GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXI.—NO. 125. THE EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED KVKBY EVENING (Sundays excepted), AT THE NEW 81/EEETIN BVILDINO) 607 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, UY THE EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION, PBOMHTrrOBB. * , _ . __ GIBBON PEACOCK, ERNEST C. WALLACE, W.U FETUEKBTON, THOB. J. WILLIAMSON, GASPER BOCJDER. Ja., FRANCIS WELLS.. Thd Bulletim is Bcrred to subscriber* In the city at 18 feeata per week, payable to the carriers, or $8 per annum. SCHOMACKER & CO.'S CELEBRATED ■M^WPPianoa.— Acknowledged superior In all respect* to any made in this country, and sold on itfost liberal SrmJr K'EW AND SECONDHAND PIANOS constantly On band for rent Tuning, moving and packing promptly Attended to. Warerooma. 1103 Chestnut street Jcl9-3ins DIEI>. ALDRIDGE.—On Friday morning, August 30th. Willie I). Aldridge, sou of Samuel 11. and Adelaide M. Aldridge, in the nineteenth year of his age. . The relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to Attend hi* funeral. Tuesday, 3d inst.. at 2 o'clock, from 11. «J. Kolloek's, 7(H» South Second street. * lIKLL.—On tbe'SKlth lust, Thomas Bell, iu the 73d year of Ids age, The relatives and friends of tin; family are Invited to Attend the fimerat from Ms late residence. No. Chestnut street, West Philadelphia, ou Tuesday. Sept. 3, at 2 o'clock. *" IIOWN. —On Saturday, Augu *t 31st, in Camden, N. J., MnoEUen Down, late of Alferton. England, aged 53 years. The relative* ond friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 025 Cooper street, Camden, N. J„ on Tuesday afternoon, the 3d inst., at 1 o’clock. • JEWELL.—On the 31st ult., Caroline Jewell, in the 07th year of her age. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to Atteud the funeral, from the re-ddenre of her sister. No. I ltd Vine street, on to-morrow (Tuesday; afternoon, nt 4 o’clock. . 4 I.LOYD.—August 31st, in Camden. Maine, Christiana, Wife of Richard l.loyd, of New Orleans. -- * SMITH.-On August 31st. Hettie N. Smith, oldest daughter of Samuel N. and Lydia Jk Smith, aged 21 years. Relative* and friends of the family are iuvited to attend the funeral, without further notice, on Tuesday, Sept. 3d, git 2 o’clock. I*. M., Chester, Delaware county. Pa. Car risges n ill iii Cit the train that h-avea the city at 12.3/1. « TpVßft & LAN DELL. FOUR ill AND fARC'H, ARE JL opeuing for the EMI Trade* of 1%<57 Margot Shaw)*, ordered good-. Poplins, new color.*, and Rich Plaid/ 1 . "Black Silk*, superior grades. Plain Silk -, of all qualities. B'Lu'-K a Inhuman''cilXPES^tSinVKciilVED. Crnjx- 1.10111-,,iro:n fesct/. to *1 'Ziyi a yard. HKfcjSON k ms. Mourning Stor**, Id* r< V Etii AlT r . NOi l v ES. _ SCIENTIFIC COCT.SE lakayette college, The next term commences THURSDAY, September 12th. Candidates lor admission m*y be examined the day before (September 11th), or on TUE3DA Y, July 30th, the day before the Annual Commencement Exercises. For circulars, apply to President CATTF.LL, or to Prof. JL B. YOUNGMAN, Clerk of the Faculty. JyaiMfl Eurron, I'euaa.. July. 1&67. mar* HH TtTEENTH WARD REITBUCANS.-r mw . The Union Republican Citizen* of the Fourt THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE Companv, Bi:iTKHm.n i, 1*57. The Director* have this day declared a dividend of Seven Dollar* and Fifty cent® per share on the stock of the Com pan v for the lift six months, which will be |iiid to rticetoekhofterß or their legal representative*, after the liih inat. to ael2J W.M. «: CROWELL. Secretary. MP FAMILIES AIIOUTCHAXGING THEIR RE3l dence or loving tbo city, CAU receive the highest e»»h price for old newspapers, books, pamphlet*. rugs, etc. Wrappon, ilwi,)- on buna and fur sale by E. HUNTER, 613 Jayne stm t. Orders will receive prompt attention, try mull or otherwise. au27 lmrpl STATED MONTH I. Y MEETING OF THE GerniHutoWD Gricket Club will be held at the dub House on Monday. Sept. 2d. nt 5 o'clock, I*. M. suS-lt* W. C. MORGAN. Jn., Secretary. uj> HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND 1520 Ldmbard Street .Dispensary Department—Medical treatment and medicines furnished gratuitously to the KOVAL IKSUHANCe CtJIPANV. Annn.il Meeting. The tinniia! meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held yesterday, at eleven o’clock, at the Central Offices of the Company, North John street. Liverpool. In the absence, through Parliamfflatary - duties, of the Chairman, Mr. Charles Turner, M. I’., the chair was- taken by Mr. Broeklebauk, the respected Chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbor Board. Extract:- from the REPORT la Ht THE YEAR 186(1. The year IMlfi, which comprises the period to he embraced in the present Annual Report of the businc-s of the Royal Insurance Company, has been marked, as the previous year was, by cou- Jlngrations in some cases individually large, but still more by (ires all but unexampled in numbers Both here and abroad. Notwithstanding the facts that again the Revenue of the Company for the year has ulti mately turned out to bo larger, and that the Claim’s have proved somewhat less than they ■were estimated, the unsatisfactory result of the entire year is shown bv the Accounts which'will lie rend to you in detail, giving a final loss on the FUSE RIiAN'CTI Of i'e'kJCS I.ls. lid ($l-10,815). Whilst it is undoubtedly true thatan occasional balance, to the debit, of such a comparatively ' email sum as this in such large transactions, would be, in itself, of minor consequence, it be comes significant when combined with the results •of two successive years, each bearing more or less the Same characteristics; and it assumes a still more grave importance when accompanied bv reports of kindred establishments exhibiting a like phase of experience over a like period, and especially when some of these