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Perhaps no one is more to be pitied in this com plicated state of things on the continent than the Emperor of the FRENCH ; his movements are watched by prying eyes, his acts commented on, and his very silence and inaction form the theme of wonder, speculation, and rumour. The last reports have been circulated in consequence of the EMPEROR'S non-departure for Biarritz, and among other reasons assigned is the curious one that some transactions are taking place with respect to Italy. It is not likely that the French would ask the Italians to give up Sardinia, because as the French took no part in the late war they have no claim on the Italians. One thing is certain, however, that there is a great deal of dis quietude in France at present, and that nothing seems to satisfy people as to the state of affairs. The dullness of the present period of the year may very likely serve to quiet down these uneasy feel ings for some time, but we expect that very soon people will return to the charge against Prussia, more especially when they find that Power is en croaching in various directions, as they assuredly will, by the winter. It is a serious thing for any nation to provoke and irritate another, as the Prussians have assuredly done to the French, and so, we expect, they will find out before long. It suits the wishes of some persons that there should be no war, and therefore they are sedulous in declaring that all danger has by this time blown over, and that nothing is likely to occur which will disturb the friendly relations between France and Prussia ; but those who scan events closely will put a different interpretation upon recent affairs. The French EMPEROR has often been inscrutable in his doings ; but this is the first time that he has allowed France to be at a dis count, and himself quite ignored in arrange ments that are changing the map of Europe, and materially altering the position of king doms. We believe that if he has the opportu nity he will, before long, show the Prussians that they must not expect to be the chief Power on the Continent ; and it is evident that the general feel ing of the French points also in that direction. Count BISMARCK is busily engaged in the hard task of setting his house in order, and he will very likely find it a more arduous undertaking to con solidate his conquests than he did to make them. The Annexation Bill has again been before the Lower House, and during the sitting of the committee Count BISMARCK approved of the amendment, which declared that the Prus sian Constitution should be valid in the an nexed States. This is a hard measure for those places. It is true that the change is not to be made until next year ; but that really is of no con sequence one way or the other if such is to be their final doom. Some of the remarks made by the Count during his speech are well worthy of notice. He urged upon the committee the importance of haste in their deci sions, because it was " just possible that Prussia would be called upon to vindicate the posses sion of what she has not acquired." This is of course very true, but we did not expect that we should meet with so much frankness from the Prussian Premier. Perhaps, however, the critical state of things has compelled him to take the despe rate step of speaking out, instead of resorting to his old method of circumlocution. It is really scanda lous to see how this man outrages all sense of pro priety. He coolly inform s his hearers that he wished to have the matter settled at once, " so as to give foreign Powers no further opportunity for interfe rence." Right or wrong never enters his calcu lations, of course, and all that he deems to be worthy of notice is whether or not he will be able to keep his unjust gains. `When he has declared the one thing needful, according to his doctrine, lie condescends, to 'take a glance at the morality side of the argutnent. The right of Prussia to annex the States is, we are told, " a more sacred right than that of conquest." We never expected to hear much sound argument from llerr BISMARCK-, but seldom have we seen a discourse of his which is more unblushing in its effrontery or more unrestricted by lingering feel ings of propriety. What foundation has he for urging that, in point of fact, the only desire these I States had was to become the citizens of a great German State than be at the mercy of foreign princess? It is quite preposterous to talk after this fashion when every one knows that no foreign prince was interfering, or ever likely to interfere,,with those places. There are some citizens of the annexed States who are mistaken enough to think that their best interests will be served by a union with Prussia, but these do not represent the feelings of the majority, and they . themselves will soon find out their mistake. At a meeting on the subject of unity, held at Leipsic the other day, it was declared, among other things, that " embodiment with Prussia would be the most de sirable fate that could befall Saxony !" Was ever an announcement made of a more absurd thing than this, to stifle the free growth of the inhabitants iu strength and feeling? And to oblite rate the independence of the gallant little kingdom will be the first work of the new masters, and then, forsooth, we are told that the change is for the bet ter. As for its being necessary in the interests of the country for the Saxon army to be merged in the Prussian army that is likewise a most false asser tion. It may be difficult, if not impossible, to oppose the Prussians, but to say that it will enhance their prosperity to become incorporated with that mono polising house that has ruined so many is quite ridi culous. There are traitors in every camp, however, and we regard those who favour the annexation of their States to Austria as aliens to the cause of liberty, and enemies to the best interests of their fellow-citizens. They may in some rare instances be honest in their utterances, but we should think the greater part were com posed of men who expected to gain some advantage or further some end by playing into the hands of the invaders. The " unity movement," as it is called, that now agitates Germany and Europe, is one of the greatest pieces of humbug that was ever known, and it only rests with time to prove to those dispassionate politicians who trust in it how mistaken they are in their sanguine anticipations. All the cause of action that has been pursued by the Berlin Government of late years forbids us to put faith in its rectitude of purpose Or honesty of in tention. The game already played out in