The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

l'? 5 - "W ' Sun. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 6, 1866. The terrible catast roP h e at Quebec has called forth a prompt and liberal esponse from London and Manchester. Yesterday a an a small preliminary meeting was held in Ma nc h ester, so substantially satisfactory did it prove that the honorary secretary was able to communicate at once with the Mayor o f (pace, and to authorise him to draw on a This intelligence was Man chesterbank for £ l , OOO sterling. ntelligence was transmitted through the Atlantic Cable, w hi c h has already done good service in conveying th ese kindly messages free of charge, so that the Liberal donors have the satisfaction of knowing that their gifts and subscriptions are rendered immediately available for the assistance of the homeless sufferers. Man chester is determined not to lose time in coming forward, for a canvassing committee was yesterday organised, and a public meeting to be held in the Town Hall was called for Friday next. It is thought likely that similar steps will Le taken in Liverpool and other great towns, while the metropolis cannot cf course be far behind. At the Mansion-house yesterday the Lord Mayor made an appeal to the citizens. Ile referred to the ih n ic u h m o b i e l r at a e n y d ea s r e s ve h r a i v ty e of the great public disasters, v called forth the characteristic liberality of the citizens. The Indian mutiny, the famine which followed it, the cotton distress, and very recently the visita tion of the cholera, have in turn called forth the public sympathy. The present calamity is of great extent, and presses heavily upon the whole com munity of Quebec. The sufferers are numbered by thousands, and the intensity of their distress is aggravated by the anticipated horrors of the coming winter. In the appeal issued a fortnight ago by the Mayor of Quebec, he gives an appalling description of the state of affairs. " For the present," lie says, " the sufferers End refuge in the undestroyed por tion of the city, in the surrounding parishes, and in the public buildings, 'where food is distributed daily by the relief committee. If, as already narrated, some among them have perished in the conflagra tion, how many others must succumb to the rigours of the Canadian winter, or to those diseases which develope themselves and often propagate in a terrible manner in large and crowded agglomerations of human beings !" No time is to be lost in providing some better accommodation, since, as the Mayor of Quebec reminds us, in another month the snows of a long winter will be around them. The calamity itself would be great enough in the height of sum mer or on the eve of spring, but occurring, as it has done, on the very verge of winter, in a climate of whose severity Englishmen can form little notion, it is indeed overwhelming. Canada is not a rich colony, and what wealth she possesses is more in substance than in funds. Prompt and liberal assist ance is therefore greatly needed, and as the Lord Mayor observed yesterday, if there was ever an occasion on which it became the duty of the chief magistrate to enlist the sympathies of the public, this misfortune which has befallen our own kith and kin must surely be so reckoned. We cannot doubt but that the appeal will be promptly answered, and that the munificent donations of many of our leading firms will be followed by liberal contributions from the general public. The origin of the fire is now said to have been in a drinking saloon, where some men, contrary to regulation, had been keeping up their revels all night. About four o'clock on the morning of Sunday, the 14th October, they began fighting and upset the table, on which was an oil lamp, which broke to pieces and quickly set fire to the room. We may naturally suppose that whatever chance there was of extinguishing the fire at the outset was lost in such a company ; but at best it could have been a slender one, for the houses are, as we know, built of wood, dried, of course, by age, and certain in cases of fire to burn with terrible rapidity. So great has the danger been considered that the insurance companies have been reducing their risks and raising their premiums until risks, which were taken at five shillings in Montreal, were charged twelve and sixpence in Quebec. A very strong wind rendered the spread of the flames more rapid, and it is said, whether correctly or not is uncertain, that what supply of water there was was useless from some wretch having cut the hose. In any case there is no doubt that the flames extended with terrible quickness. The fire, as we have said, broke out at four o'clock, at half-past five eight houses wereburning. An hour later 150 were consumed, and the devastation went on between twelve and thirteen hours. "A moderate computation places the number of houses destroyed at 2,500, and the loss of real property at from 2,500,000 dolls. to 3,000,000 dolls. Over 25,000 persons are thrown on the charity of the world." One-third of the city has been desolated. At St. Laurie and Stoue-streets out of 2,000 houses only 175 are left standing. The Mayor sent to request the instant assistance of the military, who did all they could, blowing up and tearing down houses and buildings as fast as possible to arrest the progress of the flames. But the mighty sea of fire rolled onwards in spite of every effort. All that the miserable population could do was to save what property they could, until, an eye witness describes, the surrounding country was a vast fair, the owners of houses far away from the actual fire bringing out all they could carry, certain that the flames would soon reach them. Great blame has been attached to the city authorities, but the conflagration seems speedily to have assumed the most formidable proportions, and the nature of the houses rendered it very difficult to deal with. It is very much to be feared that the pressure of the distress will occasion the building of more of these dangerous wooden houses ; but it is to be hoped that, if so, they will only be regarded as temporary shelters, and that a better class of habitations may speedily replace them. The catas trophe has excited great sympathy in the States, where collections for the sufferers are being set on foot. France and England have been also appealed to, and are certain to come forward largely. We can only hope that all these efforts may serve to w mitigatethe distress e which the fire has occasioned, and which, fear, despite all endeavours, will press hea v il y on the Canadians durin g c , the coming winter. Mr. BERESPORD HOPE' t