The Express. — London, England, 1865-09-07 00:00:00

MI 1 , TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. ....--=-------- IMES. MONEY WIGRAM and SONS' (p_f 0,am%11 yard, I.ondo 1411 MAN sad PACK= to At STEALIA, — For tt ZINII. Pat Map, abed sole the h e on Wednesday MA aeatausber, ealliag at ifshe spiendhl tapper et n4 lll7llOLL, 1.100 teak ijißli MAN, Commander ; hsthatiat India Dock& sor moismodatiows for aU laseeesslarwesagars To r unur- A sad she was wary OE . surges& freight s ej .0 a W and MOILGaIt, with lisimes. r _, . sa d l ox& 7 , irdienball•siraill '-:----------------- fj_ILIAT ST. JAMES'S HALL—EVERY il WINING at LOC and baiorday AJternooe as Three The WORLD a BlAGlC.—Deoced Sight la a new ram by Me madame—Frederic (the OreaD IfwroWer. Veldelbeeziel and )(into. in Dell Can "—The Real Indian Basket Trick. by Mt. Linde kedueen.— Wane, Si ; reserved Beata, IL ; bal. ooe,, fa .: adrabaless, IL—Crowded boom Frahm, Andw sole ifareweil ileasee of the Wald of Saab& Intaasene beerwea. ..11•=kalt oceablaation esteeteinsen t MlMl %in Latins the aselzopolia"— I Vide L. Yassest. Bit I i ISH ASSOCIATION. SUFFOLK. The disease has prevailed with great severity at frellord. Upwards el [aty heads have been slaughtered, airier the direction of Mir. Ration, the Nereus', sad a sew siderable number have died. ♦ afro. Coe has last twenty fear beasts, and other parties have bees heavy sufferers. (ssenn% mexinesiA) ENGLAND AND FRANCE. PARIS, Serr. 8. The Monitenr in ita bulletin of tbie evening ear "It affords us great satisfaction to call to mind with what courtesy the government, the people, and the press of England have greeted the French fleet in England. The extents cordials which pre vailed during the preceding reign has been rendered fruitful through the policy of the Empire. The friendly relations existing between France and England are founded upon their mutual interests, and upon the uniformity of their principles in matters of public law. They rivalled one another in disinterestedness to Dann the indepen denoe of the Ottoman Empire and when France had fought for Italy, England on her part determined no longer to retain the lonian Islands, and contented that they should be restored to the origin of their nationality." The Moaireur also says—" It is not true that the population of Porto Torres tired upon the French packet Program. The agent of tbe sani tary authorities simply requested the captain not to bring the steamer into port, and the Progrbs thereupon returned to Ajaccio." BIJOSWALL LINE of PACKETS for MEL woo k; (Port PlatiltyLL.tort liinala. ORSINI ship so rgoogo 1.100 tons. E. ALOYEZW. will Novo m om Doom co tbo torWo;or , call of Plymouth. and ...morboood onrsocoo—Appty to P. CAW and 00., trai,...=;;;PoorElly this Ilse con pro. old Wog troin to at rodsoid taros by ...ftiratol. WM= mod Co. for OXFORD.—SIXTY-SIX, by J. OFFIGN BACH : LA TIAVIATA. NORMA, to., W the Mail sthelest Operstie Cowpony in Loath's, including Aimee Swath, Neiman'', ?mak barrio Madame Beath and Wm Pni-Bana (who will make her nsapetarathe here miter an Memos of ten months) Marra A. BL Albys, Grath Apatholi, Both. W. Williams, and Eilor livolL—Wlel, th e BRIDAL of BEAUTY, by those accompththl artist's the thimeaTery end Beta Bonnie. Comedy and Buriseque by the VAltbms, Wawa Durish and Davies . Mr. AMmuutrs, the eladflaild Ventrilequisa and sad other available talent —SBA SVIBLNG. LAC SWALLLIN B Kof PACKETS.—ForMYL smug ( Nrs thilipi Direct—Arm OZW:11 4hlp w ompa.lll, 1,100 tom Contain H. T. GIBSON, win eon from WWI Noweninor 1, sad corn on experloosed our apsi,...annli I. GIIEN and C0..•140, loulmUll.diest. LC. METROPOLITAN MUSIC-HALL, Edgware rest—Opm MAPPIADANCI CRAPIN3 PUPILS in tisk Ballet Divertissement end I sae DIMOMIL Dam Liston, Cos. Herr Pio. laroctm Itty Wilton, . ad lean Wood. Opsys, Rob Boy.—Mulail J. J. POOLS. THE LPTERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE PM sad LUPE INSURANCE COMPANY. 011oss-1, DoM•stroot. Liveigeol :SO sod 11, Pseltry 7, COMM. sad Cbsrusgreen, Leedom nom= on was oomrain man lesa - - - INC ..i 1 ICA UK UM Art,lllll 11111 res: I i.sases NISA74 1111111 WAD AnnaiThigiimiimaserry, Linden. Lb aloha Sr. payable In thirty dap obi ow Sr. atheated. . , ......„.„7-. f , 0......,_....- , ~- -x - - -- ------- ( ill . --).• ~....„,„... X. 33 r t 0 bS'lB.(l tt , r client - Iv TIT TTR fill A V EVRNING. SEPTEMBER 7, /865. [STAMPED, Id. ADDITIONAL] [TWOPENCE , I 1 1 4 4 1 1 , 1 ,'; Is Iht, 1 i 111 1 I , I , I 1 1 I put out of its usual lively, bustling course by this meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science. Bath WWI in ten times a greater flutter last year, and yet all that the hobilias of that old Roman centre of invalids and luxury could possibly cue about their scientific visitors was that they could galvanise the place fora week into some semblance of its former life and gaiety. To rouse Birmingham requires some political feeling ; if John Bright were going to hold forth at the Town-hall to-night upon the correlation of the arirtocratio and the demo cratic forces, instead of Professor Phillips, the eminent Professor of Geology, the almost father of the Association, the streets would be already thronged with people who had no thoughts for work with such a treat in prospect. Then how is it that Birmingham is so favoured as to be the only place three times chosen by the peripatetic philoso phers of Great Britain as their meeting place) Con venience of access is a reason at once ; the journey is easily made to this centre, where every line of the immense system df railway communication con verges, and where now the broad and the narrow gauge run amicably one within the other. Then in addition to the innumereble processes of manu facture to be seen in the town and neighbourhood, from a common nail to a colossal bronze statue — from a rocking horse to a superb locomotive — there are the vast fiery plains of the Black Country, where mountains of coal are dug out of the earth, and streams of molten iron flow night and day. There are the limestone caverns under old Dudley Castle, with a canal running about a mile into the earth—an extraordinary place, which on these great occasions is illuminated at the expense of the Earl of Dudley, whose immense income is chiefly derived from there extensive mines. Here, too, is the Wren's-nest-hill, where geologists will have the, de light of grubbing after tiny teeth of extinct animals, and seeing some rare specimens