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Chatterton THIS EV ENING will be performed ShaksPere's Tragedy of KING JOMN. mad,hls, Mr. Barry sudivan, Messrs. T. Swinbourne, T. N. r E. l'helpe., W. M•lntyre. G. Speueer, Seytira, and Ma•iter Fe , cy Roselle ; 3lcsdame 3 Herman Ml3s Flurekce Bennett, To conclude with HiAtzspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Drothers Proinlo by the Brothers Webb. Cvmtnenee at Seven. B.E AT RE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, ole Lftsee and ittanager, Mr. Bucks one, THIS PI VEN • E OVERL t'S if ROUTE. Messrs. Chat le , Mathews, Buckstone, Corn; ton, Chippeada!e, Boyers, (;lark, Braid. Gordon, White, &c. ; Mesdames .ilathews, Chid pendalc, dill, Wright, &c. Atter which, the BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Misses Healy. To be followed by THE mile. Me srs. C. Mathews, C o mpton, Rogers ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, dtc. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. . _ Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, BRUTUS AND CESAR. En rade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Ac's, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. 'l'. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, B. Widdicomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, I, ewbound. Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Toby Tweedleton, Mr. H. Widdicomb; and Miss Uratton Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM TREAT KE.—Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor). Mr. 1). Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bocci cault. At 7 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Leseee and Alanager, Mr. Geo. Vining. WINTER SEASON. N.B.—Doors open at Half-past Six, performances to com mence at Seven. THIS EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts. by John Osenford, Esq, entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE I►ir . Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Aire. Buckingham White. Atter which, at 9 o'clock, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling., Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; Mr. Forrester, Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. Shore. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, in which MA. Flageolet, Clo doche, Cometc, and Normandc, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, TH IC I TIGER. Messrs. Stephen son, Eburue, Rom r ; Miss D'Este. Atter which, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Miss Kale Terry (her tOth appearance in this Theatre, ; Meters. Billington, Stuart, Shaw Mibs Turtle, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROM THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon. Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, It. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Eburne. Commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Sirs. bwauborough. THIS EVENING, TUII hIARBIED BACHELOR. Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and ile‘hes. To be followed by WAIfING FOR TkIE UNDER GROUND. 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It will be with a feeling something akin to regret that the public will learn that the Social Science Congress has, for the present, terminated its labours. At this dull season of the year the details of the speeches, lectures, &c., that take place there are very welcome, and apart from this they serve a useful end, in improving our acquaintance with some important matters which are apt to be passed over in the excitement of politics and the whirl of passing events. The speech of Lord SHAFTESBURY in itself was enough to impart a value to the affair, and many might appropriately study it to their own advantage and for the benefit of others. It was an admirable exposition of what might be accomplished by this Congress, and also an excellent explanation of what does not come directly under its province. The last business in connection with the departments was the paper read by Mr. WEBSTER, on "The Arrangement and Construction of Courts of Justice, as illustrated by the Manchester New Assize Courts." In the course of this Mr.WEBSTER alluded to the proposed scheme now entertained of erecting a Palace of Justice in London, so that all the courts now dis tributed through the metropolis might be concen trated. Those who have the management of matters have resolved to take for a type the Man chester Assize Courts, which is incalculably a tribute to their merits, and proves the high opinion that is entertained of their style. Mr. WEBSTER spoke of their merits in the highest terms of praise. One feature, he particularly dilated on, was the large hall and the barristers' corridor, from both of which access can be had to the principal courts. In pursuing his theme further he remarked very truly that the great object which they ought to have in view was to separate the general public, and judge counsel, &c., and any who had business to transact; and hence they ought to make the entrances more distinct for each than they were in the Manchester courts. An interesting dis cussion ensued after the reading of this paper, in which various plans for improving the position of the witness-box, &c., were detailed, and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. WEBSTER. At the concluding meeting a numerous assembly attended, under the Presidency of the Earl of SHAFFESBUY. Mr. HASTINGS, the Secretary, read the report of the Council, and gave a resume of the proceedings which had taken place in all the departments, and he stated that this meeting had been the most satis factory that had been held. It is, indeed, satis factory to dwell upon the details here presented, and they show in an unmistakeable manner that those persons were mistaken who thought that this undertaking would not answer in the end, but would infallibly dwindle away. " The number of members and associates present was 1,815, the papers and discussions had been more than ordi narily valuable and interesting, and the noble edifice in which they had assembled had afforded them peculiar facilities for the accommodation' of members and the transaction of business." The Council returned its thanks to all who had aided materially in the prosecution of its task, and thus everything passed off in the most agreeable manner respecting details. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY made a few remarks in conclusion, which were very interesting. He observed, in alluding to the Working Meu's Meeting in the Free Trade Hall, that it was " a spectacle closely ap proaching to the sublime." The noble lord went on to declare that those were quite mistaken who had presumed to call this a "patronising meeting" Of all unjust expressions this was the most so. We think that Mr. BRIGHT and some others might with great advantage peruse these remarks of Lord SHAFTESBURY'S, and ponder over them. He con fessed that "he regarded with something like ab horrence the man who would set class against class, and who would not, in this world of sin and conten tion, do all he could to reconcile differences, and to see what was good, and not what was evil, in each other." We fully concur in all that was said by the noble lord, and more especially in his declaration that he knew the working classes well. No man in England has a better right to say so than he has, and no one has done more to deserve their esteem and respect. As he truly observed, he had passed a great number of years among them, and he must say that the working classes did not require patronage, but they did desire sympathy. As for talking of patronising the working-classes of Manchester it is indeed most idle, and we wonder that persons can be so absurd. The fact is, that the chief difficulty of getting class in communion with class lies in the habit that some have of making use of such terms and expressions as these, that we are glad that one so well qualified to judge, as Lord SHAFTESBURY most undoubtedly is, should have administered so effective a rebuke in so dignified and impressive a manner, and it is to be hoped that his remarks will have due effect in producing a beneficial change. Among the many valuable and interesting papers and addresses which the Social Science Congress of 1866 has given to the public, the speech of the Right Hon. AUSTIN BRUCE, as President of the Education Department, must not be overlooked. The subject with which it dealt is one of the highest national importance, since education is the great distinction between civilisation and barbarism, and it is vain to hope for the social elevation or political enfranchisement of the masses unless we take care that they shall have at least its rudiments. So much has of late years been said and written about national education that the arguments in its favour have become almost truisms, and many persons are probably vaguely satisfied with the impression that a great deal is be ing done without inquiring too closely into the sta tistics. Those who have made such inquiries, however, stand aghast at the result ; and it is very evident that we must lay aside our religious discussions, our local jealousies, our prevalent indifference if we intend the rising generation to be intelligent and Christian men and women. It is high time to awake out of sleep when we have distinct informa tion from one of our great cities that " of every 100 children above three years of age living with their parents or guardians, and not at work, there are 40 at school and 60 not at school." Such is the statement of the Manchester and Salford Education Aid Society, which' has rendered au important public ser fvice by its careful inquiries into this subject. t qf POSPN.tI ) .4 NnUPI- 1 9APS doubt that its population are above the average in intelligence and natural ability. They are not likely to underrate the advantages of education more than others. It might easily be supposed that the temp tations of mills and factories and workshops might in the large manufacturing cities offer serious ob stacles to the education of the children, and there is good reason to believe that such is the case. But this explanation does not account for the large number of children neither at school nor at work. "Of 11,086 children, bet Ween 3 and 12, there were 762 at work, 4,537 at school, and 5,787 neither at school nor work. Neither can this anomaly be ex plained by the poverty of the parents, since the excellent society to which we have referred has made arrangements to bear part of the expenses of the fees for children whose parents are too poor to pay all, and to aid free schools for the chil dren of those who are too poor to pay at all. This practical test has shown that of 5,787 children, neither at school nor at work, 2,175 had parents able to pay for them, 3,612 were the children of parents unable to afford the expen diture. In other words, out of 19 children absent from school, 7 were so by the wilful negligence, 12 by the poverty, of their parents." And this, it must be remembered, is not in the most degraded parts of the city, the committee having hitherto shrunk from visiting some of the worst and most populous districts in Manchester and Salford, because so large a proportion were below the reach of their in fluence. What sort of hold then will the legislators and philanthropists of the next generation have upon the children when they get to manhood and womanhood ? The evil perpetuates itself, because the ignorant and degraded parent cares little for the most part for the education of the child, and we are, in fact, reaping the fruits of the neglect of former years in the numbers of untrained children around us. One of the great problems which per plex the thoughtf u l an d earnest advocates of ! national education is how are these children to be got at. The Education Society in Man chester frankly acknowledges this difficulty, since it would be highly undesirable to pay for those children whose parents can afford to pay for them themselves. Some persons have suggested a compulsory system of rudimentary instruction; but we think, with Mr. BRUCE, that would be impracticable in this country. The action of the Legislature is another perplexing matter. Mr. BRUCE, though highly approving of the manner in which the money already expended has been laid out, thinks that the provision made is totally inadequate. The great principles of the educational question were very ably discussed by Mr. BRUCE, and the arguments of the advocates of the voluntary system and of the public rate were fairly and impartially stated. For his own part, he would maintain the present system where it works well; but wherever satisfactory evidence is given that the provi- F'inn of education fails short of the wants of the population he would supply the deficiency by an education rate. This would be a rational settlement of the difficulty, and cn all the various problems connected with the question Mr. tßi c l E v s e h r o e N f v ear himself o e t q a u k a e l a ly n m i n o t d e r e e r s a t t e i n a t n h s i v m i t p a a l lry important question to his able and graphic picture of the wants of our population, and his considera tion as to the best means of supplying them. The Working Men's Conservative Association at Reading held its first annversary last Tuebday, and the affair was very interesting. The Chairman said it was very gratifying to see such a 2 assemblage of working men who had " come together from their own will and judgment, and had not been cajoled into attendance by the aid of torches and bands of music." This is very true, and attests the progress which is being made among those in the lower grades of society just now on all sides, and in every direction the march of mind is being made ; and, although no doubt much remains to be done, we must reflect with satisfaction upon what has been done. In these " days of menace," as the chair man said, it required some degree of courage to form a working man's Conservative Association at all, for men were " urged to acts of violence if cer tain theories were not conceded, though contrary to the opinions of the wisest and the cleverest states men." Ile also added that he would like to ask JOAN BRIGHT, if he were really