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The address, which was brief and to the purpose, rendered testimony to the ability and suc cess with which Mr. GLADSTONE had managed the finances of the country, and paid a less merited compliment to the " judicious measure of Reform" introduced under his auspices, concluding with the expression of a hope that the country may long con tinue to have the ai vantage of his " great abilities and undoubted political honesty." Few of Mr. GLLDSTONE'S opponents would hesitate to admit his claims to such a testimonal, and it is no doubt grati fying to him, after the storms and dissensions of the past few months, to receive such evident tokens of the respect and attachment with which he is regarded by the great body of his coun trymen. Mr. GLADSTONE, in acknowledging the compliment, remarked that he felt an especial interest in that part of the country, though unconnected with it personally, from his long association with one whose memory is fondly cherished there--•the late Lord HERBERT. Mr. GLADSTONE paid an eloquent tribute to his memory, and quoted the lines— " A sweeter and a lovelier gentleman, Framed in the prodigality of nature, The spacious earth cannot afford again," as illustrative of the richness and variety of his na. tural endowments, and of the blank which his pre mature death left in the circle of his friends and neighbours. " Happy in all the circumstances of his life, happy in his position, happy in his descent, happy in his domestic relations, happy in his means of doing good, happy in his social qualities, happy, above all, in that love and fear of GOD which were the basis of his whole life—if he was taken from us earlier than our shortsighted desires might have suggested, he has left among us what may be called a fragrant and a blessed memory." Passing from this subject to the more agitating questions of the day, Mr. GLADSTONE readily acknowledged the willingness of the country at large to do justice to the motives and conduct of its public men. The condition of the country was, he observed, a source of unmixed satisfaction. Not withstanding the severe and prolonged monetary crisis through which we have passed, the revenue of the country has never for a moment flagged; and " although the pressure upon those interests which are directly connected with the use of capital has, during the last three months, gone beyond all for mer precedent, yet, at the same time, the demand for labour bas continued almost without diminu tion." Such, at least, is Mr. GLADSTONE'S verdict, and he is no mean authority. He draws from it the inference that the transition from a system of fettered and trammelled to one of open and free industry has resulted not only in the enormous ex tension of the commercial transactions of the coun try, but also to the attainment of a degree of steadi ness and consolidation never before known. Upon The vexed question of the Reform Bill Mr. GLAD STONE could not of course be silent, especially after the direct reference to it in the address. He did not attempt an elaborate defence of the bill, only remarking that the members of the late Govern ment were the oldest and most experienced servants of the Crown, and therefore it was not a little strange that the charge of haste and rashness should have been brought against their measure. For the future he would not pledge himself or his friends to any particular course beyond that of a consistent support of those principles which they have hitherto advocated. Mr. GLADSTONE spoke without preju dice of the position of the present Ministry with re gard to this question, and even declined to pursue the subject at any length, because he said it was one which should be judged independently o f any personal consideration, and the weight of public opinion would be disparaged if it could with justice be said that the Ministers who have been politically overthrown were endeavouring to inflame the public mind. For himself and his friends, he believed they had done their part, and the question now rested with the people of the country, who will no doubt take care that it does not fall into abey- Not the least interesting portion of the day's au ce. ---------:.....-7—_ proceedings was the tribute paid by Professor FAWCETT, himself a native of Salisbury, to the heroic exertions of Mrs. GLADSTONE on behalf of the sufferers from the visitation of cholera,, a tribute gracefully acknowledged by Mr. GLADSTONE. Such conduct is dictated by no desire for praise ; but it is, nevertheless, right and fitting that some acknowledgment should be made of the public debt to those who stayed the panic and braved the danger for the sake of relieving the anguish and the destitution of their suffering fellow-citizens. A meeting of the EYRE Defence and Aid Fund took place lately for the purpose of ascertaining what had been done, and what progress had been made. Mr. THOMAS CARLYLE was in the chair, and stated that 25 names had been added to their num ber during the last week, and subscriptions were flowing in on all sides. Ile proposed very wisely that the list of subscribers to the fund should be announced in the daily papers, and that the public should be invited to continue their subscriptions. Mr. RUSKIN made some remarks which were much to the point, and he appropriately commenced by observing that " it was as difficult to account for the violence of the attack upon Mr. EYRE, as for the narrowness of temper which had given it special direction." It is really quite a relief to meet with so able a resunze of the facts of this much misrepre sented case, and so clear an exposition of the cause adopted by the Jamaica faction. The question now brought home to the English people, as Mr. RUSKIN truly said, was whether Mr. EYRE, under very difficult circumstances, and in imminent public danger, had or had not done his duty to the best of his power and ability. As for taking the narrow issue of the matter, which related to whether the circumstances required more or less than he did, you might just as well bring a general who won a decisive battle to trial, because it was said that he had lost five or six men through unneces sarily taking up a dangerous position, or had shot a peasant by mistake for a spy. We quite agree with Mr. RUSKIN when he says that it might have been very well to have superseded Mr. EYRE had he lost Jamaica instead of saving it, but not even then should he have been brought to trial. But, "as the matter stands, the official removal of him from his place was an act of national imbecility, which had not hitherto its parallel in history." Mr. RUSKIN concluded by an eloquent condemnation of the selfish policy which has unhappily prevailed among us for some time past, and which has wrought such evil consequences in many directions. The removal of Mr. EYRE was the act, as this prosecution was the cry, of a nation blinded by its avarice to all true valour