The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-01 00:00:00

TIIEITRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.— PROSPECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS. —This day, Oct. 1, and during the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MA . CBET H. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Monday, Oct. 8, and during the week (Saturday excepted), Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN, being the last five nights it can be performed previous to the Christmas holi days in consequence of the numerous novelties in prepara tion. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY ur ing OF ERRORS. Saturday, Oct. 13 , Monday , Oct. 15, and d the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. To con clude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. S a turday, O Stage, will be produced for the first time on the Eng man tic Plalish, iu resp. ,, ct to several of its chief scenes, Roy in Four -A.cts, entitled FAUST, adapted from the Poem of Goethe, by Bayle Bernard. Principal character:4 by air. Goethe, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. 11. Talbot, Mr. W. Harri- Fon, Mr. 'l'. Swinbourne, Mr. Henri Drayton, Master Percy Roselle, Mr. T. Mead, Mr. James Johnstone, othe.rs Webb, Mr. Edmund Phelps, Mr. Barrett, Mr. if. Sincla . ir, Mr. Barsi)v, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Herman N emu, Madamo Jenny Baur, Miss Poole, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mrs. H. Vaudenhoff, Miss Florence Bennett, Miss Adelaide Golier, Mi s s Isabel Adams.—Tllo Scenic Department under' th e direction of Ma m Bevurley. Stage meager, Mr. Edward Stirli r. Willing. PHILLIPS, Mayor.—ln a MEETING or AS SEMBLY of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Liverymem f the several Companies of the City of Loudon in Common assemtled, at the Guildhall of the said City, ou Satur day-, the 29th day of September, 18G6, Resolved unanimously, That this Common Hall has witnessed with feelings of pride anti satisfaction the discharge of the responsible duties of his dace by the Right Honourable Benjamin Samuel rhillips, the chief magistrate of this city. Ire the attention he has given to his municipal duties ; in the maintenance of cherished rights ; in the assistance he bas rendered to the great charities of the metropolis ; in his enlightened advocacy of the principles of local self-govern ment ; and in the exercise of a refined and graceful hospi tality, the Lord Mayor has, in the judgment of this Com mon Hall, raised the character of his office, and illustrated in the most noble and admirable manner the true bearing of ono who is the chosen officer of so distinguished a com munity. That to this Hall it is a matter of congratulation to have observed the signal marks of Royal favour in the gracious ne ceptance of the hospitalities of the Lord Mayor and th• 14ady Mayoress by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Heir Apparent of these realms, the Prin cess of Wales, and other members of the Royal family. That this Common Hall records its sense of the grateful approval of the prompt, merciful, and efficient measures adopted under the guidance of the Lord Mayor upon the recent outbreak of cholera in this metropolis, whereby help has been given to the dying, and substantial provision se cured for the widows and orphans left destitute under this calamitous visitation. That this Common Hall cannot contemplate the retire writ of the Lord Mayor from the office he so worthily i lo ws without expressing in the most emphatic terms its high appreciation of the honour he has conferred upon the citizens at large by the spirited, generous, and indep endent manner in which he has fulfilled the duties of the highest trust of this ancient, grand, and free municipal institution. Resolved unanimously,— That the thanks of the Livery are due, and are hereby given, to Sills John Gibtons, Esq., Alderman, and James Figgins, Esq., Sheriffs of London and Sheriff of Middlesex during the past year, for the efficient manner in which they have upheld the dignity of the office and maintained the ancient rights and privileges of the Livery, for the faith fat discharge of their duties, for their liberal hospitality, and fur their munificent contributions to th e various chari ties of the metropolis. WOODTHORPE. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton THIS EVENING, 6hakspere's Tragedy 01 MACBETH Mr. Phelps; Messrs. T. bwinbourne, T. Mai, E. Phelps, W. M'lntyre, G. Spencer, Henri Drayton ; Mcsdamei Amy Sedgivick, Jenny Baucr, Rebecca Isaacs, s c To conclude with Shakapere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromlo by C the Brothers Webb. ommence at Seven. TkIEATRE ROYAL, lIAYM4RKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, THE HEIR-AT-LAW. Messrs. Buck stone, Chlppendalt , Compton,Farren, Rogeis, Braid, Gordon, Wethersby, acc. ; Madames Chippendale, Moore, Hill, Szu. After which the BALLET DIVERTISSE3IENT. Misses Christine and Agnes Healy. Concluding with HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mes'rs. C Mathews, Compton, Fairen, Clark, Braid. White, &c.:. Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Hill, Laws, Lovell, Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. k'echter. 'l'llls EVENING, and during the week.—Mr. and Mrs DION BOUCICAULT in the new Drama, " THE LONG STRIKE." Performances :—At 7 o'clock, NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. 11. Widdicomb, Moreland, D. Evans, and Miss K. Blandford. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, H. Wid:icomb, r itzpatriek, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, Isewbound Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD. Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM THEAT Jolittuy Reilly (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D. poucicAult ; Jane Learoyd Factory Girl), Mrs. D. llouci- Cault. At 7 o'ciock. ROYAL Plt IN CES S'S TREAT RE. Sole Lease , and Manat.fer, 31r, (3 'u. Vinintr. WINTER SEASON. —RE LIA NC VI VAE.L OF rHE TRIPLE A L N.l3.—Doors open at Halt-past Six, performances to cont inence at Seven. THIS EVENING, a Comedy. in Three Acts, by John Oxetiford, .Esq , etit led THE TRIPLE ALL LANGE Mr. yl i ong, Mr. J. G. n shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Airs. Buckingham White. After which, at 9 o'clock, TILE lIUGEJENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling . , Miss Neilson, 3liss A. Thomson; Mr. J. G. shore, Mr. G Honey, amid Mr. Vining. Grand isailet of Bohemians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo doche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr. le. Lloyds. • lIEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T LDS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Messrs. Stephen- Eon, Eburne, Rom r ; Miss D'Este. Atter which, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Miss Nate Terry (her I.rst app:arance in this Theatre; e•srs. liilltngton, Stuart, Shaw ; Mho Turtle, To conclude with HELEN ; or. TAKEN FRO`[ THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. Paul Bedford, IL Phillips, I'. A. Shaw, Ashley, .Eburne. Commenre at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIkD BACHELCHI. Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and Ituhes. To be followed by WAILING FOit. TILE UNDER GROUND. After which, will be produced the Latest Edition of KENILWORTH. Mes , rs. thorne, Jame-, Fenton, and. Turner ; lesdarnes Ada Swanborough, Raynham, John stone, and dolt To conclude with JACK'S DELIGHT. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. 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London Houses: 15 155. 156, 157, Minories ; 83. 64, 85, 86, 87, 68, 89, Aldgate 506, 507. 508, New Oxlord-street ; 1, 2, 3, art-street • 137, 138, Tottenh am-court-road ; 283, Euston -road. Country Branch—Bradford, Yorkshire. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TifiS DAY.—Morning, Gh. 36m.—Afternoon, 7h. 10m. 173-110mtow.-Monling, 76. 42m.—Afternoou, 22m, 0m a .,, c7 . : Now— tifri glt - : 4" 4411/0 LONDON, 21/01VDAI, OCTOBER 1, 1866. Happily for this country we are accustomed to look for the Revenue Tables without any feeling of appiehension or uneasiness, and quarter after quarter the public confidence and security are amply justified by the satisfactory results of the examination. The quarter just ended proves no exception to the good fortune which is, luckily for us, the rule with the national revenue, and amid many temporary causes of anxiety and depression we have much reason to be thankful for the con tinued buoyancy of the finances. The reduction of , taxation has been going on rapidly during the last few years, and that fact might very well account for any unexpected deficiency, seeing that it is not always easy to calculate beforehand the precise effect either of the imposition or the reduction of a tax. But so far from such being the case the esti mated deficiency has usually been greater than the actual loss, and Mr. GLADSTONE has kept so well within the limits of probability as to give the public an agreeable surprise at the and of the quarter. It was supposed that the great reductions in last year's Budget, when a large proportion of the income-tax, the tea duties, and the fire insurance duty were given up, might very probably affect this year's revenue as well, though further reductions on a lesser scale have taken place in this year's budget. However, the tables now before us show an increase of over a quarter of a million as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year ; and on the half year we have an in crease of £345,000, as compared with the corresponding half of 1865. The three principal divisions of the tables are the Customs, the Excise, and the Income-tax, and on all of these the returns are highly satisfactory. The income-tax, though now only fourpence in the pound, has produced in the year the astonishing sum of £5,595,000, thus showing a rapid increase on Mr. GLADSTONE'S estimate of £1,300,000 for every penny of the tax. The customs on which, as we have said, there is an increase on the quarter of £252,000 return in the year ending September 30th, in spite of all reductions, the sum of £2,162,000. The Excise, with an increase of £lBB,OOO in the quarter, shows an increase of £716,000 on the year. The Stamps, owing to the partial remission of, the Fire Insurance Duty, show a decrease of £197,000 in the quarter and £130,000 in the year; but the Post-office continues its unvarying course of prosperity with a quarter's increase of £15,000 and a year's increase of £155,000. The only remarkable item is the sum of £854,483 under the head of miscellaneous receipts, which is explained by the repayment of £500,000 from New Zealand. This has been a useful assist ance ; but, as we have shown, the satisfactory state of the returns is independent of any extraneous aid, and is solely and entirely due to the elasticity of the Revenue. It has often been proved that a wise and liberal lightening of the bn,rdens of a people is in the end the surest means of replenishing the national coffers ; and certainly no more powerful commentary on the blessings of Free-trade could be found than in the periodical returns of the British , revenue. However much the public may justly complain of official neglect or mismanagement in other departments of the public service, Mr. GLAD . STONE, at least, has good reason to be satisfied with the results of his guardianship of the national ex chequer. During a long political career, in which he has often displayed great intemperance, Mr. BRIGHT has never committed himself so much as he did at Manchester the other day on the occa sion of the Reform demonstration. lie will not be allowed to forget it in a hurry, and we are glad that he has met with a censor in the chief news paper of France. The Debats contains a very able article on the subject, which is much to the point, and exposes alike the fallacies of his arguments and the errors he commits by his violence. In the first place, the French critic takes him to task for his impatience and the excitement he gets into because all cannot be done at once. The organisation of the English electoral system is not the fruit, it is said, of "a theoretical conception and a meditated plan, but the complex and change able work of time." Although this organisation is not like those which were formed by ancient legis lators, as MINERVA issued all armed from the brain of JUPITER; but it does not follow that things should go the worse for that, for those constitutions which are made all of a piece very often are over turned at a blow ; while others remain which are constantly improved and modified. " Certain mo dern Reformers in England are perhaps not suffi ciently penetrated with that idea," exclaims the writer, with great justice. Very true also arc the strictures passed upon this agitator for the extraor dinary way in which he perverts things when he addresses public meetings. After dwelling on the anomaly of so many citizens being unrepresented, Mr. BRIGHT exaggerates, and is taking a wrong course when, after having shown that of the present number of electors the counties furnished 750,000, and the boroughs 5 50,000, he adds that the repre sentation of the counties is not a popular one in the right acceptation of the word. This is, however, a sort of clap-trap to which Mr. BRIGHT is very prone, and to which he often resorts on occasions similar to that which took place at Manchester. He forgets, or pretends to do so at any rate, that he is paying a poor compli ment to those whom he proposes to serve N N hen he stoops to such modes of advocating their cause. As the Debats says, "The interests of the working classes may be defended on higher grounds." Mr. BRIGIIT looks upon the representa tion of the counties as a dead body attached to the living suffrage in towns, and accordingly he may go on until he makes the suffrage the privilege of the resident in boroughs. It really is what he is driving at, in all probability, we should say, and as it is the constant theme of his discourse to drag and depreciate all that appertains to the counties, it is not unreasonable to imagine that he seeks to exclude them from what ought to be their true position in the State. Tho concluding passages in Mr. BRIGHT'S speech are very forcibly touched upon by the Debats. First of all, there comes the ridiculous notion that the present Government cannot introduce a Reform Bill unless it be a "vile and dishonest" one. Such intemperate language is very apt to defeat itself in the end ; but as, in the meanwhile, some ignorant parties may be led away by it, it is satisfactory to find it explained. Mr. BRIGHT, in winding up, pro claimed to his Radical auditors that he did not know bow long a time it might be before it might be necessary to resortto f s o t r a c t e e . s There upon the Dcbats very properly that— " We are often told in France that the freedom of the tribunal and the press exists among our neigh bours only because none ever think of availing himself of either to disturb order and attack the Constitution ; it is difficult to reconcile those assertions with the exhibition Mr. BRIGHT is just now giving to the world." We do not think that any one in this country could have taken a clearer which more i\ir. BRi view of the case than this French critic has done, o powerfullyoirr' exposed the fallacies with s speech abounds. Were e half so sincere i n th e cause of Reform, half soe anxious to secure the rights of the people as he professes he would regret the error into which he is led, but as it is we believe that he wishes more to make a grand display of his powers of denunciation than he seeks to gain a particular object. Were the present Government to concede all he asks for, what would he do? His occupation would be gone. We hope that one good will arise out of this recent affair At Nancliegter, and that many will be led to THE SUN, LONDON, MtJNDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1866 '...see the mistake they have made in putting faith in ouch a politician. lle is not, and never will be, a leader, but he has undoubted influence in certain quarters, of which he is making the worst use he can.. If one of his political opponents cared to follow his example and begin to abuse, what might wo not affirm of one who writes to those in Lon don to urge upon them the necessity of proclaim ing the rights of the public in open defiance of the law, and then appears in an important provincial city to declare that it is lawful to resort to force under certain circumstances. If it be said that his words orill not take effect, that is no excuse for him ; he had no business to utter them, and he is equally responsible for so doing as if the cry of discord was now heard through out the length and breath of the land. We do not think that Mr. BRIGIIT will listen to any suggestions but those of his own will, or else we might hope that some friend, wiser than himself, could show him the folly and mischief of his present course, and the injury he is doing to his own repu tation. Like many others who embark on such an enterprise, he is led on from bad to worse, and, doubtless, never contemplated at the outset the conclusion to which he would arrive, of setting him self up against the preservation of peace and order. All who possessed any intimate acquaintance with European politics felt convinced all along that we should not see the end of the late fracas on the Continent when the immediate excitement was over, lint perhaps hardly any one was prepared for the confusion that seems already menacing us in the East. According to the French papers, which generally herald the approach of danger and diffi culties, it seems that we may attribute all the late contretemps to the same cause, namely, the wily designs of Prussia. The Patrie has an article re ferring to the subject, in which we find it stated that " the insurrection in Palermo, the revolt in Candia, the disturbances in the Ottoman Empire, the agitation in Greece, and even the renewal of the efforts of the Juarists in Mexico, are the effects of a vast plot which has been formed in the belief that a general European conflagration would be the re sult of the late German war." Certainly this is laying a great deal to the charge of Count Ms mAncic., and yet we cannot honestly affirm that there is any exaggeration in it. Nothing, indeed, would be less surprising than that a new war should break out in consequence of the changes that have taken place. Prussia is ripe as to the plans and projects that may be formed during the stay of the Emperor NAPOLEON at Biarritz, and it would seem as if the world had quite determined that he should not be left to the enjoyment of tranquillity in his visit to that pic turesque locality. Surely Count BISMARCK is quite enough of himself to infuse discord into any place ; but we are told that he is to be followed or accom panied by a rival agitator. Prince GORTSCIIAEOFF, it is said, intends to pay a visit to Biarritz, and thus to meet accidentally with the French EMPEROR. Had an interview been arranged to take place at Paris, of course speculations would have been rife as to its meaning ; but it is thought that an encoun ter on the shores of Biarritz Bay can be arranged in a satisfactory manner. The purport of this visit is, it is said, to assure the EMPEROR that the CZAR does not deem it advisable to respect the treaty of 1856 any more than others have lately considered those of 1815. It is to be regretted that all this confusion should have arisen, and the present is not at all a suitable time for the settlement of the Eastern question, for the example of Prussia is in every way inimical to the upholding of national rights ; and there is too much reason to fear that Russia only broached the subject in order that she may take her share of the spoils, and carry on the game in as unmolested a manner as the Court of Berlin has just done. It would seem as if the Saxons were to reap some good effects from their endurance after all, and as if better terms were to be given to them than we were led to expect. All who have sympathised with the gallant little kingdom in its struggles for inde pendence will rejoice to find such a prospect open ing before it. Count BISMARCK'S influence has been in a great measure counteracted by other efforts, and hence the favourable signs that have ap peared. Prince FREDERICK CHARLES has ap peared as one of the supporters of Saxony, and has evidently done good service to the (misuse he has taken up. He was well qualified to judge of the matter, as he has frequently had an opportunity of judging of the Saxons from fighting with them in Bohemia and Moravia. Perhaps, in the long run, the Berlin Government will find good cause to regret the course they have. persistid in taking ; it will probably happen to them, as it has done to others like them before, that they have out witted themselves in their greedy efforts to grasp all they possibly could. It is now stated that the chief bankers of Frankfort are preparing to transfer their establishments to Stuttgard, Augsburg, and Vienna, in order to escape Prussian domination. If this turn out to be true, which it will in all probability, great injuries will be inflicted on the city, and this evil will be another added to the long list against the Prussians. It is not likely that any independent parties will readily consent to be put under the rule of those whom they despise and detest, and we do not think that the time will be long before those who now depend the most upon the good effects of German unity will find them selves grievously mistaken. One abiding instance of, non-success may be seen in the irritation that has been produced in Paris by the recent events in Prussia. This feeling does not subside, and will, no doubt, sooner or later bring forth