so much the friend of the working classes as he affected to be, if so, why did he set class against class ? " Actions speak more than words, and he would ask JOHN BRIGHT how it was, if he was such a great friend of the working man, that he opposed the Ten Hours' Bill ?" Further on he added, that when the terrible distress overtook the manufacturing dis tricts we did not see Mr. BRIGHT'S subscription when the working man and his family really wanted re lief. These are home-thrusts which are not likely to be very welcome to the outrageous orator of Bir mingham, but they are nevertheless true, and may sink deeply into the minds of the working classes with good effect. The more the working men throughout the country organise associations the better it will be for them, and the more likely will they be to see the truth of public affairs, and arrive at the motives of public men. CORRESPONDENCE FRO2I PARIS. (FRODI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The Moniteur says :—" On the same day that the patent was published in Hanover authorising the incorporation of that kingdom with the Prussian Monarchy, King George released from their oaths of fidelity to him the magistrates, the ecclesiastics, and all the persons holding Government situations of whatever kind. This wise measure has enabled .several thousand persons to preserve with dignity functions, the remuneration for which formed their principal mode of existence. We hear from Frank fort that the patent legalising the taking possession of that city and surrounding territory, as well as the proclamation addressed upon the occasion to the in habitants by King William 1., were read publicly yesterday at the Ilmner by M. de Patow, Royal Governor, who was assisted by M. de Maday, Civil Commissioner." [The .Moniteur publishes the text of the documents, but it is not necessary to trans late them, as they only recapitulate known facts.] An unfortunate incident has taken place at Verona. A dispute between the Austrian soldiers and the inhabitants ended in a fight. An Austrian was killed and two others were wounded by his side. The military commandant issued a proclamation declaring the city in a state of siege. Similar events, but not of such a serious character, had taken place at Mantua and at Chioggia. The prompt evacuation of the fortresses by the Austrian troops will put an end to these lamentable transac tions, and there is a general desire in Italy for a " consummation so devouCly to be wished." Some of the Paris papers, which have a marvel lous gift of ascertaining secrets of the Cabinet which cannot possibly be known, have indulged in various speculations, more or less foolish, in regard to a visit paid at Athens by the Marquis de Moustier to the King of Greece during a very short stay there on his return to Paris to assume the duties of Minis ter of Foreign Affairs. The real feet is, as lam informed, that the visit was paid at the request of the King. There was nothing political in the visit. It, was merely one of courtesy. The death is announced of M. Auguste Polo, one of the editors of La France, whose articles were signed "A. Polin." lle belonged to gnv oSOe first 0.3 fi Some very interesting statistics, prepared by the municipal authorities, have just been issued. Dur ing the month of May last the number of births at Paris was 4,611-2,333 boys and 2,278 girls. The number of deaths was 3,806-1,948 males and 1,858 females. The excess of births over deaths was 805. During the same mouth there were 17 rainy days. The quantity of water delivered in the city was 5 milliards 22 millions of quarts from the Seine, the wells of Grenelle, the Dhuys, and the Marne. In the month of June the number of births was 4,386 2,222 boys and 2,164 girls. The number of deaths was 3,396-1,758 males and 1,638 females. The excess of births over deaths was therefore 990. During the month of June the number of rainy days in Paris was exactly the same as in May, viz., 17. The quantity of water delivered in the city by the water carriers, during the month of June, was 5 milliards 1 85,627,000 litres. Count d'llondetot, who was formerly aide-de camp to Louis Philippe, has just died in his 75th year. The death is also announced of the Princess Philippine de Reuss-Schleiz, in her 85th year. She was the last surviving sister of Prince de Reuss, now reigning. We are again under the sway of winter. It has been very cold, and so foggy all day that the light was very obscure without gas. It was necessary to light the gas in some of the shops and cafes. Once it was thought that England had the exclusive mo nopoly of fog, but for the last three weeks there has been more or less fog in Paris and the surrounding country almost every day. There is an Englishman in Paris now whom I really must denounce. The conversation in a café to-day having turned upon the fog, he said there was a peculiarity about. a fog. When it came it was mist, but if it did not come it would never be missed. The Moniteur of this evening says that the Mexi can Legation at Paris has received the following telegraphic despatch from the Emperor Maximi lian : "Valentia, Oct. 9. "To General Almonte, at Paris.—You will com municate to your legations that an excellent spirit exists amongst all classes. The Ministry is defini tively constituted. The best understanding exists with our allies. The Apizaro Railway has been opened. "MAXIMILIAN." To this news from Mexico 1 may add that a melancholy report, which has been in circulation at Paris for some days; is confirmed. The Empress of Mexico has lost her senses, and is quite mad. Some cases of cattle disease having suddenly manifested themselves in Switzerland, the French Government has withdrawn from operation the re lations announced in the recent circular of the Minis ter of Agriculture, so far as regards the frontiers of Germany and Switzerland. In consequence of the treaty of peace between Italy and Austria, Wurtemburg intends to send a representative to Florence, as Wurtemburg now forms a portion of the Confederation of the Southern States of Germany. ExploEion of i Farm Steam-Engine. An account has already been given of an explosion of.a farm-engine at South Hanningtield, Essex, by which au engine-driver, named John Saunders, lost his life, and two others were seriously injured. An inquest was hold at the farm-house on Monday, be fore Mr. 0. C. Lewis, coroner, on the body of Saunders— Mr. Edward Thomas, owner of the farm, being foreman of the jury. kr. Jeffrey Ambrose, occupier of Little' Cleydon's farm, deposed to seeing deceased and several men, all of whom were strangers to witness, coming on to the farm on Friday afternoon about two o'clock with a steam threshing machine for the purpose of threshing some peas. Theyplaced the ma chine in the yard against the barn, filled the boiler, lit the fire, and got the steam up; it was ready for work about four o'clock. When they started the machine the strap came off the fly-wheel. Deceased and the feeder were putting the strap on again, when the boiler burst, and deceased was thrown into the shed opposite, a distance of about 17 yards. The engine was broken into