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On Saturday, September 23d, M on day, `sth, and every Evening during the Week, the peitormances wilt commence with Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. lo conclade with, each Evening, Milton's Mask of COMUS. The principal characters by M Mr. Phelps, r. Maclntyre, Mr. James Ander son, Mr. Fit james, Mr. T. Swinbourne, Mr. C. VandenhA Mr. Robert Roxby, r Mr. G.: peneer. 14 r. Henri Drayton, i Mr. Mesgreson, Mr. Wilbye CJoper, Mr. C. Warner, Dir. Cr. Belmo.e, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mr. Henry Manton, Miss .ittliluson, Mr. A. Rayner , 31Iss Poole, M Miss Augusta Thomson, Mr E. Phelps. r. It. Barrett, i Miss ie. Falconer, and Mr. J. Neville, _ .. _ Miss C. Weston , Weston. - - New and elaracteristic Scenery, by Mr. William Beverley. The General Action of the Mask dire.ted le Mr. Robert ]toxby. The Choir of Fifty Voices. under the adership of Dir. Beale, and the increased Orchestra condu ted by Mr. Barnard. Harp Accompaniments arranged and performed by Mr. Frederick Chatterton. 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He appears to perceive the rashness and cruelty of in sisting upon the South re-entering the Union, and at the same time putting every obstacle in the way and heaping insult and humiliation on a brave and only half-subdued people. It will be re membered that Governor STARKEY of Missis sippi gave orders for the organisation of two militia companies to protect life and property from the stray guerillas and freebooters who are sure to be found in an unsettled country like the South at the abrupt conclusion of a desperate This order General SLOC UM, of the Federal army, thought proper to countermand—possibly in the belief that all military arrangements were better under one head—but he did not apparently perceive that it was a harsh and imprudent step to take at the present juncture. It should be the great object of all earnest and patriotic men to strive to reconcile the people of the Southern States to the existing Government. However natural their dreams of independence, however heroic their efforts to realise them, there remains nothing for them at present but submission to the Federal authorities, and any resistance can only cause ad ditional suffering without in the slightest degree advancing their cause. It is natural that the Con federates should feel reluctant to yield to the Northern authorities, but as such has been the for tune of war they will only add to the misfortunes of their country, protract the poverty and wretch edness of the people, and defer their reassumption of the position which the Southern States for merly occupied in the Union. General LEE, always a true patriot, as well as an heroic soldier, has fullyrecognised this fact, and has just given e onv i • nemg proof of his senti ments by accepting the • presidency of Washington College, Lexington, Virgi n i a. It must have been painful to him to emerge from. lts r • c ignified retire ment, and to proclaim his submission to the Govern mentrhich he had fought so l against which and which still held in durance his friend and lead er , JEFFERSON DAVIS, but he is not the man to shrink from any duty, however painful , and now as ever his patriotism and his anxiety for the welfare of his people are paramount with him. In his letter of acceptance, he observes that it is the duty of every citizen in the present state of the country to do all in his power to restore; peace and harmony and in no way to oppose the policy of the Govern ment to that effect. Ile added that it was parti cularly incumbent on those charged with the in struction of the young to set an example of sub mission to authority, thereby professing his own intention in accepting the proffered post. Ilia counsel and his example will no doubt have a powerful effect, and all who once followed him in the field will feel that what General LEE advises cannot be inconsistent with the feelings of a true patriot and an honourable man. President JOHNSON will no doubt learn with great satisfaction the course pursued by his distinguished adversary, and his words will show him still more Clearly the wisdom of pursuing a conciliatory and temporary course. Mr. JOHNSON, as - we haVe said, has acted wisely in showing confidence in the war. ••••••••.......••••••••••••••• Ili people of Mississipp i, and in supporting the authority of their civil governor. Governor STARKEY tele graphed to him for instructions on General SLOCUM'S interference with his order, and the President, in his answer, approved of the formation of the militia com panies, considering the movement a proper one, and declaring that the people must be trusted with their own Government. General SLOCUM, at the instance of the President, countermanded his prohibitory order, and the cause of order and reconstruction has gained more by this conclusion of the affair than it would have done by the most vigorous display of military force. Very little is said about the negroes, excepting that at a meeting of a Democratic Conven tion at Albany, among the resolutions adopted was one insisting upon the non-interference of Federal Government with the question of negro suffrage. Among the other resolutions passed by the Conven tion was one declaring the equality of States, and urging the subordination of military to civil rule, and another declaring that the entire resources of the country were pledged to the payment of the national debt. The financial difficulty will be the next problem for American statesmen to solve when they have succeeded in restoring something like tranquillity to the country. This will be a work of much anxiety and difficulty, and much will depend upon the spirit in which it is dealt with. The Mexican perplexity is suffered to remain in statu quo till the meeting of Congress. President JOHNSON announces his intention of reserving the declaration of his policy until the delivery of his Message. The New York Democratic State Con vention at the meeting we have referred to upheld the MONROE doctrine, though whether they mean to uphold it by force of arms is not stated. Mr. SEWARD is said to have declared his opinion that it was neither advisable to assist JUAREZ openly nor dignified to aid him secretly, but no public profes sion of policy has been made. With reference to the charges and counter-charges made by both sides in reference to breaches of the courtesies and humanities of civilised warfare, a letter has just been addressed to a contemporary, Colonel VON BORCKE, late Adjutant-General of the Cavalry of the Vir ginian Army, in which he states that he was in the room with Gen. FITz LEE when the papers found on Col. DAHLGREN'S body were delivered to him by the officer who had taken them. These papers were read, he avers, with the greatest indignation by himself and by Gen. FITZ LEE, and half an hour afterwards they were taken by the General himself to President DAVIS. These papers Col. BORCKE declares to be identical with those published by the Confederate authorities, having been removed from Col. D AHLGREN'S body by the officer who carried them himself to General FITZ LEE, and by him con veyed direct to the PRESIDENT. The charge of forging or altering the papers is therefore entirely disproved, though there was never any reason to put faith in it. The Confederate Generals have shown themselves as incapable of a mean and dis honourable