The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-03 00:00:00

• 14' %ut HEA.TRE ROYAL Y-LANE.—SoIe TLessee and Manager, Mr. DRUB HATTERTON.— PROSPECTIVE i day Oct. 3, and during the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MAC : BETH. 'ro conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Monday, Oct. 8, and during the week (Saturday excepted), Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN, being the last five nights it can be performed previous to the Christmas holi days in consequence of the numerous novelties in prepara tion. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Saturday, Oct. 13, Monday, Oct. 15, and during the week, Shakspere's Tragedy . of 3IACBETIL To con clude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Saturday, Oct. 20, will be produced for the first time on the English Stage, in respect to several of its chief scenes, a Romantic Play , in Four Acts , en titled FAUST, adapted front the Poem of Goethe, by Ilayle Bernard. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Mr. Barry Sqllivan Mr. 11. Talbot, Mr. W. Harri son, Mr. T. Swinbourne, .11 ' .r. Henri Drayton, Masteßrothersr Percy Roselle, Mr. T. Meal, Mr. James Johnstone, Webb Mr. E'd.. nun d Phelps, Sir. Barrett, M Hermr. II an . SiVenczin, lair, Mr. 13'arshy, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Madame Jeuny Baur, Miss Poole, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mrs. 11. Vandenhoff, Miss Florence Bennett, Miss Adelaide Golier, Miss Isabel Adams. —T William lie Scenic D ey opar a tmuut under the dire ction of Mr. Beverl. Stge Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. THE A.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET , So l e Lessee and Manager, Mr. .Bucks.one, THIS EIT.ENING, THE HEIR-AT-LAW. Messrs. Buck atone, chippendak, Compton,Farreh, Rogers, Braid, Gordon, Wethersby, dm : Mesdames Chippendale, Moore, UK &J. Alter which the BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Misses Christine and Agues _Healy. Co ng. ncludi rent, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mes•rs Compton, Fat Clark, Braid. White, &c.; Mesd met; Fitzwilliam, Hill, Laws, Lovell, & '. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. Th IS EVENING, and during the week.—Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT In the new Drama, " THE LONG ST RI R..E." erformances :—At 7 o'clock, NURSEY CHICKWEED. N P ews. H. Widdicomb, Moreland, D. Evans, and Miss K. Blandford. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. 'l% Greive and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, WidOicomb, itzpatrick, Dalton. D. Evans, Anderson, riewbound, Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynoids, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD. Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. --- THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM THEAT KIC,— Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D. Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci cault. At 7 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. (leo: Vining. WINTER SEASON.—REVI VAL OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. N.B.—Doors open at Half-past Six, performances to corn /pence at Seven. THIS EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts, by John Oxenford, Esq, entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE Mr. yi.'►lnZ, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Itrs. Buckingham White. Alter which, at 9 o'clock, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling - , Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. U Honey, and Mr. Vining. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo docile, 0./mete, and Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T HIS EVENING, THE I CUSH TIGER. Messrs. Stephen- Eburne, Rom_r ; Miss D'Este. Alter which, A SHEEP 1N WOLF'S CLOTHING. Miss Kwe Terry (her 3rd appearance in this Theatre;; Billington, Stuart, Shaw ; Mira Turtle, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FRO)I THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, AIiSS Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, E. A. Shaw, Ashley, Ithurne. Commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIKD BA.CHELOR. 31essrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and lla:,hes. To be followed by WAITING FOR THE UNDER GROUND. After which, will be produced the Latest Edition of KENILWORTH. Mee4rs. Thorne, Jame,, Fenton, and Turner ; )lesdames Ada Swanboruugh, Raynham, John stone, and Holt. To conclude with JACK'S DELIGHT. T" "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, I , :d4ware-road, is specially appointed AGEN r to deliver the LATE EDITION of " I'llE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. Ile fs able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same tvcning, say 40 miles by 9 o'clock. Orders by Post punctaally attended to. T"E "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIi delivers tt.e LA I E EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40 ; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8; IVoolwich, 7.30 ; Uxbridge, 9.20 ; Wall ord, 8.45. 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L A T EST INTELLIGENCE . - Mr. CEIAPMAN, of the White Hart, Acton, Middle sex, begs to inform Lis friends and neighbours that the Latest Edition of "The Sun" can be seen at his house as abuve. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton Titis h,VENIN(, rhakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. ➢ir. Phelps ; .11essrs. T. Swinbourne, T. Mea i, E. Phelps, W. M'lntyre, G. Spencer, Henri Drayton ; Mead uneJ Amy Sedgwick, Jenny Bauer, Rebecca Isaacs. an To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromlo by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.-3lorniug, 91h. Gm.—Afternoon, 10h. Oin To-Motu ow.- Morning, 10h. 30m.—Afternoon, 11h. 12m. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINU, OCTOBER 3, 1863 LONDON, WEDNESD.II, OCTOBER 3, 1866. The protest of the King of ITANovER is well worthy of attention, and although we cannot, of course, expect that it will produce any effect of a definite nature at present, still it may in the end be more extensively considered than some imagine. His MAJESTY has addressed his protest to the Cabi nets of Europe against the annexation of llanover by Prussia. He appeals to these powers for assist ance against the oppression of right by might, and declares that he will never give up his " sovereign rights" over his dominions. He goes on to affirm that all the present and the future acts of the Prussian Government and its agents in Hanover are illegal, and he certifies this to all concerned. Who can deny the truth of this assertion, although it may not suit the doctrine of modern politicians to agree to it ; in point of fact ling WILLIAM and his Ministers have no right whatever to the possession of Hanover or of any ' of the other places they hare chosen to annex. and. their doing Bo i s a direct violation of justice, and shows a want of honour and honesty which are quite inexcusable. The conclusion of the KING'S protest is very affecting, and we cannot fail to .sympathise with the injured Sovereign and