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TO-DAT =ii44111.141 iiteina - °on:7 , h. 1 TM. 24-X•kIOW —Nursing, bb. Afteraom. sna. NOTICE Ronda of SISTER, MAKI and DEATRII, are received erAil It Veleta for uutr_Lon Name everrien. Ynoe la. ed. A SECOND EDITION of the EXPRESS, CONTAINECO The Latest Foreign Telegrams; the Latest City; Railway, Mining, and other Shares; Sporting, and General Intelligence, IS MUSIIID EVERY EVENING. LONDON. SATURDAY. OCT. 24. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY.-WHAT IT IS ABOUT. Few of our readers probably care much about the war in Paraguay. It is so difficult to feel any interest in a struggle between combatants of whom we know little, and for a cause about which we know less. Yet a war that has lasted already mom than three years, and for aught we can tell may last as long again, a war in which the whole strength of Brazil and of the Argentine and Uruguayan republics is pitted against the ',null republic of Paraguay, cannot be un worthy of attention. Let us try, if we ean, to realise the purposes and position of the belligerents. hitherto it has been extremely dif ficult to gain authentic information on the subject, since the news received in this country has been almost invariably through Brazilian sources, which, us the Yeectester truly remarks, aro notoriously un trustworthy. At length, however, we are indebted to a valuable work by Mr. IiVICULNSON, H.8.M., consul for Rosario, entitled " The Parana," for a brief history of the war, and an impartial judg muit on the present state and future pros pect; of the combatants. Mr. HureniNso,r— whom: facts are always interesting, although his mode of stating them is often open to objeotion— Osiers CA that he has written nothing about the I'anneuayan war but what he knows to be the truth, and that " some of its contingencies have " been a swindle on humanity and common sense." What the contingencies are that have thus proved a swindle we cannot pretend to say, and we ;expect Mr. llvTutixsox would find it diffi cult to explain. But he does explain with great lucidity many incidents of the war, and everyone who desires authentic information on the subject will do well to refer to his pages. The South American Republics, as our readers know, have been always addicted to fighting. Inded, this has been the chronic condition of the Mates, and the historian who ventured to record their perpetual feuds would require much patience and considerable space. The present war dates itt! TilE EXPRESS, ,SA . .Tyit4pAir , from the spring of 1883, when uora.Y., the Praia dint of Paraguay, charged Brazil with the viola tion of the treaty of 1830 " for the maintenance of •• nationalities," and with the usurpation of a ti rritoly which belonged to Paraguay by vir tue discovery, possession, and treaties. 31oretiver, lie chat ged 'the Argentine Cabinet with sanctioning the innovations of Brazil to the detriment of Paraguay, and on these grounds Loryz, vigorously supported by the Senate, declared war against Brazil and against the Aigititine and Uruguayan republics. A treaty, known as the Triple Alliance, was at once formed between the government of Brazil and the two rcpublicit just mentioned, in which the elites pledged themselves not to lay down arms until the government of Paraguay should be over thrown and certain boundary treaties ratified. It was also agreed--and this according to recent news has been accompliahed—that the forti fications of Ilumiuta should be destroyed. Thus it appears that LOPEZ commenced the war, and the justification of his conduct can warmly be regarded as satisfactory to outsiders. Yet it must be remembered, on the other hand, to his credit that he was also the first to propose a treaty of peace which the allies scornfully rejected. LorEz is evidently a man of vast ambition, energy, and determination, a man ignorant of fear and undahnted by difficulty. And this bravery, invincible in fight, irrepressible in suffer ing, al-pears a characteristic of the people over whom be rules. Mr. HUTCHINSON witnessed sunny lust:awes of passive courage on the part of the Paraguayans. Several of them fearfully woendcd wire brought on board an English guulaait after having been four days and nights living on biscuits and water. One of the nun, groaning with severe pain, was conlnuaided by his sergeant to be silent, under jent.lty of being reported to Lora. From that moment the soldier, who was evidently in dreadful torture, never uttered a moan, although lie sun ived four hours. Another story is told of u Paraguayan who, when surrounded by a dozen of the enemy, refused to surrender because he had no orders to do so, and was slaughtered on the Tot. Again, we hear of a number of Paraguayans throwing themselves overboard and refusing twin life, when offered them by their opponents: and of a certain commander, HIEWIEL Petit:", who, after a severe wound, tore off the dri , sings made by the Brazilian surgeons, and uri It 1 red. bleeding to death rather thou owe his " life to Brazilian care." In. .:ems such ns there show an implacable it and a decpernte courage on the part of the which justify Mr. 111-ren rvs.s iu hi. , I.li, f that the allies are opposed to no oral y cemy, awl that the war is one of which it is ',illy to for.