The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-24 00:00:00

VENTRE ROYIAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Ed muni Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Poole, and Mrs. II Vandenhoff. To conclude with shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, 1 Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, TILE OV NAIL AN i) ROUTE. Messrs. Chat les Ma hews, Buckstone , C om i -ton, Chippendale,, Clark, Braid. Gordon, White, &c. ; Mesdamts Ilathews, pendale, Hill, v% right, &c. After which, Ulu BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Misses Healy. To e followed by THE Cra rro. Mc srs. C. Mathews, t Compton, Rogers; Mrs. i• zwitham, &e. To conclude with MY HUSBAN D'S GROST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LY C 117, 15 TII EA.TR E.- and 11Ianager, Mr. lezhter. Sole Lessee f IS EVENING, BRUTUS AN .) CiESAII. Miss lienrade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in F toucicauulot.r Ac's, T NII E LONG ,STRIRE, written by The ew Seene•y by Mr. T. Greive ar d asssants. Mess's. S Emery, itt,ick, i t liv.als, Anderson, bew bound Stanley. zpa Lomas, Morehud, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'SMiss (iratton TAIL COAT. Toby Twee di e ton, Mr. 11. Widcbcomb and Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. 'West Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM THEATKE,— Johnny Evilly (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D. Boucicstult ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bond cault. At 7 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining'. Last Week but One of the "Huguenot Captain.'' THIS EVENING, a Comedy. in Three Acts, by John Oxenford, Esq, entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and .111 rs. Buckingham White. After which, at 9 o'clock, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN , by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; Mr. Forrester, Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. Shore. Grand Ballet and, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo doche, Cornete,Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TUTS EVENING, at 7 precisely (101 h time), E rHEL ; or, WILY A LIFE. Miss Kate Terry, Mr 3. Allred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Billington, Stephen son, Ashley, Romer, C. J. Smith, 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 rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, L ARKINS' LOVE LLTTERS. Mr. Balmore ; „Miss C. Saunders. After which, Bouefeault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Ilesers. Neville, Behnore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddrs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. awanborough. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and Ilu,hes. fo be followed by IN TILE WRONG LON. Atter which, will bo prolucest a Grand Burlesque et DE a FFEISCHUTZ ; or, A Good Ca- t tor a P,ecn e. liersed. ; tr.te, Jame , and Robson; ?lesdames Swa borough, Raynharri, Jutinit,ue, aud u.O tic 6. To conclude with WALCING FOR, THE UNDER GROUND. Commence at Seven. HE "SUN" NE WSPAPER.- G. it. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught• terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGE 4 t* to deliver the LATE EDITION ot " THE SUN " at the earl i es t possible moment after ieaving• the press. tie is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same tvening, say 40 miles by 9 o'clock. Orders by Post punctually attended to. giiiE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION al Chelseu, 7.40 ; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 5; Woolwich, 7.30 Uxbridge, 9.20; Watford, 8.45. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." J. HOLMES begs to inform hie friends, and the pubic enerally, that he supplies the LATEST EDITIoN of & THE SUN" as soon as published —No. 16, Hampstead road, N.W. THE LAST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " supplied as soon as Published „ ?ontaiuing all the LATEST NEWS and S2ORTING 11..LL1GENcx, by H, W. RABBIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacklriars-road, London, S. QPORTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the LATEST EDITION of "Tlis SUN" as Bowl as pub- Ished.-4, Bath-street, (20y-road, E.C. 11IIE LATEST EDITION of " TIIE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Eve n i n g , b y ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, d ' In udi ' s Pirli eet 'lT L lV4 t L reet. r wit iiiu„ii atm SPORTING INTELLIGENCE see ihe Late Edition of "The Sun" at 31r. Blake's, Queen's _Head, Windsor street, Uxbridge. .A TEST INTELLIGENCE. - 411.411 Mr. CHAPMAN, of the White dart, Acton, Middle sex, begs to Inform Lis friends and neighbours that the latest l,ditiou of "The dun" can be seen at Ids house as above. IHE SUN, LONLON, WEDNESDAY EV ENING, OCTOBER 24, 1866.1 E• Ready-made and SON, and Bespoke Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen-Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manu facturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. E. MOSES and SON respectfully invite an inspection of their STOCK, which will be found to comprise all the most fashionable styles and an extensive assortment of the newest fabrics. Th e following aro tho London addresses of E. Moses and Son :- 154, MINORIES. 155, MINORIES. 156, MINORIES. 157, MINORIES. 83, ALDGATE. 84, ALDGATE. 85, ALDGATE. 86, ALDGATE. 87, ALDGATE. 88, ALDGATE. 89 ALDGATE. 506' NEW OXFORD-STREET. 507' NEW OXFORD-STREET. 508 ' NE OXFORD-STREET. 1: W HART-STREET. 2, HART-STREET. 3 HART-STREET. 137: TOTTEN HAM-CO URT-ROAD. 138 TOT rENHAM-COURT-ROAD. 283 , EUSTON-ROAD. Also, 19 BRI DGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20 , BRIDGE-STBEE r, BRADFORD, YORKS. 1 - 1, 4 MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS• are CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at sunset till SATURDAY EVENING at sunset, when business is resumed till Eleven o'clock. All articles aie marked the lowest price in plain figures, frOm which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. Lists of Prices with rules for Self-measurement and Fashion Sheet gratis and post free. OVERCOATS of every description. VERCO.A.TS for Adults and Juveniles. O OVERCOATS for all Classes. OVERCOATS, ready-made or made to order, at E. MOSES AND SON'S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 50m.—Afternoon, 2h. 12m ro-Alonnow.