The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-03 00:00:00

OTTOMAN SIX PER CENT. LOAN 1865. — The produce of the Revenues specially assigned to this Loan, having already been received by the imperial Ottoman Bank, the Ottoman Government has requested the Bank to pay at once the Dividend on this Loan due Ist January next. Holders of the Bonds are therefore informed that on and after the sth November instant the January Dividend ma y be received under discount at 6 per cent. pe r annum, from date of deposit of the Coupons, in London, at the Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, 4, Bank -buildings ; or, In Paris, at the Societ6 Generale de Credit Mobilier. Forms for depositing the Coupons in London can be had on application (Signed) W. W. LANDIT, Secretary. 3d November, 1866. HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole T essee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton THIS EVENING, I'ALJT. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Ed mund Phelps. W. Harri son, snd Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, AJI,s Poole, and Yrs. II Vandenh DY OF ERRORS. off. o conclude with ilkspere's COME T B ro th e rs Dromto by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. TH.EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS KNING, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT . The Sisters Healy. Af 'er which, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. Chas. Ma hews, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Weathersby. Jvc. ; Mee dam s C. Mathews, Moore, Chippendale, Laws, Hill, &c. To be followed by GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, and BRAD , H LW. Mr. Buckatone. To conclude with BHOiKI Va EVENTS. Mr. Comiton, Mr. Chippendale; Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam, &c. . Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, BRUTUS AND CESAR. He3rade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. 'l'. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S. Emery, H. Widqicomb, kitzpatrick, Daltln, D. Evans, Anderson, Newbound. Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reyuuldo, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDIATON'S TAIL COAT. Toby Tweedleton, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; and Miss Gratton. Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Miss Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG- STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM THEAT Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor). Mr. D. Boucicault: Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci caulr. At 7 o'clock. OY A L PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Last Six Nights of the present Performances. THIS EVENING, a Comedy in Three Acts, by John Oxeliford, Esq, entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Mrs. Buckingham White. After which, at (1 o'clock, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; Mr.Forrester,"Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. Shore. Grand Ballet of Bobemians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo doche, Comete, and Normandc, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHLI £ ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7 precisely (191 h time), ETHEL ; or, ONLY A LIFE. Miss Ka'e Terry. Mrs. Allred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt; Messrs. Billingtou,Stevhen son, Ashley, Rom:r, C. J. Smith, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROM THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Eburne. TIIEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management 01 Mr. W. IL C.Nation. "'I II& GOLDEN DUSTMANever the water a F r odigious S IIOCCC Tll 1S EVENINOr (Saturday), Nov. 3. Monday, Nov. 5, and during the week (7th, Sth, 9th, 10th, lltt, and i2lll times at this 'l'llea!re‘, the Original Dramatic Adaptation c f Charles Dickens's latest Wen k, "Our Mutual Friend," as produced at the Sadier's Wells 'Theatre, June 16, 1865, by Mr. W. 11. C. nation, entitled T GOLDEN bUSTMAN. Messrs Fernandez, Atkins, W. 11. Stephens; Misses F. Gwynne and Nelly Nisbett. - - - • concluding with Frank Talfourd'a sparkling Burlesque of ATA.I.ANTA. Misses Nell) , !Nisbet, Polly Marshall, Louise Laidliw, and Fanny Iloward. TIIIIE GREAT SENSATION LOCK SCENE JL THEATRE ROYAL ASTLEY'S, Every E• ening. EXCITING PEDESTRIAN MATCH Which Wine—N or 31 ? Apply at THEATRE ROYAL ASTLEY'S, Every Evening. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager. Mr. Sefton Parry. TH.S EVENING, L A,RKINS' LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Balmore ; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaii e ; Mesdames Jcseplis, C. Saunders, B. Foote. J. Fiddts. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and llianw:r,ercss, wanborough. TUTS EVENING, WAITING FOR TUE UNDER GROUND. ro be followed by IN TIIE WRONG LOX. Alter which, will he pro limed a Grand Burlesque el ft Ea. le EISCIIITTZ ; or, A Good t_ a t for a nem Mes.rs. Il o ne, Jame-, and I{,,bslo ; Musdames Swau• borou4), lllyuh.tm, Johnit.me, and u u _hes. 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MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS • are sunset till SATUCLOSED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING at business is resume R DAX EVENING at sunset, when d till Eleven o'clock. All articles ate marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be m a d e Any ar wil ti l cle n etur ot apned.piovedof will be. moneyexchanged, or the lists 1113 r of Prices with rules for &dr-measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patt erns and 1 . History of L on d on, " gratis and post fr,e. ITIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 1111. 