage waited without. He at °ut the station, and Sir E. Kerrison's ei,ed through the mud at a speed that was t ^ho I,er^ "ineeesaary by the small groups in the had been waiting an hour to see him. The »V <U have arrived without due announcement, S^traT, carriage stopped at the little tent opposite 'Where llis Highness was to partake of re- °f tl f w°rkman was just beginning to lay down a a tw' ,°l°th upon the patliv. aj". The carriage drove v.ln'c,ing, and while the secretary was hurrying VSiea and the carpet-layer still on his hands n' le Viceroy got out, and had to pause for a t?'° ^til the laving of the red cloth was hastily C of His Highness was received by the chief mena- K h, society's council, and conducted into the She°n. His Highness afterwards inade an Vf to L('f. the show-yard in the midst of pelting rain. K^ r^'the Mayor thanked the\iceroy for the done the town. The Viceroy, through his Si I Sa'd he had been extremely interested w.1^ NbWvc.1! regretted that the unfavourable weather from enjo^iij? the show as he e Yip wished. The Mayor cafled for three cheers K er°y as the train started for London. h tlJ^en THE SHOW OF BATTLE. tfia? ^.le horses have been the chief point of interest Of °f those who have ventured to the exhi- J Lii ese horses it is generally considered there is tter than a fair average show. The great h1 dK^Pei-l horse department is in the Suffolks. lhey r^t 3 c°Hection of chestnuts, &uch as is seldom seen fo^K(^' anc^ tha trials in the fine ring appro- *V to the purpose were worth witnessing, if h the improvement that has taken A e celebrated Suffolk punches. The horses (j fch ey a'| •?, s0 punchy as they were twenty years ago, tip; preserve their main points. Passing to ii^li °v^|Ces^ers' Cotswolds, Lincolns, Oxfordshires, 11 Shropshires, and Suffolks are found about vie s Vei>res<'I1ted, and represented so well that the e Puzzled to decide between the competitors. .\i the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of %>, av, Lord Walsin-ham, Lord Ikaybroke, Lord ™°8vie Air. Holland, M.P., occur frequently in the 5 'JSlv S fcxhibitors or breeders of prime sheep. Pigs are numerous, but dairy produce is very poor. sli ^u'°us articles are very numerous. Machines « vHi» 1 Peas and slice cucumbers, family mangles N e machines, patent gatei>osts and cow-house tor carts and cheese presses, clothes wringers ] n chairs, mowing machines and grinding mills, V*:)ao]/vther and raueage machines, nilkworms and are added to the s'.aitfard implements of H arranged over the greater portion of the

£ ». i ■■ ■- xS:aicss tlie son of the Sultan, attended by nStiis jJ.'Ahmed Bey, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Nf V,-lrC)lK ^'lell, visited the new Royal Amphitheatre '^hly' 'Kh Holborn. His Highness expressed him- ^ieased with, the en^yt^jnment.

THE SULTAN IN ENGLAND. The Sultan Abdul Aziz and his suite, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the military departments at Woolwich on Tuesday. The troops were assembled on Woolwich Common, the batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery and the garrison and field artillery occupying a long line stretching across the review ground from et,t to wpst, with their guns and general equipment, and about 300 men of the Royal Marines. The announcement that the Royal carriages were approach- ing along the Shooter's-hill-road sent the word of com- mand from battery to battery, and the carriages, seven in number, preceded by outriders in the Queen's uniforms, drove up to the flag staff, on which had been hoisted the royal standard. The review ground was completely inundated, and enveloped in mist. The carriages passed along the front of the batteries, and the august visitors proceeded to the mess quarters of the Royal Artillery. These had been profusely decorated with bunting and the flags of Turkey and England. Each room displayed a choice selection of exotic plants. The repast provided for the illustrious guests was laid out in three rooms. After luncheon a visit was made to the Royal Arsenal. The Royal and distinguished visitors alighted at the entrance to the long machinery room of the Laboratory, and first inspected the lead- spurting machine, which supplies material for making bullets, prepared by Mr. Anderson. The Sultan inspected with much interest Colonel Boxer's parachutes for con- veying light over an enemy's works, and also his life-saving rockets, containing a 300-yard line. The Snider rifle now in use was likewise examined with much interest, as well as the new species of cartridge, and its mode of manufac- ture. They afterwards passed down the avenue leading to the Military Store Department, and viewed with admiration the vast stores of shot and shell ready for use, and lingered for a few minutes to witness the manoeuvring of a couple of 9-inch 12-ton and 7-mch 6^-ton guns for land and sea service, mounted for issue. The Gun Factory and other portions of the Arsenal were then visited, and the Royal and Imperial party left for the CRYSTAL PALACE. The grand concert, or, as the advertisements styled it, extraordinary musical festival," given at the Crystal Palace, in honour of his Majesty the Sultan, was one of those entertainments on a colossal scale of which the managers of this establishment have offered the public so many examples. Although the illustrious personage for whom it had been expressly prepared did not hear even so much as half of it, between twenty and thirty thousand people enjoyed it thoroughly. The majority of those who attended looked, no doubt, for the appearance of the Sultan shortly after their own arrival and soon after two o'clock many thousands had congregated. They were doomed, however, to dis- appointment during an interval of at least six hours; but meanwhile, the variety of attractions contained in the Palace amply sufficed to amuse them; and by half- past four, when the first part of the concert was expected to begin, the middle transept and a space extending far into the nave on either side the Handel orchestra was crowded just as it used to be on the most crowded days of the Handel festivals. Many anxious glances were cast at the Imperial box in face of the Handel orchestra; but no sooner were the first strains of Rossini's brilliant over. ture to "La Gazza Ladra" recognised than all attention was riveted on the music. The orchestra was that of the Crystal Palace, strengthened by the performers of Her Majesty's Theatre and others—an imposing instrumental force. The chorus embraced the London contingent of 1,600," the substantial nucleus of the Handel Festival Choir, besides the very efficient chorus belonging to Her Majesty's Theatre. The chief solo singers were Mr. Santley, Madlle. Titiens. Signor Gardoni, Signor Mongini, Mr. Hohler, Madame Demeric-Lablache, and Madlle. Sinico. Between the first and second parts of the concert, the Sultan, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, arrived, but were not visible, however, to the crowd within the walls until nearly half-fiftst eight, the interval being devoted to refreshment. The second part of the concert having been announced to begin at a quarter-past eight, the reserved seats were gradually resumed by their privileged occupants, and every eye was directed to the Imperial box. Just at the moment when the patience of the crowd seemed almost exhausted, and after many "false alarms" had been raised, the long and anxiously-expected guest appeared, and was welcomed with deafening shouts and cheers from every side, which were repeatedly acknowledged in the Sultan's accustomed manner. An act of munificence on his part had been made generally known some time before his appearance. Informed of the sad disaster which happened to the Crystal Palace in the winter, his Imperial Majesty graciously signified his in. tention of subscribing £1,000 towards the expenses of the restoration; and this naturally predisposed every one of the vast assembly in his favour. The English National Anthem was given in exteuso-with solos by Madlle. Titiens and Mr. Santley, quartet, chorus, military bandv ipc., the occupants of the Imperial box rising and remain- ing standing to the end. To this succeeded an "Ode to the Sultan," words and music composed expressly for the occasion. The translation of the last verse is as fol- lows When at first a comet rising, came with slow, majestic pace, To announce thee to the nations, and to light thee to thy place, Then a cry broke forth on all sides, "Happy East in sucn a case! See a ruler comes to raise thee who shall dry thy tearlui face." Now to-day the English people see him do their city grace, Jail to thee, Abd'-ool-Aziz! All hail, the son of Osman's race! After witnessing from the great front terracce, the most magnificent display of fireworks probably ever seen in Europe, his Imperial Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, took his leave of the Crystal Palace amid renewed and reiterated cheers.