crime as the Federal commanders have unhappily proved to be able and willing to exercise any cruelty towards a conquered city. It is always sad when the young are cast off at the outset of their careers, and imagination conjures up the many honours and distinctions which the gifted might have gained, and the services which they would have rendered to society had they been spared till the natural completion of their course. One of the most deplorable instances of a premature loss of this kind took place last Sunday at Cam bridge in the death of Mr. PURIUSS, who was drowned while bathing in the Cam. This distin guished student had attained to a great point of excellence, and had already received nearly ' all the classical honours to which he could aspire. In all human probability he would, as time matured his powers, and experi ence concentrated his efforts, have acquired a most considerable renown, and been ranked among the foremost scholars of his day. Ile was the senior Wrangler of last year, and it is well known that this is no easy feat to accomplish ; in this respect it is not possible for anything but stern application and considerable abilities to achieve a successful result. Mr. PURKISS did not confine his efforts to one sphere, however, but was remarkable wherever he went for his zeal and assiduity in the cultivation of the brilliant talents with which he was endowed. The City of London School was the place where he first distinguished himself, and he there gained great renown. He also achieved great distinction at the University of London, and, indeed, carried on his labours there simultaneously with those at Cambridge. He was fortunate enough to win all the mathematical hon ours, as well as the gold medal, at the London Uni versity, and Lord GRANVILLE, the Chancellor, showed his discernment by appointing him to the Principalship of the Royal College of Naval Archi tecture. In this capacity he had already entered on a career full of usefulness, and which would eventually have been productive of great benefit to society. During the short time he has been in this position he has written some useful treatises and in vestigations, for which, of course, his well-trained mind and indomitable perseverance peculiarly qualified him. It is indeed most deplorable to dwell upon the fact that all the bright promise of such a career has been for ever lost, and that, too, by a most trivial accident in itself, although so momentous in its consequences. Mr. P URKISS was drowned in shallow water near the shore. He had declined to join some companions who went out to swim, but must have changed his mind, for on their return they found him missing, and after a long search discovered his body in close vicinity to land. He had become entangled in the weeds that had ac cumulated on the spot, and the length of time which he had been under water rendered his restoration impossible. It is difficult to say when a more lamentable incident has occurred, and when a more promising career has been so suddenly cut off. In the case of Mr. Pumuss there was no sudden efflorescence of genius that might be as transient as it was transcendent, and soon exhaust itself. On the contrary, we may believe in confi dence that he would have gone on and increased in excellence, and that time would have only added to his honours. his friends have the consolation of reflecting that he has done all, and more than all, that might have been expected from him, and that during his short day of trial here he has been no unfaithful steward of his many talents, and has done great honour to himself and reflected the highest credit upon the Universities where he was trained, before he was so suddenly summoned to no man can work. the night in which Miss BURDETT COLTTTS has written an account of the terrible ravages which the cattle disease has wrought among her herd of milch cows, and she has also made some suggestions which are very wise, and might with advantage be adopted. It seems, indeed, surprising that so little should have been done to remedy the deficiencies and provide for the emergencies of this affair—as Miss COUTTS ob serves, with great accuracy, there is so much need of proper information being imparted in respect to the nature and treatment of the disease, its premonitory signs, and the dangers that attend its various stages. She proposes that the Go- vernment should endea - iour, in some measure, to meet the requirements of the case by selecting a certain number of chemist's shops as depl;ts for in formation, especially as relates to the early signs of the disease, and also for the treatment which might mitigate it. Miss Courrs has resolved to set on foot some inquiry of this nature for herself, and has been promised the aid of some gentlemen. She naturally asks if the Government are likely to lend any assistance in the furtherance of a scheme so desirable, and which has so much to commend itself to support and encouragement. She truly adds that at present no one knows where to turn to get advice, and that it appears to her that " upon such an occasion our Government should take the lead in guiding us how to act, and in assisting us to meet an emergency which is full of difficulty and danger to all classes." It is worthy of notice that the danger may not be over quite so soon as some persons imagine, because, as Miss COUTTS reminds us in her letter, in the accounts drawn up of the murrain which occured last cen tury, the disease diminished during the winter, and then broke out during the spring with increased violence, so that it will not do to neglect any pre cautions that ingenuity can suggest or perseverance accomplish. It is certainly wiser and better in such a crisis as the present to do too much rather than too little, and therefore no plans or proposals that are at all feasible should be neglected. This proposition of Miss Courrs' is so excellent that it will be, indeed, unfortunate if it cannot be carried out, and we may rest assured that if it is the safest means will have been adopted to prevent the many evils which ignorance occasions, and thus we shall stem the force of the calamity to the utmost extent of our power. Want Of care in apparently small particulars often creates more mischief than some might suppose to be possible, and those in authority will incur grave responsi bility if by their neglect they should allow the evils now in existence to increase in magnitude and extent. Mr. Bright on Reform. 