and virtue, and haunted by phantoms of both, " the suicidal act of a people, which, for the sake of filling its pockets, would pour mortal venom into all its air and all its streams ; would shorten the lives of its labourers by thirty years of life, that it might get its needle-packets twopence each cheaper, would communicate its liberty to the foreign na tions by forcing them to buy poison at the cannon's mouth, and prove its chivalry to them by shrink ing in panic from a people being slaughtered through a people who had given them their daughter for their future Queen, and then would howl in the frantic collapse of their decayed con sciences that they might be permitted to reward with ruin the man who had dared to strike clown one seditious leader, and rescue the lives of a popu lation." This is an admirable definition of the man- ner in which some persons persist in treating ques tions of vital importance to national character and domestic interests, and the injuries thus inflicted on nations and individuals are very considerable. It is, indeed, time to show that these narrow views do not represent the feelings of the whole English people, but are only those of a pretentious and prejudiced minority. Earl RUSSELL deserved to lose the confidence of the nation and forfeit his position, if it were only for his conduct towards Mr. EYRE, which was, indeed, quite unworthy of an Eng lish Alinister. He was sacrificed to suit the clamours of a faction, and, as usually happens in such cases, those whom he sought to propitiate are not satisfied but ask for more. Mr. HAMILTON lIUME, honorary secretary, stated a few facts relative to Mr. EYRE'S position at present. In consequence of his suspension in January he was prevented from serving the two months required for completing the four years' administration of government which would entitle him to a first-class pension, and in consequence of his dissmissal in July he was debarred from com pleting the year which yet remained to make up the eighteen years' services as Colonial Governor, which allowed the full amount of pension. The result of suspension and removal combined was to put his claim in the second instead of the first place, and to entitle him to two-thirds instead of the full premium grantable. Indeed the Secretary of State may declare that he has forfeited all claim to any pension whatever in consequence of his dis- missal ; and, even if he did not do so, as Mr. EYRE is only fifty-one, he cannot receive any pension for the next nine years, under the act of Parliament. Mr. HUME truly stated that he considered these facts ought to be known, and that they only required to be known through the country to cause still greater sympathy to be evinced for Mr. EYnE. We trust that there will be no want of support or manifested in this matter, but that those who have so earnestly taken up the cause of the oppressed may meet with all the encouragement that can be theirs. When once the people of this country un- derstand a thing they are not slow to act, and the more they consider the treatment of Mr. EYRE, the more will they arrive at the conclusion that he has been ill-used. If the wrongs he has already met with are not enough, and more than enough, to call for sympathy, the course pursued towards him by the Jamaica Committee specially calls for inter ference. It is high time that the independent mem bers of the community should bestir themselves to show that the they fier a c r e e d n e e n i o th o e o r ia titoonsofthe be ie timidated by demagogues who dictate to others in so arbitrary a fashion, or interfered with by the mischievous meddling of perverse and prejudiced partisans. A more unfair course was never pursued towards a public man by those who ought to have appreciated his devotion, and when a clique presume to take the matter into their own hands, and continue the persecution for themselves, nothing remains but for the voice of public opinion to decide against them and declare their condemnation. . That such will done we do not doubt, and indeed to do so would be to imply that public honour and public spirit no longer exist among us but in the record of the past. We are not surprised that the dissatisfied feelings so long prevalent in Paris should not have abated, and indeed- have increased of late. The conduct of the Berlin Government towards Saxony has been arbitrary and oppressive in the extreme ; and this is a subject upon which the French feel deeply, and more especially so as the Emperor NAPOLEON urged the claims of Saxony with as much force as he could. An apparent compliance to the Imperial request has since been shown to be a feint, and really we are quite at a loss to see in what manner the Saxons are better off than the Ilanoverians. Th le will be no real liberty enjoyed, a n d no more more prospect of independent resistance made than if the former were in the place of the latter. As might have been expected the Saxon Plenipotentiaries have had to give in in some important respects, and the fortress of Konigstein is to be permanently garrisoned by Prussian troops, and the military affairs of Saxony are also to be placed under the control of Prussia. It is thought that these were the chief hindrances in the way of coming to a settlement ; but not the less must the French feel annoyed and irritated. Herr BISMARCK has treated the communications of ranee with supreme contempt and indifference, and the Government at Paris seem to be of opi nion that some demonstration on their part may be needed, for they have given directions that the Chassepot -rifle be placed in the hands of all the line by the end of the year, and we are informed that the re-organisation of the army is in contem plation. Besides this, a committee will inquire into the best means to adopt for the army to be raised to a million and a half. All these signs may indi cate that peace, though now certain, may not always remain so secure. In the Prussian Chamber of Deputies BisatAncK introduced a Bill for the incorporation of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, which of course he desired to have passed without any delay. Haste seems to be the prevailing characteristic of the Prussian policy. The fact is, that their doings will not bear delay, and, indeed, they are determined that nothing shall be said about their acts. The Belgian journals have incurred great odium by the free manner in which they have discussed late events, and the semi-official Gazette thinks fit to call them to account, and warns them to be cautious lest they are hereafter ranked among the enemies of Prussia. However, we are pretty well used to this sort of jargon by this time. TIN arrival of the Cuba, from Halifax and Boston, after, as usual, a rapid passage, brings intelligence of the state of affairs in New York to the 30th ult. President JOHNSON, accompanied by Mr. SEWARD, General GRANT, and Admiral FARRAGUT, left Washington on the lath en