THE VISIT OF THE BELGIANS. When the medals had all been distributed at Wimble- don, last Saturday, by the Prince of Wales, it was found that four hundred of the Belgians, who came last in the march past the dais, were left without medals at all. The whole stock and store had been unaccountably exhausted. It was now for the first time abundantly clear that at least four hundred Belgians beyoDd the number whose names had been taken, with their entrance-money, at headquarters, had joined the excur- sion. Some shrewd suspicions of the fact had been entertained, but now the thing was certain, and Colonel Gr^goire instantly set about inquiring into the circum. stances. The result has been the discovery that a great many Belgian riflemen did as some of our own volunteers are known to have done last October; that is to say, they came across by different routes, and entirely on their own hook." Those who enrolled themselves in the regular manner received a little pocket-guide, which was to serve as well for a useful book of reference as for a passe-pour-tout. It has never been asked for yet, the Belgian uniform having been naturally considered a suffi- cient credential. But now the book will be required on every public occasion. The worst of the matter is, that as the four hundred piratical excursionists generally hold some leading position, they marched with the head of the column at Wimbledon, and so got the medals before anybody had found out the trick. On Monday it had been arranged that the Belgians should tiroceed up the river in a small fleet of steamers as far as teiMimnnd and the committee had requested the various SSTSnS Of the Thames to send boats to form a pro- cession and accompany the steamers. At the very last moment, however, a change was made and the excursion was civen up. The committee lay the blame upon the boating clubs, which are strongly represented in I ans, and which indeed, could not send out a strong muster of boats at an early hour of the day. But their absence need not have altered the programme, which was intended to afford the Belgians an opportunity of seeing the beauties of the river between Kew and Richmond, and of a visit to the gardens and park. Though much disappointed, the Belgians made themselves happy at Cremorne in the afterpart of the day. At a little before seven o'clock they were entertained at a dinner in the grand ball-room. It had been intended that it should be an al fresco entertainment, but the heavy rain precluded all possibility of that intention being car- ried out. The room was decorated with a profusion of festoons of white and red roses, and with Belgian and other flags. The dinner was excellently arranged, and gave the greatest satisfaction to the Belgians. The usual loyal fnaKts were given, and were received with the same enthu- siasm with which they bad been drunk at the Guildhall. "God save the Queen" and the Brabanconne were sung in grand chorus, and were succeeded by cheering which lasted for several minutes.. Afterwards the guests dispersed over the grounds, and visited the various enter- r • nmvidsd The grand sham fight upon the Thames^ and the attack of Cremorne by the 'teamen, was nos poned on account of the wet lhis, which will be a veiT grand affair, the hay an opportu- nity of witnessing before their departure. Tuesday morning broke so dismally that the Belgians at the station, in their robes of office m readmess to receIve their guests, and the Windsor volunteers furmshed a strong guard of honour, under the command of f-„wns" Leslie Ruthven. A very large assemblage of the towns- people was collected in the streets, which were v. e rated with flags, hardly a house being without one, ana many hanging out several banners. As the Lelgians marched up the town to the Castle they were most warmly cheered, and had the weather being fine the spectacle would have been a very pretty one. At the entrance to the Castle the Belgians were received by Colonel Percy Herbert, Trea- surer of the Household,who welcomed them in the name of her Majesty. They then visited St. George's Chapel, and afterwards made a tour through the State p.partments, with all of which they were greatly delighted. At about half- past one the first arrivals proceeded to the stables, in the spacious riding school of which the principal banquet was laid. This is a lofty and well-shaped hall, and was capable of dining 1,100 of the visitors. A spacious tent had been erected for the accommodation of the remainder, but it was unfortunately blown down during the violent gale of the day before, and the glass coach-house in the mews was hastily got ready, and tastefully dressed with flags. This was capable of dining G50 persons, who satdownatthe same time with those in the ridingschool, the remainder, who hadarrivedbytlielatertrainSjbeingoccupiedat the time with the inspection of the Castle, and these sat down shortly afterwards to a fresh dinner. The decoration of the riding school was extremely good. Nor was the cheer provided less worthv of eulogy. It was, as many of the Belgians remarked/well worthy a Royal banquet. I here was an abundance of viands of all kinds and of excellent quality, together with fruit, hot-house grapes, &c. Is or was the "iue less good, or in less profusion. 1T The chair was taken by Colonel Percy Herbert, on whose r;"ht sat Colonel Gregoke, the Belgian commander, and oil the left the Burgomaster of Brussels. When dinner was over, Colonel Herbert, in proposing The health of the Queen," stated that her Majesty, in deputing him to re- ceive them in her place, regretted her unavoidable absence to exhibit our fleet at Spithead to the Sultan. He re- minded them of the relationship of her Majesty to their own sovereign, and of the great affection and esteem in which she had held the late King, her uncle. The toast was received with tremendous cheering. Every man waved in one hand his glass and in the other his white pockethancLachief, and the enthusiasm was so great that the band played God save the Queen quite unheard in a perfect hurricane of cheering. "The health of the King and Queen of the Belgians was the next toast. The Burgomaster of Brussels then rose, and deliverea a speech with an ardour and emphasis of feeling which carried everyone away with it, and was frequently inter- rupted in enthusiastic applause. "And now," said he in conclusion, "I have the distinguished honour, in the name of my fellow-citizens and in that of all Belgium, to propose '.The health of the Queen of England.' Children of free Bel- gium, call down the blessing of Heaven upon the Queen and Royal Family Children of free Belgium, unite with me in a cheer which shall bear witness of our perpetual grati- tude. 'Viva la Reine! And well was he answered. Cheer after cheer broke forth, and even more enthusiasti- cally and wildly than before. While dinner was going on the sun had broken through the clouds, and a lovely after- noon had set in, which enabled the Belgians to enjoy the scenery in the park, the view from the Castle terrace, and the walk by the banks of the quiet river. Very much did they enjoy their strolls in the neighbourhood, and they came up to town in the evening in the highest delight with their day's pleasure.

THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS. The International, a French paper published in London, says the British Cabinet has determined to send an expe- dition to Abyssinia to liberate the English captives. The expedition is to be composed of English and Indian troops, and to take place in the month of November, when the climate is suitable. An English contemporary says there is no truth in the rumour that physical force will be resorted to. Whom are we to believe ? It is doubtful if moral force will have much effect on King Theodorus. The Daily News expresses a hope that no military expedition will be sent to Abyssinia until every other resource has been exhausted. It thinks we are bound to consider the great risks of such an expedition, the certainty of a large sacrifice of life, the indefinite extent of the enterprise, and the very doubtful prospect of being able to effect the deliverance of the captives. It is true in that we might have the satisfaction of hanging King Theodorus, but such a result would not compensate for the sacrifice of the lives of thousands of our brave soldiers. It would be far better to ransom the captives with money, if that is praticable, than with blood. The case of these prisoners is peculiar. They went to Abyssinia as to a country with which our Government kept up political re- lations some of them went in the service of the Govern- ment; we must therefore find some means of delivering them; but when that has been done, and our political relations with Theodoras have ceascd, there is no reason, in the opinion of our contemporary, why Abyssinia should not be regarded as one of those barbarous and inacces- sible countries which it will be prudent for Englishmen to avoid.

GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY IN CENTRAL ABIA.— A telegraphic despatch published in the Continental papers states that the Russians have gained a great victory in Turkistan. According to this account the army of Samarcand, 45,000 strong, has been completely over- powered by the Russians under General Weber. After this the Khanat of Bohhara will be the only Mussulman State in Central Asia with any sort of independence. Its fate cannot be long delayed. THE BELGIANS AND THE CHAPLAIN. — Don't the Belgians say grace? The London correspon- dent of the Indipendance Beige says that when the Lord Mayor's chaplain at the Guildhall asked the Divine bles- sing our Belgian guests mistook it for a speech hence the cries Vive l'Angleterre and Vive la Reine." Very delicately this correspondent observes that the dishes served did not exactly correspond with the official rtUnu; on the other hand, en revanche, the wines were excellent. The assemblage was magnificent, the Belgians were de- lighted and they forgot the miseries of the thirty hours' nassage from the Scheldt to the Thames. REPORTS BY ENGLISH ARTISANS ON THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—A laudable effort is set on foot by the Paris Excursion Committee of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union to turn to good account the visits of the large bodies of the English workmen whom they are send- ing to the French capital. By the exertions of Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P., the president of the committee, the French authorities have been induced to open specially to these excursionists several important institutions, as well as to render every aid in acquiring information. A pijize fund has also been established by the committee for awards to the authors of the best reports on certain specified branches of industry, towards which a grant of k250 has just been made by the Science and Art Department. A NOVEL SUGGESTION BY A FARMER. — Every year many thousands of pounds are lost to the fanners, and much valuable grain to the country, by the scarcity of labourers at harvest-time. To remedy these evils, "A North Lincolnshire Farmer," writing from Caistor to the Times, makes a novel suggestion. He pro- poses that the \Var Office should give two-thirds of the privates composing the infantry regiments in England, and as many of the horse soldiers as could be spared, a furlough of three weeks, to commence at harvest-time. Every soldier who was disposed to assist in the harvest field might put from e3 to £ 5 into his pocket, and help to effect a great national saving. According to this corre- spondent the usual wages paid at harvest-time are 5s. pel diem, with beer ad libitum. The men who mow with sithes" and tie up the corn earn from. 7s. to 10s. per day. The millennium will not be far off when swords are exchanged for reaping-hooks. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BISHOPS. — Amongst the Liberals who voted for the second reading of the Increase of the Episcopate Bill were Mr. Acland, Sir H. W. Barron, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Leatliam, Mr. Nicholson, and Mr. Watkin. Sir Roundell Palmer and Mr. John Abel Smith were the tellers. The minority, which was composed of members of the advanced Liberal party, included Lord Amberley, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Baines, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Bright, Mr. Cand- linh, Mr. Cheetham, Mr. Cowen, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Grant Duff Mr. Kinglnke, Mr. A. Kinnaird, Mr. Stuart Mill, Mr. Neate, Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. P. A Taylor, and Mr. White. In the list of the majority appears the name of Sir John B. Karslake, although several hours previously a new writ had been moved for A Vver on the hon. and learned member's acceptance of tbeVflice of Attorney-General. This is obviously a mis- t'ike for Sir John's brother, the member for Colchester, mi,. Attornev-General, having vacaied his seat, could E. mTSSw. t0 ™15 °ntil he t!ld bem "• elected. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN ANIMALS BILL.- According to the Eastern Morning News, the various Chambers of Agriculture in Yorkshire, acting in concert with the Central Chamber hi London, are petitioners in opposition to the bill for preventing the spread of conta- giou.i diseases in animals. The petitions set forth that the members of the Chambers suffer in common with ot!t"->f her Majesty's subjects much inconvenience and 10: the iestrictions imposed on the cattle trade, resulting fr he lingering presence of rinderpest in the country. Tli gard the continuance of the restrictions as being D1:o; ir.sd by the fear of infection from foreign sources, to W• l inger, under existing regulations, they will be alv, "v-posed. By the above-named bill it is proposed that tit 'i ,al or slaughter of foreign animals at the ports of 'r should be at the discretion of her Majesty's PI: -iincil; and the petitioners consider it imperatively D that the slaughter of foreign animals for food ¡¿Ii. statutory enactment be enforced at the ports of 'I', and that foreign store cattle should be landed i ar places distinct and separate from cattle for BJ t and be subjected to Sufficient quarantine be. fore allowed to mingle with homebred -inirnals; and that no cattle should be allowed to move inland without ft license, to be granted by officers of the Customs or other State ckj ati.irents, instead of by any local or market authorif-.

REPORTS OF THE SALMON FISHERY INSPECTORS. Mr..frank Buckland's first report as Inspector of Salmon Fisheries in England and Wales has just appeared. It is founded upon the answer to a series of questions addressed by the late Mr. J. W. Ffennell to the boards of conservators of various rivers. On the whole it is encouraging. The salmon fisheries are improving. The conservators of the following rivers report great progress, viz. Severn, Taw and Torridge, Usk, Tyne, Dee, Wharfe, Nidd, Tees, Ure, Swale, Ouse (Yorkshire), (\H°1' (Devon), Ribble and Ilodder, Lune, Avon (Devon), ^^ent (West- moreland), Eden, Eamont and Lowther, Wye, Ribble, and Coquet. Several others, including the Wear and the Trent, report gradual improvement." The inspector enumerates the obstacles to salmon cultivation. One of the greatest is the pollution of streams. Under the existing laws a manufacturer of fish poison can with difficulty be taken to task. He will escape if he can shew that he has used the best practical means, "within reasonable cost." Mr. Buckland thinks cases of difficulty should be referred to some gentleman conversant with practical chemistry. This gentleman should make it his study to discover how water may be pumped by the aid of che;mistry. Mr. Buckland intends to refer cases of pol- lutions from mines to Sir Roderick Murchison and his staff. The next great obstacles are the obstructions in the rivers, weirs, kc. Mr. Buckland believes the so-called Government ladders are perfectly right in principle but of ten wrong in application. No ladders will be applicable to all weirs, but if conservators and millowners co-operate, the difficulty may generally be overcome. Mr. Buckland's third recommendation is more stringent protection of the fish in the spawning season. He believes it is due to the efforts already made in this direction that the general average size of salmon in English markets has so conside- rably increased since February last. The inspector con- siders that the Salmon Fishery Congress has done to aid the cause. Mr. Walpole's report is equally encouraging. He states that in North Devon, at the estuary of the Taw and the Torridge salmon were sold last year at 8d. per lb., 4,000 fish were taken in the Exe, against 400 in previous years • 3,000 fresh river fish were taken iu the Usk by anglers alone. Even in the Wear, with its hush from lead mines, and black water from coal washing, and every abomination that a thickly-peopled district can get rid of," more fish were seen than for the last fifty years. From the Ribble and Hoddcr the take of salmon was 9,000 against 90 in 1859.

MR. BRIGHT AND THE REPRESENTATION OF BIRMINGHAM. Mr. Bright has written the following letter to Mr. Ryland:— "Dear Mr. RvJ&nd,—The sudden removal of our dear friend Mr. Scholefield has been to me a great trouble, although it was not unexpected. For some weeks past his health has been failing, and his life most uncertain, and on Tuesday night last, in conversation with a friend from Birmingham who was here, I said that I should not be surprised any morning to hear that he was gone. On the following morning the announce- ment of the sad event met us as we sat down to break- fast. Birmingham has lost a most faithful represen tative; I have lost a colleague and a friend whose courtesy, kindness, and helpfulness I shall never forget. It is not for me to say anything as to the choice of his successor, my future col- league. I can only hope that he may hold the same prin- ciples and be willing to work in the same cause, and that my hands may be strengthened as they have hitherto been by that unity of opinion and of action which should exist in the representation of your great community. If the voice which is now silent for ever could once more speak to the electors of Birmingham, it would urge them to put aside all local and accidental auestions, and to make their choice in faithful adhesion to the great principles by which they have hitherto been distinguished. To do otherwise would be to condemn the opinions of your lamented repre- sentative, and would, so far as parliamentary action is concerned, virtually disfranchise the borough. I unite with you and your townsmen in the sorrow which must be general among you, and am, very sincerely yours, "JOHN BRIGHT.