pieces, and thrown into the barn, a distance of four or five yards. Witness saw deceased was dead, but he did not go up to him, as he was so shocked at the injuries of the other men. Very shortly after de ceased's body was removed into one of the outbuildings and thence into the brewhouse, where it then lay.. After some further evidence the jury returned a verdict of " Accidcrktal Death•" LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA AND ITALY. THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF PEACE. VIENNA, Oct. 11. The ratification of the Treaty of Peace between Austria and Italy will be exchanged to-day at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It is believed that the Iron Crown of Lombardy will, at the same time, be handed over to General Menabrea. ITALY. FLORENCE, OCt. 10. The losses sustained by the Royal troops during the recent disturbances at Palermo are officially stated to have been as follows :-7 officers killed and wounded, and 332 soldiers killed and wounded. TURKEY. TRIESTE, OCt. 10. According to advices received here from Corfu, dated Bth inst., it was believed in that city that a rising of the Christian inhabitants of Epirus and Thessaly was imminent. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Oct. 10. proceed in person to e the last obstacle ta nc n e tio C o h p a le rl i e n s o i r s d a er bo to ut r t e o mov Constantinople on the part of the Porte to his recognition as ins podar of the Danubian Principalities. It is stated that the obstacle is not of an important character. The date of his departure for Constantinople is not yet fixed. MALTA. MALTA, OCt. 10. The quarantine hitherto in force against arrivals from the Archipelago and the Turkish coast between Alexandria and the Dardanelles is abolished, and that imposed on arrivals from Alexandria is reduced to 15 days. maintenance of law and the increase of the common welfare, even under the new order of things under which the impenetrable degree of God has placed us. " May God the Lord also continue to our c3untry in the future the rich blessings which He has hitherto vouchsafed unto it. May He give joy and consola tion to his Majesty King George and his Royal House under the heavy misfortune which has just stricken them. " The Secretaries-General of the Royal Ministries, " VON SEEBACH. HEINRICHS. BRUEL. FRANKEN. HARTMANN. " Hanover, Oct, 6, 1866." PHRENOLOGY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,— I am glad to find from the note of Dr. Donovan, published in The Sun, last evening, that the officials now connected with prisons, &c., are disposed to regard favour ably the phrenological science, and to assist its professors It is not generally known that so long ago as the year 1836, eighty certificates, signed by various medical and scientific men, including the late Dr. Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, the then Governor of Hanwell Asylum, Dr. Elliotson, F.R.S., &c., were presented by the late Sir Geo. Mackenzie to the late Lord Glenelg, and by his lordship transferred to Lord John Russell, who then managed our domestic business, and I believe that these documents, re commending the Government to test the theory with re spect to criminals, aro still extant in some Government office. Since that time the supposed science of cerebral physiology has advanced greatly in public opinion, and there can be no doubt that many able medical men more or less believe in it. Haydn, in his " Dictionary of Dates," Mr. Charles Knight, in his Cyclopaadia, and the Messrs. Chambers, of Edinburgh, in their useful books, have advo cated its principles. Early in the year 1849 I accompanied Dr. Conolly through the wards of Hanwell Asylum, when I asked him whether the principles of celebral physiology wore useful in the treatment of lunatics. He replied to the effect that they were beneficial, and that some medical men made use of them accordingly ; but he hinted that, in a public institution, medical mon must in some measure conform to the opinions of the authorities for the time be ing; and at that time, owing probably to the indiscreet conduct of some phrenological writers, there was much pr,judice against the science. It is gratifying to find that such public prejudice has de creased, and that the science is now likely to have the fair play which it merits. I was surprised to find in the Museum in Gothenburg, in Sweden, a collection of casts, including those of Burke, Eustache, &c., carefully labelled. It appears that only ono execution, or public strangling, as it was termed by the late Mr. Jerrold, has taken place at Newgate during the present year—a pleasant change since the year 1785, when, upon one occasion, twenty human beings were hanged there, chiefly for trivial offences ! Earl Russell hinted recently that, ere long, these sense less and discreditable sights will cease entirely. The re cent exhibition has confirmed the statement made in my " Curiosities of Occult Literature" respecting the inutility of hanging as a punishment so far as example is concerned, and the case of the criminal Jeffreys has proved that intem perance produces cruelty, and cruelty leads to crime, in this case barbarous and shocking.—l am, sir, yours obe diently, Cult. COOKE. London, Oct. 11, 1866. MARKE TS. --This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was moderately supplied with beasts chiefly in middling condition. Primo breeds moved off steadily, at full quotations, but inferior stock was dull, and rather cheaper. The top figure was 5s 4d per 81bs. Sheep, the supply of which was rather limited, were in fair re quest, at fully late rates. The beat Downs and half-breds realised 6s 4d per 81bs. There was a steady sale for calves, at Monday's currency—viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 6d per Sibs. The demand for pigs was steady, at very full prices. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d Crse & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10 Second quality do ..4 0 4 Prime large oxeu —I 8 5 0 Prime Scuts, ac.... 5 2 5 4 Crse. and int. s!ieep.3 10 4 2 Second quality du ..4 4 5 2 sded Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 0 5 10 Prime a'thdown a 0.6 0 6 4 Large coarse calves. 4 6 5 0 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6 Large hugs ....4 0 4 8 Small porkers 4 10 5 2 Lamb....Us Ud to 0 Od. Suckling calves, 21s to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 31s ti 31s each. _ _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts l,r 9J Beasts ..... . 512 Cows. — C0w5..... Sheep .1111 6mbs 5.200 Sheep awl 1 .mbs 1 S 0 Calves 3 0 Ca yes . figs 3OO , Pigs 9J MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand is steady, as follows :—Beef and pork; 1 4s (Rao 5s t3d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, £4 Os to .£5 5s ; clover, £5 Os to 16 6s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 108 per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 5s Od; clover, ,C 5 Os to £6 6s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 103 per load. Supply only moderate. _ _ WHirrEcuArni..