of the fossils of the coal beds ; Warwick, Kenilworth, and Stratford on-Avon, with, as the programmes phrase it, "the Shakespeare localities;" the fine old cathedrals of Worcester and Lichfield, with Wenlock Abbey and Malvern Abbey, all most interesting to the artist antiquarian. Another interesting excursion for the antiquarians will be the visit to the ancient city of Uriconium, at Wroxeter. Luncheons and dinners are talked of being organised in the most handsome and liberal manner by Val Dudley, by Mr. Foster, M.P., at Stourbridge ; and Mr. M'Clean, at ()hammock Chase ; and at the colossal breweries of Mr. Allsopp and Mr. Bass, at Burton. Those excursions, which always form such a very agreeable feature of the meeting, will occupy the Saturday and the Thursday following. The business of the Sections began to-day with the assembling of committees, and there has been some little warmth of discussion again in the Ethn ological Section about the anthropologists' proposi tion to make their subject a separate branch under a distinct section. The anthropologists have been obliged to retire from the field, I bear, and no doubt they will derive every solace under defeat in reading any number of papers upon any number of varieties of the human species. Every one is looking forward with the greatest in terest to the new President's address this evening, and no little curiosity is shown to know how, if it treat of geology, as it is certain to do, it will tally with the opinions of Sir Charles Lyell, which were received with so much marked appreciation at his great Inaugural Address at Bath lastyear. The earth's crust is generally • pretty tough morsel on these occasions, and I dare say we shall have a good deal of sharp work over it, of which I shall hope to have something to say. (nor out erocur thecorgi.) BIRMINGHAM, WILDIFISDAY. At present the Association is happy in that mate rial element in all gatherings in this country—the weather. Nothing can be more brilliant than the auseblee, width might pass for that of Jane rather than of September, while the atmosphere is so bright and clear as to prevail over the dim smoke of the manufactories. It seems that special in vitations have been sent to and accepted by a number of "distinguished foreigners," and the following are either here at expected—via., /L Khanikal, a Russian pops- Oar, Great or Cannel Ada; Kespert. Professor of Geography at Berlin ; M. Armirkns Vambery, the eminent Huoprien traveller ; Professor Plucker, of Bonn ; Pro farm Van der Haden, of Leyden ; M. Voldernec Schmidt, celebrated for Egyptian lore ; Signor Christofero Negri, a geogropher in high aloe in the Italian War Deportment ; Signor Oapallisi, President of the Italian Natural Science Society ; Dr. Ferdinand Roemer, of Breslau ; Dr. Merck, a oachologint ; Y. Gandry, president of the Geological Society of France ; Professor Steemtdrup, of the University of Copenhagen ; Professor Raker, an astronomer of the Observatory. Hamburg, &a. At one o'clock the postal council held • matins in the Later* I/maim Midlead Destitute ; Sir O. LTILL in the Aar The minutes of the last Manses mostimp were mad and confirmed. The following report of the council was read and adopted: The council has naiad a report from the treasurer, W. Spottiswoode, Esq., at each of its meetings, and his real report for the year mediae September 6, 1866, will presented to the committee dna day. The repot of the parliamentary committee ham bees received for preantation to the general committee this day. The Kew committee has promoted • report to the council at each of its nmetiop, sad the repenter deeper 1864.65 will he laid before the pared committee this day. In addition to the noblemen and gentlemen elected at Both, the eserecil propose the names of the Right Hon. the Earl of Dudley the Right Hon. the Lord Lyttedten, Lord Lieuteoant of Worcestershire ; A. Follett Oder, Esq., F.R.S. ; and the Rev. Charles Evans, M.A., head master of Kiss Edward's School, as vice-presidents of the pretest mediae ; and the Rev. G. D. Boyle, M.A., as local secretary. The mama have added to the list of oonerpooding members the names of the following foreign men of sciences, who have tees pre sent at rosetisp of the association:—M. E. When, In. Arnold Morita, Herr Niemeyer, M. Virthery, Dr. Wel• witach. The meant learn with deep regret that the pro looged Mame of Mr. Hopkins raiders him unable to continua his valuable servicee in the office of general seers tory. The email have been informed that invitations will be presented to the general committee at ita Inane' on Monday, September 11, truce Nottingham, for the on 1866 ; from Doilies, for the year 1867 ; sod from Norwich and Southampton for an early meeting. The treasurer's account was read, and stated that the re mien for the peached been 3,8311.191. Id., and the balance ' la hand, after providing for all expenditure, an 7691. 2a. 6d. The report of the Kew Committee of the emaciation, a body which contisnally makes etheatific obserratioss at the Observatory at Kew, was read by Mr. 3. P. Oudot, and elated le oondderable detail the proceedings, meteorological, magnetic, and astronomical, and dwelt especially as °beer teatime which had been made on spote on the sun ; in the furtherance of which the original sun-deasiop adopted by Hofrath Seethe, of Dessau, bad been obtained from that gentlemea. A new apparatus is about to be added to the Observatory for the ready verification of sastals. The re , port was repaired. The following report of the Parliamentary Committee was next read and received : ' By a resolution pared at Bath, your committee were re quested to press on the government the expediency of inatimaing a series of experiments on fog signals, but on cosseting come of the members of the committee appointed for the purpose of making experiment* on the treasmiedos of wood nods? water, your committee were informed that no action as the part of the government was at present necessary. Tar committee brought soder the notice of the council the unsatisfactory cheesier of the provisions of the Public Schools 13111 of last senior& so far as they affected the intermits of @ciente. Your committee advocated such alterations therein as they believed would be most likely to promote these interests ; and it was at the suggestion of one of their members that Professor Sharpen, W. A. Miller, Huxley, sod Tyndall were applied to, and gave the admirable evidence on the =ant to which physical