20m.—Afternoon, 1111. 50m. r.)-1101z1tOW.-31 rning, b. m.—Afternoon, 1211. 15m. -, , uu LONDON, SATURDAY, NOV. 3, 1866 Mr. BRIGHT has again appeared before an Irish assembly, and last night he appeared before a meet ing of the working men of Dublin. It is curious to notice that the Irish members do not seem to sym pathise with the great political agitator, and that they leave him nearly alone in Lis glory. Only one, THE O'DortocincE, was there last night. It is the more extraordinary that this should be the case, since Mr. BRIGHT loses no opportunity of descanting upon the subject of Irish representation and its great He even went so far as to declare that significance. the Irish had more interest in the matter than the Scotch or the English. The reason is that hey are so few in number to meet the members they find on the other side of the Channel, and these are also very unfairly distributed in " small boroughs and different parts of the country, and in counties under the thumb and finger of their land lords." After entering upon an analysis of the pre sent representative system in Ireland, Mr. BRIGHT seemed to think it most faulty, as, indeed, what representative system is not in his mind and ac cording to his mode of thinking? The boroughs are too small, and the counties large, and, under the peculiar circumstances and relations existing between the landowner and the voter, there is scarcely anything of freedom to be found. Mr. BRIGHT thinks that the best proof that all is done in an unsuitable man ner may be lound in the fact that the representa tives returned axe not all Liberals. Like many others who go to great extremes he confuses him self, and ends by admiring the very thing that in accordance with his principles he should despise and condemn. Thus, after some observations on the ballot, which contained a good deal of truth, he went on to illustrate his meaning more fully, and cited "that new Parliament of North Germany, which is about to be assembled, where every male person of twenty-five years of age is to be allowed to vote, and to vote by ballot." If all the changes and alterations so much vaunted are to lead us in the same direction as the Prussians have taken we had better stop as we are until we understand a little more clearly what we are about, and what it is we are (hiving at. After describing his plans a little while in a comparatively calm manner, Mr. BRIGHT launched out into his usual style of violence. " You have your wrongs to com plain of," exclaimed he—" wrongs centuries old." How unsuitable it is thus to persist in making out everything to be so hopelessly bad in the regulation of Irish affairs, and how unwise it is to keep on exciting people in this manner, and perverting facts to answer a purpose instead of quietly and cautiously dwelling upon matters of such vital interest and vast importance to the community to whom they were addressed. We should think by this time that every one must be pretty well aware of the sentiments which Mr. BRIGHT entertains about the character and condition of our present Parliament, but he seems to consider that he cannot reiterate the opi nion too often. Then we meet with this passage, which might be called a stereotyped phrase in his speeches at monster meetings—" Now I hold, without any fear of contradiction, that the intelligence and the virtues of the people of Breat Britain and the people of Ireland are not represented in the Imperial ParliaMent." This very prejudicial notion of Mr. BRIGHT'S accounts, we think, in a great measure for the loss of his prestige, and if his influence has greatly diminished among those who are themselves influential, it is because he is so bitter and one sided in all• the estimates he takes of public matters. He is in such a hurry to say what is wrong that he sometimes forgets to tell us what is the right course to pursue. The chief object of his appearing in public, so far as we can judge, seems to be to rail at the views of the upper classes. States arc not remodelled by this means, nor are laws amended and reforms readily carried out. Really, if we were to take these observations au pied de la kttre, we might fairly conclude that Mr. BRIGHT advocates the scheme •of Chartism, and would apportion estates and riches throughout the world in an, equal manner. " I do not believe in the neceesity of wide-spread and horrible misery ; I do not believe that we were placed in this island, and on this earth, that one man might be great, and wealthy, and glorying in every profuse indulg ence, and 'five or six or nine or ten . men suffering from the abject misery which we see too com mon in the world." We may well inquire how a great deal of this can reasonably be avoided. Except in a savage state perfect equality cannot be maintained, and it is quite idle to speak to working men in a civilised city after this fashion. It may irritate the repining among them, it may excite the passionate, but it can never impress the thoughtful or convince the sensible. Above all, it can never be the way to make them willing to do their duty in the station where PROVIDENCE has placed them; and thus it is a mischievous argument to employ. Mr. BRIGHT, in illustrating some of his theories, said that there were some questions which you may settle in your own house, without having even the country referred to. You may settle that that which is just, is just everywhere, and so on. Why does he not carry out this theory himself when he is descanting upon the various classes of