4 , - The following letter has been received by Mr. George Newton, of Glasgow, from Mr. Bright, M.P., in reply to an invitation to attend a meeting in that city .for the agitation of the question of Parliamentary Reform : " Pitnaeree, Dunkeld, Sept. 10, 1865. " Dear Sir, —Mr. Dalglish has forwarded your letter to me. I thank you for your invitation, although I do not feel myself able now to accept it. If I come to Glasgow I must go to other places. I cannot bear the weight of an agitation for Reform, and spend the winter in attending great meetings, as I did in the year 1858-59, and therefore I feel compelled to shun engagements which I know I should find too heavy for me. I have as much interest in the question as I have had at any time, and I be lieve, and indeed I know, that it is advancing with most certain steps. When the present Prime Minister leaves office no Ministry will be possible of the Liberal party which will not deal with the Re form question. lam not anxious it should be dealt with during his official life, for he is the only man cannected with the Liberal party who is at once both able and willing to betray it. One sentence from his lips would have the passed the bill of 1860, and that sentence he refused to utter. His colleagues preferred their places to their honour as public men, and they consented to the greatest political fraud of our times rather than leave the Treasury bench even for a season. Happily, the question does not depend on the Prime Minister. He has never promoted its growth, and he cannot prevent its Success. There is at weak a steady and a silent force which all who are not blind may mark, and every day's delay will but add to the certainty and fulness of our triumph. I hope every Liberal constituency will so act through its representatives as to make a sham Liberal Go vernment henceforth impossible. For what can be more degrading to a Liberal member of the House of Commons than to sit as a supporter of an Admi nistration which repudiates and has betrayed the first and greatest question or cause upon which the whole policy of the Liberal party is founded ?—I am, very truly yours, " JOHN BRIGHT. " Mr. George Newton, Glasgow." The late Mr. Cobden on the American War and Mexico. The following is an extract from a letter written in May, 1864, by the late Richard Cobden, on America, to a French gentleman residing in Switzer land, upon the subject of the late rebellion, and the prospects of the French intervention in Mexico : " London, May 13, 1864. "My dear -, In your last letter you speak unfavour ably of the prospects of the Northern party in America. You do not know that country. I travelled through the United States in 1835, and again in 1859, and have been a very careful student of all that has been passing there. I ought to know that country as well as anybody. Nothing, in my mind, is more certain in the future than that the North wifl destroy slavery, ruin the slave owners, and hold possession of the South. The mistake that people fall into in Europe, when they expect the suc cess of the South, is that they lose sight of the inherent weakness of a slave-owning community, owing to the want of that mechanical development which constitutes the great power of modern society, as compared with former ages. Georgia, or Mississippi, or Alabama are not modern com munities in their organisation and resources. They are a succession of plantations on which slaves do all tho work, and containing within themselves all the different occupa tions, such as carpenters, smiths, and coopers, and which form distinct trades in free civilised States. In fact, Georgia and Mississippi are in the same state as Western Europe was in the 14th century. Georgia and Mississippi, each nearly as large as England, contain each only a half million of white inhabitants, being less populous than England was in the time of the Saxons. Those whites are surrounded by nearly an equal number of slaves, who are ready to run away from their masters whenever the Federal armies approach. Thus, added to the want of mechanical resources and the absence of accumulated wealth and population in towns, the South sees the negro, on whom it depends for the rude cultivation of the soil, deserting its plantations to enlist in the ranks of the in vading army. It is true that the Southern whites fight well. They are a proud, haughty community, who have a contempt for Northern industry and for Northern men, just as all aristocrats have despised working men. They are more reckless of life, more accustomed to the use of arms, and have that Southern dash and fire which makes them almost irresistible for a time. But nothing can com pensate for the disadvantages under which they labour. Nothing can make a community, living like the feudal com munity of the 13th century, a match for the New England population of the 19th century. Tho North will ruin the South, not by any one or half-dozen decisive battles, but by its peesistence and by the irresistible weight of its re sources. And I should not be surpriSed to see the South collapse very suddenly ; for having no social forces at its back, when once it is fairly beaten in the field it has nothing to fall back upon. If the North should realise my expecta tions, it will present itself before the Old World in a new and most formidable attitude, for it will have proved itself as great in war as in peace. It is the only country in the world which, while it is a first-class naval power (for its mercantile tonnage is equal to our own), can keep 700,000 men in the field. Has your Emperor thought of dill this in connexion with his Mexican expedition ? I confess I saw with amazement as well as regret the course which he took in sending an army to interfere in the internal affairs of that wretched country. It reminded me, in its impoliey, of the expedition of the First Napoleon from Bayonne into Spain. No human being can restore Mexico to order, or confer on it the blessings of civilised progress. It repuires the hand of God himself to effect such a change in that de ,isreade outraged ow d h e,vdeeply a nd populationh the ef humiliated iu l aht l elf public half-castes. by this se rßut attempt do e fth e e s the uo l t e E f ad ;pe foreign nro States r Power to set up an empire at their door without consult ingthe e t e h s em sending a N n v army u y l dt o y e o e u t a h P l r ts e h n c a h Ar m e e pe n nu h. like i t n o ß s e e l e that the m resentment c annews. p g a iu p m ers w r i e t g h u ou la t rl e y o , ns l ul g t , i t u th g er , of :. , ,, ? in s teze i m , g against you for the Mexican intervention is ready to burst forth the moment the rebellion is in a sure way of defeat. The Americans will have some serious controversies with England, but they are of a nature to keep and employ the t g o to w n a for r o e r x phluamnaitliiaotnisehfr.omithet Tuile ries,leereingenuity of diplomatists. But I look for a peremptory wish the Emperor would withdraw every French soldier dema w nd hi f e i h ' " EMI.= C9I3DEN." iumodiately. • • • oinw FFIE SUN, LONDO:? VIEWS ESDA? EVENING, SEPTEWIER 20, 1865, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (WEIITY.R . S TET.,LGR HUNGARY. CONVOCATION OF THE HUNGARIAN DIET. VIENNA, SEPT. 20. The Hungarian Diet is convoked for the 10th December next. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. POINT DE GALLE, SEPT. 12. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Donnai left here for Suez to-day with the India and China mails, 2,000 bales of silk, 400 packages, and 100 passengers. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 19. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Mceris left here to-day, with the India and China mails, 123 passengers, 1,434 packages, and £180,640 for India and China, and 79 passengers, 1,759 packages, and £87,600 for Alexandria. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 20. General L'A.dmirault has been appointed Sub- Governor of Algeria. The Minister of the Interior has issued a circular, in which he says that the deliberations and debates of the Municipal Councils cannot be officially pub lished until approved by the Government. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 20. According to advices from Constantinople to the 13th inst. Prince Alfred has relinquished his inten tion of visiting that city. Letters received here state that cholera is raging in Galatz and Ibraila. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 19.—Two o'clock.—The market has been anything but buoyant. Threes, for the Account, have declined 'lie., their present quota tions being 68f. 72ic. Italian Fives have also receded 12/c.„ to 66f. 55c. Credit Mobiher shares are at 835 f. The stock most inquired for is Old Mexican, which has obtained a further rise of 4 per cent., attributed to the increasing belief of an ap proaching conversion of this stock on the one hand, and to the projected formation of a new Mexican Bank on the other. Realisations on the Comptoir d'Escompte have caused the shares of that company to recede 12fr. 50c. Three o'clock.—A report of a change of Ministry, and numerous sales, have caused a further decline for the close :- 41 per Cents — Du. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 60 Do. end mouth 6B Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Foncier 1335 -- Italian Loan — Do. enti month 66 50 RAILI Ditto Threes — Roman — Mexican Loan 52 Do. Bonds 334 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deforred Acct. 852 50 ... 1095- - ... 876 25 ... 567 50 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western . Eastern ••• - - •.• • 535 •••••••• Sardinian . • • 245 - Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman 411 25 - ... 458 74 - ... 217 50 ... 315 - 226 25 HOLLAND. The following is the full text of the King's speech at the opening of the legislative session of 1865-66 : " Gentlemen—lt gives me pleasure to be able to announce to you that our relations with foreign Powers continue to be most friendly. My Govern ment has given every possible attention to the in terests of commerce and navigation with foreign States. "At home, as well as in our colonial possessions, our land and sea troops honourably fulfil their mis sion. 'The expedition which our navy, united with those of other Powers, has gloriously terminated in Japan against the Prince of Nagato has greatly contributed to establiSh our relations with that country on a better footing. " The condition of our colonies is generally favourable. I regret that in the interior Java has suffered from earthquakes. The new administrative regulations tend to increase the prosperity and welfare of Surinam and Curagoa. "In the course of the present session bills will be laid before you to regulate the press in the East Indies, and other questions touching agriculture and industry. " We may congratulate ourselves that not only the Government, but the provinces and communes, and private societies, rival each other in zeal in the construction of works of public utility ; the works undertaken to procure for the capital a more easy communication with the sea are progressing rapidly; the corps of engineers of Waterstaat continue honourably to fulfil their mission ; the construction of State railways continues uninterrupted ; various new sections will be thrown open to traffic during the course of the year ; other lines of international interest will also be completed. The returns of the lines already open are satisfactory. Private enter prise co-operates powerfully in the extension of our railway lines. The opening of an international line, which recently took place, will soon be followed by the opening of other lines, by which the network of our railways will be connected with the railways of other countries. " I hope that the liberal terms of the Convention settling the question of telegraphs concluded at Paris with the co-operation of the Netherlands will contribute to give more extension to our inter national telegraphic relations. " The results of the harvest are better than the severe winter and the extraordinary drought which prevailed during the spring had led us to expect. I have learned with sorrow that a malignant disease prevails among the horned cattle in one o our provinces. Measures have been taken to pre. vest its propagation. Should further measures be required, I shall solicit your co-operation. " The produce of the fisheries, both in sea and river, is most satisfactory. " Our industry continues to make marked pro gress. Peace, which has has happily been re established in another part of the world, and the treaties which I have recently concluded will exer cise a favourable influence upon commerce. " The various institutions for public instruction are worthily fulfilling the task entrusted to them considering the increasing want of them, their deve lopment becomes an imperious duty. Since the law On instructions has been in practice the attendance at the schools becomes more and more general. " The projects of law . on the organisation of the National Guard, on military barracks, and other bills which were not passed last session will be again laid before you. " Projects of law for completing our civil code will soon follow those already laid before you. The draught of the bill to regulate the State police is ready, and will be laid before you during the course of the session. " The financial condition of the State is favour able, and will suffice to provide for all the wants of the service and to continue the sinking of the public debt. The abolition of the communal custom houses will not entail any new expenses. " I sincerely hope, gentlemen, that the mutual good-feeling between the Government and the Par liament, with the blessing of the Almighty, may tend to the development of the prosperity of the country. " I declare the ordinary session of the States- General to be opened." IlosmAL.—The original poems at Christ's Hospital to be recited on Thursday next (St. Mat thew's Day) have both been adjudged to Mr. J. E. Farnell, the first Grecian. The subject for the Latin is "Bella per Hesperios plubquaut civilia cameo," and for the English " Mexico." Woodstock Agricultural Association, WOODSTOCK, Tuesday, The annual gathering of the Woodstock Agricultural and Horticultural Association took place this day. The show was exceedingly good, and the attendance of members of the society very numerous. The dinner at the Town-hallwas presided over by Capt. E. Thornhill ; and amongst the gentlemen present were Mr. Henley, M.P., Col. North, m.r., Col. Fane, M.P., Mr. Barnett, M P., Viscount Dillon, Sir IL Dashwood, Bart., Col. Bowyer, Mr. Margetts (the mayor), &c. After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been given and duly honoured, Col. BOWYER proposed the "Health of the Members for the County," the whole of whom he was happy to Say were present. Tho toast was received with three cheers, and one cheer more. Mr. HENLEY, in responding to the toast., said that the chairman had been pleased to say that the members for the county had taken' the trouble of attending on the present occasion, but he must little understand their feelings if he supposed they considered it a trouble, particularly when they were received in such a cordial and enthusiastic man ner. They attended, knowing that they should meet men entertaining all shades of opinion. Matters calculated to create discussion were, always properly avoided, but still they could not but feel proud when they found men of dif ferent opinions ready to receive them so cordially, know ing that they were always ready to perform their duty. (Cheers.) That was the real feeling which induced men in public life to try to perform their duty. They knew they were always short of the mark, but they knew equally well that when