route for Chicago, and great preparations were made at New York for his reception. The Philadelphian Municipality refused to take any part in his reception in that city, but Mr. JOHNSON can very well afford to endure their disapprobation. His reception at New York was most enthusiastic, and the PRESIDENT and his suite were entertained by the principal citizens at a grand banquet. Mr. JOHNSON made a speech expressing his determina tion to carry out his policy and restore the Union. Mr.SE WARD also spoke, and said that the press cried for war with Mexico, Spain, and England ! Mr. SEWARD himself has never been supposed to be averse to the latter ; but even he must by this time have arrived at the conclusion that the country requires a little peace externally as well as inter nally. However, Mr. SEWARD did not confess to any change in his sentiments, but turned the pugnacity of the press to good account, for he declared himself willing to undertake any war which the nation required, but since the Congress would not admit the Southern represen tatives, he was unwilling to go to war with one leg, and was anxious to have the lame leg made right. The municipality of New York intend to present Mr. JOIINSON with an address, and the New York Senate have passed a motion of welcome, so that all classes will have taken part in his reception. Of course it is not surprising to find the animosity of the Radicals more virulent than ever in opposition to the general feeling. Several Republican Senators have attacked the PRESIDENT with the utmost vigour, accusing him of sanctioning the massacres in New Orleans, and declaring that his policy would cause another civil war. Judging fromthe former spe2ches of these gentlemen, we might suppose this to be the highest compliment which they could pay him. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The Paris papers being entirely ignorant of the causes and circumstances connected with the resig nation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Drouyn de l'Huys, continue to indulge in various speculations upon the subject. To aid them in their conjectures they make extracts from the German and Italian papers. Some of these journals deduce from the fact the probability of more accord be tween France and Prussia. Others imagine that it affords proof of the intention to assume a more de cisive attitude in regard to the Roman question. The Nazione is of opinion that although M. Drouyn de I'Huys had signed the convention of the 15th of September, he might not now be disposed to insure its execution in a manner completely satisfactory to Italy. The Italie upon this subject says :—" We may consider the resignation of M. Drouyn de l'Huys as a fortunate event for us. The Emperor, in sepa rating himself from that Minister, gives an indica tion of shaping his policy in the sense of the Italian alliance." Some of the Austrian papers give an opinion that the event affords evidence of a more resolute policy as regards claims to territory upon the Rhine. The rest of the conjectures of Prussian and other foreign papers prove that the writers see in the resignation motives for believing in a less favourable attitude towards Austria, and the hope of perfect accord between France and Prussia. Some journals see looming in the future the revival of the Oriental question. Indeed, for some days past there have been rumours in well-informed quarters of some startling point likely soon to arise in reference to the affairs of the East. A letter from Brescia, dated August 31, states that Garibaldi had left that morning for Salo, after visiting his son Ricciotti, who was better. Gari baldi iutends to give a number of red jackets, pre sented by ladies, as prizes to the Volunteers who shall most distinguish themselves in the shooting matches. There has been a terrible accident on the Orleans Railway, near Saint Maixeut, between Poitiers and Niost. Six persons were killed and nineteen more or less injured. It happened to the Post-office train, on its way to Paris, which was composed of nine carriages, of which five—two empty first-class carriages, one second class, and two third-class— were precipitated down a cutting three metres high, and two of them were almost shivered to atoms. T o f h t e hlocomotivepersons te i d i i ko d uni n oloe o twd t : g n_ng e o t off Awalnr the .pbt asuhteeanai rails. naitscig T oue fin h r df e yoa c se is ioenf, p th ro e gre si: Mdlle. Biaille, Madame Laffargue, the curate of Nanteiul, and a custom-house officer. The name of the other sufferers have not been ascertained. Two of the persons injured reside in Paris, M. de Gouzalvo and M. Grateau, an engine er . Th ere h as also been an accident on the northern line: The evening before last the train, just before i e le n r t e eri t n h g e the station at Paris, ran into a goods train left on the line, in consequence of a mistake in the signal, Th e Church of St. Louis, at Rome, w Emperor's fete was celebrated, is the national church which France possesses in that city, and is a remark ably beautiful edifice. It was constructed in the reign of Catherine de Medici, in 1478, under the pontificate of Sixtus the Fourth, and was placed under the patronage of St. Louis, King of France. There are three naves, the centre one is ornamented with Sicilian jasper. The chapels are enriched with paintings by eminent Italian and French masters. There is the " Death of St. Louis," by Natione ; " The Assumption," by Bassan ; "The Life of St. Cecile," by Guido Reni; and " Le Dominiquin la Bienheureuse," "Jeanne de Valois," by Parvocal, and " St. Matthew," by le Caravage. 'The church contains the tombs of many illustrious men, including thoeeot Cardinalde Beries, Cardinal d'Oigat, Jerome THE SUN, LONIJOIN, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1866. d'Agincourt, and Claude G °lee, surnamed the Lorrain. The service is performed by 12 French chaplains, appointed for three years, and under the direction of a rector. The present rector is Monseigneur Level. On Sundays and fete days, at 9 o'olock, the French garrison at Rome attends mass, and Monseigneur Bastude gives spiritual instruction to the soldiers. A curious discovery has been made in the com mune of la Maurreime, in the department of the Isere, in a field which was formerly a cemetery. A very ancient coffin has been found which contains a singular skeleton. It has neither arms nor legs, and as there is no mark of the coffin having been opened, the remains are evidently those of a man who had those four members amputated. L'Etendard states that it has received from China the melancholy news of the assassination of nine French missionaries. It does not give any details. They are Monseigneur Simeon Francois Berneux, Bishop of Capte, M. Daveluy, Bishop in partibus of Acone, formerly of the diocese of "Maus, Le Pere Boileau, of Bordeaux, Le Pere DoHe, of Luxon, le Pere Ranfer de Brctcnieres of Dijon, le Pere