sciences might with advantage be introduced into the studies of oar peat public schools, which will be found io the spoeodix to the report of the committee of the Howe of Lords on the hill above referred to, and to which the attention of all engaged in the instruction of youth may be usefully di:OCW. Some valuable remarks a the same subject by our president elect had been previously referred to in the course of the debate; and the evidence of oar presidatit, Drs. Carpenter sod Hooker, the astronomer royal, and ahem, before the Public School Commissioners, furnishes an additional proof, if any were wanting, of the zeal and energy with which the coltivators of science con tinue to remonstrate evilest the system, which still unhap pily prevails in many of our schools, of ignoring the claims of science. Wnormathr, Chairman. Bono further routine baker having been gone through. Dr. J. HUNT moved "That a separate section be formed, entitled' ll,' to be devoted solely to anthropology;" con tending that wales' that were done, no adequate topsiders tion sod discussion of the *deuce of man could be obtained at the natio& of the association. Sir E. Blucurat seconded the motion, not se an amthro pologist, bat on th e ground of fair play and free dis cussion. Sir R. Mammas, at the request of the council, ex plained that that body, having fully considered the subject, had authorised him to meet the motion with a direct mega. tire, and pointed out that it had been found necessary to restrict the number of sections to seven. Applications had often been made by the promoters of sew sciences for such recognition, which the council bad been obliged to refuse, notably—phrenology once at Edinburgh, sod archaeology. By the present motion this latter subject would be intro duced by a side-wind. There was opportunity for the discussion of anthropology in the sobirection of physiology, but it was impabible to create an entirely Dew section--a decision which bad been fully endorsed by no Inn an anthropologist than Professor Owen. After tome discussion, Dr. WEIGHT moved as an amendment "That In future Sub-Section Dbe devoted to human physiology and eth nology." It was proposed by Dr. Lis that the word " aothropo logy " be added to the above words. Profaner Pui Lure suggested the withdrawal of the motion and amendment, and that • resolution be adopted to the effect that in inters all proposals for new sections, and altering the titles of sections, and an y alterations in the fundamental Inlet of the corpora, be referred to the committee of recommendations to report. Dr. Hum said he would withdraw his motion if Its subject-matter be referred for decision to Lord Stanley, Sir C. Lyell, and Professor Phillips. Lord STLIIIIT declined to accept the faction of a to. fires as suggested. The anneedmethe were rejected, as was the original motion. Profaner PHILLIPS' motion was then put and agreed te. The proceedings then terminated. In the evening, at 8 o'clock, the first general meeting of the Asseoeistime was held in the Town-hall, when Sir Charles Lyell, the president for last year, resigned the At the meeting of Liverpool town council, yesterday, the health committee promoted a report drawn up by a deputetioo of goothones who had bees deputed by the owtsuiftepe to proceed to London and isvesligate the question of the cattle demos The report wee met up with coslimahom el the heti& ceconsittee. The &palmier& Mated that they bad bees to Loodon, where they had visited the piers where the settle disease wet prevailed ; bees in oommunicaties with the veteriaery burglar who supsenteeded the landing of foreign cattle at the St. Ka tharine'. Desk Wharf ; bad istervisive with Profaners Siam& and Ganogee, sad witnessed the pret-zoortera examiestioe of a calf is which the disease had boss allowed to ran its while cow's. They stated the result of their obasrmilloes and [squires at length, and made the knowing ingratiate :—That two imepoosere (one for oat& leaded at the &mks, sad oat for cattle brought MN the meskete) be appointed' that sheds be provided both at the markets and at 'be docks into which deemed cattle could be received sad slaughtered, sad Where their caroms maid be anointed with carbolic acid. to pre vent the peseibility of their being add for bums. food I that *swimmer should be placed under the basswetioa ed leave look " with diseetioes to the Meer to imam ape extreme eleaeßsess • that Dopes of Professor &moods' letter to the Olerk ci the Privy Gonna, and the motes and advice of Proems:sr Damps, pablished by the Natiosal Ameehdlem fee the fereastlea of CMS& Draseene, &odd be circulated freely macept rattle keopen and dealer& • The committee soiled to their report a reocimmendatem that in say applicatios to parliament for a sew sot text seam the ereparallon aitoaU seek power to ferule& add home 001&00.111L They reoommended the appsintmest ef Kr. Helm as veterinary eargooe, to amiss sseitary officers whoa required, and of Yawn. J. E. Need, and W. Lowoock, s ins/seam te examine cattle, at h. par week r mob, these appointments to continue only during the perms of the memed. The report sad recceumedatiose were unanimonsly mefinmed. QUEBBSLAND.—BLACK BALL PASSIM az Li ss. —N ew esrangementis with ber llaWs Colonial Goveromeat ledectien of steerage fare to AU land orders 41104.3. gobsa it Winton Bay (calling atritymouthi, tbe steamship ~....f m u* ate* teas bunks, Is o.lsoree power itadt. ;W mit imposb bkoatipbulti ablp, unrivalled by nay ousel bobrimanittred• to imolai* win be despatched %rot fat 011 October. The magnificent deck saloon of ship Malt W e pgieengen to the Australian colonies an oppor. alty soleigukll comfort and Spate motor to any other coo ns woad cabin on deck Is squad to ordinary AM sal Os aramplimaillee +Oar time UNA twevemenls. .....erateiiffifN, Koppel Bay, and Bristene.— Clipper ship ~T W z g .Q mpix t tom to sail from Liverpool September 11th, .... si to embark sSitto I n BIINICI and 9 r,T era. , mewl ; aft Agents foe U N illn LW: Mid T. M. MCKAY and Co., 1, laimbeeltall - Loud" 10. METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE sonny, A.. lel s, 1410021140E014. Beak, London. abtlaked 111115. DisJOBWL Peke Cator as lawisP.ldosisy,ltaq.,Ltverpool. Frederick rdt, toy. Georg Pearls. Bee Richard Pry . Joseph Pew. Fag., Darlington. Ws. Orsait, Pertness& Bowl!Sari. Bre. Fraser L II sr. In. J. Leiria TTSVIDES. 