—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 5s ; clover, £5 Os to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade inactive. AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.—About one o'clock this morning, a constable arrested two sailors on Donegal Quay for being drunk and disorderly. On bring ing them to the police-office, they each gave their names as Jack Stitt, father and son, the alleged parent being ap parently about 40, and the son 22 years of age. Head-con stable Lamb, while entering the charges, scrutinised the prisoners closely, aud, with the keenness•of a practised officer, detected something in the appearance of the younger prisoner which induced him to subject the young sailor to an examination by the female searcher. Her report confirmed the head-constable's suspicion, that the jolly young tar was a female. Denial of her sex was no longer possible, but she still stoutly maintained that her companion was her father, an assertion hoe ever, which there is good and sufficient reason for dis crediting. They report that the name of their vessel is the Liberty, of Ayr, which was to sail early this morning from Whitehouse. The younger prisoner's" make-up" as a sailor in dress and figure, and cut and disposition of the hair; is remarkably good. But her voice, which has a strong Scotch accent, has a feminine tone, which, in conjunction with certain other peculiarities, would lead a shrewd observer like the head-constable to suspect her sex. The prisoners will be brought up at the police-court to-day.—Northera Whig, An incident - which has just occurred at St. Pancras workhouse shows the need of some further reform there. A man who gave his name as Hymus lately applied at the workhouse to see his wife, who, he stated, was con fined in the insane ward. He was told there was no such woman there, and was shown the book containing the names of the inmates to convince him of thd fact. He was, however, still unconvinced, and was so very importu nate that an officer took him into the insane ward to show him there was no such woman there. The scene that took place, however, on his entering the ward convinced the officer that the man's story was true. It appeared that the woman was admitted in February last, on an order of Dr. Saul, but there was no record on the books of her admis sion or name, although a few months ago the guardians made a call of the house. SOMNAMBULISM.—On Tuesday night last a boy named Alger, about 14 years of age, son'of Mr. Alger, dealer, of Brandon, narrowly escaped injury through an unfortunale propensity for sleep walking. He had come to Bury with his uncle on Tuesday evening, in order to be in readiness for the market on the following day, and stayed at the Tollgate Inn, Northgate-road. lie went to bed at ten o'clock, and his uncle remained up some two or three hours later, and then got into the same bed in which the lad was lying sound asleep. All remained quiet until about two o'clock in the morning, when it was found that the boy had transferred himself from the bed to the road below. Some of the inmates of the house having been aroused, he was let in, and on an examination being made into the circumstances, it seemed that he had got up unnoticed by his uncle, removed the look ing-glass from the dressing table to the bed, then mounted the table, drawn down the upper sash, and leaped into the road, from a height of some 16 or 18 feet. All this was done in his sleep, but he was rather unceremoniously awakened by the shock occasioned by coming somewhat violently in contact with the ground. Ho alighted upon his feet, and did not appear to have suf fered much injury, though he was no doubt severely shaken. It seems that he is rather given to fits of som nambulism, and hail ou a previous occasion performed a similar feat.—Bury and Norwich Post. THE EITLANTIC CABLES—MESSAGE FROM PRESI DENT JOHNSON.—At the Liverpool banquet to the layers of the Atlantic cables a congratulatory message was forwarded from the chairman to the President of the United States. Yesterday, at a meeting of the council of the Liverpool. Chamber of Commerce, the following reply was read from President Johnson : —" The President of the United States reciprocrates the friendly congratula tions of the banquet at Liverpool, and trusts that the people of Great Britain aud America may henceforth and for ever remember that, in the progress of human progress, they will be held to have been, not alien and hostile Powers, but kindred nations springing from one root, portions of one race, extending the common principles of liberty and humanity." The message was sent from Washington by Mr. Seward to Capt. Hamilton. During a discussion on this subject, Mr. Paterson pointed out that, so far, Ame rica reaped the chief benefit of the telegraphic communica tion, for while news or information from America cost large sums to obtain, the American papers contained daily tele grams Of European AVM. LITERATURE. Dame Perkins and her Grey Mare• Illustrated by " Phiz." Sampson Low, and Co. Pbiz is himself again ! With a comic pencil not unworthy of his reputation of old, his humorous fancy here fairly flies helter-skelter over ditch and over dale, " thorough brake, thorough briar," in pur suit of that very delightful old lady whose adven tures are here celebrated, in congenial rhyme, by Mr. Lindon Meadows. Dame Perkins, thanks to Lindon Meadows's pen and Hablot Browne's pen cil, emulates, in a wonderful manner, but with a trifle more of credit to herself, both in the superior strength of her bridle-hand and in the greater excel lence and tenacity of her seat, the perilous feats performed in the saddle by that immortal citizen of London town, John Gilpin the Haberdasher. As the frontispiece of this most amusing volume, Dame Perkins is pourtrayed just as he she is about to start from her farm-house door—little dreaming that she is bent unconsciously on "running such a rig" as the sequel shows her to have done, and that, too, trium phantly. Black-bonneted, red-cloaked, market basket on arm, forth sets the old lady, mounted on her old grey mare, Sal, who soon, while jogging along, comfortably drops asleep—jogging on still in spite of her slumbers ! Presently, however, up wakes the old mare with a vengeance ! Rat-tail rampant —eggs flying out of basket—red cloak like a banner —the old mare is on her hindlegs, and the old dame on her mettle as a horsewoman ! A turn of the leaf, however, and the cry is fairly " Hark, Forward I' Or as that "ridiculous fellow" Eugene Rayburn would say, " With a Heyho chivey--and like wise with a harkforward, harkforward tantivy !" —the oldmare well up to her work, and the old Dame, too, for that matter : but otherwise the black bonnet and red cloak rather in the way, and the eggs of the market basket just nowhere ! Our next view of them all is illus trative—rampantly—flyingly,of "The First Jump." Our next—drenchingly, i l draggledly—of their suc cessful passage through the " The Brook." Next —et la Turpin in his ride to York—the old lady is seen (her bonnet half off her head, one stocking rather visible) flying the garter over the five barred turnpike gate, to the