Pourtlue, le Pere Aumactre of Augouleme, the Pere HuM of Languer, and the Pere Petit Nicolas. The consumption of horse flesh has commenced in the provinces. A shop for the sale of it has been opened at Nancy. There is another case of three births at a time. Madame Ges, the wife of the proprietor of a cafe at Toulouse, has just brought into the world three girls. Mother and children are all well and thriving. The building of a new church is about to be com menced near the avenue Parmontier, between the Rues du Temple and Fontaine le Roi, dedicated to St. Joseph. The small church in that locality has long been found insufficient for the wants of the population. The style of architecture will be the same as that of the splendid church in course of completion on the boulevard du Prince Eugene. The locality is a very business and flourishing one, and was so even in the last century. There then existed in the Rue Fontaine le Roi a por celain manufactory, which was almost as famous as the celebrated porcelain manufactory of Sevres. The director was M. Locre, who had the reputation of demanding very high prices for the china and other articles sold at his manufactory. It is mentioned in the " Livre des Bibliophiles" that the Countess du Barry wished to have her bust executed at the esta blishment, and M. Locre asked her 12,000 f. for the work. The favourite of Louis XV. thought the sum demanded was very exorbitant, and she bar gaic ed for a long time as if she had been the poorest woman in Paris. When the bill with the price marked upon it was sent to the countess by M. Locre at her request, she wrote on it, " They sell such busts at Sevea (so the countess wrote the name) for six Louis, and he asks 12,000 f. Madame du Barry will give 10 Louis." The Sport, which affects to be an authority in matters of fashion, says it has been resolved in the competent high quarters that next season the ladies shall appear in the fashionable world without crino line. I may add that crinoline is not so generally worn at present as it was last year, and in almost all cases the ladies have diminished the amplitude and circumference of their crinolines. Such is the diminution that a lady can now actually get into an omnibus, which heretofore was a work of difficulty, and in some cases was almost an impossibility. M. and Madame Drouyn de l'Huys have left Paris on a foreign excursion for a month. The Emperor of Austria, it is said, is about to make two visits ; one to Trieste to review the fleet, the other to Pesth, where his Majesty is likely to stay two or three mouths. The Empress Charlotte of Mexico is still at the chateau of Miramar, where her Majesty receives various personages with a sort of official state. In reply to an address from the Vice-President of 'the Chamber of Commerce of Trieste, her Majesty said that should the Emperor Maximilian make "a little voyage" to Europe next year he would not fail to visit Trieste. On another similar occasion the Em press Charlotte expressed her regret that the com mercial relations between Austria and Mexico had received all the development of which they were susceptible. In.addition to the theatre under construction at Passy, two theatres are about to be built iu Paris, one ou the upper part of the Rue Lafayette, and the other in the Rue St. Honore, near the Palais Royal. In the absence of " metal more attractive" some sensation has been created at Paris by a report that the famous cannon of the Palais Royal, which goes off at twelve o'clock from the heat of the sun when it reaches the meridian, was to be taken away. The report is not true, but some improvements have been made in conformity with the advance of scien tific knowledge. It is the fashion for people to regulate their watches by this cannon, although it is a fallacy to suppose that it marks the time accurately. For instance, it is in the month of February, when there is the greatest dif ference between the real mid-day, as indicated by the cannon, and the mean mid-day, as marked by the clocks of the city. In this month of September the clocks point to nearly a quarter past 12 when the mid-day cannon of the Palais Roy al goes off. It is only on the 15th of April that the clocks and the cannon are in perfect accord. On the 20th of October the difference will be more than a.quarter of an hour, and on the 16th of November, should the sun shine, the clocks will be more than a quar ter of an hour behind the cannon. Such, at least, is the calculation of a gentleman connected with the Board of Longitude. A pleasant anecdote is told illustrative of the rage of regulating watches by the Palais Royal clock. A gentleman, who came out of the Theatre Francais one night about half-past 11, saw a friend waiting very anxiously in the gal lery near the cannon. He asked his friend what he possibly could be doing there at that unseasonable hour. " Why," said the gentleman, "I am waiting to hear the cannon go off in order to regulate my watch." Last evening the rain fell in the vicinity of Paris quite like a torrent. During the night the wind was so violent as to alarm many. It was a regular equinoctial gale before its time. To-day it has been windy. The clouds have been dark and heavy, and it has rained at intervals. The temperature, however, was seasonable and agreeable. LETER ART GOSSIP.—The new Monthly—Miss Braddon's "Belgravia"—will appear in October, with a brilliant staff of writers. Miss Braddon, a host in her self, will lead off with a serial novel, " Birds of Prey," which will doubtless sustain the high character gained by the author of "Lady Audley's Secret" and the " Lady's Mile." Mr. Winwood Reade will be there with an article on African Discovery; Walter Thornbuiy, the art-biographer, song-writer, and general littera teur, will be there ; with Percy Fitzgerald, whose lives of Laurence Sterne and Charles Lamb are standard works; and R. W. Buchanan, the rising poet, the author of "Under tones," whom we like all the better because he hails from the neighbouring city, our "suburb" of Glasgow; and Morti mer Collins, the graceful lyrical writer ; and probably too one or both of those accomplished novelists Anthony Trol lope and Whyte Melville; and George Augustus Sala will give his ready, rapid, racy pen to the tempting pages of "Belgravia." Besides, all the interest of this new maga zine will not centre in the letter-press, excellent though that be, for "Belgravia" will bring pencil as well as pen 10 its support, and will be largely illustrated. We aro en titled, then, to look on the starting of this new magazine as a new phase in periodical literature ; and look forward with pleasure to the opening days of mellow October, which will bring into being Miss Braddon's "Belgravia: , —Paisley Gazette. THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AT THE AGRICUL TURAL HALL.