eAsl.Pto.,tdheelifivreertedofanthopen ing address of great inter ses sional meeting of the Royal Institute - of British Architects. He commenced by awarding credit to the late Government for the earnest manner in which they had taken up the question of the Insti tute and the National Gallery. Mr. HOPE entered at some length upon the difficulties that presented themselves in the shape of alterations, &c., and de clared that he had no fault to findwittohyatlheAar rangements, addi n g t h at when the ~ i Aca demy found itself established in a mansion of its ow n, and master of its own time and actions, it would act with wisdom if it set itself to consider seriously the position in which it annually placed itself, by adhering to hic t h he programme metwithso of an ite limitaerdeharce tural e xhibition w T w r r a o f n a g l g i a n r - h s i c s i udairse sponse." op inio n i C n e Certainly, n o l n y t , approval of W t e li e t lidileictil‘olnr.tllo re P ta E i n is a as s hteheobssietrevefso,rththeree Nisaotni°lynaoine Gallery. of Parliament that neither in " size, arrangement, nor external appearance is the structure worthy of its that destination." e w s i t n h a t t h i o e n. means which eneonirpealosoynedtothfeeraer " However, are we t o see b will be disappontinent at the result ; andaisfoEr the outlines of the undertaking, which Mr. ior ad verts to, how can he lay out money to more advan tage than in improving and adorning a work which should last for alongtimc? With the appropriation of the va r iou s pl a ces i n th e vic i n ity of the present structure we think thatsufficient space will be found for containing a collection which, as is here appro priately said, our just national pride " leads us to hope will not in the twentieth century be deprecia torily quoted after Rome, Paris, Dresden, and Berlin." A more central spot than Charing-Cross affords could nowhere be found for the erection of a work of national interest and artistic importance, presenting, as it does, an opportunity for the representatives of all classes :to assem ble, and to share in the benefits which the study and contemplation of the objects there present. The uninitiated can hardly -realise the many difficulties which lie in the way of :these undertakings, and the almost insuperable ob stalcles which seem to interpose themselves when it is imagined the chief struggle is over and the affair in a manner settled. The importance of the work of rebuilding the National Gallery justly deter mined the Government to select the architect by competition, and that a limited one, as it chanced in the other great competition of the year, that for the Law Courts, the number of six was also se lected. The House of Commons has, however, decided, and we think wisely so, that there are to be twelve in either case, and thus the " double adjudication" of their design will be in all probability the architectural event of next session. In alluding to the part he had taken in this matter, Mr. IIoPE said that two years ago he moved the house of Commons to reverse the decision which closed Burlington House to the National Gallery, believing, on general principles of art policy, that a certain scheme was faulty, but so long as it was a "fait accompli, as it is now destined to be, it has been, and it will be, my duty to deal with the incidents of the new building in Trafalgar-square as a question to be treated within it on four corners, with a single re gard to the advantage of that building in itself, and in relation to the site which it occupies." It is satis factory to find him taking so elevated a view of his duties, and so willing to adopt a course free from partiality or prejudice. Referring to the very important work of the Palace of Justice, Mr. HoPE said that last year he had expressed his wishes that it might be worthy of its destination and of the country to which it belonged. We now hear that he thinks the lists of competitors afford a " material guarantee" for its success, and that " artistic patriotism" may be satisfied, provided the judges are competent, and " Parlia ment, in years to come, is wisely generous enough not to grudge the necessarily large sums requisite to bring so grand a work to its legitimate com pletion." We cordially concur with the sentiment here expressed, and it will be indeed a pity if any shortsighted economy, or mistaken prudence, steps in to mar the stupendous work. Mr. Hon, in the course of his discursive speech, alluded to the prospects of British Architecture and of the cognate arts at the coming Exhibition in Paris. Unfortunately only a comparatively small space has been allowed, but by judicious arrange ment it is hoped to overcome much of this draw back. The South Kensington authorities wished to have a preliminary exhibition in December, and those who hope to appear at Paris must be content to conform themselves to the regulations for size, &c. ; but the Committee trust that this affair will not be regarded merely as a trial for Paris, but that it may partake in some degree of a national character. In consequence of this there will be an opportunity of bringing to gether a mass of contemporaneous collections, such as the English public has never yet been able to study, so that in some respects we may really gain by what appeared to be at first e sight a complete disadvantage and loss to our exhibitors. It is impossible to overrate the influence and im portance of the study of these matters, and the more they are brought before the public the better will it be for the national taste and judgment. We commend Mr. HorE's speech to the notice of all who would acquaint themselves with the progress and prospects of art in this coun try, and they will find that he speaks on a subject of which he is well-informed with candour and dis cretion. his last words were very impressive when he said, " True to ourselves let us be, and no self ishness, no stingyness, or ignorance displayed by the world, which is so largely our debtor, caa check the architecture of Great Britain in its onward course of great and rapid improvement." TH EATRE ROYAL DRURY -LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, FAU6T. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Ed mund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, 3.11 is Poole, and Mrs. H Vandenhoff. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. THE ATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Sisters Healy. 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Lists of Prices with rules for Self-measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and "History of London," gratis and post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIB DAY.