the com munity ? Why are all of high rank and wealth and standing to be stigmatisd and denounced, and why are the lower classes to be raised so high ? We know that faults abound in all places, and we know that there is which the unlettered noan tyrannyuntrauntrained d s e ow n greatexercise whenthat t is hey th ar is. e Another part worthy of notice BRIGH T claims for himself the merit of having all his po litical life long been the devoted champion of Ireland and the defender of Irish rights. When he entered th e H ouse of Commons the most prominent figure he saw there was DANIEL O'CONNELL. We do not know if he wished his hearers to think that the mantle of the great Liberator had fallen upon himself in preference to others native to the soil, but they might occa sionally infer it if they liked. Now it seems strange to look back to the time of the " famine" in Ire land, and to notices the very peculiar statements then made by one who has always been so seriously in favour of the Emerald Isle. In the time of trouble he thus commented on the character of the afflicted people :—" The Irish are idle, and therefore starving; starving, and therefore rebel lious." It would be, however, surprising if a man who speaks so hastily ands n i t co h n i s m id se e l r f a , te a l n y d a t s he A r l e r - . BRIGHT, did not often ,c o fore it is a pity for him to arrogate too much to himself. What assurance can do he does, what lan guage can do in the wayof vituperation he employs; and we hear, without much surprise, that th e :; 3 ‘ l p a l t a io n n s and theories of his opponents and their have failed deplorably, disastrously, ignominiously." He has, therefore, acquired a right to offer to the p'ople of Ireland a new policy, which is to be wise and just, reform all abuses, and prevent future in justice. It might have been expected that it would take some time to effect this ; but, on the contrary, we hear that Mr. BRIGHT'S "mission is o'er," and that he has taken leave of his new friends, having, to use his own words, " said his say." We wish that in giving expression to his views he had been more moderate, and then those he addressed might have some better memories of his stay than the re collection of fine speeches, in them, and an but no real solidity excitement that sought to condemn persons more than to keep to facts. It has always been the error of those who professed to serve Ireland that they went too much to ex tremes; and Mr. BRIGHT, instead of setting a wise example in this particular, has apparently set cut with the intention of being plus Ara e que 'Arae, which object he has achieved with a success that does not always wait on merit, and with a zeal which, however well meaning, has certainly outrun dicretion. The English public is never appealed to in vain for the assistance of sufferers by a great calamity. No sooner do they hear of fire or inundation, pesti lence or famine, being busy, not only in their own dominions but in almost any part of the globe, than they are ready with their subscriptions and their gifts. They feel strongly for any distress which is vividly brought before them, and, being an eminently practical people, their sympathies natu rally take a substantial form. It is a satisfation to them to be able to do something tangible, and accord ingly there is almost a feeling of disappointment, when, as in the case of the Indian famine, money contributions are found to be unnecessary. There is never a long interval, however, between the calls for help, for what with the fluctuations of trade, the variations of the public health, the violence of the elements, and those great calamities which follow in the track of war, we are almost constantly hearing of some pressing distress. Just now the liberality of the English public is invoked on behalf of sufferers who have no especial claim upon their considera tion. They are fellow-subjects, and kindred in race and feeling, and speaking the same language and governed by the same laws. The disaster from which they are suffering has been one of great mag nitude and extent. The fire at Quebec has com mitted terrible devastation, as might have been expected in a city built chiefly of wood. No doubt the ultimate effect will be a beneficial one : it will raise and improve the character of the city, and bring it more in accordance with the requirements of the present day than with those of the age of CHA3IPLAIN. The health and comfort of the people may be improved, and the devastated portion of the city may probably rise from its ashes greatly improved and enlarged. But there can be no doubt whatever that this future good is purchased at the expense of very great present distress. According to the rough reports that have reached us, the num ber of houses destroyed in this great fire was 2,500, and the number of persons rendered homeless was 18,000. It is possible there may be some exagge ration or mis-statement in these figures, but there can be no doubt that the catastrophe was a very serious one. The season at which it occurred, too, was especially unfortunate—just before the early Canadian winter, whose severity can hardly be ap preciated by English people accustomed to our com paratively mild specimens of the frost king's power. For so many thousands of persons to be suddenly burned out on the verge of such a season is a very serious thing, and however anxious or willing their fellow-colonists might be to assist them their means are not likely to be equal to the occasion. Canada, as we know, is anything but a rich country ; the national resources have of late years been severely taxed by the vagaries of