The Express. — London, England, 1866-10-11 00:00:00

rs? ts. • (Ij t r t s K er 43tt .:':~at • - k 4j .- • -v. /qr.., ax a hez4,(l3-z _ , ild i 4 ....._ .....11 No. 6,297.] , II -i..7: ryta3t FROM LIVERPOOL OR ptrITINSTOWN TO O FFICES, Coleman-etreet —Capital LIGHT NSW YOUR. TWICE A V olrFlCEL—Orouncl Soot sad balmiest (thorough order), LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, end rent £BO ; third floor (two ?comas), 30 guineas.—Every con e- T a I I 'HILADTLPHIA STEAM -11HIP COMPANT Weed de. !demos —Front and side entumem —Apply to Mr. WM. WlL madded theft MB= Cirieleallt Iron Screw IltseMeakie LIARS, yarrow, 18, Queen-streak Cheeped., IC. isiftwins TROY LIVRO OII IIO for NSW TORT r BLOATERS. —Twelve, 2s. 6d. ;Twenty-five, 45.; CITY OF MANCHESTER, Saturday, Oct. 13. CITY OF LONDON, Wednealey, Oct 17. Fifty, 44 ; One Hundred, Ba. ; Five Readied, SK ; 066 i =NA, Saturday 1, O Ve Oct. 20. and lietardep. an d, sea. No chine for mange to leadon. Cash con dee livery. Country orders paid in advance. Forwarded by NRY.D7L. 3 And every nerlay BARNBY, Ash purveyor, Great Yarmouth. aikin purge by the mail stembere Wang ever/ Witilaueley, 116 E. end II o prow bid wawa, a accordi Nano at c ng to the ooked previsions. TH E siecammodslies. QUARTERLY REVIEW, pionlets. tall for Canada and the United &atm booked IV; No. CCM, will be published next week. W 11414 terms.— For further particulen to M Wateretreet, lAverpool; and Ile 00111'611.3: 1. Ancient Literature of France. ghIMACTY. W. TAR Wrniameirest. Leedom t The Datch School of Criticism. 2. Homes without Handl. IDPOITICRDAM and the RHINE.—The Nether- 4. Life of Our Lord. 6. Fergname's History of Architec ture aXATlßß. JUL! lands Steamboat Company's feat end favourite steams, BiLTATIRR. W. mint, mils ITZRY SUNDAY /rare & T Central Operations of Modem Warfare. . Asia. Erenlevick- Blackwall. at 11 a.m., returning Dees Role 8. England and her Inatitutlont prism every Tuesday. Fares: Saloon, Al 6e. ; fore cabin, lea.— John Murray, Albanerleetreet. Abe the screw steamy FYRNOOILD, Ceptals M. Van t Holl, dvai eft the Tower, EVERY THURSDAY MORNING eartr, mooing from Rotterdam every ft.—lbrfreiht or plump T HE CANNON-STREET HOTEL. The soft - to ?BILLUPS, GRATIS, I O PS mad 04, lit Dun- 1 BUILD= of THIS WEEK, id., or by poet 6d.,oontaine : stiewbowe, Ka; or to CHAILIZeII Univenalellice, Regent. —A Fine View, Time, end tall DesmWm Ardcahre of the eftelle• W. City Terminus Hotel, Ceenon•street ; Social Science e Condition of Manchester; The Smoke Question ; Bonen m = t Notes in Italy • and various OPENING of the NEW TUNBRIDGE WELLS &Ili Indian Li r y ge og i .:(ee ' ' ig enr c r o7e, nt.garden ; oot,:n newsmen. LINK of the LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH 00 AST RAILWAY. SURGICAL INEISITMENTS, de. New, alma ' and pleasant route to and tram 1 ' apdan '2 6 .1 6 .d 3131113.• 11,4 R J. Cl. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, ihe ilonth od. the Dile of Wigh t. and the West of • The NEW ufis from EAST t d to rirltisTaiixis AXIL 44 his 07444 Toms , 38, Thtl•tirest, CovestVarden, WILLS IS NOW OPEN for Paerengsr and Goods Tragic ; and TO-MORROW, Oct 14 at half-pest IS precisely, SURGICAL Me tairie will run ae per thne-table blow: lITILUMENTS ; *melding a kachoice ©A DM= of pocket inelorer -31033‘707m11a emelpele, du, the Mock of Mr. H. J. John men, DATIL auIDATIL meow oft retiring from butinese.—Ou view, and catalogue hid. , : DOWIL 4 4 t ii 4 & & 4 /AS In. m.". . la ' m. In na in• TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Masingtos ....toy. 7 .. 3 1 S Victoria , 7 11 40 1 2 4 sas ao leatowbridar.. 8 011 45; 2 1 4 9 3; (11Z1711:11 . 9 TELEGRAM) Bethke „ 8 o'll 39 10 0 Ono Bridges „ 916 12 451 3 457 10 0 05 FRANCE. Newtons orsirwrat• ••• ~ . 12 165 1 3 2111 010 66 PARIS, 00r. 10. , EmiOrlnstaad sm. 9 13 3 •'i 1 618 1 The Patric of this evening states that the Em- Ditto ... Aep. 93417'S 41 6 1 1 11 10 20 6 Ferreterow guttiow .... 2 1 124361 .. 27 10 36 fft I Wlthyhans ..: „ 95 1 tol 4 .. 7 6 36 1 , next. The same journal asserts that the state of , Owermbridg? • 9 4 7 15 i 4 6 6 37 18 044 W a ff airs in Candice is every day becoming less serious, Tenbrldgew elk ;iv. 10 6. 1 34 3 4136 40 oar 37 I • or. 1, 1,3 la 211,2, ta 1,3, 1a IA 1,1, 3 and the French iron-clad frigate Invincible wilt , shortly leave the island to rejoin the French I a.m. ave. 1 a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. um. p.m. Tunbridge Wells, dp. 53 9 911 1. 8 • . • 16 44 squadron 613 Algiers. ; bridge „ 2 9 911 1 814 26 666 i a rahllKl „ 7,, 11 sl. 6 6 4. 6 6 Letters from Athens dated the 4th instant state Id Foreetrow i Hest Genatee:l, sig.., 2.6 9 * tart 42 3sr 1 7 alB notification from Constantinople, to the effect that e Ditto ... .dep.l 27 9 2411 46 2 • 17 610 Ii =064 •• 1167 1 67 ' • 16 12 longer be allowed to pass over the Turkish lines, Three Bridges air., 47 945 12 • 4 6 40 1 640 storm' a Laudon - brid ge „ 1 60 10 'll6 0 46 9 941 94 760 6 Victoria Temington ._ _. p.m. 44 66 9 $ 11 18 20 22 40 15 40 46 -, 41 .eres between Tunbridge Wells and London7—Stagle GM caw Bs.: wooled class, ea. ad.: third dm, 3a. 6d. Return *bets, a fare and a half. The present merrier of trains between Three Bridges and East *lnstead and the coach now running between Ualdteld and Tanbridge Wells are now discontinued. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Ocr. 10. A semi-official denial is given to an assertion of the Journal de St. Peterabourg that Prussia had opened negotiations with Austria on the Eastern question. T EE LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. OSPICIB I, Dale street, Liverpool; 80 and 21, ; 7 Con hill , and Charing-cram, London. 