The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-09 00:00:00

TITEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton . THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Ed mund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann Yezin, Mis I'oole, and .irs. II Vandenhoff. To conclude with bhakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENINJ, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Sisters Ilealy. After which, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. MChe as. MA he, Howe, Kendal Gordon, Weathersby, d.tim s ws C. Mathews, Moore, , Chip pen dale, Laws, Hill, C. Fell ,wed by Tl 3 E CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathcwv. Concludin,.; with A KISS IN TILE DARK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUINI ,M THE ter N'rRE.-- • Sole Lessee and Managerr. Fech. Miss 'l'lllS EVENING. nittyrUS AN CE3A .R. fi ade. A t a Quarter before S. the new Drama, in Four Ac, TIIE LONG 6'l' 1111i.E, written by Dion Boucicau:t. The New Scene b y 'ltl . Mr. 1. Greive and .ssistants. Evans, S Emery, Widlicomb, Itzpatrick, Dalt,,,n. V. Anderson, INesvionnd Stanley. Lomas, 3loreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TA.IL C , )AT. Toby Tweedleton, 'Mr. 11. Widdlcornb ; and Miss Gratton. Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Box-office open daily front Ten till Five. rill -1E LONG STRIKE.—ROYAL LYCEUM T HEAT ttlC, Johnny Willy (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D. Boncicault; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. 13ouci caalr. At 7 o'clock, THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T HIS EVENING. at 7 precisely (2tth time), EIIIEL ; or, ONLY A LIFE. Miss Kate Terry, Mr 3. Allred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Billington, Stephen son, Ashley, Homo'', C. J. Smith, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROM THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, It. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Eburne. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TliiS EVENING, L 411,KINS' LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Balmore ; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddes. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. swanborough. THIS EVENING, IN THE WRONG BOX. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque of DEO. FREISCHUTZ ; or, A Good Ca M st for a Pece. Messrs. 1 horne, Jamee, and Robson ; esdames Swan borouc.rb, RAynliam, Johnstone, and tltr..ttes. To conclude with BOOTS AT TIIE SWAN. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. 11. C.Nation. "THE GOLDEN DUsTAIAN " over the water a Prodigious Success ! THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, November 9th, and To morrow. SATURDAY (the 12th and 13th times at this theatre, the Original Dramatic Adaptation of Charles Dickens's latest Work, "Our Mutual Friend," as produced at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, June 16, lB6', by Mr. W H. C. ation, entitled THE GOLDEN DUsTMA.N. Messrs Fernandez, Atkins, W. H. Stephens ; Misses F. Gwynne and Nelly 'Sisbett. Concluding' with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of AT A. LAN TA. Misses Nelly NiabeLt, roily Marshall, Louise Laidliw, and Fanny Howard. TIVIIE GREAT SENSATION LOCK SCENE. JL THEATRE ROYAL ASTLEY'S, E ve ry Evening. EXCITING PEDESTRIAN MATCH. Which W.nts—N or 31? Apply at THEATRE ROYAL ASTLEY'S, Every Evening. THE ~S UN" NEWSPAPER.- G. It. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGEN'f to deliver the LATE EDITION of "T 111; SUN" at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. 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Mr. BRIGHT makes so many charges and com ments on things and persons in so unguarded a manner that it is hard work to follow him, and to study the replies and indignant rejoinders be natu rally meets with in all directions. The Bishop of OXFORD has been the last to come forward and re pudiate his statements. It will be remembered that, in his speech at Glasgow, Mr. BRIGHT became very excited upon the subject of education, and connecting it, as he does everything unsatis factory, with the vices and follies of the upper classes, he gave a dreadful account of the ignorance that prevailed in the neighbourhood of Windsor, and he filled up his sketch of this " helpless poverty and ignorance" in so emphatic a manner that cries of " Shame" were heard among his audience. Now this is a most unfair thing on Mr. BRIGHT S part. lie takes one-sided views of things in some cases ; he dresses up or exaggerates facts in others ; and in some, as in this matter here alluded to, he makes erroneous statements ; but in every instance he has all the talk to himself—there can be no reply at the time, and thus the full effect of his elo quence is not marred when he wants to come out with great eclat. Those who hear the assertion do not hear the contradiction, or if they do pay very little heed to it ; but what Mr. BRIGHT gains in making a grand coup at the time, he loses subsequently in the estimation of lovers of justice and fair play. We are always glad wh en any one will take the trouble to investigat e his most striking statements, and show the fallacy of those views and the incomple teness of those conc lusions in which he is co nstantl y rising up in jud gment against all who have the misfortune to be titled or wealthy. The Bishop of OXFORD states that he wrote to %Lr. BRIGHT to ask for information about his declarations, as the scene of this ignorance was in his diocese, and he did so in order to learn if the alleged ignorance existed, and, if so, whether it was attributable to any neglect of the labourer, or at " Windsor Castle," or by the " swarming lords and squires and established clergy," or in any way to the " miserable failure of the ruling class which revels in power and wealth, while at its feet lies a multitude which it has neg lected.'' The result .—..--.