The Times countenances the report that the Queen will visit

Cher- bourg. It has " good reason to believe that her Majesty and the Prince Consort will go to Cherbourg early next month, to pay a visit to the Emperor Napoleon. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort will then pro- ceed to Coblentz to spend some time with the Princess Frederick William of Prussia."

Nor are these visits the only ones cut out for August. The Queen will go to Leeds on the 30th, to receive an address, and depart thence to Balmoral.

The Queen has conferred the Grand Cross of the Bath upon Sir Hugh Rose, the continuous victor in the Central Indian campaign. Side by side with the announcement of this in the Gazette we read that the same honour has been conferred upon Jung Balladeer, the Nepaulese Chief.

The Select Committee, appointed at the instance of Sir De Lacy Evans, to inquire into the several routes for the transport of troops to India, the use of steamers as compared with sailing vessels, and the em- ployment of the military resources of this country and the colonies, have made their report. It may be thus summed up : the Court of Directors sensible of the advantages of the overland route, recommended its adop- tion at an early period, but the late Government were withheld by poli- tical and other considerations from adopting it. Those objections ceased in September' and the Cabinet complied with the request of the Direc- tors. Apart from political considerations, " it is much to be regretted that the steps that were taken in September to transmit small bodies of troops by this route were not resorted to at an earlier date." ['This was carried by a majority of one.]

"That the transport, however, of any large body of troops would have required previous arrangtments, and that the evidence laid before the Com- mittee leaves great room to doubt whether any considerable reinforcements could have been sent in the months of July and August, with a prospect of their arrival in India so far in advance of those sent round the Cape as to give any great advantage in favour of this route." It would not be advisable to rely upon the overland route as the ordinary route for the transmission of troops to India. On the second branch of the subject, it is reported that steamers would have made a quicker passage than sailing-ships, but that more steamers could not be had, while there were grave doubts whether the supply of coal would have been sufficient for a larger number of steamers. On the third question, it is stated that the Governors of Ceylon and the Mauritius acted with " zeal and promptitude" ; that the Governor of the Cape forwarded treasure, horses and troops, but not all the troops he was instructed by the Home Government to send. Whether he was justified in that course the Committee had no means of judging. The people of Canada are praised for their great readiness in affording assist- ance to the mother-country. Finally, the Committee report- " That on the whole, considering the suddenness of the danger and the distance to which the troops were to be sent, the Committee are of opinion that great credit is due to the Court of Directors of the East India CompnI for the promptitude and efficiency with which they discharged the difficult

task of transmitting reinforcements to the army in India during the pest year" By an order of the Commander-in-chief the allowances to clergymen officiating to the troops of the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic religious denominations have been made the same as those now granted to clergy- men of the Church of England. It is the intention of the Secretary for War to appoint five Presbyterian and nineteen Roman Catholic Assistant- Chaplains to the forces, who are to be placed on the same footing as re- gards pay and allowances as the Assistant-Chaplains of the Church of England.

The Niagara and Gorgon, returned to Queenstown on Monday from their cruise in the Atlantic. The attempt to submerge the electric wire bad failed. Three days after the squadron had been at sea, they en- countered a heavy gale that blew for nine days, and finally compelled the four ships composing the squadron to part company. " The Agamemnon was obliged to scud before the wind for thirty-six hours; her coals got adrift, and a coil of the cable shifted, so that her cap- tain for some time entertained serious apprehensions for her safety, and from the immense strain her waterways were forced open, and one of her ports was broken. Two of her sailors were severely injured, and one of the marines lost his reason from fright. Yet such was the consummate skill, good seamanship, and intrepidity of her commander, Captain Priddie, that he was enabled to bring her to the appointed rendezvous, lat. 52' 2' long. 33' 18'. The Niagara rode out the storm gallantly, having only car- ried away her jibboom and one wing of the figure-head, the great American eagle." The cable was first spliced on the 26th June. " After having paid out two and a half miles each, owing to an accident on board the Niagara, the cable parted. The ships having again met, the splice was made good, and they commenced to give out the cable a second time; but after they had each paid out forty miles it was reported that the current was broken, and no communication could be made between the ships. Unfortunately, in this instance, the breakage must have occurred at the bottom, as the electricians, from the fine calculations which their sensitive instruments allow them to make, were able to declare such to have been the fact, even before the vessels came together again. Having cast off this loss, they met for the third time and recovered the connexion of the cable on the 2ith. They then started afresh, and the Niagara having paid out over a hundred and fifty miles of cable, all on board entertained the most sanguine anticipations of success, when the fatal announcement was made on Tuesday, the 29th, at 9 p.m., that the electric current had ceased to flow." Thus ended the experiment. The Agamemnon has not yet been heard of, and some fears are entertained for her safety. From her officers we shall hear the other half of the story.