'wrested Funds L3,177,818 Fire Premiums received In 1866 739,332 We ditto 280,103 Life claims are payable In 30 days after admission. Tire premiums telling due at Michaelmas must be renewed on R before 14th October. JOHN ATKINS, Reddest Secretary, Loudon. The rumour published in some German papers, that Baron von Werther had received instructions to address a remonstrance to the Austrian govern ment on account of the publication of the protest of the King of Hanover in the Vienna papers, is also contradicted. DANK of AUSTRALASIA (incorporated 1835), 4, Threadneedle-street, London, Sept. 10, 1806. The Court of Directors DEREBY GIVE NOTICE that a DIVI WED at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and a BONUS as additional interest, at the rata of eight per cent. per annum, loth tree of incomatax, being together at the rate of 14 per cent. pa annum, or 4.2 Ifie. a share for the half-year, will be PAID to Ins Proprietors at this office, on the whole capital of the Corp°. Mon of Z 1,200,000, on and after Tuesday, the 16th October next, between the hours of to and S o'clock. WIIRTEMBURG. STUTTOARD, OCT. 10. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies a bill was passed indemnifying the government for concluding the armistice and the treaty of peace with Prussia. Eighty-seven members voted for and one against the bill. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the lat October, ad will continue so until the Dividend and bonus biome pay sbk.—By order of the Court, WM. MILLIKEN. Secretary. 910 IMPORTERS, Shippers, Steam Shipping Companies, and Consignees of Boredom Goods, by stamen a others's* into the Port of London. Thep titian of Free Trade Wharf, Satan!, and Upper Free Trade Wharf, Dow gate Dock, Upper Thames-street, OFFER FACILITIES to the above.—Further information may he obtained on application, by sitter or in person, to It. CLAY and Co., wharengers and ware house keepera—Ottices, 63, Upper lhamos-street. THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO. TRIESTE, Ocr. 10. The Empress Charlotte of Mexico arrived here to-day from Rome. AREMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY.—Must be SOLD '4lO offer refusal', 175 splendid FUR WRAFIIIRS a Rugs, made from real leopard, tiger, wolf, bear, fox, raccoon, opossum, and buffalo skins, immense sizes, beautifully lined with apettne scarlet cloth, cost from £8 to £lO each In tYnada, will be cold separately or the lot at 30s. to 35e. each ; adapted as levelling, carriage, or railway rugs. Warranted fresh and per fect For sale by L. H. P1111.L11.54, 20, Leman-street, White s:lmpel. Also a few splendid hearthrugs for drawing-rooms and bedrooms, made from the e skins, a bargain. 250 large bear and other skin mats, Is. each; 147 gentlemen's real sealskin waistcoats, 15s. each. HUNGARIAN, French, German, and Spanish WISE DEPOT.—ALEX. °LAM 43, Botolph-lane, EC.—Good II unwtrian dinner wine, 19a. to 24a. ; finest ty, 30s. to 365. Chat:smartie, The. to 481, Sparktbsn Moselle and HHoocck tre. W Its. Sample bottles can be obtained. —Agents wanted YrIHRESHER and GLENNY, OUTFITTERS. Only establishment In London, next door to fiernerset heat Strand. \. B. Lists of necessary outfit for every purpose iad appointment to India, Chine, and the Cclonieq will be for on application. SPECTACLES are NECESSARY Eyes water, are misty, or fatigued W il e E ft N er re th aiL E - Y WN the print blends, and the letters appear HEN double; IIITHEN more light than formerly is requisite— wzV Y r example: • N the candle is placed between the eyes and the book ; WHENobjects must be held further off to be seen more clearly: WHEN much difficulty is found in threading a needle. The shove are premonitory signs of decaying sight, and Ina. sete that an optician should be consulted without delay. From beg sod extensive practice Messrs. Thomas Harris and Son are hilly competent to advise nu all matters pertaining to the remo tion defective si g h t . Th e y sk i liully adapt knave, perfectly true, Or the requisite ower, and likewise they judicio u sly s e l ec t a 'Wade frame o f the form most becoming to the face. THOMAS ILARRLS and SON. opticians to the Royal Family, opposite the British Museum gates, London their only house). 7..‘bllshed 1750. Caution.—No travellers or agents. --- lIELICATE and CLEAR COMPLEXIONS, .Ith a delightful and luting Fragrance, by using the *Berated UNITED SERVICE SOAP TABLETS, sd. and 6d. Ned—Manufactured by J. C. and J. FIELD, Upper Marsh, Lambeth. Order of your chemist, grocer, or chandler. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OlL.—This elegant fragrant, and pellucid nil Is universally in high repute for Its unprecedented success during the last sixty y ear in promot lag the growth, res t or i ng an d b eaut ifyi ng the Must= hair. It lirtents hair from falling off or turning grey, strengthens weak cleanses it from scurf and dandriff, and makes it beauti fully soft, pliable, and glossy. F o r children tt is especially re commended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, While its introduction into the nursery of royalty, and the high esteem in which it is universally held, with numerous testimo nials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest Reefs of its merits. Price Is. lid., vs., 10s. 6d., equal to four , and 21t per bottle.—Sohl at 9e, Hatton-garden, and by atlemteta and perfumer.—Ask for Rowlands' Macassar Oil. • INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE. The most scientifically prepared and most powerful nutri. Ilve cordial ever Introduced ; restores to their normal condition lithe secretions, on the integrity of which perfect health de =ir It Is a specific for debility of all kinds, and from Its con among other ingredients pepsine and phosphate of soda, VIII prove highly beneficial to the nervous and dyspeptic. Price Livpez bottle, or four quantites In 1 for 22a Bole Agents, BAUMGARTEN and Co., SA, Oxford-street W.C., and mm -street. Febchoreh-street. E.C.. London. DR. scums BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, a never falling remedy, prepared without any mercurial •Vedlent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious eild bur complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dial atr of the eyes, de. For habitual costiveness, as a family Ihrient medicine, and u a purifier of the blood, they are truly enellent : mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, Molemute appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the nervous s> stem—Sold by W. Lambert, chartist, 8 Bing -rtreet, Charing-cross, and by most druggists, to bora, airand three times the quantity in one, Ea ed. Be sure to Or De. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in • Breast Package, with "William Lambert" engraved on the *rap, THE BEST REMEDY for Indigestion, Bilious and Liver Complaints, }TAMPION'S PILL 01 HEALTH. by all Medicine Vendors, at is, lid. sad Xs. ad. per box, or •natried through any Chemist. JOZEAIT'S COPAHINE MEGE, the only trench preparation adopted by the huts Academy and ti .s , cense. of 8 ontiro report o f Yews. Canter. • Lloyd. P and Legros Clark (" Lancet." 2 407 . 4 ones in an average of sir days either recent or ehrocif o— at G. &MUTTS, 1/Vouch shooing, m. Haymarket. Peet reodpt 4 1 1 41. AN On 1437 MO 1,7 17 033 IA I ,TO ' tClg. I FOP ea Or :r 0 0 ' r b 0... .4 Ib i glow' THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. Her Britannic Majeaty's consul at Fernando Po, Mr. C. Livingston, was on a visit to the Bonny River and New Calabar in H.M.S. Oberon, for the purpose of endeavouring to reconcile the turbulent natives in those districts, their quarrels having for a long time back seriously interfered with the palm-oil trade. It was, however, thought doubt ful whether his praiseworthy pacific efforts would be attended with success, for the old-standing feuds between the hostile tribes had of late been greatly aggravated by the Crusha men having made a raid upon New Calabar, and captured a large number of prisoners, about 100 of whom were reported to have been eaten at a great cannibal feast. As a natural result of this fearful massacre, the New Calabar men have expressed their determination to retaliate upon their enemies in the same fashion. The coloured teachers in charge of the missionary station•at Bonny, established about twelve months ago, by the Rev. Dr. Crowther, Bishop of the Niger, have been eminently successful, their main efforts having been directed to the christianising and civilising of the rising generation. Already many of the children in the schools can read the Scriptures fluently, in addition to the acquisition of other knowledge and accomplishments of a civilis ing tendency. The steamer Thomas Bayley, belonging to the West African Trading Company, has returned to Brass River, from an expedition up the Niger. The captain brings reports that the success of the per sons in charge of the various trading stations and factories established up the river last year, has far surpassed the most confident expectations. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Canada. Deapatchee were sent to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, /long Kong, and Labuan. THE ATLANTIC CABLES—DIES-SAGE FROM PRESI DE= JOHNSON.—At the Liverpool banquet to the layers of the Atlantic cables, a congratulatory message was for warded from the chairman to the President of the United States. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the following reply was read from President Johnson:—" The President of the United States reciprocates the friendly congratulations of the banquet at Liverpool, and trusts that the people of Great I;ritain and America may henceforth and for ever remember that in the history of human progress they will beheld to have been, not alien and hostile powers, but kindred nations, springing from one root, portions of one race, extending the common principles of liberty and humanity." The message was sent from Washington by Mr. Seward to Captain Hamilton. Yesterday, Mr. Nathaniel Lindley, the barrister appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to revise the lista of persons claiming to vote in the election of knights of the shire in the several parishes and places in the comity of Middlesex, held a court at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for the revision of the lists of the various parishes and precincts in the City of London, fifteen in number. The last meeting of the registration will be at the barrister's chambers Zo : morlo .. w (Friday) morning. -- FINSBURY.—bir. F. H. Bacon, the barrister appointed to revise the lists of voters for the borough of Finsbury, held his court yesterday for that purpose at the Lords Justices' Court, Lincoln's-inn. There were no legal j gentlemen engaged, the proceedings being entirely devoid of public interest. SOUTHWARK.—Mr. John Barrel, the barrister , appointed to revise the lists of voters for the borough of j Southwark, held his court yesterday at the Vestry-ball, 1 Southwark. Mr. Curtis appeared for the liberals, and Mr. Chevalier for the conservatives. The objections in both cases were few and unimportant. During the progress of the registration the legal gentlemen engaged complained of the great inconvenience which had been caused by the ac tion of the Metropolitan Board of Works in altering the names of the streets and the numbers of the houses, thus rendering it extremely di ffi cult to discover the addre sses of the voters and claimants. The Rev. Mr. Gallaher, claiming to vote as a beneficed clergyman, was objected to by the overseer, by whom it was stated that the rev, gentleman ' had the charge of the ecclesiastical district of St. Mark's, which was not a parish, but a district carved out by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and also that be had neither residence nor church in the district. The claim was disal lowed. The revision was completed before the rising et the court. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1866. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (18011 0171 OW PARIS, Wararzsaty Ryazan. The date of the Emperor's return from Biarritz is just as much a subject of doubt and controversy m was for many weeks the time of his departure from Paris for that watering place. Lest week, this 10th of October was fixed as the day for his , arrival at St. Cloud. It has since been said that the scarcely expected fine weather had induced him t) prolong his stay, and that would be a very natural explanatior. This evening's Petrie says that according to present arrangements he will be at St. Cloud on Saturday ce Sunday next, and adds that his health is " perfect" The Beim- ment sari their Majesties are not expected at St. Cloud " before" the 15th, and on the 20th they will inaugurate the hunting season at Compiligne. The .Prease, manifestly alluding to the curious rumour that the Marquis de Lavalette had quitted Paris for Biarritz to bring the Emperor back, says Chet the Minister of the Interior was going a few days since, and had suspended his departure is oonaeguswee of • eounterraead, but dot the day Tadao yorieeday he was telegraphed for. Whether he has actually left Paris is not yet positively stated, but the Prase draws the inference from his having been 'ant for, not that he is to escort the Emperor back, but that the imperial sojourn st Biarritz will be prolonged. Venice will possess a free press in a few days. One of the first journals to be started there will be called the Daniele Manin. For the first time for forty-seven years there will be no public meeting of the French Academy to award the Monthyon prize for literature and " virtue." The reason for this derogation from usage is that M. Villemain, the perpetual secre tary, is out of health. The prizes will be distri buted privately. The report on the prize for virtue, which has been drawn up by M. Dufaure, the eminent advocate, one of the moat junior academicians, will be sent to the papers instead of being read in public sitting. Letters from Berlin, on roee-ooloured paper, have been received in Paris, announcing that the marriage between Mdlle. Marie Taglioni and his Highness the Prince Joseph do Windischgratz was celebrated on Sept. 24. A despatch from Havre brings the news that the Floride was got afloat this morning, that she does not appear to have suffered any serious damage, and may probably sail for New York within a few days. It was at first hoped that when she sunk all on board were saved, but it is now said that three stokers are missing. The Bourse was extremely heavy. The closing prices were not quite the lowest of the day, but they show a fall of 20c. in Rente both for cash and account ; 45c. in Italian ; 13fr. 75c. in Mobilier ; and 10fr. in Credit Fowler. No news was in circulation to account for the fall except vague rumours about the Emperor's health. THE ANNEXATION OF FRANKFORT TO PRUSSIA. (nom ous owl COLUSPONDINT.) FRANKFORT, Oct. 9. Yesterday the formal act of incorporation of this town into the Prussian monarchy,waa proclaimed in the Ramer, and in the very room—the " Kaisersaal" —where the election and the coronation banquet of the German Emperors used to take place. The grim and stately figures in the niches containing the portraits of the Emperors from the first to the last and, strangely enough, the last filled the only remaining niche—formed a striking contrast to the scene they were about to witness. Princes of the various ducal families had filled the imperial throne, but none of the Bnuidenburgs ; and now that one of,this race had got the mastery of all of them, the proud imperial house had been expelled from Gernian councils, and this city, so long the centre of German affairs, is reduced to the level of a provincial town. The zrembens of the late Senate, the chief officers of the town, the clergy, &c., had been summoned to attend. President Patow read the royal patent, and Commissioner Maday the royal proclamation. The most salient passage is that in which we are told that the youth of this town will in due time, in unison with their German brethren, defend the common fatherland. It is argued from this that some years will elapse before the youths of Frank- I fort will be compelled to military service. A royal decree ordains that the court at Berlin shall hence forth be our court of appeal, instead of that of Lubeck,hithertooommon tothe four freetovrns. The ceremony was over in half an hour, and when Herr Von Patow called on the audience to join, for the first time, in the cry of " Long live the King," only the Prussian officers responded to the call. On the place before the Ramer all the windows re maimed shut, and only a small crowd had collected. As soon as some hisses were heard the military band began to play, and there was no display even of the curiosity which is usual whenever some thing out of the common happens in a large town. It would be unjust to deny that the Prussian,' do all they can to sooth the feelings of the citizens, and these are well aware that even moral resistance would be hopeless. Still the lo.sa of liberty will be deeply lamented so long as the sacrifice is made to the Prussian monarchy and not to the unity of Germany. That such unity may eventually be consummated, even under Prussian authority, is the wish even of those who moat resent the violent proceedings of the last few months. There was not in any other town of the continent so deep a feeling of confidence ; it went rather too far. The wealthy citizens fancied that they were out of the reach of political events, that money com manded everything, and that whoever had the means had also the ways, just as Goethe said : " If I can buy six horses, is their power not miner This confidence in their power has not been borne out, and they feel now the more disappointed, as here especially the feudal party and the