The Sun. — London, England, 1869-09-23 00:00:00

MA CHINE-MADE BRICKS. Until the present time a rule has been in force, owing to an understanding between - the trade societies of bricklayers and brickmakers, by which none but hand-made bricks were admitted into Manchester. The prohibition also ex tended to bricks which had been manufactured beyond a certain distance from the city. The existing strike has been the means of inaugurating a new state of things. A company known as the Fairy Lane (Bury New Road) Brick Company has been established for the manufacture of machine made bricks; and yesterday morning the master builders celebrated their triumph in this matter by a demonstra tion. A hundred carts, laden with bricks from Fairy Lane, and oweed by different contractors now engaged upon works is- the city, passed in procession to Albert square, where they halted for a few minutes. They were afterwards taken to the various buildings on which they were to be employed. A considerable proportion of the bricks manufactured by the company will bo used in the erection of the new Town liall.—Manchesttr Guardian. A LADY AT AN AGRICULTURAL DINNER. Sir Massey Lopes, M.P. for South Devon, entertained. his Maristow, on Tuesday. Several speeches after dinner were delivered by the hon. baronet, Mr. liek.ewich, M.P., his_ colleague in the representaticn, and others. The health of Lady Lopes having been proposed by General Keliewich in Wily complimentary terms, Lady Loges said :—Really, gentlemen, I think I ought to be under the table after all this. lam afraid that too much honour has been done me in drinking my health in the way in which you have, for. only shine by a borrowed light—that of my husband. He could have thanked you much better than. I, but I have risen to acknowledge the com pliment you. have paid me in order that I may also return thanks for the tenants' wives. Mr. Trounce was supposed to have done so, but he said everything about the gentlemen, and positively nothing about the ladies. I hardly think you would like to go to your own wives with the conviction that nothing had been said for them, and therefore I have taken upon myself to perform that task. Let me say that I consider myself completely a farmer's wife, and I only wish I knew more about you and your wives, but the fact is that the distances here from ono place to another are so very great, and—l think I must find some fault with the neighbourhood-- the roads aro so bad. Therefore I cannot go as far as I could wish, especially as my health has not always been of the best ; but another time I hope I may be able to see the tenants' wives here, for I am sure nothing would give Sir Massey greater pleasure. Not only do I look upon myself as a farmer's wife, but I also con sider that I am a farmer's daughter, because my father was a practical farmer, and therefore I know something about it. I thank you very much for the way in which you have drunk my health." tommtr THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE. The first annual meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute, under the presidency of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, was held at Middlesborough, on Wednesday. At half-past ten o'clock the members of the institute assembled in the Oddfellow's Hall, Middlesborough. The Duke of Devon shire occupied the chair. There was a large attendance. The noble duke, in opening the proceedings, said : Gentlemen, having already had the honour en a former occasion; in my capacity as president of the institute, to address the members with reference to the pcsition of the Manufacture in iron and steel, and having explained at some length the purposes for which it has been established, I do not propose, on the present occasion, to open the proceedings with more than a very few preliminary observations ; but I must be allowed to congratulate the members of the institute on the favourable circum stances under which we are assembled this morning. The number of members who have already joined us is very considerable. Not only have we a goodly number of mem bers—l believe that those who will probably be elected this morning will make the number little short of 300— looking from a pecuniary point of view, to meet the mode rate expenses of conducting its affairs, but it is clear, from the list of papers which have been announced, we have abundance of work chalked out for us to occupy the time allowed for the meeting. Several of our members have undertaken to :communicate the results of their in quiries and their experience ; and, in addition to the valuable information which these papers will contain, it is to be anticipated that they will give riso to discussions in which members from other parts of the country will take part ; the questions at issue :will be treated from different points of view, according as they may be taken up, considering the varying cir cumstances of different districts." His Grace then pointed out the utility of holding successive meetings in different parts of the country, so that members might have opportunities of seeing the various processes and modifications of processes which might be carried en in different districts according to varying eirc7.7.mAances. Mr. IsAs,c Low . rniA_N BELL, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, then read an able and exhaustive paper "On the development ,of heat, and its appropriation in blast furnaces of different ,dimensions." This paper provoked a good deal of discussion, to which Mr. Bell replied. Mr. SMITII, of Barrow-in-Furness, vice-president, read his paper "On Siemens's Regenerative Furnace, and its application to reheating furnaces connected with rolling MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. , LADY BYRON. In the "Life of Crabb Robinson," there are several. references to Lady Byron, which throw a good deal of light upon her character and opinions; and as these refe rences may be regarded as the last published- evidence previous to the catbreak — Of the fierce controversy which now rages on the subject, they may be accepted as impaitial. It was not until a very late period of his life that Mr. Robinson became acquainted with Lady Byron. On September 13, 1853, his diary states : "In the evening I called by desire on Lady Byron—a call which I enjoyed, and which may have consequences. Recollecting her history, as the widow of the most famous, though not the greatest, poet of England in our day, I felt an interest in going to her ; and that interest was greatly heightened when I left her. From all I heard of her, I consider her one of the best women of the day. Her means and her good will arc both great. She lives to do good,' says Dr. King, and I believe this to be true. She wanted my opinion as to the mode of doing justice to Robertson's memory. She spoke of him as having a bettor head on matter 3 of business than anyone else she ever know. She said, have conault3d la wyers on matters of difficulty, bi t Robertson seemocl better able to give me advice. lie unravelled everything and explained everything at once as no one elze did.'" In a previous referenet, Robinson states : "I went to Robertson's and had two hours cf interesting chat with him on his position here in the pulpit ; also about Lady Byron. He speaks of her as the noblest woman he ever met." " Duly Byron is now quite recovered. She is always feeble, and obliged to husband her strength, and calculate her powers ; but her mind is ever intact, pure, and lofty. It seems to pour forth its streams of benevolence and judgment even from the sick bed; a perennial fountain Her state of mind has always given me confidence in her severest illnesses. Yet her