At the sitting of the House of Commons Committee on the Thames on Tuesday, Mr. Bateman, an engineer, and Mr. John Lewes, were exam- ined. Mr. Bateman, who is connected with the Glasgow water-works, stated that the smell of the Clyde is worse than that of the Thames. Mud banks are not necessary to make a river smell very foul. The Chairman—" Do you know of any case in which the sewage water has been disinfected by the application of any acid?" Witness—" My an- swer is this, that in Glasgow a portion of one of the sewers receives into it the refuse of certain chemical works, the effect of which is that the whole sewage matter into which that refuse falls becomes deodorized. I do not know the reason ; I only know the fact." His researches led him to conclude that as a commercial commodity. sewage manure was of little value. On this point Mr. Lewes said—" The precipitate at Lei- cester is almost valueless as manure ; but that means that at Leicester they cannot sell it at a high price per ton. If, however, you have to get rid of the substance for sanitary purposes, and can do so by purchasing bad land at some 101. or 151. an acre, and thereby make that land valu- able, it may be better than pumping it into the sea, for get rid of it you must in some way."

The Chairman announced that the Committee were overwhelmed with offers of testimony ; time will not suffice to hear all witnesses, and a se- lection must be made.

On Thursday, Mr. Mopham, a chemist, Mr. Haywood, engineer of the -City Sewers, and Mr. Bazalgette, the engineer, were examined. Mr. Mopham stated that he had found the foul air from the sewers purified by passing through the furnace at the Parliament Palace—Mr. Gurney's plan. Mr. Haywood thought this plan difficult, costly, and of little use— the state of the Thames would be the same. He could not suggest any improvement on the present plan. He had tried ventilating by the rain- water pipes of houses—it succeeded in taking the stink from the street and bringing it into the houses! Mr. Bazalgette was not favourable to Mr. Gurney's plan of ventilating sewers : the cost would be enormous.

Sir John and Lady Pakington had a dinner-party at the Admiralty on Wednesday evening : the American Minister was a guest.

The Bishop of London received a large number of his clergy at Fulham Palace on Saturday afternoon; in the palace and the grounds there were re- freshments in plenty; and the party seems to have been a very pleasant one, the Bishop and his family striving to make every one " at home." Lord Palmerston had a dinner-party on Saturday ; and Lady Palmerston afterwards held an assembly.

The Duchess of Manchester gave a grand ball on Monday. It was at- tended by the Duke of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. The Countess of Craven had a ball on Tuesday. The Duchess of Cam- bridge and her daughters were present.

The magnates of Cape Town gave a farewell dinner, and presented eight hundred guineas to Dr. Livingstone before he started in April for the Zam- bese. Unfortunately he had been compelled to leave Mrs. Livingstone be- hind as she was too unwell to proceed.

The Reverend William Fraser, B.C.L., has been inducted to the living of Alton, Staffordshire, on the presentation of Lord Shrewsbury and Talbot, the living of Alton being one of those advowsons which by the act of 1719 were "to attend and wait upon the said earldom of Shrewsbury."

Captain Grant's improved system of cooking for soldiers has been put to a new teat at Woolwich Common—it has been applied to the feeding of the military while in the field. The trial was satisfactory. The cooking- vessels are called "pontoon kettles," and they can be used for the purpose of making a raft if necessary, for carrying men across small rivers. Woolwich, ship's company of the Hecate have given to Dr. W. T. Wilson, at Woolwich, what must be a most gratifying testimonial—a valuable gold watch, "as a mark of their admiration for his unremitting attention and kindness to the sick during the late fever that visited the ship on the coast of Africa."

A few days ago, a small volume was published purporting to be by Mr. Rarey, the horse-tamer, and to explain his secret. As many persons were bound in penalties not to divulge it, the publication of this little work caused much indignation. Mr. ltarey thus speaks of the circumstances in the Times. " On my return from Paris, after an absence of ten days, my attention has been drawn to several letters which have appeared in the newspapers respecting the bond as to secrecy given by my subscribers at the time of entry. I beg now to inform them, through the medium of your widely-circulated paper, that I at once and entirely release them from the penalty attached to it, and sincerely regret that what was merely designed as a protection to myself should have been the cause of dissatisfaction to any of my pupils. As to the pamphlet which has been so extensively circulated in London, without my knowledge or consent, it was written by me three years ago, immediately upon the discovery of my system, and contains but a meagre and imperfect description of it as now practised by me. It was printed for private circulation in my native State of Ohio, and I believe is perfectly unknown in New York and the other cities of the United States, as I never gave lessons on my system except in Ohio and Texas, where I passed a length of time experimenting on wild horses, mules, &c. I do not believe that any book that ever was written can teach this system so well and fully as en hour's lesson with personal observation. In conclusion, I beg to state that I have never instructed any perscn either in America or Europe, without making them sign a bond, under a penalty, not to divulge it, and that the only copies of my pamphlet ever before the world were those given to each of my pupils in America, when they received their in- struction."