11.4. Chandos Wren Baehr as, Req. George \remakes, Us. 1 Henry Lebbel. Fag. Richard & llneoo, Foci , Daniel P. Los e Up. ix-Dna:mom (IT ZOTATIOIO. Daniel Burgos, teck i lr cu isteL 1 Jeores Dawson, req. J. Wafers, Req. LISBON. BasrL 6. STUN PROM LIVERPOOL 01 QUEENSTOWN TO NEW YOWL. TWICE • WW.. LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and PITILAMPII• STEANSHIP COMPAN Intend deo i negolag their tallioeswedats-bont this Limy IfiesaAlblps, may la g tie Totted States PEON LIVERPOO tee NEW TOIL. UNP.OO. Friday, Sept. NA GI . Wednesday, Sept. IS. & A n d awry Wirdssaday, and anomie Mays and Saturdays. can n onage by the mail manors sailing every Wednesday, LI, Mood 11 k.aloesa, aceordisi the accommodation. Cable =d by the Yridayn and daturUy's steamers, 15 guineas. passage includes a full iuppi of cooked hrovlstoun ter Camas end the United Sfttes booked throuplygh ea W terms. For further parseoulars to Yy. KAN, aterutrest, Liverpool; or to ap ZIVM In d UM, I, Did Williaatelrest, Louden. ADVANTAGES OF ASST, RING WITH THIS SOCIETY. Economical menagement, DO paid agents being employed In either town or country. and Do 00111011111012 allowed. The appliudion of the whole of the prollts to the reduction of the premiums of members of dm years/ standing or appetite. At the Ism annual valuation an abatement of premium was de clared, for the year ending the Mb of April. 184 at the fete Jf 61 per cent. The Society's meets amount to upwards of 70 per cent. of all the premiums received from the mewed, sad are equal to 30 per cent. of the entire liability water the policies in force. The accumulated hinds exceed £1,0115.000 Ones annual income exceeds 165,000 Totalities paid in claims amounts to Profits returned to members in redaction of premium amount to The MOM &soured by existing policies of to A would Ye desirous of becoming Members of this Society would Sod it sdputtageoas to lodge their propose& oa or before the 6th of October next. Promeotnees, emotes of anneal accounts, and fall particulars may be obtained on Actuary. application HEto Ann* USA NRY ILU ISHAT. 811 fIOTHENRG. The See laas screw wear GUSTAF W ABA. Captain firet- C. F. e STARA, will aem for the Men port on of shout the 7th Instant. U To be *awe by other Int-class ngsrastesniera This vessel has nips gar secosuaodatlat for passe—For parileulars of freight amp apply at CHAPLI N'S Universal Mee, Regenteireas, ya paH UPP% GRAVES, PHILLIPPS aad Co.. BA Rengsserhoass, HA Danstagehill, LO. BAY of HAVANA and bLiTANZAS BAII.II.OAD (fa the ISLAND oe CUBA). LOAN of 1400.000 Sterling. le Bonds of 410 D, Dewlap Interest of 7 par mot par mown. payable balf•yrarty la Loudon. /AIM Loodoa—Mears. J. Henn rcanoler sad Co. La Baser—The Bask of Commerce, Francis Proar, BR, Ifsopt TIM Company ins termed In 1157, obtained He coocession the mos year, and la le& the main road was completed from Rees. • the Bay of Harass, to Hatanzaa. a distance of Ss miles. Sinte then branch 1100$ or considerable value hare been con- SPECTACLES are ACTUALLY NiCIISSAIY WREN the Byes water, are misty, or fatigued atter reading: WHEN the print blends, and the letters appear to be double W HEN more light than formerly is requisite— IN the can : xampla WHEN dle is placed between the eyes and the book WHEN objects must be held further off to be sees more clearly WHEN much difficulty is found in threading a needle. Me above are premonitory signs otderaylngelekt, and Mimi' that en optician should be ommulted without delay. From long and extensive practise Mecca Thomas Harris awl 800 are tally competent to advise on all matters pertaining to the remedying defective sight. Tiny skilfully adept lenses. perfectly true. or Me requisite power. and likewise they Judiciously select a spee tacle frame of the form meet becoming to the face. THOMAS HARRIS and 11103 f, *madam to the loyal Twang. opposite the Mends liseerua gates. lands° (their elmly lease). serablished ITet Canfiera —No travellers or agents.. The Rai of cortrnetlon to this date. be £1,064000: of this fel°ooo was rahed upon shares subscribed In the taland. £150,003 was raised In London, On 1861. by mortL kan beading 7 per cent. interest, and repay able by the opera- Son of a fund of £ll OW per annum, commencing 1667, rich will redeem the entire loan in 1876. £lOO.OOO was similarly raised In 1863 for the construction of two branch roads, secured by a second mortgage on the road sad guaranteed by the Bank of Commerce, repay able by the ope retina of a radish fund of £4,000 per annum. commencing la Zit • coadderable portico of the remainder of the capital has been supplied from time to tier oat of the earnings of the read. The results of the undertaking have been very satisfactory, Widow the following returns : 1882. grasp MOWS L100,700 1963, „ 1964. and vles, gross receipts trosnJanuary to June WO* illedsame period, 1866 Bay of Havana and Maleness Railroad Company hen sew Oren the peirrese of the Collar Railroad, runner from Mares to Beroba, a distance of 31 miles. a very valuable road, sr el immense importance to the Bay of Havana and Marasas Curry, inasmuch as it is In direct junction with that road at traverse , g • district rich In sugar produce. and being aomstied at Boobs with the Cardenas sad ducat° Railroad terse a section of the central road of the island. which will eery shortly reach Ville Clara by the completion of the Carden sod dirazo Railroad. The returns of the traffic of the Collor Railroad sre sa follows: 1960 gross receipts l/49,100 1901 1864 and the returns of 1 . 866. from January to May :O 49,000 spinet 106 s, same time To complete this purchase, the Bay of Havana and Matansaa Cooper desire to raise a loan in London of 1.400,000, hearing Orme at 7 per cent. per annum. payable half-yearly In London. La security for this Loan, the hay of Havana and thorns Railroad Company will effect a drat mortgage on the Collere Railroad, its rolling stock, appartenances, sad all properties : rd also a mortgage on the Boy of Havana and Werner Rail road and Its branches, subject only to the existing of £06e,010, of winch the Out mortgagee of £260,600 will to d at linthely la 1:76. by the operation of the slaking fund which senzaeoces in lea. The property this mortgaged le as follows : TheQineo Railroad to be purchased out of the proceeds of Obtain, prodocing • gross re year In 1964 of Mirk The Bay of Havana sad Menuars Railroad end Its branches. raft 01,06-.001, producing a gross revere la 1860 of g 143,00 Prier only to the aboveov tattooed mortgages). It will be noticel that the revenue of the nay