power of bear* fatigue occa sionally, as during the illness and death of her daughter. is as wonderful. " I (Robinson) was sitting with Charles Lamb, when Wordsworth came in, with fume in his countenance, and the Edinburgh Review in his hand. I have no patience with these reviewers,' he said ; 'here is a young man, a lord, and a minor, it appears, who has published a little volume of poems; and these fellows attack him, as if no one may write poetry unless he lives in a garret. The young man will do something, if he goes on: When I became acquainted with Lady Byron, I told her this story, and she said ! if Byron had known that, he would never have attacked Wordsworth. He once went out to dinner where Wordsworth was to be. When he came home, I said, 'Well, how did the young poet get on with the old one ?' To tell you the truth,' said he, I had but one feeling from the beginning of the visit to the end— reverence !'" LADY BYDON TO ROBINSON, "Brighton, March 5,1355. " I recollect only those passages of Dr. Kennedy's book which bear upon the opinions of Lord Byron. Strange as it may seem, Dr. Kennedy is most faithful when you doubt his being so. Not merely from casual impress ions, but from the whole tenor of Lord Byron's feelings, I could not but conclude he was a believer in the inspiration of the Bible, and had the gloomiest Calvinistic tenets. To that unhappy view of the relation of the creature to the Creator I have always ascribed the misery of his lif . . . . It is enough for me to remember that he who thinks his transgressions beyond forgiveness (and such was his own deepest feeling) has righteousness beyond that of the self-satisfied sinner, or perhaps of the half awakened. It was impossible for me to doubt that, could he have been at once assured of pardon, his living faith in a moral duty and love of virtue (` I love the virtues which I cannot claim') would have conquered every temptation. Judge, then, how I must hate a creed which made him see God as an Avenger, not a Father. My own impressions were just the reverse, but could have little weight; and it was in vain to seek to turn his thoughts for long from that idie fixe with which ha connected his physical peculiarity as a stamp. Instead of being made happier by any apparent good, ho felt convinced that every blessing would be 'turned into a curse' to him. Who, possessed by such ideas, could lead a life of love and service to God and man ? They must, in a measure, realise themselves. 'The worst of it is, I do behave,' he said. I, like all connected with him, was broken against the rock of Predestination. I may be par doned for referring to his frequent expression of the senti ment that I was only sent to shew him the happiness he was forbidden to enjoy. You will now better understand why the 'Deformed Transformed' is too painful to me for discussion." VA CATION UTTERAN CES. Mr. Charles Seely, M.P., has been entertained at a dinner by the electors of one of the Nottingham wards. Ilis speech, to such of his constituents as were resent, ranged over a variety of subjects, the most important of which was national expenditure. On this point he urged that the best plan was to be exceedingly cautious in beginning expenditure of any kind; but after it had been begun it was absurd to withold such funds as were absolutely necessary to the completion of the work in hand. The ceremony of distributing the prizes to the successful candidates in the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations at Southampton afforded Lord Northbrook an opportunity of delivering a somewhat important speech on education. In the course of his address his lordship dealt with some of the -difficulties which in this country pre-eminently beset the inau guration of a national system of education. It was, he thought, wiser and better to.improve from time to time the institutions already existing in the country than to snake any great organic changes i n any of the systems of education. My reason, said his lordship, is that there is no country in the world, excepting, perhaps, the United States of America, in which you have a greater number of men who, from disinterested motives, and from the mere love of work, devote themselves heart and soul to these great objects. To change that into a Government system entirely controlled and managed by the Government would, in my opinion, derive us of a very great advantage for a very doubtful gain. Mills." A lengthy discussion ensued, after which votes of thinks were proposed, and the meeting separated. Several of the members then visited the principal works f Middlesborough and Stockton. LAW AND POLICE. THE ALBERT INSERANCE.—AB application was mite on Wednesday to Vice-Chancellor James by Mr. C. E. Lewis, who said that, in accordance with his Honour's order, an agent had been appointed at Berlin to receive premiums for the Albert Insurance Company. A telegram had just been received stating that the Prussian authorities had arrested him and seized his papers. Mr. Lewis, therefore asked, as there were many premiums to receive, if a banker could not be appointed for 4he pur pose. The Vice - Chancellor said the best plan would be to have the premiums paid through a Berlin banker, and it was decided to advertise in the local papers for the policy holders whbse names were not all known. THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF PENTONVILLE.—At the Cen tral Criminal Court, on Wednesday, Captain Craig was sentenced to three months hard labour for embezzling the Government funds while governor of Pentonville Prison. He was recommended to mercy by the TreasUry on account of his long services and former exemplary conduct. The money had been replaced since the embezzlement, and the prisoner's family was in great distress. Owing to these circumstances, the sentence was a light one. FIRING A PlSTOL.—William Rowntree was sentenced, at the Central Criminal Court, to six months' imprisonment for firing a pistol at a young woman, named Ellen Raven, who was his next door neighbour. The defence was that the prisoner, who had been drinking, only meant to frighten her. PROSECUTION UNDER TDB NEW ACT.—At Bow-street, on Wednesday, the first prosecution was instituted under the new Act for the prevention of contagious diseases. It was directed against two men who were summoned for working a horse afflicted with the fearful disease known as glanders, and the case appeared to be a bad one. The hearing was adjourned. SHOOTING A FATIIRR.—At Woolwich, on Wednesday, James Mann was charged with shooting his father. The statements of the prosecutor were rather confused, and he wished to reduce - the charge to one of assault, but the son, a youth of 16, admitted that he meant to shoot his father, owing, it would seem, to some family dispute. He was committed for trial. Tim HABITUAL Cx ivy s ACT.