count a ratio of disasters"far exceeding that which the Directors of this Company have to annoance- This disclosure of an increasing amount of loss attending Fire Insurance business generally, now • shown unmistakably to exist by successive an nouncements from all sides, and the consequent impression that elements of risk not pre-existing, or, at any rate, not so to the same extent, are now in force, have led to an increased caution on the part of the Executive of this Company in ac cepting Fire Proposals, and to other remedial measures referring to the personal characters of proposed Insurers, which at first sight would Have appeared calculated to induce a lhrge reduc tion in the business of the year. ■ The impetus, however, of a long-contiatjed progression could not even by these means be speedily reduced. It thus ultimately turns out. notwithstanding these retarding influences de signedly applied, to the business, that, with the' •exception of one Company, whoso affairs have been conducted for the last two or three years ■with considerable vigor, no other Insurance Cilice has paid the same increaso of Fire Duty to Go vernment in the year as the “Royai,.” This is Shown by the usual test of the Government Re turns ordered to bo printed by the House of Commons. It is evident, therefore, that if the •checks adverted to had not been applied, the ad vance of the last year would have been equal to that of any year in the records of the' Establish ment. The fact is, indeed, amply verified by the fol lowing comparative statement of the Fire Busi ness for the last five years, viz.; Premium. £aoo,(>;io - 841,GG8 400,408 414,738 447,271 18G2 18G3 - 1831 18Gu 1801!, A dote and severe investigation into the proba ble causes of the large amount of losses sustained by the entire body of Insurance Establishments, almost without exception, during the last threo years, docs not lead to the conclusion that insu lated Eires have been more extensive than here tofore. the Contrary might be safely maintained, bat, which is of far moro serious' import, that ' Fires .have I)cen much more numerous tlian at any former like period; and hence the more aiarming conviction that the causes of danger have most materially increased. . It would be vain to expect it' to be possible, eilherin past times or in the .present, to continue ah,lnsurance Business with a revenue approach ing to half a million sterling without the occur rence of losses of large magnitude from time to time. All that the utmost skill or care can aim at is to endeavor to lessen the probability of their occurrence so frequently as to interfere with the average prosperity of the enterprise, applying the test over a series of years. .It may further he affirmed that a lengthened experience in these matters would show that these periods of excessive claims are not times of unmixed evil. They rather lead to a wholesome and useful discipline of the too-sanguino and in experienced in the business of Insurance. These, frequently led away by a temporary lull in the average of casualties, injure, by the adoption of inadequate premiums, not only their own estab lishments, but likewise those or others who would fain have been governed by more matured consi derations. It is, therefore', of no small impor tance to be able to announce that the disease is at iengtii working its own cure. The conductors of the great Insurance companies of the Kingdom have, with few and minor exceptions, determined to enforce by their examples the deductions cf wise, cautious and long-acquired experience, and a needful but moderate increase of premium has therefore generally been oblnintjd. The improvement of rates shown to have been hnppily obtained is. of Course, of too re cent a date to have had much influence yet on the revenue or profit of the Company. It is however, a in tter of satisfaction to announce that, indcpti: entiy of this new advantage, to be regarded : ospectively, the operations of Die past six nu -ths of the present year have been productive of lair amount of proiit. This fa vorable chang . aas very properly had its influ ence in the in termination of the Directors in their recommendation of. the amount of Divi dend and Bonus to be declared at this Sleeting. J.tl'E laiA.M 11, The present aspect and future prospects of the Life Branch remain as promising as ever, and it is confidently believed that the'measures to be announced on this, occasion will lead to its in creased permanent prosperity. Tiie report of the last year exhibited the pro gress of the Company by grouping the Sums As sured' into I our quinquennial periods, showing in the— ' = Ist period of r> years to I*l9 a total sum Assured "I •••• £ 272,7% 2d' “ “ IXii-l •< “ 723,108 ; 81 “ “ “ 18.70 “ “ 3,037,1:78 ilh “ “ “ 3xol “ 3,l:i!),gir, Two years have now expired of a fresh quin quennial period, and it cannot but be deemed satisfactory evidence of great success to find that in those years (1805 and 386(7), assurances have lieen effected to the extent of £1,718.771, being more than the entire five years to the 3d period, viz., to 1830 inclusive. It can be shown that in those same two years the standard of eligibility has been strictly inain ained, as 774 Lives have been dec-lined in the period for no less an aggregate Sum Assured than .