—Morning, lh. 20m.—Afternoon, lh. 40m. Ta-Monnow.-Ilorning, lh. 55:u.—Afternoon, 2h. 14m. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1866 CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROU OUR owx CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday Evening. The Illoniteur in its bulletin says :—The official Gazette of Vienna of the 3d contains four auto graph letters of the Emperor of Austria. The first appoints as Minister of War Field Marshal St. Baron John. The second accepts the resignation of Count de Mensdorff, and confers upon him the grand cross of St. Etienne. Ihe third appoints as Minister of Foreign Affairs Baron de Beust, and confers upon him the dignity of Privy Councillor. The fourth letter accepts the resignation of Count Esterhazy of his post of Minister without porte feuille. The Gazette also contains the circular addressed by Baron de Beust to all the agents of Austria in foreign countries explanatory of the policy which he intends to adopt. Of this document I have already explained the substance. A letter from Naples, dated Oct. 31, states that the Provincial Council of Health has announced that the cholera has entirely disappeared from that city. In consequence vessels leaving the port are furnished with clean bills of health. The Moniteur announces that the Taikoun, the temporal sovereign of Japan, has died at Osaka from the effects of a chronic disease with which he had been for a long time afflicted. Letters from Yeddo do not say anything in regard to the choice of his successor, who, according to the laws of Japan, should be elected by the gorodgios (members of the Council of Ministers), assisted by the fami lies allied to the dynasty, and chosen from one of the three families of Daimios, relatives of the reign ing house, and designated under the family name of Taikounales. The Emperor reviewed the Imperial Guard and the division of cavalry at Versailles this afternoon in the Bois de Boulogne, but the review took place at too late an hour to enable me to give an account of it to-day. Ma A rse v i e l ry les. m e A I a n y c o h u o n l g y m a c a c n i d r e e n t t u r i n ia e s taken d hom e f r placeat his occupation late at night as was his custom. His brother-in-law and sister-in-law were at supper. During the repast the brother-in-law alluded to the danger to which he was exposed in consequence of his return through a lonely thoroughfare at a late hour. Upon this the young man produced a 14- barrelled revolver, saying that with such a weapon he could defend himself from 14 persons at all events. Suiting the action to the words, he held out the pistol. His wife was sitting opposite, and, unfortu nately, the pistol went off and the ball entered her heart. The poor woman, when taken to the hos pital, could only utter her fervent hopes that justice would be indulgent to her husband, as she knew that the fatal occurrence was purely accidental. The total amount of the subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations is now 1,903,774 f. The evening Moniteur contains a much more favourable account of the health of the Empress of Mexico than that received a few days since in Paris, and it says it has received the information from a source on which it fully relies. According to a letter from Prague, received by the Journal des Debats, the supposed attempt upon the life of the Emperor turns out to be a fabrication, or at all events a work of imagination. The Debats says :—" The reader, like ourselves, will no doubt be happy to learn that the reported attack upon the Emperor amounts in fact to a very small affair. Indeed it becomes more and more doubtful, and people almost believe that the attempt only existed in the imagination of the persons who wished to make a show of their zeal on the occasion. This appears to be the opinion of the Emperor himself, who said to a deputation of the municipal authori ties who waited upon him to congratulate him upon his escape from the assassin, " This attempt is per haps only a fiction." All that is positive at present is that there has been found on the ground in a street through which the Emperor passed, a pistol, loaded it is true, but without a capsule, and that an Eng lishman, Captain Palmer, arrested at the same time, on the other side of the street, the individual sus pected of having the intention to make au attempt on the life of the Emperor. If there be no other circumstances to support the idea of a conspiracy, it must be admitted the affair is not a very grave one. But the name of the English officer who is supposed to have saved the life of the Emperor has been printed in all the journals of Europe, and this is about the only fact that is clear in the whole business." The Presse of Vienna refers to this mysterious affair in the following terms : " It appears certain that there was no ground for alarm, and that there was not the shadow of an at tempt at assassination. A regretable misunder standing was the sole cause of the arrest of a sup posed intended murderer, who was only an inoffen sive spectator. The mistake appears to be evident, and there is every reason to believe that this affair will not lead to any result." The papers discuss the recent diplomatic changes, and some of them profess to discover all sorts of views and intentions on the part of the French Government in regard to its foreign policy. As these supposed changss are founded upon pure con jecture, the arguments and anticipations of these journals deserve very little attention. It may, how ever, be well to make a brief allusion to the views of the Siecle, as that journal has some authority upon foreign topics. The Siecle thinks that the no mination of M. Bouree as ambassador at Constan tinople proves that France does not consider the Eastern question so menacing as has been supposed. The second change, that of Count de Montholon, the Siecle supposes to afford more evidence of a change of policy, for M. de Montholon was always favourable to the expedition to Mexico. He always urged the United States to recognise the Government of the Emperor Maximilian. As to the appointment of M. de Bannevillc, the Siecle does not believe that it indicates the least change of policy in regard to Switzerland. After alluding to the changes in French diplomatic agents, the Siecle refers to the appointment of M. Beust. It says:—" The nomi nation of M. Beust will force Prussia to keep a watch over herself, for M. Beust will attack her with her own arms, the feeling of Germany. It is not a secret to anybody that great discontent reigns in the