of Havana and Zairese, as well se that of the Collie° Railroad. lias for some pan beep steadily increasing at the rate of 80 per cent. per annum, and it is beyond a dour that the amalgamation of the Pomade. by a satund inoraees of tragic and a large saving of umentlitate In the drain Oration, will produce a f larger he venue. and may be fairly estimated for the coning year at £tSO,O3O gross, or folly £lOO,OOO net revenue. For the rep meet of this loan a sinking fund Is arranred for, whereby LlO9OO Is to be paid oft annually. either by the pur chase of Boots or public drawing, its operation to commence in VT, by which tine the On mortgage loan of £260.000 will be DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS., a never galling remedy, prepared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and neer complaints, indlieetiom wind, spurns, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, to. lore habitual costiveuees, as a family arient icine, and sa a purifier of the blood, they are truly exc pe ellent ; med in their operation and grateful toeegtb the doeseeh, they create appetite, promote digestion, and str the we nervous rya's.— told by W. lam- bert, chemist en , S., King W whole nervous nyoteia.—told by W. Lam bert. rhombl, I, hog WiU(eon4lroos. 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THE INVIGORATIVE NERVINE ESSENCE The wet edertheally reputed air most powerful suer. the earls* ere labor:Ler reader to thew mercer% rodlike all the secrettorek co the leterity of which perfect health dr. It la a epecthe for deblltty of all blade, sad from lie or moo; other Ingredients, perthe sad phosphate at sada. trill Pre Mabry beserlelal to the error and Orrery- Peke a per battle, er four guerillas 11 me for lea. Ire ihleseg neon. ilsewerrees end 0o.112%), Oderthresse. 11. C., 1114 afar. / erthrtherael, LG. LeivAra. THE GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL GLOI7OIO7IIR, WIDNIMIDAY. Another brilliant autumnal morning ushered in the second day of the festival of the three chairs. The attandattim at the cathisdwil yesterday meowing. and st the Mire-ball het night. VIM of the best that have ovver been brought together at Gloucester on the first festival dAy. The return from the ticket office shows that the number sold for the remaining performances is considerably in ex. ow of former years. The following was the programme for last nights' =maw% : Part L—Overture (Grcglielsoe Tell), Bewini ; growers. Mr. W. IL Onalminp, " When the orb et day " (Eury_ f aallzah Water ; biers, "Dal too menet° snake" (Kase), Itedgesdorff, Mbe Jails Men. Herr Iles; Mr. Bentley, and steer dove% Medial. Tietiess, "Bel niggle (Semiremiele), /Weir ; d ; Snug, Mr. Stodgy, "0 readier thee the cherry " Gaol and tatea), Handel t Ada, Mite L. Pre*, V.drai wine • (11 Dan Gircassu), Mozart; Duets. "Dottie ormai folios" (Fi delio), &Wow" Madlle. Iletjras and Herr Guns • Aria, Modem* Roderedoef, "Parto (Tito), licaurt ; airiones =Mr. lessees ; Olarcal teatimes (Outdone), Madams Goddard, Beethoven. Fart IL—Overtime (Faust), Spobr; Tersettiza, "11 Bo thnia" (Diaorsh), Meyerbeer Xim Loves Pyws, Mr. W. Cummiaim sad Mr. Bushey ; Aria, Herr Gans, , Visas. Rentals Dame" (Ls Dame Montle), BAldieu ; Vales, Ms &mot:sails Test** " 11 WM," Arditi ; Irish Ballad, Ni. Louie& Tyne, "The harp that ones r Wog, Moat Largo al fatitotem"(ll Barbie**, BorisSoot,Madame Budendorff, "Ever thine," Abt ; Market Chorus (Masa-. Mello), Althea. :1 , The ociecert tamseseced at 8 o'clock, at whisk War the room was more thee three parts tilled. The festival water' room is a floe modern-built hall, admirably adapted for moan, &Weary espeoloas is extent. An organ placed in the orchestra at the mirth eed some years ago appears to be but little used, and last night was owned with • keen clothing. There wen three moons, sad these of the most laseitneyed pieces in the programme. The audience did sot appear to " walla up " until they had well entered upon the woad part of the eon. met when Madlle. Thiele in the " 11 beaded created the .ii furore and rendered • repeat inevitatda Mies Pries ',Wish ballad also was encored, and Figaro had to sewer to the call " Figaro as. Figaro la." Thus three to fol lowed in rapid sommeirc and thee the rest of the pro gramme was quietly got through, with en additional song (only be towed ill •• few of the programmes) by Mr. • fin* bass attached to the Gloucester Cathedral choir. The other noticeable federal in the concert ware the overture to Faust. • novelty her., but which did not appear to be appreciated ; the trio from Dinorah, the last piece is the first sot of the opera, in which the tinkling of the goat's bell forms a peculiar feature, but the diet of which is lost in • mere disjointed plea ; Poly passes' love wag (by Bentley) ; the duet front Putelio ; and the sir from Tao, in whioh Madame }Ludendorff and Mr. Lawns shared well-earned honow. The choral fanta sia a ff orded • riots treat. Herr Guns's appearance in the orchestra to sing his sees from La Mum Blanche exited • good deal of interest. He was well received, and evidently had his friends among the audience if not in the orchestra ; but among the latter then coaled be no ntistakieg the ex prawn of disappointetest at the close of hie porta/mane% Goosing to Gloucester as the locum tennis of the great English twee, gisthate more was expected of him that was nameable. Had the audience never beard Berns they would, ao doubt, have awarded to Guns greater Bosom than he received at their hands last night. Notwithstanding the encores the concert was erceluded bekee Write o'olock, and after • short interval, daring which the corcert scent was converted lute a ball room, dime? log commercial, and wen kept up two or three boors longer. As last night's conceit of sander mask) was what is *oar raoely designated a " misesllentious" .n 0... this morair4e selection of sacred meek at the cathedral partook of the lama character. First than was a portion of the /Arian of Preis., by Meadelercha, oceisistieg of the whole at the long sysophoey (33 pope of printed music) and the first chorus, " All men, all things," and soprano solo, " Profile thin the Lai 0 my spine (Madame Hader/OW! ) aas chorus. This was seesseded by a short selection from the Stabat Mater, and pieces by Heeds', Haydn, Spoilt, M. Gettood, beside; two maths= by Dr. Wesley. Time for the awed part was a fugue (Bach) by Dr. Wesley on the organ Miami's Requiem and selections from spawn and