£118.075 12s. 3d. These figures should not be passed over un heeded, since they indicate clearly the caution still exercised In accepting Lives, and they form the weightiest argument to induce good Lives to select a Company which gives to its Assurers an entire body of copartners with the best prospects of longevity. The Directors would again- refer to the estimate in the last Actuarial Report of a probable Increase to the .Life and Annuity Funds of One Million Sterling in 10 years, or ol £lOO,OOO annually dur ing that period. The actual increase to those Funds in the past year is £724,105 7s. ad. in viriF.Niv.cNj> Boxes. The Directors propose to the Proprietors that a Dividend lie declared of 3s. per Share and a Bonus of 4s. per Share, together 7s. per Share, free of income Lax. The considerations which have induced the Di rectors to propose a continuance of the same Dividend and Bonus for the present year have tsjen partly anticipated in a preceding paragraph of the Report. ' It is true that the payment of the Dividend will exhaust the amount remaining at the credit of Profit and Loss standing at the end of the year 186 G: as. however, it can he accomplished with out encroaching on the amount of Reserve, which will stand as before at the sum of £110,913 ‘is. ltid., it has been considered consistent with propriety to continue the same amount rather than declare a reduced sum on one occasion, which, from the present somewhat improved aspect of the accounts, might possibly not be deemed needful again. Looking at the heavy losses throughout the entire year visiting all parts of the world, and hardly sparing one Insurance-Establishment in this or any other country, it was not anticipated (until- the .ac counts were made up and found to exhibit more favorable features than expected) that the Divi dend could be paid cut-of Profit and Loss,leaving the Reserve to stand at the amount at which it stood in the preceding year. There will, more over, remain a sum of about £40,0011, since added to the credit of Profit and Lo3s on account of the Profits of the present year. The Proprietors will not fail to draw the follow ing inevitable conclusions from a review of the whole subject: : 1 stly—That if the adverse experience of the past two yearn had been carried on to the same ex tent during the six months of the present year, it must have resulted in the declaratjou of a largely-red need Dividend, extending through and possibly far beyond the period which marked the continuance of such disasters, iindly—That the uniform resistance made by the Directors in times past to the declaration of any Dividend likely to be reduced in time to conic, iB now shown to be in entire accordance with the true government of an Insurance Com pany: and 3raly—That any future periods of prosperity, when they arrive, should primarily be used to accumulate such a Reserve Fund as will give at least a high degree of probability that any fu ture Dividends declare by the Directors shall be declared permanently continued. . These are the axioms which fixed themselves on the minds of the first projectors of the Royal Insurance Company, as self-evident truths,"in their efforts to work out the problem of good management which was then given them to demonstrate. They have been consistently kept in view by the past and present Directors of the Company; and it will doubtless be considered by the Shareholders in accordance with their present interests and iuture expectations of prosperity, that they should be continuously and inflexibly maintained. Ciiaki.es Turner, Chairman. August Bth, 1807. Mr. Dove also read the various" statements of account. Martyrs to Carelessness If all the teeth that have been ruined by neglect could be strong together, they would reach thrice round the world. There may have been some excuse for this havoc in days gone by, whon there was no absolute safeguard against dental decoy in exist ence, but there is no apology for it now. Fka fi rant Sozopont, the world-renowned antiseptic dentifrice, as’certainly protects the teeth against decay, as oif prevents steel frpm rusting, or water arrests the progress of fire. •' - The Evening Post tells us that carbolic acid, used by means of a saturated cloth hung up in a room, will effectually drive away flies and mosquitoes, and that experiment has been successfully tried. Samuel S. Fktiierston &.Co., China and Glass Store, 210 South Second street. Balls, parties, suppers, pic-nlcs, etc.,, fur nished with all kinds of Glass, Chins, and other ware, at the lowest prices, by S. S. .Fetherston & Go,, 2TO South Second street. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1867. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. ’A FRANCE. Napoleon’s New ‘♦Beiorm.” Tiie mountain has brought forth a mouse. What has been for a week announced as a decla ration of new policy, possibly an affirmation of the 19th-of-Janunry decrees in respect to the press and public meetings, turns out to be a mea sure of administratibri iu respect to parish roads. The Emperor has addressed the following letter to M. de Lavalette, the Minister of the Interior: “Camp of Chalons, Aug. 35. — Ahmneur le Mimtlrt: You are aware what importance, I attach to the prompt' completion of 'our means of communication. I consider them one of the surest ways of increasing the strength and riches of France, for everywhere the number and good condition of the roads" are one of the most cer tain signs of the advanced state ot the civilization of peoples. “I have already given instructions to the Min ister of Public Works to pursue the examination and prepare tiie concession of new lines of rail way; He will, at the same time, seek the means of improving our canals and the navigation of our rivers, which are modifying counterpoises tos railroad monopoly. But our efforts must not be ' couflncd to this aloue. The Agricultural Com mission has demonstrated in an evident manner that the construction of a complete network of, parish roads is an essential condition of the pros perity of the country and of the well-being of Uiose rural populations who have always shown me so much devotion. Preoccupied with the realization of this projec t. I had instructed you to examine, in concert with the Minister of Fi nance, a series of measures which might permit of our terminating within ten years the network of parish rouds by tiie triple concurrence of tiie