--- of these inquiries has been to show that INIr. BRIGHT'S statement was accurate as w to hi f e a h ct h s e , but completely wrong as to the deduction drew from them. The cause of the gross ignorance to which Mr. BRIGHT alluded is not to be attribut able to the fault of the lords, squires, and Esta blished clergy who spoil the neighbourhood, in Mr. BRlcarr's opinion, but to the fault of the parents. Fourteen years ago the father of this hopeful tribe came to live within fifty yards of the Ascot Heath School, and his ways were good, but nothing could induce him to make his children attend school. They were not left to themselves, however, and repeated efforts were made from time to time. The deputy-surveyor of the Woods and Forests, under whom he was employed, warned him that he would be dismissed from the service of the Crown, and he was eventually dismissed for persisting in neglecting his children's education. Since then the efforts of Mr. PEARSE to make him attend to his younger children have been as unsuccessful as those of his predecessors to serve his elder ones. What becomes, then, of Mr. BRIGHT'S reproach that a family of eleven children have had no in struction in the least degree. Who can help such a thing, much as it is to be regretted, when the father is so obtuse and perverted in his judgment. Mr. PnAiNE mentions two facts which are worthy of notice—first, that the church and school on the heath have been erected on land given by the Crown, and also that they are mainly supported by the " lords, squires, and Established clergy who swarm in the neighbourhood." No one can deny the great advantages that accrue from instruction, but they may be purchased at too dear a cost, and the foreign practice of compelling parents to educate their children will not suit our ideas, or be suffered to prevail in this country. So far as we can form any judgment in the matter, it would seem as if Mr. BRIGHT had exposed a glaring instance of error in one of the lower classes, and not one at all to implicate the higher ranks ; he has shown that in his effort to make out the lords and squires to blame he has not given himself time to find out who was really in error, and thus drawn a moral as to the harm done by refusing the benefits of education. We generally find, however, that in a case of this sort it is easier to begin taunts and recriminations than to end them ; and accordingly Mr. SMITH, Mr. BRIGHT'S infor mant, has thought fit to come forward, and in a very unnecessary manner to revive the " vexed question" in all its enormity. It seems that Mr. SMITH wrote a letter to the Bishop of OXFORD, in explanation of the statement he had made to Mr. BRIGHT, and appears to be virtually indignant that the Bishop should have published the letter he re ceived from Mr. PEARSE, the clergyman of Ascot, and not his own also. In consequence Mr. SMITH has written to the Times to expose his wrongs, and has also sent a copy of his letter to the Bishop. It is a pity that some friend or adviser should not have counselled him against so unwise a proceeding ; but, we suppose, vexation at finding his anecdote to Mr. BRIGHT so ineffective, however accurate it has turned out to be, has made him wander from his subject, for he touches on things that have no connection with the matter in hand. The Prus sian system of education is most favourably con trasted with that of England, and we meet most inflated remarks, such as these, for instance : The Prussian Government have established a na tional system of education, and, in order to test its results they have made inquiries, and ascertained that only one man out of every two hundred and fifty cannot read or write. "It was the needle-gun in the hands of these intelligent men who formed an army such as the world never before saw, that enabled a little kiligdum in a fortnight to overthrow one of the greatest empires in Europe." Is it pos sible to peruse a more exaggerated account of the campaign ? and is this the grand scheme which Mr. BRIGHT and his friends had in the back-ground all this time ? Are we to remodel ourselves after the Prussian fashion. Mr. SMITH thinks that there is " sufficient spirit and intelligence in his countrymen to work such a change in the ruling class as will result in the educa tion of the whole people, without which he believes the decadence of our country is inevitable." We can assure Mr. SMITH that there is a great deal too much spirit, and a great deal too much intelligence in the country ever to allow the people to copy the manners of foreign States, and exchange all real freedom for their shadow without substance. The " intelligent men" referred to in Prussia have not been able to protect their own liberties, or to possess a Government which respects the rights of others ; and we are not ambitious of their glory, nor do we desire to make them all prototypes. Mr. SMITH, however, is determined that every one shall understand the full extent of the evil, and declares that the ruling class is to blame for the ig norance of the people. Wbo are they ? he asks, and then he answers his own question, " Why there can be no doubt about that. They are the same class who enacted and maintained the wicked Corn Laws, and who even in the last Session of Parliament passed this no less wicked Cattle Plague Bill—the landowners." . Such language defeats itself, and shows how people they get a crot c h e t into the ir h ca e n ads b . e mmisrl.e SMITH'S d m w iT h i e f n s letters do him no credit, and have only made his case out worse than it was originally. Every one may make a mistake, but they need not persist in abuse that has no foundation for its violence. The full report of Lord NAPIER'S experiences during his late tour in the famine districts of India will be read with very great interest in this country. His lordship deals with the subject in the most com prehensive manner, showing us the habits and pecu liarities of different classes who suffer from the famine, and the manner and degree in which it presses upon each. Lord NAPIER examines first into the extent and :severity of the famine. Secondly, he records the remedial measures adopted bythe Go he inquires into the causes o v fe Go vernment; a t poss ibility of averting such catastresoncphec and, ndfyo and thirdly, the the future. The famine is fortu nately confined within a limited area, but India is so thickly peopled that it has played terrible havoc notwithstanding. The area in Ganjaur may con tain, Lord NAPIER estimates , about 250,000 inha bitants ; but the portion in which the scarcity has risen to the pitch of starvation does not embrace more than 120,000. The greater part of the afflicted district belongs to Zemindary estates, with which the Government has no direct relation. The popu lation may be divided into four classes :-1. The ryots; 2. The coolies; 3. The vagrants; 4. The small traders and mechanics in the towns. Of these the ryots, according to Lord NAPIER'S account, are both the most deserving and the greatest sufferers. They are prevented by the restrictions of their caste from crowding the relief houses like the lower orders, and the necessities of their occupation as cultivators of the soil prevent them from removing like others from place to place. country nmeh the same rr r h a e nrYk ot occupies in his own as an English farmer, and values his social position very highly. With true Hiudoo patience and dignity these men and their families have suffered the gradual approach of ruin