evil consequences to Prussia. We dare say there is great truth in some of the rumours afloat in Paris to the effect that Count BISMARCK long ago prepared his plans and made his Royal Master acquainted with them. It certainly seems much more likely that the recent extensive changes which have been wrought in Ger many have been more in consequence of a predeter mination on the part of Prussia than that they should have been the accidents of war. There have been, indeed, too many suspicious signs about the whole affair for us to credit the version which Count BISMARCK has given of it to the public. MR. DICKENS, in the last number of All the Year Round, has struck a good strong blow—straight from the shoulder, and as rapid as a bullet from a rifle —against the gentlemanly rogues who bribe the ungentlemanly ditto to return them to Parliament. The writer of an article on "Clubs and Clubmen," alluding to the fact that the members of Parliament belonging to the Cocoa-Tree Club in S t Jame's in Horace Wralpole's time used to take heavy bribes for their votes, remarks :—" In these days members of Parliament bribe ; a hundred years ago they were bribed." To this passage Mr. Dickens appends the following note :—" The conductor of this journal believes the briber to be, in most cases, quite ready to be bribed." There can be no doubt about it ; yet the point seems never to have been noticed before. Henceforth let us regard our bribers as only the bribed in the grain. "ANDY JOHNSON A ME-YULE !"—lt seems a Virginian delegate was holding forth on the Presi dent's character, and he receives this favourable mention from the President -loving reporter:—" Virginian (very boozy)—Some people think Andy Johusing a firm man. He is not. He's got no firmness like Jackson had. He's a Me-yule. You've seen thorn ar Me-yules ? I've had 'ern on my farm. They'll go with you for awhile, but all at oncet their ears is lopped back and their legs is stuck WA; swl all clarnati94 can't git 'etn tv invye !” CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Moniteur contains a letter from Florence, dated Sept. 23, which gives some new facts in regard to the insurrection at Palermo. It says that the postal and telegraphic communications having been interrupted from the moment of the entrance of the bands into Palermo, it had hitherto been difficult to obtain precise information on the subject. The necessities of war having led to the concentration towards the North of almost all the military forces of Italy had created a position of which hostile parties determined to profit. Thus brigandage was resumed very vigorously after the departure of the troops. Unfortunately, when the prospects of peace placed at disposal a portion of the troops who had been centralised upon the theatre of operations, the Government thought it might delay the reinforce ments of the garrisons of the South, and particu larly those of Sicily. Thus the town of Palermo, at the time of the invasion of the bands, had only from 1,200 to 1,400 men in garrison. Badly supported by the National Guards, they could only maintain themselves in entrenched positions and act upon the defensive. The town was, therefore, for several days in the hands of the brigands. Energetic mea sures, however, were soon adopted. 20,000 men, protected by the fire of the vessels which had brought them, entered the city, and order was now completely restored. Tranquillity was not inter rupted in any other part of Sicily, and almost all the municipalities of the island sent addresses to the King of Italy, expressing their attachment to the national institutions, and disavowing any partici pation in the events at Palermo. The attack upon Palermo began in the afternoon of the 21st, and the firing was kept up the whole of the 22d and the night of the 23d. There were in Palermo at least 30,000 men in arms. At the Porte Macqueda the struggle was very desperate, and there was great loss of life. After the capture of the Porte the artillery invested the streets, and the revolt was suppressed. There was also fighting at Porto Capero. The fleet before Palermo assisted by throwing shells upon the points where the brigands assembled in the greatest numbers. The Siecle says :—" The affairs of Germany are temporarily arranged, with the exception of the difference between Prussia and Saxony. The ad vanced guard of the Italian army has entered Venice, but the hope of complete peace is disturbed by the Eastern question. Austria exhibits the disposition to occupy herself actually with that question, and undoubtedly Prince Gortschakoff will go to Biarritz to confer with the Emperor upon it. The accredited organs of the Russian Government have made a re markable turn round to the side of Prussia. The Moscow Gazette declares that Germany, united by the care of Prussia, now presents no danger for Russia, and that the Government of St. Petersburg should adjust her policy according to the changes just effected in Germany. The Gazette de la Bourse of St. Petersburg argues strongly in favour of an alliance between Russia and Prussia." The thunder produced a lamentable result on the 23d of September at Mouthlane, in the department of the Herault. The electric fluid struck a house in the village and did much damage at two points, east and west. The panes and wood-work of a kitchen window were shattered, and a young woman, who was cooking, was struck and precipitated inanimate upon the ground. Her clothes were all torn from her with violence and divided into shreds. Her hus band, who came to her assistance, found her upon the floor completely naked. _ _ _ 1 he papers are still filled with details of the inun dations. The accounts do not need description, for all they explain is of the same nature, houses and bridges washed away and property of various kinds destroyed. Happily there does not seem to be any loss of life. Communications with the provinces have been much interrupted. The waters have risen higher than at the last great inundation in 1846. Twenty and thirty houses have disappeared from some villages. At the last accounts the waters of the Loire and the Cher united threatened to in vade Tours. The communication between Tours and Orleans was completely stopped. The Seiue recedes to-day, but continued to rise yesterday, and, at one point, rose nearly a yard in an hour. At Berry, the great depot for wine, active measures were taken to remove the barrels of wine. The water filled the roads, and the omnibuses were obliged to change their line of route. At Passy, on Friday, the lower part of the town was inundated. Close to the Seine the water overflowed the banks to the height of a yard. The extent of the inundation approaches more nearly to the greatest ever known, that of 1615, than any that has occured since. At the Pont de Tournelle, th© height of the water was nine metres within a frac tion. Now it has attained about eight metres. On Friday night the water entered the machine-room of the Moniteur office, which is situated on the banks of the Seine nearly opposite the Tuileries, and had it not been for precautionary measures it would have been impossible to print the evening edition. On the banks of the Seine at Billancourt, a vil lage about two miles from Sevres bridge, there was a spectacle yesterday never before witnessed since