Schleswig- Holstein will be renewed in the States so lately annexed, and the world will have athple opportunity of judging of the benefits derivable from Prussian rule, and the wisdom of those who uphold ft. . - Mr. LAING'S constituents have no reason to corn _ plain of any reluctance on his part to meet them, ' and to give a fair and straightforward exposition of his political views. There had been some agita tion respecting Mr. LAING'S conduct on the Reform Bill, and cynics, who as the event proves, knew very little about the matter, declared that the member for Wick would be afraid to face his con stituents. Mr. LAING thought proper to disprove all these assertions, and to explain at some length to a large and attentive audience his opinions on the vexed question of the session. He met with a fair hearing and a favourable reception, as he deserved to do, for so far from being antagonistic to Reform his speech showed him to be a sincere and consistent Reformer, one who not only takes up the cry of Reform to be used as political capital, and to make sensation speeches about, but who seriously and earnestly gives his best consideration to a difficult subject, and really endeavours to re duce theory to practice. We commend Mr. LAING'S speech at Wick to the attentive perusal of all who are interested in Reform, since it is temperate, clear, and liberal in its tone and character, and gives evidence of being the utterance of one who has really studied the subject, and is willing to face its difficulties as well as to de claim about its importance. On one point we regret to find Mr. LAING absolutely silent. lie says nothing about the ballot, yet, as one of the members of the Yarmouth Election Com mittee, he would have a pretty good idea of the necessity which exists for some change in the manner of conducting our elections. The honest man in Great Yarmouth, says Mr. LAING, is not he who does not take a bribe, but he who only takes it from one side. Mr. LAING alludes to this im maculate constituency as a reason for doubting whether a uniform reduction of the franchise in all boroughs is desirable, but we very much doubt whether a line could be drawn between different boroughs. So far as the late Reform Bill was con cerned Mr. LAING says he voted for it, though he did not heartily approve of a measure which left the question unsettled. He voted for the £7 rental in boroughs, and the £l4 rental in counties, and voted also in favour of the Government in the last decisive struggle, though he opposed them on the question of bringing in the redistribution of seats. His support of the bill was, however, due rather to his desire to see the question settled, and to retain a Liberal Ministry, than to any particular liking for the measure. " Having got," he says, " a com plete measure of Reform, I voted for it on all sub sequent occasions. I did so with considerable doubt, for there were many things in the bill of which I did not approve ; but, on the whole, I thought that, so long as there was a chance of settling the question by any fair compromise, it was my duty to cling to that chance, and not to give a vote calculated to.de feat Reform altogether." The difficulties of an ac tual settlement of the question are, Mr. LAING confesses, very great, but he does not think there is any excuse for shirking them. The very reason why the question of Reform should be reopened in quiet times when there is no great practical griev ance, is, he considers, that we have an excellent op portunity for considerin g the whole question in all its bearings. His own views on the matter are definite enough, and he sums them up in a f e w sentences. " The b urg h franchise, in the ordinary run of English burgh in any new Reform Bill, can hardly be much higher or lower than a £6 rating or a £7 rental franchise, coupled with the condition of paying rates. That of counties will probably be a £l4 rating franchise. Any deficiency in the number of the working classes thus enfranchised as compared with that proposed by the bill of the late Government, should be made up, and more than made up, by supple mental franchises based on property and education. If three members are given to very large consti tuencies, the principle of the representation of mino rities should be coupled with it, otherwise these large constituencies should be divided into districts so as to diminish the expense of elections. In any case from forty to fifty seats should be re distributed, giving half to counties ; and the prior claim of Scotland met by giving not less than seven seats, either taken from those redistributed, or by an addition to the total number of members. The boundaries of the burgh should be drawn so as to include within the burgh all such suburbs as really form part of the same commuity." Such, in sub stance, are Mr. LAING'S views, which on the whole are just and liberal. It will be seen that he sup ports the principle of Mr. CLAY'S educa tional franchise, as a property franchise for the working classes. Ile would give a vote to every man who had acquired property to the value of £4O in the savings' banks, or in lands, houses, boats, and nets, or anyother stock in trade, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY _EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1866. thinking such evidence of prudence and economy a much better test of character than a mere residen tial qualification. Mr. LAING declared that any good and comprehensive Reform Bill should have his support, whoever introduced it, and this is the spirit which we trust will animate all earnest Re formers. The question is a complex one, and the varied conditions of our soci2.l and political life cannot be disposed of by a few theories. The re presentative system must be brought into harmony with the character and wisheil of the population, or it will not succeed in commen ding itself to the pub lic, or in fulfilling its obligations. The arrival of the Java., with news from New York to the 22d, gives us some interesting details of the immediate result of tho Philadelphia Convention. It .is evident that it has materially strengthened President JOHNSON'S position, since it has proved the sense of the country to be entirely on his side in opposition to the Radicals, who spared no abuse of his policy and himself. The conviction was grow ing that the Radicals in reality only represented their own particular faction, but the action of the Convention has given the signal for so strong and unanimous an expression of public opinion that even the effrontery of the extreme party can hardly refuse to acknowledge it. A committee