-:re the end. $ nuething, leis le. n etbete.l since Mr. I ssoN wrote by the of Ilumaita, and more recently by the r. tit. must .f I.orrz upon Villa Rica. This leeks likc an amknowlodgtuent of weaknev, but we has cno nouns of forming a judgment. So fur as we know the Paraguayans are as resolute as ever. and th. re is no sign of showing the white feather. I.a.".ies are contributing their jewellery and plate to the expenses of the war, and women of a humbler class have relieved their husbands and brothers by engaging in agricultural pursuits. The blockade of the Brazilian fleet instead of de pressing has apparently stimulated industry. a nd it is said that the internal resources of the country are sufficient to provide for all its wants. Already many thousands, both of the Paraguayans and of tLe allies, have been killed in this war, and an immense amount of money has been spent ; yet there seems no reason to suppose that the end is reached. We do not pretend to say whieli side is in the right—indeed it is more than probable that both sides are wrung ; but it is hupossible not to ruipect the pluck exhibited by Paraguay in thus fighting against tremendous odds, and apparently without any fear as to the issue of the conflict. disguised. A postscript to %Wit eimptor Under the PUDIC heading would be awoncierfully taking title for an essay in the Revue by M. Gtrizoti, who, with the proclamation of the Provisional Ci..ivern ment for his text, might discover at Madrid and ut rau subjects for a now religious moditation, and for a vindication of the doctrine of two moralities, the one forprivato use and the other for statesman ship. The description of Queen ISABELLA'S flight with her " consort" by her aide and her " inten " dant" face to face would be well told by the retired minister who only tho other day WWI so proud of his preparation of that unholy contract which brought ruin on a woman's honour and a nation's happiness. Tho President of the French Bible Society, who devotes his latter years to dis courses on religion, and combines a pure Protos tent faith with devotion to the temporal interests of the PocE, would edify the political and the religious world at once by an essay on Spain at this moment. Wo trust ho will turn his attention to the subject. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) The 2'inies aides with General Prim in his contro versy with M. Emile de Girardin, and supports generally the arguments put forward by his excellency in the letter which we published in yesterday's Express. Commenting upon Lord Stanley's Liverpool speech, the Times contrasts the defensive measures which England is taking with his for confident assertion that war is now loss likely to occur than in all former time. To our contemporary the probabilities of war seem much the same that they have always been; so that the true course is to expect neither place nor war, but to do our utmost to avert the latter and to be prepared for whatever may Come. Mr. Ituvenly Johnson, the Daily News observes, has given an explanation of the sense in which he has Mc celled the banquet at Liverpool at which he was enter tained on Thursday. He regards it as a confession of sin and an expression of penitence on the part of his hosts ; end he graciously gives absolution to the offenders. Viewed in this light, the presence of the ba.ld•rr of tho Alabama was the crowning triumph of the festival. There is probably almost as much reason, th 3 Daily :Via a thinks, for the use of a common hymn-book as fir that of a common prayer-book. A comprehensive book, prepared and issued under the express sanction of the authorities of the chinch, might be as wide as the religion of the nation. It would be no more authori tative than the commentary suggested by the Speaker of the Ilouse of Commons, but it would have the advantage of its own superiority to sectional and party collections and the prestige of authoritative recommend won. It is evidcut that the power to sanction sush a book exists in the bishops, and it would well repay the lalruira of a whole 114 .sion of ..a3avocation to compile and is,uo it. The Daily likiraph protests against the perpAaatioa of lama] di , Cll,iolol in the face of wary, well-organked, and e. meentrated tory opposition. The sternest reproba tion (it rap) will be earned by those lib. rah who, per in selfish and petty courses, stifle or pervert the utterance of any community in the land ou the groat quest eau now before the country. The St.:( calla upon lied Stanley to give a prictical illustration of his theories by aiding in cutting down the •• bloated at maments" of the country. The Baal.' hopes that Lord Stanley's anti c ipations may not prove too