and famine combined until, during Lord N APIER ' s tour, they were suffering from the horrors of star vation in its several degrees. " There can be no KIMMi 'THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, ISM. doubt," writes Lord NAPIER, on September 1, " of the extremities of distress which they have endured and still eadure. Some of the Ooryah cottages I have myself visited, where destitution and starva tion, might be seen in every pathetic and terrible form. The miserable condition of whole villages was a ttested by the emaciated appearance of their leadir ig inhabitants, sent in numerous deputations to solicit help from the Collector at Chetterpore. The road were full of wretched creatures prostrated on the ,earth. In many places I was pursued by cla morous crowds, which might be likened to flocks of skeletons or ghosts." This is indeed a startling picture, and its fidelity is unfortunately confirmed by the official report, which, up to the time of Lord NApfEit's departure, returned the deaths from starvation at 1,600 ; and this number does not include the unknown wanderers who have died in the woods and byeways, or the large number who have perished from disease and debility, the direct consequences of want. It affords a singular instance of the intensity of the Hindoo superstitions that no amount of hunger will induce the ryot to slaughter the sacred animal. " The Hindoo peasant will perish by hunger beside a fat bullock." The failure of the food crops has not affected the forage, and the cattle are thriving. In one sense this supersti tion is beneficial, since the oxen in India are indis pensable to the cultivation of the land, and are difficult to replace, so that their immunity from slaughter secures the means of future exertion. The vagrant or mendicant class are not of course troubled with any such scruples, but when they have an opportunity steal and kill oxen and cows. This class fastened at once upon the relief houses, and whether from their wandering propensities, greater har dihood, or less scruples, they were the least emaciated of the miserable assemblage. In fact, Lord Napier says they offered " a vexatious contrast to the labouring classes who sat beside them and to the ryots who stood afar off." The coolies or rural labourers without land have naturally suffered severely, since the absorption of money in the mere purchase of food naturally arrested the demand for labour, and the coolies without savings and without credit suffered heavily. The same causes affected the small tradesmen, for business of all kinds in the towns has been terribly depressed. The Government latterly has been making great efforts, though Lord NAPIER does not hesitate to confess that much valuable time was lost at the outset, partly from a want of accurate and detailed information, and partly from a want of conviction that public health was absolutely neces sary. Lord NAPIER, in attempting to extenuate this negligence, says "Governments are slow be lievers in public calamity, and they entertain a jus- tifiable reluctance to sanction the commencement of gratuitous relief—a measure of which no one can foretell economical and moral consequences." But such a plea can hardly avail, seeing that at the first rumour of a coming famine it would have been easy to appoint impartial commissioners to inquire into the prospects of the crop, the supplies in reserve, and the prospects of the people in case of a total failure of the crops. Had this been done there must have been a better knowledge at headquarters, and it would have been possible to have organised an effectual system of relief before the famine rose to so fright- ful a height. If all preliminary arrangements had been made, and plans decided upon before hand, it would have been comparatively easy to have grappled with the disaster, and to have con trolled it in some measure. As it is a vast outlay will have been required. The people have suffered terribly, the prestige of the Government is weakened, and the financial effects of the famine will be felt for some time to come throughout all classes. Lord NAPIER regards the calamity as in some measure irremediable, and thinks that no amount of care or prudence can avoid the risk of occasional famine. Much, however, may be done, and until the water supply of India is managed on a totally different scale from what it is at present, we should be very unwilling to believe that much cannot be done to avert such disasters. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Moniteur has the following important and satisfactory explanation in regard to the affairs of the East : " The latest news received from the island of Crete states that the insurrection has been appeased. From the moment that the Turkish Government, by making the concessions asked for Moustapha Paella, did justice to the legitimate demands of the inhabitants, the insurrectional movement having no serious cause of support, suffered a certain check. Three questions have been agitated in the East during the course of this year—the affairs of the Principalities, those of Montenegro, and those of Candia. The first question has been settled in a manner as satisfactory for Roumania as for the Porte. The personal relations which have just been established between the Sultan and the Prince de Hohenzollern cannot be more satisfactory, and the prince, on his return to Bucharest, was received with such cordiality as to prove how the Moldo- Wallachian populations congratulated themselves upon the agreement so happily established at Con stantinople. The situation of Montenegro is equally ameliorated. The cause of the constant quarrels which divided the Turks and the populations of the Black Mountains was the possession of the con tested territories, where the Montenegroes brought their cattle at the commencement of every spring. These territories having been given up to them for the future, there will be no further pretence for con flicts ; and it is to be hoped that the relations of good neighbourhood will succeed the hostile rivalry which formerly prevailed. As to the affairs of Crete they may now be arranged in a spirit of wis dom and peace. At Athens, as at Constantinople, the insurrection is considered as terminated. It is now the province of the Porte to give defini tive calm to the public mind, and to grant the reforms promised to thew benevolenthacyrsesought oa un gnh. t to Thesolicitude coconciliate ae inaeh t with t h G e o n v Government, s o e f n urwhichey haswith t h the moral and regular progress of the Christian p s e o l p u u ti l n a n ti o n n f s t , hheasd difficulties o e n n t l r ti i e b s u p te e d n d b i n y g i a n t advice a s t to a t n h d e its influence has always been exerted in a pacific and conciliatory direction." The Moniteur de l' Armee denies the report that the Army Commission intend to substitute a sort of National Guard for the Regular Army. It adds.