to de plore his misfortunes. Ile states that he will accept the course of events with a full confidence i n th e justice of his cause, and thou adds th a t 'h e is '° ani nmted by the firm hope that Divine Providence will not fail in putting an end to the int • rigues, the dis honesty, and the violence of which, at this moment, so ninny States and peoples, in conjunction with Hanover, have been made the victims." W e are not sorry to see that so dignified a rebuke has been administered to those ruthless conquerors who seem bent on appropriating all they possibly can, irrespective of national rights and popular claims ; and, at any rate, it is a matter of rejoicing that his MAJESTY has had the spirit to declare his indigna _____ No doubt with some states a secret engage ment has existed with Prussia, but Hanover has been marked out as a special victim for the sacrifice, and its claim has been irrevocably scaled. There is great reason to regret that many who should possess more discernment have suffered themselves to become InPtiaQd and ")14- tion. fused by the notions of German unity, which have been made the subject of so many speeches and the theme of so many arguments by the Prussian authorities. In the mazes of this idea they have lost sight of the truth,which is, that thousands have been compelled against their will to become Prus sian citizens, and have thus sustained a great in jury, and a great injustice has been done to the cause of freedom on the continent. There is no valid reason which can be given for the annexation of Hanover ; the people were contented and the KING popular. It may suit the views and accord with the prejudices of many to ignore this protest, as well as all the other signs of dissatisfaction which have been made, but it will remain as a solemn wit ness against the evil-doers, and a lasting evidence of the injustice they are consummating. The truthful historian of the late war in Germany will record the course pursued by Prussia as one of those acts of oppression which disgrace Kings and sully the fame of nations ; aud, much as the Prus sians may glorify their victorious troops, they have in reality far more cause to be ashamed of their doings, for they have bought victory at a dear price, and occasioned so much wrong and suffering that right-minded people would shrink from such a course. This protest of the King of HallovEß may serve for many other States as well as his own, and it, therefore, assumes an additional importance to those who comprehend its import. Thanks to the wise and prudent course adopted by the Registrar-General in publishing the daily returns of the deaths from cholera and diarrhoea, there is not much more room for anxiety or alarm in reading his weekly report. It is easy for any one to form a rough estimate of the progress or diminu tion of the disease from the daily tables, and the periodical return is therefore chiefly valuable in sum marising the principal features of the week's mor tality, and giving us the benefit of the Registrar's experience and sagacity in commenting upon them. The disease, after its terribly sudden and violent outbreak, and its nearly equally rapid and steady decline, appears during the last few weeks to have remained nearly stationary. It has ranged from 150 to 180 deaths in the week, without either, as some feared, developing itself in a new part of London with fresh vehemence, or, as others hoped, disappearing altogether from amongst us. The deaths from cholera in the week ending on Saturday last were 177, those from diarrhoea being 67 ; the latter not being an unusual number at this time of the year, but the former clearly show ing that the enemy is scotched, but not killed. The most noticeable fact in connection with the returns is that its ravages are no longer restricted to one part of the metropolis, but are spread over the whole of London. It is true that the east still exhibits the highest number of deaths, 55, but the south shows 46, the north 36, the central 17, and even the favoured west has 12. This fact evidently occa sions the Registrar-General some uneasiness, for he reiterates his caution as to the necessity of strenuous care on the part of the authorities, and bids " each health officer consider that the safety not only of the people in his own district, but of three millions of people depends on his activity." It is to regretted, adds the Registrar, that these inadequately paid officers cannot devote the whole of their time to the duties of their important office. This is a point which very well deserves considera tion, and which our Privy Council might take up with advantage. It is no light thing to preserve the public health from unnecessary risk in a metro polis whose population is numbered by millions, and the under payment of these officials, whose duties are as laborious and important, is one of those miserable petty savings which all English Govern ments seem to delight in. They appear to act upon the principle conveyed in the old adage " Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of them selves," without the national pounds having attained the necessary degree of self-guardian ship. It is to hoped that the Registrar- General's reminder will induce some action on the subject. He reminds the authorities that the utmost exertion will be necessary to insure the decline of the epidemic, seeing that, as the cholera matter is now diffused very equally all over London, the waters of the Upper Thames, of the Lea, and of the wells, will all alike be infected. All who have been engaged either professionally or benevolently in the noble work of stemming the tide of misery and disease in the East of London will do well to remember that it is still imperative to keep on the alert, since over confidence and premature repose may be as dangerous as excessive panic and unreasonable ap prehension. We have much reason to be thankful for the rapid abatement of the disease ; but that is no reason for sinking back into the old indifference. In Liverpool, happily, the disease is on the de crease, though it is showing itself in Manchester and Salford. In Dublin it is increasing in severity, while in Vienna it is somewhat severe. It is evi dent that, from some atmospheric or other influence beyond our ken, there is throughout all Europe a predisposition to the disease ; and it therefore be hoves us to increase rather than to relax our endea vours to guard against it. The news by the coming Bombay mail has, as usual, been anticipated by telegram. The great point of interest is, of course, the condition of the p.ople, and unfortunately the brief items before us give us little encouragement. The accounts of the distress in the famine-stricken districts continue, it is said, to be most appalling. About £5,000 had been sub scribed in Bombay for the Bengal famine relief fund, and the public health in Bombay itself was good, which is so far satisfactory. Still the amount of suffering in the famine-stricken districts is evi dently very terrible, and the lack of means of con veyance and communication bitterly increases the necessities of the moment. There is no doubt but that private benevolence will do all that it can, and the Governments both