THE GREAT DEBATE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER. There was a very stormy debate in the Corps Légis- latif on Friday. M. Glais-Bizoin caused an immense sen- sation and provoked a tremendous tumult by declaring that in the balance-sheet of the national liberties for the past few years, there were on the profit side of the account only three words, "Nought, nought, nought." Then ensued a regular fracas between the Speaker and the President and one of the Ministers. The nrst was not to be put down, however, but after frequent interruptions became bolder than ever, and said, "The nation is weary and hurt because it has been kept for so long, in the eyes of the civilised world, doing penance with a fool's-cap upon its head." At this there was a prodigious uproar, and the President caRed Glais- Bizoin to order, which is almost as bad as being named by the Speaker in the House of Commons. With indomitable assurance the troublesome member replied, "I will, if the President will permit me, say that I am flattered by his call to order." Thereupon fresh shouts and cries arose, during which Glais-Bizoin, having said all that he wanted to say, sat down. M. Emile Ollivier followed him. This statesman holds a sort of middle place between the Government and the Opposition; is, in fact, a minor Mirabeau. He made a speech which was both conciliatory and severe. He declared that Glais-Bizoin was wrong in saying that on the profit side of the account there was only" nought." At the same time he could not approve of the present state of things. The present was the most democratic of all the monarchical Governments which France had had, But there was a difference between Liberal and Caesarian democracy. The Emperor, in order to avoid that abyss of the latter, had issued his proclamation of January 19th, and he (M. Ollivier), for his part, believed that the promises therein contained would be fulfilled. Ideas are the mother of facts, and he therefore attached great impor- tance to that manifesto. M. Ollivier then went on to attal: with great force the system of an irresponsible Ministry. At the same time he did not attach much force to the objection that a Minister ought not to be entrusted with carrying out a policy whicn he has disapproved. The Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel, he said, had done this; and Mr. Disraeli, who, in 1846, sneered at Peel for stealing the clothes of the Whigs while they were bathing, was at this very moment doing the same thing, and after- having been the opponent of Reform for many years, was now carrying it out. Denying, in passing, the rumours which had mentioned him as a Minister, he went on to blame the Government for not having brought forward and pushed on early in the session its measures with regard to the press and public meetings, and also for having removed Walewski from the presi- dency of the Corps Legialatlf. Finally, he warned the Government that though there might be no danger of an insurrection, there was very great danger of the people becoming estranged from its rulers, and while passively subniitting, looking on with an unfriendly eye. "And,"said he, we are already approaching that perilous position, and there are but two ways of escaping from it: either a war, which, if it were not defensive, would be a disgrace to humanity, and without profit to this country, or the diffi- cult but glorious establishment of a constitutional and free Government. May God, who inclines the hearts of kings as He wills, grant to our sovereign the wisdom to prefer liberty to war." This eloquent speech was followed by great cheering. M. Ollivier's comparison between M. Rouher and Sir R. Peel gives rise to a most savage attack u});'n the French Minister by M. Emile de Girardin in the Liberti. That writer says that when Peel changed his policy he did so with the applause of the country; and he pointed out the true author of the new policy, and ascribed all the praise to Richard Cobden. Moreover, it is necessary that when a Minister thus changes he should have a character. Peel had one; Rouher, or the Vice-Emperor as Girardin calls him, has none.

PERILS OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT. The correspondent of the New York Herald thus narrates the events which befel him in following the career of Maximilian The instructions," he says, which carried the present writer into the camp of the Imperial army were brief and to the point Follow Max, and write regularly and fully. —[Ed. N. Y. Herald.]' To follow Max from Orizaba and Puebla, when he had determined to continue the struggle, was an easy task, and had already been accomplished before the tele- gram was received. To follow him from Puebla to the capital and thence to Queretaro was a more difficult matter, and, among other inconveniences, involved the person undertaking it in the following little perplexities Robbed to the skin, 2; showed fight and did not get robbed, 2 captured by Liberals, 1; captured by Impe- rialists, 1; days under fire, 72 struck by spent bullets, 2; slightly wounded by shells, 1; lived on horse, mule, and dog flesh for days, 36; travelled horse- back, stage, muleback, leagues, 450. Arrived in Queretaro two days before the advent of Maximilian, the Herald representative incurred a strong risk of being promptly strung up as a Yankee spy. Three days previously he had seen Marquez manifest an earnest inclination to hang a couple of American travellers he had encountered on the march from Mexico to Que- retaro, because they happened to possess passes from Escobedo and drafts on the capital—an inclination only restrained by the active intervention of the Emperor Maxi- milian. In Queretaro, before the advent of the Imperial forces, Miramon was omnipotent, and Miramon, more polished and educated than Marquez, was even more viru- lent and dangerous in his hatred and dread of foreigners. The arrival of the Emperor alone relieved him of present peril. Application being made to Maximilian to permit a Herald correspondent to accompany him on the approach- ingcampaign, the reply received was, 'Yes, if the correspon- dent will pass his word not to write anything to injure the cause of the Empire.' To this answer was returned that such a pledge was out of the power of a He?-old corre- spondent to give but that he would bind himself to write nothing but unbiassed statements of actual facts and occur- rences. 'That,'replied the Emperor, 'is all I a-sk,'and Gene- ral Marquez, as chief of staff, was at once intructed to make out the necessary safe conduct. After a delay of six days he did so by handing in a blank commission on his staff, calcu- lated to compromise the person holding it in every possible way. From this time to the end of the siege every facility for obtaining information that Maximilian could afford was freely given, and no obstacle that Marquez or Mira- mon could interpose was ever neglected."

THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. In view of the wide-spread publicity of the statement that the treatment of Maximilian previous to the date of his reported execution has been in strict accordance with the laws of civilised warfare-a statement founded on a telegram said to have been sent by the unfortunate prince to his Imperial brother—the following extracts from a pri- vate letter received by a gentleman hitherto connected with an important Mexican mining enterprise will be found of much importance. The letter is dated at Vera Cruz, June 9th:—"If half the stories are true, the manner in which theex-Emperoris treated is sufficient to disgrace the already loathsome name of Mexican. Maximilian was at first con- fined, with about 400 officers in the Church of the Cross. All were compelled to lie upon the floor; all were fed in buckets the water supply was derived from an immense trough, formerly used for watering horses, which was filled once every day—in the morning—so that by night the liquid was warm, nasty, and filled with vermin. Vermin, indeed, of all sorts swarmed throughout the edifice, and not even the most persistent care could repel their attack. To add to the miseries of the time and situation, the Emperor was suddenly attacked by dysentery. For five days he suffered before a physician was sent to him; then his own sur- geon was permitted to wait upon him. At last came an order to clear the church. The Emperor was taken to the Convent of the Capuchins, or rather to one of the numerous small tumble-down buildings that receive that title. A guard of twelve Mexican sol- diers occupied the adjacent rooms and the hallway leading to his dungeon. Some of these bandits amused themselves by discussing in a loud voice the probable manner of the execution of the 'invader.' Ribald jests concerning the unhappy wife of the archduke were shouted from one chamber to another; all these things were heard by the prisoner. Meantime the Emperor's physical sufferings abated little or none. The worst story is that told about Escobedo. It is said that Escobedo intruded himself upon the Emperor in prison, denouncing him as a dog,' and worse, and crowned his insults by spitting in the cap- tive's face. For the sake of human nature, I hope that this is an exaggeration. But Escobedo is a mean, a very mean whelp. He was onc«<« muledriver; his hands are certainly stained with murder, and he has always been a thief. To be sure, to be a murderer in Mexico is no detriment to anybody, at least among the natives. Do not believe all you hear about the natural kindness of Juarez, and his desire to save Maximilian from execution. He may say that he wants to prevent extreme steps, and that he will try and check the popular current. But that is humbug. The popular voice' is just what it suits Juarez to have it- one thing to-day, an- other thing to-morrow. I say that Juarez would rather kill Maximilian than let him go; he would rather kill him than ransom him."