Prussian countries. It was hoped that her home policy would be on a level with her foreign policy, and that liberty and glory would progress together. Liberty does not come, how ever, and glory evaporates like smoke. Without being a prophet, one may foresee moral explosions more or less distant. Those men of the Landwehr who fought so well at Konigsgratz wish to be paid for their services in liberty." The weather continues warm and magnificent. To-day has been even more beautiful than yester day. _ _ _ The Constitutionnel, upon the authority of a letter from Berlin, denies the reported modifications in the Prussian Cabinet. It says that M. Bismarck is better, but that his health is not yet completely re established. The races at Porchefontaine, near Versailles, yesterday, went off brilliantly. The Prix d'Autonine (Free Handicap), 1,500 f., was won by Betty, Sinite second. The Cours de Haies (Handicap), 1,000 f., was won by Julien. The races concluded with the Prix de Cloture (Selling Race), 1,000 f., which was won by Montjoie. Grenoble fell with its rider in the first race, but neither were hurt. The Fire in Quebec. 4--- - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —lt affords me much gratification to inform you that, as the result of a small preliminary meet ing held at Manchester to-day to raise a fund in aid of the sufferers by the Quebec fire, I have been in structed by the Mayor of that city to authorise the Mayor of Quebec to draw on Messrs. Heywood Brothers and Co., Manchester, for £l,OOO sterling. This instruction I have sent through the cable, so that the money raised here to-day becomes at once available to relieve the awful distress now existing in Quebec. I have again to thank the Anglo-Ame rican Telegraph Company for their liberality in franking these messages of " good news" to the other side of the Atlantic. The Mayor of Quebec, in an appeal which lie issued on the 20th ult., and which reached me this morning, says : "To the generous-hearted of all countries we direct our appeal, and, in the recollection of the compassion bestowed upon us in 1815, we place our hopes to be enabled to surmount the appalling mis fortune of 1866. For the present the sufferers find refuge in the undestroyed portion of the city, in the surrounding parishes, and in the public buildi n gs, where food is distributed daily by the relief com mittee. If, as already narrated, some among them have perished in the conflagration, how many others must succumb to the rigours of the Canadian win ter, or to those diseases which develope themselves, ofy are sheltered are and often propagate in a.ns terrible ma nner i n l arge human beings ! s an o d mo c o ro f w th d e ed pla a c g e g s lo in me m r l a i t c lo h the now so overcrowded as to endanger alike morality and existence. In a month hence our c ity w ill b e covered with the snows of a long winter, and ter rible as was the scourge of 1845 from that fact alone, it was less calamitous than was the conflagra tion which, on Sunday last, threw over our city so much mourning and desolation. For this reason, then, we humbly crave permissio n t o appea l to you in our distress, and to implore your sympathy and your generous contributions towards the relief of our unutterable misfortune." It is unnecessary to add one word to this strong appeal, which tells of thousands of our fellow-coun trymen being at this moment in Quebec without food, clothing, or even shelter. The urgency and the magnitude of this distress were felt to be so great that at the meeting held at Manchester to-day a canvassing committee of citi zens was organised, and a public meeting, to be held in the Town-hall, was called for Friday next. Simi lar steps will probably be also taken in Liverpool and elsewhere. I have the honour to be, sir, yours, &c., JOHN M. GRANT, Hon. Secretary. 21, Old Broad-street, Nov. 5. Testimonial to the Lord Mayor. The inhabitants of the Ward of Farringdon Within this evonisg present a magnificent testimonial to the Lord Mayor on his retirement from office. It consists of a sil ver dessert service in the Roman classic style, and em braces an oblong plateaux nearly four feet in length, with panelled sides richly ornamented, and supported by eight antique winged swans ; upon this is placed a most elabo rately executed centre-piece of an architectural character; the base of the centre-piece, which is quadrangular in form, has inserted into each side a panel containing the corporate arms of the City of London, the Lord Mayor's arms, an emblematical design, illustrative of Art, Science, and Commerce, and an appropriate inscription. There are also in addition four shields, having emblems of Industry, Justice, Commerce, kc., and between these is placed a beautifully executed n3ythological head of the Thames, from this base rise four richly decorated pillars. surmounted by an elegantly designed arched canopy, from each of which angles springs a beautiful foliated branch, carrying a glass dish, and is so arranged that these can be removed at pleasure, and in their places is substituted, clusters of smaller branches for candles ; an elegant tazza rises from centre of canopy, supporting a richly engraved fruit dish, in addilion the service includes two assiettes montees, and four dessert or fruit stands partaking of th 3 gen3ral character of the design. The production of the testimonial has been confided to the eminent firm of Howell and James, of Regent-street, and the result has proved the wisdom of the selection. A more splendid piece of work in silver has never been pro duced either in design or workmanship, and the admira tion it elicited from those who had the privilege of a pri _vat() view yesterday, was unbounded. The old conven tional style of shape and form has been entirely cast aside, in place of which we have a new and original design as chaste as it is bea u tif u l . Although the em inent firm have psTestira o not up to the pr esen t ti me entered prom i ne ntly into com petition for testimo n i a l s o f the descr i p tion under notice, their manufacture of the Philli ni T al he will spl r e e n n d d i e d r them at once famo us f or such production. service weighs over 1,000 ozs., and the wonder is that it has been entirely manufactured in the short space of two months. The Shalelia, a steam yacht owned by Mr. Buff, of Glasgow, has made two trips to Gravesend and back, propelled by steam raised with liquid fuel, without th 3 use of an atom of coal.—Oil Trade Review. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, Oct. 26, Evening. Mr. Davis's trial has been postponed until next spring. New Orleans despatches state that Mr. Johnson has urged the Governor of Louisiana to force the constitutional amendment through the Legislature. It is reported that several prominent South Caro linians are aiding the Government to carry the con stitutional amendment through the South Carolina Legislature as a measure of relief for Mr. Johnson. Mr. Wendell Phillips has delivered a violent Radical oration at Brooklyn, in which he denounced the President, the Cabinet, General Grant, and the constitutional amendment. Efforts are being made to indict Mr. Fourney, editor of the Washington Chronicle, and the Balti more Police Commissioners for an attempt to incite to a riot. The Governor of Maryland has announced that he claims jurisdiction to try and pass judgment upon the Commissioners. If during the investiga tion the innocence or guilt of the Commissioners appears established he would act instantly, even in the midst of the proceedings. The trial progresses. Washington despatches deny the report that the United States will take any territory from Mexico. The steamer Theodore 'Wagner, from Bosto4 for Charleston, has been burned. The crew and pas sengers were saved. NEW Yorm, Oct. 27, Morning. General Sheridan has issued an order to General Sedgwick, commanding at Brownsville, that the only way to a Utter condition of things on the Rio Grande is to give the heartiest support to Juarez, and that the Government therefore warns all parties that they will not be permitted to violate the neu trality laws between the Mexican Government and the United States. These instructions will be en forced against adherents of the Imperial Govern ment, and also against the Ortega, Santa Anna, and other factions. Juarez is acknowledged to be the head of the Liberal Government in Mexico. Gen. Ortega and his staff have arrived at New Orleans unmolested. They were about to leave for Browns ville, in order to re-establish a constitutional Go vernment in Mexico. It is reported that the Federal authorities will not permit Ortega to enter Mexico, and will probably arrest him in New Orleans. A Canadian jury has found the Fenian Colonel John Lynch and the Rev. John M'Mahon guilty, and the judge has sentenced them to be hung on December 13, giving the prisoners the privilege to appeal against the decision of the Court. This sen tence has caused great excitement among the Fenians. The New York Municipality have passed resolutions requesting the Canadian authorities to release the prisoners, and has also sent a deputation to 'Washington requesting the President to use his efforts to obtain their pardon. The Tammany Hall Democrats have passed re solutions calling upon the Government to intervene and insist upon the Fenian prisoners being delivered up, and to assure the British Government that the American people will retaliate for the violation of humanity, civilisation, and justice such as the exe cution of the prisoners would involve. (Br ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Nov. 5. Tranquillity is restored at Baltimore. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 6. The Epoca of to-day contradicts the rumour of an intended alliance between Spain and Brazil against Paraguay. ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 6. Baron Ricasoli started this morning for Venioe. The Venetian deputation left Turin yesterday. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 6. A Royal decree has been published ordering the Prussian forces in Saxony to be reduced to a peace footing. The decision of the ordinary tribunal of Berlin, acquitting Herr von Twesten of the charges brought against him in consequence of his speech in the Chamber of Deputies upon the administration of justice, was confirmed yesterday by the Superior Court. The public prosecutor had demanded that Herr von Twesten should be sentenced to two years' imprisonment. FRANCE. The General Comte de Segur, author of " L'His toire de la Grand Armee," has just finished his memoirs, which are said to be full of curious anec dotes of the First Napoleon and his Court. The Count is one of the oldest members of the Academy. A new paper, with the objet; of promoting a knowledge of the science of political economy in France, is to appear in Paris on the 25th of No vember. It will be called L'Avenir, and be edited by M. Boudhon, formerly editor of the Journal des Actionnaires. The political direction of the Patrie has, it is said, been assumed by M. Rouher. The paper has been bought for 1,800,000 f. by MM. Fremy, De Soubey ran, and Sapia. The first is the governor of the Credit Foncier, the second the deputy governor, and the third director of the Ministry of Finance. The Avenir Commercial announced that the num ber which appeared on Monday last was the last it would publish. The Avenir was founded about seven years ago for the purpose of advocating free trade doctrines in France. It was under the man agement of M. Benard, who most ably and inde fatigably performed the duties of editor, hardly a number appearing without two or three articles from his pen. The Patric of last Monday evening published letters from Mexico to the 20th ult., according to which the embarkation and departure of all the French troops in a body was to take place very shortly. Marshal Bazaine had concentrated them in such a manner as to enable them to execute promptly his instructions in this respect. The or ganisation of the National Army, it is added, was in a sufficiently advanced state to enable it to keep in check the bands of Juarist partisans, and the Mexican population, the Patric says, are determined that the country shall not relapse into anarchy, and will not again submit to a system of pronuncia nzientos and guerillas. One of the int eres ti ng f ea tures of the Paris Ex hibition will be the collection of periodical literature, now in course of formation in England. News papers, magazines, and pamphlets of all kinds are to be classified and exhibited ; the issues of the year 1866 only to be included. BOURSE, Nov. 5, Two o'clock.—The opening prices were higher, but a want of confidence mani fested itself, and now quotations have all fallen back, and in many cases to lower than Saturday's close. French Threes nevertheless remain at 68f. 70c., without change. Italian Fives, after being at 56f. 20c., are now quoted at 56fr., an advance of 10c. Taking the deport into account, Credit Mobilier Shares have still an advance of 3f. 75c., at 588 f. 75e., but these shares were doing at about 600 f. during the earlier period of the Bourse. Credit Foncier Shares have lost their report. Railways are also lower than at the opening, but show little variation on last closing prices. Three o'clock.