they tried to do their best their countrymen were always ready to take the will for the deed. That was a matter that made labour light—that cheered them to go on in the right way—because they knew that their acts would be favourably considered by those whom they represented. It would be in vain for him to say anything, or at leastlauch, on the use of such societies as the present. When he saw the Town-hall more thaci ordinarily filled by the most respectable inhabitants of the ' neighbourhood, when he saw such societies supported by so large a proportion of the clergy, who knew their value, he could not doubt of their value to the general community. (Cheers.) There was no matter of peculiar public interest calling for observation. Thank God, we were all reason ably prosperous. Many present, no doubt, would wish corn to be a little higher in price, but on the whole it was a great satisfaction to find that the volunteers were so fully employed that they, or a great many of them, were unable to be present. It was found every day both by buyers and sellers that, fast as meat was created, it could not be created fast enough. The butchers came and took it before it ought to be taken, and when that was the case ho did not see that the agriculturists could be otherwise than in a pros perous stste. But the eaters and the sellers could not fail to look with some apprehension on the present increased and increasing price of meat. Great skill—he spoke ad visedly—had produced a much larger amount of meat than any one would have supposed 50 years ago could have been produced. When he was an undergraduate he recollected sheep being walked up to Smithfield market not 12 months old, and barely shorn. Although such mutton might ap pear to sonic persons precious bad mutton, still it was bet ter than no mutton at all, and he was of opinion that if mutton were not quickened we should have no mutton at all, and he did not see how that supply could be much more quickened than it was at present unless it could be quick ened before it was born. (Laughter and cheers.) Regret ting that he was unable to say anything better worth hear ing, he begged to thank the company for the kind manner in which his name and that of his colleagues had been received. (Cheers.) Colonel Nonni also responded to the toast, and iu doing so pointed out the advantage of agricultural associations in bringing together men of all political and all religious opinions. The greatness and glory of the country was mainly owing to the fact that we were not only able to en tertain independent opinions, but had the manliness and the right to express them. (Cheers.) So long as this right and this feeling existed, England would always remain a great country. (Cheers.) So far as he was individually concerned, he had always done his best toperform his duty in Parliament, and he felt that, although he had been re turned by the party who coincided with him in opinion, he was the representative of the whole county, and it gave him the greatest satisfaction to do what he could for those who entertained opinions diametrically opposed to his own. (Cheers.) Colonel FANE, after thanking the company for the kind ness with which he had been received, observed that when he saw so many gentlemen busily employed with their pencils in taking down every word that was uttered for the purpose of printing it in the newspaper, it required much stronger nerves than his own to face them. (Laughter anti cheers.) A great deal had been said about meetings of this description, and of the great advantage we professed over foreign nations. In France and other countries agricul- tural and other meetings took place, but he had never heard of any such agreeable assemblies abroadas took place in this country. lie had been told in the course of the day, " When your members travel about and attend so many meetings of this description you ought to be able to give us some practical knowledge and information." That observation he had no doubt was perfectly true, but it was a most extraordinary fact that at all the dinners which he had attended in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Essex, he had never inet with any gentleman who had spoken with any practical knowledge on the subject. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. HENLEY proposed the health of the president, who briefly acknowledged the compliment. Mr. 11. L. GASKELL then proposed till) health of the member for the borough, which was received most enthu siastically. Mr. BARNETT, in responding to the toast, said he was placed in a very different position from that occupied by Mr. Henley and his colleagues, the members for the county. They were familiar with the House of Commons, and were well acquainted with its mode of procedure. His own ex perience had been confined to standing and not sitting in the House of Commons ; but he looked forward to the high honour of taking his seat there, and although he might be unable to take any conspicuous part in the deliberations of that assembly, he felt the greatest and incst honest desire to make himself useful, and to take such a part in its pro ceedings as might be within the scope of his a bility. (H ear , hear.) He was cheered by what he had heard from many quarters that it was not those who talked most fluently and frequently who commanded the greatest attention in the House of Commons. 'That was the opinion of a man for whom he felt the greatest respect and value, Lord Stanley, who recently told his friends that there were two qualities which gained the most notice in that assembly, knowledge of the world and common sense. (Hear.) Of one of these qualities he could not speak as relating to himself ; but with respect to the other he might be allowed to say that he had lived long in the world, and that a person who had done so without gaining some practical knowledge must be a very unobservant individual. He trusted that the quali ties which he possessed would be found useful and would not incapacitate him from taking part in the councils of the nation. (Cheers.) He wished to make one remark on what had been said by Colonel Pane, whether from an excess of modesty or of candour he was unable to say, but the gallant colonel and some other gentlemen repudiated the idea of knowing anything about agriculture. He believed that would be rather an excess of modesty than of candour, for they had been too long engaged in agricultural pursuits not to know more than they gave themselves credit for. (Laughter and cheers.) But he certainly thought it would be profitable to improve occasions like the present if gen tlemen more intimately acquainted with agriculture would give such meetings the benefit of their knowledge and ex perience. (Cheers.) Several other toasts followed and were duly responded to. COLLISION BETWEEN A GOODS AND A COAL TRAIN.