Paris has existed. Between Billancourt bridge and Sevres bridge there are some six or seven avenues leading to the village. This pathway is inundated nearly along the whole extent. The water has rushed up these, avenues, particularly one called the Cours Eugenie, a beautiful spot with rows of trees on each side, and the avenue, the usual resort of promenaders, was yesterday provided with boats. "The fields adjoining the avenue are submerged to the extent of ten or twelve feet at the least There are many houses in and near the avenue, and the position of the residents was inconvenient if not alarming, for they could only get in or out yester day by means of boats. There was the unpleasant certainty also that if the Seine should continue to rise, their houses would be washed away. The father of the Marquis de Boissy, whose death I recently announced, was very rich and very eccen tric. In the Senate he spoke but seldom, unlike his son, but what he said was caustic and to the purpose. His last appearance in the Chamber of Peers was once after 1830 to vote for the acquittal of the Ministers of Charles X., who were impeached for issuing the celebrated ordinances which led to the revolution. The marquis had a mania for bringing water into his estate. He con sulted the most eminent engineers, who, at an enormous expense, succeeded in creating a pond or basin, in which the water was twelve feet deep. He was delighted beyond measure at being told one day that a man had been nearly drowned in his basin. The writer of this anecdote expresses his belief that if any one had brought news to the marquis that a man had been really drowned he would have bestowed half his fortune on the bearer of the glad tidings. His hors es were sorry R os i nan tes. He had five or six carriag es , and a judgment may be formed of his equipage f rom an o pi n i o n he often ex pressed that no one ought to pay more than 300 f. (or £l2) for a horse. He would not, like Richard the Third, give " a kingdom for a horse." In the morning the marquis usually walked round his grounds, and beggars assembled to greet him. " Go and work," said he to them one day, " surely that would be better than to importune and annoy me." The beggars did not stir. Turning to his old valet, who accompanied him in his walks, with a bag of money, he said, " Pierre, if the poor wretches wont go away, give them each a Louis (201.), but, above all, let them go and work." As to the lately deceased Marquis de Boissy, I believe it is true, as stated in one of the papers, that in spite of his diatribes against Eng land, he rented a house in London, and always lived a portion of the year in that city. Garibaldi has arrived at Florence with his daugh ter, his eldest son Menotti, and General Fabrigi. He has accepted the hospitality of M. Mario, the husband of Miss White (those Italian papers ex press it). Garibaldi appears to be in good health. He looks much older, but with that exception he is very little changed. His intention is to return to Caprera the moment he receives official information that the signature of the treaty of peace between Austria and Italy has relieved him from the com mand of the Volunteers. 114 weather has been very lino and settled for the last few days. To-day it has been like the height of summer, the sun shining all day, with an oppressive temperature. All Paris is gone to the Fete of St. Cloud, to see the " waters" forced there soientifically to an unusual height, but foaming and dashing in the Seine from natural causes. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) HUNGARY. PESTI', Sept. 30. The Hungarian Diet will assemble at the begin ning of November. A. considerable number of troops are being con veyed from Vienna to Pesth. The cholera is diminishing. FRANCE. The Quccii of Prussia has arrived at Weimar from Berlin, on her way to Baden. The Grand Duke, heir of Saxe Weimar, accompanied her Ma jesty. Advices from Magdeburg mention the death of the Prussian General Schack, military governor of the kingdom of Saxony. Advices from Berlin state that Count de Bismark had left for his estate in Pomerania, with the in tention of remaining there about three weeks. The Maharajah of Lahore has arrived at Mar seilles from Biarritz and sailed on the 28th for India. Mme. Ariotarchy Bey, Princess of Samos, has arrived in Paris with her children, purposing to re main a few days. The Madrid journals announce the return of the Queen of Spain to that capital on the 23d inst. Letters from St. Petersburg announce that the rumour as to the voyage of Prince Gortschakoff to Biarritz assumes more consistency. The Prince is expected to leave Russia towards the sth October. The Emperor and Empress of Austria, coming from Ischl, arrived threo days back at Shcenbrunn. BOURSE, Sept. 29.—Two o'clock.—The market has again been extremely dull, and the amount of business transacted insignificant. Quotations were rather lower at the opening than the last prices of yesterday, but a few purchases made by parties in terested in raising the rate of the reponse des primes, which will be declared on Monday, has hadlthe effect of restoring them to about the same figure. French Threes were unchanged at 69f. 50c. ; Italian Fives were done at 57f. 50c., or sc. higher; Mobiliep at 672 f., 50c. or If. 25e. lower ; Credit Foncier have fallen 5f., to 1,375 f ; and Comptoir d'Escompte are unvaried at 915 f. Nothing worth noticing doing in Railways. Three o'clock.—No change of importance has taken place, the closing prices being as follows : 4f per Cents 97 Bank Shares 3610 Do. end month — Italian Loan 57 25 3 per Cents. 69 50 Do end month 57 55 Do. end month 69 45 Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier ... 672 50 Do. Bonds — Do. end month 673 75 Spanish Threes ... Credit Foneier — Homo Debt — Do. end month 1380 Deferred - RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern For Account. 885 1127 50 898 75 583 Western Eastern Sardinian ~. Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman REVENUE RETURNS, 667 50 513 75 372 50 415 - 156 25 co I.—The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the undermen tioned periods, ended Sept. 30, 1866, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarters ended Dec. 31, Niarch 3:, June 30, Sept. 30, 1865 1866 1863 1866 5,'70,000 5,1:-9,000 5,2;1,000 5,541,000 5,1!0,000 ,4.1,000 5,144,000 4,520,000 2,473,000 2,1 5,0,.0 2,484,000 2,075,000 1,3 7,000 .181,000 i,-178,000 243,000 ',451,000 1,914,0u0 1,5:0,000 633,000 1,130,000 1,005,00.4 1,07 0 ,000 1,16 ,000 90,000 90,000 71,000 71,000 846,415 1,334,965 349,654 •933, OS 18,007,4.5 ' 17,192.965 17,463,661 15,196,098 Customs stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-oIlLe Crown Lands Mismi Tota's.. Quarters ended Dec. 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, 1861 1865 1865 186) £ £ £ £ Customs 5 9.52,000 5, , 7 ,000 5,178,0(0 5,289,000 Ex i.e 5,C'00 ,000 5,342,000 4,865,000 4,332,000 Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post-ofh e Crown Lands Miscellaneous - -- . Totals 18,069,59111 19,177.151 14,4(2,392 Customs Exci6e Stamp s Taxes Properly Tax Posi-Offi e Crown Land • Ilifs e 1 neoas Total '17,549,520 Yea. Sept. 30, 17 21,621,003 20,15f , ,000 9, , 56, ,, 00 3,122,000 5,59 0 1,36 -, ,000 322,900 *3,524,142 69,160,11.: Ided Sept. 30 1865 21,961,000 19,539,000 9,486,000 3,311,000 7,73 :,000 4;110,000 312,000 2,669 659 69,258,659 Il.