the Mount of Mims, so that the parformarias (with the awl NIA et half in bear) occupied full Ave how. After the Lobgeseng of lleadelarce, Headers song. " He leyeth the beams." came in rufrathieg contrast to Mendelsolia's music. Three two pieces illustrated the peculiar tharmiter lath wet& the two composen stamp them compoeitimia Ms. Lewis Thomas's performarce ofi the trying air He Lurch the booms" (Redemption) left 'Whim to be dasir.d. The ealootios from the Stabat Mater aooeiatei of the WOW song " Gujos Animate," and the " Inflanamatua." Mane. Titles. sung the beautiful GB from the Creation, ," With verdure clad," sad Miss LOOM' Pyne the " Hely, holy' (Mandel), but W. Bestley's mew keg of Oonsure Nazareth was very floe. Dr. Wwley's proluctioes ware a ci rc us, unsecomprcied, "In exits Israel," mid a cathedral satiate " Awl os unto the Lord." The latter bad bare (new dew to it by four of the peat. spelt—MdUe. Tietjeas,aies Louie Pyee, Maas Wilkinson, and Miss Elton—to whom was allotted a qusrtett. Mozart's Requiem mass has bees so often performed st these festivals, sad so frequently demand, that it would be hard to say anything fresh amownieg either the work or its pgrfonnaisce. Its execution was entrusted to Mee. Tietjeo a (soprano), MIDI Elton (op:Unita), Harr Guns (tenor), sad Mr. Bentley (bass). After the Requiem came more eclectics.. Pint the favourite piece from Handers Sanuon, " Let the bright seraphim." by Ti t = with Harper's trumpet accompaniment— a meet performance ; the snerceding chores, "Let their celestial etwerts all unite," following ; • beat- Ulu' duet by Bpobr. " Ghildres pray this brae to cherish," succeeded ; and the morning's performance was brought to an end goon after 4 o'clock with • sheet Galactic,* from Berchorcer's Napedi, or Mount of aloes. The selection Metaled • trio, "The hoar of vengeance," by Mies L. P.p., Mr. Cummings, sad Mr. Lewis Thomas ; chorus sod solo, "Haste, arise," and the " Halleluiah chorus." To night we have Heyde"' gessoes, a ;eke Bee from Wither , Meettelesehe's Are Wa/pnrgis Night, and some operatis swaps, sad terciamew evening Mendelerchn's mos tsepieee BIWA. The Whole are tepidly going off, and the prosaic*, et the festival ere brightsaiss every boar. Tee collection in the cathedral to-drc after the montieg's parforroarce mosoatoi to &boot 13W. FUMIGATING TRATELIIIB.—In COUlerilletoO of sa mom fres the widest d the Alpse-llssitnoss, sug gested by the monitory women sod the mayor of Kies. tes veUers 'Mein Is th at tows Item Marseilles me sableeted to • dhiafeetiag fessiptioe in • room or tho Main pow Wed for that room. Cirami. FALAI:is. —Ors Sanwa DAY.-.- WIDNISIDAT, 12/ZT. 6.—Adwisoiooo os pormoor. 12,060; intro try momm Mahe* 4,102; %oral Amite's, 16,102. Do :iesa:l:lous loath nearing gambols Anus" moss. ms s, Am or loosovooromoO4 t ir. =is. Cowl, Ammo. costa:sob% Lisera., Mow, Um, oat Ilimmoi $ : 1 •114; s g tie, , d its co cost .. „ Zee . wale. tarisi;soso'• VIGO Üb. MA" I 1MM..1010.41. go.r.rol= THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Yesterday, at a meeting of the St. PaneraaVeatry, • report was preeeeted by the Sanitary Committee on the steps takers +sib referesos to the cattle piagese The report, after setting oat particulars before published, and stating that Mr. Priestmae, of 4, Mootrame.villas, Caledonian-read, had bees appoieted by the Privy Council sae iospeeter of diseased meet is the parish of St. Pancras, wanton to say : " Dr. Hillier has presented to you committee the follow ing report on the dowse at the preheat time is the parish, via :—' Sept. 5, 1865.—Since the last meeting of the tom. mittsie the disease has spread to a great extent in this parish. Ten more imiskespers have had the disease nuke de appearasses is their sheds, making 23 in all stare the commeeeemeet of the epidemic. The followiog are the name and eddreeees of the parties in whose sheds the disease Is kerma to have made its appearance sines this day fortnight, and the numbers sent sway by each dairy man :—Mrs. Blyth, North Creaoset•mews, 40 ewe ; Mr. Camp, 21, Argylestmet, 80 cows • Kr. Fygate, 16, Williame-mewe,4 cows Will Oselee, 15ramorood-otreet, 5 clews ; Mr. Tucker, 22, mwtreet, 7 cows ; Mr. Pollen, 1, Guildford•strvet, 36 cows; Mr. Baby, Meebeeter-meme, 14 rows ; Mr. Oresoawsy, 19, College-street, 7 row ; Mr. Brows, 1, Kentish Towwread, 26 cows ; Mr. Jelly, High. gate-read, doubtful number. Is all about 270 owe have been seat away in the fortnight • very many of thew have been seat before any meatiest slims of thetas, have sheers themselves. It is very possible that other ciowkeepere have suffered, thesmoch as they WO anxious to keep the matter secret. The somber of cattle removed ea account of the dimwits* week previous tothat affected by theabovis report was 44, so that there is as alarmist; isoresee in the number, which must owe its mum to something radically wrong in some quarter oe other. The committee reoomoseaded that in accordance with request a gentleman be involuted to re. present the vestry in the Metropolitan Cattle Plague Com• mittes at the Mansion.house. Mr. Watson snored the ap proval et the report, and proposed Mr. Gamier te represent the vestry at the Mansion.house. After some disesteems on the steps takes by the Sanitary Committee,_whiah bees been before reported, the motion yea carried.' " natures:um The following letter has been addressed to the Hants ledepeedent --In the Hampshire Ad vertiser, seder the heed Lyndhurst, September 25d, it is stated (by ecialaformatios as doubt) as follow :—' The cattle diseses.—Tbie disease has made its appearance moot the cattle of the New Forest, a very bed came having ea curred at Burley in the early pert of the week.' I hasten to suture you and your numerous readers that this report Is without the slightest foundation is fact.-1 am, ha, Jots HOLLOWAY. Araislaat to the Deputy Surveyor, New Forest. Helmsley Lodge, Burley. Ringwood, Sept. 4, 1864." --------- At the latter end of last week two head of cattle out of four bought is Loadoe by a farmer at Fermat Heath, sear Woroester, died, after a few days' illness, and the other two immediately &likened sad become very ill. It was directly reported that the disease of which the animals we the subject was the riederteet, and an alarm quickly spread through the neighbourhood, greet indignation being expressed that four animals purchased in a Leaden market from a suspected locality should have been iotrodneed to the society. lir. B. H. Parries lupe:red tboanisnals es Mon. day oftenioos, sod reports that the dimes* affecting them wee simply piscuo.poriemonie, sad sot rioderpoot, of which there was sot the slightest symptom or iadisation. rumen. In reference to the ap pearance w of the cattle disease is Letterkeeey, the folling manmade= has hese soot to the Castle by Profaner Ferrero* :—"Septoulber 5, (nog • 001ULIELYONDENT.) 