— At the Thames Police court, on Wednesday, a man, named William Emble.ton, was charged with an offence-under the Habitual Criminals Ths Act. 17 th clause renders it a felony for a dealer in old metals to purchase from a servant or agent lead, new or old, of less weight than 1121 b., and copper of less weight than 561 b. The object of the clause is to check the fre- Vuent robberies in factories and workshops. The prisoner bad bought a small quantity of lead, which turned out to be stolen. He was fined ss. A meeting of working men, held on Tuesday tronounced in favour of the Sheffield Town Conseil purchasing the gas works for the benefit of the town. The Mayor presided, and the resolutions were adopted unanimously. The Lord justice Clerk of ScotlAnd, who has ben lately residing in Pertb,hire, went out for a walk before breakfast on Monday, and has not niece been he an.' of. It is feared EOM() accident has befallen him Great commotfo.: Prevails in the district. On the Bridgewatrr Election Commission further evidence has been given as to bribery on the Liberal side John Trevor, Conservative, solicitor, gave a detailed history of the elections in Bridgewater since 1826. Leader spent in three days £lO,OOO. H.M.S. Helicon, with despatches from the com bined Channel and Mediterranean squadrons, has 'aiiiced at Queenstown. She left the fleet in the Buy of tinny on Woncla7., It was then blapalgaltoi wiAkckbut iL Noto behiYiPittlkt UR. JACOB BRIGHT ON RECIPROCITY. The National Reform Union has replied to the cry for reciprocity, raised at some meetings in Man chester, by requesting Mr. Jacob Bright, ono of the city members, to address a meeting on the subject. Mr. Bright did so on Tuesday. His speech was pre luded by a statement by Mr. George Wilson, who took the chair, a n d p o i n t e d out what large quantities of food were now sent to us from abroad—quantities increasing year by year. He shelved, too, that the amount of manufactured goods, cotton and wool, now being exported, was getting larger. The farmers, ho remarked, were still prosperous, notwithstanding Free Trade ; the whole nation obtained its necessaries cheaper. Mr. Bright began his speech by differing from his " bip-, brother," the President of the Board of Trade. Ho said he could understand how it was that persons who long ago fought the Free Trade battle, now regarded those who raised the old cry of Protection as dishonest. Ho thought it was rather the want of insight and foresight in the Tory party which led them to do as they were doing. The party was honest, but foolish. Protection he described as a denial by Governments to their subjects of the right to buy in the cheapest markets ; and on this definition he based the question—Was it right, if this denial was given in foreign countries, that it should also be given in this ? It was preposterous to say so. But the Reciprocity Association should set things right at home first. England taxed the Chinese 25 to 50 per cent. on their teas, while China imported calicoes at 5 per cent. He admitted that distress existed ; was not altogether surprised at the way it was proposed to alleviate it ; but maintained that the real cause of the commercial depression had been overlooked. The wars between America and Russia had brought down the Divine judgment in this way. If it were not so, he should doubt the moral government of the world. Universal peace was wanted for the establishment of prosperity. Govern ments should be prevented from squandering money, and war should be waged against ignoratic'e and intemperance. THE ELECTION COMMISSIONS. The god, Mammon, has certainly reigned—if he is not still reigning—in Bridgwater. The burgesses seem to have been ready in time past to clo anything for money. They sold their votes, sacrificed their opinions, and—if the rumour mentioned on Tuesday before the Election Commissioners is correcteven •disposed of their verdicts on juries. It is to be hoped we have hero reached. the lowest depths of electoral corruption. That twelve men coming together by chance should be thought amenable to " golden-tongued" persuasion, is suffi ciently bad ; but that they should ho found so, should accept money to do injustice without one of them raising a protesting voice, almost surpasses belief. Maya, the rumour is incorrect. It is extensively believed at .Bridgwater, however, and requires rigid investigation. Unhappily the circitm stance occurred some years ago. In the eloctir.)neering • excitement of 1832 the Liberals attached the houK of a• Mr. Bowen. The Conservatives came to the, rescue; and a great fight took place, ending in a vic tory of the orange ever the crimson. Several men were charged with rioting and com mitted for trial. The - trial lasted two days. It is stated that somo of the prisoners wore on the evening of tltteryfirtsotndtaeyetleattountnoinnibi,aailn.4 there They guilty and those *hose them, " spent a jolly_ night o f pounds is said to have been given t a h rr e a t n w ge o d parties, wth the the j probably it., duty it Five was o hundred fudge ge - heard no sinister to the twelve representatives of English law. What iin+t ha nA3f, t. afra vrot, ni t a r e itlag itiultAr tho.se who. rHE SUN, LONDON, THEM- DAY EVENING, SEPTVMWRR 23, 1869. dal the prisoners, notwithstanding the conclusive evidence, were all acquitted. Beverley has not yet exhausted itself SO utterly that it cannot reveal more illegality : all day on Tuesday stories of corruption were being told., The cap.di n dates supplied money to their confidential agents,And: never asked for any account, nay posit` rely- refused to, see theth . when they were offered. That they knew in their hearts that the money had gone " all wrong," is clear ; but they would not be sure ; they determined to be able to say, " To our personal knowledge no money was spent in bribery." All letters from candidates seem to have been burnt. The indefatigable Mr. Spofforth was very careful to suggest the destruction of correspondence, and seems to have made searching inquiry, so that nothing should be producoable in the shape of a written document. Mr. Wreghit, the Briber-General, the man who did the Conservatives' work for them, has just commenced the duty of explaining the extent of his performances to the Commissioners. He will probably unfold a stranze story. TILE REFORM ACT. The parliamentary return giving the number of £l2 occupiers and other electors in the countries of England and Wales, moved for by Viscount Enfield, is commented upon in the Times by Mr. Dudley Baxter. The total number of county elector:: in 1 566 was 542,633 ; in 1867-8 it was increased to 701,916, of which 202,676 are occupiers, and 580,240 have other qualifications. Three deduction 4, Mr. Baxter thinks, may be drawn from these figures. The new £l2 occupiers were in round numbers 203,000, or an addition of 372 per cent, to the total electors in 1860. The new electors from other sources—chiefly by the lowering of leasehold, and copyhold, and free life hold qualifications from -210 to £s—were in round numbers 47,000 or an addition of per cent. to the total electors in 1860. The total increase of the county constituencies of England and Wales by Mr. Disraeli's Reform Act has been in round numbers 250,000, or an addition of 40 per cent. to the 542,000 electors of 186(3. THE SIR JOHN GRAY TESTIMONIAL. Sir John Gray cannot complain that his services on behalf of religious equality have gone unappreciated in Ireland. From all sections of those who supported his demand for the disestablishment of the Irish Church subscriptions are flowing in towards a national testimonial to him. From the.extreme Radicals, from more moderate Liberals, from Roman Catholic archbishops, priests, magi strates, and town councillors, eulogistic letters arrive day by day. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam (Dr. Mac Hale) and the Bishop of Killaloe, are among the recent additions to the subscription list. In a letter accompanying his sub scription of £lO the Archbishop praises Sir John very highly. He ascribes the dowiff'all of the Episcopal Establishment to him. The Ecclesiastical Commission for which Sir John Gray moved was the pioneer of the Ministerial measure. The Ministerial measure is the forerunner of a reform nearly as important—"the emancipation of that numerous class hitherto mis-called farmers, but, who, in reality, enjoy no more freedom than serfs as long as they are mere tenants-at-will, liable to be cast from the soil at the capricious whim of insensible land lords." This question Sir John Gray will probably take up. The Archbishop hopes the people will do the same : In proportion as the people's feelings are interested in the land question, involving as it does their very existence, will be the jealousy with which they will watch the con duct of their representatives. They are determined to assert the measure of justice and freedom, which is their correlative right, as well as the right of the landlords, and to be no longer exceptions to the equitable treatment which laws truly Christian secure to the tenant class all over the civilised world. EXIT FINLEN. Finlen departs for America to the sound of music. On Tuesday night three or four hundred persons of the poorer class, and most of them Irish, met to bid the Fenian agitator farewell. Two hours were spent in singing, reciting, and speaking. The burden of two of the recitations was praise of the Fenians hanged at Manchester, mingled with aspirations for Irish independence. The hero of the evening was announced "to appear next." This he did, giving two recitations and making a speech. England being a country, the capital of which was the home of the most infamous aristo cratic mob that ever disgraced a nation • he bade it farewell without regret. Speaking as he knew he did with two detectives in front oehim, ho declared that he should continue to say and do what he had said and done during the last twenty - years. He paid a high tribute to the worth of the - English labourer, without whom kings, princes, bishops, and aristoc cratic parasites would be no more. The men who had persecuted him were the base supporters of the Hong. rF flnmmg - tns and the House of Lords, and that tyrannical gang, anonymous itheuci.,„ tho moo{ scrupulous, the most malice cant men on earth, treacherous cowards and slanderers—the writers for the press. Not allowed to live here, he would fight freedom's battle in the land of the star-spangled banner. He trusted to rehabilitate himself and then to return to this country. For V:at event England can afford to wait. CATTLE AT SEA. The General Steam Navigation Company is allowed to occupy a column in the Times in denying that there are any real eTounds for the sweeping. charge of cruelty inflicted upon live stock in its con veyance to this country. The denial is made at the hands of the Company's secretary, and sup ported by four letters—two from eminent veterinary surgeons, one from an assistant-surveyor of the Customs, and another from an acting-examining officer. The company, the 'secretary says, would have taken no notice of the matter but for the letter of Miss Burdett Coutts, whose kind and generous nature, it is intimated, has misled her judgment. No more com petent or sufficient evidence, it is argued, can be pro duced than that of the veterinary sureons acting under the immediate i ns t ru cti ons of tie Board of Customs, whose duty it is to rigidly examine every animal separately on landing, and who state distinctly that no symptoms of auy such cruelty have been found to exist, their evidence in that respect being fully confirmed by the Custom-house surveyor and examining officer, whose duty it is also to attend at the landing and delivery of the animals. Beyond this, it is made a great feature that lipe. stock beimg a valuable property, if such cruelty were prac tised owards it as described, the value of the animals would be proportionately deteriorated, and the owners, as in the case of the owners of any other description of merchandise conveyed by sea, would not fail to recover from the shipowner the amount of any damage wantonly or carelessly done to the cargo during its conveyance or on its landing. The Steam Navigation Company, it is affirmed, have never been called upon by the consignees of live stock to make good any losses arising from any such cause. Is there any force in this argument ? Slaves were wont to be regarded as valuable property, but one would hardly have thought it on inspecting the between decks of a slaver. Tun 'WEATHER OF 1800. The weather of 1809, according to the record fur nised by the Gardener's Magazine, presents fewer remarkable features than usual. The sudden alterna tions from cold to heat, and vice versa, have severely tried vegetation. The fruit crop, considered as a whole, is a poor one, though, with the exception of pears, the hardier kinds of fruit have been produced in abundance. The tender fruits, such as peaches and nectarines have been unusually scarce. The pro ducts of the kitchen garden have been plentiful and good. Our contemporary looks forward to a bright, enjoyable autumn, and indulges the anticipation that 1870 will be a good year, after which must be ex pected a change of a less agreeable character. The experience of the past teaches that after three good years in succession a break must be expected. A SONNET ASCRIBED TO SHARSPERE. During the dull season of last year, an epitaph was made to yield liveliness by a discussion as to whether Milton wrote it. Are we to have a Shakspere con troversy this year ? The public may if it will. Mr. J. O'Connell supplies the materials in the Daily News. He tells us that in the British Museum there is a copy of Florio's translation of Montaigne's Essays. This book contains Shakspere's autograph, a poem signed by Samuel Daniel in praise of this particular 13430 k, and a sonnet without name, " concerning the honour of books ". in general. This sonnet Mr. O'Connell ascribes to Shakspere. It reads as fol. lows : Since Honor from Honorer proceeds. And How welll eave do they tblni foroker deserveallthatp The names of worthyes, and their vertuous deedes t mone When all their glorie els, like water weedes o st e m r iie e Without their element, presently dyes, And all their greatness quite forgotten lyes : And when, and how they florisht no man heedes How poor remembrances are Statutes Toomes And other monuments that men erect To Princes, which remaine in closed roomos Where but a low behold them ; in respect Of Mazes, that to the Universall eye Shew how they liv'd, the other where they lye. ME SOVEREIGN CONTROVERSY'. The coinage controversy is still vigorously prose cuted. Sir John Lubbock's views, to which" attention was called a few days since, have met with various objections, which he answers at length in the Times, further insisting that if Parliament deliberately takes a course which raises the value of the pound sterling to the extent of 1 per cont., contracts must in all justice ho readjusted. When Lbrd Overstone entered upon the discusion it will be rememberedthat he contended that the amount of nid in a sovereign cannot be diminished without tampering with the standard, and that the sovereign contains the exact quantity of gold which the creditor is entitled to receive for his round ster ling, so that if the amount of gold be diminished the sovereign must cease to be a legal tender. To this itt.lsLaiignmed_ by "Ahg . l4s," another orrepondlnt • or the 1!1171C8, that at present the gorn in a sovereign may be diminished by about three-halfpence -without the sovereign ceasing . to be a legal tender for a debt, although as a matter of fact the coin does not con rain the exact amount of gold which the creditor is entitled to receive for his pound sterling. FOREIGN NOTES. THE BELGIAN FETES. Monday was appointed for the' opening :of the Tir- International at Liege, and a large crowd assembled to witness the proceedings. Some - of the volunteers did not arrive until Sunday night, and on Monday ramming the train from Ostend brought some of the most tartly - , The opening ceremony was a speech from M. d'Andrimont;\tho burgomaster, who welcomed the Volunteers of the differeriti nations to the Tir of Liege. The