the Fenians. It is cer tainly an occasion on which English help will be most appropriate and most welcome, and we are very glad to find that subscription lists have been opened both in London and Manchester, whose example will probably be followed by other great towns. Messrs. COUTTS and Co. have very liberally headed the subscription list which they have opened at their bank with a donation of £5OO, and wc. have no doubt that they will meet with a prompt and liberal re sponse to their appeal. It is important that no time should le lost in coming to the assistance of the sufferers before the winter comes on, and Bis dat qui cito duct should be the motto of the givers. The ties of union between England and Canada have latterly been much strengthened, and the ready sympathy shown in their distress will tend to cement the kindly feeling. Canada is a country of which Great Britain may be justly proud, and there can be no doubt she has a great and noble future be fore her. Her natural resources, her vast extent, her capacities of soil and climate, and her free institu tions, all mark her out to fill a prominent place in the history of future generations. We may say of British America as the poet long ago said of those fair southern colonies of England now rising so rapidly in wealth, population, and importance: — As in a cradled Hercules we trace The line of empire in thine infant face, What nations, in thy wide horizon's plan, Shall teem on track untrodden yet by man, Where aught but brute or reptile life is dumb. Land of the free ! thy kingdom is to come. It is not likely that " brute and reptile life" will much longer be suffered to monopolise so much of those fair possessions, and the proposed confedera tion, when fairly and equitably carried put, will give an immense impetus to the progress of all the colonies. Meanwhile England watches with anxiety and interest the state of affairs in her American dependencies, and the best and most practical aid which she can render in developing the fortunes of the colonies is to assist in restoring and rebuilding Quebec. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. ( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS; Friday Evening. . _ Yesterday, All Saints'-day, .having been kept with great strictnesss, none of the papers have been published this morning, and Ido not hear of any news in the usual sources of. information. The throngs of persons at the cemeteries yesterday were greater than was ever known. The German papers make the future position of the fortress of Ulm a point of earnest dis cussion. Ulm, as is well known, was one of the strong places of the ancient German Con federation. It was guarded by a mixed garri son of the troops of Wurtembourg and Bavaria. It appears that negotiations are now in progress between the Governments of Wurtembourg and Prussia, having for their object to arrange that in future the garrison of the fortress of Ulm should be composed, half of the troops of the South, and half of Prussian troops. The last races of the season yesterday at La Marche terminated satisfactorily, the attendance being good and the morning excellent. The follow ing is an account of the results:—A Handicap of 2,000 f. for all horses. Entry, 200 f. Pine Apple (Page), 1 ; Betty, 2 ; Milton, 3. The Betting was 7 to 2 against Pine Apple.—The Prix de St. Hubert of I,ooof. for hacks and hunters. Pompadour, 1 ; _ . . Victot Pontol, 2; Tim Meagles, 3.—The Closing Prize, free handicap of I,ooof. Silly, 1 ; I'iccola, 2 ; Doge, 3. A letter from Berlin states that Count de Bis marck is in a precarious if not dangerous condition. Urgent business requires his presence at Berlin, and he Is expected there ; but his visit will be a very short one, IIS his medical attendants advise quiet and abstinence from business and excitement. Madame Potier, the widow of the excellent comic actor Potier, has just died at the age of 78. Tahna once said to Potier, "If I were not Talmo, I should wish to be Potier." When Potier died it was, like the death of Liston ; a genuine comedian was lost whose place has never again been filled up. Potier was the issue of the iustrious Parliamentary family of that name, which furnished the Ducal branches of Gcsvres and Tresmes, now extinct. The demolitions in the Rue St. Victor are nearly terminated. Some historical recollections of great interest are attached to that street. It formerly contained a great number of abbeys, churches, and convents ; among others the college of Cardinal Lemoine. During a long period there was cele brated in the church of that convent a religious ceremony called the Fête du Cardinal. The come dians of the Hotel de Burgogne (a strange circum- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1866. stance at that period) were present at the grand mass and chanted it. The seminary of the Bous Enfants, of which St. Vincent de Paul was principal, was suppressed in 1790. The atrocious poisoner, Dessues, lived in the Rue St. Victor. Moret, the regicide, one of the accomplices of Fieschi, lived at No. 23, one of the houses just demolished. The old Porte Saint Victor marked the limit of the city of Paris, in the reign of Phillippe Augustus. A strange mistake was made the other day at the funeral of a captain of Pompiers (firemen) at Tou louse. It was the intention that he should be in terred with funeral honours, and it was arranged that there should be firing over his grave. At the grave the lieutenant of the company enthusiasti cally eulogised the character of the deceased. In conclusion he said—" I will not dwell any longer upon the admirable qualities of our deceased