The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-16 00:00:00

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This far-famed Music Hall, which for many years has been the favourite place of Amusement in the Metropolis, has undergone considerable Alterations, and also been most Elegantly Redecorated, so as to insure the greatest com fort to the numerous Patrons who, daring the last short season, have crowded the above Hall, and expressed their appreciation of the various Entertainments which have been produced under the New Management. The Hall will be inaugurated with a GRAND BAN- QUET, on TUESDAY, November 20, 1866, Frederick Strane, Es q. in the chair, and on the following evening, 11rED:asDAv, l'Sroveinb.4r 21st, the Hall win Re-open to the Public. The anxious endeavours of the Proprietors to please the rapidly growing Musical taste of the British public, has induced them to produce . several Novelties as well as the clef (Cceurres of the most Eminent Composers, the first of utile!" being a Grand Selection f rom Auber's popular Opera of " MASAI.V . IELLO " (by the permission of James .Kenny, Esq.), produced on a scale of magnificence never before attempted at any Music Hall. Tile Great Novelty of the seaso n w ill be th pro "w ducthichion of an Entertainment called " The lrish Minsterels, while Miseellaneous Entertainments aro obtaining favour with the Public, and Foreigners of Continental distinction are (in a measure) superseding our English material, it is strauge that the Sister Country should not have found its exponents as regards its Musical Originalities. The Pro prietors, impressed with a knowledge of this fact, present the public with an embodiment of over-the-Channel pecu liarities—The ..'iongall —The Dance—The irregularities, are po utrayed. The Ancient " Caro an„ (the almost Father of " Erse" Music) has not been forgotten; and "Lover," (who is still living) is among the Brightest Musical Illus trators. One of his most beautiful Duets will form the Opening of that which is intended to be submitted for appreciation. It will be followed by an " Ode to Ertn's Bard," par excellence "'Tom Moore," and succeeded by such Selections as will be calculated to show the Music of the Ould Country in its integrity, displayed in such a style as will merit the approval of discriminative discern ment. The selection from MASANIELLO and the Irish Min strels, together with a brilliant array of Sensation and Comic talent, including Fred French, Mrs. Bryan (Serio- Comic), Miss Fancourt7Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Les Freres Eisoralis,the eminent Classical Athletes, their first a•>pearance in London, will appear on tho Opening Night, Wednesday, November 21st. Arthur Lloyd, Jolly Nash, Harry and Kattie King, and Miss Georgiana Smith son are re-engaged, and will shortly appear ; together with a Galaxy of Talent, which will be announced. In active preparation, Handel's ACIS and GALATEA ; Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, and ELISIR D'AMORE. The Band will consist of 30 first class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Ma jesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Di rector, P. CORRI. Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at 7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. r lIIIEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.- 1 Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. Grand Combination of Attractions.—Shakspere and Goethe Every Evening.—Triumphant Success.—Free Est en tirely suspended, public press excepted. _ _ THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), Nov. 16, at Seven o'clock, her Majesty's servants will perform Goethe's ro mantic Play, in Five Parts, FAUST, adapted from the Poem by Boyle Bernard, with musical illustrations selected from the works of Spohr, Weber, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Bishop, by J. H. Tully. New and characteristic scenery by William Beverley. Sketches by R. W. Keene, in accordance with the outlines of " Faust," by Basch. The dances and grouping invented by John Cormack. The general action and arrangements by Edward Stirling. Mephistopheles, Mr. Phelps; Faust, Mr. Edmund Phelps; Valentine, Mr. W. Harrison. Other characters by Messrs. M.orton, Fitzjames, James Johnstone, C. Seyton, C.Warner, C. Harcourt, F. Barsby, W. M'lntyre, G. Spencer, &c. ; Margaret, Mrs. Herman Vezin ; Lisa, Miss Poole ; Mes dames H. Vandenhoff, A. Goller, F. Bennett; with in creased Orchestra and numerous Chorus. Previous to the Play the orchestra will perform Spohr's Overture to 'Faust." To conclude with Shakspere's Comedy of KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. Pet:meld°, Mr. I. wiubourne ; Katharine, Miss Isabel Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, OUR DIARY ANNE. Mr. Howe, Mr. Clark, Miss C. Hill. Atter which, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. Chas. Ma hews, Huwe, Kendal, Gordon, Weathersby, &O.; Meg cimes C. Mathews, Moore, Chippendale, Laws, Hill, dLc. Followed by USED Ul'. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. C. Mathews. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, BitUTUS AND CLESAR. Henrade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boueicault. The New Scenery by Mr. 'l'. Grelve and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, 1 - 1. Wid .icomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, r , ewt)ound. Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, iteynolas, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL Ci'lAT. Toby Tivccilicton, Mr. 11. 'NS - kW:comb; and Miss Uratton. Actiag Itanafer, 3lr. If. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W Went. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. raIIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII, ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. iliS EVENING, at 7, VW I URINE ; or, I'LL SLEEP UN I'l'. Miss Neilson (her 2d appearance here), and Mrs. Al, red Mellon ; Messrs. Billington, Paul Bedford, Ashley, 1 , , Shaw, and Rom, r. T,) conclude with HELEN • or, TAKEN FROM THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. Paul Bedford, IC. F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Lbarne. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vlninis. YIFTH APPEARANCE OF MRS. JOHN WOOD. THIS EVENING, FRIDAY. and To-morrow, Saturday, at siven °Week, a Drama, in Four Acts, founded on the po pular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq., entitled BARN ABY B UDGE, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre, by Messrs. Watts Phillq.s and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John Wood, Miss Augusta Thomson, Mrs. henry Vining, Mrs. Cha-. kiorsman, and Miss Katherine Rodgers; Messrs. S. Calhaem, E. Villiers, J. G. Shore, 11. Forrester, Charles liorsman, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton, W. R. Itobins Chapman, dic. _am Ist, The M 3 stery ; 2d, The Re cognit,on ; 3d, The Riots; 4th, Caught at Last. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. L'oyds, and Music by Mr. Charles Hall. The Drama produced under the stage direction of Mr. To conclude with a favourite Farce. HOsoLleßrOopßN THEATRE ROYAL. r rietor and Manager, M r . S e ft on P arry. TH,s EVENING, L A.I tKINS' LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Balmore ; 3liss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, G arden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. liddts. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Manageraent of 51r. W. H. C. Nation. The 49th, 50th, 51st, and 52d Ni ghts of 'ILI GOLDEN a4emen t. C DUSTMAN, unler Mr W. H. . Nation' T LIIS EVENING, and during the week, the performances will commence w;th the Original Dramatic Adaptation es Charles Dickens's latest Wo,k, "Our Mutual Friend p 'uc by Mr. W. C. Nation at Sadi er ' s Wells The'are t -s ;acn ' e 10, entitled T GOLDPIN LUsTMAN. Messrs' Fernandez, Atkins, W. H. Stephens, W. Joyce, Richardson II arils; Misses F. (I w)nne, £elly Nisbet; A elly BL, •r.ou, and Mrs. Cauitlehi. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of T A i,AN TA. Misses Nelly Nisbett, Louise Laidlaw, Fanny HoWard, M. Percy , Folly Alarshall. No charge for booking. OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Hrs. Swanborough. THIS _EVENING, NE!G EIBOURS. 3lessrs. Parselle, B.:lford, and G 3lurray ; Misses Swanburough, Johnstone, sa.l After which, will be produce,] a Grand Burlesque of DELZ FREISCIIUTZ ; or, A Good Ca , t tor a Piece. Mes.irs. Thorne, J.IIIICm, and Robs on ; Mesdames Swan. b,irough, Johnstone, and ilu4hes. To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAY.—Merning, 7h. 35m.—Afternoon, Bh. 12m, T3-Moilitow.-Morning, Bh. 50m.—Afternoon, 9h. 28m PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES, 1866 *,* Arrangements have been made, according to annual custom, for the reception of Parliamentary Notices—intended to be inserted in " THE SUN"— up to the Latest Hour possible on the Evening, of Saturday next, the 17th inst. " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand. 4 -1 r*t4 ,CY 21111. LONDON, FRM.I N 6 1 7. 16, 1866. The Berlin Government will, we have no doubt, find themselves in the position of those who suffer from enzbarras de ridesses. They have insisted on appropriating so many things to themselves, and farcibly taken possession of so many places, that they will be puzzled to know what to do with them or how to consolidate their acquisitions. Great confusion has prevailed on the subject of llanover, and it has been found almost impossible to recon cile the old with the new repine, or to make people contented with the very strange state of things put before them. Of course it is one thing to lord it over men when things are all in a state of unsettlement, and another to ignore completely the wishes and set at naught the opinions of the inhabitants of the newly acquired States. It was stated yesterday that whe ther the ex-King of HANovEn absolved the officers formerly belonging to the Hanoverian Army or not that they would be permitted to enter the military service of Prussia. It is, however, semi-officially declared that the Prussian Government will at "all times respect the conscientious and religious scruples of the inhabitants of all the newly-acquired States." Can anything be more absurd than this, as if the Berlin authorities ever troubled themselves about scruples of conscience either on their own parts or on that of others. The last intimation is that the Government intends to ask the Hanoverian officers to declare whether or not they will be willing to enter the Prussian service. The reason given for this extraordinary step is that it is considered desirable to ascertain their position in a very clear manner. It is not very difficult for experienced persons to divine pretty accurately the reason for this meddlesome inquiry being made. Of course Herr BISMARCK is very anxious that all the military forces of these States just annexed should be added to that of Prussia, and thus secure the double purpose of augmenting the military power of Prussia, and of preventing the strength of the said places from being consolidated. It is a daring move on the part of the wily Minister thus to seek to lay the foundation of native strength in these places ; but it is to be seen if the manoeuvre will answer, even if for the moment it prove successful. We have an instance of the manner in which these newly annexed States of King WILLIAM will benefit by the blessings of freedom and unity, so lately bestowed upon them in the matter of the Frankfort conscription. Upon 6th and 7th proximo the military conscription for Frankfort and its environs will, we hear, take place. Those who rave about the great result that the greatest man of the day has achieved contrive to forget completely the feelings which must be excited in the minds of those most immediately concerned in the changes. how can it be a gain to the German people when their privileges are sequestrated and their rights trampled under foot in the most bare faced manner ? The Saxon Chambers were opened on Wednesday by the KING, who declared it to be his intention to keep faithful to the North German Confederation, and that he would let no obstacle stand in the way of carrying out the engagements he had entered into. The session of the Prussian Diet, which was adjourned from September to November, will be resumed next Monday. It is not anticipated that any very striking occurrence will celebrate the resumption of senatorial labours. This session will not last much over the month of January, because the new Ger man Parliament must be convoked in the early part of the New Year, and the two assemblies will not deliberate at once. The last year or two has brought us a sad cata logue of disasters. We have ourselves but partially recovered from the long prevailing plague among our herds, and the cholera still lingers in the midst of our cities, while the effects of the financial panic in the spring are painfully perceptible. But while yet suffering from these several disasters we eon tinue.to receive the news of exceptional misfortunes from our dependencies. First, we had the famine in India, which, although unhappily by no means without precedent, has been very severe in its na ture and wide-spread in its influence. - While we were lamenting over the melancholy details of the want and starvation in Orissa came the news of a misfortune of a different character, which had be fallen our North American subjects. The fire at Quebec had thrown thousands houseless on the world to face the terrors of a Canadian winter, and the appeal for help called forth a ready response from all classes. The liberality and promptitude of the subscriptions have enabled the managers of the relief fund to authorise a large expenditure on the part of the Mayor of Quebec ; but no sooner do we begin to congratulate ourselves that the worst is over than a fresh call u p on our s ympathies is mad e f rom another quarter. The recent hurricane at the Bahamas has done a