--Italian Fives and French Threes have been a little more B.] Credit Mobilier are much of 10f. The last prices a: 41 per Cents 96 75 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 72 Do. end month 6B 72 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Fonder — Do. end month 1365 nu towards the close, but offered, with a further loss re as follows : Bank Shares 3575 Italian Loan 56 Do. end month 56 10 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred 'A.Yfil. For Account. Orleans Northern 1167 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 025 Southern 575 Western — Eastern 546 75 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 422 50 North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman. 136 25 THE MAGAZINES. COLUMN'S UNITED SERVICE.—The contents of this number may be called outlandish, for they range over Europe and stretch to the further limits " of Ortnus and of Ind," not stopping even at Ben gal, but touching on and into the very heart of Burmah, with China to boot, and a glance at Japan, on its telegraphic route to Australia and New Zealand ! This is all very well as far it goes, and our " Communications with the East Indies" forms the subject of an interesting article, founded chiefly on the Report of Mr. Crawford's Parliamentary Committee of last session— the best practical work of an impracticable House of Com mons. No doubt the establishment of better and more direct communication with India, by telegraph, will become an absolute necessity when the steamers now building for taking our troops from England to Alexandria, and thence across the Isthmus from Suez to Bombay, commence run ning. The saving of fatigue to our soldiers, of a dreary voyage round the cape of hurricanes and forlorn hope, re= during the time from about four months to less than one, with the freshness of provisions and cheering variety of scene, will be immense. It will be almost changing a penal voyage into one of pleasure and geographical know ledge. It will have a political as well as a beneficial effect, for the tawny sons of Egypt will see with their own eyes the warriors of the North, with— " Pride in theft' port, defiance in their eye, They see the lords of human kind pass by." Nor in these days of political economy, when so much is talked about saving in theory and spending in practice, will the new route be less valuable to the health and com fort of our soldiers, while it will be cheaper to those who have to pay the expenses—no small recommendation to John Bull whether he pays in Europe or in India. Besides the advantage of shortening the passage to the outgoing soldier, it will prove a tenfold benefit to the hapless invalid returning from his long sojourn in the regions of the sun, with shattered frame and weary heart, to end his days in the land of his youthful hope and welcoming friends. Wherever his services have been required and cheerfully given, still the love of "home, sweet home " is so strongly implanted in the breast of every true Briton that he is al ways on the lookout for the return to England. As the poet has well said— " Let the eagle change his plume, The leave its hue, the flower its bloom, But ties around his heart are spun That cannot, will not, be undone." The names of these steamers, five in number, are appro priate. Two from England to Alexandria—the Crocodile and the Seraphis, and three from Suez to Bombay —the Jumna, Euphrates, and Malabar—all splendid ships of over 4,000 tons ; each capable of conveying a whole regiment, 1,000 strong, with wives, children, baggage, and military stores. The like has never been seen for accommodation, speed, and comfort. It will be bringing India almost to the Horse Guards, and much good may be the conse quence, we trust, and so does every unlucky soldier pant ing for his long-looked for promotion. "From England to Tonghoo, Burmab," is concluded, and a very interesting account it is. The country is admirably described, with the quaint manners of the people—the most unpleasant feature being the long continuance of rain, lasting five months, and almost flooding the country. We make a great fuss about cur system of education, but the Burmese children, boys especially, are all taught to read, write, and even to cypher by the priests, and all for nothing. What will Mi. Bright say to this ? It even tops his "incom parable" Americans, though their good girls teach the people, as they ought to do in Lancashire, and no doubt would, but for their "spinning jenni:s." The Burmese have some singular customs —one is in burning their priests, by way of a religious bit of fun. In Burmah there is a handsome tree called the traveller's tree, which pro duces water where the leaf is broken off, and there is also a water vine, a creeper which grows on the mountain side, and when discovered supplies a large quantity of water to the parched and weary wayfarer. These aro two of the wonderful provisions of nature, for which the Burmese gives thanks to the great Spirit that rules over and fills everything. The Burmese is a happy, good-humoured fellow on the whole, with little thought for the morrow. His condition is much improved since the English took him under their protection. The ex ports of Bnrmah are teak and rice. "Abyssinia and the British Captives" is another paper of surpassing interest, and a country which we suspect neither Johnson nor Rasselas know much about in their days of erratic travel. The information given here is from the report of Mr. Con sul Plowden to the Earl of Clarendon some ten years ago, but the character of King or Emperor Theodore is singu larly graphic, and we must say far more favourable than we could have ever hoped to find it. He seems to bo a re markable chief altogether; he is not only a self-made so vereign, but a self-taught man—one who enforces obedience by practical example ; in short, a reformer that would suit Mr. Bright to a T, for he likes to have everything his own way, and finds fault with everything he don't like ! We hope ho will yet relieve the captives. There are many other articles which we have not room to specify ; but we must not omit Massino d'Azeglio's estimate of Garibaldi— " a heart of gold with the head of a buffalo,"—reminding one of Bernadotte's description of the great Napoleon, an iron hand with a velvet glove. THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—The story of "A Life's Mystery" is continued and occupies a promi nent position in this number. In its peculiarities and its extravagances it exceeds the former instal ment, and the heroine proves herself to be a most singular young woman who