shooting commenced shortly after, and some good cartons wcro made. At ten o'clock au exciting scene took place at the Hotel de Ville, on. the presentation of an address to Colonel Thomson and the volunteers by the Civic Guard Legion of Tourney. As members of the legion - who partook of the hospitality offered to the Belgians in 1867, they wished to give the English a cor dial welcome on Belgian soil. Such reunions as these were the precursors of lasting peace and the end of fratri cidal war. The Fan Leigeoises had for their motto the beautiful words of one of their Ministers of State, "Les peuples libres Bout amis." Captain Delmce offered a prize of Tournay manufacture and a beautiful piece of painted velvet for the English to shoct for. Colonel Thomson thanked the Legion in appropriate terms, and suggested that the prize should be shot for by all the nations there represented. In the afternoon the English Volunteer souvenir was presented; the burgomaster received it on behalf of the town, and a small testimonial was also pre seated to M. d'Andrimont himself. The burgomaster remarked on the similarity of English and Belgian institu tions, and declared that these offerings would always bo treasured by them. 'THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. The King of Prussia,accompanied by his foreign visitors, proceeded to Konigsberg to witness the manoeuvres of the first Prussian C022)3 d'armde. This is the basis of the Prus sian service being formed of the senior regiments, and its cavalry attracts great. admiration. The Prussian horses are very fine, and from their youngest days the Prussian chil dren are taught to ride. General Manteuffers cavalry was greatly admired by all the strangers present, and presented a beautiful appearance with its variety of horses. The troops exhibited the same skill which had befc - •e been observed in the second and third corps d'armee. The manoeuvres which formed the great feature of the affair were got through in the most creditable manner, and some brilliant cavalry charges took place. STnIKES lii GERM-NY. In 1315' it was cn'acted by the Prussian law that any combination of workmen to force concessions from their employers was penal, but this law was repealed in 1867, and since then strikes have been not unfrequent. Early this year the builders and house-carpenters in Berlin struck for higher wages. They obtained a small part of their f Chilli, but the triumph cost them dear in many respects. The musicians are now in a state of great disunion, and they threaten the directors of concerts with a strike if they do not com ply with their demands. A more important strike took place at Hamburgh a short time ago, when the master of a carriage manufactory proposed a reduction of wages ; as many as fourteen hundred men then struck, and the director sent for new hands from Sweden. The old wc7l:: men attacked the manufactory, and also the house of the director. It was some time before the difficulty was got over, and the men returned to their work. The relations between capital and labour in Germany arc assuming the form of a social difficulty. The Government does not seem inclined to interfere in the affair at all, but to leave it to the contending parties. SENATOR. FESSENDEN. The late Senator Fessenden, whose death, following closely upon that of General Rawlins, has excited universal regret throughout the United States, was 63 years old. He was originally a lawyer, and for many years he steadily refused to exchange his professsion for the equally litigious and less profitable one of politics. He was chosen senator in 1854, his election forming an epoch in the history of the Republican party in Maine, in whose State Legislature he had sat for some time previously. His first speech was on the Nebraska Bill, and he was a staunch opponent of Mr. Buchanan's Kansas policy. During the civil war he steadily upheld the Union, and in 1864 was appointed Secretary to the Treasury on Mr. Chase's resig nation. At the time of his appointment the paper dollar was worth only 34 cent‘. As a financier he was eminently cm,eessful. and when v in.. 9 . 7.1 ) . 1005 , +la premium on gold was reduced about one half. Senatoi Fessenden, towards the close of his career, offended the Republicans by voting for the acquittal of President Johnson, but he was respected by all parties as an & 1 e and honest statesman. TILE WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA. The latest accounts from the seat of war in South Am. rica announced so decisive a victory on the part of the Allies, that the immediate conclusion a. the war was ex pected. The last strongholds of Lopez at Pei ibibuy and Ascurra have been forced; 1,500 of their Paraguayan de fenders have been put hors de combat, and Lopez himself is said to have fled. The Brazilian account states that he took flight in the direction of Caraguatay, and ordered his army to evacuate Ascurra, and follow him. The Argen tines, who should have intercepted him, did not arrive in time-, but the Count d'Eu, perceiving the enemy's move ments, hurried forward and met the troops eight miles from Caraguatay, obtaining a second victory. A Brazilian column was despatched in pursuit of the dictator. The general belief is that this defeat must be the death blow of Lopez ; but the Patrie, while furnishing a full narrative of the allied successes, receives the news with considerable doubt. It reminds its readers that this is by no means the first time during the five years' war that the Brazilians have announced a final victory. Lopez has escaped, and the Patrie affirms that ho has already pre pared another fortress and another camp at San Jose, in the recesses of the Cordilleras. The Switzerland of America is so favourable to this kind of defensive warfare that the allies may yet have to spend years in pur suing their antagonist from mountain to mountain. The Times, in surveying the history of the war, thinks that whatever his subsequent errors may be, Lopez was at the outset more sinned against than sinning. When ho came into power, seven years ago, he found a State in a flourishing condition, which his father had reconciled to all his enemies, and which he had restored to full independence and freely opened to the trade of the world. The occupation of Urn • guay by the Brazilians threatened the obstruction of the only waterway which connected the State of Paraguay, hemmed in as it is by its neighbours, with the outer world. The pro test of Lopez against this led to hostilities with Brazil which were soon aggravated by a dispute with his natural ally, the Argentine Republic. The Paraguayans fought against desperate odds, having only a population of 1,300,000 against 10,000,000 Brazilians, 1,100,000 Argentines, and 241,000 'Uruguayans. Their chief resources were their unhesitating obedience to their stern Dictator and the obstacles to an invading army offered by the natural features of the country. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW Yong, Sept. 4. Commodore Vanderbilt has not only gone to Canada and " been and got married" at the ripe age of 76, but he has had a statue erected of himself on the top of the Hudson River Railroad depot at St. John's Park. It is an allegorical bas relief, a colossal bronze, 31 feet in height, weighs 100,0001b5.. and cost over half a million dollars. The funds were privately subscribed by New York gentlemen over a year ago. The whole upper arch of the depot is covered with figures and emblems representing the railroad and the commercial life of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Some describe it as "hide ous," others as "so colossal in its proportions, so magnificent in its execution, and so admirable in its design as to challenge the wonder and the admira tion _of the world ;" but your correspondent has not a word to say on the subject, as be contem plates with too much awe the pedestal on which stands the original—s6o,ooo,ooo ! Has not a man like that the right to marry when and who he likes ? to erect colossal statues to his honour, and gene rally to " do what he—pleases 2" In former days statues were set up in memory of the individual who had benefited the nation only after he had ceased to exist. Soon it may be that any drunken scamp can knock his brains out against his own statue. In the case of Mr. Peabody, wbo is a singular instance of giving away a fortune while yet alive, an excep tion might be made ; and I hear the Pope is about to imitate the citizens of London in erecting a statue to the philanthropist, who during his late visit to Rome left with his Holiness £20,000 for purposes of charity. The Caledonian Club has held its an nual festival at Jones Wood ; the members, many from Canada, marching down Broadway in full Highland costume, with music, attracted great at tention, and drew a large concourse to witness the games. I may say that New York is really filling, the cold weather driving thousands home. The hot* are Oyerflowing With pefieengerfl WheereWd the steal nem, and the express companies are trying to do an. impossible business with the huge Saratoga trunks. The weather is as cold now as it usually is In No vernber, and besides filling town it is sending up 4 The price of woollens and flannels, the business in • foreign goods of the finer descriptions having st eadily and largely increased. General trade has in Lproved, and is improving, the city being well filled tth buyers, both from the South and West ; the former pretty well supplied with means through the returns of their heavy cotton crop. The auction rooms are busy, and will be more so next week. One of the articles most in demand is coal. An announcement that work had been resumed at seve ra'. of the leading mines, and that all on strike would sh ortly follow their example, called forth enthusias tic! cheers. In Wall-street the arrival of Commo da, .e Vanderbilt and other leading operators has produced a favourable result. The sensation there was the election of Mr. Alexander Mitchell, of Mil waukee and St. Paul and Western Union Railway Companies, said to be the wealthiest man in Wis consin, to be President of the Chicago and North- Western Railway Company, in place of the late Henry Keep. Backed by Legrand Lockwood he de feated General Baxter, aided by Daniel Drew and Vanderbilt, and his election is said to foreshadow an amalgamation of the lines he now controls. 'The rivalry for Western traffic on the three grand trunk roads continues very active, and will perhaps end in a railway smash. The Erie and New York Central run to Chicago in thirty hours, while the Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne goes in twenty-nine, and the talk is that the time will soon be reduced to twenty-four hours, and the charge to $lO. This will give a speed nearly equal to the mail trains of England, while our lines, not being built in the same substantial way, are not adapted for such wear and tear. I cannot tell you what is going to happen, but I can guess, as we are used to that sort of thing here, a grand crash, with a general grinding of bodies and bones, followed by a shower of hot coals and a brilliant illumination, the remains being bits of twisted iron and lumps of charcoal. The late Cornelius Grinnell was buried on Tuesday, the fune ral service at 'Trinity Church being attended by many merchants and bankers. His entire property, valued at $70,000, is left in trust for his mother durin life, and afterwards for his brothers and sis ters. 'The case of Sarah E. Brown is still under investigation, but the husband is likely to prove in nocent, although it may be shown that she died from poison administered by herself. One of two robbers met his deserts in an attempt at the midnight plunder on Wednesday of Roberts' store, Furman street, Brooklyn. The thieves had a cart outside and were loading it with cotton,iwhen John 11. Washington fell down a hatchway and was mor tally injured. Thomas W. Eaga'i has been com mitted in the sum of $5,000 for defrauding the Go vernment while a weigher of the New York Custom House by false pay rolls ; be was a General in the army during the war. Miss Georgina Appleton was married at Trinity Chapel on Thursday afternoon to Captain Hunter, U.S.A. The bride is of a well known Maryland family, and she has been conspicu ous for her beauty. WAsiir NGTON, Sept. 3. Mr. Peabody left White Sulphur Springs last Monday, much improved in health, and is now at Philadelphia on his way to Massachusetts. He is treated with the greatest respect as he moves slowly on his way home, and was the recipient of a flattering ovation on his departure, General Lee accompanying him some distance on his road. The peculiarity of the attentions bestowed is that they are national, not party, or from any race, colour, or section. Nor are they a tribute to mere wealth, or even to bountiful and ostentatious gifts, but the response of • the national heart, to what sympathy tells it, is a man of genuine philanthropic feelings. lie is now stopping with Mr. Charles Macalister at Torresdale near Philadelphia, and will return to his nephew, Mr. George Peabody Russell, at Salem, Massachusetts. Though his cough has improved and his appetite is better, still he is not as well as when he left England. 'The Presi dent returned and pet Wocluczday iu interviewg. On the General's return for a day or two there was a rush, more especially from Tennessee ; and as luck would have it, the Senter delegation was politely ushered into the waiting room occupied by the Stokes' delegation, but Senter was not present. The defeated candidate, Stokes, in disgust asked for, and received, another interview. General Grant re commended both to harmonize and finish off there and then their political and personal difficulties. Ile informed Governor Senter that he regarded as Republicans both him and the men who voted for him, nor would he remove those among their number who held Federal offices. The President told Mr. Stokes that the fullest protection would be accorded to the Republicans, white and black, and expressed an earnest desire to have the Fifteenth Amendment ratified. Colonel John B. Brownlow, who spoke in center's absence, was assured by the President that he would as soon see Andrew Johnson elected to the Senate as any other Democrat, laughing at the idea that it could cause him any annoyance; but Colonel Brownlow does not think highly of ex-President Johnson's chance. The whole line of them, Governor Senter, General Mabray, Colonel Nelson, and Colonel Brownlow, have left for Ten nessee, .but Judge Noah remains in Washington as agent for the State. The lion. Anson Burlingame has telegraphed to the Government on the subject of the false report received through England and now contradicted by Mr. J. Ross Browne, that the Chinese Govern ment had rejected the treaty he had made with the United States. Mr. Seward, with whom his official business was transacted, was aware that it was not to be ratified or any of his treaties acted on until his return, and therefore it could not either have been sanctioned or rejected. Arrangements had also been made by him with American capitalists to visit China returning with him; but he took pains to impress on them that it would be useless sooner to attempt any business speculations. Mr. Ross Browne's course has been generally censured, and is little likely to recommend