-Mqrning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 55m. Z •C"rri t dy Z - . . sun, LONDON, IVEDNESD.4} , (,CT. 24, 1866. Those who have been congratulating themselves upon the rapid settlement of the late war, and fancyi ng .that in consequence of the undoubted superiority of Prussia Europe would speedily regain her tranquillity, must have found out their mistake by this time we should think, for there seems likely to be no end of e ' • da l • cultiea that arise through the rapaciousness of the Berlin Government. The condition of Holla n d is now very serious, and it certainly appears as if each nation in turn was to be the subject of general dis cussion, and the theme of anxiety at home. It wo u ld be amusing if the results were not so serious to notice how the Prussian Government contrived to twist and to turn everything to it s cw , purpose ; the same thing is read differently at varioua times, in order to suit the particular end of the moment. The fact is, that the course pursued by BISMARCK is a scandal to the good sense and justice of the present age ; it is, indeed, outrageous that in these days of enlightenment weshould witness a spec tacle like that now taking place in Prussia. The King of the NETIIERLANDS maintained a neutral position when the momentous question of the mobi lisation of the Federal army was debated, and hence he very naturally thought that he had escaped danger either way, and might maintain his position intact in his German possessions. This plain and _____ ---------- straightforward course does not, however, suit the. 1 views of the grasping schemer of Prussia, and cordingly he issues h is fiat, and denies that although. the Bund has been dissolved that the relationship of the members to the defunct Confederation has not ceased to exist. The end of all this juggling is that the fortress of Luxembourg is to re— main under Prussian control. The end of a a this subserviency to Prussia, on the o' ae hand, and the non-interference policy which Fral ic e seems to have adopted on the other, will be that that ruthless Power will become so strong that a very serious war will be the consequence. It is most extraordinary that the statesmen of Europe cannot see the danger of letting things go by de- fault, as it were. The matter has now assumed a vast importance, and stretched far beyond the original question of this or that duchy appertaining to any single European Power. As the case now stands, we may fairly say that it means neither more nor less than that Prussia is making every effort, and employing skill and fore sight worthy of a better cause in her attempts to become the chief Power in Europe. Fraud and force are alternately employed in this work, and as yet an almost unexampled success has attended her endeavours. It is not in the routine of things that France should submit much longer to be shelved after this fashion, and to be lowered in the eyes of the Continental nations. For some reason, how ever, which we do not as yet clearly comprehend, the French EMPEROR has restrained the natural desire of his people to go to war, and not permitted their just indignation against the Prus sians to find vent in action. This does not alter facts, however, and we maintain that the King of PRUSSIA is fast becoming a very dangerous Power, to France, and an overwhelming incubus upon smaller States. low long this state of Bismarckian supremacy is to continue the most astute of political prophets may be puzzled to define, but in all pro bability the term of his career will not be far distant. It is against the genius and spirit of the nations of Europe that it should long continue ; but, in the meantime, how numerous are the sufferers and how crushing the evil effects of its influence. There is more, however, to distract the unfor tunate King of the NETHERLANDS' grief now than the determination in which Count BISMARCK'S arbi trary decision has placed him. The question of Java is a great source of anxiety, and even of dispute, among the Dutch, and they do not seem likely to come to a very speedy or satisfactory solution of the problem. A strong party advocate the cause of freedom, and are opposed to those who are in favour of the old regime, and would leave things as they are. It must be confessed that the course pursued by the KING and Government of late has been most impolitic, and well calculated to excite indignation among the community, whose feelings of justice and propriety it outraged to the uttermost. The appointment of a man to the important post of Governor-General of the eastern portion of the KING'S domains, who was well known for his advocacy of the strong party, was certainly enough to incense all classes, and no wonder that the vote of censure was passed. The Ministers advised the KING not to be daunted at this outburst of wrath, and accordingly the Chamber has been dissolved. It is not a matter of surprise that the effect of this is expected to be the return of more Liberals than ever to the next Parliament ; but instead of bowing to circumstances, and making a virtue of peopld; the GroVernmeht, 'we - rugree ttilicTar,`nAVO resolved upon proceeding to extremities. A sort of coup d'etat is now threatened, which of course will upset the existing state of things, and confuse the whole country. This is a case in which no foreign Power can offer ad vice and assistance, and the matter must be settled among the contending parties themselves. We hope, however, that some among the enthusiasts for jus tice to the slave will remember prudence, and not go to violent extremes. It will cause more mis chief than it will effect good if a sudden change takes place, and perhaps this generation may not see the end of the evil of a too hasty act on the part of the reformers of Java labour. There can be no reason why a gradual alteration should not take place, and no danger thus accrue to those affected by the change. This fortunate result would, however, have been much more likely to have followed had the KING and his Government showed more con cession to the popular demand ; but the very fac tious and irritating opposition they have organised against themselves are not likely, we very much fear, to listen to reason, or to heed the warnings of those who have learnt by sad experience the dangers that too often attend a too sudden and complete change in a long-established system, The practical science of agriculture must be ad mitted on all hands to be a matter of great import ance, but there is some reason to fear that it is likely to be underrated among the host of improvements and inventions of a more exciting nature. The dwellers in towns and cities are generally the origi nators of improvements, or at least they discuss and criticise them in every form. In the rural districts, on the contrary, the population are naturally averse to changes, and a suggestion which interferes with established customs is not likely to meet with much favour. The agriculturists are inclined to think their own practical experience of more value than the theoretical knowledge of their in structors, while perhaps the theorists have not always gone wisely to work by depreciating the ex perience of the practical cultivator. By slow degrees, however, a better state of things has been brought about, and the steam plough and a h os t of other mechanical appliances have been brought to assist the farmer in his ope rations, while the rapid increase and development of chemical knowledge have proved most valuable when applied to the cultivation of the soil. The establishment of Agricultural Associations, with their exhibitions and matters of various kinds, has also been very beneficial in diffusing a know.. roa f is a in g g ric t i h il e tu s r t e an th d r a o r u d g o h f ol n it ie t r h i e t rural e districts of the p i a n n c d i p in s among those who formerly had no one to measure themselves against. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE made soineseantsitbhlee observations on this topic a day or two ago annual meeting of the Witheridge Agricultural Association. Ile said he had come into Devonshire with some doubt on his mind as to the benefits of ploughing matches, but, after having watched the proceedings of the day, he had decided in their favour. The spirit of emulation created among their young men by the All England prize, which brought distinguished ploughmen from all parts of the country, h nt t ry would, he th oug ht, t en d very muc h t o e special p w o o u r g k h t in h g ey had in hand, and the done a great d eal towards elevating establishment of matches the hadsta standard already f that kind of work. These meetings had also, in his opinion, many indirect advantages.interested in "They caused large bodies o f men the prac ticalhey work of agriculture to assemble —not as mere theorists, but as men who were conscious of the worthlessness of theoretical knowledge simply, and as men who were fully alive to the irr iportance of conducting their business so as to nake a living out of it." They assembled to watch the proceedings of the competitors, to compare ideas and experiences, and to talk over subjects of which they all had a practical knowledge. Such a gathering at least prevents men's minds from rust ing by disuse ; it quickens their faculties and en larges their experience by showing what different views and opinions may be held by men of the same profession and standing in different parts of the country. Local prejudice is a great enemy to agricultural science, though local knowledge is a valuable supplement to it ; and in fact, as Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE says, it is necessary for a practical agriculturist to bear in mind two points : one, the study of general principles ; the other, the local conditions of the estate which he farmed. He ought to know not only what land in general would do, but what his own land in particular would do ; not only the mode of cultivation em ployed in other places, but the mode and the im plements best suited to his particular farm. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE turned this point to good account by seizing the opportunity of impressing upon his hearers the importance and advantage of a systematic compilation of agri cultural statistics. Sir S. NORTHCOTE took some pains to correct the impression, unfortunately so prevalent in the agricultural districts, that these inquiries were only made in an inquisitorial and prying spirit. The statistics of one year might be said to tell us very little, but it was obvious that the information thus collected would, in a series of years, be of great practical utility. Thus, when the question of feeding cattle on root crops was raised, these statistics would have enabled the farmer to trace the effect of the increased cultivation of these crops upon the number of the cattle. Then when artificial manures began to be largely employed it would have been very useful to know their effect upon particular systems of husbandry. Farmers, urged the speaker, were interested in the statistics of every other trade, with the exports and imports of their own country and of other parts of the world, and surely they should not be anxious to withhold the information relating to their own trade from others whom it might affect. Sir S. NORTIICOTE did not insist upon any particular mode of collecting these statistics. lle simply contented himself with showing that every means which had been suggested had been objected to, and, in the name of the Go vernment, he asked the agriculturists to suggest the best way of obtaining the desired information, or, if they were determined to withhold it, at least to give their reasons for so doing. But on this point, as on many others, we may hope that prejudice is dying out with the dispersion of the ignorance in which it originated ; and, as in every other depart ment of trade and industry, fair competition and free communication have always resulted in the benefit of all concerned, so it may shortly prove with agricultural science. Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE touched on some other topics of interest, more especially with regard to the increased demand for labour; and his remarks, which were throughout characterised by good sense and straightforwardness, were listened to with well merited attention. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Pains, Tuesday Evening. The Moniteur gives the following particulars re specting ta t affairs of Germany :—" According to King of Prussia, the territorial limits of the two countries have been modified in this way :—The Grand Duke gives up to the King of Prussia the principality of Biskeufeld, situated at a consider able distance from the remainder of his States, and intermixed with the Rhenish provinces of the Prus sian monarchy; the principality of Eutin, near Lubeck, and some portions of territory necessary to complete the defences of the military post recently created at Jahoe. On the other hand, Oldenburg receives two portions of the former kingdom of Hanover, situated on the left bank of the Weser. By this treaty the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg is increased to .the extent of 30,000 square miles, and some thousands of inhabitants. It also derives the advantage of being a compact ' State. As to Prussia, she will by the present ar rangement have the means of rectifying her fron tiers and removing foreign possessions which existed in the midst of her States." A letter from Vienna explains the real reason of the adjournment of the meeting of the Hungarian Diet. It was not the cholera which was the cause of the delay. That was only a pretext. The real motive arises out of the continued opposition of the Cabinet of Vienna to the principle of the demands made by the National party of Hungary. The most moderate fraction of the patriots of Hun gary admit no other basis of conciliation than the full and entire restitution of the rights which the people of Hungary possessed in 1848. The Austrian Government, which at first seemed disposed to agree to these legitimate wishes, still hesitates to confirm them and appears disposed to abide by its traditional policy." Favoured by splendid weather, the steeplechases at La Marche, on Sunday, went off very satisfac torily. There were but three prizes contested, but the races excited interest from the number of horses engaged. The Prix d'Automne, 2,500 f., was won by Mr. Kent's Bon-Espoir ; Sinite, 2 ; Lausquenet, 3. 14 horses ran. Amount of the prize, 4,925 f., 500 f. to the second. Prix a Reclamer, 1,000 f., added to 100 f. entry . R. M. D., 1 ; Pine Apple, 2. Free Handicap, 1,000 f., Coloquinte, 1; Roger Bontaups, 2. The Versailles races will take place on Sunday next. A short time ago an original letter, addressed by the Empress to M. Berger, then Prefect of Police, on the 26th of January, 1853, was advertised for sale. It is now announced that it was only a fac simile, and that the original letter has not been found. At the funeral ceremony over the remains of the late M. Thouvenel yesterday the funeral car was drawn from the Luxembourg to the church of St. Sulpice by six horses. The four cordons were held by M. Rouher, Minister of State ; the Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. de Royer, Vice-President of the Senate ; and Count de Walewski, President of the Legitimate Body. The Emperor was represented by General Tros sard, one of his aides-de-camp ; and the Duke de Trebise, one of his Chamberlains. The Empress was represented by Count de Cossd Brissac, one of her Chamberlains. Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde were represented by officers of their Household. Immediately after the car were the members of the family of the deceased, the Ministers in full cos tume, as well as the members of the Privy Council, and all the marshals and admirals now in Paris. Two officers, with the livery of the deceased, bore his insignia, covered with crape, upon cushions of black velvet. Numerous deputations from the Senate, and various official and municipal bodies followed. Detachments of troops preceded and fol lowed the procession, and a company of Dragoons kept the Place St. Sulpice. The church was beau tifully draped, lighted, and ornamented. After the ceremony the body was deposited in a vault of the church, from whence it is to be taken to Metz, to be interred in the family vault. The Archbishop of Paris officiated. On the 15th inst. the perforation of Mount Cenis had been finished to the extent of 6,110 metres, that is to say, half of the total length of the grand gallery, which is to be 12,220 metres long. The Felt Railway will be terminated between Modaue and Lans-le-Bourg in the course o the present year, and from Lans-le-Bourg to Suse in the month of May next. _ _ _ A frightful murder, followed by suicide, has been committed at Strasburg. About 8 o'clock on Satur day evening the lodgers in a house in the Rue Clement were alarmed by cries of distress. The door of the room from whence the cries preceded was broken open. On the floor was a man whose throat was horribly cut, and he was wounded in several places. Near the bed was the body of a woman, on the floor, whose head had been nearly severed from the body. She was quite dead. There was no doubt that the man had murdered her, and that she had made a desperate resistance, for the bed was bloody and the walls bore traces of blood, and it was running on the floor. These persons lived together, but were both married, but the man was separated from his wife, and the woman from her husband. The murderer was employed on the Strasburg Railway. his wounds are so serious that he can hardly survive. The Courrier du Bas Rhin, which gives this account, says that nothing had been ascertained in regard to the motive of the crime. One of the Paris papers gives the following crino-. line statistics :—A manufactory in Saxony has ma d e during the last twelve years no less than 9,507,600 crinolines. For the fabrication of each of these crinolines there were required about 55 metres of springs, which gives for the total manufacture 863,784,000 yards. This length would be sufficient to go round the world thirteen times and a half, as its circumference measures 71,982 yards. A pleasant dialogue was heard by many persons on Sunday afternoon on the Boulevard des Italiens. Temporarily established there at a wooden shop is a clever individual who sells all sorts of things for the toilette, and among other things a wonderful oint ment to make the hair grow in a ridiculously short space of time. A gentleman who had bought some of this ointment advanced to the dealer and said, " You sold me some ointment the other day to make my hair grow, and (taking off his hat) look, my head is still as bald as varnished leather." " Sir," replied the ointment dealer, "it would be very wrong of you to blame me. There is land where it would be quite useless to sow corn, it will not grow. It is not the corn which is bad, it is the soil." There is a recent and authentic illustration of the embarras de richesses. The municipality of a provincial French town, in the interest of the public health, ordered the proprietors of the houses to have them all well cleaned and whitewashed. "It is very hard upon us," said one of the house pro prietors, " to be compelled to go to this expense. If I had only one house I should not mind, but I have sixteen." Orders have been sent to the war ports for the arming as transports next month ten screw vessels and the same number of steamers. They will be sent to Vera Cruz to bring home the French troops from Mexico. This afternoon at three o'clock the Emperor, Em press, and the young Prince left St. Cloud for a carriage drive. The Princess Clotilde was in one of the carriages. The health of the Emperor is quite restored. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BADEN. CARLSRUHE, Oct. 24. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies a debate took place upon the entry of Baden into the North German Confederation. Herr von Frey dorf, the President of the Council of Ministers, said :--" For as the adhesion of Baden to the Northern Union is a question of existence, and moreover it is the sole way leading to the unity of Germany, Prussia and the North of Germany can exist without us, and would then perhaps even oc cupy a stronger position for defence." FRANCE. PARIS, Oct. 24. The Emperor and Empress took a drive yesterday in the Bois de Boulogne, on the Boulevards, and during the whole drive their Majesties were warmly cheered by large crowds. The Moniteur of this morning announces that during the recent hurricane at St. Pierre dc Meq.ue ton (Canada), on the 22d September last, eleven vessels and a considerable number of boats were lost, 60 to 80 seamen were drowned, and consider able damage was done to property. BOURSE, Oct. 23, Two o'clock.—The upward ten dency continues, and all Securities are dealt in at higher rates, which necessitates the buying in of a certain amount of oversold Stock and Sharei. French Threes are doing at 68f. 90c., an advance of - al t o. Italian Fives have attained and passed the price of 56f., and are now at 56f. 30c., with an ad vance of 45c. Credit Foncier gain 5f., Credit Mo biher 6f. 25c., and Spanish Mobilier if. 25c. higher. Comptoir d'Escoinpte are quoted 890 f., 6f. 25c. higher. Railway Shares are likewise in request with improved quotations. English Consols continue to be quoted in London at 89k. _ _ _ Three o'clock.—The market has closed 'as fol- lows : per Cents 97 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 90 Do. end month 6B 90 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month.., 1375 RUT, Bank Shares 3600 Italian Loan 5O 40 Do. end month 56 50 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish` Throes Home Debt Deferred 'AM For Account. Orleans Northern llBO Lyons and Mediterranean 922 50 Southern 5Bl 25 _ _ Western 557 50 Eastern Sardinian ... — Austrian Lombard 4lB 75 North of Spain lO7 50 Saragossa — Ditto to Barcelona — Roman — AMERICA. NEW YORK, OCt. 11. The Philadelphia Ledger contains the following : " The President has just sent in to the Attorney General the following questions, and requested that a response might be returned in writing. " ' First. Is the present Congress composed of members from the Northern States, such a Congress as the Constitution requires, or is it an illegal and unconstitutional assemblage. Second. Would existing circumstances justify the President in sending his next annual message to an illegal and unconstitutional assemblage pretending to be the Congress of the United States. " ' Third. Does that clause in section five of the first article of the Constitution, which makes each house the judge of the election returns and quali fications of its own members, give to the present Congress the right to exclude the members from ten States, or to impose dishonourable or uncon stitutional terms upon their admission. " Fourth. Does the President's oath of office require roil {IV ,LJ1,1",... Y4VJ\ r l UYlalUuli lli^tllll con stitution which give to each State an equal right of representation in Congress. Article first, sec tion second, section third, article fifth, last clause. Fifth. What steps do the Constitution and his oath of office require the President to take iu order to secure the assemblage of a constitutional Congress ? The Philadelphia Ledger adds : " Upon the reply that may be made by the Attorney-General to the above, the President, there is reason to believe, has determined to take his stand. The questions put to the Attorney are all the more important when taken in connection with the bold utterances of the President