In consequence of the report of Mr. Selfe and Captain Walker on the loss of the Ava, the Board of Trade have suspended Captain Kirton's certificate of competency for six months. It was proved that Captain Kirton, al- though aware that the course of his ship was powerfully affected by an in- shore current, did not take soundings. He believed himself to be out of soundings.

The ship Duchess of Leinster has brought the first remittance of gold from New Zealand-2500 ounces, consigned to the Union Bank of Australia.

It appears that one of the largest army contractors contracted to supply soldiers- kits at 21. lls. 3d. each, and his contract being accepted, several thousand kits were sent into the clothing stores at Weedon, when it was discovered that the articles supplied were of an inferior description, and not worth the sum paid for them by the Government. On this discovery being made, the kits were returned to the contractor, who has since supplied the same kits to the troops at Chatham for 31. 8s. 9d. each. It thus appears that articles which were rejected by the Government as not being worth 21. lls. 3d. at Weedon, are considered to be worth 3/. 8s. 9d. at Chatham, and are purchased by the Government for the troops at that price. Since the authorities have agreed to present each recruit with a free kit, the whole expense of the soldiers' necessaries is borne by the Government instead of being charged to the recruit as heretofore.—Times.

A relic of Mimeo Park's travels in Africa bas been discovered by Lieu- tenant Glover, of Baikie's west coast expedition. The incident is thus related by the Cape lito.ary Magazine—" Lieutenant Glover, one of the officers under the command of Captain Baikie, has stumbled upon a valuable relic of Mungo Park, and has of course secured it. Passing through a native village near the scene of Park's melancholy death, an old man accosted the lieutenant, and showed him a book which had for years been in his possession. It was a volume of logarithms, with Mungo Park's name, and autographic notes and memoranda. The possessor offered it to Mr. Glower for 200,000 cowries. Inestimable as the prize was, the price de- manded was enormous, and it was:impossible to pay it. After sonic con- sideration the lieutenant took from his pocket a clasp-knife, and asked the native what he thought of that. This was too tempting a bait to be refused; the native joyfully took the knife, and the lieutenant still more joyfully secured his valuable memento of the distinguished African traveller."

According to the last report of the Emigration Commissioners, the num- ber of persona who emigrated from the United Kingdom last year was 212,875—an increase on the two preceding years. During the first three months of this year, emigration was very slack—only 19,146 persons left our shores : it is believed that recruiting for the army has powerfully ope- rated to lessen emigration.

The deaths registered in London, which had been 1092 in the previous week, were 1241 in the week ending Saturday, July 3. This mortality as returned for last week is rather in excess of the average as calculated for the end of June. The progress of diarrhoea is seen in the deaths from this disease during the last four weeks ; they were successively 18, 31, 54, and (last week) 94. This last number has not been attained in previous years so early in the season, for the average of corresponding weeks is 34. The pre- sent return contains also 11 deaths from cholera, only 4 of which occurred amongst adults.—Registrar- General's Return.

London and the surrounding districts were visited by a thunder-storm on Wednesday afternoon : it was of short duration, and not much rain fell.

Mr. Alfred Haviland of Bridgewater, sends a statement to the Times showing the small amount of rain which has fallen in the neighbourhood of Bridgewater in the first half of this year-6.70 inches; in the six months of 1856, the total was 14.92 ; iu the same period of 18.57, 16.58.

Four of the Directors of the British Bank have been liberated from the Queen's Prison by receiving a royal pardon. Mercy was extended to them on various grounds, or in consequence of various intercessions in their be- half. Mr. Brown was released lust week : he had suffired from a serious complaint. Mr. Esdaile and Mr. Cameron are the only British Bankers now in prison. View can the Government keep any of the British Bank delin- quents in prison while some other folks are not even prosecuted ?] The Corn-market marked an advance of 28. per quarter for the week on Monday : the market generally improves as harvest approaches.

A serious fall : on the receipt of news on Monday of a break in the At- lantic cable, the shares of the Company fell in value on the Stock Ex- change from 6001. to 2001. ; then they rebounded to a quotation of 2001. to 4001.

The inspectors of the estate of Messrs. Sanderson, Sandeman, and Co. have issued a circular announcing a further distribution of 2.s. 6d. in the pound. A first dividend of Gs. 8d. is also payable this week to the creditors of Messrs. Maitland, Ewing, and Co., who suspended on the 3d of April.

In the six months ending June the exports of bullion from London amounted to 11,037,2001. In the same period of 1857 the total was 12,906,3901. In 1858 there was a great falling-off in the exports to India and China, but a large augmentation in the transmissions to the continent of Europe.