—Amongst the many very meritorious productions of which this interesting exhibition is com posed there will be found a very attractive contribution by Mr. C. Thorn, brush-maker, of Ilalkett-street, Jersey. It is a very beautiful copy of Bailey's " Eve at the Foun tain," executed in pure white marble. That such an ex quisite specimen of sculpture should be the work of a self instructed artist is remarkable ; the more so as it is stated to be but the second attempt in marble. All the delicate and k nothing r e b s u s t e d high by c t o h m e m g r e o n u d p a s t i o o n f v o f f s t t o h r s e m t h e a r t i t s a o r e f h n e_ points in th e or i g i na l h ave been most str iki ng ly re p ro d uce d, i variably found in this very interesting portion of the exhi bition. The con t r ib ut i ons to the p i cture ga ll er i es are ex ceedingly numerous, but th e commen d a ble productions are but very few. J us t , however, the reverse is the case in the sculpture department. Here the specimens are but few, and all are deservin g of high praise, but none more so than that of Mr. Thorn, who has shown that he possesses talent in a branch of art in which honour, renown, and riches are to i secured by study and reigeverance. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Sept. 7 (Evening.) The Nazione states positively that upon the popu lar vote in Venetia taking place, the King's Govern ment will make no change in the political, military, or administrative position it has taken up in that province in the name of national right. This declaration has been communicated to all the King's commissioners in Venetia. CHINA. (By Overland Telegraph from Galle.) SHANGHAE, Aug. 6. The Futais troops have again been defeated. 'The leader of the pirates iu the China Seas has been caught. The internal difficulties in Japan are still un settled. _ THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 8. The Royal Mail steamer Calabar has arrived here from the West Coast of Calabar. She brings 37 passengers, £3,500 in specie, and a quantity of gold dust and bar silver. Her dates are—Benin, July 25 ; Cameroons, July 30 ; Old Calabar, Aug. 2 ; Fernando Po, Aug. 3 ; Brass River and Bonny, Aug. 5 ; Lagos, Aug. 8 ; Accra, Aug. 10 ; Cape Coast, Aug. 12 ; Palmas, Aug. 14 ; Sierra Leone f Aug. 20 ; Bathurst, Aug. 24 ; Teneriffe, Aug. 29 ; Madeira, Sept. 1. Trade and health were good except at Bathurst. 017 L WARD AMERICAN MAILS. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 8. The Inman steamer Java, which sailed to-day for New York, took £290,000 in specie. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 7.—Two o'clock.—The market opened firmly, and although business is not very active, prices maintain their position, and even a further advance has taken place, which is again more noticeable on Italian Fives than on most other Securities. French Threes were done at 70f. 15c., or an improvement of 10c. ; Italian Fives at 57f. 80c., or 55c. higher ; Mobilier at 672 f. 50c., or a decline of 2f. 50c. ; Credit Foncier and Paris Gas at 1,380 f. and 1,620 f., the same prices as yesterday. Very little animation in railways. Three o'clock.—A further improvement has taken place, the closing prices being as follows : 11 per Cents 96 75 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 7O 20 Do. end month 7O 22.1 Credit Mobilier 681 25 Do. end month Credit Foncier 1390 Do. end month 1400 RAIL' Bank Shares 3625 Italian Loan 5B 15 Do. end month 5B 25 Mexican Loan 26 Do. Bonds l6O Spanish Threes Home Debt - Deferred 'tors. For Account. Orleans B9O Northern llBO Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern 541 25 Western 572 50 Eastem 545 Sardinian BO Austrian ' 875 425 - Lombard North of Spain Saragossa l6O Ditto to Barcelona — Roman — South-Eastern Railway. Yesterday afternoon a public meeting of the annual ticket-holders and other passengers upon the South-Eastern Railway Company's system was held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Gresham-street, City, for the purpose of protesting against the delay and inconvenience they are suffering from the present confused state of the traffic. Mr. Thomas Love ridge, who was called to the chair, said he felt the greatest pleasure in finding that Mr. Eborall, general manager, and other officials of the South-Eastern Company, were present, and prepared to give a full explanation. Mr. Eborall, the general manager of the South-Eastern Company, said he would explain the reason of the delays which had taken place in travelling over the South-Eastern Railway since the opening of the station in Cannon-street, and that before the end of the month everything would be in a regular shape, and there would remain no cause of complaint. In opening such an enormous station as that at Cannon-street, one of the largest in the world, many great difficulties arose, and they must admit that excessive caution necessitated excessive delay. For two months before the line was opened men had been placed at the signals for the purpose of becoming acquainted with their working, but even now they took five minutes to work a signal which formerly a man would work in a second. In fact, they had displayed an amount of caution which could not be surpassed, and it was much better than having a series of accidents. The road had also to be very severely tested, which difficulty should also be borne in mind. (Hear, hear.) In the interest of the shareholders they had to depend day by day on the working of the traffic for the realisation of their dividends. The company had done their best to afford increased facilities and accommodation, and their over care and caution was the cause of the pre sent complaint. He took upon himself the respon sibility of all these matters, as it was his duty, as the general manager of the company, to advise the directors on all these points. For himself he must say that he very much regretted the inconveniences which had arisen, but he assured the meeting that he had endeavoured solely to give increased facilities and accommodation to the public. In answer to a series of questions, Mr. Eborall said that the curves and gradients on the new portion of the line run ning to Cannon-street station might be considered perfectly safe, as they were under the superintend ence of one of the most experienced engineers in the country, with a staff of from 200 to 300 skilled men. They had adopted the systems of signals according to the Board of Trade regulations, and no doubt they were the best; but the whole of the men were timed and wished to exercise a most excessive amount of caution. The following reso lution was agreed to unanimously, after several suggestions had been made by Mr. Davidge, Mr. Reeve, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Beal, and other gentlemen : _ _ —" That the Board of Trade be memorialised to in vestigate the manner in which the passenger traffic of the South-Eastern Railway has been conducted since the opening of the Cannon-street station on the Ist inst., and that the directors