—On Sunday morning a collision occurred on the London and North-Western Railway at Bolton, which was attended with great danger, and did consider able damage. A train of empty waggons from Rochdale had arrived, and were being shunted off the main line at a place known as Bullfield. Sidings. Whilst this operation was being conducted a loaded goods train from Preston, due at 5 a.m., came on at a good speed. The coal waggons were being transferred from one side of the line to the other, when the engine of the Preston train dashed into the middle of them. The violence of the concussion was so great that six of the waggons were cut away from the train, and the body parts of two of the waggons were thrown off their wheels. Fortunately no lives were lost. The fireman of the Preston train jumped off, and beyond being badly shaken was not hurt. The engine-driver re mained at his post, and faced the danger unhurt. It appears the signal was put up against him, but he says the atmos phere was foggy then, and he did not see it until it was too late to stop. A number of men were set to work to remove the damaged waggons, and after an interruption of three hours, during which several other trains were delayed, the line was cleared. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A VOLUNTEER.—At the annual review of the Ist Administrative Warwick shire Rifle Volunteers on the Race Course, Warwick, on Monday afternoon, an accident occurred to Private Charles Wright, of the Ist Leamington Company, who was acci dentally shot by his fore-rank man, while filo firing was going on. The rifle was "full-cock," hence the accident. The cartridge struck Wright immediately above the right eye, and inflicted a severe flesh wound. His hat was blown off his head into the air to a height of about 30 yards. Two or three surgeons immediately attended him, and rendered all necessary assistance. After having partaken of some stimulants his head was bandaged up, and he was sufficiently recovered to be able to walk off tht. ground. At the conclusion of the inspection, Lieutenant- Colonel Manners addressed the men, and spoke in terms of the highest praise of their discipline, appearance, and knowledge of military duties. He cautioned them par ticularly about having their rifles at full-cock except when firing. That painful accident which had occurred had arisen in that way, and ho hoped it would servo as a caution to them. VAYF. Cash. City Sewers Commission. The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London met yesterday at the Guildhall for the'despatch of public business. The Chairman (Mr. Deputy and Under-Sheriff De Jersey) presided. The commissioners were occupied for some time in dis posing of applications for shop fronts, cellar flaps, area gratings, and other projections over the public way ; and afterwards, Mr. Baker, one of the contractors for removing dust from the houses of the ratepayers, was summoned, and fined £3 for neglecting to remove the dust from one of the houses in his district. Mr. R. Flood, the inspector of pavements of the district, proved the case. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Mr. GEORGE WALTER drew the attention of the Court to the state of the slaughter-house iu Ifosier-lane, upon which subject a memorial from a number of the inhabitants was presented at the last meeting, and said that complaints were still made of the unwholesome and unpleasant smell ema nating from the slaughter-house in question. In answer to 3.Ir.:WALTEu, Mr. NEwmAN,lthe inspector of slaughter-ho Uses, said th.d about 11 diseased animals had been slaughtered in the slaughter-house in question since the last meeting of the commission. Mr. WALTER said he had understood that there were as many as 20 diseased animals slaughtered on these premises at the same time, and he thought the practice of slaughter ing diseased animals in the same premises where other cattle not diseased wore also killed was a highly dangerous one, and ought not to be permitted to continue. He sug gested whether, for the present, a part of the space in Smithfield could not be set aside for the purpose of slaugh tering the cattle affected with the disease. Dr. LETHEBY, having been appealed to by Mr. Walter for his opinion, said he considered that the practice of slaugh tering animals which had been affected with the present prevailing disease in the slaughter-houses and knackers' yards in London was fraught with great danger, on account of its being a means whereby the disease might be spread to a large extent among the cattle in London end the neigh bourhood, and also because there was not only a chance of the infection being carried by the slaughtermen engaged in these places to healthy animals, but there was also a still greater danger from the mixing of the dung and offal of the diseased animals with the dung which was distributed as manure over the country. Mr.NIND, referring to the suggestion of Mr. Walter with reference to the setting aside a place in Smithfield in which diseased animals might be slaughtered, said that no doubt any such proposition would be strongly opposed by the authorities of St. Bartholomew's Hospital on account of the fear of the spread of the disease. Mr. G. WALTER moved, " That having regard to the pre vention of the spread of infectious typhus fever among the cattle of London and the neighbourhood, the commissioners are of opinion that the present practice of slaughtering cattle affected with the disease in the slaughter-houses and knackers' yards of the metropolis should be discontinued, as there was great danger of propagating the disease by the dung and offal of the diseased animals being mixed with the manure of those places and distributed upon the laud." The resolution was put and at once agreed to; and it was further decided that copies of it should be forwarded to the Markets Committee of the Corporation, the Metropolitan Cattle Plague Committee, and to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council. Mr. JosEnt DAR-, the principal clerk, read a letter, signed by Mr. G. C. Oke, the clerk to the Lord Mayor, acknow ledging the receipt of a copy of a report of Dr. Lotheby relating to a diseased cow, and stating that his lordship had no power to authorise Inspectors Newman and Wylde —who were recently, on the application of Dr. Lotheby, appointed under the Orders in Council—to take any legal proceedings against any persons offending against the regulations of the Council relative to the cattle plague, but adding that his lordship would give any case that was brought before him his best attention. The letter was ordered to be entered on the minutes. A number of letters were read from persons residing in and about Leadenhall-market complaining of the offensive smell arising therein, and suggesting a new mode of cleans ing the market so as to prevent any sediment or accumu lation of filth. The suggestion was ordered to be carried out under the direction of the inspectors of the commission. SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. LETHEBY presented to the Court the following report: " To the Honourable the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. " Gentlemen—The inspectors' returns, which are before you, relate to 220 houses that have been inspected during the week, and I submit a list of 66 places for sanatory im 7 provement. " I also submit a certificate of the unwholesome over crowding of the house No. 10, Robin Hood-court, Shoe lane, Holborn, with a view to the registration of the place as a common lodging-house. • "In consequence of complaints of the nuisance arising from the effluvia from the stable of Mr. Davis, in Knight rider-streq, escaping into Crane-court, I have visited the place, and' have to recommend that orders be given forthe ventilation of the stable by a shaft in Crane-court, and that the present openings into the court be closed. "The markets and slaughter-houses have been duly in spected, and the officers have condemned 15,4171b5., or nearly 7 