have visited the PRESIDENT to present him with a copy of the proceedings in Philadelphia. Mr. JOHNSON made a speech in return, reiterating his determination to maintain his policy, and de claring the Convention to be more important than any since 1787. The resolutions of the Convention were, he said, a second Declaration of Indepen dence. The interests involved are certainly national, and the result might affect the whole future system of American Government, as well as the immediate consequences to the people, both North and South. The question of peace or war, of loyalty and union, or sedition and rebellion, were trembling in the balance, and who can say what the consequence of another outbreak in the South might be ? With Mexico in its present unsettled condi tion what a temptation there would be for any great European Power, animated by that madness for conquest and aggression which possesses so potent an influence over some nations to unite with the Southerners, and thus present a formidable front to the North and to the Mexican Republicans. The dangers which threaten the peace and prosperity of the United States should the Radical programme be carried out, and discord kept up throughout the land, are as various as they are vast. It is idle to suppose that the Southern States would remain as tranquil as they have hitherto been should the system which degrades them from political equality, and rejects their representative; be much longer maintained. They have been relying on the sympathy expressed for them by the people of the North, and waiting patiently iu expectation of receiving political justice. But matters could not have gone on much longer without some definite change, and this has been inaugurated by the proceedings at Philadelphia. Encouraged by their support, the PRESIDENT has issued a proclamation declaring Texas restored to the Union, and stating that " peace, order, tran quillity, and civil authority now exist throughout the United States." After this it will be difficult to maintain the right of excluding from Congress any properly elected representatives. The two services intend to do their part towards the discomfiture of the Radicals, for General GRANT stood by the PRE SIDENT during his speech to the delegates, and a convention of soldiers and sailors has been called for the 17th of September, to assemble at Cleveland, and endorse the PRESIDENT'S policy. We learn by the Atlantic Telegraph that Mr. JOHNSON has visited New York, and met with an enthusiastic reception, so that he may be satisfied that the great body of the public has pronounced unmistakeably in favour of his humane, enlightened, and truly national policy. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CESSION OF VENETIA. PARIS. Sept. 1. By virtue of a treaty signed on the 24th August last between France and Austria for regulating the cession of Venetia, the transfer of the fortresses and territory belonging to the kingdom of Lombardo- Venetia will be effected by an Nustrian commis sioner, who will hand them over to a French com missioner, and the latter will arrange with the Venetian authorities for giving up to them their rights of possession. The populations will be called upon to choose themselves their future destiny. On the 11th August, the Emperor addressed the following letter to King Victor Emmanuel:—" I have learnt with pleasure that your Majesty agrees to the armistice and peace preliminaries which have been signed between their Majesties the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria. It is there fore probable that an era of tranquility is about to open up for Europe. Your Majesty is aware that I accepted the offer of Venetia in order to save that province from useless bloodshed. My intention was alway to restore it to itself, in order that Italy might be free from the Alps to the Adriatic, and mistress of her own destinies. Venetia will soon be able to express her wishes by means of universal suffrage. Your Majesty will acknowledge that in these circum stances the influence of Fiance has been again exer cised in favour of humanity and the influence of peoples." THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, VIENNA, SEPT. 1. The Presse of to-day says :—" We learn that the peace negotiations between Austria and Italy are rapidly and satisfactorily progressing. The con clusion of peace may be an accomplished fact within ten or twelve days, since it has been agreed to transfer to special commissions, which are to be assembled after the conclusion of peace, the discus sion of all the negotiations requiring a longer time for consideration, and only to establish for the pre sent the principles of a peace treaty. " The discussions upon these questions will be reserved to the commissions by an article in the treaty of peace." JAMAICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CUBAN. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 1. The steamer Cuban, with dates from Jamaica to :he 11th ult., has arrived here. The Jamaica papers eulogise Sir Henry Storks. Crime was diminishing in the island. worth. tion. A TRIBUTE TO HORACE. A. charming piece of schOlarly criticism, com prising within it one or two masterly translations, adorns the newly-published number of Fraser for September. It relates to Horace, under the apt title of " The Poet of Middle-Aged Men." It passes carelessly, almost casually, in review several of the recent translators into English verse of the Odes and Epodes of that peerless lyrist : Lord Derby, for example, and Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Theodore Martin, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Ravensworth. It evidences, throughout, on the part of this anonymous critic in Fraser, a sense of dissa tisfaction, or at the least of incomplete satisfaction, with even the most felicitous renderings of the most' skilled, sensitive, and accomplished among these five eminent hands. Two quotations from the paper to which we are here referring, we must per force indulge at once ourselves and our readers with, the one illustrating the writer's competence as a critic, the other his skill as a translator. Of his critical acumen let the following passage be taken as sufficiently demonstrative : No man has revealed his whole being to us in his writ ings so thoroughly as Horace has done, so it is impossible for any one to translate him well who has not become in timately acquainted with all his feelings and habits as man with man. His translator should have a considerable affinity with him in point of temperament, as we have already remarked; and perhaps there is no qualification