of the South- Eastern Railway Company be requested tore-model their arrangements for the working traffic to and from the Cannon-street station." Mr. Smiles, the secretary of the company, then expressed the wil lingness of the directors to adopt any suggestion that could be practically carried out, and endorsed the views of Mr. Eborall as to the many great difficul ties which had attended. the opening of the Can non-street station. Upon the motion of Mr. Hitch cock, a resolution was passed acknowledging the uniform civility of the whole body of workpeople on the line, especially during the past eight days of unprecedented difficulty. Mr. Wells then, in a very conciliatory speech, proposed a resolution, to the effect that this meeting, having heard the ex planations of the general manager and the secretary of the South-Eastern Company, are ready to extend to the company their forbearance until their arrange ments are made more complete. Mr. A. M. Flint seconded the motion, which was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Beware of Changes—Few persons can with impunity with stand the many changes from dry to wet, and from cold to sultry, which characterise our present summers. Sore throat, influenza, bronchitis, diarrhon, and excessive de bility are only a few of the complaints now prevailing, which may be set aside by rubbing Holloway's ointment twice a day over the throat, chest, or abdomen, or as near to the seat of mischief as possible, and taking his pills in wardly, not with the view of purging, but of purifying and regulating. This well known and easy mode of treatment will, shortly after its first employment, check all unfavour able symptoms, secure eoOlneSs and con49rt, and N§cue the invalid flail danger. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MANSION-ROUSE. A DESERVING CASE FOR BENEVOLENCE.--John Cock, a labourer, was charged before Mr. Alderman Gabriel with stealing a barrow worth £2, and a quantity of fish to the value of £3 7s. 6d. John Richardson, a porter in Billingsgate-market, said that ho had been employed by Mr. Bryant, a fish dealer in Clare-market to purchase some herrings for him on the 25th ult., which he did, and sent them in his barrow to Mr. Bryant. They had not been delivered, and he saw nothing of him or his burrow since. Ho met the prisoner in Billingsgate-market yesterday, and on his refushig to give him any account of the property he gave him into charge. He had employed the prisoner occasionally. The policeman who took the prisoner in charge said that on the way to the station he admitted that he had stolen the fish, but with respect to the barrow he said, "he would say nothing to nobody, and take his punish ment." There was not the slightest chance of the barrow being recovered. George Bryant, the party for whom the fish had been purchased, said he had seen nothing of the , prisoner, and had not received the fish. He said that he was a poor man with a wife and nine children, and had to borrow the money to purchase the fish, on the sale of which himself and his family depended for the following week, it being Saturday. Mr. Alderman Gabriel remarked that it was a case of great hardship on the witness. It was one of those cases which he considered deserving of relief, and he directed the witness to be paid £2 out of the poor-box. The prisoner was remanded. A TRUMPERY CHARGE.—Two mon, named Gunlin and Chapman, described as labourers, were charged with steal ing a quantity of tarpauliug, the property of Benjamin Stone, a carrier, in Aldgate. Mary Ann Stone, wife of the prosecutor, deposed that yesterday, about 1 o'clock, she perceived the prisoner, with another man, loitering about the yard where he had no business, although he was a few weeks in her husband's employment. Her suspicions having been aroused, she wont down to the yard and saw the prisoner Chapman taking away the tarpaulin. He said to her that he was no thief, and was a dealer in such articles. She desired him to bring the property back, which he did immediately. The value of the article was very trifling, and the pri soner was prosecuted in consequence of the frequent losses her husband had lately sustained by robbery on his pre mises. She gave both prisoners into custody. The policeman who took the prisoners in charge said that, about half an hour before he was called in, ho saw Chapman outside the yard, and in the most open manner shaking the tarpaulin and rolling it up. Ho asked him what he was going to do with it, and he said he was going to take it to Lloyd's paper-mills, where ho would get a trifle for it. He conMdered the article, which was quite rotten, as perfectly worthless. Gunter said that he had been desired by Mr. Stone to remove the rubbish from the yard, and he considered he was doing his duty in taking away the tarpaulin, which he gave to Chapman with a view to his making a trifle out of it. Chapman said that he had boon given the tarpaulin by Gunter. Alderman Gabriel said the charge was of a trumpery character, and dismissed it. BOIV-STREET. THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.--Edward• Barrow, travelling clerk in the General Post-office, was charged with stealing a letter containing half a sovereign and 12 penny postage stamps, in the sorting carriage, on the jour ney from London to Ipswich. Mr. Mulock, travelling inspector, G.P.0., stated that in consequence of the loss of several letters from the Ipswich sorting carriage, ho was directed to make up a test letter, which he did on the Ist inst., enclosing in it a half-sove reign and 12 postage stamps, all marked—the half-sove reign gummed to a printed card. It was addressed to Mrs. A. Wallerly, Scole Inn, Scole. He gave it to Mr. Munro to dispatch by the Ipswich carriage. At half-past 10 o'clock the same night witness was at the Ipswich post office the Scole bag was brought in. He searched it and could not find the letter, which in due course ought to have been there. The prisoner was one of the second class travelling clerks .employed on the London and Ipswich line, and it would have been his duty to sort the letters in question. Witness afterwards interrogated him, when he said that ho sorted the letters for the Scolo and Stowmarket bags, and that Mr. Love (senior clerk) and Gurr (sorter), who were the only other persons in tho carriage, did not interfere with the sorting of the bags, but Mr. Scole tied up one sorter's pockets. He said that he went to the Railway Inn at Ipswich, with Mr. Scole and Gurr, and that he changed a sovereign there. He was searched by the officer, Crocker, who found on him X 1 10s. in gold and 9s. in silver. Witness informed him that the barmaid at the Railway Inn said he had changed a half sovereign there. Mrs. Fisk, the landlady of tho Railway Inn, produced the marked half sovereign,which she had found in the till Eliza Bird, the barmaid, said she placed in the till the money received from customers, including the