tons, of meat as unfit for human food. It con sisted of 41 sheep, 5 calves, 31 pigs, 114 quarters of beef, and 983 joints of meat. Most of it was in a imtrid condi tion on account of the warm weather. " The mortality returns for the week are a little above the average for the season. Last week there were 50 deaths registered in the City, the average number for the corres ponding week of the last nine years being 45 ; 22 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and only 6 among persons of GO and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis 7, mesenteric disease 7, hydrocephalus 2, diarrhcea, whooping-cough , and croup of each 1, making together 16 deaths from tuber cular diseases, 3 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and 11 from diseases of a zymotic character. "I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) "liv. LETHEBY. " Guildhall, Sept. 19, 1865." THE GAS SUPPLY. Dr. LETHEBY further reported that the illuminating power of the gas supplied to the City during the week had been in each case above the requiremen.s of the Act of Par liament, the average power having been above 13 candles of standard quality. The chemical quality of the gas in the case of the City Company, had been equal to the requirements of the acts ; but the Chartered Gas had been overcharged with ammonia, and the Great Central gas with sulphur. From a report presented to the court by the clerk, it ap peared that on Friday, the 15th inst., the balance in the hands of the Chamberlain on the sewers-rate account was £9,845 Os. 101 s d, ; and that they had overdrawn on the con solidated rate £7,250 10s. 4d., and on the metropolis main drainage rate £1,516 ls. After transacting some other business the commissioners adjourned. The Great Fire in Constantinople. (From the Levant Herald of September 8.) No further details of the origin or results of this great disaster have yet transpired. To morrow a special council of Ministers is to be held to receive a statistical report on the loss of property incurred, and to devise means for the re lief of the poorer victims of the calamity, thousands of whom are actually dependent on passing charity for bread. Shelter has been improvised by the Go vernment for a majority of the very poorest, who have, for the greater part, till yesterday evening been bivouacking amid the wreck of their few rescued moveables at the At-Meidan and the vari ous mosque-yards. In the meantime, we have sincere satisfaction in publishing the following note, the prompt and generous charity of which sets .an example that will, we doubt not, be liberally followed by many of our local countrymen. The occasion is one which ap peals to the humanity of all who know the extent of the suffering entailed by the disaster, and, for the honour of foreigners of every nationality in the capital, we trust an effort of charity adequate to the extent and urgency of the relief needed will be made by the whole. Contributions from members of our community may be paid in at Messrs. Ilan ' son's, Galata, or at the office of this paper, in which the amounts received will be daily acknowledged. The mode of applying the money thus raised may be safely left to a small committee of the donors—the thing is to raise it with the least possible delay. " near Sir,—Asnbscription for the thousand of sufferers by the late terrible eolith, ration is about to be opened under the presidency of Aali Pasha. We had better, per haps, collect among our own countrymen; and what should be done should be done quickly, as the want of the poorer sufferers are urgent. Pray consult, therefore, with Messrs. Hanson, Gilbertson, and others of our community, and open a list with this view, putting my name down for ,50 guineas.—Yours faithfully, " H. L. Btu, WER. ‘ Scutari, Thursday" Official return of the deaths from cholera, from noon of the sth September to noon of the 6th, 17 and from noon of the 6th to noon of the 7th, 9. A CASE OF ASIATIC CHOLERA.—A case of Asiatic cholera occurred at Chatteris on Sunday evening, and ended fatally yesterday morning, at about 8 o'clock. The sufferer was Mr. Billett, of the King William Tavern. Nfr. Billett was quite well during the day, and attended church in the evening. On his return home, about eight o'clock, he was taken suddenly ill, and was conveyed to bed. Dr. Wright attended immediately, but in spite of all remedies applied, Mr. Billett died yesterday morning be tween half-past seven and eight o'clock. This is the first ease of Asiatic cholera Seen in the district of late years. (fxrurt tiralTat HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 17. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Princess Hilda of Anhalt had luncheon with her Majesty and the royal family. The Queen, with Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended. Divine service in the parish church of Crathic in the afternoon. Lady Churchill was iu attendance. The Rev. A. Anderson officiated. Earl Russell had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family. The Prince and Princess de Joinville arrived in England on Monday. Their Royal Highnesses crossed the Channel from Ostend in the Belgian Govern ment mail packet Diamond, which reached Dover about one o'clock in the morning. The prince and princess, on landing at the Admiralty Pier, proceeded to the Lord Warden Hotel, and afterwards left Dover by the 7.8. a.m. express train of the South-Eastern Railway for Charing-cross. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings, who arrived in town on Friday, have since left for their seat, Doningtun Park, where they will remain a few days, and then proceed to Margate for a few weeks. The Earl and Countess Craven and family have arrived at Ashdowno Park, Berks, where they intend to pass the autumn. Viscount Uffington has joined the family circle. The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke are expected in Belgrave-square early next month from Henham Hall, Norfolk. The Earl bf Rosalyn has so far recovered as to be considered almost out of danger. He has been several times during the past week in the garden and grounds ad joining Dysart House, and the friends of the noble earl have now good hopes of his ultimate recovery. Viscount Canterbury has left town to join the company assembled at Euston Hall, Norfolk, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Grafton. THE QUEEN AND THE SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL. —Her Majesty has most graciously issued her com mand for a bust of his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort, to be executed by Mr. Theed, and to be presented by her Majesty to the above institution. This most grati fying and encouraging intention has been announced by by Sir Charles Phipps to the Rev. G. Hatchard, M.A., in whose parish the hospital is erected. The GO beds will soon be required, and the needful annual subscriptions for their maintenance speedily forthcoming. A royal presi dent at the opening day would tend greatly to give this much-needed institution a successful launch. THE " ROYAL BERKSHIRE " LIFE BOAT.