in England and India seem now resolved to employ all the means in their power to mitigate the calamity. Unhappily matters have been allowed to go on so far that every day now costs hundreds of lives. It certainly appears to lookers-on as if a very little prescience on the might have averted the full officials phaorrrtoorf'nee it was not a sudden and of Indianth the f a o m f unforeseen catastrophe like an inundation or a pes tilence, tilence, but a misfortune which advanced with gra dual though certain steps. It is unhappily no un common thing for famine, whose • gaunt and terrible visag e i s scarce ly ever se en in Europe, to show itself in differe n t p ar t s o f ou r vast Indian territory . As in th e v i s i tat i on of cho l era, t h e first thing to be done is to relieve the immediate distress ; the second, to consider how to avoid its recurrence. The answer to the question in England is to pro vide decent dwellings for our poor, to supply the me tropolis with p ure water unmixed with sewage, and to preserve an efficient system of drainage. The answer in India is conveyed in two words— irrigation and communication. Railways, roads, and canals are the great wants of India ; and as they would be the powerful aids in avertinc , the horrors of famine, so they would be the most effi cient means of civilising the people and de veloping the wealth of the country. It might have been supposed that, whatever country wa4 under rule, with guglial/ energy, enterprise, capital, and engineering skill, to rely upon would not long suffer for want of these advantages. Experience has proved the con trary. Prejudice, routine, private interest, and selfish exclusiveness have been allowed to inter fere with the necessities of many millions of Bri tish subjects. But it is not too late, and although the severity and extent of the present distress con veys a bitter reproach to those who know it might have been averted by a better system of internal government some years since, it may at least be reasonably hoped that before long famine will be a word unknown in India, since what irrigation fails to do for the soil cheap and rapid transmis sion of commodities will do for the people. Lord GRANVILLE made an interesting speech last week at a dinner given in celebration of the recent discovery of a rich coal-field on the estates of the Lilleshall Coal and Iron Company, at Prior's Lee. llis Lordship, first of all, entertained the company by a dissertation upon mottoes, and said that he and the late Lord PALMERSTON had often had dis cussions as to which of their mottoes was the best. Frangas non fiectes was his own, and he considered it the best, since it implied that the bearer could not be turned aside by anything but force. Lord PALMERSTON defended his, Flecti non frangi by declaring that his was the best, since it showed that no other force could move him against his own conviction but the art of persua sion and argument. Lord GRANVILLE ingeniously said that on the present occasion the noble lord's would be the best motto to quote, since to bend coal to the great uses of mankind of the present day they " required the persuasive force of intellect and brains to change the face of the world, and to deve lope powers of which a century ago no mortal ever dreamed." Referring to the opinions which have prevailed in some quarters of late as to the danger we run of England exhausting her coal sup ply, Earl GRANVILLE observed that it indeed was a serious matter, and one which called for investigation. The Crown has appointed a Commission to inquire into the subject, but we agree with his lordship that it will be very difficult for them to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion concerning the matter. Geologists are not always to be depended on in their predictions, and Lord GRANVILLE gave an amusing instance of their want of prophetic veracity in the case of one who called upon a friend of his, and, after com plimenting him upon his place altogether, declared that the "geological character " of the ground was excellent. Being asked for particulars, he pointed to a piece of rock on the margin of the lake, which, he declared, was a never-failing indication of coal ; and it was not till he was told that the rock was carted from a distance of ten miles that he gave up the theory of the existence of coal beneath his friend's drawing-room floor. Now, said Earl GRANVILLE, I do not by this imply any dis respect for the science of geology, but to show that we need not rely altogether upon the dicta of geologists as to the exhaustion of all our coal mines. We think his lordship is quite right, and that there is no occasion for us to despair until we have more certainty to go upon than the most distinguished votaries of the science have yet put before us. 'We may further I add that if it should prove true that our wall; are becoming exhausted, we shall, in all pro bability, be able to discover some substitute, and there never can be •any real cause for a wealthy and enterprising people to despair as some would have us to do. It will be no more wonderful to do without coal than it has been to convert it to such uses as we have dune, uses which our fore fathers would not have believed possible. The valuable services rendered to the public by the National Lifeboat Institution are widely appre ciated not only in this country, but throughout Europe, and even at the antipodes. Not the least of these is the accurate information with which its managers keep us supplied regarding the casualties which, in spite of all their exertions, annually occur on our coasts, and the "Wreck Register and Chart," which theyperiodically publish, serve to entorce most irresistibly the arguments which they employ. It is true barely 1 per cent. of the vast fleet of vessels which are yearly cleared outwards and entered in wards from British ports is wrecked on our coasts, yet so great is their number that even this small proportion shows a terrible list of casualties. The little wreck chart exhibits our coasts thicklystudded with the fatal signs ; in some places, such as off Yarmouth and at theDogger Bank off Flamborough Head, the black dots extend in dismal rows. In 1865 the number of vessels wrecked on the coasts and in the seas of the United Kingdom was 2,012. Of these 470 were total wrecks, and 70 sunk by collision, making the number totally lost 540. The vessels stranded and damaged so as to require to discharge cargo were 832, by collision 640 ; making the whole number 202, and the loss of life, as far as could be ascertained, 698. Of these s hips 1,690 are known to have been ships belonging to Great Britain and its dependencies, and 238 to have been foreign ships. The other 84 were nu . - known. Of the British ships 1,198 were employed in the British coasting trade, and 11 foreign ships were also engaged in it. Thus showing how great are the dangers of the trade, not only from the na ture of its coasts, but from the wretched condition in which too many of these vessels put to sea. It is in one sense satisfactory, though in another most painful, to find how many of these sad disasters are due to preventible causes, because when once public attention is earnestly directed