—lncrease and Decrease in the periods ended Sept. 30, 1866, as compared with corresponding periods of the preceding year : Quarter ended Sept. Half-year etfded 30, 1866. • Sept. SO, 1868. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. ----- £ 4 £ £ Cus'oms 252;1)) 815,00 • • •• Excise 467,00) Stamps .. .. 197.000 201,000 •• • • Taies Property Tax lB „ •• z,OOl 798,030 Post-Office .. ..• 115,00 0 •• Crown Lands •• 2,000 • • ktiscellancous 999,000 £647,850 Tota's .LNet Ti 1,112,706 icrease £72 Customs Excise Stamps Taxes Property Tax Post Mhos ( rown Lands Miscellaneous .. 81,000 lii,Coo 1,0)0 *:54,483 Totals •• 1,8111,483 'Decrease, .£7a9,517 * including New Z aland Bonds, £500,000 lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1866, the appli cation of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or deficiency upon such charge : Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Juue 3 ), 18ti8, viz. : Great Britain Ireland £838,002 Income received, as shown in Account I l5, it 6,098 Amount received for Exchequer Bills issued to replace Bil:s paid off in Money 317,000 Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, -526,769 Dn.° for New Courts of Justice £16,992,869 Balance, being the Deficiency on Sept. 3(', 1866, upon the charge ot the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet id Dividends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to Dec. 31, 1866. and for which Exchequer Bills (Defic ency ) will bu issued in that 3,12 ,893 Quarter £20,111,762 Amount applied out of the Income in Redemp tion et Deficiency Bills issu d in the Quar ter to Sept 30, 1866, for the charge of the C,nsolidated Fund in Great Britain on June 30, 1866, viz.:— Total Deficiency Z3,5:3,863 Deduct Amount redeemed with si n king Fund 3,M,865 Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser vices Amount Advanced for New Courts 01 Justice .. Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Sept. , 1866, viz. : Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,377,7E4 T erm inable Debt Principal of Exchequer Bills 9,500 Interest of Exchequer Bills 53,873 Interest of Deficiency Bills 448 The Civil List 101,526 Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 379,296 Advances for Public Works,&c. 5193 Sinking Fund 9,013,f 27 110,000 7,466,316 Burplug the Consolidated Fund in Ireland fo r the 4uartcr Cil4tSl Sept. 30, 1868 . 430,111,702 379,000 2,7, 6 N '1;0)46,850 A Increase Year eni 30, Increase. 710,000 led Sept. .866. Decrease. £ 315,000 10,000 2,137,000 2,6.6,000 LITERATURE. Meteyard's Life of Wedgwood Completed. Life and Works of Josiah Wedgwood. By Eliza Meteyard. Vol. Two. llurst and Blackett. We may very cordially congratulate publishers, artists, and authoress upon the completion of this elaborate and magnificent work, which affords con spicuous evidence of the enterprise, the taste, the skill, and the perseverance of one and all concerned in its accomplishment. Oa„ he appearance of the first volume some little time back, which we noticed at considerable length, we entered into the various merits of the work, commending, as it well deserved, the very admirable manner in which it had been undertaken. Those commendations we have only now to reiterate even More emphatically, upon the appearance of the second volume which completes the work—a work in every way worthy of the mechanical genius of Josiah Wedgwood and of the biographical skill of Eliza Meteyarcl. The illustrations, which are profusely scattered over the pages, present to us most lovely specimens of the delicate designs of the Etrurian and Wedgwood ware, many of them designed by Flagman. In re- ference to the selection of that since world-famous sculptor as Wedgwood's art-modeller, we read here in this Life of Wedgwood— Bentley had already made other attempts to carry out the highest artistic work—he had looked around him for a modeller—that modeller was Flagman. Wedgwood's words in response, are memorable. "I am glad you have met with a modeller, and that Flagman is so valuable an artist. It is but a few years since he was a most supreme coxcomb, but a little more experience may have cured him of this foible." This must allude to Flaxman's competition for the gold medal of the Royal Academy, and his subse quent disappointment. Reynolds, who knew comparatively nothing of sculpture, and too often depreciated its merits, showed little judgment in his award of the prize to an in ferior artist like Engleheart. Time proved that Flaxmau's certainty of success arose from no overweening conceit of his own merit, but from an intuitive perception, however offensively expressed, of his possession of high artistic power. But as yet the world saw only an untutored stripling, in whom self-reliant genius wore the appearance of vanity. Wedgwood, who always visited the Academy's Exhibitions, had probably caught the current story, and bore it as we thus see in his vigorous memory. Among the illustrations are many cameos with portraits of Admiral Keppel, Samuel Johnson, William Pitt and many others, while with regard to the originality of Wedgwood's cameos we meet in the body of the work with the following interesting particulars-- Speaking of the originality of his labours in this direc tion, Wedgwood writes to Darwin, "I only pretend to have attempted to copy the antique forms, but not with abso lute servility. I have endeavoured to preserve the style and spirit, or if you please the eloquent simplicity of an tique forms, and so doing to introduce all the variety I was able, and this Sir Wm. Hamilton assures mo I may venture to do, and that it is the true way of copying the antique. You ask Was anything of consequence done in the cameo or medallion kind before you ?' In real stones and in imitation of real stones in paste, or soft coloured glass, much has formerly been Acme. Witness the Portland vase and numberless pieces of 'inferior note. Basso-relieves of various sizes have likewise been made of a warm brown earth of one colour. But of the improved kind of two or more colours, and a true porcelain texture, none were made by the ancients or at tempted by the moderns that I ever heard of till some of them begun to copy my jasper cameos." Such is Wedg wood's own testimony to the truth and originality of this branch of his art, and of which, considering the vehicles he employed, the ancients had not seen a conception. It is, however, unnecessary for us here to attempt any lengthened summary of the artistic marvels contained in this gigantic volume ; let us rather be fore taking leave of the great Artificer contemplate him for a moment in his magnificent home—the scene :perennially during the later years of his life, of— 'WEDGWOOD ' S HOSPITALITY. From his first occupation of Etruria Hall his establish ment had been that of a country gentleman of good estate ; as his fame and consequently his necessary hospitality in creased, his establishment was likewise added to. In 1794, seven male servants, a large proportion of maid-servants, and these headed by a housekeeper, attended on the family and its incessant round of guests. The Hall must have often borne the appearance of a first-class London hotel during the season. Guests ever coming and