prisoner, Mr. Scole, Gurr, and a gentleman who came by the train. Could not say whether the prisoner paid her with a sove reign or a half sovereign. A strange gentleman paid her with a half sovereign. Mr. Monroe, clerk in the comptrollers' office, General Post-office, Mr. Scole, Gurr, the sorter, and Carter, police constable attached to the Post-office, gave evidence on points of detail. In cross-examination, Mr. Lewis, for the defence, extracted from Gurr the admission that letters were some times found on the floor of the carriage after sorting. Ve prisoner, who protested his innocence, was corn. mitted for trial. THAMES. DRITNIC IN TUB Dom. —Cornelius Donovan, an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself in. the West India Dock. Charles Finlong, a constable, found the prisoner help lessly drunk near a cask of real Jamaica rum, which had been spilled. Mr. Partridge—The prisoner must be discharged. I have no power to punish him. You can turn out any person you find to be drunk and disorderly, or drunk only, in the dock, but the law gives me no power what ever to punish any person for being intoxicated in any of the docks. All the docks are private property. There was a clause in the original act for constructing the St. Katherine Dock imposing a fine of 40s. on every person found drunk in the dock under any circumstances, and this salutary provision was often enforced by the ma gistrates of this court. On the amalgamation of the St. Katherine, London, and Victoria Deck Companies the clause was omitted in the new companies' act, which re peals the old one. As brandies, rums, wines, and other liquors are necessarily exposed in the warehouses, sheds„ and quays of the docks, and as drunkenness is very preva lent in the docks, an enactment for the same punishment of offenders against the laws of sobriety is absolutely ne cessary for the preservation of property. The magistrates have dismissed many other offenders under precisely simi lar circumstance s. MARKETS.—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. There is a good supply of both fruit and vegetables. Most kinds move off freely, at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 5s to 7s; grapes, 2s 6d to 5s ; filberts, 6d to is per lb ; apples, is 3d to 2s 6d ; pears, is 3d to 3s Od ; gooseberries, Os Od to Os Od ; currents, Os Od to Os Od ; plums, 3s Od to 4s Od ; damsons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per half sieve; oranges, 8s to 14s; lemons, 3s 6d to. 8s per 100 ; foreign pines, is to 2s 6d each ; Mulberries, 5d to 7d per punnet. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is 6d to 2s 6d; white do., 8d to is 3d ; cauliflowers, is to 2s Od ; horseradish, 9d to is 6d per doz heads; greens, 2s 6d to 3s Od; turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; carrots, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; onions, is 6d to 2s per dozezi bunches; cucumbers, 4d to is Od each ; celery, is 3d to is 9d per doz ; French beans, is to is 3d 'per hall sieve ; cos lettuces, 8d to 10d per score. POULTRY. Geese, 5s Od to 7s Od; ducks, 2s Od to 4s Od ; tame rab bits, is to 2s Od; wild do, 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Gd to 10d each; Surrey fowls, lOs to 12s ; do. chickens, Gs to Ds ; barn-door fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple. English eggs, 9s Od to 10s Od ; French do., 7s Od to 9s per 100. Fresh butter, is Od to is 2d per lb. BILLINUSGATE. Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; cod, 5s to 7s 6d ; brill, 3s Od to 108 Od ; turbot, 2s 6d to 15s each ; whitings, 3s to 9s ; haddocks, 5s to 15s per dozen ; herrings, —8 to —s per 120; nativo oysters, 90s to 100 s ; other sorts, 30s to 35s per bushel. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 4d to 4s 10C1 I Mutton ... 36 4d to 5s 4d Veal 4s Od to 5s Od Pork Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 6d to 5s Od I Mutton ... 3s 6d to 56 4d Veal 4s Od to 5s Od Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bd. to Sid. ; of household ditto, qd. to 7id. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 64 lbs 2141 to 3d; 64 to 72 lb s , to Od ;72 to 80113 s, 3d to ;' 80 to 881bs., 3id to 30; 88 to 961b5., 3id to 4d ; 96 to 1041b5., 4d to 40. Horse hides, 9s to 10s 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s 6d to 4s ; full, 7s ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; downs, Os to Os (Id; lambs, 3s 6d to 6s Od; shearlings, 4s 3d to Sc 3d. HAY. Sminumn.—koadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 Os Od to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load. Trade heavy. CumnEnLArm—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 8s Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 Os Od; and straw, £l. 18$ to £2 58 per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Moadow hay, £3 18s to £5 5s ; clover, £5 Os Od to £6 10.30 d ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load. Inquiry limited. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. market unchanged, Sales probably 10,000 bales. - • - 6;;, , 4 75 ti t/al it :440- HER MAJESTY. ~-. BALMORAL, Thursday. The Queen, with Princess Christian, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, Prince and Princes Christian, and Princess Louise drove out. _ Sir James Clark arrived at the Castle yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel 110 010 Purves, is expectedlo leave Cambridge Cottage, Kew, early in the ensuing week, for Lord and Lady Londesboroug h3 marine residence at Scarborough. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle have gone to Clamber Park, Notts, where the noble duke and duchess will receive a large party during the ensuing week for the Doncaster races. The Duke of Leinster, the Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, and Mr. and Lady Jane Repton have been stay ing during the week with the Earl and Countess of 1181.