— " It is not at the time when the events just accom plished in Europe impose upon the Government of France the duty of placing her military forces upon a level with those of neighbouring Powers that there can be any idea of reducing the effective condition of the Army. It is to be presumed, on the contrary, that one of the first resolutions of the Commission will be to maintain the principle propounded long since of having an army of 400,000 men in time of peace. The object of the labours of the Commission will probably be to consider the means of having a powerful Reserve, to provide, in case of need, for the establishment of a respectable effective army on the war footing." A letter from Venice, dated November 1, says— " It would seem that Venice wishes to forget in a moment all that was odious in the past. She breathes liberty with free lungs, newspapers are to be established, and clubs founded. The Patriotic Club is in course of formation. Its object is the increase of strength, of welfare, and national glory by all legitimate means. There is also an electoral association to procure freedom and purity of eke tiou. With all this excitement Venice is quite tran- quil, and there is not a single police agent or Muni cipal Guard. The case was very different under the rule of Austria." A funeral mass was celebrated on Tuesday at the church of St. Rock for the victims of the Evening Star. The church was completely filled, and sorrow was depicted on every countenance. Scarcely an actor of Paris was absent. All, or nearly all, the unfortunate artists who perished in that great dis aster had friends among the theatrical world of Paris. Such was the affliction among relatives and friends that many ladies fainted, and it was neces sary to carry them out of the church. One poor old woman, who was present, said the shipwreck had deprived her of her son, her daughter, and granddaughter, and now she was without resources. A similar service had been celebrated at Havre, at the church of Notre Dame, which was covered with mourning cloth. All classes have responded to the appeal made by the artists on behalf of the victims. Many naval officers were present at the church. 'A collection was made by the theatrical profession which realised about 400 f. There has also been a subscription in the town. The amount is to be sent to Baron Taylor, President of the Society of Dra matic Artists, who is to distribute the money exclu sively among the orphans of the artists who perished in the Evening Star. The death is announced of Colonel de Quelen, the brother of the Archbishop of Paris, who died in the year 1839. The father of the present Arch bishop of Paris, M. Darboy, has just died, aged 87. It is only two months since his mother died. The Turkish Colonel Risk-Allah, whose trial at Brussels excited so much interest, has arrived at Paris. His defence was rather an expensive affair. It is said that he gave 20,000 f. to each of his two counsel. One of the counsel for the prosecution received 15,00 Cf. and the other 5,000 f. The construction of the Palace of the Exhibition is so far advanced that a general idea may now be formed of it. It will have the aspect of a gigantic Coliseum in the middle of the park. It will be of immense rectangular form, 110 metres long by 384 metres in width, terminating at its two extremities by half-circles of 384 metres in diameter. The surface it will cover will be to the extent of 16 hectares, corresponding with a side space of 400 square metres. It will have a series of concentric galleries, and in the centre a garden of half a hectare. There will be 13 circular galleries. The machine gallery will be 36 metres wide. The succeeding galleries will be 23 metres wide. There will be a profusion of light ; and the engineer has paid great attention to the means of supplying fresh air. The drainage will be upon the most approved system. The general masonry of the Palace comprises 52,000 cubic metres, of which 37,000 are for the foundations, 10,000 for the Gallery of Fine Arts, and 5,000 for the walls connected with the machine gallery. The vaulted cellars have a development of 1,300 metres. The windows of the great machine gallery have re quired 45,000 square metres of glass. The engineer ing works have been admirably carried out under the direction of M. Kranz, head engineer of bridges and highways. The works at the park are under the direction of M. Alphand, engineer in chief of the plantations and promenades of the city. The extent of the park will be nearly 30 hectares. The ironclad fleet, under the command of Vice- Admiral Baron La Ronciere Le Noury, has returned to Cherbourg from Brest. The frigate Magnanime, forming part of the division, has sailed for Brest to replace the Invincible. It was on board this frigate that experiments have been made with the new pieces of artillery which fire steel projectiles weigh ing nearly 300 lb. English. The Magnanhne is of 1,000-horse power nominal, but during recent ex periments had an effective power of 3,000, and made more than 13 knots an hour. Among the subscribers to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations is M. Alexandre Blanc for 20,000 f. The generous donor is the nephew of M. Francois Blanc, well known in the financial world. M. Blanc gave his nephew 20,000 f. to buy horses, and the latter sent the money to the inundation fund, remarking that he wished to com memorate;his entrance into life and business by doing a good action. I think in my letter, yesterday, I omitted to men (-.)11 the title of the song of M. Rouget de l'lsle, the author of the " Marseillaise." It is well to supply the omission, for the title marks an epoch. The song is called the " Song of Venge ance." The name given to it shows the feeling prevalent at the time towards the English. What a happy change has come over the spirit of both nations! Then the aspiration was for vengeance. Now it is for the entente cordiale. Mr. Bright and Physical Force. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sin,—There seems to be considerable misappre hension about Mr. Bright advocating physical force in his speech at Manchester, a short time since ; and you, sir, must be labouring under a mistake, or you wouldoteto aßeform League not in your ea yesterday's impres s i on , i n a f oot- n paragraph, have stated, when referring to the piece of wood being thrown at ":Certainly taking d " vocacy of physical A i‘ l lr r. BBrriigghhte ats head, his w word r n d D i bl ithen force doctrines." Now Mr. Bright has never ad vocated physical force as a means of obtaining poli tical freedom. This was the sentence he uttered at Manchester :—" It is no more immoral for a people to use force, in the last resort, for the obtaining and securing of freedom than it is for a Government to use force to suppress and deny that freedom." Mr. Bright neither justifies the Government in the use of force to destroy freedom, nor justifies the people to use force for the acquisition of freedom. In fact he must look upon both as more or less im moral. Freedom is a precious inheritance, and if it be immoral on the part of a Government to strangle it by force, it cannot be more immoral on the part of a people to extend it or to preserve it by force. Mr. Bright only attempted to establish a comparison between the immoral use of force by the Government or the people. And for doing this ' he has been misrepresented and reviled. Our brave forefathers, during the memorable reign of Charles the First, thought it immoral on the part of the Government to suppress freedom by force, and moved, on the part of the Parliamentary party, to meet force by force. Were freedom a mischievous or even a questionable thing, then it might be moral on the part of the Government to deny it and im moral on the part of the people to demand it with force. But all Englishmen admit that freedom is a good thing, though they are not all agreed on the amount which could be rightfully used and enjoyed. If it be a good thing, then Mr. Bright was right in uttering the sentence I have quoted —a sentence which, for its terseness, comprehensiveness, and truthfulness, will long be remembemod by English men.—Yours respectfully, J. PASSMORE EDWARDS. [* Precisely. But the inference clearly implied, as de ducible from those words—or they were words, in point of fact, of mere " sound and fury signifying nothing"—the inference implied, as deducible front those words, was clearly this, that as Government suppressed and denied Freedom by Force, so (immorally, if you will, but quite as justifiably) might a people so denjed their Freedom obtain and secure it "in the last resort"—by Force ! Those words of Mr. Bright meant that—or they meant Nothing.] The Sport states that the Count de Flandre has taken the right wing of the Grand Hotel at Paris for four months, during the Unfversal Exhibition of 1867. THE REPRESENTATION OF PEMBROKESHIRE.— By the death of Mr. G. Lort Phillips a vacancy occurs for the representation of this county. Mr. Phillips was returned in 1801 by a majority of nearly 200 over the Liberal candidate, Sir Hugh Owen, now M.P. for the Pem broke boroughs. The Conservatives have already selected Mr. J. B. Bowen, of Llwyngwair, as their candidate for the vacant seat, and he has issued an address in which he states he is in favour of a Reform Bill that will satisfy the just and reasonable expectations of the country. As regards church-rates, the settlement of the question, in his opinion, requires mutual forbearance and concession. The Hon. Captain Edwardes, son of Lord ICensington, the Lord- Lieutenant of the county, is expected to be the chosen of the Liberal party, and there is no doubt that the contest will be a close one. It was originally thought that Mr. Scourfield, the member for Haverfordwest, would have vacated his seat for the purpose of coming forward for the county, and had that been the case the Liberals were pre pared to contest both beats. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. j LONGFEL (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) POEMS. Flower de Luce. By Henry Wadsworth Long fellow. Routledge and Sons. A little paper-covered volumette of nearly sixty three pages has just come into our hands from the establishment of Messrs. Routledge and Sons, of the Broadway, Ludgate, as the latest collection of Poems written by Professor Longfellow. Flower de Luce means nothing more than the title of the first copy of verses in this collection—a little poem eight stanzas in length and two-and-thirty lines altogether—a dozen other poems of similar dimen sions following Flower de Luce, and making up the contents of this charming little poetic brochure. For it is charming b3yond a doubt of it, and—brief though it is, and fragmentary though its constituent pDrtions are nearly all of them--the book will be dearly welcome, for many reasons, upon either side of the Atlantic to the myriad admirers of the genius of Professor Longfellow. If for nothing else, it would certainly be thus welcome for the sake of the Five noble Sonnets he has here put forth upon the Divina Commedia—like so many poursuivants (to adopt a famous simile of Wordsworth's, where, writing about the Sonnet, he says of Milton, "in his hands the thing became a trumpet") each as it were, sounding a flourish, as upon a golden trumpet, by way of announcing the advent of Longfellow's Translation of the Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante In one of these noble precursory Sonnets, the American translator of the "Divina Commedia" compares him self to one of those labourers whom he has so often seen, pausing in the dust and heat, laying down his burden in the cathedral porch, and with reverential footsteps entering, to cross himself and, kneeling, repeat his paternoster— " Far off the noises of the world retreat, The loud vociferations of the street Become an undistinguishable roar ! So, as I enter hero from day to day"— he exclaims— "And leave my burden at this miuster gate, Kneeling in prayer, and not ashamed to pray, The tumult of the time, disconsolate, To inarticulate murmurs dies away, While the eternal ages watch and wait." In another—still carrying out his comparison of the Poem to a cathedral, depicting it in all its stupendous majesty and yet no less in all its minute finish, with all its loveliness and with all its grotesquery, its sculptured saints and its fiendish gargoyles— " while, canopied with leaves, Parvis and portal bloom, like trellised bowers, And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers ! he cries out with a sudden wonder of awe and ad miration— Al, from what agonies of heart and brain, What exaltations trampling on despair, What tenderness, what tears, what hate of wrong, What passionate outcry of a soul in pain, Uprose this poem of the earth and air, This medixual miracle of Song!" In another—entering (still the cathedral) he encoun ters the master-builder of it, whom he apostrophises by the happiest epithet surely he could by possibi bility have selected—one that somehow brings be fore us, upon the instant, the very countenance of Dante—calling him " 0 poet saturnine !" And then—the air around him filled with some unknown perfume, the tapers shining, the hovering echoes flying from