going, visi tors from the works, neighbours and friends. Foreigners from every country were occasionally there, and distin guished Englishmen formed a large proportion. Wedg wood had a strong sense of fitness and convenience, and without wasteful expenditure or ostentation, he had made his house a." comfortable place." Guests might well like to come and linger. In the cheery sitting rooms, so full of light and warmth, they found the loveliest works of art—vases, bas-reliefs, cameos, medallions, and many other treasures of choice workmanship —on the harpsichord the newest music, on the shelves the newest books, as bills remaining show. Each day at three o'clock the dinner table was laid for unexpected as well as expected guests, for it was known who might arrive before or after the meal was served. By the master's desire the service of the table was often changed. This week Etruscan painted plates and dishes adorned it, next simple cream colour, a third the grape pattern, or some other variation. To-day the salt-cellars were jasper with Flax man's bas-reliefs, to-morrow black basaltes of exquisite form, or vessels resembling shells. The dessert would be served in dishes formed as autumnal loaves, or in those modelled from the antique. Even the cook had moulds for her puddings, her fruits, and her jellies, of various kinds. Such was the master's taste. The frontispiece of this superb and crowning volume of the 'work gives us a portrait of Thomas Bentley, the indefatigable and invaluable coadjutor of Josiah Wedgwood. Reminiscences of a Bengal Civilian. By William Edwards, Esq., Judge of her Majesty's High Court of Agra. One vol. Pp. 342. Smith, Elder, and Co. " From my first entrance on the active duties of an Indian civilian's life," says Mr. Edwards, " I cherished the desire, should I ever retire from the service, to compile a narrative of my own time." Little did Mr. Edwards then imagine of what a romance and what . a tragedy that narrative would be composed 1 He had carefully kept notes of all the interesting events which transpired during the first year of his residence in India. Those papers were, however, lost in the great rebellion of 1857, which more than compensated for the loss of those materials by itself affording matter of far more momentous interest. The narrative of the perilous escape of Mr. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Probyn, and their children, and one other companion —the only survivors of the massacre of Futteghur !—is of en thralling interest, and is written with the simplicity of truth. THE COST OF THE ELECTION COMMISSIONS.—The salaries payable in connection with each of the election commissions amount to about £2O per day. Shorthanding in connection with each commission costs also about £lB per day, and allowances to witnesses and miscellaneous expenses amount to at least £5 per day more. Altogether the cost of each commission may be sot down at about £45 per day, perhaps £5O per day would be nearer the mark. As each commission will probably sit about 50 days, the aggregate cost of each will approach £2,500, making £lO,OOO altogether for the four commissions.—Observer. ACCIDENT TO THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON COACH. —An accident occurred on Friday to the stage coach which runs between London and Brighton. The vehicle left Pic cadilly in the morning, and had got as far as the Clayton Tunnel, when the horses shied and became unmanageable, owing to one of two itinerant boy musicians, who were stonethrowing at each other, having run in front of them. After much plunging the horses dashed the coach against a bank and overturned the vehicle, about a dozen of the passengers being more or less injured—though none, it is hoped, fatally so. The honours destined for those gentlemen who are mainly identified with the Atlantic Telegraph expedi tion will comprise knighthoods for Mr. Canning and Mr. Glass, the latter of whom, we regret to say, is in a bad state of health. The same distinction has been offered to and declined by Captain Anderson, of the Great Eastern. — Sunday Gazette. THE CAPTURES OF SUPPOSED FENIANS IN LIVERPOOL—MichaeI O'Brien, Charles Campbell, and William Carey, the suspected Fenian agents, who were recently arrested on the charge of being found in illegal possession of a quantity of muskets, swords, bayonets, and a phosphoric mixture, were again brought before the Liver pool magistrates on Saturday. Mr. Walter, the prosecut ing solicitor, asked for a further remand, on the ground that the case was not yet complete ; but Mr. Cobb (who appeared for the prisoners) objected to this, and contended that ample time had been afforded to the police for getting all necessary information. Mr. Mansfield, the presiding magistrate, thought that as the depots of Government stores were very numerous throughout the country, more time might be necessary to ascertain from which the arms had been taken. He therefore granted a remand for another week. One of the South Western Steam Packet Com pany's steamers landed at Southampton last week 150 tons of butter fro m Franco. Four or fivo of theso stea mers leave French porta every week laden with daily produce. _ dint Chtgar lit HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL . , Sept. 28. The Queen went out, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely. Princess Christian drovein the afternoon, attended by the llon. Mrs. 11. Ponsouby. Prince Christian went out deer-stalking. The Grand Altarpiece forliVes'minsterAbbey ----.--. The magnificent specimen of mosaicby Dr. Salviati for Westminster Abbey is now complete, and its exhibition in the Jerusalem Chamber has elicited nothing but the most unreserved praise. The sub ject is " The Last Supper," the size of the work being 12ft. Gin. by sft. sin., and the whole set in a splen did entablature of alabaster, carved in the style of the surrounding architecture. Christ is represented in the centre of the table, with the Twelve Disciples on either hand, except Judas, who is apart from the others, and is represented with downcast eyes as he hears the Saviour exclaim "One of you shall betray me ;" whilst the others are appealing towards the Redeemer, saying, " Lord, is it I?" As a work of art, this specimen of modern mosaic work is one of the most remarkable ever placed before the wonder ing eye of the lover of the good and beautiful. The combination of the tiny cubes of colour in the rich groundwork of bright and shining gold produces an effect so perfectly astonishing that at first it would seem that we were gazing on a glorious specimen of an old Italian oil painting, and not a specimen of modern mosaic. It is a subject of much gratification that the Dean and Chapter of Westminster has secured such a splendid specimen of art for the venerable abbey, and well would it be in an artistic point of view if the introduction of mosaic work was made much more general than is. The Wolsey Chapel at Windsor, decorated by Dr. Salviati, shows in a most remarkable manner the grand effect to be produced by mosaics which, unlike many of our great frescos, are imperish able. We have nothing but unmeasured praise to award to Dr. Salviati and the whole of the artists engaged in the production of the work, at the same time wishing that the taste for the art which he has taken such pains and labour to revive may extend iu every direction where artistic decoration is re quired. Mn. BRIGHT'S MOS' for a redistribution of the el expressed thus, namely, that " 145 borbughs, with 79,000 electors, 1,350,000 population, paying £367,000 income-tax, have 215 members; POWERFUL ARGUMENT lectoral districts may be best while 109 boroughs, with 485,000 electors, 9,305,000, population, paying £5,240,000 income-tax, have 181 members." TONIC SOL-FA ASSOCIATION.