THE TRIAL OF BEREZOWSKI. The Paris correspondent of the Times gives the follow- ing details of the trial of Berewwski The court was crowded seon after the doors were opened. There were no women present, but a great num- ber of Polish emigrants of the higher class, and also a great number of public functionaries. On the table in front of the judge was deposited the material evidence of the crime-the pistol with its broken barrel. There was also a packet of books and pamphlets which had formed the library of the prisoner, registers, ammu- nition, and a black paletot found in a wine-shop. Among the books found in Berezowski's lodgings were the Confessions of J. J. Rousseau," "Cinna," "L'Ouvrier Philosophe," Le Juif Errant," by Eugene Sue; "La Turquie et La Russie," a pamphlet; La Plurality des Mondes," by Fontenelle; "Jacop Ortis," by Ugo Foscalo; the works of the poet Boileau; an extract from the works of the Jesuit Mariana, justi- fying regicide; an account of the attempts at assas- sination by Jacques Clements, Damiens, and Ra- vaillac, and some others. After the jury were balloted for the prisoner was brought in. He took his seat on the bench for the accused, between two gendarmes. He presented a very youthful appearance, with an open countenance; his head erect, though with- out any air of bravado; his forehead high, remarkably fine eyes, and an intelligent expression of countenance. His complexion is pale his hair of a light chestnut colour. He carried his right arm in a scarf of black silk. On entering he smiled at his advocate, M. E. Arago, con- versed with him for a few moments, and then saluted some persons of his acquaintance whom he saw in court. After the usual preliminaries, the proceedings were opened by the presiding judge, M. Berthelin, ordering the reading of the indictment, which was done by one of the clerks of the court. The prisoner had declared, in answer to the judge's questions, that his name was Antoine Berezowski, that he was 20 years old, that he was born at Kotszysay (Volhynia), that he was a mechanic by profession, and that he resided in the Rue MercadeL In the course of his examination by the judge, he avowed his intention of killing the Czar whenever he had an opportunity, and said he had long contemplated doing so. He denied having communicated his project to any one. In the course of the examination the President asked Do you think you had a right to kill a sovereign?— Yes, sir, because he has murdered my country; because with a stroke of the pen he has sent into Siberia all the youth of Poland, and condemned a whole people to exile or to death. Do you not know that no one has a right to attempt the life of his fellow creature?- The Czar is not equal. "No; no doubt. He is superior to you—he is your sovereign. "There is not a name anyone can give to that man. Do you not know that God forbids us to do murder? -I am not God. You said nevertheless, 'I could revenge myself. God takes vengeance when he sends us to hell. So that you thought you could do what God alone oan His serenity and His omnipotence?—I said to my- self that, in the other world, God would treat him accord- ln8'(to His justice. The jury will judge of your answer. But I ask of ^bat would happen if another breast had received the blow you aimed at the Czar ?—Impossible. I bad no thought of killing the Emperor of the French. Be it so; but you had no thought of hitting the head of the equerry's horse?—No, sir. J ou see, then, that a bullet is never sure, and that the hand that aims it may miss. You did not reflect that the Emperor of France-of France from whom you receive hospitality, and of which you have so justly spoken, was exposed to danger. You did not reflect that you might make other victims equally innocent?—All I can say is, that I could not resist the imperious voice of my heart." Among the witnesses called for the defence was a former lieutenant-colonel of the Lancers of Volhynia. He said that Berezowski, who bad served under him during the insurrection, was one of the best soldiers in his regiment. He was amenable to discipline, and was loved by his orncers and comrades. He bad taken great interest in him, because he was the youngest of his soldiers, and he was passionately attached to the cause of Poland. When the insurrection was put down he wept "like a Chris- tian who has lost his mother." He exhorted him to look out for employment of some kind. He went to Liege, and was engaged in a manufactory. He only knew two nations—his own country, and another which some- times assisted them—and it was for that be came to ,ri"?ce* "All his acts," continued the colonel, "alibis studies converged to one idea only—the salvation of roland." ^To complete his education he found means of saying 185f. out of wages of 5f. a day. He read with avidity all that fell into his hands, especially all that was in conformity with his patriotic sentiments." He never spoke to him about his regicide projects, for, had he done Sa°' it wo"'d have earnestly dissuaded him from them. Another lolish officer gave similar testimony. The director of the college, M:'Gomjon, where the prisoner had studied, spoke highly of him. He was," he said, regular in his habits, docile, studious, sincerely reli- gious, and an excellent comrade." The jury were twenty minutes in con Bering their verdict. On hearing the sentence-hard labour for life-tbe pri- soner, whose countenance betrayed not the slightest emotion, bowed and withdrew smiling. It is said that had Berezowski been condemned to death the Ernperorwould have commuted the sentence; and that the Czar before leaving Paris had requested him to do so.

Last week's obituarv contains the name of Mr. Windus, who, with a love of art, had the means to gratify his tastes, and who possessed a large and valuable collec- tion of pictures. The "ruling passion strong in death" was scarcely ever more strongly or more happily illus- trated than in the case of this gentleman, who spent his last hours surrounded by those glowing canvases which he had loved so well. The Earl of Portsmouth has given a piece o land for a building to provide religious worship for the poorer classes at Andover in Hants. The laud will be vested in trustees, and the building placed under the direction of a committee, party consisting of members of the Church of England, and partly of Nonconformists. The religious instruction proposed is of a purely unsectarian character.

i THE PUBLIC HEALTH. In the week that ended on Saturday, July 13th, the births registered in London and twelve other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,215 the deaths registered, 2,703. The annual rate of mortality was 23 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,001 boys and 1,066 girls, in all 2,127 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1857-66, the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 1,997. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,_62. It was the twenty-eighth week of the year; and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,357. The deaths in the present return are less by 95 than the esti- mated number. One hundred and fifteen deaths from diarrhoea were registered 12 in the West, 35 in the North, 18 in the Central, 36 in the East, and 14 in the South districts. In the two preceding weeks the deaths in the metropolis from diarrhoea were 48 and 54 respectively. The deaths of 10 children and 2 adults from cholera or choleraic diarrhoea were recorded last week. Thirteen persons died from small-pox, 23 from scarlatina, and 44 from typhus. The annual rate of mortality last week was 21 per 1,000 in London, 27 in Edinburgh, 21 in Bristol, 18 in Birming- ham, 26 in Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 29 in Salford, 22 in Sheffield, 23 in Leeds, 19 in Hull, 23 in Newcastle- upon-Tyne, and 24 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 28 per 1,000 during the week ending the 6th inst., when the mean temperature was 5*2 Fahrenheit higher than in the same week in London, where the rate was 19.

ELASTICITY OF THE REVENUE. The eleventh report of the Customs Commissioners was issued yesterday morning. It affords a remarkable example of the vitality of our resources. Last year there was war on a gigantic scale on the Continent of Europe, a seditious outbreak in Ireland, a deficient harvest throughout the United Kingdom, a monetary crisis, and visitations of cholera and cattle plague. Yet, on com- paring 1866 with 1865-itself a year of great prosperity- the values of British exports and Irish produce shew an increase of 23 millions sterling. The total value of the imports exceeded those of 1865 by 24 millions. On nearly every article of general consumption liable to duty there was a considerable rise in the quantities consumed, and in spite of the extensive reductions which have been made in the Customs department there was an increase inthetotal return of nearly £ 200,000. Our exports to foreign countries last year exceeded £ 135,000,000, or an increase of 15 per cent.; to British possessions nearly B54,000,000, or an increase of 11 per cent. The principal increase was in the articles of cotton manufactures (which alone reached nearly £ 14,000,000), woollen and worsted, iron and steel, linen, coals, haherdashery and millinery, hardware and cutlery. On the other hand, there was a decrease in the exports of linen and worsted yarn, machinery, wrought copper and tin, silk and silk manufactures, and British spirits. Our best customer was the United States; France stood next in order; then came Brazil and Egypt; after them China and Holland. Seventeenother foreign countries shew an increase, and fourteen a decrease. Last year our importations of corn amounted to 62,000,000 cwts. France sent us 7,000,000 and Russia 9,000,000. The imports of sugar reached nearly 11,000,000 cwts; duty was paid on 140,000,0001bs. of tea, and on 65,000,0001bs. of tobacco. The report is signed by Thomas F. Fremantle, Frederick Goulburn, Frederick C. L. Berkeley, R. W. Grey, and Frederick Romilly.