Communes, tbe Departments and the State. Be sides this, desirous of facilitating in the ease of the Communes the means of participating in-the expense, I had requested you to prepare for tin; creation of a special fund destined to advance them the necessary sums by means of , loans .granted at a moderate rate, and repayable at long periods. “1 approve the note which you have addressed to me, and the principle which serves it as a basis. But as, before presenting to the Legisla tive Body any definitive resolutions, there are several important questions to examine, I beg you to prepare complete and precise elements ol information. The deliberations of the Muni cipal Councils will evidently require to be the point of departure of this labor. But I desire that, in the investigation. which is aboufc to be opened, a large part may be left to the members ol those departmental assemblies with whose patriotism and devotion lam acquainted, and whose concurrence I know will cot fail me. “I rely upon the enlightened zeal and the energetic activity-which you have shown since I placed you at the bead ot Die Department of the Interior to rapidly bring to a termination this administrative investigation, and to lay before the legislative body, at its next sitting, a bill which may insure the execution of the work the realization of which I have greatly at heart “Hereon, Monsieur lc Mmistre, I pray God to have you In His holy keeping. Nai-0i.f.0n.” Mi de Lavalette has published a report, dated the 16th inst, relative to the execution of the measure proposed in the above letter,, and a miniate rial decree convoking the Municipal Councils during the first ten days in September, in order to revise the classification of parish roads. The Minister has also addressed a cir cular to the Prefects concerning the application of the decree. SPANISH REVOLUTION. Prim’s movement in tbe Provinces— Queen Isabella’s Tbronc Doomed. (I‘nria (August 191 Carretpondence of the London Time*.) Although the report that General Prim had en tered Spam has been contradicted and is appa rently unfounded, the Paris Liberie nevertheless, insists that an insurrection has by this time broken out in that country, lve still await telegraphic confirmation of the Libp-ti's conviction; but there would certainly be nothing surprising in its proving true. The tyranny.ahd gross misrule of successive governments, hud especially of the present one, have long been ripening a revolution. And this is the season of the year when such things generally break out south of the Pyrenees. The last attempt—that of Prim—was made in winter, and turned out a signal failure, not from want of sympathy on the part of the people, but because many who were to have taken a prominent part in. it were either lukewarm or cowed and broken down at tbe last moment. Since then the atrocities committed—the whole sale shootings and transportations and innumera ble acts of injustice and oppression—have exas perated the nation to sueh a point that it is diffi cult to believe the summer will end without an outbreak. No man, however aloof he may keep: from politics, is safe from prison and even worse,and from such a general state of personal in security the nation is eager to escape. This it can only do at the price of rebellion,-which we may reasonably expect to prove tlie most serious that Inis occurred in Spain since the death of Ferdi nand. This time it is not the overthrow’ of the Cabi net, but that of the dynasty that will be aimed at, and doubtless achieved. The days of the reign of the “innocent Isabel,” as it was the fashion to call her in her infancy, may be looked upon as num bered. The difference of yJgiKfljujiJong ago ex isting upon that head among the members of the liberal party has given way under re peated persecution, and the erv will no longer be “Down with the. Minister ‘and long live the Queen,” but “Away with them all!” The most knotty point to consider is. who shall succeed her. The idea of an Iberian em pire, long cherished by a considerable party in Spain, has become le9s and less practicable. The Portuguese are naturally little inclined to a union, which for them would be absorption; their King, notwithstanding his good, qualities, is barmy the stamp of man to smooth away, by his personal energy and sagacity, the difficulties in the way of so great a scheme; it will probably I be necessary to look elsewhere. Pretenders will not be wanting, A French legitimist paper has just indulged in a glowing panegyric of the chief of the younger branch, Don Carlos de Bourbon, whoso high qualities and noble intentions it vaunts as peculiarly adapting him to grace a crown and insure his country happiness. Many wifi proba bly think, however, that it will not bo worth while to expel the reigning Bourbon in order to put another of the same family in her place. Such may be expected to be the feeling in Spain, where the name of Don Carlos is painfully asso ciated with long wars and much misery. It is difficult to suppose that if a revolution occurs in Spain its leaders will bo unprepared with a sub stitute for the power they design to overthrow. That ttufthronc of the present sovereign is highly insecure admits not of a doubt to any who are acquainted with the present state of things in Spain. v BRITISH REFORM. Joint Bright on Vote by Ballot— I The Future Work off the League. The following letter has recently been re ceived by Mr. E. Beales, the President of the .Reform League, in reply to the announcement that the League would use its organization,'con sisting of four hundred and thirty branches, for the purposes of registration, educating the people in the use of the vote, and promoting the return to the next Parliament of members pledged to advanced liberal principles. FROM JOHN My Dear Mr. Beales. — l am glad to see that it is not intended to discontinue the. organization and labors of the Reform League, although so great a step has been gained in the extension of the suffrage. On that branch of the question of reform I presume you wifi not Jfoel it necessary now to agitate further, so ’far Ss the boroughs arc couccrncd. OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. „ —ig >. „„ mi too fim reception of the L'nited States sqtladron and Ad miral Farragut, off Kronstadt,' by the Itussian authorities, vour eorre.