burghers came into collision. The conduct of Von Falken stein, hlanteuffel, and others, can only be explained by their desire to make their momentary superior power felt by the monetary aristocracy, and the present generation is not likely to forget the van dalism of the Prussian officers during the first month of the occupation. The same ceremony of annexation was per formed yesterday at Wiesbaden, though there was no enthusiasm ; the feeling for the late duke was never very warm, and the Wiesbadeners will soon bury him in oblivion, if it is true, as re ported from Berlin, that no interference will take place with their gambling tables until the contract expires in 1881. ITALY. (11011 ♦ COIIii•PONDIM) VENICE, Oar. 5. The treaty of peace having been signed, prepara tions for the withdrawal of the Austrians, for the assumption of national rights by the Venetians, and the entry of the troops of the Sing of Italy, actively commenced. For some days previously to its con elusion the Austria= had practically allowed the civil government to fall more and more into the hands of the municipality. It appears to be com posed of sensible, well-meaning citizens, but iasome what embarrassedinitsproceedings by want of funds. Four days ago it covered the walls with a judicious appeal to the " Cittadini," telling them how their past conduct had won for them the applause of Europe, and exhorting them to pass through the approaching events without disorder or tumult. The day before yesterday it issued notices to the citizens of the appointment of a national guard, and delivered to them the muskets which had arrived from the Italian authorities. It has also, it is stated, made some police arrangements in which it will secure the active co-operation of prin cipal men in the city. The goveramsatof Italy los= its part addressedaspirited, by some critics thought, in the position of Venice, a somewhat too spirited telegraphic congratulation on its restoration to Italy, freedom, and happiness. Ten thousand Italianshave oocupiedidestre, to descend the Lagoon and railway as soon as Venice is ready to receive them. Their entry is, however, dependent on the Austrian evacuation, not only of Venice, but of Venetia. For a small part only of the Emperor's troops will return to his German States by the Brenner Pass ; the greater will be conveyed by railway rid Venice and Trieste. The sooner they leave and get away the better ; for of course popular effervescence is on the in creme, and in the presence of an interregnum there is always some risk of disorder. The garrison of Venice are just as lively as their fellows else where. Last night they amused themselves by giving the Cardinal Patriarch, who, though an Italian, bas hitherto been more Austrian than the Austrians, a charivari, by firing off for an hour or two, at intervals, bombs outside his palace. As each bomb was fired there passed across the Piazza de S. Marc a crowd to the spot whence the sound came, and then in a short time the popular tide re turned in the opposite direction, following an urchin bold enough to display the Garibaldini colours. The Austrians bore the scene with entire equani mity ; the patrol was slightly increased ; but there was no attempt to suppress the popular manifesta tion ; the Austrian officers sat as usual taking their coffee or ices at Quadri's, or promenaded, with their wives, in the Piazza ; the crowd took no notice of them, nor they of the crowd ; the cries were limited to " vivas," and in this absence from interference lay the safety of the scene. Nevertheless, so long as the Austrians are here, an accidental spark of an innocent kind may produce a dangerous explosion ; so the sooner the Austrians quit, the safer Venice will become. There is no reason, however, to suspect that they have any sinister intentions, or would like to provoke disorders before leaving. They are mortified apd humiliated, no doubt ; but they preserve their dignity and self-respect, and do not in any way insult the Venetians. In conversation with Venetian merchants, mon of experience and age, they anticipate a great revival of trade, consequent on the cessation of Austrian domination. Already, they say, consi derable orders have been received for Venetian specialities—so much so as to affect slightly the exchange; and in timber, oil, wheat, Indian corn, and other agricultural produce, Venice has, they assure me, the materials for largely augmenting its exports, and as they are increased its imports will of course also increase. The Vene tians are not at present a very enterprising body, nor have they capital to be enterprising. But as at Florence, ao in all probability will it be at Venice ; the Piedmontese and Lombards, who have both money and enterprise, will flock in, and give an impetus to wholesale as well as retail commerce. The Greeks, too, will hardly lose the opportunity to profit by the opening ; and I would venture to remind English mercantile spirits that as "it is the early birds that pick up the worms,'' so great fortunes are generally made by the first adventurers in a rising port. French modistes will too find, I am told, plenty to do here ; but, judging from the number of coiffeurs, not French hairdressers, I should say. One want I can testify there is—an English medical man ; for I had occasion to resort, for a troublesome ailment, to an Italian Inedicin—his diagnosis was negligent in the extreme ; his remedies were oil ; he first pro posed opium, which, being politely declined, he suggested calomel ; and that being peremptorily rejected, he fell beck on bismuth, lemonade, and an ice in the Piazza de S. Marc," the last of which was duly taken at the Cafe Florence, the prescription costing me a napoleon. The weather continues glorious. Cabal stmt /Minim!). PORTSMOUTH. Ocr. 10. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Gosport this afternoon, and officially inspected the troops on Haslar Common. He afterwards crossed over to Portsmouth, and became the guest of Sir G. Buller, the lieutenant and governor of the garrison. The Secretary of State for War, General Peel, accom panied by the Inspector General of Fortifications, Sir John Burgoyne, has been occupied during the last two days in inspecting the various military works designed for the defence of Portsmouth and the approaches thereto. Major-General Sir John Gordon, K.C.8., bas left Ports mouth, where he held the appointment of commandant of Royal Engineers, and has succeeded Major-General Wal pole in the command at Chatham. Sir John has been suc ceeded at Portsmouth by Colonel Mould, R.E. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 10. —APPOINTMENTS. —CHlD wanders : It. Bradshaw, to the Star, commissioned; E. W. Brooker, to the Sylvia, commissioned (surveying vessel). THE BIRMINGHAM BANNING COMPANY. —The cue of the Birmingham Banking Company came on yester day before Mr. Hall, the chief clerk, attached to the court of Vice-Chancellor Stuart, in reference to an applica tion for inspection and supervision on the part of share holders, and the cue of Overend, Gurney and Company (Limited) was cited in support of the application. Mr. Preston, on the part of a body of shareholders, made the application for a supervision. There were assets in the matter to about two millions, and the shareholders wished to be represented. Mr. Burton, on the part of the official liquidators, thought there was no necessity for the present application. The cue would come before the Muter of the Rolls on the 29th inst. The Chief Clerk was of opinion that the matter did not press. There was no allegation that the liquidators were dealing in a reckless manner with the assets. He referred the matter to the court of the Master of the Rolls. CaTwrAr. PAzacs. Own SHILLING DAY.— , WEDNYADAT, OCT. 10.—Admissions on payment, WO; I ditto by mica tickets, 1419. Total Tilton, 3,5L9, THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Ps= auk mew. ow .1 MANCHESTER, WIDEBDAT. The business of the several departments wa g brought to a close last night. In two or three of them the meetings were good and the discussions active. In section C ofthe Jurisprudence Depart• meat a paper by Mr. Pope Hennessy "On the Treatment of Political Prisoners," caused an Irish debate. Mr. Hennessy complained that the Irish Feniane now undergoing imprisonment were treated not as political prisoners but as felons. He gave several instances of such treatment, and said that as they were imprisoned for an attempt to change the form of the Irish government, and not for any social crime, they had a right to the gentle and more oonsicleratetreatment which modern society has always claimed for political offenders. Mr. Hen neasy's complaint, backed as it was by a fiery speech or two, was felt to be well-founded. But its investigation being impossible in the Social Science meeting, its discussion was unprofitable. It would be quite in place in a parliamentary speech, and we owed its delivery in Manchester to Mr. Hennessy's reluctant exclusion from the House of Commons. The Health Department was crowded yesterday to hear Miss Garrett, L.S.A., read an admirable paper "On Volunteer Hospital Nursing." In another department another lady, Madame Bar bara Bodichon, contributed a paper "On the Ex tension of the Suffrage to Women." Of opuses the claim for female suffrage was only made on behalf of women who have the headship of their own house holds and the control of their property—spinsters and widows living in their own houses and paying rates and taxes in their own name. One or two facts worth notice were mentioned in the paper ; for instance, attention was called to the almost en tire monopoly of educational endowments by boys' schools, and to the tendency in the administration of charities to postpone the claims of women to those of men. It was also stated that landlords are unwilling to let their farms to women, because of the loss of political power which resulted from so doing, and that they even turn out the widows of deceased tenants. On one estate in Suf folk seven widows had been ejected for this reason. An able letter from Miss Edwards gave several in stances of this injustice, and Madame Bodichon based upon them a claim for the suffrage for such women. In the discussion which followed Dr. Marie Walker, who has been one of the phenomena of this meeting, spoke in favour of female suffrage. This lady has created a good deal of sensation by appearing in a military dress, such as she wore when acting as a female surgeon in the army of the United States during the civil war. It con sists of as near an approach to the male costume as it is possible for a woman to wear. Without the least suspicion of vulgarity or indecency, it is nevertheless not a kind of dress which the women either of England or the United States will ever adopt. It is hardly possible to conceive that the gentle face of the wearer can be that of one who has earned a mark of distinction by painful labour amongst the saddest scenes of war, or who can en dure the yet more painful curiosity of the crowds who have surrounded and questioned her here. But those who are laughed at as " strong-minded women " have taken a part in these meetings very honourable to their sex. Dr. Walker is not a good speaker, but she is evidently very earnest and phi lanthropic ; but Madame Bodichon's paper was well reasoned and moderate ; and as a speaker said with that clumsy patronage which belongs to men in speaking of the intellectual efforts of women, it would have done credit to any man. There was an expression of sympathy with Madame Bodichon's protLsal which was far from inconsiderable. A brilliant paper on the cognate subject of fe male employment was read in the afternoon by Dr. W. B. Hodgson. It was an eloquent appeal against the false