—The people of Berkshire, emulating those of Wiltshire, the next county, have liberally contributed the cost of a life boat. It is to be exhibited to-day at the Industrial Exhibition at Reading, and will there be formally presented by the Mayor to the National Life Boat Institution. The boat will in a few days proceed by railway to its destina tion at Aberdovey, North Wales. It is a fine boat, 32ft. long, pulling 10 oars, double banked, and is built of Hon duras mahogany by the Messrs. Forrestt, of Limehouse. The Royal Berkshire life Loat is mounted on its transport ing carriage. The people of Berkshire, although residing far inland, will by means of their life boat be aiding directly in carrying on the great work of saving life from ship wreck. C. J. Butler, Esq. (the mayor), Capt. Stephens, the Rev. A. P. Cust, Capt. Birch, R.N., J. H. Wilson, Esq., and other friends in the county, have been indefatigable in their benevolent exertions in collecting the money to pay for the Royal Berkshire life boat. Amongst the contri butors we observe the High Sheriff of the county ; John Walter, Esq., Sir P. Hunter, Col. Lloyd Lindsay, M.P., R. Benyon, Esq., Miss Dorset (£5O), Admiral Layton, and many others. SINGULAR APPLICATION AGAINST A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR.—At the Southwark Police-court yes terday Mr. Ditton, of the firm of Chipperfield and Ditton, solicitors, entered the court with one of the directors of the National Horse Insurance Company, established at 231, High-street, Borough, to ask the magistrate for a_ su mmons against the proprietor of the Joint-Stock Reporter and Insurance Review, published at 147, Fleet-street, for endeavouring to obtain money for advertisements to be in serted in that paper by threats, &c. Mr. Ditton informed his worship that the National Horse Insurance Company was formed some time ago by a number of gentlemen of high standing in the commercial world, at a time when such an institution was much required. A few days silica a person called at the office of the company, re presenting himself as the proprietor of the Joint-Stock Reporter and Insurance Review, and asked for the com pany's advertisement, showing a proof of a very fa vourable article to be inserted, provided the advertise ments were given. The secretary declined to have any thing to do with the publication, as the advertisements appeared regularly in the Daily Telegraph, the Times, and other daily papers. A day or two afterwards the same person called on the secretary again, and showing a veil scurrilous proof of an article, told him that that was the sort of thing he should insert unless he had the advertise ments. The secretary, not being able to get possession of that proof at the time, math) overtures to have the adver tisements inserted, and told the person to call again. Ile did so on Monday, when the secretary got it into his pos session, and then told the person that ho should not only decline advertising in his paper, but he should proceed against him for attempting to extort money by threats. Mr. George Tucker said he was Secretary of the National Horse Insurance Company, 281, High-street, South wark. Last week among other persons connected with the publications soliciting advertisements was a person from the Jaint-stock Reporter and Insurance Review. He bought a copy of the paper, and an article printed in proof highly commending the company, saying that vas the sort of article they should insert if witness gave them their advertisements. Witness deelined his in vitation, and he went away. He returned a day or two afterwards and exhibited the proof of another article, of a very different nature, threatening to insert that if the ad vertisements were not given. Witness told him to call again, as he must consult the directors. On Saturday the person called again, and produced another article of a much more favourable nature than the first, but witness wanted to get possession of the second. He consequently pre tended to agree to pay £l5 15s. for the advertisements, re questing the person to call again with the second article for his perusal. On Monday he brought it, and so soon as witness got possessfon of it he ordered him out of the office, and threatened to take proceedings against him for attempting to extort money.—ln answer to Mr. Burcham , witness said that advertisements of their company in the publication mentioned would be useless. When he agree d to give £l5 15s. he never intended to carry out that, but to get possession of the scurrilous and libellous artieles.—g r * Burcham told him that he might have the summons. BENEFITS OF THE FRENCH COMM ERCIAL TREATY . —Posterity, rather than ourselves, will be able to estimate the full amount of the benefit to England and humanity constituted by and contained in the French, Treaty. Only when a century shall have pa ssel ' without any war between England and France, shall the livers in that blessed epoch be able sufficiently to contrast with sufficient emphasis the peaceful era inaugurated by Cobden's far-seeing scheme for withdrawing the risks °f war and multiplying the bonds of peace, with the five Pre; vious centuries of English history. For, from the tim e the earliest Plantagenets up to the days of our own iuole diate fathers, it seemed all through to be almost an axiom of English policy and feeling that we should be alwg ° picking quarrels with, or accepting challenges from, ti.`° sons of Gaul, and dealing upon them our doughtiest blows' Every ship we launched, every gun we cast, every regiment we embodied, were launched, cast, and embodied, that theft might be used against France. In more olden times cfiiii youth were trained in the use of cross and long bows, ry a with a view to the fights at Cressy, Agincourt, Orleans, Calais. On France all our bellicose energies were c once ir trated. Literally, up till Tudor times, she was the only e° l3 : s tinental power we ever foug ht with ; a nd since the d 3) of the Armada, even, we fought with her more frequentlit and at far greater costs, -than with all other powers oe W e bined. Kings like James, and Ministers like Walpole, W e li t a u npopular because they wou l d not war with Fran ce ; j at the end of his unloved reign, .the Second George to his own surprise; great popularity, and Chatham's P ° P 4 l ar ity became more excessive than ever Minister's had bra before, or has been since, when they committed the Muir cini to war with France. Maria Theresa was the darlieric our nation ; and even the rough and unloveable the Great became the same, when they entered into eif , . :i nce with us—or, rather, w e w ith th e m, for the o' l l , o were theirs—against F rance . All this is altered now' we trust iu Heaven ! shall ever so remain. To Cob.ueo more than any other man, will posterity admit th at t indebted for the holy and propitious change.---ifeGiOr Life of Cobden. - : NEWS FOR NATURALlSTS. — Considera ble fuss I lately been made respecting the danger arising fr ()1) %0 volunteer rifle shooting at the Milbrook butts ; and 10 c' uection with this matter is a fact worthy o f not.) the - t ad , the end of the 500 yards' range a skylark recently 93 f , t her nest and reared a brood of four young ones in Per4ci safety, until with strong wing and warbling melody could soar away to join the feathere d chorus of the at tto ' The most remarkable part of this l i t tle incident is, h. birds were located in a spot wh ere s p ent bullets and . t , 1 ,, j 3 g shots have fallen in thick profusion, b ut notwithstae'- a their proximity to danger neither the mother or hemsl4 sustained the slightest injury from the fugitive 6,.°,0 of whose possible destructiveness certain parties lip:00 lately been so excessively apprehensive.—/Southavi.P" Times.