to the question, we may hope to see the loss of life and property very much diminished. Of the total number of casualties reported in 1865, 351 were collisions, which must obviously be placed among the pre ventible causes, since the sea is wide enough for all the fleets that ever rode on it, and the carelessness or petty pride which neglects to guard against such a disaster deserves severer punishment than they generally get. Only 245 of the total losses were caused by stress of weather ; 99 arose from inat tention, carelessness, or neglect ; 38 from defects in the ship, or her equipments ; and the remainder from various other causes. Of the 832 partial losses a large proportion arose from similar causes ; but taking the one of unseaworthiness alone we get n s u n l r t n e b d e r f l r n o a n t i d t u h r e i g u ntsheea last t r t t h e some startlin g f acts. 30 of the total wrecks re m e y s e s a rosfbteliinegs4h2ip3,, and the number of ships suffering partial damage from the same cause being 499, How many of these disasters might have been avoided by proper care ? And it will be well seriously to consider whether the Legislature cannot devise some means to compel shipowners to do their duty, and to make them re sponsible for losses of life and property which are directly traceable to their indifference or neglect. More than half of the vessels which have suffered from wreck or casualty during the year belong to " the unseaworthy, over-laden, or ill-formed vessels of the collier class." The north-east coast on th e wreck-chart too fully confirms this statement ; and unfortunately this only carries out the experience of preceding years. We sadly want some nautical reformers to take up tido :natter energetically i and in the mean time it is most gratifying to know that the Lifeboat Institution carries on its noble and humane labours with unflagging energy, and that it has been the means, during the last ten years, of saving 5,758 lives. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The .3loniteur contains an announcement, brief but important, proving that the war between Aus tria and Italy is terminated. It states that a royal decree has been issued at Florence for the dis bandment of the Volunteer corps. The Marquis Turgot, Senator, Ambassador of France at Berne, died yesterday at Versailles, in his 70th year. The inundations causel a temporary cessation of the works at the Great Exhibition, but they have been actively resumed to-day. The exterior of the Palace is nearly finished. The park is traced out, and the seed has been planted for the grass plots. The exhibitors will soon be able to take possession of the localties assigned to them. The Imperial Pavilion is entirely covered, under the direction of M. Lechmann, the architect. M. Voillemot is charged with the execution of the painting. The International Club will be finished in the course of January, and the numerous ex hibitors will then be able to meet there in order to make their arrangements. The news received at Paris respecting the in surrection at Crete is very contradictory. The Turkish despatches represent the insurgents as completely beaten, and ready to make their sub mission, but the accounts from Corfu state that their efforts have been attended with signal suc cess. Combats, the success of which appears to have been shared by both sides, took ,place on the 20th and 22d of September at Meletia and upon the heights of Kerumia, which dominates the Canea, the capital of the island. Prussia is becoming very sensitive in regard to comments upon her policy. In the Memorial Di plonzatique of Sept. 9 there appeared rather an innocent article relative to the departure of King William from Prague for Berlin. The article drew the inference that his Majesty was very glad to get back again. M. de Bismarck, however, seems to be so alarmed at the slightest word that may scam to impugn any point of his policy that he instructed the Prussian Ambassador at Paris to make a formal complaint against the article in the Memorial Diplo matique. The consequence is, that the number of September 9th, which contained the terrible article, has been seized by the French authorities, and, unless M. Bismarck should for once be actuated by a little discretion, ulterior proceedings will be taken. Perhaps M. Bismarck will be satisfied with nothing less than the suppression of the Memo rial Diplomatigne, which, it must be confessed, has sometimes made comments and disclosures upon the course pursued by Prussia which certainly were not calculated to enhance her reputation either for wis dom or justice. The autumn races in the Bois de Boulogne, on Sunday, went off with great eclat, the weather being splendid, and there being much enthusiasm in regard to some of the horses. The first race, for 2,000 f., for horses of three years and upwards, was won by Comedienne. The second race, Grand Criterion, 3,000 f., was won easily by Count Lagrange's Mont goubert ; Finette, 2. The third race, Pr'x de Jouvence, 5,000 f., was won by Vertugadin. The Great Handicap, 6,000 f., was won by Ronce ; Le Sioulet, 2 ; Cantoniere, 3. Amount of the prize, 19,600 f.. The Prix Villebon was won by Count Lagrange's Fleurette. The last races for the season in the Bois de Boulogne will take place on Sunday next. A bell is rung in the first act of " Don Juan d'Autriche," a piece now very attractive at the Theatre Francais, to which a melancholy historical recollection is attached. Th;s is the identical bell which, on the 27th of Aug., 1752, gave the signal for the massacres of St. Barthelemy. During the revolution all the bells of St. Germain l'Auxenois were bought at a sale by a founder named Flabau, who sold the smallest of them, the bell in question, to the administration of the Theatre Francais. It was rung at this theatre for the first time at the first performance of " Edouard en Ecope," by M. Duval, in 1801. A chemist of Vienna, M. Leinclbroek, has in vented a mode of placing electrical sparks in a glass capsule. They are so powerful that a man may be killed by them. Tbis destructive engine is of a conical shape and explodes at the slightest touch. These capsules, which are not larger than duck shots, have been used to kill oxen. A gun may contain six, and ii the Chassepot gun were charged with six, it would fire 75 projectiles in 60 seconds, each of which would kill any one it touched. The Chassepot gun, loaded with these capsules, would be very much more formidable than M. Dreyse's needle gun. It is stated on good authority that Spain has accepted the mediation of England and France to arrange her differences with Chili and Peru. The Moniteur of this evening announces that the Marquis de Moustier, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was expected in Paris yesterday, has arrived to-day from Biarritz, where he was in con ference with the Emperor. The weather continues fine, but the atmosphere has been peculiarly dark and heavy. The sun has not been seen. In the morning, within a few miles from Paris, there was a very thick fog until nine o'clock, but the temperature was warm and plea sant. The Seine continues to recede. A RAP FROM PUNCH'S BATON ,Sharply delivered across the knuckles of Mr. John Bright). " A Problem for Demonstration"—it is called— (" set in the Manchester School")—and it runs simply as follows : _ _ Given Bright plus Cobden =--- Moral Force. " And Bright plus Beales = Physical Do. Required the distance in leagues between the two." CRYSTAL PALACE.