THE EDUCATION REPORTS. The report of the Committee of Council on Eaucation for 1866 has been issued. There was an increase during the year of 636 schools, and 41,549 children under inspec- tion. The rate of increase was less in 1866 than in 1865, probably owing to the commercial distress of the former year. The grants from the Committee of Coun- cil amounted to £ 24,222, being one-third more than in 1865. The promoters of schools subscribed £91,555, being nearly half as much more as in the previous year. In Church schools, as in schools generally, sub- seriptions had increased in a greater ratio than grants. The average number of children attending the inspected schools was 1,082,055. Since 1860-the period of the Revised Oode-the number of pupil teachers has declined from 13,849 to 10,955. P The report says the quality of pupil-teachers has also declined. A considerable part of the apprenticeship do not get beyond the third year. The supply of schoolmasters is falling off. To meet this deficiency certificated schoolmistresses are being extensively employed in mixed schools. The number of acting schoolmasters who come up for certificates is on the increase. The inspectors' reports are said to prove that the Revised Code has compelled a more uniform atten- tion to the scholars generally, but the danger of the instruction being merely mechanical requires to be guarded against. The rate of progress is unequal and most retarded by circumstances outside the schoolroom. The religious in- struction is best where a systematic course is prescribed. It is generally fair and often very good. The general result of individual examinations under the Revised Code still shows too backward a state of instruction. Only 161,773 children presented passed Standard 3, out of 264,231. The figures shew that 63'1 per cent., or nearly two-thirds of all the children in inspected schools, leave unable to pass Standard 4, that is to say, unable to read and write a short para- graph of an ordinary book and work correctly a sum in the "omoound rules.

THE OATHS COMMISSION. The report of the Oaths Commission has just been pub- lished. The differences of opinion in the commission were considerable. The report is signed by the Duke of Richmond, the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. Justice Shee, and Mr. O'Reilly. It recommends the retention of the oath taken by commisaioners who record or report, and by interpreters who translate evidence; of the oaths of feneral allegiance to the sovereign taken by persona olding great national offices of trust or importance; of those taken by recruits on enlistment into the army, and generally of those oaths taken under the rules of her Majesty's service. It recommends the abolition or the change into declarations of the oaths of fidelity taken by judges of superior courts or by jurymen and of all oaths or declarations intended to exclude from certain offices persons of some profession of religious faith. The decla- ration required of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and that required by the Act of Uniformity to be made by the heads and fellows of colleges are cited as examples. If such exclusion from offices on the ground of religious belief is to be maintained, it should be by direct enact* ment. In all cases the oaths should be freed from obsolete requirements and expressions, be expressed with clearness, and administered with solemnity. The Duke of Richmond, the Bishop of Oxford, and Mr. O'Reilly would maintain the oaths of fidelity, believing that they are ultimately based on the highest Chris- tian obligation. The two first-named and Mr. Russell Gurney would retain the declaration required by the Act of Uniformity. The third and most important dissent is signed by Lord Lyveden, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Bouverie, Si* W. S. Maxwell, and Dean Milman. These dissentients object to all oaths to which penalties which can be exacted are not attached. They recommend that power should be reserved to the Secretary of State, subject to the approval of Parliament, to dispense with any declara- tions that may be imposed. They consider that by far the greater number of oaths should be abolished, and the rest changed into a convenient form of declaration. The opinion of these dissentients is given concisely in the sen- tence that an oath will no mott furnish a public servant with conscience than with intellectual capacity." Mr. Dunlop signs the fourth dissent. He urges that the reference to the Act of Settlement in the oath of allegiance aught to be retained on account of the great revolution [rom which it flowed, and on which the liberties of the jountry civil and religious rest." Mr. Dunlop is alone in i,hat opinion.

Tho celebrated mill of Sans-Souci, which had been much damaged last year by a hurricane, has just been completely repaired. LORD DUNDKEARY IN PARIS.—" Lord Dun dreary "has attracted a number of educated Frenchmen and critics. Mr. Sothern is decidedly appreciated. His wonderfully clever representation of the genus fashionable idiot is familiar to all Londoners, who have long since done their own criticism by universal patronage. I will tell you what a French acute observer thinks of "Lord Dundreary." The Parisian gentleman who sat next to me the other night, as I witnessed that nobleman go through his long evening of artistic labour, ob. served towards the end of tho play: "Well, I can now give you an opinion. ?.?. Sotbern is a man of no ordi- nary mental endowing La he is a very careful and studious dramatic artist; he has worked hard he neg. lects nothing to complete his pictures. This character is wonderfully rich in detail—m attitude, expression of face, tone of voice, occupation of the hands, walk, and poses; my friend, be is a great satirical and humorous act ir. The American is £ ood too—admirable but the young ladies—'why, I thought Such was tlu appreciation of an old French critic of Mr. Sothern, ard the frequent bursts of laughter which accompanied his acting shewed that he was equally appreciated by the amuspd audience, many of whom were English and Americans. Paris Correspondent.

TRE "TELEGRAPH" AND THE REFORM BILL. The Daily Telegraph has discovered that the Reform Bill contains an absurd blunder. We are not certain that the Telegraph has not made a blundering discovery. The celebrated clause conferring the borough suffrage on rate- p/iyers requires that the voter shall have paid all rates that have become payable up to the preceding 5th of January, "and which have been demanded of him." The rates are to be demanded by a notice from the over- enacted that "anyoverseer who shall wilfully withhold such notice with intent to keep such occupier off TOO list or register, shall be deemed guilty of a breach of duty in the execution of the Registration Acts." The Telegraph supposes from this that the ratepayer is equally sure of his vote whether it is demanded or not, and that by omitting the notice the Ise overseer would enfranchise an occupier who had not paid a penny of his rates. He would' have sufficiently complied with the law by paying the rates demanded. This was assuredly not the intention of the Act; nor is it a neces- sary construction of it. To ensure the ratepaper oppor- tunity of becoming a voter, it was enacted that the rate should be demanded. It was made an offence, punishable by a penalty of JB20, in the overseer wilfully to withhold the demand. The penalty implies that an injury would be done to the ratepayer. He would be kept off the register, as by this Act he would if the rates were not paid, whatever the cause. If the third clause had been broken up into two sentences, and the last clause had read these rates shall be demanded of him in the manner hereinafter mentioned," the meaning of the framers would have been more clearly expressed. The Telegraph would have been saved this exhibition of its acuteness in contrast with the obtuseness of hon. members who could not detect this palpable blunder."

A DEFENCE OF THE MINISTRY. The Standard has an elaborate article, defending the Government and itself from the attacks of Lord Cran- borne and Mr. Lowe. The Standard says that Mr. Glad- stone's Reform Bill was opposed by the Conservative party and its organs because it would have given the Liberal party a permanent political predominance. But by enfranchising the working classes, as the present Dill does, the franchise is conferred upon men who will be much more amenable to the influence of educated men, and more inclined to generous and highminded views than the capelocracy a new term for the shop- k«*pers, apparently—have shewn themselves. Now, it be efficient to say that all this is pure specula- i?D' Conservatives have no means of ascertaining that nie operative class will be one whit more generous and highminded than the shopkeeping class. Moreover, whatBhall be said of last year's arguments ? We heara nothing then about Liberal predominance; the opponents of Mr. Gladstone's bill based their opposition upon statis- tics which shewed that already the working class possessed la fourth of the whole electoral power, and that if the fran- chise were reduced they would possess more than a half— they would swamp the other classes. Again and again was this argument used, and it was enforced by reference to the trades unions, which, it was alleged, would combine for political purposes. Since then we have had the Sheffield revelations and Mr. Disraeli's Reform Bill whereby the Sheffield murderers are enfran- chised, and now all that the Standard can say is exactly what Mr. Bright said last year-a war of classes is less dangerous if it be fought otit in a Parlia- ment where all classes are fairly represented, than outside a Parliament from which working men are excluded. In fact, having adopted the measure of Mr. Bright, the Tory organ is now fain to adopt his arguments, and to set them forth as something new. There never was in the history of parties a tergiversation so extraordinary as this. Henceforth we may be sure that just when the Con- servatives are most vehement in opposing a measure they are most certain to pass it.