sanguine. They have this in their favour— that hope so caressed partakes something of the cha racter of injunction. England will not interfere in a continental war, but the power which may wantonly com mence one will do so at the price of her esteem and frkuchhip. F(iZGN Nf 4 S. I. (THIS DAY.) (T 111.017011 ILEITIMR . B ACIENOY.) SPAIN. MADRID, Oar. 23. The juntas throughout the country are dis solved. _ _ _ Senor Rios Roman has tendered his resign ►Lion as Vice-President of tho Council of State. It is expected that the foreign powors will t.hortly meanie(' tho Provisional Covernuymt. To-morrow tho Oficial Gazette will publish regulations relative to the manner in which tho new poll-tax will be collected. AMERICA. NSW YORK, Oar. It Closing prices :—Gold opened at 1351 and closod at 1361. The range of the fluctuations during the day was j per cent. Sterling exchange on Lon don, 1094. 6-20 U.S. Bonds: 1832, 113; ; 1885, 1111 ; 1865, 1101. 10-40 Bonds, 1051. Illinois, 144 ; Erie, 44Z. Cotton, middling Upland, 23. Petroleum, standard white, 30. Flour, extra State, 7 dolts. 70c. to 8 doh. 30c. Corn, old mixed, 1 dol. 18c. HALIFAX, Ocr. 23. The Inman royal mail steamer City of Cork arrived out at 10.30 a.m to-day. All well. MR. BOITERIE'S REPLY TO MR. MILL. BOrVERIE says he did not assert last March that the leader of the Liberal party was " ince " pable" of Leading. He spoke on the weakness of the Government, and said it was the fault of Liberal party in the house. " I spoke of ' leaders " who would not lead ;' and, speaking of the " state of the Liberal party in the House of " Commons, I said ' we were little better than a " rabble.'" He did not mean that Mr. GLAD STONE CORN not lead, but that be would not. It was Lis fault, not his misfortune. The delivery of this speech is of little importance in the estimation of those who have come to the conclusion that Mr. Bouve-tue during the late Parliament did more harm than good to the Liberal cause ; but as he defends it we Lave referred to it to see what it contained. The speech deprecated the loss of Lord DRRLY to the leadership of his party, " with his high social " position and enormous wealth." The speaker's objection to the Tory Government was that Mr. Dismixt had not availed himself of the shattered condition of the Liberal party, to form a coalition of mild Tories and " temperate " Whigs. Mr. DISRAELI should have picked out, that is, the skulkers, the stragglers, and the deserters, to reorga nise his own forces. It would be impossible to have provided the Tory chief at the time with a better apology for his tenure of power. The hon. gentleman's sole cause of dissatisfaction with the Government apparently was that they had taken advantage of his defection without re warding it. The last part of Mr. Bouvzatz's letter of this morning is ingenious, but the ingenuity will be lost. Quoting Mr. MILL's description of the spectacle of dissension presented in the last House of Com mons, Mr. Bouvrazz leaves Lis readers to judge of the difference between Mr. MILL, who graphically describes the thing, and himself, who ventured to give it a name. The difference is this : Mr. MILL attri butes the spectacle Le describes to men like Mr. BOUVERIE. They agree in the result—only Mr. MILL points to Mr. BOUVERIE and says : " This, " remember, is your work." The difference is simple—but 'twill serve. .~_. M. OUIZOT AND THE RPANOiII REVOLU- TION. MAY we look for an article on tho last Spanish revolution in an early number of tho Revue des Deux Mundt's, from the powerful and respoettsl pen of M. 01717.0 T ? No living statesman could write with higher authority on the causes of revolution than the minister of Louts PHILIPPE, whose moral austerity was always as proverbial as his religious orthodoxy. Tho Spanish marriages luau one of the most lively and readable chapters in M. (.11m7oT's memoirs. In those pages that master-stroke of policy is recounted at length, not only without misgiving but with a soli-complaconcy that cannot bo THE WEEKLY PRESS. to far as outsiders have the means of guessing there will. says the Saturday Review, be an incontestable liberal majority in the new parliament, which, according to present appearances, will consist of very much the same kind of men as rat in the last parliament. There are, indeed, only two sets of candidates who are trying to vary this prevalent uniformity. There is a wonderful num ber of University men, of modest fortunes sail strong liberal principles, who are trying to get returned ; and there are some few working-men, or the special re preseutatives of working men. Both are fighting so up-hill a game that our contemporary is certain not to do harm by wishing them inweess ; and no one can doubt that an infusion of University liberalism, and of the representa tives of working men, would give freshness, life, and vigour to the House of Commons. The Saturday Review even ventures to believe that those who think lightly and contemptuously of these representatives of the working men have never seen or talked to any of them, and have culy evolved a notion of them out of their own conscious ness. It would be difficult for a candid critic, willing to learn wherever instruction is to be got, to talk to a fdir specimen of them for at. hour and not to derive benefit. And, if this is true of persons in private life, it will be true of the House of Commons. The Loudon Review observes that in the teeth of D^. Manning's letter touching hi. el:atolls with Mr. ilia I stone, it will be of no use f•a the Ir: I. lie"e e eudent sitionists, WI they term therisclves, to 1,0a,t a l.uli.