—The last display of fireworks for this year takes place to-morrow evening at a qual:nr before seven o'clock. Notwithstanding the great variety of the previous displays, some striking effects have boon reserved for this occasion, which wf.ll be a finale in every respect worthy of the long I;ne of remarkable performancss it closes. The Grenadier Guards' Band will be in attend ance. One Shilling Day, Tuesday, Oct. 2.—Admissions on payment, 3,514 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,052 ; total visitors, 4,596. . . FORGING A CERTIFICATE OF BIRTIL—On Monday a young man named Robert Hodgson was brought before the stipendiary magistrate at Hull for attempting to defraud the customs authorities by giving them a false certificate of birth, the object being to show that he was born in 1842 instead of 1840, in order that he might obtain the situation of out-door officer of customs at Hull. T h e in formation contained two counts, and the defendant pleaded guilty to one of them. The plea was accepted, and he was fined in the full penalty of £lOO and costs, with the alter native of six months' imprisonment. MODERN OSTIA.—This fortress has a little history of its own. It was built and fortified by Cardinal della Rovere, the Julius 11. whose portrait by Raphael we have iu our National Gallery. Sangallo was the architect, and lived at Ostia for two years, in the service of the Car dinal. Coins were struck in honour of its erection ; and when the French had seized and occupied it in 1493, the Cardinal drove them out of it the succeeding year. As an additional defence, ho also built the Torre Boaciaua, lower down the river, and continued to improve and strengthen the town. In 1503 Ciesar Borgia was imprisoned here, whereby hangs the tale of his escape by the connivance of the Portuguese Cardinal Carbajal. Other little details there are, but the main association is with the warlike Julius.—The Gentleman's ilagazine. A BRIG RUN DOWN OFF FLAMBOROUGII HEAD.- - On Monday morning the screw steamer Grenadier, trad ing between Newcastle and London with goods, arrived in Shields harbour with the crew of a brig which the steamer had come in collision with off Flamborough Head on Sun day night. The screw abooli to w ,tabihe a lrraeld s :ygve g ,ebsr o oaes i svtww n it.el g i.s:; te a iaatn, t iihpng, her usual speed, bound for sdardtirigging arigrtomhi does asn e etognrei ri , msiaayntm- withnino deotwd, all elnpttrfedeool starboard appear to tulht. whether it was the thickn ess of the wea ther or the di mness o f the starboard lig h ts, b e f ore th ose on board the vessel s k new what course they were i n th e G rans , G e l h d e dr e raovi any y s e ws s t ea c h . ly a e In o s nai went dat The e h e G. e o d r 11 e o sn t wa the down is the property of the Tye() Steam Sb/p2int3 - Qa 3 PauY, N 9 Trogic. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Oct. 2. The Prefect and the Chief of Police have arrived here. Admiral Persano has published a pamphlet rela tive to the battle of Lissa. The Diritto states that the killed and wounded in the fighting at Palermo only amounted to 86. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, October 3. The Belgian illwziteur announces that the na tional rifle meeting will be held from the 12th to the 21st October. The fetes in celebration of the anniversary of the national independence will be held on the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th October. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer China passed the Needles at 7.35 a.m. to-day. MALTA. MALTA, October 1. A quarantine of 15 days has been imposed upon all animals from Dublin, and of 10 days upon those from Tunis. The 0 ttoman iron clad frigate Sultan has arrived here from Greenock. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA M AILS SOUTHAMPTON, October 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer China, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 160 passengers, £290,000 in specie, and a general cargo, including 1,044 bales of silk, value £95,000 On the 27th ult. she spoke the steamer Delta, and a Turkish iron-clad ram steering eastward ; on the 30th the steamer Ripon, off Cape Finistere, for Alexandria, and the Danube off Vizo, for Liverpool. She experienced thick foggy weather up Channel. The establishment of a custom-house on the Moorish frontier for the permission of a regular trade between Spain and Morocco was under discus sion by the Spanish and Moorish representatives at Ceuta. The British gunboats Skylark and Redpole were at Gibraltar. Exchange on London at Gibraltar 43 f; on Paris, 5.10 c. to 6.12 e. ; Madrid, 2i to 3 dis. FRANCE. A Russian company at llelsingfors has obtained the permission of the Government to raise the ships which were sunk in the naval battles of August 24, 1789, and July 9, 1790. It is expected that large quantities of iron and copper will be obtained by this means. Mr. Cooke, secretary of the Smyrna and Aidin Railway, has, it is said, after some months' negotia tion, succeeded in obtaining a satisfactory arrange ment for the payment of the interest guaranteed by the Porte on the capital of that line. The journals of Spain contain accounts of inun dations on different points, and especially in Galicia. According to the Constitution of Hay ti,the supreme power is held by the Chief of the State for life. According to late advices, on the proposal of General Geffrard, the presidency he now holds is about to be transformed into one of five years. He has also proposed to the Haytian Chamber a bill for the abo lition of capital punishment for political offences. Mgr. Place, the new Bishop of Marseilles, made his entry into that city two days back. The weather was unfavourable for the proceedings, as the rain in torrents. Guns were fired, and in the square opposite the railway station were drawn up detach ments of artillery, cavalry, and pompiers ; there also the clergy and religious corporations awaited his Grace. A portion of the garrison occupied different positions on the l'ne of the procession, and the streets were thronged with a considerable number of persons. The mayor and other civil and ecclesi astical dignitaries received the Bishop at the railway. His Grace then proceeded beneath a dais, and ac companied by all the religious societies of the neigh bourhood carrying banners to the church of St. Martin, where the ceremony of installation took place and aTe Tewn was sung. The Bishop after wards left for the episcopal palace attended, by an escort of cavalry. A literary periodical of Marseilles, called the nre Tranquile, has just been tried in that city for , 4 having discussed, without authority, subjects of political economy, and outraged the Catholic re ligion." The responsible editor, l Royaunez, has been condemned to three months' imprisonment and 400 fr. fine, and the printer, M. Gubert, to one month and 400 fr. In addition the publication has been