at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, declaring that the present ' was only an assumed Congress,' and not the Congress the constitution called for ;' and also in connection with similar declarations, though less pointed, that fell from his lips prior to his return to the capital. From these utterances it is clear that the Executive has fully made up his own mind the 39th Congress was not a loyal body. He now asks the opinion of the Attorney-General upon the grave and deeply-momentous subject, and when it is given he will govern himself accordingly. It is not difficult to foreshadow what the response of Mr. Stanberry will be ; and that he will chime in fully with the opinions of the Executive, as al ready expressed, there is no doubt. A Washington despatch, dated 1 lth inst., gives a positive denial to the statement of the Ledger, and says that the President, upon reading it, declared it to be false from beginning to end. Our Soldiers, How We Kill Them. (From the British Medical Journal.) The report of a serious outbreak of yellow fever in the island of St. Thomas gives us an occasion to publish a summary of one of these fearful inflictions to show how our great army managers at the Horse Guards provide for these things: how they antici pate the evil, and how they meet it when it comes. Deputy Inspector-General Barrow, in the fifth volume of the " Statistical, Sanitary, and Medical Reports," has published a report of the epidemic of yellow fever which occurred last year in Bermuda. This report is published by authority, and presented to Parliament, and, as Professor Maclean of Netley (who last year made it the special subject of a clini cal lecture) remarks, was " written for our learn- ing." The scene of the epidemic in Bermuda was St. George's Town, a hotbed of filth and cesspools, lying in a basin, undrained, cut off from all winds, and densely populated—the very place for yellow fever to " rim riot in," as Dr. Barrow says. Yet here, in this focus, where corruption invites the direst of fevers, our Government quarters its valuable and costly soldiers. And in what kind of barracks ? Sanitary and barrack commissioners have laid down, in their minute detail, rigid rules for the construc tion of barracks. How these rules are carried out in the yellow fever zone, Dr. Barrow explains for us. " The barracks are intolerably hot in summer, as the prevail* south-west wind is completely cut off by a lofty inn within a few feet of the rear of the building." Their " ventilation is bad, and the men's rooms scarcely raised above the level of the ground, low ceilings, small windows, crowded out buildings, privies placed to windward, and water tanks close to the dwellings ; the whole area enclosed by a wall, which obstructs the sea view, and keeps off the southerly winds." The hospital is " intended for 48 patients, but is fit for only 24 ; and the wards are fitted with water-closets a demi—i.e., without water. To make the picture complete there is a burial-ground a few hundred yards off, " quite full of graves." Did the Lancet Commissioners ever meet, in Metropolitan workhouses, such a combina tion of health-destroying elements as these ? How is it, then, that public indignation, which has been so excited in reference to union workhouse evils, should have silently let pass such a frightful condi tion of things as here described, and which culmi nated in so fearful a mortality ? _ _ _ Speaking of this inviting condition for the advent of the yellow fever offered by St. George's Professor Maclean remarks :—" is it too much tc say that it is a disgrace to our civilisation that such a state of matters should be found in a town under British Government, and in a station where British soldiers are quartered ?" Forewarning has been no forearm ing here. Again and again have epidemics raged, to the destruction of our soldiers ; but still has the lesson been taught in vain. In 1843 15 officers, 297 men, 29 women, and 30 children were slaugh tered by the fever ; and even this last deadly lesson of 1865, Professor Maclean anticipates, will be as unheeded as the preceding lessons have been. The tale, as told by authority, is this. Yellow fever appeared in Bermuda towards the end of June, 1865. On July 15 part of the 2d Regiment, 756 strong, arrived from Gibraltar. Seven companies were encamped at Bowz Island ; and three " at the Navy Tanks, within half a mile of St. George's, now known to be a tainted district." On the very same day a sergeant of the 39th Regiment (which the 2d Regiment came to relieve) was. smitten with yellow fever ; and on the next day Dr. Hunter, health officer, called on the commanding officer of the 2d Regiment and urged him instantly to move his men away from the infected spot. But doctors' advice in matters sanitary is usually not favourably received, and was here once again fatally unheeded. The 39th Regiment happily sailed for England. On the 23d of July appeared the first case in the fated 2d Regiment, and from that day forwards the men fell thickly ; and then only, and too late, when the regiment had become " thoroughly tainted," was it moved to Ferry Point ; and yet only half moved, for six officers and 56 men were left behind. More over, incredible as it may appear, in defiance of all warnings, the head-quarters, the commissariat, the civil departments, and thezeneral hospital establish ments, where the sick were treated, were all left behind, in the very focus of disease. Fast as the orderlies in attendance on the sick were struck down fresh men were sent in from the camp, until at last such was the drain of life that " there seemed a probability of the whole force being expended." At this period it was that Doctor Barrow ap peared upon the scene. On the 23d and 25th of August, two medical officers arrived from Halifax, and seven (including Dr. Barrow) from Canada. Dr. Barrow at once took the position of principal medical officer. He found all the medical men of the force prostrated and worn out. There had been 238 cases of fever and 65 deaths, of which 53 had occurred at St. George's. There were 100 sick in the general hospital, and 13 were admitted on the day of his arrival. His first act was to remove from St. George's every man " he could induce the mili tary authorities to send into camp, and to hire blacks to carry on the service lately performed by soldiers." He was met with "difficulties," and there had been all along " difficulties ;" happily, they not not stop him. His description of the state of the general hospital is fearful. Seventy men were thrust into a place fit only to hold 35. And this is what he tells us :—" The sick were not only lying around the wards, but may be said to have covered the entire floor. Professor Maclean, in his lecture referred to, thus sums up the matter There lay these un happy men on the floor of this pesthouse, ejecting black vomit over one another." Dr. Barrow went at once into this scene of horrors with his brother offi cers. They pitched tents and brought the sick into them; yet still did the epidemic rage and the sick pour in. All the medical officers who had come from Cana da, including Dr. Barrow, were struck down, and four of them died. At St. George's 290 cases were treated and 107 died. Of the officers who were left there 30 took the disease and 14 died. Professor Maclean, commenting on these facts, says that " it would be difficult, even in the lament able history of Crimean blunders and disasters, to find anything more painful than this ;" but what is still worse, his " experience leads him to fear that the lesson will have yet to be taught again and again"—in fact, that the ignorant stubbornness which resists the teachings of sanitary science will still continue to direct the health department of our army. Assuredly it will do so, so long as the medi cal officers of the army are looked upon only as men of the " Civil Department"--so long as they are permitted to have no command even in matters touching the health of the soldier. We have had r 7 7 - 7" --, essftrl essmo• 11-‘74.rliATTlPn— tary inquiry into the state of the health of our army, and we have our Netley, and our sanitary science, and our sanitary officers, and in this lamentable case we have a specimen of the progress actually made by us in this direction ! Our army medical men are taught at, Netley special sanitary knowledge, for very purpose of saving our soldiers from visitations of this kind. They are fully possessed of the re quisite preventive knowledge, but they are power less in its practical application. Stubborn and unknowing officialdom steps in, and thwarts and ignores them and their science. The report will be presented to Parliament ; people in office will shake their heads at the details, and, unless public opinion steps in, the same terrible tragedy, under the rigid rule of redtapeism, will in due course of time, be acted over again. We know not what may be the value attached to the lives of our soldiers, as human beings and as defenders of the country, by Horse Guards' people. But 'if officialism be dull to the teachings of humanity and science it may ,perhaps open its eyes to another view of the matter. We would suggest that even the money transaction in this proceeding is a very bad one. If a made-up soldier be worth £l5O as an article of commercial value, it follows that the loss of 500 men is a sheer loss of £75,000 to the country ; and we need not tell our brethren that death and destruction of the kind we are now dealing with are completely unnecessary ; that they result not from the will of Providence, but from the wilfulness of those in office who refuse to use the means—the scientific knowledge—which Providence has placed at our disposal for their prevention and anticipation. We cannot conclude without again asking, How comes it that public indignation has not been stirred up by the press at large to anticipate the recurrence of such outrages to science and sanitary laws as those here described ? How is it that public monitors, who have so furiously raged together against work house management, have strained their gullets at a gnat, and yet quietly swallowed this enormous camel of official misrule ? . ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. By George Mac Donald, M.A., , Author of " Alec Forbes," &c. 3 Vuls. Mr. Mac bonald is a true poet. The "Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood" are as full of music as was Prospero's Island ; rich' in strains that take the ear captive when they are first heard, and afterwards linger long upon it. Many of the scenes Mr. Mac Donald has painted are very beautiful in themselves, besides being thoroughly in keeping with the characters with which he peoples them. And some of these characters are pleasantly sketched, testifying by the purity of their outline, and the harmony of their colouring, to the refinement of tho mind of the artist who drew them."—Saturday Review. A FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE. —Though this season is dull, it is not so dull as to exclude the announce ment of "marriages in high life," and one has been lately promulgated which will materially narrow the &11l for the "curious in heiresses." The betrothal is just declared of perhaps our very wealthiest marriageable lady (for Miss Burdett Coutts I look upon as already wedded to her good works), and Dame Fortune, in her blindest mood, has decreed that she shall find a bridegroom nearly as wealthy as herself. Such will be the case in the marriage of Earl Beauchamp with Miss Dundas-Christopher-Hamilton- Nisbett, in whom each patronymic is understood to imply a fortune. Lord Beauchamp, well known in the House of Commons as the stanch Conservative member for Worces tershire, succeeded last year, by the death of his brother, to the title and estates, estimated at over £40,000 a-year. But his bride is even more richly endowed, for it is ad mitted that she will ultimately succeed to an income of more than £60,000 a-year, to say nothing of an immense and increasing amount of ready money. How came the band of fascinating younger brothers to let slip such a prize. —Correspondent of Saunders' News. THE MANNING OF THE NAVY.---It has recently been stated that it was difficult, if not impossible, to find crews for her Majesty's ships when placed in commission. So far from this being the case, we find from recent returns that the seamen, marines, and boys in the fleet aro practi cally in excess of the number that were voted in the last session of Parliament. _ _ PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD.—The Admiralty have accepted the tender of the eminent firm of George Smith and Co. for the extension of Portsmouth dockyard. This contract, under the provisions of an act of Parliament, in volves an expenditure of upwards of a million in the next' four years. It is worthy of remark that hitherto the en gagements of the Government in works of a similar nature have been restricted to the financial year. This new sys tem loads to groat economy in the execution of public works. iI. ....". ra Court,,, THE TREATMENr OF CHOLERA. The views of Dr. George Johnson and other d o a p r o r n h e e n a t s h o a f v e the o a e s i t v r e i n d g e a n t t strongtreatment m o e o n o t fi o r f m choleraic the report of the Army Medical Department on the late outbreak of cholera at Malta. An abstract of that report is given in the British Medical Journal, and, though of course, we express no opinion on the matter ourselves, yet a brief reference to that abstract cannot fail to be interesting to the general reader. There exists a vehement controversy in the medical world with respect to this premonitory treatment, each side maintaining that the system which it condemns is not merely useless, but posi tively injurious in a very high degree ; and the more clearly a professional doctor perceives that this antagonism is well known to the non-professional world, the less prone will he be to adopt either view nif 8 tattilektt ° WIMP Vai i° l? necessary to give to the subject. A pestilence like cholera, :concerning which nothing is theoretically known, while the only practical thing known about it is that no remedy has yet been discovered, is just one of those diseases about which doctors are apt to be careless, from their utter bewilderment in its presence. As they cannot cure the disease, too many of them forget that a remedy may not only fail to stop it, but may frightfully aggravate its intensity. And this is the conclusion which the British Medical Journal draws from the report of the army department on the outbreak at Malta, where the diarrhcea was very severe owing to the drunken and dissipated habits of the English soldiers, and the large consumption of fruit by the poorer Maltese, who were tempted by the low prices conse quent on the abstinence of the better classes during the epidemic. The report btates that while the ordinary diarrhcea thus produced was very tractable in its nature, the astringent system utterly failed to check the real choleraic diarrhcea. The only reme dies that appeared to be of any effect were emetics, and the population who were treated by the civilian practitioner on the mild system exhibited a much lower percentage of deaths than the military who were treated by the army doctors. On the whole, the Medical Journal is decidedly of opinion that, whether or no the emetic and castor-oil system be advantageous, there is every reason to believe that the astringent practice tends to retain in the body that deadly poison which is the cause of death. It points to a fact stated in the report to which we think the utmost attention ought to bo given— namely, that " the extent of the collapse was in no way commensurate with the amount of discharges. Invariably it was found that the more severe the disease the less was the quantity and the frequency of these ejections." Surely, if these facts are of general occurrence in cholera they supply sugges tions as to the proper treatment of the highest im portance !