•y of ncn-intervention in any affairs tlcept third) of and to brag that they will follow no mini•ter. The 1 dtor gives them no alternative but to se'ea Mr. C. 'a I ntone as a leader, and to follow him loyally. The testimonial appeared at an opportune season. It is possible, indeed, that Mr. Disraeli or his friends m ray endeavour still to make capital for themiel vet out of it. They may, in pursuing their infatuated programme of intolerance, have the Lad taste to prow an inuendo which has doe them so much harm already ; but if they do it will be still more for the benefit and advantage of the liberal cau'e. Mr. I thiraeli is, indeed, so ingenious as to be con stantly outwitting himself; and if his admirers base their respect for him on such performances, our contemporary is willing to give them credit for knowing what they are about; but the tAhibition is a barren ono at all times, and a dangerous one at present. The Spietatot thinks that no Englishman can venture to predict the course of Spanish events, but it is becoming clear, even to Englishmen, that the policy of delay is by no means favourable to the cause of constitutional monarchy. The absence of a fitting candidate may, of course, only tend to secure the election of a Spaniard, but it is much more likely to embolden the cities to demand a federation, and it is the cities, and not the villages, which impose their will in revolutionary times. The Exiimitier is glad to notice that the military authori ties are, for rinee, unanimous in a generous recognition of the merit of the Noncriuff gun shield, although it springs, not from a professional soldier, but from an officer of militia. The War-office is, it is Paid, equally well disposed, and it is hoped that, pending further experiments, the threatened expenditure for iron shields will be deferred. for there can bo no doubt that, for defensive purposes, the new invention will prove invaluable, whether on laud 0 r at sea. The New York Herald of the 10th, discourses of the fashions in that city:—"The great war," it says, "which has been inaugurated between the rival opera bounce, the Francais and Pike's, will be characterised principally by the efforts of the modistes and the belles on either aide. Box, draw circle, and parquet will shine with rich toilets and jewels, and long hues of carriages will be seen on Twenty-third and Fourteenth streets, when the dashing Tostie dons her hussar jacket and the graceful lime Bell appears in op'ra tomique. Dame Fashion has been rather chary of novelties this season, and with the exception of panniers, high-heeled boots, and the Eirecian bend, all of which she utterly disclaims, there has boon scarcely anything new. The round bat is fast superseding tht diminished bonnet, as it should; for what prettier ornament to the female face divine' could bo designed than one of those bewitching little non sensical round hats I The Urand Duchess has set all fein" hearts in a flutter, and we should not Imo surprised to see her hussar jacket decorating the , houhlena of our Broadway belles as well as her jaunty little hat on their heads. Chignons are worn larger and higher this season, and the winter will bring out promo nude suits of velveteen again on the avenue. 'rhe fall and winter promise to be prolific in balls, parties, socialites, 3nd other reunions. If the holies would only abandon the injurious practice of wearing high-heeled shoes and panniers, which, after all, render the frightful Grecian bend a necessity, no ono could find fault with the fashion of the present day." OUR PARIS LET PER. (mos ous OWN COARZIPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENINU. The opposition at Bordeaux has been doing some serious business. It cent:is-rid to hold a " private" meeting of 4143 people without being interfere 1 with by the police ; thereby showing pr.sclically, se hat the best lawyers have said in published opi nions, that there is no limit to the numbers which may lawfully assemble at a private meeting. If a man chooses to ask personally a thousand people and has a house big enough to hold them, ho has as good a tight to ask 1,000 as 10. That, in point of fact, the vast maj rity of the invited guests ate not per sonal friends of the hdlg or that ho never elm most of them in his life arc eircutustanees t9tally irrelevant to the question whether the meeting was a cprivate one. At :cisme+ and Alois sufficient precautions not having been taken, the police themselves violutuil private domiciles in such a way as to afford the judge a pretext for hold ing that the meetings were not private. But neither of the judgments against the persons pro sectitusl in those cases rely upon numbers as any element to be taken into consideration. At this Bordeaux meeting, which was utteuthsl by MM. Jules Simon, E. Arago, A. Lavertujon, the editor of the innel., A. Lerrieu, List, ome, the /di/wittier of the order of advocates of M mt pellier, several editors of Southern journals. and many well-known liberals of Bordeaux and the neighbourbood--speeches were made which, in the present state of the "liberty of the pres.s," French newspapers cannot report. It wets agreed win. rot. that the opposition candidates at the general elections for the southern district of Bordeaux and the rural districts ad joining should be MM. Amedee Larrieu. Jules Simon, and Andre Lavertujon. There is every probability that they will all be elected. At the last vacancy M. Lavertujon was only beaten by two or three votes. The example of Bordeaux in not waiting till the last moment to organise electoral opposition will be followed under the auspices of the Paris liberal press in many other places. The Ganlnis says the news which it was the first to give, under all reserve, of the completion of the conversion of the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. it can now announce positively. This information, it says, has been furnished to-day to all the de partments in the lithographed correspondence patronised by the Minister of the Interior. Tho same correspondence gives credit to the (Judas for having—after for a long time, and not without reason, speaking of war as probable—" rallied most loyally, and, moreover, very 4propos, to the opi nien that peace will bo maintained." There must be some very conflicting currents in governmental circles, for the aggressive attitude of the i'ays towards Prussia is backed up by ether organs, including the France, which, though it tie It rate terra, , , sp4Nas of that power in a wny el. arty ,showing that some warm diplomatic currespeo.d. nee must now be going on. It was 111.4.0011.:d at the Bourse that Denmark, prompted by France, has written an energetic note to Prussia, deutzaeling the execution of the treaty of Prorue. IVLutever the cause, the Bourse was extremely homy to-day. Yisterday's fall in the Bente of 12=c. was followed by another of 221 c., the latest quotations being 70fr. 15c., both for cash and account. Although this reaction is to some extent accounted for by the artiflo:al means regortecl to by M. ][ague to support tho market, it is very evident that something political is in the wind. Prince Metternich, who was enjoying his holy day, suddenly left his country huuso tho other day, and after an interview with M. do Boust started for Paris. The Spanish Minister of Finance has ro3olvod to adopt the metrical system of money, Liking as unit the /small, of the same weight and alloy as the franc, and divided into lOU centimes. This improvement places Spain in a commercial eonnexion with France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and Rome as far as coinage is con cerned. _ _ _ _ Prince S. Elia, the father of the Duke of Gels, has very extensive property in Sicily. Not long ago he ceded the sulphur mines on ono of his estates to a com pany which agreed to pay him down at once 2,000,000 francs, and a rent of 150,000 francs a year fur a period of GO years. The court of Rome has notified through the nuncio at Madrid that it is " opposed " to the establish ment of religious liberty in Spain. A work by the Iliahop of Orleans on the ap proaching cectunenical council is about to appear. Revolutionary catechisms now abound in Spain. The following is an extract from one of them :—" Who are the mania of Spain ?--Isabella of Bourbon, Gonzales Bravo, and Father Claret. What evil have they done to the country?—The first has robbed it of its liberties; the second of its money ; and the third of its conscieuce, covering with the cloak of religion the turpitude of thu two others." The New Fork Times of the 11th says :—" Miss Lydia Thompson was presented on Friday evening with a pedestal of dowers—tuberoses predominating—over four tot t high, and two feet in diameter at the broadest part. This little lady with the golden locks dances and dashes over abed of bouquets every night." The New York World has a dread vision of the things that are to be under the Republican party : " When the President gives a state dinner, how can he avoid inviting negro senators and representatives along with their colleagues P if them be a negro senator and a white senator from the mine state, how can he ask one and alight the other P If a negro cabinet officer find his family eicluded from (social recognition by the families of his colleagues, be may have no means of directly resenting the insult, but the affront