THE BIRMINGHAM ELECTION. Birmingham is now in that condition of excitement which attends the progress of a oontested election. 1\:Ir. Dixon, the late mayor of the town, and Mr. Sampson Lloyd, a banker of great local influence, seem to be pretty nearly matched, and each oommands the support of his political party. Mr. Dixon has issued his address, in which he states that whilst believing that the Govern- ment have been sincere in their desire to pass a Reform Bill, he is convinced that those portions of the Act which will be most satisfactory to the people owe their existence mainly to the efforts and to the eloquent advocacy of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright. The personal ratepaying clauses will ever meet with his strongest opposition, for he cannot recognise in the mere manner in which a tax is paid a title to the franchise. Mr. Dixon condemns the inadequacy of the redistribution scheme which has passed the House of Commons, and if returned to Parliament would labour unceasingly to redress the existing inequali- ties in the representation and to give the elector the pro- tection of the ballot. He is an advocate of economy in our public departments, of an alteration in the land laws, of an amendment of the game laws, of just and equal legislation on the relations of employers and workmen, and of a national system of education. Strongly attached to the Protestant faith, he desires to see the most perfect religious equality. Mr. Dixon concludes by stating that he believes in the policy of non-intervention as the guiding principle of our Foreign Office. Mr. Sampson Lloyd has followed the example of Mr. Dixon in issuing his address to the electors of Birmingham. After a brief reference to his identification with their local interests, Mr. Lloyd defines his politics as Liberal-Con- servative. He would support the adoption of every real improvement, and the removal of every proved abuse. At the same time he would "maintain the great cardinal principles of our Constitution in Church and State, under which our country has become great, glorious, and free." Mr. Lloyd is satisfied with the extension of the suffrage as settled by the Reform Bill, but deems the scheme of redistribution as inadequate. At the proper time he would be prepared to enlarge it in such a manner as to g've no one class or interest any unjust preponderance. e approves of compulsory education, but would not vote for tne abolition of church rates, and would oppose any attempt to separate the Church from the State. The United Kingdom Alliance have issued a manifesto in favour of Mr. Dixon. Per contra, the lecturer Murphy is endeavouring to get up a No-Popery agitation against him.

It is reported in Paris that M. Louis Blanc is preparing a collection of_the private papers of the Emperor Maximilian for publication. THE THAMES EMBÄNKMENT. The cost of the ground of the Thames Southern Embankment is now ascertained to be £ 324,492. Of this £108,000 will be recouped by the sum paid for the site of St. Thomas's HoerDital. This is exclusive of the amount of contract for the construction of the embankment itself. THE FORMAL CHARGE AGAINST BEREZOWSKI.— The Act of Accusation," Anglicb charge, against Berezowski for his attempt upon the Czar occupies more than an entire column of a newspaper. It recites all the circumstances of the attempt, and also of the previous career of the assassin and it concludes thus: Conse. quently, Antoine Berezowski is accused of having on June 6th, 1867, in the Bois de Boulogne, with premeditation, committed an attempt at homicide upon the person of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, which attempt, mani- fested by a commencement of execution, failed in its effect only through circumstances independent of the will of its author. THE BETROTHAL OF THE KING OF THE HELLENES..The Journal de St. JPctersbourg says:—"The betrothal of the Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna with George I., King of the Greeks, was celebrated at the Palace of Tsarskoe-Selo. The Emperor and the King wore the uniform of Russian general officers the former with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Saviour, and the latter with that of Saint Andrew. Tho bride had on a white dress, laced with silver and sprinkled with roses. Two long tresses of her hair, interwoven with strings of pearls, escaped from the rose-coloured band that decorated her forehead, and fell over her shoulders. The Grand Duchess Alexandra Josephovna, her mother, wore a robe of blue and white, sparkling with precious stones. All the foreign ambassadors and heads of mis- sions were present. After the ceremony the diplomatic body breakfasted at the palace, and in the evening St. Petersburg, Tsarskoe-Selo, and Pavlowsky were bril- liantly illuminated. Prince Humbert of Italy, who was unexpectedly delayed in Berlin, arrived at Tsarskoe in time to be present at the marriage repast." THE EX-KING OF BAVARIA.—The old man is eighty-one, but art-in pursuit of which, as well as for love of Lola Montez, he sacrificed a crown—is still his predominant passion, and, in spite of the remonstrances of nis family, he has undertaken the long journey from Munich to 1 ans, in order to judge for himself of modern art as represented at the Exhibition. It is a curious fact that the old King is by birth a Frenchman. His father, the Count Palatine of Deux Ponts Birkenfield, was quartered at Strasburg, in command of the Regiment d'Alsace, when his son was born. Louis XVI. was his godfather, and sent him a lerccaunetlc, in which was the colonelcy of a cavalry regiment, a pension of 12,000f., and a bouquet of diamonds worth 80,000f. There is a story that the officers of his father's regiment presented him with a mattress stuffed with their moustaches. Whether the future monarch slept on this military couch or not, I cannot take on myself to assert, but it certainly failed to inspire him with warlike ideas; still, we must do Louis the Art-Patron the justice to say, that when the French invaded Bavaria in 1S13. he raised the whole country against Napoleon, and fougiit gallantly at the head of his regiment. Ills reign, too, was productive of immense good to his people. He suppressed gambling houses, as well a3 lotteries, throughout the kingdom, reduced his budget, diminished the period of military service, increased the salary of schoolmasters, aided the Greeks to recover their independence, made his capital a treasury of art, and, conjointly with the late King of Wurtemburg, inaugurated the Zollverein.— Paris Cor- respondent.

L TEE BREADALBANE PEERAGE. The case of Campbell and Another v. Campbell WM decided in the House of Lords on Tuesday. The appellant contended that the decision of the Court of Session ought to be reversed, because the connection between James Campbell (from whom the respondent claims to be descended) and Elizabeth Blanchard had been clearly proved to have been m its origin adulteroug to have continued so during the lifetime of Christo- rnSgi™ preemption ?J th. respondent to prjve tLTa U* place-between them posterior to T 1,^1 > i °. taKeii the appellant contended the respondent h^' f that cohabitation and habit and "if^iadf lfc0 Pi°V<> constitute a marriage, but are onlvS, J\not mik«0,r may be used in evidence to prove t^f been contracted that the fa?r d derivable from the whole evicWe"^0 that James Campbell and Elizabeth "Rl ^if ^a8 Bet up a marriage in 1781, and on thJ f^ marriage obtained the reputation of ?°^Ing persons, proceeded after Christopher T act on the same assumption; but that at 8 "?ea:to proved circumstances of the case thev coneVe?^! to have been married subsequent 10^^°' without evidence of the actual fact and j deat £ was contended there was none 'l? ^"c,h \V1<*e°C,6lt contended that he had proved hia propin^tl fn Campbell, of Glenfalloch (the second to,Willlftin Campbell), as his legitimate great^5,1 ° °f he ought to be second heir to the late^Iarql^'o^EreadS- bane, and that the claim of the respondent who it was contended had failed to establish such propinquity ought to be rejected. The respondent submitted that he had failed to shew any ground why &fu^1 e^ect^hould066^^ given to those acknowledgments and^ the^etre^haf thl interlocutor appealed from ousrht to h<» j Pu appeal dismissed with costs 8 affirmed and JueWnt seriatim at great length, and the interlocutor appealed from was affirmed.