fearful amount of mischief, and so far from the previous accounts which have reached us having exaggerated the disaster, the detailed account sent by Governor ItAwsort to the home-office a still more painful picture. II • appl y the loss of life was by no means commensurate with the destruction of property, which has been very great, but the distress occasioned by the hur ricane is very severe. It was ev id ently a iPro vidence,is, where the cyclone, whose cent d r a e ma p g a e sse w d as ov te e r r riii N c e . w of course, mea ns the first time th a t es m such a visitation ; and only last year a violent hurricane passed south wardthe islands b h y have no suffered from without much injury, but the cyclone of this year has been one of the most sever e within the memory of man. In 1813 there was a terrible tem pest, but it was not nearly so destructive as this one, partly no doubt owing to the rapid increase of property. In 1796 there was also a hurricane, which it is said most nearly approached that of 1866 in violence of any on record. On Sunday evening, September 30, a n orth-cast wind was blowing freshly at Nassau. During the night it rose, and by ten the next morning it waL blowing with fearful violence. From • • cr] noon till G p.m. th e hu rr i canexage d un i n t e rnuttin a y with a deluge of rain. At 7 o'clock the rain ceased and the wind moderated. The wind then shifted to south, and by 9 o'clock in the evening it had risen again and the rain was pouring in torrents. The Commander of 11.M.5. Nimble is preparing a chart of the course of this hurricane, which will no doubt prove very valuable to our meteorologists. It swept towards the north-west, being felt on the coast of the United States at Key West and Chesaj?eako Bay ; it then curved to the north east with. ene gulf stream, and was in full force half-way 'between Cape Hatteras and Bermuda. This, it Et eems, is the general course of hurricanes in these se as, and the question is worth studying, since the int( :rests affected are very widely extended. At c taybreak, on the morning of the 2d, a melan choly spectacle presented itself. In the harbour every vessel, with one exception, was driven ashore or ha( 1 foundered. The road along the coast was block( .d up with the cast-up craft. In the city a still worse scene was visible. "It would hardly," says Governor RAWSON, "have suf fered so much from a bombardment ;" and certainly the details which he gives fully confirm the assertion. All the public buildings were injured. Government House was unroofed and the windows dashed in. The Court-house, Council Chamber, and old gaol were unroofed ; the new gaol, in process of building, being partly blown down. The cathedral, churches, and school-houses were all more or less damaged, while two chapels were blown down, and a third, the Wesleyan, just finished at a heavy expense, was totally destroyed. A considerable portion of the Ordnance Storehouses was levelled with the ground, and the Military Hospital partly blown down. As might be supposed the lesser buildings have suffered still more severely. Scarcely a warehouse or store has escaped partial destruc tion ; some of them have been wholly destroyed. Most of the stores were roofed with metal, and of such only one escaped. The mercantile community have of course suffered very much by the injury to their stocks of goods. The damage done to the shipping has been very great. Of the craft in the harbour 92 have been totally destroyed, 97 badly injured, and 48 slightly injured. There were two steam-tugs, one of which foundered, and the other was dashed against the wharf and crushed, after having herself crushed a colonial schooner. Even H.M.S. Nimble was driven from her moorings and rust ashore in 6 feet water. The worst part of the damage to the ship ping is that a large portion of the population de pended for their fishing and sponging, and also for their daily supplies, on the produce of the out islands. The Governor appears to have acted with promptitude and discretion in the emergency. He despatched the solitary vessel remaining to visit the uninhabited cays on which he thought it probable that the crews of some of the wrecked vessels might be known. Many shipwrecked men were thus found and brought in safety. He has also organised an efficient system of relief, and sum moned the Houses of Representatives to meet in an extraordinary session. At the same time he has been careful to stimulate the people to exertion and independence, not wishing them to rely exclusively on public charity. His account will be read with deep interest, and it is to be hoped that the terrible experience of this year will induce the population to take all possible precautions against a possible recurrence of the calamity. The new Attorney-General has been re-elected without opposition, and made some interesting ob servations on the occasion, which appeared to give great satisfaction to his hearers. In taking a glance at recent events, Sir JOHN alluded to the position held by Earl RUSSELL upon his accession to office. Ile then had a majority of sixty or seventy, the largest majority that any Government had had for some years, but it availed him little or nothing, in consequence of bad management. As for the plan adopted by the late Govern ment of dividing the question of Reform into sectionary fragments, Sir JOHN denounced it as quite a mistake; it was, in point of fact, he said, as " stupid as tricky." "It was very analogous to the boys' idea of catching a bird by putting some salt on his tail; they supposed the bird would stop to be caught." After getting over this difficulty they came to the stumbling-block of a rating or a rental franchise, and upon this secondary question they went out. Sir JOHN declares that Lord DERBY was one of those who had the share in carrying the measure of Reform through the House in 1832, and he has assisted the cause of national edu cation as much, if not more, than any man in the country; and in addressing himself to the questions of the day has he displayed an eloquence in debate that is unrivalled, and he has advocated and defended well the Constitution of our country and the main tenance of our institutions in a liberal spirit, Then as for the claims of their leader in the House of Commons to support, Sir JOHN showed himself an eloquent advocate. He is said to be of large experience, " ripe and mature in the know ledge of a statesman, and having that indomitable courage and pluck without which no man can head the House of Commons." It is worthy of notice that during the twenty years ho has got together more than two hundred and fifty men of his party. Mr. DISRAELI has not had a single desertion, a boast which none of his opponents on the Liberal side can make. Regarding foreign politics Sir JOHN declared that if we went on too long ne glecting our own interests abroad, ere long we should become a second Denmark ; and that re specting our army and navy we must be on the alert, or very serious consequences would follow. He took a high stand and