1866. The description at the disease, laid baton asd re. ported to me as baits is fatal among the oink in the BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY. neighbourhood of Letterkeen, resembles mom pienro.peen- It takes something a great deal more stirring axe* or ordinary luag distemper, than enefignent t etas esta than an assemblage of wise men from all the ends t t l i b r t r e ir t l or a th m e d elt rt e l . tr o ; r It Is abesace of rote of the earth to bring the Birmingham people out of non Mail 3 (40.6 ;C i es a , rielesee man that etas yet pre. their hives of industry. Whatever th e i r employers sesta , although sheep ere wadi eer 6 ere et Wellies al sislig ei"ailgime may know about science, the peop le have a ver y m decidedly practical turn, and trouble their beads The cattle plague is not oonsidered to have unusually little about the theories of " processes" ineressed in time Chelmsford district duds; the part week ; which'even theichildren in the workshops apply at at she in it se suse to t dhei ade ' d. . sad th le e tt e i Mr e r el i . every boor of the day. The Birmingham artisan is i m ams', A coun ty m om je to be h e ld Z e e we e k as one of the cleverest of handicraftsmen, but,be is net. Cheleed_____,._,oeds for the emote of taking seek Alio ea may be advisable to provost, if poosible. the spread of remarkable for hie speculative tendencies. So that m a to adopt mesons l o d oem is y mate it is not at all surprising to find the town very little swum spinet lens. chair to Professes PIITLIXISS, the president of the year, who deli vered the address, which was folly summarised is yester day's Express. Bit. R. MURCHISON h►vlos proposed, and the Mayer of BERNINGRAN wooded, a vote of thanks to the President for his address, the proceedings terminated. FAILURE OF THE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. (nor on over HAMBURG. Barr 4. The Arctic exploring expedition has suddenly and unexpectedly come to grief. Before the Queen of the Isles had proceeded to sea her engines broke down a few miles below Cuxhaven. At first the engineer in charge seemed to think he could repair the damage in a few minutes, but on closer exami nation he found the accident to be so serious as to reouire the vessel to be docked, as the shaft was' broken. They then anchored, and made signals of ! distress to the first boat passing, which happened to be the General Steam Navigation Conipany'a steamer Berlin, from London to this port. Captain Frost ' immediately altered his course and bore down to the disabled steamer, taking off Captain Hagemann and conveying him up to Hamburg. Ou his arri,al here he immediately sent down a steam-tug which towed up the Queen of the Isles to this port. Thus the expedition is given up for this year, as the needful repairs can not be effected for at least a week or ten days ; and as the season will then be so far advanced that the six months' night in the Arctic regions will have set in before they could reach Spitsbergen it would be both useless and dangerous to be groping about is the dark in unknown seas. Great disappointment is felt here at the failure of the expedition, in which the deepest interest was taken by all classes. Blame is attempted to be thrown on the owners of the vessel for not having bad the engines thoroughly examined before leaving England. It appears also that they failed to com municate to the crew the nature of the service on which they were tobe employed, so thattbe men were 1 quite unprovided with warm clothing adapted for the Arctic regions,having nothing with them but th e i r sum mer kit. Captain Werner, however, with the greatest promptitude, advanced the crew the neces sary sums of money for their outfit ; but this, of co urse, could not be accomplished without causing a delay of some hours, when every minute was of the most precious value. Thus, by an unfortunate and unforeseen accident, the first German attempt at exploring is shelved and become a dead failure, though, like the Atlantic telegraph, the promoters are nothing daunted by the result, and intend to attempt to retrieve their bad luck by a second expedition early in the spring, affecting to talk lightly of the lam of the couple of thousand pounds uselessly thrown away in their enthusiasm for the achievement of German glory. Ex minim xs Is:Lk/0x —Torurmoss, Wiatrsa- DAT. —King was cesested for th. murder of Liostosant antierbask *than-past seem this minting. Rs .ad his guilt aad west to the gallows easily. Hs sksighed for in maissies. sad apponstly did is pod sew. PORTUGAL. The baptism of the royal infant will take plasm on the 26th inet. It is believed that the King will be present, and will not leave for abroad until October. The Exhibition of Arts and Industry will be opened on the 18th inst. OPENING OF THE BIRMINGHAM FREE LIBRARY. (fon One OWE IMPOSTER.) BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY. To-day at noon the Central Reference Free Library, in connection with the free libraries established in different parted' this borough under the peonsioas of Yr. Rwart's Act, was formally opened by the Mayor (Mr. H. Wiggio), in the presence of • you Mennonite empany, composed of many gentleman now on • via to this town is conneetioe with the British Amociation. At ten o'clock the Mayor entertained about two hundred and fifty gentleman et bnakfast at the Royal HoteL Amongst the guests of his Worship were Lord Lyttelton, Lord Stanley, M.P., Professor Fairbairn, hr. Alter breakfast the company marched in procession to the Library Building, in llatoliff.plaos. The fornud osro many cf opening took place in the &pertinent called " The Lending Library ;" os sue aide of this shelves beet been plated, on whieb are arranged about 19,000 volume' selected by the Free Libraries Committee of the Corpora. tion. A prayer was offered by the Lord Bishop of Worcester ; this was followed by • few observances of • preliminary character from the Mayor, alter which he celled upon Lord Stanley, M.P., to address the mosinbly. Lord eranter, who was received with continuous