suppressed. An attempted murder and suicide were commit ted two days back at Sainte-Foy (Gironde) by a workman named Raoux. During a domestic quar rel he stabbed his wife twice in the back, and then inflicting two wounds in his own left side, threw himself out of a window on the second floor. Strange to say, neither the husband nor the wife is seriously hurt. A man named Cou l et, residing at Montpellier, was quarrelling a few days since with two of his sons, when he suddenly seized a knife and plunged it into the stomach of one of them, a young man of 20, who is not expected to survive. The father has been arrested. A letter from Bagneres de Luchon (Haute Garonne), states that after sultry weather, followed by heavy rain, snow commenced falling three days back with such density that persons could not see to a distance of more than four or five paces before them. The trees were soon covered thickly, and the whole country is now - white. The inhabitants have great fears for their crops of black wheat and maize, which are likely to be injured by the wet. The Venasque and neighbouring mountains are covered with snow, but fine weather has since re turned. The Echo de la Dordogne states that the fine wea ther which has lately set in has led to hopes of sav ing more of the wine crop than was expected. The action of the sun is now rapidly advancing the ripening of the 'grape. The creditors of the banking firm of J. de Sou vigny and Co., of Poitiers, assembled three days back at the Tribunal of Commerce in that town. A statement read by the official assignee showed that the liabilities amounted to 2,150,000 f., in addition to a sum of between 700,000 f. and 800,000 f. claimed by different agents de change on the Bourse of Paris. The assets were said to amount to 730,000 f. A goods train which stepped at the station at Neuville a few nights ago by some means left a truck on the line when it started, and this not being noticed by the watchman when the night passenger train from Lyons arrived, the engine dashed against the truck and carried it on to the station of Saint Germain, where the train stopped. The truck con tained 5,000 kilogrammes (5 tons) of newly coined sous on their way from the Paris M int to King Vic tor Emmanuel. The sacks and boxes containing the coins were broken by the collision and the coins strewed all over the line, whence they were collected the next day by the servants of the company and deposited at the station. The Customs' receipts at the port of Havre for the month of September amounted to 2,132,018 fr., 53,71 6fr. on the corresponding month in 1865. The duties abandoned by the Government to the town for the execution of the works of the port amounted for the month of September to 71,575 fr., making for the first nine months of the year 695,7891 r. The inundations may now be considered at an end, as all the principal rivers—the Loire, the Cher, and the Allier—are going down rapidly. The Seine also continues to fall, the scale of the Pont-Royal ?narking yesterday 4m, 15mm. (a little Dyer 13ft.) The probability is that in a few days there will not be more than the ordinary quantity of water at this time of the year. A telegram from Cherbourg states that the new screw-steamer Saint-Laurent, belonging to the General Transatlantic Company, has just made her first trial trips before the official commission. The speed is stated to be 14 knots an hour. BO MSE, Oct. 2.—Two o'clock.—There has been a dull market again to-day for nearly all Securities, and the settlement has been proceeded with for Railway Shares, the Italian Rente, foreign, and miscellaneous shares. The charge for the continua tion is very low, and in many instances there has been a report. The rate charged for carrying over Italian Fives has thus far varied from 7c. deport to par, and on Credit Mobilier Shares from par to If. deport. The corers de compensation has been fixed as follows :—ltalian Fives, 57f. ; Bank of France, 3,615 f. ; Credit Mobilier, 665 f. ; Credit Foncier, 1,375 f. ; Comptoir d'Escompte, 915 f. ; Northern, 1,175 f. ; Lyons, 897 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 882 f. 50c. ; General Ottoman Debt, 29f. 50c. (cx div.) There can hardly be said to be a real market, and great difficulty is experienced in ascertaining quotations, but where any transactions have taken place prices arc all lower than yesterday. French Threes have fallen 12i-c., to 69f. 25c. ; Italian Fives 25c., to 57f. The decline on Credit Mobilier and Comptoir d'Escompte Shares is 2f. 50c. each, at 665 f. 25c. and 915 f. Credit Foncier have gone down 3f. 75c., to 1,375 f. ; Mexican Bonds are weaker at 145 f., or 6f. 25c. lower. Railway Shares are likewise quoted with lower prices, but the only business taking place is such as is rendered indispensable for the opera tions of the settlement. Three o'clock.—After a retrograde movement the market has nevertheless closed on the following same quotations : 4/ per Cents 97 50 Do. and month — Bank Shares 3610 Italian Loan 56 90 Do. end month 57 03 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt - Deferred 'lll[B. 3 per Cents. Do. end month 69 371 Credit Alobilier 665 Do. end month 667 50 Credit Fonder — Do. cud mouth 1375 For Account. Orleans Northern ll7B 75 Lyons and Mediterranean B9B 75 Southern 585 Western 571 25 Eastern Sardinian , Austrian Lombard 415 North of Spain llO Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — n. 6O Roma Bankruptcy Disclosures at Sheffield. At the Sheffield Bankruptcy Court on Saturday, before Mr. Commissioner Ayrton, the case of Wm. Unwin, of Sheffield, solicitor, brewer, and iron master, carne before the court. The bankrupt ap plied to pass his last examination and receive his order of discharge. He was supported by Mr. V. Blackburn, barrister, and opposed by Mr. Linklater, of London, on behalf of the assignees. His balance sheet showed his total liabilities to be £133,000; but, according to his own showing, the deficiency unac counted for only amounted to the sum of £16,000. The assignees, however, say they are prepared to prove before the case terminates that the deficiency concerning which the bankrupt can give no account whatever is nearly £lOO,OOO. A bill discounter, named Jackson, said that he held bills given by the bankrupt to the amount of £9,000. Several years ago the bankrupt began business as a brewer, under the style of Richard Trusswell and Co. He always represented that business as a very profitable one, but in the July of last year he turned it over to a limited liability company, and in his balance-sheet he put down the sum of £lO,OOO as the loss he had sustained by the transaction. The assignees, how ever, urged that this was a fiction, and was put in the balance-sheet in order to reduce the deficiency by £lO,OOO. A still more extraordinary disclosure took place on investigating the bankrupt's accounts in his business as an iromnaster. A client of his, named William Henry Brown, a person mentioned as having been twice bankrupt, turned over the works to Unwin, and they were carried on appa rently at great lozz. In the balance-shect of Unwin there appeared an item of £28,000, which he alleged was the loss he had sustained in his busi ness, but on