said that he made no apology in coming before them upon taking office ; but, on the contrary, was proud of having done so, believing that the best interests of the country would be looked after by the present advisers of the Crown. The Election for Wexford County. D ÜBLIN, 'Thursday Evening. The nomination for Wexford county election took place this day, in the Court House of Wexford. There was some excitement, but no tumult. Captain Esmond, J.P., High Sheriff, presided. Mr. J. Pope Hennessy was proposed byMr. Lam bert, D.L., and seconded by Mr. Cullen. Mr. Arthur Kavanagh was proposed by Mr. Doyn, and seconded by Mr. Rossborough Colelough, of Tintern Abbey. Mr. Kavanagh did not appear, but sent a letter declaring his determination to go to the poll, and to adhere to the line of policy laid down in his address. Mr. Hennessy spoke for more than an hour. He expressed a hope that the constituency of Wexford would give a fair trial to the present Government. He spoke highly of Mr. Kavanagh, but declared that he himself would go to the poll, believing that he would better represent the opinions of the people. He described at length his whole Parliamentary career, and defended with great earnestness the con duct of the Conservative party in respect to Ireland. Finally, he expressed his confident belief that he would be returned. Throughout he was cheered with great enthusiasm. The show of hands was in favour of Hennessy, and a poll was demanded for Mr. Kavanagh. The polling was fixed for Monday next. Monday next is also fixed for the nomination in Belfast. Captain Talbot will contest the county Waterford ou Conservative principles, and Mr. Edmund de la Poer is the Liberal candidate. TIIE QUEBEC FIRE.—We are authorised by the London committee to state that at their Mansion House meeting on Wednesday the sum to be drawn by the Mayor of Quebec was £l,OOO, and not £l,OOO. The subscriptions up to last evening amounted to about £16,700, of which sum £14,000 had been already rendered available at Quebec in relieving the distress of the poor sufferers. Amongst the donations received yesterday was one of £5OO from the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London. CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Military Commission recently appointed will not only direct its inquiries relative to the army, but Admirals de Genouilly and Charner have been added to it, as the commission will extend its in quiries into the recruitment of the naval forces. The evening illonitenr, in its weekly review of the position of affairs, says : " The solemn entry of King Victor Emmanuel into Venice took place with unusual eclat. The principal cities of Italy were represented by depu tations. On arriving at the church of St. Mark the King cordially pressed the hands of the Car dinal Patriarch, and the population of Venetia wit nessed with joy this testimony of the union of the Sovereign with the clergy. "The last allocution of the Pope is far from de stroying the hope of a conciliation so desirable between the Holy See and the Court of Florence. The Holy Father recalls the blessing which he in voked upon Italy at the commencement of the Pon tificate, with an idea at once religious and patriotic. There is every reason to believe that the Italian Government is disposed to carry out the Convention of the 15th of September with scrupulous fidelity. " The return of the King of Saxony to his States has been the signal at Dresden, and the other cities of his kingdom, for manifestations of sympathy towards that monarch. The Prussian army which occupies the country has been placed upon a peace footing. The abandonment by the Elector of Hesse of his territorial rights in favour of King William has induced a number of Hessian officers to enter the service of Prussia. The Grand Duke of Oldenbourg has removed his former pretentious to S c hl esw i g - Holstein, but the definitive settlement of the ques tions respecting the organisation of the Duchies of the Elbe is still in suspense. The Prussian Chain bers,showever, will discuss the subject immediately. The session will be short, and at its conclusion the Federal Parliament of Northern Germany will be summoned to meet. "The Emperor of Austria has returned toVienna after an absence of nearly a month. His Majesty, on his passage, was everywhere received with proofs of the affectionate devotion of his subjects. The Official Gazette of Vienna has published several articles insisting upon the necessity of a new orga nisation of the Army. The Montenegrin envoys left Constantinople in a vessel offered by the Sultan to Prince Nicolas. Fully satisfied with the result of their mission, they convey to Cettigne the most favourable assurances. The Sultan declared that his earnest desire was to see Montenegro happy and prosperous. There is reason to believe that these beneficent feelings will produce a salutary effect not only upon the inhabi tants of the Black Mountain, but upon the Christians of Bosnia and of the Herzegovine, who are of the same race and speak the same language. " The Russian Government has consolidated its dominion in the Turkestan by the reorganisation of the territories conquered from the Emir of Bokhara. In virtue of a proclamation of the Governor-General of Orembourg, the city of Tachkeut, which is one of the most populous and important cities of Central Asia, has been incorporated with the Empire. A great number of routes diverge upon this point, and as regards the double interests of politics and com merce, the possession of one of the principal centres of these distant countries is of real importance. " The commander of the French naval forces in the Cluna seas has been ordered to cruise upon the coasts of the Corea. Several missionaries have recently been murdered in that country, and Ad miral Roze will make inquiries which will enable au opinion to be formed of the state of things and the feelings of the Corean Government." (I sent you an account of these massacres, 'believe exclusively). According to some of the German papers there is considerable excitement in Hungary. An article in a Radical paper, the lion, has excited great sen sation. It says that Hungary will not submit to have her interests made subordinate to the interests of foreign countries. " Hungary is not indifferent to the fate of the other countries of the monarchy, but she will defend her independence and support the other provinces in defending their constitutional liberties." The total amount of the subszriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations is now 2,381,070 f. The Tremblenblatt of Vienna says there is a child in that city who, though only nine years of age, weighs upwards of 2001 b. English. The appearance of the various almanacs in Paris is always looked for with much avidity, and they excite increased interest since so much attention has been paid to the weather. The number of alma nacs published in Paris is very great, and some of them have curious features. Some of their predic tions for the present year have created