tomb to tomb—he adds— " From the confessionals I hoar arise Rehearsals of forgotten tragedies, And lamentations from the crypts below; And then a voice celestial, that begins With the pathetic words, ' Although your sins As scarlet be,' and ends with as the snow !' " In yet another—the functions of the august and adoring ceremonial within are at their height, the coloured windows are all a-blaze—the great Rose revealing Christ's Triumph—Beatrice again ap pearing at Dante's side, no longer rebuking, but smiling her forgiveness— " And then the organ sounds, and unseen choirs Sing the old Latin Hymns of praise and love, And benedictions of the Holy Ghost, And the melodious bells among the spires O'er all the housetops, and through heaven above, Proclaim the elevation of the Host !" Altogether these Five Sonnets kindle our eager solicitude to welcome the apparition, let us hope now very soon, indeed, of Professor Longfellow's translation of Dante's masterpiece—a translation that, to judge from these Sonnets, has been com posed in the loftiest and most Catholic spirit. As a singular contrast to his eloquent and majestic tri butes to the sublimity of the Diviva Commedia there follow immediately afterwards, closing the volumette under notice, his riant, gay, delight ful, effervescent verses, addressed, the Christmas be fore last, to hie friend M. Agassiz, accompanying a seasonable basket containing half a dozen die'- fercnt wines—each:wine being made here to sing, in character as un ivrogne, a varying yet harmonious refrain —as, with one of them— Bons amis J'ai dansi chez Agassiz ! And with another Bons amis J'ai chanti chez Agassiz ! And so with theothers, " soupd," " couche," with the convivial friend addressed. It is a charm ing little pleasantry. " Killed at the Ford," again, is good— and " Kambula"—and the " Christmas Bells." As a whole these little poeins, ranged thus side by side, and bound together here, as with a reed-like stalk of the Flower-de-Luce—though each considered separately a mere artistic trifle—when brought thus into combination and harmony, are as a sylvan pan's-pipe through which the Ame rican poet breathes with a careless breath most eloquent music. THE EMPEROR'S APPEARANCE AT THE REVIEW on Monday is thus described by the Times' Paris correspondent :—" The review held on Monday by the Emperor was as much for the purpose of showing how unfounded were the reports current in Paris since his re turn from Biarritz (that he could not sit on horseback, and has not done so since his illness at Vichy) as for anything else. Pressure of business, much mental anxiety caused by the turn affairs had taken in Germany, and deep vexa tion at the manner in which M. Bismark trifled with him, as well as indisposition, prevented his Majesty from ap pearing at the camp at Chalons, and distributing on the 15th of August the decorations usually given in honour of that Imperial fete on the breaking up of the camp. On that occasion the Emperor was represented by Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers, and the men and officers did not lose their rewards in consequence of his absence. No decora tions, I believe, were given at the review on Monday. There is one fact, however, relating to this review which would have furnished an additional illustration of Dr. Whately's Historic Doubts. The Itloniteur, aware of the anxiety of the public as to the Emperor being able to sit on his horse, says that his Majesty rode with the Empress and Prince Imperial from St. Cloud to Bois de Boulogne, where the review was held ; the other papers mentioned that he arrived close to the ground in an open carriage, and only then got on horseback. Several persons professing to bo eye-witnesses corroborate the official journal; several persons, also professing to be eye-witnesses, corroborate the other papers. I was not at St. Cloud when the Emperor set out, so that on this particular point I cannot speak as an eye-witness. But what I can affirm is that his Majesty was on horseback during the review, and that he more than once gallopped round the field with the Empress and Prince Imperial. It is admitted on all hands that he re turned to St. Cloud, not on horseback, but in an open car riage. Then, again, opinions differ as to the Emperor's appearance; some (eye-witnesses, of course) say that he looked fatigued, haggard, and, indeed, anything but well ; others that he was quite blooming. The truth here lies, as it often does, between extremes. I thought the Emperor looking, not ill, nor haggard, nor "blooming," but pretty much as ho usually looks. For the rest the movements were executed in masterly style by the troops, and the charge of the Brigade of the Cavalry of the Guard and of the Ist corps d'armee, which concluded the review, excited general admiration and applause. The Emperor expressed his great satisfaction to Marshal R9gnaud de St. Jean d'Angely at the fine appearance of the men and the preci sion and regularity of their movements. The day was fine, and a vast number of people were on the ground. THE DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH TROOPS FROM ROME.—A letter from Rome in the Italie of Florence says " The French has disposed of the furniture of the military hospital. The Jews bought 4,000 coverlids, and the Ponti fical Government 40,000 f. worth of stores. After the depar ture of the army of occupation, the castle of San Angelo will be occupied by the Roman Legion now at Viterbo. The Zouaves will be concentrated in Rome." FATAL ACCIDENT AT ALDERNEY.—A party of ladies and gentlemen started one day last week to explore a part of the island of Alderney, known as Mutton Valley. The descent from the upper ground being abrupt, and the nature of the rock loose and friable, the undertaking was one of difficulty and danger, as was unhappily proved by one of the ladies falling from a considerable height, whereby She sustained such severe injuries that her death eazued three days liter. AMERICA. (BT ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8. The Radicals ha 7e carried all the elections, except Maryland and Delaware. The rumour that the Emperor Maximilian had abdicated is denied. ARRIVAL OF TIIE SCOTIA. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, from New York on the 31st ult., arrived at Queenstown at 7 a.m. to-day, with 223« passengers and $163,425 in After landing all the mails, consisting of specie. 