—Pall-mall Gazette. THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS. —Yesterday three in quests were held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The first was on the body of Charles Killey, aged five years, who was burnt to death on Sunday morning by his clothes ac cidentally catching fire. The second was on the body of Jane Cole, aged 69 years, who fell down in Smithfield on Monday, fractured her skull, and died the same night. In each case a verdict of accidental death was returned. The third inquest was on the body-of a man who was found by the police in a state of intoxication, and who subsequently died of cholera. Tho jury returned a verdict to that effect. SINGULAR ACTION TO RECOVER AN ELECTION BRIBE.—At the Ipswich County Court last week an elector of the town named William Suthers, senior, brought an action against Mr. E. E. Barber to recover £lO. It appeared that at the late election Mr. Barber, who acted as agent for Mr. Cobbold, was furnished with a sum of £25 to secure the votes of some electors of easy consciences. It was alleged by the plaintiff that £lO of the amount was to have been paid to him for his vote, but he had already voted for the other side early in the day, and as soon as Barber heard this ho did not give him the money. The defence was, that no portion of the £25 was set specially aside to bo paid to Suthers, and his Honour held that this allegation was not disproved, and that in any case the verdict must be for the defendant, as the bargain, if any, was a corrupt one. TOOLE AND SOTHERN—DRAMATIC SHOOTING STARS.—Those two theatrical stars of the first magnitude, Mr. Toole and Mr. Sothern, have recently been moving in the same orbit, and, if I may say so of heavenly bodies, treading upon each other's heels. Mr. Toole arrives in Birmingham, covers the walls with his illustrious name, and all goes well, until Mr. Sothern, who is to succeed him, arrives and covers the walls—or what part of them Mr. Toole has left to him—with his illustrious name. Then Mr. Toole gnashes his teeth and whispers vengeance against Mr. Sothern. At the next town Mr. Sothern gets the start, and all goes well with him until Mr. Toolo arrives with his posters (larger than ever), and then Mr. Sotheru gnashes his teeth and stammers out vengeance against Mr. Toole. I hear that wherever the pairmeet they fall to with knives—and forks, over a pleasant dinner, on the most friendly terms. Both have been doing enormous business. It is a remarkable fact, by the way, that a hopeful actor can make a great deal more money in the country than in London. It is another fact, but I will not say remarkable, that the most popular actor in the country, the ono who makes the most money there, is Mr. Toole. Besides being an excellent comedian, Mr. Toole possesses a genial, ami able, happy temperament, which makes him troops of friends wherever he goes. Swells in the stalls ask him to dinner, and the gallery boys stop him in the street to say that he " does the Dodger stunning ;" and Mr. Toole is as polite to the gallery boy as he is to the swell. There is no charm on earth equal to that of unaffected good nature. — Morning Post. HER MAJESTY BALMORAL, Monday. The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, and Princess Louise, attended Divine service yesterday in the parish church, Crathie, accom p an i e d by the Duchess of Roxburghe and Col. Ponsonby. The Rev. John 11.1.‘Murtrie, of St. Bernard's, Edin burgh, officiated. THE COURT AT BALMORAL.—On Sunday her Ma jesty, their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Chris tian, and Princess Louise, attended divine service in the church of Crathie Thera were also present— The Duke of Buckingham, the Duchess of Roxburghe, Colonel and Mrs. Ponsonby, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, General Grey, the Misses Grey, Rev. Mr. Jolly, Dr. Robertson, &e. The Rev. Mr.M'Murtrio, of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh, preached from Gal. iv. 6 and 7, and Romans viii. 14-17 --dwelling more particularly on the first clause of the 17th verse. Few strangers were present. Prince Arthur left Balmoral for the south on Saturday, via the Spittal of Glenshee and Blairgowrie. RETURN OF THE QUEEN TO WINDSOR. --Her Ma jesty, with the various members of the Royal family, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, will, it is expected, leave Balmoral on the Ist November, and arrive at Windsor Castle on the following day. We understand that the intended visit of the Prince of Wales to Lord and Lady Londesborough at Grim ston is postponed, as it is the intention of his Royal High ness to be present at the marriage of the Princess Dagmer (sister of the Princess of Wales) with the Czarewitch, at St. Petersburg, next month. Lord and Lady Londesborough contemplated giving a grand ball on the occasion of the Prince's visit, but none of the invitations were issued. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AT FLOORS CASTLE.— We understand that his royal highness enjoyed some good sport on the Tweed yesterday (Monday). The water was in pretty good condition both as regards the size and the abundance of fish which continued to ascend, but the day was cloudy, with occasional showers. Partly owing to the dullness of the morning, and partly from his desire to await the departure for London of Viscount and Vis countess Dangan, and Lord and Lady Charles Innes ICer, who left Foors about mid-day, his royal highness did not ply the rod till noon. The prince was accompanied by the Duke of Roxburgho and the Marquis of Bowmdnt. lie began fishing on a fine " cast" known as " the Shot," and had succeeded in killing, at half-past 3 o'clock, when he was still busy, three splendid salmon, weighing respectively 27th., 181 b., and 171 b. His royal highness had also, we learn, exciting runs with four other fish. His visit will likely extend to Saturday.—Scotsman. THE MINISTRY.