will rankle in his breast and cause him to use his influence with his race to slaughter every public man whose family has refused him tom:ig nition." ~F t TM: I .R OLUTION IN SPAIN. MADRID. Ocr. 21. So far as Maria is concerned the conduct of the Central Junta in dissolving itself has met with universal approbation ; and if one may judge from the telegrams which have already been received from the provinces this fooling is shared by the whole of the country. All the juntas which hal been formed in different districts of the capital have, following the example of their head and centre, dissolved themselves ; a similar course has been adopted by many of the provincial juntas, and will no doubt eventually be pursued by all. This is as it should be. These juntas have rendered incalculable services to Spain, both in organising and regulating the revolution, in preserving order, and in preventing evil-disposed persons from availing themselves of critical mo ments for purposes of plunder and destruction. With very few exceptions, which, considering the circumstances, are hardly worth notice, these pro ceedings have been characterised by extreme moderation, prudence, and forbearance ; and now that the necessity for their services has ceased, it is well that they should melt quietly away, and that their members should return to the discharge of the ordinary duties of citizenship. In the proper fulfilment of those ditties there is and will for some time be ample scope for the display of the abilities and patriotism of the most honest and intelligent Spaniards. At present the impending elections for the Constituent Cortes will naturally engage the greatest attention. It was expected that the date of the assembling of that body would have been fixed to-day, but the auzitte has appeared this morning without any such notification, and we shall have to wait at least another 24 hours for the knowledge which we are all anxious to obtain. In the: meantime, so far as I am aware, no public steps have been taken in any part of the country in the way of the selec tion of candidates, or the pressing of their claims upon the constituencies. No doubt in most of the p,rinciiaal towns the leading men have made up their minds as to whom among their fellow citizens they would choose to represent them, and at Zaragoza I notice that the democratic party lias appointed a committee to choose candidates. Even whin the candidates are chosen a good deal will remain to be done. The voting will be by univer sal suffrage ; but those of my friends who are best acquainted with Spain awl Spaniards tell me that great difficulty will be expert. uce.l in persmuling the noses of the people, especially in the country districts, that they have any right to a voice in the matter—and even if they are consincel of that, in inducing them to exercise their right of deice. They have so long beer. practically de iittl of al sham in the selection of repreeenta fives, that it will be no easy task to p:rsu them that in this instance it will roany .l. peed ripen their decision what manner of men shall go to Madrid to deride the great questions which Luse been opened up by the revolution, awl upon the prudent settlement of which must depend the future tranquillity awl prosperity of the country. Tlit• instruction of the people as to their rights ant as to the character and principles of the various candidates who may solicit their suffrages will of erd ample occultation for the most active poli ticians, and is a task upon the proper fulfilment of which must very largely depend the character of the Constituent Assembly and the value of the decisions at which it may arrive. Should not these considerations be sufficient to determine the existence of the Juntas and induce the members to retire from the business of active administration, they will find themselves compelled to the adoption of that course by is decree of the provisional government which is published in the Urratie this morning. By that decree, the pre amble to which recites the dissolution of the Central Junta and the cessation of all necessity for this irregular form of administration, all these bodies are from this time forth dissolved, and arts directed to hand over all registers, documents, in their possession to the regular local authorities. Ido not anticipate that in many instances— I would fain hope that in none—it will be found necessary to enforce this decree against an unwilling Junta ; but should the necessity arise, I doubt not that the government will be found to have sufficient authority to carry its point. The only Juntas which are likely to resist their disso lution, as far as I know, are those of Malaga and Barcelona, and even they will hardly, I imagine. oppose themselves to the example of the Central Junta, and the large majority of the provincial committees to the will of the provisional govern ment, and to the public opinion of the whole of the rest of Spain. The circular addressed by Senor Lorenzen