more re quisite for the man who would thoroughly enjoy Horace and duly make him known to us, than that he should have de •cidedly passed the flush of youth—be beginning to gravitate towards the fogie class. For Horace, as some one has right well said, is emphatically the poet of middle aged men. He grows upon us as we go down-hill. He is not a poet whom our young enthusiasm reverences as an oracle. He is not sublime, he is not even eloquent, per haps ; there is no thunder and music and pomp' of utterance about him ; and we are very apt to pass him by among the more majestic mentbars of his brotherhood. It is after we have had some considerable experience of the world and its ways that we begin to discern the exquisite delicacy of observation with which the poet noted down the various colours of life and its minor morals, as they presented themselves to his mind's eye under a state of civilisation curiously analogous in many respects to our own ; and the happy touches of wit by means of which he brings his own conceptions within the view of his readers. At such a period of life too we feel inclined to regard in our favourite poet rather the qualities of a friend than those of a guide and philosopher : and we love a moralist who can make us happier while he makes us better—even though this characteristic of Horace's satire may have seemed a weakness to the grave and earnest Persius, in whose compliment there surely lurks something of con tempt, when he says : Oran° wafer vitium ridonti Flaccus amico Tangit, et admissus circum preaco r di a ludit. In a word, when we love to sit in easy chairs, and have easy chairs to sit in, then is the time that we most learn to appreciate Horace, the most companionable of poets. It seems to follow that, as so many various attributes must combine to make a man a good translator of Horace, we Can hardly expect to find any very striking successes achieved among the many Englishmen who have been at tracted to the task. The grace of cunning words in which Horace so wonderfully excelled is just the quality above all others which most stimulates the ambition of the trans lator. He feels the charm which dwells about the mere term or phrase of the original, and it is a delight as well as a triumph to him to hit upon some term or phrase in his own language which seems to convey, in a greater or less degree, the like charm. But at the same time this grace is of all others the most difficult to reprodide ; and it is of so subtle a nature, that even when the translator has most joyfully satisfied himself, it is still quite a chance whether the chosen words strike his readers as furnishing the precise equivalent to the original. Thus it happens that (so far as we can venture to trust our own impressions) while so many translators of Horace have hit off particular passages with a happy skill which is above all praise, and for which every student of Horace is grateful to them, there are none tha t do not continually disappoint us by some divergency or other from the manner of their poet. We have said thus much partly, we must confess, as a sort of excuse for our presumption in giving our own ver sion of such passages as we shall cull from Horace's pages. And yet we do not know that there is an excuse necessary. To those who are interested in the tricks of translation, it is both amusing and useful to set before them a variety of versions of the same passage for the purpose of compa rison. Not only may one translator happen to seize on some tint or tone which another has missed ; but the mere examination of the different efforts serves to suggest to the reader's mind a clearer conception of the individual passage in question, and a clearer conception, too, of the nature of a translator's work in general. As regards the first con tingency, the possibility that some very inferior translator may chance to succeed where his betters have failed, let us remember that while so many unhappy attempts (of which Cowper's is perhaps the worst) have been made to imitate that remarkable line of Homer, in which you hear the ringing of the bow : SEWN Si acryyi )4/Er' apyvpAto the only one which can be said to have caught the sound of the original is that by Tickell : Then sprung the string and twanged the silver bow. And yet poor Tickell was but a very humble labourer in the same field with the many great names that have been associated with the English rendering of Homer. So with Tickell's fortune before us, why should not we be tempted to take our chance of filling up some of the gaps (of which thore will always be abundance left) in the adequate re . .. presentation of Horace to English readers ? It is always a fair challenge to those who assume to sit is judgment on the work of others—" Try what you can make.Qf it your self." And if all critics were to do as we, do and expose themselves to be criticised in their turn, there would be much less of rash criticism, and much less of reasonable wrath excited among the genus irritabile vatum. And now of the critic's power as a translator, let the subjoined be accepted as affording of that an ade- quate attestation. It is his version of the famous Eleventh Ode in the Second Book " Eheu ! fagaus Posthume Posthume labunt ur anni" : Ah ! Postumus, year after year Goes gliding by apace ; No pious prayer of ours can clear Its wrinkles from the face, The intrusion of old age defer, Or win from Death some grace. Ab, no, my friend, though every morn Three hundred steers of thine In votivo hecatombs adorn Relentless Pluto's shrine ; Whose circling streams, a ghastly bourne, Within his realm confine Tityus and threefold Geryon : Streams that we all must pass— All who are fed by Nature's boon— Of every rank and race ; Whether we fill earth's lordliest throne Or peasant's lowly place. What boots it that our lot is cast Far from the battle-fray ? What that on shore our days are passed When Adria breaks in spray ? Or that we shun the southern blast In autumn's sickly day ? Down to the tide in sluggish coil By dark Cocytus poured, Our visit in some little while Is verily assured ; To see the Danaids, and the toil By Sisyphus endured. Thy broad lands thou must quit ; thy hall, Thy bosom's pleasing mate ; Those rarest trees which thou mayst call Thine for a fleeting date— The dismal cypress of them all Shall on thy parting wait. Room for thine heir ! to him give o'er Thy cellar's hundred keys ; And lot his luxury stain the floor With purple vintages, Richer than o'er were broached before For great Pontifices. Fragmentary though the specimens here afforded us in evidence of this anonymous writer's capacity as (what ere should wish to recognise in him later on by some more adventurous enterprise in this direc tion than a mere passing contribution like this to the pages of Fraser) namely, as Critic, as Biographer, and as Translator of Horace—the admirable ability manifested by the writer of the article here commented upon enable us to recognise in him a very formidable contemporary and competitor—at once as Horatian critic and Horatian translator —of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Theodore Martin, of Lord Derby, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Ravens- The article from which the above excerpts are taken, it seems hardly necessary to say, is worthy in its entirety of a very careful examina- THE FIRST DAT OF PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.