quite a sen sation, as they have been fulfilled to the very letter. For instance, the terrible inundations which lately devastated France were predicted in an alma nac published towards the close of last year. The English almanacs are by no means neglected. A prediction of Old Moore's Almanac for 1866, published in October, 1865, astonished many politicians, for it became an accomplished and startling fact at the very period predicted. It was in these words—" There will be important matters to arrange in Germany. The position of affairs in Germany will be again critical. Prussia and Austria will be more estranged from each other than ever." The Hyde Park riots were predicted thus— " A disturbance in no usual domestic tranquillity." Mona. A. Gaudin, calculator to the Board of Longitude, has written an account of what he terms the most beautiful celestial phenomenon he ever observed, the movements of shooting stars. "At an early hour yesterday morning the darting stars were so numerous, the light was so intense and so prolonged, that he could only compare fireworks. There them to rockets and other were often three or four together dashing in a parallel direction between each other, for their direction was constantly from the north-east to the south-east. He saw many stars the light from which reached to an extent of 90 degrees. M. Gaudin says that the phenomena may now pro bably be seen every day between three and four a.m. Several bold and learned travellers intend shortly :o leave Paris to explore Central Africa. The ex- pedition will be under the direction of M. Antoine Abbadie, of the Institute. The travellers propose to ascend the whole Nile, to peuctrate into the country of the Niam-Niams, and to reach the Gabon by traversing an immense region respecting which no account has hitherto been given. A committee has been formed to arrange the details of this important expedition. It is composed of Messrs. Ernest Desjardins, Jules Verne, Richard Costambert, Boudinot, Mage, and Girard de Rialte. The subject proposed by the Academy of Fine Arts for the Achille Le Clere architectural prize is a monumental bridge. Artists may now obtain par ticulars by applying at the Institute. There seems to be a spice of wit among the lower classes in Austria as keen, cutting, and polished asa razor. At all events I read a little specimen. A day or two ago two pedlars perceived a dashing officer, brilliant with stars, who evidently did not think brick-dust of himself, but who walked along the street as if the city belonged to him. They offered him there wares, but he gave them a disdain ful glance, and proceeded on his way. "Meis a haughty fellow," said one of the men. "He seems as proud as if he took the whole credit of the defeat of Koniggratz all to himself." Severalof the Ministers and eminent generals are among the guests at Compiegne. Prince Jerome is also there, but the Princess Clotilde, being in an in teresting condition, does not I believe accompany him. The Prince and Princess Murat are also there. The Marquess de Lavalette, the Minister of the Interior, has not yet returned to Paris. SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR NOTTINGHAM.—A man named Thomas Leiper died yesterday at Bulwell, Rear Nottingham, from injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon him by a rate-collector, named Alfred Glover. The parties were drinking in a public-house on the 2d instant, when a dispute arose between them, and Glover violently assaulted the deceased with a poker. He was taken home in= insensible condition, and died fora the effects of the iniA4ps yesterday. LA TEST INT.ELLIGENGE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (PER THE CHINA.) NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (Evening _ . On Saturday the old Police Commissioners of Baltimore arrested and confined the new commis sioners, with the sheriff, in gaol, charging them with endeavouring to excite a riot. The latter refused to give bail, and still remain in gaol. Their counsel applied for habeas corpus, which, it was de cided, the warder of the gaol was not bound to return. Genral Grant visited Baltimore on Sunday un officially, and conferred with the old and new com missioners. Through this interposition the diffi culty was compromised by the appointment of a Conservative judge and clerk of the election in each district in addition to the judges already appointed. Four thousand muskets have been seized in the stores of different Conservatives in Baltimore. The Radical Republicans have held an open air meeting in front of the City Hall, New York. Gen. Butler delivered a speech on the occasion, during which he was hooted and pelted. Fenian indignation meetings are still held throughout the States. A Fenian Protestant clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Lumsden, has been tried and acquitted in Canada. Considerable ill feeling has been aroused among the Roman Catholics by his acquittal. A new trial for Lynch and MacMahon will be applied for during the week. MEXICO. NEW YoIK, Nov. 6 (Evening.) Advices have been received here from the city of Mexico to the 22d ult. The Emperor Maximilian set out for Vera Cruz on the 21st, via Orizaba, in order to avoid meeting General Castelnau. Before leaving, he verbally appointed Marshal Bazaine temporary Ptegent. The Mexican Ministry, on hearing of Marshal Bazaine's appointment, resigned. General Castelnau arrived in the city of Mexico on the 23d, and took upon himself the administration of the Government. Miss t THE SUN, LOINLON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1866. ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 16. King Victor Emmanuel visited Belluno and Treviso yesterday. HUNGARY. PESTH, Nov. 15. The civil authorities of this city have sent a com munication to the Government, representing that Hungary has furnished this year double the usual number of recruits, and soliciting, in consequence, that the further levy ordered for next spring m a y not be carried out. THE BRAZILS. Rio JANEIRO. Oct. 25. The shipments of coffee sine the departure of the fast mail amount to 138,500 bags, including 18,550 for the Channel. Sales, 7,000 (70,000) bags. Freight to the Channel, 425. 6d. to 455. BAHIA, Oct. 29. Exchange on Loudon, 25 to 25k. Sugar, 2,100 to 2,600 ; brown, 1,500 to 2,200. Cotton, 11,000 to 15,000. PERNAMBUCO, Nov. 1. Exchange on London, 25i to 25f. Sugar, 3,400 to 3,700 ; brown, 1,900 to 2,350. Cotton, 15,500 to 16,000. BUENOS AYRES, Oct. 14. Exchange on London, 491 to 491 ; dry hides ; 38 ; lumber, 53 ; flour improving. QUARANTINE AT MALTA. VALETTA, Nov. 15, 12.45 p.m. All arrivals from England having clean bills, if a doctor be on board and the health report good, are admitted to pratique. Arrivals from Marseilles, if no fresh cases of cholera shall_have occurred at Marseilles, will be admitted to pratique on the 19th, after observing certain sanitary precautions. PRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 15, Three o'Clock.—The market has closed as follows : 44 per Cents 97 75 Do. end mouth — 3 per Cents. 