has become involved in some questionable proceedings. The other tale, " Out of Charity," is apparently approaching a conclusion, and the unlucky Eva seems at last on the right track to dis cover her unknown parents. " The Lusiad" of Camoens forms the subject of an interesting paper. The tragic vicissitudes in the life of Portugal's greatest poet are familiar to most students of literary history. He died in a Lisbon hospital after having been frequently in want of bread ; his only means of support during his previous ill ness having been that a faithful Indian servant went out begging at night to procure money to keep his master. " I saw him die," said a monk, " in an hospital in Lisbon without having a shroud to cover his remains, after having sailed 5,500 leagues, and borne arms victoriously in India." So much for the honour which a prophet receives in his own country ! " Across Ross-shire" is continued pleasantly enough, with sundry quotations from legend, romance, or poem. "The organization of the Mili tary in Prussia" is the title of an article which will just now be read with interest. The writer attributes the suo cesses of Prussian arms less to any particular superiority of the weapons than to the perfection of her military orga -nization. " Guilty or Not Guilty ?" cites a curious page from the history of the French Revolution, and the verdict of impartial readers is likely to be the latter. The Lakes of Killarney are described at some length, and abrief paper chronicles the melancholy fate of Alexander Somerville, once well-known in connection with the League and now lying ill and helpless in a Canadian hospital. THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—" How I Rose in the World" is the title of the first story in this part, though we are glad to find the element of fiction less prominent than usual. A paper on " Country Commissions and Country Cousins" very amusingly describes the inroad on the usual routine of peaceful citizen life by energetic, excitable country cousins, who are bent on seeing all that can be seen, and doing all that oan be dono, during their stay in London. Divided in their minds between the pleasurable excitement of shopping and sight-seeing, and the fear of thieves and fire, which they consider inseparable from great cities, after having turned the whole house upsido down, and rushed about from morning till night, they retire to their sylvan shades, exhausted and worn out, firmly convinced that London is a bedlam on a large scale. "Stonehenge and Old Sarum," " A Literary Camp Follower," and "An Excursus for Practical People," are among the remaining papers. THE MONTH. —The Month contains in this num ber several very interesting articles. One of its principal attractions is Lady Georgiana Fullerton's historical romance, " A Stormy Life ; or, Quee n Margaret's Journal." The life chronicled is a stormy one indeed, for it is that of Margaret of Anjou, wif e of our hapless Henry the Sixth. It is written with all Lady Fullerton's power and pathos, and the clouds are gathering thickly round the fair young head of the brilliant and wilful Queen. A sketch of Messina and Catalina, from the pen of Lady Herbert of Lea, will be read with interest. "The Story of Alexandrine" is not, as its name might seem to imply, a romance, but a reality—the life of Madame de Ferronays, which is to be continued in the next part. The series of "English Premiers" has come down to Lord North; and, not inappropriately, next to it in the table of contents comes an essay on French Criticism on America. Altogether the number is more than usually attractive. • HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday. The Queen with Princess Christian drove in the grounds this morning. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home-Park. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, at tended by Lieutenant Haig, went to London this morning. Prince Christian went out shooting, attended by the Gentlemen in Waiting. Countess Blucher, Lady Charles Fitzroy, and Sir James Clark have arrived at the Castle. Mr. Helps left to-day for London. The Princess of Wales. SANDItINGHAM, Monday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. F. Stonor, General Knollys and the Hon. Mr. Stonor, arrived here this afternoon. Her royal highness left Marlborough House about one o'clock, and was received at the Bishopsgate station of the Great Eastern Railway by Colonel Palmer, and was at once conducted to the saloon carriage, the special train leaving at 1.58 under the care of Mr. Scott and Mr. G. Attock, Colonel Palmer also accompanying the royal train to Wolferton, where it arrived at 4.40, stopping only at Cambridge and King's Lynn. Her royal high ness and suite performed the remainder of the jour ney in private carriages. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will continue at Sandringham for a few days, the Duchess of Cambridge remaining her royal highness's guest, and next week the Prin cess of Wales is expected to visit the Queen at Windsor Castle'. THE NEW ROYAL ACADEMY. .~ The plans for the new Royal Academy building will, it is understood, soon be laid before the members ; so that the entire future of the institution will be, in effect, determined by what is done in the course of a few weeks. Few who know anything about the Academy will hesitate to receive as of the highest importance the arrangements of the edi fice in which the artists are to be housed. It is not too much to say that at least half the policy of the Academy wasapologised for, if not dictated, by lack of proper accom modation for branches of art which have grown to import ance since the fanatically-classical architect designed the structure in Trafalgar-square, with more regard for Vitru vius than the wants of his employers. Mr. Wilkins, in de signing the Royal Academy, neglected ventilation to an extent almost as great as that which appears in his other public work, the London University building in Gower-street. The lighting of the interior of the former is most unfortunate ; while the planning of the rooms were singularly infelicitous. These defects led tO endless trouble and the exaggeration of much bitter feel ing; they put power in the hands of obstructive members to keep from the exhibition those newer branches of Art to the relationship of which with the Academy we have on particular occasions referred, to wit, that of the water colour painters, who are now so numerous that, besides two close societies, they supply another large and free ex hibition, to say nothing of what appears at the British Artists' Gallery, and is often the most valuable part