judgment of society in confining " re spectable" occupation for women to one over crowded and under-paid employment—that of teaching. No debate ensued on it, but the recep tion it met with showed that the opinion of the meeting was strongly favourable to a wide and liberal extension of the sphere of female labour. This has been the general tone of discussion on such subjects, and now that the Congress is over, those who are working earnestly for better educa tion, larger liberty, and wider spheres of labour for women, have much reason to be satisfied with the progress public opinion has evidently made. Among the valuable, but neglected, papers which have been presented to the meeting was one on " Indian Famines : their causes and remedies," by Major-General Sir Arthur Cotton, which was read to a select audience of a dozen by his brother, Major-General Frederick Cotton. The paper con tained some startling statements, but the autho rities on Indian affairs who formed the audience seemed fully to accept them. Every ten years some part of India is visited by a famine ; and at the present time one of unusual severity is afflicting Bengal. In one district, 2,500 persons are dying of want ; and in the streets of Basalore 900 dead bodies were picked up on one morning of the past summer. These famines are caused, not by the entire absence of rain, but by its unequal distribu tion. During the present famine, in the very centre of the district which has been scourged by it, not only was there an unfailing river, but there fell sixty inches of rain, twice as much as the average in England ; but " it. fell in such un timely quantities and with such long intervals that the crops withered between the falls." There is never any real want of water in India, but it comes unequally, and there must be skill and foresight exercised to render its dis tribution regular and effective. Of course this can only be done by a vast system of storage and distribution. The country is blessed with a glorious sunshine, and even the poorest soil when well watered becomes abundantly productive under such a sky. But this irrigation is not carried out. In many places the great irrigation works of an cient dynasties have gone to decay, and the present government neglects to restore them. It is the old story of aristocratic apathy. The Indian govern ment has ample means for war and conquest, but none for the great works of peace. These mere domestic improvements make no impres sion in England, and not even a famine which has already carried off a population as large as that of Birmingham can arouse public interest in Indian questions. The seat of the Indian government is in London—and London is too distant from India for that immediate interest to be felt in the people which ought to characterise all governments. Mr. Baxley, M.P., said in my hearing, that a year ago an eminent member of the government told him that he foresaw the present calamity, yet nothing had been done or could be done to prevent it, or even to prepare for it. The tone of the discussion was not hopefuL I gathered from it that the Indian government will neither do these needed works itself nor allow private companies to do them. It seemed to be generally believed that a splendid return would be made by investments in schemes of Indian irrigation, but that the government was too apathetic to secure the profit itself, and too sensible of the prospective yield to allow ;others to possess themselves of it. Would not the most practical course for the Indies reformats be to inform the English public on these questions ? It is simply ignorance of Indian affairs, and not carelesanessof the welfare of the vast popu lation there, which gave Sir Arthur Cotton's paper only anandienoe of a dozen on Saturday last. In the concluding meeting, which has taken place to-day, it has been announced that Mr. Dudley Field's suggestion as to an international code has been acted on. The council have ap pointed a committee to prepare, in conjunction with others, the outlines of a code, and to present it to the next meeting for further action upon it. They also state that Mr. Field has communicated to them his conviction that if the question of international copyright is brought before the people and Congress of the United States, it will not be difficult to procure the enactment of a copyright law in that country, or the conclusion of a treaty in which our copyright relations may be placed on a foundation of mutual jostle.. The report of the council did not contain many practical suggestions as the result of the week's talk and discussion. But it is hardly the function of a society like this to do more than to elicit truth and form public opinion by discussion. It is impossible to have attended this very successful meeting without feeling that the mere bringing together of different classes of men and women with different views, on the basis of a common wish to improve our social condition, must have good results. Progress of all kinds is slow. " Continuity," and not convulsion, charac terises all permanent social advancement. This sasociation, at least, contributes to this slow ad vance by bringing many minds and many opinions together, and allowing a fair field for each and all. The practical results are seen in other places than the report—in the newspapers, in the tone of public opinion, and even in parliament. The ob ject of this association is to sow the seed which other bands will reap ; and it performs that function all the better because it leaves the other. The meeting of next year will take place in Belfast, in the month of September. Drama. [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL.] [FWOPENCE PRINCE OF WALES'S. On Tuesday morning we had to chronicle the production of a new burlesque at the Strand Theatre by Mr. F. C. Burnand on the subject of Der Prepautz, and this morning we barite announce