69 50 Do. end mouth 69 50 Credit Mobilier 630 Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1388 25 Bank Shares — Italian Loan 55 70 Do. end month 55 9U Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt -* Deferred NAYS. For Account. Orleans BB2 50 Northern llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean ~ 918 75 Southern 585 Western 565 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 413 75 North of Spain 127 50 Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona — Roman. — MARKETS.--This Day. MARK LANh. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very moderate. The trade for all qualities was very firm, and all good and fine samples were is per qr dearer than on Monday. The market was but moderately supplied with foreign wheat. Holders of all kinds of produce were very firm in their demand, and, as compared with Monday, prices showed an advance of is to 2s per qr. Floating cargoes of grain were in request, and prices advanced is to 2s per qr. The trade for barley was very firm, and fine malting qualities commanded extreme rates. Malt was in fair demand, and high prices were obtained Oats, of good and fine quality, were advancing in price, but inferior qualities were a slow sale. Beans and peas ruled firm, at full currencies. The flour trade was very firm, and prices had an upward tendency. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Outs. Flour. English and Scotch 1,040 1,610 770 630 Irish Foreign 13,490 9,180 6,670 11,220 sks. 2,260 brio. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Fairaverage supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. The trade generally rules firm, at about late rates. rer 81b by the carcase. d s d Inferior beef ...., 3 2 3 6 Middling do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large do * 2 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 4 ed ad Inferior mutton 3 0 4 0 Middling mutton 4 2 4 0 Prime do 4 8 5 U Large pork 4 0 4 8 Small pork. 4 lt) 5 6 iamb. Os ud to Os Cid BOROUGH HOP. Generally speaking the market presents much the same appearance as on Monday. The demand, which is by no means extensive, is chiefly confined to choice qualities, and for such high prices are paid. Medium and inferior sorts, although unaltered in value, are in limited request. Mid and East Keats 160 s to 220 s per cwt Weald of Kents 110 s to 175 s Sussex 140 s to 168 s 71 Yearlings 9os to 140 s 77 Farnham and country COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of Assam ani Indian continuo to proceed with some animation, and the prices obtained show a slight advance on previous rates. SUGAR.—A good business has been done on West India and late prices are well maintained for refining qualities. Good grocery descriptions also command full rates. Re fined goods are in fair request and generally support firmer rates. COFFEE.—OnIy a moderate amount of business has been done. Plantation Ceylon sold readily at about previous quotations, while descriptions of native were a shade cheaper. RICE.—The market continues very quiet, and there have been no sales of importance. TAixow.—Business has been very inactive, and quota tions generally show a downward tendency for both pre sent and forward delivery. Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s ; December, 4irs 3d ; and January to !Sara, 4J.s 6d per cwt, Outline of a Plan of Reform. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In spite of the attractions of temporary topics Reform remains the great domestic question of the day. Our political doctors seem, neverthe less, utterly at a loss what to propose as a feasible scheme for the admission of the masses to the privi leges of the Franchise, without entirely swamping the existing constituency, and reducing to mere dumb show the expression of all other interests in the community. But something, it is evident, must be attempted. As a matter of justice, expediency, safety, it behoves the middle classes to contract without delay a treaty of alliance with these unenfranchised myriads, be leaguering, at present peacefully enowgh, our con stitutional stronghold. Their welfare and content ment it is necessary to secure ; their views and sentiments it is obviously, on every moral and civil consideration, advisable to consult. It must not be said of Englishmen of any social grade that they are behind the rest of the world in the appreciation or possession of political privileges, nor less capable than Germans or Americans of exercising their rights with intelligence and prudence. Nevertheless, we do not want to have our insti tutions revolutionised. We wish to retain, under every reformatory process, the leading features of our ancient British Constitution. While acknow ledging the virtue of mere numbers as an element in the distribution of political power, in other words, while asserting the dignity of the indivi dual, paying homage to man, as man, we would still prefer, in our deeply -rooted habits, and some what rigidly ramified system of old world life and civic society, that station, intelligence, education, and property should exert their just influence and occupy theirdue and hitherto dominant position. To reconcile these apparently antagonistic principles divers schemes have been brought forward —some, for instance, which would multiply the votes of an elector according to the amount of his property, or the number and variety of the qualifications he might purchase or inherit; some which would em power the representative with a plurality of votes proportioned to the extent of his constituency ; all more or less complicated, unpractical, un-English. Far from being deterred by these failures, my in tent in the present communication is to essay the solution of the difficulty, and to prove, I trust, the desired end actually and easily attainable. Let me begin by premising boldly that the sub joined plan amounts to nothing less than a supple mentary constitution to our existing system ; that I propose greatly to enlarge the present, mainly a middle-class, constituency, and entirely to create a working-class constituency, each to b e b ase d upon an independent organisation, both acting harmo niously. To commence, then, with the existing syst em . 1. Let the present £lO borough franchise, and all other property qualifications created and confirmed by the Reform Bill of 1832, relative to the right of voting in cities and boroughs, be retained. 2. Let the burgess right of suffrage cease. 3. Let the county qualification be eTialized with the borough. 4. Let a lodger franchise amounting to double the sum (£2O) required for the borough house holder, and to be paid for two years consecutively before registration, be established. 