-pondent will refer brielly to the reception of the Frolic at Stettin-on-the- Odcr by the laud and marine officers of Prussia. The Frolic, on the way from Cherbourg to Kronstadts put in at Stettin, Pras sia, to take.on hoard Mrs. Admiral. Farragut and party, who had come overland, through Cologne, up the Rhine, and Berlin from Paris. The ap pearance of the Frolic at Stettin was the tint visitation of an American ship to Prussian wa ters, and the greatest curiosity was manifested on tiie part of the Prussians. At first there was a Jjind of hesitation about the progress of the ship 'up the Oder on the part of the Prussians, who were token completely by surprise at the first ap pearance of an American armed ship steaming so far inland. As the kind intention of the Frolic was manifested, the hesitation of the Pros-' aians gave way to curiosity, then unbounded courtesy, then enthusiasm,'which went On in creasing amid shouting, rejoicing, firing of can nons, and bands of muelc, till one grand, wild, and' spontaneous ovation from land and shore weleomed the Frolic in Prussian waters. As the Frolic approached Stettin, the-shore batteries pealed forth the national salute to America, and pn ail sides was ran up the American flag. The people thronged the More in crowds, while the Prussi’angarnson was marched out and stood at parade rest, to welcome the Frolic’s arrival. The newspapers came out with extra editions, an nouncing the ship’s arrival, and the Prussian commandercnme on board wcleoining the ship’s arrival. On the morning of the 11th, the people, nobility, officers and ladies came thronging on hoard, and during the day about fltteen thousand people looked over the f'rolic with the greatest curiosity and admiration. On the arrival of Mrs. Farragut and party from Berlin, the Prussian authorities furnished magnificent carriages to convey them to the ship. The people thronged the carriage, throwing bou "quets and shouting’ “America” from the railroad to the Frolic’s boat, where Prussian bands,and ele gantly dressed aidß-de-camp, accompanied the, ladies on board. Once on board, the grand salvos of artillery burst out from the shore and every house-top, and every available space of ground on cither Bide of the Oder was thronged with peo- ! pit, waving American colors and shouting Ame rica! The steamers carrying the American flag now pushed out from the shore wittebands play ing American airs, and thronged \rah .officers and nobility, who accompanied the Frolic to Swine miide, where a grand ball was improvised in honor of the American ship. No one can ac count for the vast enthusiasm of the Prussians, unless it came politically through the command ol King William, at Berlin,- It Mould be apropos-fo mention the fact, that the Frolic was one of The Clvdc-buiit steamers, fitted out in England as a blockade-runner for tlie Rebels. She was captured by our fleet oif Charleston during the war. Her original name iri England was the “Lord Clyde,” anti her Rebel name was “A. E. Vance.” Exited States Flao-ship 'Fp.ankijx, Off Kuoxstapt, Russia, August 15, 18ti7.—The flag ship Franklin, with Admiral Farragut, arrived off Kronstadt on the evening of the-10th. The squa dron arrived in Russian waters without invitation or announcement. Our squadron-found here the Norwegian and Swedish fleets, which have been waiting some time for a reception by the Grand Duke Conßtantine. On the arrival of the American semndron, the Grand Duke Constantine was ab sent from St. Petersburg, and was to remain ab sent for ten days. The C'zar Alexander was also on a visit to the. Crimea for the benefit of his health. Rear-Admiral Lessofskv was the highest officer of the Russian Government at St. Peters burg. On telegraphing our arrival, the Grand Duke immediately returned to do honor to the American Admiral and the American squadron. The arrival ot the squadron has been attended with the most delicate courtesies on the part of the Russian authorities. As the flag of Admiral Farragut came into view beyond Kronstadt, before, even, we bad 6alutcd the Russian colors fa custom always observed among Europeans), the fleet and Kronstadt bat teries fired the Admiral's salute of 17 guns. Before we could finish answoring the 17 guns, the Russians belched forth the National salute of 21 guns from fleot and Bhore, with the American flag at the fore-maßt head, and waving from the flag-staff of Kronstadt. As the American flagship came up the Russian fleot advanced to meet us With rigging manned, and amid the wildest snouts of the Russian throe times three, and salvos of artillery from the cannons of Kronstadt, Admiral Lessof sky como on board immediately, offering the hos- >. pitalitics of Russia and welcoming the Admiral in the warmest manner. Sunday, the 11th, was a quiet day, but on Monday Admiral Farragut received the Russian officers, giving them a lunch on the flagship. On the 18th the clvU au thorities of St. Petersburg, the Mayor, &c„ paid a state visit to the fleet, offering the hospitalities and freedom of St. Petersburg to the American fleet. On the 14th, Admiral Farragut paid his first visit to St. Petersburg, whore he was received with his staff by Gen. Clay, who met him at the landing with carriages, ana conveyed him to the rooms of the American minister, whore a colla tion was partaken of; the Rnnsinns to ah turf speeches mode, and arrangements