itself to the present Administration, but he denies that he ever de nounced Mr. Burlingame's policy. The Cabinet are discussing his successor, Mr. Howard having decli n ed , and two names areproininently mentioned. The Mis - sissippi election is exciting much interest, as Judge Lewis Dent's connection with the President gives his action an importance it would not otherwise possess. Ile either has or will receive the Conser vative nomination for Governor, and he has gone to Mississippi to consult his friends. Of course there are rumours flying about, that his sister, Mrs. Grant, takes a very strong stand in his favour, denouncing Secretary Boutwell to his " master," as her brother calls Gen. Grant. Stokes, the defeated Tennesseean, had an interview on Tuesday, during which he held a large magnifying glass to the Pre sidential eye for the examination of Senter's doings. He denied that he intends to call the Republican candidates for the Legislature together to take charge of the State Government, or to complain to Congress, which has no more control over the State affairs than it has overMassachusetts,Tonnessee being reconstructed. What he wanted was to have the Senter men turned out of Federal offices, and his own supporters installed. Senter has himself returned to Washington from New York, and he also has a magnifying glass, but not so powerful, for the in spection of the Stokes' doings. Among those who had interviews with the President was Governor Walker, of Virginia, and it is believed the Adminis tration has promised to support him ; ho, also, has left Washington. Among the "interviewers" was the attorney for the prisoners being tried by Court- Martial for the murder of Dr. Maxwell, at Bryan, Texas, who desired to have the execution of any sen tence arrived at delayed till after the decision of the Supreme Court in the Verger case ; which will, of course, be done, but the applicant was referred to the Attorney-General. That gentleman is absent ; but business pursues him home. The War Depart ment got his opinion ou Virginian affairs yesterday, and transmitted it for the information and guid ance of General Canby. The Legislature must submit the Constitution, and their action thereon to Congress, and, if approved, the Legislature be comes that of the State, and the qualification of members fixed by the Constitution provaiLi. Till then the Legislature, as a provisional body, cannot pass laws without its members taking the Test Oath, as 'Virginia is not yet in all respects a State of the Union. Thus, after approval by Congress, the Test Oath is not required from members, as Vir ginia then, in all respects, becomes a State of the Union. The Reconstruction Acts require the rati fication of the Fifteenth Amendment before the State can be represented in Congress, and it will be ratified by a large majority. I regret to inform your readers that Secretary Rawlins is not only ill, but very dangerously ill, so bad that his life is almost despaired of. After his violent attack last week he rallied so far as to attend to business, and even to be pronounced convalescent. It was only yesterday that Dr. Bliss authorised the state ment that he was out of present danger, and with proper care he was likely to recover. Yet that night he had a relapse, which rendered him insensible for hours. Surgeon-General Barnes and other eminent ph;'sicians consulted with Dr. Bliss, and a telegram was despatched to the President and his relatives stating the extremity of his danger, but though he rallied towards morning there is little hope of his recovery. An action has been brought by Andrew Whiteley against S. S. Fisher, Commissioner of Patents. lie obtained certain orders from Judge Fisher, directing the commissioner to re-issue certain patents and to ante-date some others; that through lost time, employment of counsel, and other causes he had been a heavy loser, which he must have been if he is able even plausibly to make up his bill to a million of dollars. The charges against Supervisor Young, of Ohio, have ended in his full vindication, and he has returned to Cincinnati to resume his duties. On Wednesday the President left for Sara toga, where he is to remain a fortnight. Senor Roberts, the Spanish Minister, called with Secretary Fish at the Executive Mansion and handed the Pre sident his credentials. This being only a continua tion of authority under the change of Government in Spain no formal speeches were made. The brief conversation partook more of a social than a diplo matic character, though I must confess affairs with Spain are assuming an unpleasant appearance. There has been some trouble over the alleged inse curity of funds in the United States Treasury, which Treasurer Spinner emphatically denies are, or ever have been at all, unsafe. It was stated that a Mr. Sargent had picked one of the Treasury locks, but this has been found to be untrue. What he does is to take off the dial and replace it after putting a piece of sheet lead and an indicator on the lock. Some one who knows the combination must unlock and lock it, whereby is left an impression on the sheet lead whence the calculation is made by which the lock is unfastened. The Treasury vaults are, however, secured by four different kinds of locks, and Mr. Spinner considers that they are ab solutely safe. The peaches have been particularly flUe, and have been brought in in large quantities lately, but I hear that the fruit sent from Califor nia to New York over the Pacific Railroad has been jolted so as to render the effort " fruitless" to trans port grapes at least. The jolting is said to be far worse on this side of Omaha than on the other. The proper means will be discovered, and New York, if not all northern cities, will have all kinds of fruits and vegetables at all times of the year. ELECTION NEWS.—The following telegram not only appeared in tho London morning papers where it could be excused, but it was also faithfully copied into all the evening papers : " Mr. Nicholls, Democrat, has been elected Congressional delegate for the Voyoming terri tory." There is no such person as Mr. Nicholls, and no such Territory as Voyoming. The Democrat elected was S. F. Nuckolls, and the Territory, we need scarcely say, is Wyoming. On Monday the elections in Maine re turned Mr. Chamberlin governor by a majority of about 6,000. Tho Republican majority last year was 19,000. The Democrats have succeeded in. returning several members of the Legislature, w:iich is, however, largely Republican. The success of the Democrats in California tends to imperil the Fifteenth Amendment, which we discuss more fully below. The election was for the judges of the Supreme Court, county officers, and members of the legislature. There was little excitement in the canvass in Vermont, and the light vote actually ast was fully anticipated. Governor Lucius Fairchild has been re-nominated by the Republicans of Wisconsin agnin qt. ecilon.l Robinson, the Democratic candidate. In New Mexico the canvass between Chavez and Romero for delegate to Congress waxes wartn. There is a split among the Republicans of Maryland for the leadership, ono faction backing Judge Bond and the other Postmaster-General Creswell. There is a split also in the Democratic camp, and strangely enough in this Democratic State that split is on the Fifteenth Amendment, no small portion of the Democrats of Maryland favouring it. General Canby has ordered the Virginia Legislature to be assembled on the sth of October. Mr. Walker will be installed Go vernor on the 21st inst. The official nturu of the re cent Tennessee election is—Senter, 120,201; Stokes, 54,874 ; a majority for Seater of 65,330 in a total vote of 175,078. Last year the total vote at the Presidential election was only 83,068, showing the great interest taken in the recent election for Governor. The following poli tical conventions are to be held during September: Date of Convention. State Politics. Location. Sept. I.