- With sunrise this day the partridge-shooting season legally commenced. Birds and hares are plentiful, and sportsmen who are first in the field may secure a heavy bag of game. In many districts sporting landlords have consented to defer partridge shooting for a fortnight, in consequence of the late harvest and so much corn yet standing which will " hold the birds," but amateur sports men who rent the right of shooting from farmers aro not bound by these arrangements, and will exercise their right in the stubble and turnip fields. The American Treasury has received since the lose of the war $60,009 as oenecience money. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The 3foniteur has no news to-day of the least importance, and the other papers hardly contain anything worth notice. The Prussian Government is preparing, in concert with its allies, prompt mea sures for the establishment of the Confederation of the North. The resignation of M. de Beust, Prime Minister of the King of Saxony, and the appoint ment in his room of Baron du Konneritz, Saxon Ambassador at Vienna, is connected with the ac complishment of the measures which Prussia has in view. M. de Bismarck has it all his own way at present, and it appears that he imposed upon Saxony the condition that M. Beust should be compelled to retire. King John, as one of the Paris papers ob serves, becomes only a sort of hereditary Prefect of the:King of Prussia, and is making arrangements to recall his ambassadors and all his consuls in foreign countries. Peace being signed between Austria and Italy, the question which now occupies Italian politicians is, whether the treaty will be submitted for ratifica tion by the present Chamber, or whether a new Parliament will be called for the purpose. The Italie contends that for a new state of circumstances a new Parliament is necessary, and supports this view by referring to the natural laws and the ple biscites of 1848 and 1860. The policy of the future cannot be like that of the policy of the last six years. The AS iecle, in reference to the arguments of M. Bismarck in the Prussian Chamber, says We have never seen in 11.1. Bismarck a man of principle, and his arguments iu the Chamber prove that in the present circumstances he belongs to the Machi avelli school. To attain his objects he will make an arrow of any kind of wood." According to the private correspondence of the Constitutionnel the following will be the position of Prussia :—" All the States of the north and centre of Germany, with the exception of two, have con cluded with Prussia ' a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, for the maintenance of the indepen dence and the integrity, as well as the internal and external safety of those States.' the object of this alliance will he definitively insured by a Federal Constitution upon the basis of the Prussian princi ples of the 18th June, 1866, with the participation of a Parliament to be convoked in common. The allied Governments undertake to summon at the same time as Prussia the election of deputies for the Parliament according to the electoral law of the German empire of the 12th of April, 1849, and to convoke the Parliament in common with Prussia. At the same time they will send plenipotentiaries to Berlin to establish, according to the principles of the 10th of June, 1866, the project of the Federal Constitution which is to be submitted to the deli berations and the vote of Parliament. The troops of the allies are to be placed under the special com mand of his Majesty the King of Prussia." The weather to-day has been worse than yester day. Violent winds prevailed iu the early part of the morning, and it has been raining and miserable all day. The Journal des Debats says :—" The Gazette de la Croix continues to transform the great struggle of which Germany has just been the theatre into a trifling, miserable conflict between Prussian Royalty and the Prussian Parliament. We do not think that journal truly represents the feeling of the Go vernment, but, at all events, it does not represent the feeling of the country. It is not one of the least defective points of the policy of M. Bismarck that he is under the necessity of being compelled to accept, were it only for one day, the compromising alliance of the party of which the Gazette de la Croix is the organ. This alliance is much to be regretted. We deplore it without thinking that from this circumstance the work of M. Bismarck hhouid meet with entire reprobation." SPAIN. According to official news received from the Pacific squadron to the 7th inst., Admiral Mendez Nunez was almost restored to health. INDIA. BOMBAY, Aug. 8. The court-martial on Captain Jervis is not yet concluded. The cases for the prosecution closed on the 23d July, and the prisoner's defence was to be heard on the 6th inst. He calls no witnesses. Captain Weber, of the 42nd Highlanders, died at Sukkur of sunstroke while en route to England. Much suffering continued in the famine-stricken districts of Bengal, and the people are flocking to Calcutta for relief. Lord Napier is making a tour through the dis tricts in Madras which are suffering from the same cause. The Rajah of Kolapore died on the 4th inst. He was very loyal during the mutiny. The Government of India has sanctioned the establishment of money-order offices in the Bom bay and Madras Presidencies. Extensive floods have taken place in Gugerat, which caused a stoppage of the railway Wine be. tween Bombay and Surats for some days. Com munication is now partially restored. The Indian telegraph between Bombay and Kurrachee is in a shameful condition, and in con sequence no direct overland telegram from England of later date than July 29 has been received here. Three ships have been totally wrecked at Albany, outside Bombay harbour. Their names are Zenobia, Vernon, and Themis. A Parsee Matrimonial Court has been established, and the first sitting is to be held on the 11th inst. The annual general meeting of the Bombay Bank was held on the 6th inst. The piece goods market is strong, but cotton is dull. Money is easier, although public confidence is not restored. The public health is excellent. The rainfall ex ceeds 80 inches. SPECIE SHIPMENTS TO AMERICA. LIVERPoOL, September 1. The Royal Mail Steamer China, sailing to-day 'or Boston, takes out £153,100. ARRIVAL OF THE CEYLON. SOUTHAMPTON September 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamship Ceylon, from Alexandria, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta and China Mails, passed the ,Needles at 11.45 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, Sept. 1. The Emperor rode on horseback yesterday in the Park of St. Cloud. The Empress and Prince Imperial leave to-mor row for Biarritz. PARIS, Aug. 31.