made for the reception of our officers by the Grand Duke Constantine, which takes place this afternoon, and the facts of which I shall write in my letter this evonlng. Mrs. Farragut is the guest of Madam Lcssofeky at Kronßtadt. As yet the ceremonies have been tho common coremonics attending the arrival of a distin guished Admiral, heightened by the fact that ho is an American, The Winter palace and shrines of the churches have been thrown open to the inspection of our,offlcers,who have thronged St. ; Petersburg,, in citizen's during tho last two DRICIIIT. .. the concession of a wMc franchise is most incomplete so long ns security at the ballot is denied. As a machinery for conducting elections without disorder, the arrangement of the ballot is perfect, and if. on that ground ouly, it should be adopted. But there is a'higher ground on which all reformers should insist upon it. The more wide the suffrage,the more there arc of men in humble circumstances who arc admitted to thQ a exerciagyof political rights, the more clearly is it necessary that the shelter of the ballot should be granted. I am confident it Would lessen expenses at elections, greatly diminish corruption, and destroy the odious system of in timidation which now so extensively prevails, and that it would make the House oi Commons a more complete representation of the opinions and wishes of the electoral body. I have a very fcStrong conviction on this subject, and I hope all our friends throughout the country' will accept the ballot aB the next great question for which, in connection with Parliamentary reform, they ought to contend. Without tills safeguard, there can be no escape from corruption and oppression at elections, and our political con tests will still remain what they now are, a discredit to us as a fijee and intelligent popple, if the Reform. League and Reform Union' will make the ballot their next work, they must soon succeed. I need not tell you that I shall heartily join them in their labors for this great end. I Lope the friends of. the ballot—those Who carp lor freedom and morality in the working of our representative system—will provide the 'necdful funds to enable you to move on with an increas ing force to a complete success. Believe me, al> ways sincerely yours, John Bright. Kioioxjj.Bkalks, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, London. AOIUIRAL FAKRAGDT~HLS RECEP TION IN ELKO PE. Uiu Visit to PriiMia-fntliiisiaKlic 15c ceptf on—Honors to I?lrs. Artmirnl fe'arrngut—'o i»e Grand Ovation by tltc Town of Stcttiii-/jprussiii Vicing* with Russia in Honoring* (be American Fiaff. /I . [Correspondence of the Netv York Trilmm*.] Un*ite/> Statics Flag-ship Franklin, off KronstahTwSt. Peteji-hh-rg, liussxu, August 15, — 7 Pelor6' giving an account of tbc first days. Every one ig engaged in sight-,-cifing, purchasing malachite mementoes, and doim* St. Petersburg privately,before the official reception. PBINCE ALFRED, OF ENGLAND, AT RIO. Arrival at Rio Janeiro ot the Duke of Edinburgh. Rio Janeiro, August 1, 1867. —The general newt here is the arrival of Captain the Duke of Edinburgh, in his ship the Galatea., The Royal Captain was saluted by the ships-of-war and the batteries on his arrival, with twenty-one guns— his royal standard flying at - the main. The Admiral went on board ..the Prince’s ship, contrary, perhaps, to regulation; but the roya! standard supersedes all things. Be this as it may, the royal duke came on shore, where he was received by the Conde d’Eu,. who took him to his house, where he was entertained that evening at an excellent soiree. The Monday after, his Royal Highness was entertained at a ball given by the British residents, who treated him right royally. He left the next day for the Cape of Good Hope, on his vovage round the world. The Prince is described—for I have not seen him—ns a young man of the Georgian stamp. Now, I have never seen any of the Georges, as I was too young when iu England to see the last— namely, George the Fourth. He may be, how ever, a good-looking young man. At anv rate it is to be hoped that when he gets to the Cape of Good Hope he wifi have sufficiently sowed his wild oats not to propose to serve out “old Grey”—the Governor when ho was last there— by stalling a lot of stones in the-old gentleman's bed, “old Grey,” being then Governor of the Cape, for which prank young Master Alfred and a brother midshipman were sent ou board, with a request not to scud them on shore again. Allied is a captain now, and, perhaps, will behave better. On tbe 18th the Prince and tbe Count d’Eu visited tbe naval arsenal and exam iued the five ironclads which arc now building, and the dry dock at Cobras Island. In tbe afternoou bis Majesty the Emperor visited the Prince on board tbe frigate. On the following morning Mr. Thornton, her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at this Court, gave a grand ball in honor of the Prince, at which their Majesties tbe Em peror and Empress, and tbe Count and Countess d’En, were present, besides tbe Ministers of State, many officers of the army' and navy and Brazilian and foreign residents. The imperial family tmd the Prince only retired be tween two and three o'clock in the morning. „.On the 20lh the Prince dined with the Emperor at Ihe palace of St. Christopher. Tlio Ministers of State, Mr. Thornton and the English, French and American Admirals wero.also honored with invi tations! On the night of the 22<1 the British resi dents of Rio de Janeiro offered his Royal High ness a splendid ball at the magnificent rooms of the Casino. The Imperial family ho nored the ball with their presence. His Royal Highness twice danced the Scotch reel—the first time with Mrs. Thornton, and the second with Mrs. Gunning. IThe Prince retired at half-past three o’clock in the morning, and the Imperial family immediately after, amid enthusiastic cheers. The ball broke np at four o’clock. Outlie morning of the 23d nit. the Galatea left for the Cape of Good Hope. Suicide of Jill American in England* - --'Washington, September 1,1867 Our Consul at London has 6ent the folio wing to the State Department: - » Ln-ited States Consulate/ London, August 17. 