indignation and amazement of the toll-taker. To crown all and to perfect all completely in this humor ous record of the " strange eventful history" of Old Dame Perkins and her grey mare, the old girl comes splendidly in at the death in her own farm yard, where we behold the huntsman presenting her with the brush as an honour well won and nobly well deserved. As to a table-book of merry rhymes and brightly coloured illustrations in Hablot Browne'slightest but happiest manner, commend us to this laughter-moving ditty about Dame Perkins, who is a sort of a homely Mazeppa and Gilpin and Turpin of the feminine gender all rolled into one, and sent out a-hunting on the back of an old gray mare. MUDIE'S LIST OF NEW BOOKS is as sure a guide to the Current Literature of the age as Bradshaw is to the rail way traffic of the month, or Murray to the chequered routes of the continental tourists. Mudie's List, however, is so far better than Brad shaw's Guide that it is comprehensible upon the instant, affording the reader who consults it a bird's eye view, almost at a glance, over a prospect which is at once immense and wonderfully picturesque. A catalogue more suggestive, who could wish for? It goes directly to the point aimed at. It tells us what the new books are—good, bad, and indifferent. But no—the bad will be looked for in vain there ; for instance, no mention at all being made of Mr. Swinburne's suppressed volume of libidinous verse. It catalogues the works, therein mentioned, more over, under two heads—under their titles respec tively, and under the names of their authors, when ever those author's names are not concealed under the anonymous. And though Mudie's List, after all, is, to all intents and purposes, no more than a mere Catalogue, it is one that has about it the very flavour and aroma of literature. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.—" Naval Affairs during the last Seven Years" is resumed, and, we .imr , ose. finished in this number. The urguinentfi are much the same, though the writer cannot, and indeed does not attempt to, escape from the admis sion, thz t if much has been done much more has been left undone by the late " Liberal " Board of Admiralty. The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord, and Lord Clarence Paget, as Secretary, had much their own way. The one dictated and the other justified that, " whatever is, is right." It is an old saying among sailors that there is no Sunday in seven fathoms water, and it was the rule or at least the practice at the Admiralty that the Board could do no wrong. So that many-coloured maxim passed from the Board to the Dockyard, and iu due time got well seasoned into the system. So much was this the case, that an " Old Salt" bet his week's grog —the most precious item in his mind's eye—that the foreman of the dockyard could not tell a bit of British oak from a piece of old junk, nor could the First Lord, for, though the High Admiral of seamen, he was but a landsman after all. And the Old Salt won his bet and saved his grog, for he con densed a piece of salt beef into so hard a substance that it required a chisel to discern the grain of the wood which the foreman mistook for English oak, for he could not tell one from the other. So it is with the system of the Board. " My Lords" have so ingrained their habit of irresponsibility into the old ship that every successive board becomes a chip of the block, and the omnipoteLt will of the board is a com mand not to be questioned, however common sense may hesitate a doubt as to the soundness of all the Ship's timbers. Our present advocate takes shelter under some plausible truths, and does his best to shield the doings of the Board, with a pardonable success. But the same high-handed management, whether it were right or wrong, carried the day throughout, and the good of the service was always set up as a never-failing justification. No doubt the transition from wood to iron has bothered the heads of the Board, as it has partly upset " the hands" of the fleet. But we cannot excuse the obstinacy of men who would not see what all the world beside ob served and believed. Yet their eyes were opened at the last moment, as a sudden catastrophe is said to bring people to reason, just in time to note that the plank is ready for them to walk ; and so what might have been done years ago to the great saving of cost was attempted at last at more cost. The success of the experiment on the Royal Sovereign's turret covered the unbelievers with confusion. Now we have a new Board, which we hope will conde scend to think and learn for the good of the service and the satisfaction of the country. The honour and safety of England should be paramount to all party, be its denomination ever so pretentious or ex clusive. " The French Navy" is discussed at some length, but rather in too much of the bombastic style, for no abuse of our neighbours can add to our glory. The French build good ships and invent many things whieh we might copy to our profit, but their iron-clads are as yet more fitted for fresh water than for the storms of an unruly Atlantic. In fact iron ships are but in their " teens." It will take time to make a good man-of-war out of them. " Modifications in War caused by Railways and Breech-loading Rifles," by Capt. W. W. litiollys, 93d Sutherland Highlanders, is a good paper, show ing the obvious changes that must take place con sequent on the new inventions in military matters. He illustrates his positions by ingenious diagrams. " On the Organisation of a British Landwehr," or universal militia, inscribing a half a million of men from 18 to 30 on a ballotlistsomewhat after the Prus sian model, is a bold, and, we must add, a very good idea. The exposure of our present system is well timed, and will, we hope, be of service. We commend this paper to the especial attention of GenerO Peel and the Horse Guards. But we have no faith in the ac ceptance of any plan that will supersede the present stiff-necked and unnatural system. Red tape is the prevailing curse of the day, be it in the army or navy. Nothing but a national calamity will uproot the system which has cost so much and achieved so little for the last half a century. There are several excellent articles which we have not room to specify more particularly, such as " The Wounds of Rifle Bullets in Battle," " Notes on British Light Drill," " Adventures of Edmund Leigh," " Recollections of Sandhurst," and " A Journey, or Voyage, from *P.P.."' London to Tonghoo, Burmah," inwhich — there f much to interest or surprise. MACMILLAN.—Henry Kingsley's story, " Silcote of Silcotes" is continued in its accustomed strain, growing perhaps more weird and singular as it pro ceeds. The Rev. Archer Gurney contributes some " Reminiscences of Vienna," which are very well worth reading at this juncture. " Anaateurship" is the title of a pleasant-enough paper, containing some sensible remarks on the different degrees of study necessary for success in art. " Hints on the Organi sation of Girls' Schools" treat of some of the diffi culties of education. Among the best of the re maining Mrs. Norton's story of " Old Sir Douglas" proceeds at some length, but it is not certainly a pleasing story, notwithstanding its undoubted talent. There are several other papers, among the best being a biographical sketch of Henry Hudson, the navi gator, who gave his name to Hudson's Bay. TIIE ST. JAMES'S.