—This association repeated at the Crystal Palace on Saturday the concert which it gave on Sept. 19. The pieces were admirably rendered, and were received with great applause by a very large audience. The Nain Jaune says that the property of Dr. Glandier, where Madame Laffrago poisoned her husband, has just come into the possession of the Carthusian monks. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has kindly promised to become the patron of ,the Irish branch of the National Lifeboat Institution, and to contri bute £lO a-year in aid of its funds. THE LATE DISASTER OFF BOULOGNE.—We are requested to state, by the French Lifeboat Society, that it has no lifeboat at Boulogne. There is a local lifeboat so ciety there, which acts independently of tho central insti tution at Paris. All the lifeboats belonging to the French National Lifeboat Society are organised precisely like those of the National Lifeboat Institution of England. COLUMBUS AND CERVANTES. —Commemorative slabs of marble have just been placed on the houses at Valladolid which had been inhabited by Christopher Columbus and Cervantes. A VEGETABLE KING.—The annual ceremony of crowning the king of the pumpkins at the Central Markets Paris, took place on Friday. The vegetable which obtained the honour this year weighed 258 pounds, and measured 10 feet 4 inches in circumference. It was grown at Gouesso (Seine et Oise). A SUBMARINE PRESCRIPTION.—.-Amongst the uses to which the Atlantic cable has been put is one which would hardly be anticipated. A correspondent com municates to us a telegram which he received from a patient who, being seized with a renewed attack of an ill ness from which he had suffered in this country, and for which he had been successfully treated, telegraphed to his old medical attendant for directions. These were returned by the same channel without delay, and we hope they may have prospered, and that the proper remittance will follow by an early packet. This prescription will rank among the curiosities of telegraphy.—The Lancet. ELECTRIC BULLERS.—An Austrian chemist,' M. Leinelbroek, has discov!ered a way of enclosing electricity in small glass capsules, which will explode under the in fluence of the slightest shock. The capsule is enclosed in a steel cone, so that if shot from a rifle it will enter tho flesh, and the explosion which follows is sufficient to kill a man. Experiments have been made on oxen and horses with perfect success, these animals having fallen down as struck with lightning. Even the slightest injury inflicted by this means is said to have caused death. We do not warrant the truth of this statement ; but, admitting it to be correct, we fail to see the advantage of the invention, since in war the chief object to be aimed at is fortunately not killing, but disabling the enemy.--The Mechanics' Magazine. ROSSINI'S " MASS" AND " HYMN TO THE EM PEROR."—Rossini has, during his summer sojourn in Passy, finished the orchestration of his " Petite Mosso Solennelle," which was twice performed with pianoforte accompaniment at the house of Coant Pillet Will (Rossini's banker). The great master's last work is a " Hymn hla l'Empereur," for barytone solo, with choral and orchestral arrangement and incidental military baud. It is hoped that this work will be performed at the opening of the Paris Exhibition. During that season possibly the "Messe" may be heard too, if the choice of the solo singers is to the liking of the maestro.—Musical World. AN M.P. AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER CORRESPON DENT.—The New York Home Journal, of September 12, says that Mr. Thomas Hughes, the author of " Tom Brown at Oxford;" has just become the special London correspondent of the . New York Tribune. In accepting the engagement, Mr. Hughes writes :—" I have always wished to have the chance of constant speech in your country, to which I am much attached, and where there is as much misunder standing about England as we have here about you." The Moniteur du Soir, in its weekly bulletin, says :—" The journals of Canada have raised awarm controversy respecting the extradition of a defaulting cashier of the Bank of France, who had fled to that country. It is known that all the formalities prescribed by the law have been observed in this instance. After inquiry and decision by a competent judge the order for the delivery of the pri soner was regularly given by the Governor-General of the British Provinces. The excitement which has been caused by this affair, and which refers to the points of procedure raised inopportunely by the counsel for the accused, seems to have arisen from considerations foreign to the question itself. The essential points have been authoritatively ex plained in a letter addressed to the principal Canadian newspapers by the lawyer who represented the British Crown before the Montreal court." THE MOORS AND FORESTS.—CRIEFF.— Good sport is still enjoyed at grouse and black-game shooting on the moors of Corriemuck-loch, Glenquoich, and Drum omt o h n e rd gameCastl e. h a v L e a r h g e e e h b a g in s a o d f e p t a h r e t r i l d a g e e t s, f ew wild d a d y u s ck s o n , a t n h d e lands of Innerpefrmy, belonging to the Hon. Capt. Drum mond. Several very good stags have been killed during last week by W. Cunliffe Brooks and the Earl of Mar. Mr. W. Cunliffe Brooks also killed his third royal stag, a very large one, with an admirable head. It, was shot in the right place at 00 yards, whilst going at full speed. It was afterwards photographed, es it had fallen dead, by Mr. Vernon Heath, who has been collecting materials for his illustrations of the " Lady of the Lake." Mr. T. Everett Millais, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Ashworth, each killed a good stag ; the first-named gentleman accom plished his stalk during a hurricane of wind and rain.— The Seaman. A CLEVER TRICK.—On Friday evening last a number of colliers, near Ch es terfield, whose stock of the " indispen sa bl e " was exhausted, and who were, as the saying is, " on th e spree ," resorted to the following ingenious expedient to replenish their bottle. Tho leader of the gang first putting into the bottle (which contains a gallon) half a gallon of water, went to the Iforns public house, near Chesterfield, and called for half a gallon of gin stating that they had already half a gallon in the bottle. The unsuspecting landlord immediately measured out the desired quantum, but the men showing no inclina tion to pay ho desired his gin returned—a request they complied with most willingly, coolly walking off to en joy the half-gallon of "gin and water" they had so cleverly obtained. w EsTo N , s RETREAT.—The public will hear no further contention respecting a license for Westou's Re treat at Kentish Town, as the Midland Railway Company have purchased the property.