1867.— H0n. William H. Seicard, Secretary oJ h Stale. Sin: Qd the 10th instant a police officer from Richmoud, about fifteen miles from this consulate, called and informed me that a man having the appearance of being an American, and whom from • several circumstances, they believed to be an American citizen, had that morning committed suicide by sliootiog himself at the Roebuck Hotel, Richmond. On his statement of the case I thought it advisable to investigate the case as far as remaining facts would permit. I accordingly sent Deputy llunu to be present at the inquest, to see it the man could be identified, and report to me fully all the known facts of the case. I herewith inclose his report. The little money found about him was applied to bearing in part the expenses of liis funeral. I have the honor to he your obedient servant. F. H. Morse, Consul. On the 10th of August, 1867, an inquest was held at the Roebuck Hotel, Richmond, Surry, near London, England, on the body of a gentle man, name unknown. He was about fifty years of age, five feet eight inches high, large Roman nose. high forehead, bald head, very intellectual countenance, face clean shaved, and was dressed in a check tweed suit. He arrived at the hotel on the 7th of August, 'remained there that day and night, and oil the following after 'noon,-.after, dinner,’asked for writing materials’. After grumbling at the ink and pens he wrote on a sup of paper atfd paid his bill. Near half past nine o’clock at night he complained to the waiter of a severe headache, asked for a light, and went'dp stairs to his bed-room. Half an hour afterwards a report was heard, and, on as certaining the cause thereof, it was discovered that he had shot himself in the water-c®6et. He was found still living, and was removed to a bed room. On an examination by a surgeon his skull was found to be fractured' and partially blown away. He remained insensible until death occurred, which was about two hours ufter wards. On bang searched a paper was found in his trousers pocket, on which the following was written: This for my friends in New York:—l feel my old fit will be on me sharp, but I will disappoint the beggar (or bulferj written very indistinctly) this time. He won’t find old John Robinson, I guess." There was also found in his bag and upon his person the following: SLx half sovereigns, gold; three half-crowns, silver; two three-penny pieces, silver; three and a half pence, copper; a purse with d card with “Mr. J. Eobinson’’on it; a scarf, the'bag named above, a very small leather cloth bag, pistol, single barrel, maker’s name, Rielly & Co., Oxford street, London; powder flask. two leaden bullets, some percussion caps, a white kid glove (cut up), a pair of old-fashioned spectacles and case, and a silk umbrella. Thore were no other marks ou the linen, except the initials “J. R.,’’ written very faintly on his pocket handkerchief. The paper written on was part of the sheet supplied to him at the hotel. His con versation with the landlord and some visitors in the coffee room seemed to indicate that ho was an American citizen. The verdict of the coro- | ner’s jury was “temporary insanity.” Power of Imagination.— A box supposed to contain a dead body was recently for warded from Boston to Halifax, by the East ’’em Express Company. Such boxes often emit an unpleasant smell, and when this par ticular one reached Portland the odor was so oifensive a teamster would not load the box into his wagon. The Company were anxious to get it away, as the police were urging the immediate removal of an article which was endangering the health of the people in the city. A second teamster was sent down,and was so affected by the smell that he became sick and giddy, discharged freely from his stomach, and would have staggered over the wharf had ho not been’ caught by those standing by. After a few more had detected a “strong smell,” it was decided that the box should bo opened. Thiß was dono, and a very hand somely carved Indian figure in wood was dis closed to tho gaze pf the crestfallen teamsters--- everything about it as clean and sweet as a new planed board; It was intended as a sign for some enterprising tobacconist. Tho lost linoal descendant of the last Irish King is working in Liverpool m a stone mason.’, Wot havo met the 1. d. ourself, in many plages and under numerous names. F I. EKTHERSTON. Pafflfelmr. PRICE THREE GENTS, FACTS AND FANCIES. —The Madman is the name of ft new Ncapoiiatle journal. ■ —The colored men of St. Lon's hate nominated one of their number for alderman. —Marshall, the painter of Lincoln’s portrait, is now engaged on a liksness of Grant. . —Pnd Diggs to to-be hung in September. Pud is a Kentucky guerilla. —The Indians, in attacking a fort, tie their horses, strip themselves naked, and fight on foot —A new comic paper is reportedin London for the 2d of September. It is to be called Banter. —Jesse D. Bright is named for the Speak ership of the Kentucky House of Represen tatives. ■ -Religious troubles and the loss of some table cloths caused a St. Louis ,woman to kill: herself with arsenic. , -There are five patent egg-hatching machines , in this country. Why don’t somebody now in vent patent eggs? —They have a clam-bake poet down in Rhode Island, who sings of clams, and compares man, after he eats clams, to a pumpkin in the sun, —The closing exercises of a prayer meeting, in ' Indiana, Sunday evening, consisted in beatingta death a man by the’name of Funk. —The English coal mines increased their pro duction