—The Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and tho other members of the Cabinet will assemble in town early in the ensuing week. Major-General the llon. James Lindsay, now commanding the troops in Canada, is expected to return home early , in the ensuing year, and will then succeed Major-General Lord F. Paulet, C. 8., as Major-General at tached to the Foot Guards at headquarters. STATISTICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY:—The rapid growth of new and special industries is a fact so characteris tic of the present day, that the statistics of photography can scarcely be regarded as wonderful, viewed merely as question of economics. Nevertheless, some of the facts are sufficiently startlibg. Twentyyears ago one person claimed the sole right to practise photography professionally in this . country. According to the census of 1861, the number of persons who entered their names as photographers was 2,0 4 ' There is reason, however, to believe that these figures fall short of the real number ; since then it is probable the num ber has been doubled or trebled, and that including those collaterally associated with the art it is even four or five times that number. But figures fall short of the numbers interested in photography as amateurs. We are informed that eight years ago, in establishing a periodical which has since become the leading photographic journal, a large pub lishing firm sent out 25,000 circulars, not sown broadcast, but especially addressed to persons known to be interested in the new art science. The number of professional photographers in the United Statist; is said to be over fifteen thousand, and a proportiona te number may with propriety be estimated as spread over continental Europe and other parts of the civilisd globe' But a more curious estimate of the ramifications of this in dustry may be formed by a glance at the consumption 01 some of the materials employed. A single firm in London consumes, on an average, the whites of 20,000 eggs dally in themanufacture of albumenised paper for photographi c printing, amounting to 600,000 annually. As it may b e fnirly aaanmcti that this is , but a tenth of the total amount consumed in this country, we obtain an average of siS millions of inchoate fowls sacrificed annually in this now worship of the sun in the United Kingdom alone ? When to this is added the far larger consumption of Europe and America, which we do not attempt to put in figures, the imagination is startled by the enormous total inevi tably presented for its realisation. In the absence a exact data, we hesitate to estimate the consumption o f the precious metals, the mountains of silver and monu ments of gold, which follow as matters of necessity A calculation based on facts enables us to state, however , that for every 20,000 eggs em pl o y e d , near l y 1 c wt. 01 . : nitrate of silver is consumed. We arrive thus at an esti mate of , 300 cwt. of nitrate of silver annually used in this country alone in the production of photographs. To de scend to individual facts more easily grasped, we learn that the consumption of materials in the photographs of the In ternational Exhibition of 1862, produced by Mr. England for the London Stereoscopic Company, amounted to 2,400 ounces of nitrate of silver, nearly 54 ounces of tercb' loride of gold, 200 gallons of albumen, amounting to the whites of . 9 -2,000 eggs, and 70 reams of paper ; the issu e of pictures approaching to nearly a million, the num ber of stereoscopic prints amounting to nearly 800,00 0 copies. We have already glanced at the statistics of the card portraiture of public men. Some estimate may *Wi l l be formed of the industries stimulated or created by th e circulation of these and other photographs in case; frames , fittings, and apparatus of various kinds. One house alone, and by no means the largest among manufacturers, has issued little short of a million of albums for the card Pic tures. Stereoscopic pictures have had a circulation only less than that of the portrait cards, and these as certainly involve stereoscopes as cards involve albums. Accurate figures as to the exact extent of the various branches of manufacture, arising solely out of photography, cannot of course be obtained; but the facts already named are sufa ciently suggestive.—British Quarterly Review. HISTORY OF THE ROTHSCHILDS.—A contemporary gives the following account of the rise of this gre family :—ln the Judengasse, where the patricians of Frank' fort penned up during centuries the Jews at the setting 0 ' the sun, and where circulation was prohibited as in the Ghetto of Rome, there was a small, dirty coffee-houS e• Nathan Rothschild, the father, the creator of that admit able machinery, the flexible but sure working of which has been so often useful to sovereigns and governments on the brink of bankruptcy, used that smoky and dingy room when he started as a pedlar. In 1775 you would have seen there a young hawker with glaucous and protuberant eyes , bony face, thin and spare limbs, carefully packing som e haberdashery parcels which he lightly carried on his back to both Hesses and the Palatine. Everything was minutely labelled and corded ; young Rothschild was practising the proverb, goods well kept up are almost sold. However, the little pedlar was as active as saving, and his trade in creased every day. He soon felt the want of an assistant, and he married a young girl, poor but beautiful, as the Jewesses of Frankfort generally are. At that time the far ?dente was not in that town, as now, one of the most sacred privileges of the fair sex, especially amongst the Israelites, and the young wife sold and bought on second hand as actively and profitably as her husband. Their little stock of money swelled rapidly; the ability and punc tuality of young Nathan was noticed by the head mer chant; and more than once he acted as a medium be tween the bankers of Frankfort, Mayence, and Darmstadt. He bought the first house to be sold in the Judengasse ; in it he began to extend his business ; he rose high in it, in it he died. His sons took another house in the p a trician Zeil, next door to the hotel of the Roman Emperor; , titles; blazons, decorations, poured on them, and no doubt they would have been created Kings of Cyprus or Jew salem had they had a liking for such crowns. But at the beginning of the century, Nathan Rothschild, although landlord of a house in the Frankfort Jewry, was only 3 third-rate merchant. A happy circumstance placed him 3t the top of his guild. The commotion of the French re volution, which upset so many existences, destroyed an d created so many princes and king; had been felt also in Germany. The French were fast advancing, and llocb e was already dating his bulletins from Coblentz. So, all the small German Sovereigns, who had forgotten to fight sinc e the Thirty Years' War, did not think of opposing the in vaders. Bishop-princes, palatines, dukes, and margraVeoo all fell back upon the Elbe, carrying with them their worm eaten sceptres, and leaving their people to the mercy of t he enemy. Among those illustrious runaways was the Elector of Hesse-Cassel, whose Electorate breathed its last on th e same day and hour as the republic of Frankfort, one of the richest princes of Germany, and consequently ono of the most perplexed and trembling. Taken aback by the events, and unable to carry with him the whole of his for tune, he prudently divided it among a few people whom. b e could rely upon. Nathan Rothschild was in the number and he received a deposit of two millions of florins to be given back after the storm had passed away. But 0 10 storm lasted twenty years, and meantime the young banke d contracted supplies for the French army, loans for Dig! , 11 :: and Russia, lent money to the exiled princes, doing P rofit' able business with friends and foes with an equal indiffOr.... once, for by religion and politics he stood away from Pall,. sanship. You know the sequel. London, Paris, Naples became vassals of the Rothschilds of Fralibtol.,: and now, oh human vicissitudes !—Frankfort has fallen low that she is but a tributary of the Bank of Prussia I i Thi the r , to-tac in g a have duri❑ the it have from a w Ale