to the representatives of the Spanish government at foreign courts has excited a large amount of ad miration here. The elaborate, hazy, and almost mystical phrases of which it largely consists seem to have en incomprehensible fascination for the Spanish mind, and you hear men speak of this document with as fervent an admiration as though it had settled for over the position of Spain among the nations of the world, and given the most dis tinct assurances as to her future institutions and her future policy. That it did not do so is not to be charged as a fault against Senor Lorenzaua; it is the natural result of the existing uncertain con dition of affairs. At present nothing is, nothing can be decided, and the circular to the foreign repre sentative.' is not an inapt representation of such a condition of things. Perhaps, under the circum stances, no man could have been found more com petent to draw up the necessary diplomatic docu ment than the Minister of State. He was for s ome time editor of a newspaper in Madrid—if my memory does not deceive me of the Dierio--and it is reported of him that he so ingeniously con structed his articles, that even when the censor ship over the press was exercised with the greatest severity, he never had a paper seized ; while at the same time his utterances gave the greatest satisfaction to the opponents of the govern ment. The sentences were so ingeniously turned that to the mind of the censor they conveyed no idea, while to the initiated or sym pathetic they were pregnant with the deepest and moat important meaning. So it is with the despatch which ho has addressed to the Spanish Ministers abroad. Outsiders like myself see in it but little that can conciliate unfriendly or stimu late the sympathies of well-disposed governments ; and yet I hear Spaniards repeating its phrases to each other with admiration, and congratulating themselves upon the justice which has at last boon done to Spain by the facile pen of the Minister of State, and the influence which his despatch is likely to have upon the estimation iu which the revolution will be held by the peoples of Europe and America. The following item appears in the Mexican news received by the last West India steamer:—" Ixtaceihuatl, one of the held& volcanoes which has been so long silent, woke up on the 21st of July last. A crater burst open, from which there issued with great force a column of air mingled with water, mud, and enormous masses of rock. It may be supposed that, iipaasage being now opened up, we shall soon have an eruption on a grand Mae." latac -6111101 (the white woman) has, from time immemorial, preserved the silence in character with the shrouded tlguro which its snowy outline represents. LONDON AMUSEMENTS. (THIS EvaNINo.) OPIRA. Covil? Lucretia - 1108*a. — "• -9 Oick*. TIIKATRII4. Dutral I AIM—. Borrowed Plums." " King O'flo k tei 'dock. 11•INAM T. " A Or)-operative Now aunt." "Loib,.. 4. A rnttr Piece of usien."-7 oNdedi. Weever -" Toon number." " Monte airisito."--7 4.4,, b . Paisegae•a.-" A assrudag Pair." " After Dark." -11 11 , , . Jones's Dirthday."-70'clnek. LTCZOII.•- o'idock. "111111 Married /take." "The Bightfsi Il 4 Otrunc.-" To Oblige Denson." "The Ticket of 1,41., 7 &clock. Utere's.-. The Troubadour." " The Lancashire 14 i , ••• Pre particulars we advt. RTTIAND.-" Sisterly Service." "The Field of the Cloth of (, ,1 1 " Marriage at any Price." -7.30 o'clisk. Pal ace or Wet iv', " " Society ." -7.3) reel, k . 11111.1k/IU, .-" Mischief Making." " Blow for Biog."- , Itoi • i.rr .-" Mertied Daughters." "The Riot and I.', bard rut." "The M hems. of the M:11." -7 :in Surrey.. -" Beautiful for Ever." " Land kat• rad Witt., • "Mike's Boy."-7 o'iior.k. HA OLIIIOI The Colleen 8AW12." " ri , 111 , )0 rq g 4, hest." -7 Wduck. Boyar. Asa - Aw,ll. •• . Arena. te.- o'dolc. Itcrrah Atraso.—" liadee Singh." " Diamond eat Tor partieulan ace advt. INITA1,111•.—" Th.: Old, Old Story." " All hot " Srawaann.—" Madge Wddhro" "The Tuonak. : • , Wallach. MINCEI.I.AMFYWN. Carina'. PALAlE.—Anenbnom Gooier% .d l'romona I •. Amami Tuna t BALL..—" Fault." nod " The Fall M ~!, R o'clock. Camortv's ILINATATLS. AT. 'mica's OAI Lritv 4.1 P 11.1.1'11TIATII•A.-31r. Mark , Mconog Klima:mane at :t EUTPTIA.. HALL, P1CA.411,11.1.1.-31r. Enemas; N .• toes.:.-11 o'clock. Ratac Parrarnme.—The New nucleic OrWth. NlAlooat TIMALVIVOI. the Cieurt. BALMORAL cAsr.r., The Queen, anoonapanied by l'Enb,..„ wtnt out yesterday morning, and in the sit. Majesty drove to Allen-Gulthdamh t at:.n Printa-s Lounte, Prince and Prieeess o; k Arthur, accompanier! by M. and Mad sane a:. i M. Weyer, and the lion. Mary Laed:et, w.:.• Bauch Buie Wootbt. Lady Churchill left the eagle this mom:- • The Lord Chancellor al," le.t the ....nth: • The Prince and Princes of Wale.; drove out •• In the Evening their royal Ilighne-,.0 u Olympic Thtatre. THE Pktin. E t.t• WALES AND THE L ;c::. -.• It ha 7 1., en :!:rendy anurvinr.,.! the the ali.l l'i.t.c. 11'!,1 , 4 1., ply J. rri Lte . . the Dui of 1),7 nt lin•w,ley. The Lveri., .1 r. Aintree will tutu.