last year some three and one-half mil, lions of tons. --John celey’6 autograph letters scolding hto wile brought a largo price at a recent sale in London They are capital models for unhappv —The Pans Indies have a club where thev can smoke, play cards and billiards, and take* their fiei.t ivrre. Husbands are forbidden in the sacred The Germans in San -Francisco arc forming a company to encourage emigration of their business 1 ** 11 a^ru ssia. Lo engage in-the fishing —A .New Haven clergyman lias given up pieaehiug and learned the carpenter’s ‘ trade; at could not Can maku a livin K> llt the former he —A Loudon that a coroner’s jury has condemned thcatmosphere of the under ground railway, declaring that it accelerated the death of a passenger. — A “ aillfgator lias been captured in.the harbor ol Baltimore. The question among Baltimoreans udeviate 1 11 tkerc ' J Probably through the A posthumous work by Mendelssohn, com posed in 1820, and called the “Trompoten 6uver ture, hitherto unknown to tho musical world has been published. ’ —Faro fleeced a Chicago gambler out of 95,000 Inst week, an ounce of laudanum sent him part wav to another world, and a stomach pump brough t him back to this. . ■ n ir , 2 t s a n ronoß , of Poris, 111., tied a terra pin behind him, on horseback, to carry home inTm th i e ? eId A T be terrapin Netted the horse, an d the latter threw Mr. Young, who died of his injuries next day. —Among the attractions of the White Mona tains a young lady mentions “a nice young man to help you up the steep places and eat Innch. with yon on the summit. What has the nice young man to say? —General Prim infofmed IsabeUahy a prlvate letter, that she would be held “personally re sponsible” for any further executions of mem bers oithfiXiberal party;'and that “liberal blood would be avenged in Bourbon blood.” —Beecher wrote to Swinton praising . his Twelve Decisive Battles,” comparing Napier’s Peninsular War with it to the disadvantage of the English book, spelling ctystal with an “h,” and saying of the book “whose influence.”—JY. 1. World. : of one of theillustrated Police Gazettes came to Bellevue, lowa, last week, for a photograph of the young lady whose unfortunate marriage with a swindler, on first sight, has been lately chronicled, but the stern Darent knocked the lellow down, and a big brother lacked him oat of doors. —A curious marriage took place in London; a blonde-haired young man of twenty-one married a much more blonde-haired and 6/tmc-hnired lady of sixty-live. At the conclusion of the ceremony she turned to him and said tenderiv, “Yon won’t bear me any malice for this, wfu' you ?” What a commencement! —Dr- Day, the Superintendent of the Bingham ton Inebriate Asylum; says, in confutation of the current slander about the prevalence of drunken ness among women, that in four mouths he has had only eight applications from women for ad mission.. AiulAbesec'y''C'.yfc mostly Victims of. opium, and mostly from Canada. . . —The old French soldier who declined to allow the Emperor Napoleon L to pass the line at Ettiugcu, died a short time ago of old ln the French government discovered that the brave old fellow was still alive. He had been so poor that ho often went to bed hungrv. Marshal McMahon gave him a pension and "the Legion of Honor. —The death of Maximilian is now being per formed at Milan. Maximilian falls in love with the wife of Juarez, and the two lovers adore each other in "spite of obstacles. The Empress Car lotta ls sent to Europe, so as not to Interfere with the intrigues of the Emperor. Juarez sweara vengeance. He shuts up his wife in a nunnerv, nndiays siege to Queretaro. —The following memorandum was picked up by one of the editorial force of the New York Express: — “Skeleton skirt for wife; Godfrey’s cordial for baby; No. 9 shoes for Matilda; nursing bottle N 0.2; a gallon of whisky; pink saucer ana powder for Miss Jones; one Testament; bor rowed of Smith $l2; send for bread and beefsteak at 12 M.; meet Julia at 5 P. M. —ln Detroit, a nine selected from the report ers is to play a match at base ball with a nine se lected from the police force. The Dotroit Tri bune states that the following rules will be ob served: Ladies admitted free, gentlemen for nothing, and children at half price. Munching peauuts'strlctly prohibited. Any person caught applauding good play will be put otf the grounds. Silence, long continued,'not allowed under anv circumstances. Ladies will jrlease not observe the umpire ex cept through opera glasses. Catching fly fouls or fowls flying in order. That is Incident to the gatne. Any player hitting a Miss will bo severely reprimanded. Players “stealing” a base will be arrested on the spot. Policemen will wear muzzles. In case of there being a “storm” of applause* umbrellas will be furnished the players. ■ Spectators leaving the ground to “see ja, man,” will be required to take the players a longs- Nono of tho contestants will be allowed.to. pay for anything to drink. : A man running tho bases who is likely to bt» put out will be allowed to “slide.” Two detectives will bo furnished to look, for lost balls. ' In case a player catches a fly on his nose and. knows it, anyoody can kiss him for his, mother. 1 . > No nonsense pormitte^. ■ Ik one of Doct. Ayres’# lectures he. states.that Chemistry confers more practical benefit on man kind than any other science, yet from no other source could more bo -so easily obtained. Tho arts and economies which chemistry would teach,, if more thoroughly tod generally studied, would speedily exopcißO a mostlKmefieent influence. Ho freely confesses that he is Indebted to this scienoo for the virtues of his remedies, and advises that the practical application of chemistry to rnedl j clno, tho arts, manufactures and agriculture bo cnlomod upon onr college* and schools.'— Wrightsvilk {Pa.) -SVqr.