—Miss Braddon's novel having reached its last chapters in the September number, a new story is commenced in this part. It would be as yet premature to judge " A Life's Mystery," but we very much doubt whether it will equal its predecessor in ability or interest. " Out of Charity" is continued, and the fair Eva is allowed to hope that the whole story of her birth and parentage is an error. "The Great Composers of the Last Century" form the subject of a readable paper, especially attractive to musicians. " Across Ross-shire" gives a pleasant and graphic account of some wanderings in the Highlands. " Christ Church, Oxford : its Past, Present, and Prospective Changes," is the title of a paper which traces the history of that dis tinguished college. THE VICTORIA NIAGAZINE.—The continuation of the memoir of Madame de Stael contains some in teresting extracts from her miscellaneous writings, and affords some idea of their extent and variety. " The Propriety of establishing a Female College of Midwifery" is very ably discussed, and the portance of the study of the English language, as mental training for the young student, is the subject of a useful and suggestive paper by Mr. Crompton. The instalment of M. Laboulaye's treatise on the Civil and Political Status of the Female Sex, is this month less dry than usual, since it carries us into the arena of history, and shows us how the right of succession to several European thrones was affected • by the laws concerning women. THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—The usual miscel laneous collection of tales, poems, sketches, .and other articles presents itself in this magazine, the number being, on the whole, somewhat above the average. " A Walk from Sheffield to Manchester , and " Language" are among the best of the papers/ being good subjects, and well treated. THE DAY OF REST.—" The Path of Thorne is finished in a satisfactory manner, and the heroine's unfortunate course is exchanged for a brighter road. Some entertaining line sketches are met with 0 11 the events of domestic life. " B rom pt on C em etery ,, figures in the pencillings of suburban cemeteries, and is interestingly describ e d. " Wome n o f th e Bible'' contains a chronicle of Queen Esther. " The Philo sophy of an Hour-Glass" is a good sketch. t$ din 1 " t Di E /Ida. eurtubt HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Tuesday. The Queen went out in the morning, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Mar" chioness of Ely, and drove in the afternoon, acconr panied by Princess Christian. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale dined with do Queen and Royal Family. Ms Excellency the Austrian Ambassador auu the Austrian Embassy have removed from Chandos House to 18, Belgrave-square. The Earl and Countess of Listowel's infant Soo and heir was baptised on Tuesday last, on which occa!o u a select family party assembled at Kingston House! Knightsbridge. „flie Earl Brownlow will leave town on Saturday next for Mentone. The Dowager Countess of Lichfield has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Tunbrido Wells. The Lord Chancellor will give his customal breakfast to the judges and leading members of the bar oa the 2d proximo, the first day of Michaelmas Term, at th ° noble and learned lord's residence in Eaton-squa re ' Previously to the reception of the several judges th i ° Lord Chancellor will receive the Lo r d M ayor e l ec t as the leading civic authorities, when his lordship will sig . ' nify the Queen's approbation of the choice made by til ° 'citizens of London of their chief magistrate for the car . suing year. Lord and Lady Elcho, since leaving Tunbridg e Wells, have been visiting in Scotland. Lord Bleb°, in consequence of a slight accident, was prevented going !° Brussels to be present with the volunteers, as ho fully intended to have done. Major-General Lord George Paget, the inspector' general of cavalry, is at present in Ireland on a tour ° I inspection. The Hon. Frederick and Lady Elizabeth Villier° have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley -square, for Middleto n Park. Colonel the Hon. Richa r d an d L a d y M arga ret Charteris have arrived at their residence in Bruton-stre et, from their seat in Suffolk. Sir Alexander Malet is shortly expected to retur n home from Frankfort. Lieutenant-Colonel William Jay, Mr. and 1‘ 11.5. John Jay, and the Misses Jay, of New York, have arm rived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner, W ill Paris. THE NEW ACT FOR THE PURIFICATION OF 1115 THA3lES.—Yesterday was issued a local act, passe ol in the recent session, for the purification of the give Thames, by the diversion therefrom of the sewage of O 1;, ford, Abingdon, Reading, Kingston, Richmond, Twicken; an d utilisation Isleworth, and Brentf or d, an d f or th e co ll ec ti o n "`:. utilisation of the sewag e . Th e p ream bl e rec it es th a t, nude existing arrangements, the sewage of towns situate o n the River Thames above the metropolis is carried into t h a ° river, and thereby the waters of the river are polluted, sn the health and comfort of the inhabitants of the valley oft river below these t owns are affected, and that it would P" of great local and public advantage if the sewage was di verted from the river. Hence the present act, of 68 'ee tions, pointing out the mode and m anner o f it s o p e rsti° n ; There are provisions as to the distu r b ance o f th e river, ~- depths of the main pipe, also protection to the railways n° , waterworks that maybe interfered with in carrying out th act to purify the Thames. COMMITTAL OF FENIANS FOR STEALING GOAr° 4' MENT STORES.—Yesterday the Liverpool magistrates cow; mitted for trial at the assizes the four Fenians charged O r stealing arms from various Government and volunt ee „ depots. Some curious evidence was given as to the ni° a . 0 in which the prisoners communicated with each other 1 gaol, and took a room in a warehouse for the s toring . c ' d the cases of arms, representing that the room w as requ ire for the manufacture of gaspiping. Ono of the prisons had given a false name, was identified as ha vifi pr once been a member of the Liverpool Irish Volun te ' Brigade. I+ A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.—The following k copy of a report found in a bottle by Mr. Edo . ° l t Spencer, on the beach at Freshwater, and now lylog iiji the office of Messrs. Long and Son, ship agents, Yarme u , s I.W. :—" May 3d, 1866, on our way home. The coviln is gone. We are a complete wreck. - H ave seen DO ttiftr for 72 days. Despair has taken pos sess i on o f us . Wo of hope, but lam resigned to my lot.. I dare say wo h n o. many kind sympathisers on shore. Good bye to the 'O r We have experienced a fearful gale.—Captain Pondersent: first mate, J. Depanzie ; second mate, R. P. Marleo t° ,, ig American ship Virgin Mary. P.S.