5. Let the certificate or diploma of every learned profession, and the second degree of every univer sity, or the first after the age of 25 years, entitle to a vote. 6. Let all officers, military or naval, on half-pay, residing within the British islands, have a vote. 7. Let articles of clerkship, indentures of ap prenticeship, tutorship, in which should be implied the teachership of any of the liberal arts, and ser vice as an assistant for five years in any mercan tile or commercial establishment convey the quali fication to vote. 8. Let the possession of £5O in any savings or other bank, bearing one year's interest, and an an nual income of £5O, derivable from landed, funded, or other fixed and realised property, such as water or gas works, railway or canal shares, life and fire insurance companies, or from any bona fide invest ment of capital in works of public utility recognised by Act of Parliament, be held a qualification for the suffrage, whether the owner reside in town or country. 9. Let every minister of religion and certificated schoolmaster, by virtue of his office, if not other wise qualified, have a voto. 10. Let a registration society, with appropriate machinery, be established in every rural parish or ward of a borough, who shall see that every duly qualified voter be on the register. 11. Let the second occasion of abstention from the exercise of the suffrage, without good and suffi cient cause, render the voter liable to a fine of £lO. 12. Let the payment of income tax convey the vote. 13. Let the mode of voting be either open or by ballot, according to the option of every individual elector. 14. Let boroughs with a population numbering more than have three members ; no consti tuent having more than two votes; so that every concentrated local minority of importance may be provided for. 15. Let boroughs with a population not amount- ing to be disfranchised, the voters thence forth forming any part of the constituehcy; the qualifications being the came both for urban and rural districts. • And now I come to the second part of my plan, the creation of a working-men's constituency. Let the seats gained as indicated in the last clause be distributed in the interest of the working classes exclusively, on the following principles 1. Let the country be mapped out into electoral districts, comprising each not less than two coun ties, an agricultural and manufacturing or mining county where practicable, being by preference joined together, but so as to be always conterminous, and intersecting, where possible, the Diocesan circles. 2. Let all labouring men, whatever their occupation—agricultural, manufacturing, min- ing, or commercial--who have 11 v settled habitation, who receive wages weekly, fort nightly, or monthly; all who gain their living by honest industry, whether as pedlars, hawkers, or workers in any craft or calling not prejudicial to society; all domestic or out-door servants who can produce a testimonial to good character for three years; all pensioners in either branch of the ser vice ; and all public employes, with the exception of those in the army, the navy, the police, and those in the receipt of indoor relief from the poor rates, have a vote. 3. Let every householder or cottier, who has paid weekly rent for two years, have a vote. 4. Let each electoral division in England return two members; those in Wales, Scotland, and Ire land, each, one. 5. Let the suffrage of this branch of the con stituency be exclusively by ballot. 6. Let the elections be held triennially if the con stituency shall so decide, or otherwise. 7. Let there be no restriction on the social status of candidates ; but if a working man be elected, he shall receive an allowance—to be defrayed from the county rates of the electoral division—of £250 or £3OO per annum. 8. The expenses of the election, which shall be held where practicable, previous to the borough and county elections, shall be leviable on the same funds. 9. As a tribute to public virtue, a test of social progress, and an encouragement to popular educa tion, let there be no disqualification in either branch of the constituency but convicted personal corrup tion proved before a bench of magistrates, and, under 30 years of age, the inability of the voter to read and write. By these means, Sir, I strongly hope to have made it apparent that to give due rights and privileges to the working masses of our fellow-countrymen, yet preserve the just weight and influence of the edu cated and propertied classes of society • to reconcile the conflicting claim of numbers with old established and complex interests ; to endow with the power of the suffrage a vast and homogeneous multitude, five millions of men, a Xerxean host, without virtually disfranchising the present possessors, a sifted and contracted constituency of at most a mil- lion and a quarter ; to maintain the moral and legal equality of all to confirm the independence of every %1L5...... class ; to introduce into our Parliamentary organi sation an element which, while representing the most enormous force in civil society, shall not ex ceed in its own proportions an eighth, or at most a seventh, of the whole ; and while giving fair scope and uncontrolled expression to the various socia l forces of the day, to secure at one and the same time the balance of our carefully-adjusted Consti tution, and prepare for the natural expansion of liberal principles, is a problem not yet to be pro nounced insoluble. On the contrary, it appears to me that by adoption of the bases laid down in the above scheme, subject of course to such modifications as further deliber tions might suggest, the existing constituency, an d the many and varied sections of the body Pol itic which it represents, may retain its original and j ll3t position instead of being wholly effaced from th e political eminence it has for so many years occupie d, to the honour and wellbeing of our country ; wh ile at the same time the demands of the advanced partYl vote by ballot, an nua l or t r i enn i a l e l ect i ons , paid members and electoral districts being entirely, thoug h , under safeguards, conceded, and universal or man' hood suffrage in everything but name adopted, th e large addition made to direct and genuine represen tation of the industrial population will render cer tain the unrestrained expression of their views an d opinions . iu the Imperial Legislature, an d code r upon their order in the State a new and legitimate dignity ; the forces of new factors will be incor porated in the columns of our constitutional equa tion, and the landmarks of ancient and venerable institutions be still beneficially preserved for .our posterity. --I am, sir, yours obediently, LITERATURE. - -- Madonna Mary. By Mrs. Uliphant. Three von• Hurst and Blackett. This is one of the most interesting of Mrs. Oli phant's many charming stories. Since the first :ap pearance of her delightf u l ta l es in Blackwood 's Hagazine some years back, the authoress of " The Athelings" and of " Zaidee" has been de servedly recognised as a general favourite. Her style, always simple and pleasing, has wonderfully improved, however, since those days, and her cha racters, which were always attractive, are now por trayed with greater facility and less appearance 01 art. The heroine of her present story, " Madonna Mary," is as simple