—Two o'clock.—ln spite of the facilities afforded to commerce by the reduction of the rate of discount by the Banks of both England and France, business does not recover its activity. The unfavourable state of the weather gives rise to serious fears for the harvest and the vintage, and the prevailing feeling is a certain degree of vague inquietude. The first quotations were slightly under the closing prices of yesterday. However, French Threes have been done at 69f. 70c., or an improve ment of 15c.; Italian Fives at 55f. 30c., the con cluding price of yesterday ; Mobilier at 665 f., an advance of 2f. 50c. ; Credit Foncier at 1,350 f., a decline of 5f.; Paris Gas at 1,580 f., the same as yesterday. The railway market continues very in active. Three o'clock.—During the last hour affairs have been more buoyant, the closing prices being as fol- tows : II per Cents 9B 50 Bank Shares 3615 Do. end month ltalian Loan 55 75 3 per Cents. 69 75 Do. end month 55 55 Do. end month 69 80 Mexican Loan 27 Credit Mobilier ... 667 50 Do. Bonds 155 Do. end month ... 668 75 Spanish Throes Credit Foncier 1350 Home Debt Do. end m0nth...... 1360 Deferred .RAIL WAYS. Orleans For Account. 880 Northern 1155 Lyons and M e di terranean BB2 50 Southern 533 75 536 25 Western Eastern 540 Sardinian . — Austrian 406 25 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman.... 123 75 Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. No change in the tone of the market. Sales pro bably about 8,000 bales. MAGAZINE DAY. TEMPLE BAR.—" Lady Adelaide's Oath" is con tinued here at some length, and becomes very event ful in this instalment. First we find a picture of extreme misery and destitution presented to us in the home life of Wilfred and Edith, and next a most exciting scene is sketched of a shipwreck ; the storm casts the ship on the shores of Danesheld, where it is dashed to pieces on a rock. Young Wilfred ventures out in the life-boat, and, with the aid of some hardy adventurers, rescues a few of the passengers and crew. One among the former is no stranger, although he keeps concealed. Iu the next number or so we shall doubtles3 meet with some strik ing eclaircissement. Lady Adelaide will also get into trouble in consequence of her false oath. The chapter relating to the shipwreck is a very effective one, and ably described. "Archie Lovell" is also very exciting in the portion here met, and the un fortunate young girl finds herself in a complete mess through her foolish freak of bygone days. The manner in which this part of the story is worked out is very ingenious, and will form the point of the story in all probability. As for Gerald Kirans, he does not interest one at all, for he is selfish and calculating. After trifling with Archie he turns round and pays court to the rich Lillian, with whom he has no sympathies in common. He appears to advantage, however, beside a finished villain like Denison, and a scheming fellow like Waters. " Buying Experience" is an amusing account of some adventures that two ladies met with who were rash enough to trust themselves at a " sale" in the character of unprotected females. The climax of their discomfiture was reached when they were told to pay ten pounds for a worthless daub. " Rents and Darns" is a well written sketch that contains some truth. The rents that appear in daily life, in social matters, and inbusiness affairs, are enumerated, and it is truly said that worse than rents and darns is the idle life of the selfish, who are " mere machines wound up on golden springs, and set agoing in jewelled cases." " A Week with the Fenians" is an appropriate sketch just now, and the " Story of the Invasion of Canada" will interest many readers. " Our War Paint" reveals some strange details of the army clothing. " Quite Beneath Notice" is a paper that does not merit to be treated as its title indicates, for it presents much worthy of - no ti ce . " Rad's First Love" is a sketch of adventures in Germany, and " False" is the title of some effec tive verses. DUBLIN.—There are some very interesting stories n this number. " Cometh up as a Flower" is con tinued, and the adventures of the heroine are nar rated in a lively manner, and some of the reflections are well worth noticing. It is an impressive pas sage where Nelly soliloquises as to whether it can be possible thdt one is the same individual being through the whole course of one's life. " Does it not rather seem as if each man or woman is in him self or herself a succession of individual beings, pos sessing one after another several successive souls." " Never—for Ever" is a pleasing description of sea side life, coupled with romantic incidents. " Nu,n ber Five Brook-street" is a more elaborated tale, and the doings of Mrs. Lepell are ingeniously told. The account of the dinner party at which Lord John was the hero, and gave himself most unconscionable airs, is ludicrous indeed. " The Session of 1866" reviews the recent changes that have taken place, and seems to entertain a favourable opinion of the new Ministry. " It is the desire of the public, which, in certain circumstances may be said to have the force of an edict, that the Ministry of Lord Derby should have a full and fair trial." " Glastonbury Abbey" is continued, and presents us, as usual, with most interesting chronicles of the past : the subject more particularly referred to in this divi sion is " Monasticism in its Vigour." A sketch of Thomas King, the original Lord Ogleby, and Sir Peter Teagie, is well worthy of notice. He en joyed a high reputation for a long period, and re tired deservedly regretted from the stage he adorned. " Voltaire, and his Valet" is a curious sketch, that will please some readers, and contains some striking representations of French life at tha period. "Me Grand Tour," and "Tinabuctoo," arc among the remaining articles in this interesting number. " Ophelia's Stream" is the title of some verses that are written in an appropriate strain, and please one by their subdued and refined melancholy. CORNHILL.