• p'xre tbirtr:7. the stay' of r hil:latert.:- at Kn y. and wc tit a !7, • pt.lult:y 31 , , the wt-atit..r t- • • t - d tret.t at k.e,t ~Le day of t! ran of the ;:,r.trid !t 1. Sr, • .:t t'• for the acrommodat of thc vi Captain the Dnk- •,f Llinburz)i, K.G. arrived at De voutort on tt•edne=lay day morning his frimte the proceeded frc.in Ilainiazo, and after an Lour', r the br•akwat• r anchored in tt•e Her Maje-ty the Liu,tou et Claridge's Ut l y . iay f.r cLty. by her suit•. wh.r.• L r Ma,e-'y int.u , ls to weeks. The riin, e T. Fn.!: bas odor at 'Pmlom after .pending, .me week: brother. the Archbislap of 11.. urges. ha. arrive , ' :a His excellency will return to Eulanil at tile begin:.. Novi mkt.. The Duke and Duehes•: of Argyll and Lady Eli Campbell have arrived at their re.i.lcn•:e at Campien-h:: Kensington, from Literacy Argyleshire. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland arrive•! Stafford House, st. James =, on raur-lay night. •7 Dunrobin Castle, N. 8., in conzeitionce of the ten) .• uess of the &my:lgor Sachets. Lord Stanley. 31. P., will rsstnain at Kt. till Monday. and then return t, twn to resurac . duties at the Fortii,m-oitice. Lady Adine Fane, seeowl thus:liter of :Iv Fad Cowper, and granddaughter of i• ston, died on the Mb inst. at Richmond Wow:, W.... don. Her ladyship was born in NUL and wait 11436 to the Hon. Julian Henry Charles Fine. .0:: • eleventh Earl of Westmoreland. Tier lyship L. recently been confined with her second eint,l. His Excellcney the Hon. G. S. S. Jernin4:.. her Britannic Majesty's Minister in Sweden, h.i . . Maurigy's Hotel for kh 'ho. The Count and Countess Girgenti nrrivc i . Brighton on Thursday evening, bringing w ith . gage of ex-Queen Isabella. Active preparations are being made to enter. Lord Napier of MagdaLa at Portsmouth on Tama is 11. • • General Sir Thomas Monteith Douglas. K.C...; formerly of the Bsngal Liiantry. died a iew days a i .; •. Stonebyres. Lanarkshire. Mr. Gladstone last night addressed a great meeting at Wigan Mr. Lancaster, one of the liberal candidates for the borough. in the chair. The right hou gentleman, without repeating the cauerratious he h made elsewhere, again dealt with the question of the church. Taking up its different phase , ho showed V.:- justice of the '• ascendancy •• principle which had bc, • • long maintained. and argued that the real choice now • o between having no establishment in Ireland, and t• several church establishments in that country. Th • seat state church could not exist alone, and the ti nance of its exclusive privileges was now out of th• tion. It is stated that this is the Ltd address Mr. stone will deliver prior to the nomination. After having remained vacant several the Chancellorship of the Puchy of Lancaster hos conferred upon Colonel Taylor, the active chief whi; the conservative party. Colonel Taylor is 30 year, age, and has sat for the county of Dublin since 1341. I Lord Derby's government of 11 4 5$ he wu the Irish Lot of the Treasury, and ou the formatbm of the prose: , ministry, in July. lsnd. he received the more appointment of Patronage Secretary. He is succeele that post by the lion. Omani Noel. who has hit', • discharged the duties of Lord of the Treasury. Mr. s • is one of the members of the comity of Rutland. evil. bas represented for 21 years. The electoral roll of the Cambrivige after revision, has just been proniulgotod. It c !93 names, and is headed by his t iraco the Duke oi shire as Chancellor, and the Right lion. the Earl of Pow.. as High Steward. Complaints having been made by the Woolwi,*: Local Heard of Health of the injurious effect on the pub! • health due to the Woolwich Dockyard drainaim not hem : connected with the Southern Outiall Sewer. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have announced their e‘usent for the work to be done, and lily. , state.) that she estimated cost will appear in the next Novy Estimates. The President of the Architeetural kesoeiltims has issued cards for an evening reception on Fri,loy, October 30. Thu Chairman and Committer of the As.oeiat.• , l Arts Institute have issued cards for an evening res•elm ,, n on Saturday, October 31, at 9 o'clock. Mr. Costa's Eli is to be given at Stuttgart ,s't the 3rd of November, the composer conducting his ••ros work. Madame Schumann intends to p:oti *IMO in VlOlllll this coming winter. Herr Joachim has removed front flaw% Ono of the results (says tit° Athena.wo of Ow appointment of the now librarian at Lambeth raise.) is that the u, bee edlection of books there ism n to students. Mr. Wayland lien•liaw, the libntriau. attends at his p...t every Monday, Wednesday. and Friday. (min to till o'clock. A meeting of representative 3 of the !wed tra.le took place yesterday at the ltoyal florticultural Societys rooms, South Keloington, to discuss matters arising fr‘nl' the report on the adulteration of reeds, drawn up by committee of the society.