—lf th e fi n d e r of could find the family—Mrs. Ponderson and five childrent./., he or she would greatly obli ge me b y t e lli ng h er our W 1- , and furniture is in the h an d s o f M r . J a i se l eu , 54, I°lll'' ton-street, Massachusetts, N.A." t he A case of some importance was hear 3 a- e .d Liverpool Police C our t, on S a t ur d ay. O n th e l a st veY a ;, to New York o f th e N a ti ona l S team N av i ga tion 'C° 3l .a pany's ship Virgi n i a , severa l o f th e a bl e seam en al b° o f were directed to remove some coals for the purpes e o o; trimming the vessel. The men refused to do the ' c t io on the plea that it did not come within the range °f d. to duties which they, as able seamen, had been engag e d t o perform. The consequence was that the captain ha l l do . pay steerage passengers for removing the coals, and Iw t . a , ducted the cost of the wages of the seamen. The qu eS however, was of larger importance than might be suPP: „.as for it seems that on previous occasions the men en the Virginia and other steamers had been ordered to rev' , qie coals, and that a combination bad been entered into tgiv'ed men to refuse to do such work in future. They also de6l to submit to the deduction of their wages as made I ' l o o captain of the Virginia, and one man summoned the °sl o e! , to recover his full pay. The court decided that able s e A w ith were bound to perform all reasonable duties conneetey, . 1 ,00 the navigation of the ship, and that the removal of CO work which they ought to do if requested. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF LONDON. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 11. The Inman steamer City of London,' from New York on the 28th ult., arrived here at 5.35 a.m. to-day, with 249 passengers and £2,000 sterling. She landed 81 parsengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.50 a.m. _ Her telegraphic advices have been anticipated. ARRIVAL OF THE HANSA. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 11. The North German Lloyds steamer Hansa, from New York on the 28th ult., passed the Needles at 9.45 a.m to-day. (Br ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (Evening). Gold, 149. Exchange on London, 158 k. 5-20 Bonds, 113 f. Illinois, 1271. Erie, 832. Cotton, 37c. Petroleum crude, 24i do. refined, 43. OVERLAND MAILS, MALTA, Oct. 10. The Delta left at 8 p.m. on the 9th, and may be expected at Marseilles on the 12th inst. Letters in London on Saturday evening or Mon- day morning. The Massilia leaves at 4 p.m. for Southampton where she may be expected on the 19th inst. GIBRALTAR, Oct. 9. The Taniore. fre Snlifll;nrintnn nn th e 4th in . t ., ~-okay at a.m., and leaves at 10 a. m . for Alexandria. All well. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 10.—Two o'clock.—Certain dis quieting reports exercise a somewhat depressing effect on the market, and sales are taking place in all Securities. Threes, for the Account, are quoted at 68f. 75c., a decline of 25c., and Italian Fives at 55f. 15c., or 45c. lower. Credit Mobilier Shares are offered with a fall of 10f. 50e., to 632 f. 50c. ; and Credit Foncier with a fall of 10f., to 1,360 f. Comp toir d'Escompte are 2f. 50c. lower, at 890 f., with little doing. Immobiliere also lose 2f. 50c., to 397 f. 50c. Railway Shares are likewise dealt in at lower quotations, though transactions are few in this class of Securities. English Consols are now quoted in London for the November Account. They are telegraphed with a decline of 1 1. The amount paid for carrying over has been to Three o'clock.—The market has remained dull, and with scarcely any change, and closed as fol lows : 4} per Cents 97 Bank Shares 3575 Do. end month — Italian Loan 55 25 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Do. end month 55 15 Do. end month 6B 80 Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier ... 630 Do. Bonds — Do. end month ... 631 25 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ___ Home Debt — Do. end month 1360 Deferred RAILWAYS. For Account. Orleans ................................... 857 50 Northern ................................. 1165 Lyons and Mediterranean....,,,,.,. 895 Southern ................................. 573 75 Western .................... ............. . Eastern .................................. 515 Sardinian . ................................ Austrian ................................. 375 Lombard .................................. 408 75 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman ........... . . 135 PRUSSIA AND HANOVER. HANOVER, OCt. 8. The fallowing is the text of the proclamation by which the Hanoverians are absolved from their alliance to King George : " His Majesty King William of Prussia having taken possession of the country and its government by the Patent of the 3d of the present month, in exe ecution of the law of the 20th September, relative to the union of the Kingdom of Hanover with the Prussian monarchy, which law was published by the collection of the Hanoverian laws, all the subjects of the Kingdom of H an o v er have received orders to recognise henceforth the King of Prussia as their King and Sovereign, and to yield obedience to all his laws, ordinances, and commands. " Considering with a paternal heart the painful and grievous conscientious difficulty in which many of his Majesty's most faithful subjects are conse quently placed, King Ge org e V. has deigned to re lease, under reservation of all his rights, all the subjects of the kingdom, and particularly all who are employed in the civil service of the Kitig, and those discharging ecclesiastical and educational functions, from their obligations as subjects, or their duties towards his Majesty or his legitimate successors, resulting from their services or functions confirmed by oaths of homage or service, in the present case of a conflict between those duties and what is demanded by ' his Majesty the King of Prussia, and so far as the fulfilment of what is required from them is in contradiction with those duties, under the reservation, however, that the latter again become obligatory from the moment that King George V. or one of his legitimate suc cessors should reassume the exercise of government in the kingdom. In bringing this to the knowledge of the public, with the satisfaction of thus tran quillising many troubled consciences, we believe we may also hope that the civil servants of the king will not hesitate, in consequence, to continue exer eising their functions in the name of his Majesty the King of Prussia. In difficult times like the present all are bound in the highest degree to serve their country withthe t a l en t w hi c h i s v ouchsafed to th em, even against their personal inclinations, and to contribute according to their position to the I are 89 yest £ll, Ale) Naz chief cons nov of tl side] and gen( Gre l the day, Priel LIOn Thri tie s , Ban 209 187: La s rall3 the tale and erre, late 20 2; 2i 3 , Gold liort N% Gi ei a 1 ,, 1:4 NPei e v , lie lv LI ( Arkti ~~ ~xci Bab] A Ar g , •;,usl brae b 1.), ille, ~. 11 uhil , ll u o i c , b, iiati D, Lqu 1) IS g y 1), vr et D. D,