of it. contents. What has befallen Sculpture from the hands of the Royal Academy is known to every one. Even worse is the lot of Architecture, the practitioners of which, although eagerly seeking academical honours, generally de clined to have their works hidden in corners of Trafalgar square. Engraving—an art which not long since flourished in this country, where some of its developments, as in mezzotint and line, were unrivalled in Europe—is now quite in the dark. To the treatment of etchers by the hangers we have more than once called attention as being preposterously unjust. Those defects are serious enough to provoke the gravest consideration for the new plans; they must be remedied, so far as forethought can be effec tual. Finally, with regard to the Exhibition, provision should be made for the display of pictures by foreign artists, so that utter ignorance shall be in future the sole apology for such monstrous follies as occurred at the last Exhibi tion, where the noble " Moonrise" of M. Daubigny, and 11. Legros's grave and dignified Scripture-piece, found n shameful level near the coiling, and a light that was equally bad for both. It is said that the perpetrators of these cruel follies had never heard of M. Daubigny, and did not un derstand the art of M. Legros any more than they appre ciated the ability of Mr. Whistler and Dr. Haden as etchers These assertions may be correct, but we believe that en explanation of such acts of injustice is to be found only in the carelessnesi of the Academical officials. At any rata it is of the greatest importance to the Academy that scan dals of this sort should never be placed in the hands of its enemies. The best security will be a well-lighted and ex tensive suite of exhibition-rooms, so adapted that nothing less than deliberate malice shall be able to hang good pic tures over doors, as was the case this yea r w ith reg ard to Mr. Robinson's " Quirang, Isle of Skye," Mr. A. Moore 'S " The Shulamite," and Mr. H. Moore's " Pilot Cutter.' ;The schools must be accommodated simultaneously with the Exhibition. We do not consider the lectures which are delivered at the Royal Academy are of sufficient import ance to compel the erection of special apartments where space is so valuable. The library should bo heedfully card for, and cannot be allowed to remain at its present small value ; it should be made accessible to all artists. Practi cally it is now generally available, but this is due to the courtesy of the present librarian, not to the arrangement of the Council.—Athenaum. Calamitous Fire and Loss of Three LiveS' Last night a fire broke out in the extensive corner pre mises belonging to Mr. Lazarus, a clothier, carrying O n business at 44, Hampstead -road. The discovery was made by a gentleman, who, in passing the building, noticed smoke in dense bodies pouring out of the front shop. 11° at once raised an alarm, and by some means a boy and an infant were extricated from the back of the building. Th e bystanders were then infcrmed that the proprietor of the house and his wife were out, and that three children were still in one of the upper rooms. Conductors Hutchings , Rummens, and Arnold arrived with all possible expedition► when the two first-named entered the third floor; but the smoke was so hot and dense that the lamps of each becatne extinguished, and had it not been for the assistanc e rendered by one of the neighbours Conducto r Hutchings doubtlessly would have perished. T ll° conductor with his comrade again entered at another window, but they found the same difficulty of searching the room, as the smoke again put out their lamps, an d they were at length obliged to give up the attempt as hope less. Several of the land steamers quickly attended, an d under the direction of Captain Shaw and the Salvage Corps the engines were called into operation, but the fire could not be extinguished until the front shop was burned out, the front room first floor very much damaged by fir e, and the s rest of the house damaged by heat and smoke. As soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled to enter, Con ductor Hutchings entered the place and found Emanuel , Marian, and Sophia Lazarus, aged respectively ten, nine, and eight years. They were at once taken to the hospitelt when it was found that, on the road to that institution , they had all expired. This fire was caused by an escaP ° of gas. CANTERBURY HALL.—Amongst the novelties at the Canterbury Hall are Mr. Nathan Hughes' pictures of the " Riot in Hyde Park," and of the " Catastrophe in the Cathedral at Chili, Santiago." Mr. Hughes prides himsel f upon being the " swiftest painter of the age," and 1 1515 thrown out a challenge to the painters of the world to cover canvas with him with the same rapidity. The pic tures were exhibited at the Pantheon in Oxford-street, by day, and the public of the South-west of London now bay° an opportunity of seeing them by night. The victory l° not always to the swift, to bo sure; but curiosity will Pro bably be excited to witness the extraordinary re-prodUct iort of an extraordinary scene—" The Hyde Park Riot." /Pro fessor Silvester continues to present hi s " My s t er y," wille"' has been pronounced unfathomable by the American preest and which Canterbury Hall audiences seem hopelessly 'till able to solve. The "Mystery," however, is only one of series of brilliant illusions by the Professor. During his stay at Biarritz the Emperor, with hi° usual liberality, opened his purse to every want tha t deserved his attention. Thus the Prefect of 0° Basses-Pyrenees received a sum of 7,000 f. for 0 1 poor, the society of the St. Helena medal wearers ' 3 ' the department 1,000 f., and that of the Friend! of Art of Pau 500 f. His Majesty has devotee! 46,000 f. to the different works which he has ordered in the commune of Biarritz. Several other cor a : manes have likewise partaken of this liberality f ° ' the repair of their churches. For the opening 1/13 0 of roads 10,000 f. have been given to the comnilin_ of Sare, 5,000 f. to that of Isatsou, and 8,000 f• t" the communes of Biarritz, Bidarray, and Louhoseo:; The Empress also placed in the hands of the A p oi Cestac, manager of the Refuge at Anglet, a sum 500 f., and gave 200 f. to the Petites Sceurs ,0 Pauvres of Pail. A telegraphic reply. has been received from thee Emperor Maximilian to the messages which bath been addressed to his Majesty respecting the ile% l of the Empress. • The Emperor expresses aPPrn_ of the course which is being pursued by th e r h3 T cians at Miramar, but says nothing of a on his part to leavelViezioo. i n tentio .. any 0 4_ • 6112 Ctrinin iii