LAW AND POLICE. RATHEB TOO SHARP.—At t>,p a • i\r-* land Circuit) an action for trespass came before Mr jSt £ Lush. The plaintiff was a horse-dealer, and bought of the Shortly afterwards the plaintiff J trough, horse-stealing. While h tjTn oS°l The pUrntS, being '.t' stealing, brought this action. A 8<° Hf6' the plaintiff; damages 40s. A Verdict was "turned for A NICE EVENING PARTY of the George public-house" I? moned before Mr. Tyrwhitt,'at thi ^f^n^' Z Police-court, for harbouring bad sergeant who visited the hoLe find A the greater part composed £ T £ object of the meeting was stated o/I "Iu magistrate, which ran as follows • A be held at the George, Dudl B Nick M'Naff, better known aai T £ trouble. Dancing to com^f, • M'Nafif, or "Tinker," was aZi™" robbery! As the defendant h^ be^ [°r of asimilaroffence, Mr. tl THE ROBBERY or £ 18,000.—Willi*™ T v, xt .tands charged with embezzlinTth^' employers to the extent of l ™ J" before Alderman Sir R. Garden/' agam^brou»hfc limited to evidence by the clerks ff°C?edlT wer5 County Bank, who proved that m, X 4116 Lo.ndon and lented in the prisoner's books of W 0ccas?0? rePr £ into the bank on account of M*BS™ *51 8Uma only very small sums had been S in^T^ E-Wyn' tiimself nad opened an account Jfth fK 1 prisoner was remanded, bail bein^efL J* kX* prosecution did not oppose the application!' tboug CHANCEBY WITHOUT a COURT OF ApCTi, a r tion has been made to Vice-Chancellor of Samuel Barstow and Co. (LimS up in court, to restrain the sale of Diri™ W°Ti execution, pending an appeal from th* 18 Honour refusing to stay of There being virtually no court ifthe the death of Lord Justice Turner *nH °D account of the Lord Chancellor in the House e"?af £ ment« ordered the provisional liquidator ?ono?r pay the debt, and if there wm *° 8eU *he \r™ fortnight to levy execution on an £ Wlthin • oroperty. ny of company'# A QUESTION OF CUSTOM.—a „„;f „ Chancellor Wood, in which the nW;^me ^Ice" a security on account of certain adva^r. a?ug £ t° enforoe Mr. Waite having failed, the defendant •ite. had bought a quantity of linseed reeis^8^ on the ground that Waite was not entitfj? ? cargo to a third party. His Honour w!i oft0 ?^dgeih? the said custom had not been estahtioK^f opinion that gave judgment for the plaintiff. > so he therefore DAMAGES FOR A RAILWAY COLLIHTAV A in the Court of Common Plea« '1! -Mr- Hodj^oii, damages on aecount of injuries rf(??ver'a on the North London Railway! Blwhilf .^veiling on his wav from Bow to Steonev a • t^'ntifif waa in which he sustained concussion of P[ac*» to the nervous system, from Sh hj rr « and 8hock «iucn ne rr,„y never recover. TRESPASSING ON PROPERTY t^- BURDETT COUTTS.—At the MiddW^ cjJ1^ TO-r,¥ri*f Wilmott pleaded guilty to anind^tm,^ ^11,8' ?ober £ him with making a forcible entry on 11 cl}ar8^ Miss Burdett Coutts. It appe» id thatf^ belonging to In Bethnal Green, and t ProPerty waa erected on it. The prisrer ^def Tom^T/n.r^- W* the land, entered it, and pu'. ap a board Thislfif^1 K? let on building >.W»P He tecogms.™ to come ur lor j^gment when call.dup™ SELLING MB* FBITHV P itr WAT ^TirrTAv "A a Mound has been fined £ 5 and cltu hi 'r~Au^Stiaa offering for sale a photograph of U, ^ViJyrw, i picture, "The Railway Station." Priths celebrated THE BIRMINGHAM MURDER.—At Thomas Scott was found guilty of U "w,lck Assizes Mr Pryse. It wiU be remfmbered thatS™ ?*Urder a clerk m the employ of a firm of whi^* PT°n*lr W!2 John Pryse was a member. Prison* brother at wrong in his accounts, and it was Waf, found to be discovered that he made the savage ^ad '3een in the death of John Pryse. Mr. Bar resulted sentence of death in the usual form! °n £ °tt passed A THREATENED BLOWER UP.—He*™ t> u charged at the Sheffield Town Hall witK v, .■KeHamy was to blow up a fellow workman. Both wer V1°ig t^re^tened and when they met in a public-house V Peters, calling the complainant a knobstick after put gunpowder under the complainant's 1 he that at a given signal he should drop a JTu "P a?e> and it and explode it. This alarmine threat „ nn^"lron 0& the defendant was the worse Hquo^buUh^ being used on the sole ground that the com,. ?act of lta a non-unionist gave it some degree of im^ 'l ant was magistrates ordered the defendant to ^nce" The the peace for six months. 8ureties to keep ATTEMPT TO UPBET TRATN<» At Hall four lads were committed' for triil6 ga,n Town putting iron spikes and other 011 a charge of intent to upset the trains. Three min tH? line with the magistrates, and are remanded o „v,aVe ^een before ing to overthrow the limited mail °bargeof attempt-. SHOOTING A POLIOBMAN.—a Hmi. has been committed for trial at t^ A Murray* Police-court on a charge of shooting nT~ n-under-Lyn'e. seized some beer drawn after two n'oi i a who. ing last. The policeman was ston.Tv V111 Sunday morrf- hurt. Several others, who like t^ bu* not d»ngerousl7' drunk at the time, were commit?^^Pnsoner, were very rescue Murray. committed for attempting to

THE GERMAN LOTTERIES — A the Prussian Government orders vu ordonn&nce of Hanover, Osnabruck, and FranW 1 the lotteries of be suppressed after the terminatio^t-cn-the-Maine, shall Ing of those of this year. The citv t p draw- fchis step resources amounting on „ Frankfort loses by, annually. 11 average to 200,000ft THE EAST.—Venice is eaeer oonds with the East. A letter renew her Old that it is proposed to establish a d^ Moniteur states between the Queen of the Adriati ec** ^ne steamers that the Viceroy of Egypt is Verv f° and Alexandria, and prise, and willing to pay two-thirdsf^f ^urable to the enter-, vention. °* the necessary sub- THE POET LAUREATE.—Tennv reate, has purchased a small estate Lau- Blaakdown-hill, Haslemere. A m' ° d Greenhill, near and retired spot can scarcely be Co~re.romantically lovely be hoped, he may enjoy that pea^f -^ere> is to nature which is congenial to the « communing with to erect on the property a suitabl e B0U*- intends bably, he will become a permanpnt e ,use, so that, pro- A CLERICAL RETORT.—The is told of a well-known parish min; °-0^ng' anecdoto lands, distinguished for his vein Cf ^*est High- observation, who, meeting the other ?umour and sarcastic of the Free Church, said, I atn ..day a zealous member' ing of coming back to the EstahUcv that you are think- forbid!" exclaimed the other „n again." "God rejoined, "Well, it is seldom' P°n which the minister matters, but these are just the veU,and a £ ree on 6UC^ heard the report.—Inverness Courier Words use<l when I ARREST OF Two IXQT; A good deal of excitement has hf a°RS -A-T ROME.— the arrest in the dead of night af'licaused in Rome by the two chief inquisitors, Fathers ('• v Quirina^ Palace of are Dominicans, and hold the offi and Carnelli. Both It is supposed that the Pope hims "if 1 ceasors the press.' because they allowed the puuif„, .as ordered their arrest offensive to him. The Jesuits u 011 certain works against these monks. Father Gd^ ^een Pitting in residence, but his deputy, Car« lV1S to remain robe stripped off, and has been dr J18^ ^ad monk's THE LATE JOHN PHILLIP to prison. position of the property of th» 1 1 —^le dis- R.A., has now been made, and i« -^r- Phillip, factory. The private effects of thC°r!1S^ered highly satis-, large prices at the sales, not so m^ 1 *Ceased re.al'sed v,y worth as by reason of their hnv? ora their intrinsic valued by Mr. Phillip. Hishous* n £ ^een purchased and purchased by a brother artist TVr°n \lamc'en"bill has been his box in the Highlands, which F' ^rudo^P^ Lehmann described by Mr. Shirley Brnni-CUI",0US'^ enough, was artist's death as one of the *• a month before the Mr. Brooks's novel Sooner T THE ^CTI°" OF been taken by one of his iutim,?l%r a 8 fr' ha" amateur artist and art-connoisseur Th^l' done by Mr. Phillip's hand { i n Stroke ever Charles II. He was sketching g i ° l^ofi!e of in Mr. Fritli's studio when he wa/f-6 -t-u ta^e lytic attack which ultimately carried him^ff K f r !'ara" work, with any degree of finish wLl"? °ff' but the possession of Mr. Hnirv'Thomnc e eX(-"cute<l i: iu surgeon, and to it an iuterestinrr j e erni'-eut J) ai in t an illness which shortly prec-d^ histf Mr. J hompson, attending him w<^ sitt^ attack. u incii ne was regarding. Something in the pose nni arJist' wh° said> "If I I've' cr\«it r Pirlt tb,ls T.lbiect> and call it The Itac* -"Y-ot^ v?6 °?^y, ^lvecl to execute the prt limi- !rrv^-tch m chalky whieh his executors have given to Mr. Thompson. The, Flaneur," in the. Morning Star.