ap plause, said in theme:se of his speech—At the present time very few of these fres libraries exisß Thereseems to be may practice. difficulties in the way of their establishment, bakes the Iwo' has properly reminded va, so Monistic's of this kind is sot for the exclusive benefit of the *midair elana. or of any class, but for all climes impartially. (Applause.) I say without fear of oonteadieticie that • free reading library, and, what Is of more importance, a free lending library, are eoevenieeess for which • real deemed toxins, sod which, ones thoroughly sat a-fost, will sorer be gime op for mat for support. (Hear, bear.) There wee pro bably sever • larger amber of educated mums of compa ratively small means than at present, and the gain to general enjoyment by those free libraries is not insignificant; aid when I say general sojoyment. I may say general mo rality also ; for allot you understand bow much immora lity arises from being sogaged in monotonous employmect without reasonable relaxation. Real ad earnest students are not very many, materially speaking, in any rank of life ; still, of snob students you will have some, and it is hard to say how much labour will be spared to those men by giving them access easily and at once to such books as they require. So. again, there is another class, a rather more numerous class-I mean inventors, or would-be M onitors. petents, By Wise always able to refer to works on they may be saved from that fate which to my knowledge has not tinfrequeutly befallen men of genius that of inventing thing s which had been invented before. They would then not suffer from the disappointment of finding that their inventions were perfectly familiar 'heady. But these classes are numerically small eorupared to the total population; and the real question is does this building give a fair return to the burgesses for the money and labour expended on it. I am confident that it does fully, and the best proof that I can give is that, looking into the report of 1864, I find it stated that of all similar libraries up to that time, that of Birmingham had citealated the largest number of volumes. 330,000 volumes represented the circulation of one year ; that is really a thousand • day. I understand from what the mayor stated just DOW that that number has been coosiderably increased during the current year, and 1 venture to say that enjoys circ ula such ss pr ot tion reesents an amount of useful and loinhrmless ent would n probably be attain soy other way by the expenditure of a similar sum of money. (Hear, hear) Now I have only one word or two more to eay. I hope your lauding library will be extended and ear. ried on on a great male. I have greater faith in the prup tint utility of this tbao almost any other scheme. There an many who, for various reasons, are not likely tofrequent I a reading-room of this kind ; some think their clothes are sot good enough ; some hve too far off ; others do not lois to come into • crowded hall. I do not know what led to these reasons, but still they will operate on • certain number of people. Then again, however largely used, its space in limited, whereas there is no limitation to the circulation of books when those books.» given out to them to be read at home. Ido not know whether it is pos. Bible, but I think it would be very desirable that works shou.d be lent, not merely to individuals, but to such clubs ' and associations as are willing to nee them—security of I course being given for their proper treatment. (Applause.) lam now coming to the last word. I don't think we oneht to be annoyed or disappointed if it turas ontbere,as 'thesis other pima, that the largest demand is a demand for works of fiction. (Applause.) Of course one would tenet it it the demand) were confined exclusively to such works, and of coarse everybody sympathises in the wish of the Mayor that you may have in one of the rooms • really va luable collection of standard works, such as may not be unworthy of one of the greatest English towns. But if it should turn out that the most popular works for general circulation are works of fiction, I do not thick that is any reason for disappoiatment I never understood why it is so very much theprainice of educated men, who themselves enjoy a good novel as much as anybody, todisparige its popularity. I never understood that as • rule men of the educated class, after a had day's work, were mach in the habit of pursuing some difficult historical question or abstruse mathematic:el problem. (Laughter and applause.) There are some whom love of knowledge and science is tetanuea ad encore—mid them should be provided for by all means—but do not be ashamed, do not suppose you are descending too much to the weaknessof humanity by providing for those who look for an Moment nod not wholly useless enjoyment. (Applause.) Of all kinds of literature, I take it that works of fiction are those among which the greatest and most marked improvement has taken place, and in their way they may be as useful as works of a higher chara c t er , Well, then, do not let us grudge amusement lathers who go there solely for that purpose ; let us be satisfied if it is bandana, sod harmless in 99'J oases out of • thousand we may be as sured it will be. Life to many is a somewhat tame and doll affair, and, with our English climate end character, we are all the better for every little bit of sunshin e, moral or ma terial, that we can get. (Applause.) I have now said all that I have to say, and it only remains for me to congratulate you on this greet undertaking, to emigtatelate you on she ample scoommodatioe and noble ape of this build iog, and I bops the Birmingham roe Library may con tinue as successfully as it has begun. (Applause.) The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev. Dr. Miller, Mr. George Damon, sod other gentlemen, sad the Mayor baring declared amidst hearty cheers the " Cecina Referees°. Free Library open to the public of Birmingham for ever," the proceedings terminated. Mr. Stewart, chairman of the finance committee of the Liverpool Corporation, stated yesterday that Im provements, arranged to be carried out In the town, would cost 1,281,8271., the interest on which (with a einkiag hied) would amount to 83,0001., to meet which an improve ment rate of la. in the posod would have to be laid. tinder various acts of parliament, the corporation have power to Wee 1,360,0001. for improvements, and to 1a a fete of 160. in the pound.