and natural a creation as novel reader could well discover. Her trials are perhaps beyond the probable range of ordinary troubles, but whatever her outward ci rcums t ances, s h e i s herself always the sam e — a t rue -h earte d woman, patio') and long-suffering; a loving wife to a most irritat ing husband, a tender mother alike to the worthy and unworthy son. The situation is one of pecu liar pain, and somewhat resembles a celebrated Peerage case of no very remote antiquity. T he opening of the first volume finds Mary in India, th e happy wife (of ten years) of the affectionate but mos t perverse Major Ochterlony. After the arrival of 3 certain mail from Euglaud, the Major, always rest less and fidgety, becomes even more so than his wont' Mary, who by the force of habit and the disciplin e of self-control, is comp ara ti ve l y i ndifferent to 111. s " moods," learns, to her surprise, that the Major is disturbed by the intelligence of the death of a witness to their marriage, a marriage which had taken pla ce , ten years previously at G re t na G reen, b ut w hi c h had been- since recognised by all the members of both families. The Blacksmith's House and the regist er have been burnt. One witness was already dead , and the death of the other drives the unfortunate Major to distraction. We will not follow out th e various phases of the self-torturing Major's anl le : ties ; suffice it to say he contrives to render all their friends doubtful of the reality of the first marriag e by persuading his too co m pl a i san t w if e to su bmit to the ignominious ordeal of a second ceremony ! lb ° bloom of Mary's life is tarnished, but the simpl e Major exults in his own sagacity. Later on, `'lien another mail brings a l e tt er f rom a very unusu al correspondent, his elder brother who, in the course of the epistle, carelessly asks after his little nePhe s who is " to carry o n th e h onours o f t h e h ouse ," the poor foolish Major is still more exu l tan t , an d the following scene occurs : " You will be pleased when you road it," he said. " L c talks of Hugh quite pl a i n l y as t h e heir of Ear l s t o n• . can't help being pl e a se d. I won d er what k i nd o f sq uu .' ° the little beggar will make ; but we shall not live to see that —or, at least, I shan't," the Major went on, and 1° ~, 1 looked at his boy with a w i s tf u l l oo k w hi ch M ary used t°- think of afterwards. As for littl e H ug h , h e was very different, and not much more conscious of the affecti on nearer home than of the inheritance far off. Major Ocht er : lony stood by the side of Mary's chair, and he had it in his heart to give her a l e s son upon h er un b e li e f an d W ant confidence in him, who was always acting for the Ye? best, and who thought much more of his interests than h is own. " My darling," he said, in that coaxing tone which 3.fe l l A knew so w e ll, " I d on ' t mean to blame you. It was a 1 131. " thing to make you do ; and you might 'have thought 131. e cruel and too precise. But only see now how important it was to be exact about our marriage —too exact even. I f Hugh should come into the estate•—•" Here Major Ochterlony stopped short all at once, with out any apparent reason. H e h a d s till hi s b ro th er 's lette r in his hand, and was standing by Mary's side ' • an d nobocif had come in, a n d no thi ng h a d happened. But all at once , like a flash of lightning, something of which ho had never thought before had en t ere d hi s mind. He stopped 5110 7 t and said, " Good G o d !" l ow to himself, though he vas a man who us e d pro f ane expressions.' ' His face chnne; °d :„ as a summe r d ay c h anges when the wind seizes it like - ghost, and covers its heavens with clouds. So great W's the shock he had received that he made no attempt tollid ti it, but stood gazing at Mary, appealing to her out of the midst of his sudden trouble. " G oo d G o d !" h e s aid. . 1 ' 1 " oyes went in a piteous way from little Hugh, who knew nothing about it, to his moth er , w h o was a t p r esent t he chief sufferer. Was it possible that instead of helping h° ' had done his best to dish onour H ug h ? It was so new a,l t ; idea to him, that he looked helpl ess ly i n t o M ar y's eyes sae if it was true. And she, for her part, had nothing to say say to him. She gave a little tremulous cry cry which di but echo his own exclamation, and pitif u ll y h e ld out b er hand to her husband. Yes ; it was true. Between at ° they had sown thorns in their boy's path, and throw doubt on his name, and brou g ht h um ili a ti on an d uncer tainty into his future life. M a j or O c ht er i ony d ro pped o a chair by his wife's side, and covered his face with hand. He was struck dumb by the discovery. It n only she who had seen it all l ong ago —t o w h om n o sucl e .. revelation could come—who had been suff er ing eve'', an grily and bitt er ly, b u t w h o was now alto ge ther sub'" ,°d conscious only of a common ca l am it y, who w as the only one capable of speech or thought. The very interesting but, as we have already sa ici l very painful nature of the pl o t, may b e surmise': It is not long before the widowed Mary and her two boys, and a baby-boy (born after the second ma r riage) return to the desol a t e " h ome " o f Englau Her after trials are sufficiently varied, but we s— hall no further reveal the secrets of her history. S oni of the characters by whom s h e i s surr ounded a re capital. There is the very religious Mrs. Kirkma n ' the colonel's wife, who feels herself responsible for the souls of the whole regiment, and who is alw 3) : 4 glad to see her friends humbled, " he r own humility being so well-known." There is the impetuous 811 affectionate little Mrs. Askell, w h o exclaims , .1 hearing of the fatal marriage, " I have alsv 33 it loved the Major and always stood u p for him —bt i ; oh ! shouldn't I like to box his ears!" Th e i re to the foolishly-fond old maiden aun t Agatha, and re spoiled, and utterly selfi s h Wi nn y. Such a n d the principal character s among the ladies, a wo have forgotten the most charming kell, them all, the lo v i ng littl e N A elly to who only makes her appearance late la story. Francis Ochterlony, the head of the. house,s 7_o is an antiquarian an d conno i sseur i n a rt. is a perfect museum, and his dismay at tn iad i.. ruption of his young nephews is a t " ce m a jor crous and distressing to contemplate. uncie Percival, the evil genius of the story, anCtil good Penrose and Sir Edward Willoughby, are ' bo p in their way. Of the characters of Mary to ton we do not speak, because we do not wis h e further upon the mystery of the story, vtbl.e.ll,bo advise our readers to discover for themselves L. pages of Mrs. Oliphant's very delightful tale. Lore and Duty. By the author of " Basil St. John." ouglas. Ono Vol., pp. 358. Ed monston and The author of " Besit St. Johu" writes in us to a graceful, pleasant manner and introd uces , uainta uc an attractive group of agreeable ac q; The struggles between love and du t y wbich giv e t