—" The Claveriugs" proceeds, and many untoward events occur. A quarrel springs up between Sir Hugh and Haig, who conducts him self rather imprudently about Lady Argate. A really ludicrous sketch is that in which Madame Guaddoup confronts the wretched Archie, and all his fine projects of getti ng th e b etter o f the "Rus _ _ sian Spy" dwindle into nothing. "The Education of the Working Classes," by a working man, con tains much to attract much notice in its pages. It is said that much has been done, but that more might be done by proper management. " i 'rhere are means in plenty.; what is wanted is, that those who are interested in promoting the welfare of the working classes should try to bring about the sub stitution of another and a better plan of using them." " Granny Leatham's Revenge" is a sketch that is cleverly drawn, though by no means pleas ing to peruse. It records the baneful effects of jealousy and wrath. The story relates to the cattle plague, which has desolated so many stocks lately, and is ingeniously worked out. " The Village and the Cliff " is continued, and poor Miss George is banished and sent off to France. The scenes in this story are well selected, and form a pleasing study to peruse. " Good Looks" is an artiile that will attract many ; and we meet with some amusing de scriptions in it. Referring to the difference of opinion that prevails, an anecdote is told of an African chief who visited Dr. Watts, and was asked how it was that he and his descendants were black, when, in common with the rest of mankind, they were descended from Adam, a white man. To which he replied, " Adam white ! how know you Adam white? Me fink Adam black, how came you white ?" "Breech-loaders" is sure to meet with attention at this juncture, and an elaborate account is given of its mechanism, but the .writer is of opinion that the Prussian system is unsuited 'or our service. MACMILLAN.—Henry Kingsley's singular story of " Sileote of Silcotes" is continued, and the compli cations of the plot and the eccentricities of the cha- ratters increase rather than diminish with the pro gress. The style, too, exhibits all the writer's peculiarities in strong relief, and the tale is better calculated to surprise than to please the reader. Mrs. Norton's " Old Sir Douglas" is resumed, and presents a decided contrast to its rival, though the interest of the story is painful too. Mischief is evidently brewing under the agency of the humble and smooth-spoken Alice, and Gertrude's happy married life bids fair to be soon overshadowed by doubts and suspicions. Mrs. Norton is fond of drawing human nature in extremes, and Alice is a most repulsive creature, even as Kenneth Ross, Old Sir Douglas's graceless nephew, is altogether a ,mauvais sujet without a single redeeming point to account for the infatuation of his uncle. The more solid contents are varied and well written. " Social Responsibilities" is an essay which boldly throws a share of the blame of pauper mismanagement on every man's shoulders. The guardians, contends the writer, do not deserve all the abuse they have received. They are not generally men who, by _ _ _ _ _ position or education, are likely to feel for the sufferings of the poor and helpless ; but those who could feel for such distress are greatly to be cen sured for the indifference or inaction which made what was really everybody's business nobody's business. There are some very just remarks on the duty incumbent on every intelligent member of society to form a clear and definite opinion on all these social problems. " Thzee Centuries of the Portraits of a Family" is an entertaining paper, full of scraps of forgotten family history, and show- Lng the interior of an English worthy's household n the troubled times of the first Charles. " The Expression of the Eye" is a curious paper, well worth reading by the artist and the miniature painter. " The Campaign in Germany," and "From the lip of Loch Etine," are among the best of the remaining papers. THE VICTORIA.—The opening article in the Victoria is on a very appropriate subject, for it I to of the brilli an t career o f M a d ame de Stasi to whose genius it renders full homage. It is re marked that " French by birth and early training and association, Swiss by lineage, Swedish by ,mar riage, English, G erman , I ta li an, an d SPaLde by the adaptive power o f sympa thy an d knowledge, Madame de Stael belonged rather to Europe than to France." The fifth book of Professor Labuulaye's elaborate treatise on The Civil and Political Status of the Female Sex" ba s commenced, and brings down the subject to a point nearer our own day than those feudal ages in which it has so lingered. Two stories are included in t he table of contents, and the miscellanea and corre spondence contain some interesting reading. Anw n g the literary notices is a review of the prize essays ° a Vivisection, which revolting practice is now becom ing generally condemned. There is one aspect which well deserves the consideration of those WII° consider the infliction of torture on living beings justifiable in the pursuit of scientific knowledge-- whether the inevitable brutalising of the operator's own feelings may not in reality interfere with his pro fessional skill, since the art of healing is not to exercised on machines, but on sentient creatures, W deal with whose ailments successfully more than we re ' facts are required. The man of wide sympathies and keen perceptions will achieve a greater repo' tation than he who is dead to all beyond the dogma s of his profession, and it must bo owned that the progress lately made in physiological and psy6holo; gical knowledge has acc om p an i e d t h e development of increased humanity, re fi nemen t o f f ee li n g, an d extended sympathy, none of which really enlighten' ing qualities are likely to be cultivated by the prac tice of vivisection. THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.-Th 3 " Annals of a Quiet. Neighbourhood" are brought to a temporal conclusion, that is to say that the Vicar's own Per sonal history is done, but that he promises to ev e us from time to time pape rs a b ou t hi s parish and his parishioners. " The English Hymns of 03 . e Elizabethan Era" are b roug ht t o a conclusion' " Christian Finance—St. Paul's Exchequer" Is a well written and suggestive paper. There are wall other papers, all of them written with some excel lent object, and several of them possessing s trong claims on the inter e st o f th e reader. GOOD WORDS.