—Wisconsin. Republican. Sept. I.—National. Temperance. Chicago. Sept. B.—Mississippi. Conservative. Jackson. Sept. B.—Wisconsin. Democratic. Milwaukee. Sept. 9.—Mintles9ta, Republican. St. Paul. 2 Sept. 21.—Mississippi. Democratic. Jackson. Sept. 22.—Massa'setts. Republican. Worcester. Sept. 23.—Minnesota. Democratic. St. Paul. Sept. 29.—New York. Republican. Syracuse. The Fifteenth Amendment, which all took for granted was as good as adopted, is now in danger, and may add perhaps the most conspicuous of all illustrations which verify the wisdom of the proverb "not to count your chickens before they are hatched." The World reckons from the present signs that it will not bo ratified by the requisite number of States. It says that had the amendment been submitted to a direct vote of the people of New York it would have been defeated by a majority of 50,000, and adds signifi cantly, " if we can carry the Legislature this year, the Re publican ratification will fall still-born." The meaning is that though the amendment was passed by the New York Legislature the vote was never officially certified, and it cannot be counted till thus received'at Washington. If the next Legislature be Democratic it never will be, and as the Sham Democracy, as the Tribune calls the party, are wonderfully clever in the manufacture of sham votes, the chances are they will be successful in the Empire State. What Sentor is going to do, and what he can do, with the Legislature of Tennessee has become an interesting ques tion. He is asked to convene the old Legislature to pass he amendment but it is by no means certain that he will, even if there be time. The:newly-elected Representatives were to meet on the Ist Oct., and it is hinted that Senter seeks a seat in the United States Senate. 4.fter the as sembly of the newly- elected Legislature there will be little chance of getting the amendment passed, though Seater professes to think that there is. The World asserts that Republican zeal in its favour has perceptibly slackened in view of the large number of negroes who have been found to vote the Conservative ticket, and should the elections in Mississippi and Texas show the same result as in Virginia the party will b 3 content, the World thinks, to let the Fif teenth Amendment slide. The Tribune, however, sounds the bugle-call to action, and shows no intention whatever of letting it slide. In fifteen States the ratification is complete, though certificates from them all have not yet been re ceived. In two States the ratification is incomplete, and in three it has been rejected. In Indiana the Democrats left the House and resigned their seats, so that there should be no quorum ; but on the second attempt thus to defeat Legislative action the Republicans passed the Amendment, and, backed by legal opinion, it has been counted as a good vote. Taking all the incomplete Legis lative votes, as well as those whose certificates of ratifica tion have not, and never may be, transmitted, and adding Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia, which must vote the Amendment to get into the Union, 22 will be the count, leaving six to be obtained before the adoption is secured from Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, lowa, Ken tucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Vermont, of which three have already rejected it. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25i. 153. per £1 sterlin . On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £ 3 03.104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe4.rs that gold at the above price is slightly clearer in Paris than in Lon dor . The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GU days' sight was 1071 per cent. on the 20th inst. At this rate there would be a loss on the transmission of gold from the United States. LADVERTISEMENT. Pills.—Theso pills are more efficacious in strengthening a debilitated constitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a ner vous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak disgestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by affection, disordered stomach, or liver com plaints, should lose no time in giving these admiraVe pills a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within the range of the sanative powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures effected by these pills are not superficial or temporary, but complete and permanent. They are as mild as they are efficacious, and may be given with confidence to delicate females and young children. Their action on the liver, stomach, and bowels is immediate, beneficial, atkci Wang, restoring order and health iA Om' case. 711 E AU71731N HANDICAPS. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. 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' 3 Di Spanker 3 5 7 Cherie •.. ••• 3 6 7 1 Toby ••• • 3 5 Aubado •:: 3 Grasshopper 1 . • ACCEPTANCES FOR T STAI Age st lb Knight of Garter... 5 10 7 Vespasian ... 6 10 6 Blue Gown 4 9 12 Friponnier ... 5 9 9 See Saw ... ... 4 9 7 The Palmer 5 9 6 Laneret 6 9 5 Kosicrucian 4 9 2 S ilenus 5 9 0 King Alfred ... 4 9 0 Saladin a 8 12 Plaudit ... ... 5 812 C -cil ... 4 8 10 ... 6 8 10 Charnwood ... 4 8 8 Typhoeus 4 8 8 Nelusko ..4. 8 6 Duke of Beaufort... 3 8 5 Goodwood... ... 4 8 4 Cornot 4 8 4 Oabaldeston ... 3 8 4 Van Amburgb. ... 5 8 3 Morna ... 3 8 3 Taraban ... 5 8 3 St Ronan ... 4 8 0 Vagabond ... 3 8 0 Viscount .. ... 4 8 0 Bel Giorno ... 4 8 0 Historian ... ... a 8 0 Perry Down ... 3 7 13 Lady Zetland ... 4 712 Cardinal York ... 3 712 Starter ... ... 3 7 11 Clemence ... 4 7 11 Robespierre ... 3 7 10 Ladas ... 3 7 10 Islam ... 3 7 9 Dunbar ... 3 7 9 Epworth 4 7 9 Heather Bell ... 3 7 8 La Maladetta.f 3 7 8 John Leech 4 7 8 Stork ... ~. 3 7 7 Fair Wind... ... 5 7 7 Nancy ... 6 7 6 Beubow 3 7 6 Virgule ... 4 7 6 Border Knight 3 7 6 Brambridgo ... 3 7 4 Skipjack ... 5 7 4 Etoile Filante ... 6 7 4 Michael de Bascoe 4 7 2 Mdlle. de Fligny f 3 7 1 Adrastia 3 7 0 The Dismal Swamp is on fire, or h t t n gle " Dred" has done something to make the gloomPLoollt Virginia which stretches away from Norfolk, alr'" But, perhaps, better still is it known to fa me Longfellow's lines which commence— la dark fens of the Dismal Swamp The hunted Negro lay ; He saw the fire of the midnight came, And heard at times a horse's tramp And a bloodhound's distant bay. 11 10 Where will-o'-the-wisps and glowworms s hine In bulrush and in brake, Where waving mosses shroud the pine , And the cedar grows and the poisonous Y'l3- but Is spotted like the snake. aece , Longfellow reproduced scenes of actual oceerr-f oiftlay Moore, as usual, dealt with his subject in a lool e .,; $ WO ° if no less poetical strain, placing on the 137,410, e `' stretches for seven miles in the centre of the - imaginary spirit. They made her a grave too cold and damp . - For a soul so warm and true ; otta And she's gone to the lake of the Dismal '-' Whore all night long, by a firefly laniPt r` be She paddles her white canoe. The forest of juniper and pitch pine, and - the i o ccl‘r t o e a. Du poisonous vine has been blazing very dis a g r , voter s a t op passengers in the cars of the Norfolk and S t ' d to e t .g, Railroad, which it was feared m ight be fo r l oe r, running. Nor are they the only sufferers, fo r to fbe Or rattlesnakes, and wild cattle have been drivenill 01 0 e country. 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