casting up the columns, the assignees discovered an error in addition of £20,000, which reduced the estimated loss to £B,OOO. This sum must be added to the deficiency, which, already swelled by the £lO,OOO for Truswell's account, would then amount to £46,000. The bankrupt admitted in his examination that his balance-sheet was wrong, and that he did not believe he had lost £ 9 8,000 by Brown when he signed the balance-sheet, which he now sought leave to amend. Mr. Linklater, how ever, charged him with having wilfully put forward a false balance-sheet, and said that an order to pro secute would be applied for, and also an application made to get the bankrupt struck off the rolls as an attorcey, and he (Mr. Linklater) had not much doubt that the prosecution would end as it ought to do, in the bankrupt being imprisoned for three years. The bankrupt was examined as to gambling transactions, and he denied having had any interest in racehorses during the last 12 years. He said it was a most abominable thing to bring up such mat ters, but on being pressed he admitted that he gave a bill for £2OO to a betting man named Holt, for money lost many years ago. He had not lost upon horse races during the last five years; he had won, but he refused to say to what amount. In his cash account, his receipts and payments between April and June were stated at £64,000, but he said the extent of his trading during that time was only £12,000. A great deal had to be done, he said, in the way of the renewal of bills, which would account for the difference. Mr. Linklater, in his final obser vations to the Court, charged the bankrupt with having filed an account which he knew to be abso lutely false, and with having resorted to all sorts of fraudulent contrivances in order to maintain his position. After a lengthy examination, Mr. Commissioner Ayrton adjourned the meeting until the 2ith Dec., and ordered the bankrupt to furnish full accounts of his betting transact'ons, a cash and goods and deficiency account in each of the several branches of trade he had carried on, and to furnish the fullest possible information to the assignees in re ference to the matters on which he had been ex amined. The bankrupt's protection, and his allowance of five guineas per week, were renewed until the next meeting.—Manchester Guardian. DEATH OF A FRENCH BURGLAR IN N EWGATE.— Yesterday fortinoon Mr. William Payne, the City coroner, held an inquiry at Newgate Prison respecting the death of a Frenchman named Louis Victor de Londes, aged 26 years. Mr. E. J. Jonas, governor of Newgate, said that the deceased had been convicted atlhe last sessions of the Cen tral Criminal Court of burglary, and he had been sentenced to five years penal servitude. He had been a clerk, and was a native of Paris. He declined to write to his friends and he pleaded guilty at his trial. Finding that the de ceased was ill, witness wrote to the French consul, and he communicated with his friends, who called after his death. They did not attend the inquest, because they said they did not know what good they could do. Wit ness sent for a Catholic clergyman, who attended him every day. When a French gentleman saw the deceased in the infirmary he said to him, "You ought to be very thank ful for all this kindness. You know you would not be treated thus in your own country." The deceased had run away from his family and friends, and fallen into great poverty n Engiand. His aunt and the French consul stated that fact. Tho deceased had broken into a gentleman's house at Greenwich. Dr. Roland Gibson, prison surgeon, said that the deceased had only left Paris three weeks when he committed the burglary. He said, " I have not a friend in England." He had been a commercial traveller. He died on Saturday from pulmonary consumption, rapidly brought on. The coroner having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict " that.the deceased Frenchman died in Newgate from natural causes." The Radical cause has sustained a severe defeat at Brecon in the person of Lord Alfred Churchill, who has been beaten by Mr. Howel Gwyn by a majority of 26 votes. The result will not surprise our readers. We pointed out more than a week ago the futility of the efforts being made by the self-styled "Independent Liberals" to stem the Conservative feeling of the borough, and the shifts to which they were reduced in canvassing for the Whig nominee. In Mr. Rowel Gwyn the constituency of Bre con have elected a gentleman who has every possible claim to be their choice, and Lord Derby has gained a staunch and iiintwatig oupportor.—.Herald. ‘CIJUrt '%* •ormi , 0,„,„ HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sunday. The Queen went out yesterday morning, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, and rode up Glen Gelder in the afternoon, accompanied by Princess Christian. Monday. The Queen, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, with the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waling, attended Divine service in the parish church at Crathie yes terday. The Rev. John M'Lcod officiated. h is Excellency Colonel J. M. Doran has arrived at Brown's Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness de Molins have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square. The Eail Cowper and lion. Henry Cowper, M.P., left Wrest Park on Monday for Scotland. Lord Stanley, M.P., arrived at his residence in St. James's-square yesterday from Liverpool. Lady Louisa Dillon and. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and family havo left Brown's Hotel. Lady \Volseley has arrived at Brown's Hotel. The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, has left Liverpool on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Dorby at Knowsley Park, near Prescott, and will leave on Friday for Balmoral. The Right Hon. Horatio Waddington left town yesterday for Brighton. Living in Perspective• 4). (Miss MIJLOCK in Fraser for October.) Smith has exactly five hundred a year. We all know this fact—we cannot help knowing it, he being a salaried official of Government. We also know—somehow, every body does know everything— that he has no private for tune, and that ho had the courage and manliness to marry a woman without a halfpenny to hers. Nevertheless, when he married he took a house, which, being in our own street, we are aware must cost Min, rent and taxes together, at least £llO a-year ; this- leaves him, for all other expenses, just £390. A very comfortable sum if fairly divided among the moderato necessities of life, but which in these modern days, will certainly allow no extraneous luxuries. Yet we meet Mr. and Mrs. Smith continually in " so ciety"—ho well-dressed as usual, she in her beautiful mar riage gowns, which would be ruined by a common cab or omnibus ; so we must conclude they come to these elegant parties in a fly. (10s. per night; say, at lowest calcula tion, 30s. per week of carriage -hire. Poor Smith !) In process of time wo are invited to Smith's own house, to meet "a few friends at dinner." And every dinner— counting the wine, the hired cook, the two waiters, and all the inevitable extraneous expenses of a small household giving a largo entertainment—must, we are