122 sacks and 15 passengers, she proceeded at 715 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (Morning). The New York Times announces that Mr. Camp bell has started for Mexico, accredited as United States Minister to Juarez. The same journal also says :—" The withdrawal of the French will com mence next month, a year being allowed for the evacuation. Maximilian will leave with the French. The United States will protect Mexico by guaran teeing a stable Government. A Federal army and navy will be held in readiness to assist Juarez, should he need aid, a Federal officer of high rank being placed in command. Mexico will cede certain territory to the United States, bounded by a line from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Guay- ram." Gen. Sheridan is reported to have been ordered to Washington on account of the condition of Mexican affairs. Ortega has written to Sheridan, alleging himself to be the constitutional President of Mexico, and denouncing Sheridan's late order as an interference in the internal affairs of Mexico. The Governor of South Carolina has refused to recommend the Legislature to adopt the constitu tional amendment. The Governor of Louisiana will, it is reported, recommend the constitutional convention of 1864, the leading members of Con gress assuring him that he would be sustained by force, if necessary. The trial of the Baltimore Police Commissioners continues. No doubt is entertained that the Go vernor will remove the Commission. The further trial of the Fenians in Canada was postponed from last Saturday until to-day. Fenian indignation meetings have been held in all the large cities of the Union, offering assistance to liberate the Fenian prisoners in Canada, and de fying the Canadian authorities to execute them. Stephens addressed a mass meeting at Jones wood on Sunday. This is understood to be his last speech previous to his departure for Ireland, where he pledged himself to strike a blow before the new year. He referred only briefly to the prisoners in Canada expressing his belief that they would not be hanged. Mr. Seward has written to Sir Frederick Bruce, stating that the American Consul was instructed to obtain a copy of the record of the trial of the Fenians in Canada, and asking Sir Frederick, should there be any delay in obtaining the record, to have the executions postponed in order to give time for the record to be examined. He also said that the offences involved were eminently political, and that sound policy recommended tenderness, amnesty, and forgiveness. These suggestions were freely made, because all European Governments had proposed the same opinions to the Federal Go vernment during the rebellion. President Johnson has informed the Tammany hall committee of his profound sympathy for the convicted Fenians, and declared that he would do all he could for their welfare and relief. Sweeney has addressed a letter to the American consul at Toronto, asserting that M'Alahon was not connected with the Fenian army. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. VIENNA, Nov. 9. The semi-official Vienna Journal of to-day says : " The statement of some of our contemporaries that Count di Revel has been appointed Italian Ambassador in this capital is in any case premature. No information has been received in official circles of the definitive appointment - of Count di Revel or of any other Italian statesman to the post of Italian representative at this Court." MALTA. VALETTA, Nov. 8, 2 P.M. Arrivals from the Black Sea, the Sea of Azoff, the Netherlands, Cronstadt, Antwerp, Stockholm, and Stettin are placed in pratique. Arrivals from England, Scotland, France, Alex andria, Trieste, Algeria, Taranto, and Brindisi, with clean bills of health, are submitted to a reduced quarantine of five full days. Arrivals from Ireland to seven days. The Megvara arrived on Wednesday ; all well. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 9. The 3loniteur of this morning, in its bulletin commenting upon the report that France has de clared war in the Corea, says :—" In consequence of a Palace reactionary intrigue several missionaries in the Corea have been put to death. The French Government is but imperfectly acquainted with the facts, and has, therefore, been unable as yet to take any decision on the subject. Admiral Roze has been sent to cruise off the coasts of the Corea, and will, doubtless, be able to ascertain the real state of things." BOURSE, Nov. B.—Two o'clock.—The Bank of England has reduced its rate of discount to 4 per cent. This information has given great impetus to the market here, which shows more activity, and transactions are taking place at improved quotations. French Threes are at 68fr. 95c.—an advance of 17fr. 50c. Italian Fives have gained 20c.—at 55fr. 70c. Credit Mobilier Shares have risen 11fe. 25c. —to 590 fr., and Spanish Mobilier 10fr.—at 310 fr. Comptoir d'Escompte are 3fr. 75c. higher—at 910 fr. Railway Shares have likewise higher quotations. Three o'clock.—The market has remained good. Lyons and Northern in great demand. The close is as follows : 11 per Cents 97 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 Do. end month 6B 92k Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1365 Bank Shares 3610 Italian Loan 55 75 Do. end month 55 70 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds Spanish Threes _ Home Debt Deferred RAILW LYS. For Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 9ll 25 Southern 5BO Westena — Eastern 530 Sardinian — Austrian Lombard North of Spain lO3 75 Saragossa l4O Ditto to Barcelona — Roman — Lady De Hoghton has left Alaurigy's Hotel for Richmond. Sir Norman Macdonald Lockhart, the Misses Macdonald Lockhart, and Mr. Syrnon Macdonald Lockhart, have arrived at Farranco's Motel from Lee Castle, near Lanark. erf al let °':441.444zfi1, )1144W'L --- Entildr. HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday. The Queen, with Prince and Princess Christian, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty drove this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, and attended by Viscount•.ss Jocelyn. Princess Louise rode in the Home Park. The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Colonel the llon. A. Liddell, and their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville, went to London to-day. The Hon. Lady Biddulph had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. Major-General F. Seymour, C. 8., has succeeded Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Sir James Clark has left the Castle. PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.—His Royal High ness the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by tho Count and Countess Gleichen, and attended by Lieutenant Haig, Equerry in Waiting, honoured this theatre with his pre sence yesterday evening. Prince Camille and Prince Edmond de Polignac left Ancrum House on Monday, where they have been paying a visit to Sir William and Lady Scott. The Earl of Clanwilliam has arrived at Manrigy's Hotel from Scotland. The Countess Blucher has left Maurigy's Hotel for Baden Baden. Viscount Bangor has left Claridge's Hotel for Cheltenham. We are requested to contradict the statement that the marriage of the Earl Craven and Miss E. Barring ton is to take place on the 29th inst. The marriage is not to take place till the commencement of next year. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at tho official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buckingham/ the Earl of Mahuesbury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Wal pole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Si r John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, Lord J. Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 8. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Nov. 8. Nov. 1. c. fr. c. 182,500,00 0 -- Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,0.14,77 6 0 2 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 1 4 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,00 0 Notes in circulation ... 958,124,575 970,153,225 --- Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 19,272,993 85 20,621,39 0 8 3 Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 212,1e8,681 90 214,461,346 06 Do. branch banks 30,093,194 29,945,16 8 Dividends payable 990,506 75 1,068,894 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not 2,372,304 91 2,372,304 91 distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Nov. 8. Nov. 1. Cash in hand and in fr. 0. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- 636,660,696 33 640,371, 374 47 duo Commercial bills dis- 157,077 57 4,019,4 23 41 counted, not yet due 294,219,411 13 275,891,429 12 Do. branch banks 360,418,262 370,157,2 93 Advances on deposit of bullion - Do. branch banks 9,884,100 9,675,000 --- Do. on French Public Securities 14,422,200 14,487,300 -- Do. by branch banks 8,155300 7997,200 --" Do. on railway shares and debentures - 1). branch banks 25,603,200 25,127,600 --' Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 • Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 •-• Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches ... 8,420,450 8,422,050 ••"' Expenses of manage ment 2,053,481 33 2,027,9 61 75 „ Sundries 701,100 - 579,300 - 722,100 -- 585,800 -- 60,000,000 --' Total 1,652,520,119 80 1,666,469,835 26 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. THE OXFORD. PoweAful as may have been the Amazons of antiquity invincible as we aro told the female warriors are in th e battalions of that i ngen i ous li v i ng po t en t a t e , the Bing Dahomey—the pretty " Amazons aux Champagne" are also nightly achieving the most brilliant victories over the usurping sex at the Oxford. Their manoeuvring is irre sistible, their movements perfection, and the flashes from their eyes all-conquering. About fifteen young amazons form this fascinating army of volunteers, under the com mand of the Misses Gunniss. They go through a serie° of splendid military evolutions, execute a variety of flan marches to bewilder the audience ; and after making believe by popping champagne corks, finally re lit them with a terrific volley of musketry, wh icil makes the walls ring again. This mimic warfare has re" cently been preceded by the mimicry of Mr. W. J. Julian , who adopts a novel method of giving verisimilitude to hil l portraiture. Three-quarter figures of some well-kneW3 actors, in theatrical costume, are introduced upon canvas, space being left for the mimic to insert his face. Setae very close imitations of favourite actors—" Living 1 13.°- tographs," Mr. Julian calls them—are thenaccomplished'A those of Mr. Henry Marston, Mr. Buckstone, and . r. Charles Kean being the most felicitous. The operatic se lections at the Oxford continue to be magnificently done' In Offenbach's comic opera of " Trombalcazar" Mr. S t ' Albyn displays rare powers as a buffo singer, a new bilt judiciously chosen line for him. If all singers would cra w late the vivacity and spirit of Mr. St. Albyn, selections from comic operas would take a still further hold of tbv music-hall stage. CRIME IN SPAIN.—A man, named Pedro selfat has just been executed at Valencia, in Spain, for murd er and robbery. Selfa, accompanied by another man and Of° women, entered the house of a rich lady, Dona Silver/AL' Font, at the moment when the domestics were absent, an immediately attacked her. The two women threw Oleo: ,;* selves upon her, stabbing her in the face and breast knives, Selfa standing coolly by directing the proceeding 9, and himself putting tho finishing stroke to the work bed a poignard through her heart. They the n robbe d the house of all the money and jewels it contained , e° , l during several days delivered themselves up to a continUe orgie in Valencia. Finally , they were arrested, ha/1°,,, boasted of the transaction, and publicly related all y details. Selfa was condemned to death, the other Olt having died in prison, and the two women to i m prisour u e s for life, and to witness the execution of their accomPlice with the garotting collar on their necks. They un cier : t went this portion of their punishment with the greate" effrontery. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. YeSterda/A Dr. Hardwieke, the deputy of Dr. Laukester, ht' an inquest at the Duk® of Richmond Tavern, Caledonian road, respecting the death of George Filbow, Who Wrll killed on the Great Northern Railway. It appeared fr° the evidence that deceased was employed in the statioel and at mid-day, in going from his dinner, he crosse d o . ° ' siding on which were some empty trucks. Ho was crossi" near to the standing trucks when some other trucks oal along and " jammed" him against the standing ones, 833 . ,,, he was killed at once. The brother of deceased said that frc ß— a 100 to 150 people crossed the sidings every meal timo, no one warned them not to go that way. Mr. WrilltitE4it the superintendent of the line, said no one had 5119 ' do to cross the line, and the Coroner replied th at it Was e l e , duty of the company to watch over the safety °I the people, people, and they should be prevented from going over . t dangerous place. The superintendent answered that.; would take a good many men to keep them from r' ssi „p that way ; to which the Coroner rejoined that the col:01)61'a would risk being indicted for manslaughter, and vi fho have to compensate the widows and children of those c " ii were killed if means were not taken to prevent 811 t bo sacrifice of human life. Remarks were also m ado on ha d block which the Great Northern Company's wc)rks made between the northern part of Londo n and the ris western part, and the opinion was expresse d that a ole:Of of communication ought to be opened. V" dic " Accidental Death" wee returned.