—Mrs. Oliphant's carefully-writt en story of " Madonna Mary" proceeds with interest, and exhibits the signals of a terrible forthcoming domestic storm. Professor Ansted contributes 3 valuable paper on the late eruptions and present stat e , of Vesuvius. "Arkite Cerem on i es i n t h e Hi m alars' and " A Glimpse of Shepherd Life in New Zealand , : are also interesting articles. Henry Rogers vind' cater Christianity from the charge of its re ligious, intolerance, showing that whate v e r th e a ctions ° , l its followers, persecution is di ame t r i ca ll y o pPose l to its recognised character and tenets. " Dust Ho !" gives an account of ou r d us t men an d dow women, pariahs of civilisation who have been some what neglected by philanthropists.. , t Maria° Harris " is a most interesting sketch of a charitable f Jewish lady who has devoted herself to the care e d the children of the Jewish poo r . " Th e Lady and the Rooks " is a story in verse, not without itS moral. ONCE A WEEK.—This is a very pleasant an d readable miscellany, adorned with numerous illus trations of somewhat unequal merits. Stories' sketches, novels, poems, articles, and essa ys abound' and the reader who cannot while away an hour e l ' two over its varied and animated pages must be very hard to please. I_ , _ • DI etrati'k HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Aug. 3 0 ' The Qeeen, accompanied by Princess Louise; drove out in a pony carriage yesterday morning• In the afternoon her Majesty and Princess Louis° rode on ponies in the neighbourhood of the Castle' The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Hon. 3 111 ' Hardinge, and Gen. Peel dined with her Majesty.' WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Most Excellent Count de Ferreira.; Joaquin Ferriera dos Santo; late of the city e i Oporto, where he died in March, 1466, was pro va ' in London under £50,000 personalty in Engla nd. The executors appointed are his nephew, Anton io Ferreira dos Santo; Jose Gaspar da Graea, Manoel Gualberto Soares. The will is translat ed from the Portuguese. It was his excellency's die that, on his quitting this life, his body s hould b e clothed as a Knight of the Order of Christ, an d : general three days' mass be observed. He has mad e a bequests to charitable institutions and b ee ; pitals. He leaves a suit of clothes to each inmate e f the infirmary of Santa Casa de Mi ser icordia e 5 Oporto, there being not less than twenty pale ° under the homoeopathic system. H e leaves a 611 , ,1 1 to build 120 houses for prepar a to r y s c h o ols for b o th sexes, with masters' residences. Bequests are m ade for the Consultorio Homceopathico Portuense, eil condition of opening the same to poor people Sundays and holidays. He bequeaths eighty d° 1 : 1 ; ries of 500 milreis each as marriage portions le eighty honest and virtuous girls ; and alms to thil honest widows of 100 milreis each ; likewise al w of 50 milreis each to the heads of 50 families wi le have insufficient means to support themselves b ./ 0 labour. Bequests are made to the members of 131 a family, to each of his godchildren, to friends, al i o also to each of his servants; and he appoia ts ,„, universal heir his neph ew , A n t on i o F er reira ev."" Santos. The will of Lieut.-Colonel Christopher Hamill dei t i Nicholson (Grenadier Guards), of. Grosvenor-st ree ' Hanover-square, was proved in the London Co i 8 under £35,000 personalty ; the executors being 1 ; 1 brother, Gilbert Nicholson, Esq., and his neP li n e i; William Newcombe Nicholson, Esq. The w ilh oe dated January 15, 1863, with four co di c ils, and gallant colonel died February 21, 1866. He -h.. devised his landed estates at Newrath, Currli g town, and Howrath, in Meath, Ireland, W „b. nephew and executor, William N. Nicholson , jest to the annuities under the will, also leaves all his books, in whatever language they rual and appoints him residuary legatee. Ther e liberal annuities ; also numerous legacies tO ag , nephews, nieces, and other relatives and fri eli n ia and likewise to his servants ; and l ega cies to be l' l s o free of duty. There are also man y specific beci lle o of valuable articles and relics. His salver-cl dagger from G r e na d a an d hi s D a mascus o wor J o mounted in silver-gilt he has bequeathed t° brother, Gilbert Nicholson. for' The will of Kenyoti Stevens Parker, 1 "/ .9 te r merly of Lincoln's-inn, and late of 49, Lanc3,l3" gate, Hyde-park, was administered to in the Iliffe don Court by his son, Kenyon Charles Spec pf Parker, Esq., one of the residuary legateest.og reason of the executors therein appointed d ia predeceased the testator. The will was exec utc oo 1843, and he died June 2, 1866, aged 76 ',„ted personalty was sworn under £B,OOO. Ile had d u the that, in the event of his surviving his Wife ' a llf whole of his property should be divided ecln amongst their children. EXCITING SCENE AT A FIRE.—(TINS MCI(.II Ac r This (Saturday) morning, shortly after miduigbt, a : i t - 0 exciting scene took place on the premises belouginc, Mr. Scott, a chandler, carrying on business at 31, Cg made place, Hertford-road, Kinsland. The discovery wa9hrn:-° by a police-constable, 439 of the N diViSiOLL It apprehended that several persons were in the and the fire extending, so rapidly, it was feared that .0, great loss of life would take place. Conductor 111:0 promptly attended with the Royal Society's escal)° from promptly attended with the Royal SocietY' escsP° Kin eland-ate station, and he searched th e back ro°; Conductor Thain next attended with another escape °f of thetl society from the Balls Pond station. T he engines brigad arrived and were et to 1 01 p but the flam metropolitan es could not be equickly extinguished until the BP ci and the whole of the stock in trade were destroy° ti and the upper part of the house seriously d°'''gell. by fire and water. The origin of the fire is lin k° The sufferer was insured inthe Atlas Fire-offica• duty in The number of men enrolled for militia New York city is about 95,000. ~'~ a~ 110 Quiet u JRone y bei ng co] money 18 , e°lll Petini 'lrSt-cl as Per c ent. The sui t he the Sc ‘lte call el Gold t o .°4111( Yost andl the :411eriea. ~, A meet: aiercantil, When a ea a tot a l of Duri ng again of a l anlo unted 4 nclie s ati c ontin ent £39 8,372 (1 "esPatehe, t o —utit 1' : 1 ""t° e, ecZ3tOt! U nion 'l le 4 ta4 me,„, or ' Orie ° Rev: V-04, vex. col