certain, have mulcted our poor friend of at least £l5. If he gives three of them—there, at one fell swoop, goes £IS out of the £350, merely eaten 'and drank, with nothing to show for it. And Smith being an honourable fellow who will pay his trades men, though he should starve for it, we shrewdly suspect there will bo sharp economies somewhere : that the Gruyere cheese may result in family butter frightfully salt, and that these elegant desserts will cause Smith to go puddingless for days. Also, that the tall greengrocer in white gloves, who didn't a bit delude us ink believing that our friends kept a footman, will dwindle in daily life to a slatternly Irish girl, who, being paid half the wages of a good housemaid, is so incompetent a servant that poor Mrs. Smith has to do half the work herself. Yet there she sits, pretty young woman ! wan, but smiling ; anxious to keep up the dignity of her husband's table, but enduringagonies lest all should not go rightly.in the kitchen which, in that household of £5OO a year, aping for one day only the luxuries and conveniences of £5,000, is nearly im pos,lible. We are so sorry for her, our gentle hostess; and as for our host, though we laugh at his jokes and praise his wino wo feel as if all the time wo had our hand feloniously in his pocket. But why—oh! why was ho so foolish as to invite us to put it there ? Why ? Because ho cannot see that he is living out of perspective. That if ho asked really " a few frionds"---aot acquaintances—to share the wholesome joint and nice pudding which, I doubt not, Mrs. Smith gives him every day, with perhaps a cozy " crack" over walnuts and wino afterwards, we should not only enjoy our entertainment, but respect our host a great deal more. For we should feel that he was giving us real hospitality—a share of his own bread and salt—the best he could afford; and, therefore, just as valuable in its way as our best, though, we being richer men, this may consist of turtle and champagne, which, if he honours us by sharing, it is an honour; for ho and his wire are well-born, well-bred, and altogether charming and acceptable guests. Why should they not believe this fact, and take their stand in society upon higher ground than-potty rivalry in meats and clothes ? Why not say, openly or tacitly, "We have just five hun dred a year, and we mean to live accordingly. We enjoy society, but society must take us as we are. We will attempt no make-believes ; we will not feast one day and starve another ; appear en grand tenue at our neighbour's house, and lounge about our own in shabbiness and rags; have a large, well-furnished, showy drawing-room to re ceive our company in, and let our family sleep in upper chambers, bare, comfortless, dirty—something between a workhouse ward and a pigsty. Whatever we spend, wo will spend levelly; then, be our income largo or small, we shall always be rich, for we shall have apportioned our spendings to our havings. The nobleman who is said to have an income of a thousand a day can do no moro." A DUBLIN MAGISTRATE'S REPLY TO HIS ACCUSERS. In reference to the recent extraordinary charge of cruelty preferred against Mr. C. J. O'Donel of the Head Police Court in Dublin, in having com mitted a little creature of three-and-a-half year* of age to prison for fourteen days with hard labour for the high crime and misdemeanour of vagrancy, we are glad to find that the accused magistrate has something to say for himself in his own vindication. The following is Mr. O'Donel's own report of the case in a letter addressed by him upon the subject to the Under-Secretary at Dublin Castle : " Capel-street Police-office, Sept. 27, 186 G. "Sir,-1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt this day of the report of Mr. C. T. Gavin, Local Inspector of the Richmond Bridewell, to the InspectOrs-General of Prisons in reference to a child named Patrick O'Brien, aged about four, whom, together with his sister and two other children, I committed from the Head Police-office on the 22d inst. to prison for 14 days for begging. In refer ence to these cases, I have to state that on two previous occasions those children were brought before me on similar charges, and on the first occasion I discharged them with a caution. On the second occasion I had their relations sent for, and some women who appeared and represented themselves as such promised to keep them off the streets. On seeing them again brought up a few days after wards, and being informed by the court serge4nt and. other members of the police force present that they were systematically driven out to beg, I felt urged, in mercy to the children themselves, who looked starved and naked, to commit them to prison, where, at least, they would be fed; and whatever reluctance I felt in doing so was en tirely removed by the fact that when the children heard where they were going to they cheered with delight, as if the greatest boon had * been bestowed upon them. As to the addition of hard labour' attached to the committal, the statute leaves no option, and the words are printed in the form of committal ; but in the case of a child such words I consider wholly inoperative. In conclusion, I beg to refer to Mr. Gavin's report,. in which, in describing the child as ' a miserable, starved-looking creature,' be suggests the best possible motive for a considerate magis trate to save the child, for however short a period, from a condition so deplorable.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " C. J. O'DONEL. " The Under -Secretary, Dublin Castle." Referring to the above communication explana tory of the sentence imposed upon those poor little Irish Toddles and Poddles, we find in the Dublin Freeman of Monday the following observations in support of Mr. O'llonel's self-vindication : No one acquainted with Mr. Charles Joseph O'Donol, the gentleman to whom this sentence has been attributed, could for a moment think he would be guilty of such an act ; and we therefore would not consider the matter. worthy of special notice were it not that we perseive some of our London contemporaries have fallen into the error of accepting the statement of the paper in which it first appeared as fact, and have very justly expressed, in no measured language, their condemnation of it. The poor children seem to have been entirely abandoned to misery and the contamination of the streets, and having been be fore his Worship on two previous occasions, he appears to have commiserated their lamentable state, and to , have almost extra-judicially endeavoured to have them rescued from their miserable position ; but his good intentions on behalf of the little parentless children appear to have been completely frustrated by the callousness of those who were represented to be some relatives of their dead parents, and when brought before him the third time, and having no other means of affording them shelter, he sent them to pri son for vagrancy. THE MANCHESTER REFORM BANQUET.—The date fixed by the executive of the National Reform Union for the forthcoming Reform banquet in the Freo Trade Hall is Wednesday, Nov 21. We are informed that upwards of 20 members of Parliament have already accepted invitations to be preout.—[Manchester Guardian. i