^, ribgton, at Elvaston Hall, Derbyshire.. The Duchess (Eleanor) of Northumberland left town on Tuesday last, to visit Lord and Lady Wenlock, at Escriek Park, Yorkshire, on her way to Stanwick Park, for the autumn. • The Marquis of Ormonde has been entertaining a select party at Kilkenny Castle, his seat in Ireland. The Earl Cowley arrived in town early in the week from Paris, and has since gone to his seat in Dan*" shire. The Earl of Lonsdale was to arrive yesterday at Whithaven Castle, Cumberland, from Lowther Castle. The Countess (Dowager) of Bradford and ass Moncreiffe have arrived at Folkestone. . Viscount and Lady Mary Sandon have joined the family assembled at Burghley House, near Stamford. •Tho Marquis of Exeter continues very unwell. _ __ - Lady Ward has arrived at Himley Hall from a tour in Germany. The Hon. Lady Bulwer has left town for Knob worth, the seat of Lord Lytton, near Welwyn. The Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper have gone on a tour of visits in Ireland. The Hon. Chichester Skeffington has arrived at the South Kensington Hotel. The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., and rl• Lowe have left London for Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady Molesworth. ----•• --- Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., was informed of th° alarming illness of his brother, Lord Northbrooke, by We graph, whilst staying at Vichy. He instantly left for Eng land, and arrived yesterday morning by the mail trams' Early in the forenoon he left tor Stratton Park. THE BRAEMAR GATHERING. ABERDEEN, Sept. 7. The Braemar Gathering, at once the most popa lar and most famous of all the Highland assemblies of the clans for competition in feats of strength and fleetness, was held yesterday in front of the old Castle of Mar, under circumstances of greater interest than has marked this meeting fo r years. During the life of the late Prince Consor t the gathering was always graced by the presence O f the Queen, his royal highness ever patronising an d promoting liberally the sports and pastimes of his Highland neighbours. Since 1861, however, he r Majesty has never till now been present, and copse' quently the gathering has not only in the eyes of th e dwellers by the Dee, but also in its attraction for strangers, been wanting in much of its interest ; bu t yesterday the meeting could boast all the elements of its bygone greatness. The weather was magaia". cent, the glorious valley in which the gathering 10 held never looked better, while the illustrious cone' pany who witnessed the games from the sloping foreground of the fine old castle included the follow' distinguished names :—Her Majesty the (Pe el '' their Royal Highndsses the Prince and Princess , Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Christian ap t ' Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatri ce and Prince Leopold, the Earl and Countess ofFif e c i the Marquis and Marchioness Townsliend, Le r Maeduff and the Ladies Ida, Alexina, and Agu e° , Duff, the Duchess of St. Alban's, Lieut. - Co lone l Farquharson of Invercauld and Mrs. Farquharso vi Mr. Oswald of Auchin Cruive, Mr. Oswald, jun'' .and Miss Oswald, General Peel, General Hood, 6 i r Thomas Biddulph, Hon. Mrs. Hardinge, Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, Sir Edmund and Lady Hiner, Lord Sandys, the Marquis of Blandfordl Lieut.-Colonel Knox, Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, La u Radstock, &c. , Upwards of 2,000 spectators were present, wall of them being strangers gathered together i n the „ hope of witnessing the " Court in the Highlands' The Duff and Farquharson clansmen were strong l y e represented, the former officered by the Earl of and Lord Macduff, and the latter by Colonel Fa r : quharson, and the latter by Colonel Farquha rson and Captain Farquharson. The Prince and Princess of Wales and party fr° lll Abergeldie Castle arrived about half-past 1, the games commenced, and were contested wit much spirit, to the evident delight of the s pectate r ii % At 4 o'clock a couple of outriders announced tl, coming of the Queen, when the sports immed iate ceased, the Highlanders were drawn up in art . °:; and the loud and repeated cheers which greeted Ito; Majesty manifested how gladly her presence I I welcomed once again at the Braemar G a thering . ller Majesty was received by Colonel Farq u h ar ,: son, lord of the manor, and Mrs. Farquharse During the progress of the games the illustri; party partook of luncheon and tea in the c ast quitting the gathering, amid the hearty cheer° _, the spectators, shortly after 5 o'clock. In the ei e ti i ` e ing a supper and ball took place as usual in t .. 11 castle, when a number of the distinguished 105'` above-named were present. Death of Col. M. G. White. _ _ of Intelligence has reached London of the deaTh d Colonel Matthew George Whit e , w ho was see d with cholera last Sunday at B ou l ogne - s ur-Aler , ' OO died on the following day, notwithstanding sh combined exertions of the French and E Pl ile d doctors. The deceased, who had distingu is eo t himself during a long service in India, was 3 g r tiO connoiseur of paintings, a first-class judge of Opo l e , singing and the drama, and was, in consequ en e fr frenquently invited by managers to witness P ci r tio . minary representations previous to their intr ° tion to the public. It is stated that on one 0ee 35 14 , a well-known manager, at the close of a l as ,!;s10/ heaesal, said " Well, Colonel, will it takes?" cones it will not," was the reply ; you have," con tw the Colonel, "no sensation scene—it is far t°° le fined for the present age. You should have a f e :, iD leaping into the water from a rock, with a %a A puruit—another man shooting the pursuer, s 10. 0 woman stabbing him when in the act of firing' ; 000 J if you could have a house on fire in the haekg ii r . te ra' all the better." Colonel White's taste for ture, science, and the Fine Arts was fully 'P l i e d dated by his brother members of the Senior U p ,a to Service Club, several of whom were ac eustor sg ' re , ask his opinion respecting fresh artistes or ue lja presentations. When in London it was m" v iol" tual custom to dine at the Senior, and - th e/1 0 0 with his large opera-glasses, two, and soulo after three or four, theatres during the evellia' d which he teturned to the Club in order to re, so• tics, or what he termed the humbug of th e m yitto Although somewhat eccentric in his habi ts ' lies of much respected by those who had opportutd oortt appreciating his sterling qualities, and l'i s t th e thickly-set figure will doubtless be miss e d .001 Of Queen's Levees, and also from the corner ier° the stage-box at Drury Lane. His reulail/ after interred by the Rev. Mr. Groves on the 4391 4 r t ° 0 sit , his death in the English cemetery, which 1 s 0 to th e el the road leading to St. Omar. Owing C o lo el of the calamity, his brothers, "." .00 to were 11 7 0 Robert and Major Henry White, attend. Every attention, however, was. o f P o during his short illness at the instigati on n ° to or brother-in-law, General Hitchens, but a ll ~f l e s ser avail. This case of cholera, with others u .. ' 01 ,0 1 f note, has, it is said, induced several visitorsrarioie; Boulogne sooner than they had intended. „solko are the causes assigned for its appe arat?u_v_ . itod It assert that it is attributable to impure wat_ e c l t ot the want of drainage, whilst others conteu_,o cow_ was brough to the town by the pilgrims from afar and near to join the processio c o c l),_ flexion with the opening of the Cathe took placelad Stuiday week. Th e r rate s l oi nlercial th e i r co Australi cautile for th e Bllperab ward. for the Th e fr om vc The I h ave ar Pound, 1 2th, „ At tt lam , 7 a B ,OOO 0 a New r( Of E n€ ditt o E T• h e , ne t ve wad e E 44 1:11au ( %hi re a North The with out Bank I l ßate( 114 peria .4 • i• Pro ved _. egra ; 114d8on D, llzi 1 2 °4 tli.; 1) 0. t.ii qL ~.~. . X 1