the snocendol production of another burlesque on the same subject by Mr. Byron, which was performed lest night at the Priam of Wakes Theatre, Mr. Byron has followed the story flittas moti closely than Mr. Barnand, and ham/J.08,2w a burlesque melodramatic villain. There are many points of resemb lance in dialogue and treatment in both burleeques, but the gloominess of the subject harp over Mr. Byron's work as it does over Mr. Burnand's. Mr. Byroe's ineentatlon scene is more satirical than Mr. Burnand's, but it has the disadvantage of istirising many things, like the Davenport imposition, which are now buried and forgotten. Them are several pieces of good writing in tho burlesque, and the characters are well distributed. Mr. J. Clarke makes an excellent Caspar, and Miss Lydia Thompson beads the young ladies, who appear as princes, bunters, lovers, and peasant girls. It is a fact worth noting that Miss Marie Wilton, the manageress of the theatre, who did more than any young actress now on the stage to make burlesque popular, is not in the cast. The scenery, dresses, and music are all bright and pleasant ; and if the latter con tains a little more than the usual allowance of music-hall ditties, the composer has the excuse that be pleases his audience. ------- Mr. Robertson's comedy, Ourp, has still the Emit place in the programme, and is received every night with warm and deserved applause. REFORM MEETING AT PIM LK*. —A crowded public meeting, composed of the better order of working men, was held last evening in the Pimlico Institute, for the purpose of promoting perliamentary reform in the dis trict. Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson occupied the chair. Mr. liayilon proposed the first resolution, as folows : " That this meeting is of opinion that any further resist- ance to the claims of the great majority of the people to a fair representation in the House of Commons to be alike impolitic and dangerous, and pledges itself by all constitu tional means in its power to continue to agitate until our electoral system shall have been put upon its pro- per basis, viz., registered residential manhood inf. frage and the ballot." Mr. Scott seconded the re solution, which was supported by Mr. G. Potter, and unanimously adopted. Mr. Murden proposal the next resolution—that this meeting tenders its warmest thanks to Earl Russell, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. .1. Bright, Mr. J. 8. Mill, Professor Fawoett, and all other true friends of reform, for their honesty, zeal, and untiring efforts during the last session of parliament, and while it urges them to renewed exertions in the future parliamentary struggle, promises them its unwavering sup port until their endeavours shall have been crowned with a triumphant avocets ; and, although we regard the late reform bill as inadequate to the wants of the people, we denounce the conduct of those members who, by a factious opposition, denied to the working chews all participation in making the laws they are all celled upon to obey." Mr. Riitteobury seconded the resolution, which was sup ported by Mr. F. B. Langley, and agreed to. Addresses were delivered by Mr. Bradlaugh and others, after which the prooeedimp_terminated. REFORM MEETING AT PRESTON.—On Tuesday night a crowded meeting of working men was held in the Corn Exchange, Preston, for the purpose of considering the question of political reform. Mr. Councillor Sowerbutte occupied the chair. The meeting, which was got up by the Preston Working Men's Reform Assoclition, was W- I dressed by the Rev. A. Hall and Mr. Mark Price, of Manchester ; Messrs. W. Thompson, S. Lee, J. Richardson, Ernest King, &c. Resolutions were carried unanimously, amid applause, in favour of an extension of the suffrage to all male persons rated for the relief of the poor, of vote by ballot, and tendering thanks to Earl Russell, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and other prominent reformers. THE REPORM AGITATION AT NtYPTINGHAM. The Nottingham and district branches of the National Re form League, which are mainly composed of working men, are making arrangements for a mon,ter meeting to be held in Nottingham on the gird inst. The meeting will beheld in the Exhibition building, the use of which has berm granted by the Mayor. On Tuesday morning a deputation of the league had an interview with his worship at the Police-office, to request that he would take the chair ou this occasion, and he has agreed to do so, although, at the same time, intimating that he could not entirely endorse the political programme of the league. Many prominent liberals will support the chief magistrate at the meeting, which is promoted by the working men of Nottingham. Whether the different trades' unions will take any part in this local effort is at present undecided. An gr meeting of the members and friends of the Nottingham branch of the Reform League was held on Tuceday even ing at the King's Arms Inn, when it was resolved to send invitations for the demonstration to the parliamentary representatives of the borough, the members of the Town Council, Mr. C. Paget, Mr. S. Morley, and moat of the prominent liberals of the district. REFORM MEETING AT SUNDERLAND.--011 Tues day night, a large and enthusiastic meeting, for the fur therance of parliamentary reform, was held in the Assembly Hall. Sans-street, Sunderland, under the auspices of the Mbal branch of the Reform League, the chief object of the gathering being to welcome Mr. Edmond Beales, the president of the League, on his first visit to Sunderland, and his attendance at the first public demon stration of the newly-formed branch of the parent organ bastion. The local members of parliament did not attend the meeting, Mr. Candlish, M.P., having gone to London on Wainer, while the others had not replied to the invitations addressed to them. The chair was occupied by the Mayor.