com rade, feu M. Benoit." At the word feu one of the Pompiers inopportunely gave the signal for firing, to the astonishment of all, as that ceremony should only have taken place when it was entirely con cluded. " Who gave the signal for firing?" said the lieutenant in a great rage. " I," said the man step ping from the ranks, who happened to be of the same name as the deceased, " You said feu M. Benoit, and so we fired." It is hardly necessary to explain to your readers that the word feu is applied to a deceased person, but it also means " fire." The weather to-day has been warm and beautiful, almost like summer. Lately we have had some very rough and severe weather, with cold and frost like December, but this s everit y onl y ca me by fits and starts, for upon the whole the autumn wanes cheer fully and luxuriously. Within eight or ten miles to the south of Paris roses and other flowers abound, and ripe strawberries and raspberries grown in the open air are easily to be obtained. I have partaken of some to-day from my own garden. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD.-' ." Nina Balatka" is continued at some length, and the story of this fair maiden of Prague seems likely to be a very eventful one. She is indeed in a real dilenima, and all parties turn against her. The scene where the rival Rebecca is induced to come to see her is a very striking one, and effectively described. Tho incident of the lost deed is also very ingeniously put in, and will, doubt less, turn out essentially to be the point on which the story turns. "Cornelius O'Dowd" again appears with his stores of wit and wisdom to bestow abun dantly upon his friends. This time he chooses as subjects for dissertation the Lost Cable, Bribers and Bribery, Dig nity Balls, and Profitable Vice. In the first he says that the quality for which Englishmen are most distinguished is perseverance, and the " spirit of no surrender to fortune gives the peculiar tone and temper to the national mind ; the very best traits of Englishmen are those which are de veloped under difficulties." " Historical Portraits" is an interesting article, which affords a good deal of informa tion on this attractive topic, that has lately called forth so much attention; and no reader of taste and refinemelet will egret the time spent in the company of this writer while he walks through a gallery crowded with the illustrious dead. Aftor a careful analysis of tho portraits lately on view at Kensington, it is said that their chronological sequel will appear next year, and " the noble earl now at the head of her Majesty's Govern ment has power to give to the project of which he was the originator its complete fulfilment." In speaking of this effort, the noble Earl emphatically re marked that, looking at the various things connected with it, there "never had been in this country, or any other, a contemporaneous exhibition of portraits so calculated to excite the interest of the artist and the student of history.' "Sir Brook Fosbrooke " is concluded insthis number, and in a very satisfactory style, when we take all things into consideration. It is quite a relief to find the Sewells sent to deserved banishment, and the excellent Lendricks re stored to their old place in society. Of the Chief, as he is called, we may safely say that his brightest moments are the best ones here recorded, and the old hero of the tale appears to full advantage as the beneficent spirit who showers honours and affluence on the unfortunate but meritorious sufferers, and deals destruction to their ruth less persecutors. Lucy is a sweet, gentle creature, and forms a striking contrast to the meretricious splendour of the other heroine of the tale, thts bold and reckless Mrs. Sewell. "Scraps of Verse from a Tourist's Journal" is a very effective sketch. Some of the passages seam to con tain a double meaning, and to foreshadow life in its ap parent brilliancy but hidden misery— " II ere bloomed the frail and momentary flower, And ono step off, behind the summer grass, The; e lay the eternal glacier. It is the man we call uterus! here, And not the flower." " Celestial Rule and Riballion" is au elaborate sketch that will no doubt be welcome to many, as it may open their eyes to some things they do not comprehend ;u the Chinese Empire, an on the strange doings ever and anon mooting there. " Three Presidents of the United States" is a paper that is certain to meet with due notice, and we may mention at once the noticeable part here recorded that the greatest difficulties have attended the Union while the Presidential office was held by men " of hum ble origin, defective education, and unpolished manners." Andrew Johnson was glad to do the meaner work about a farm for mere subsistence. Abraham Lincoln was a boatman and splitter of logs ; and Andrew Johnson was a journeyman tailor in a third-rate country town." In dwelling upon the great issues now impending, it is truly affirmed that it is time the North should yield a little, and that such will be its duty, but that if the present confusion lasts much longer order will be submerged in riot and dis order, and America, from Maine to Texas, will become as dangerous an abode for a man who prizes his safety as the vicinity of a powder magazine when there is lightning in the atmosphere. The political article is called " What should the Ministers do ?" and it is written in a very ap propriate strain throughout. Very correct is the observa tion that any Government would be most unwise which decided to begin next session by a Reform Bill. Some pertinent remarks are made upon the clamorous crusade now carried on by Mr. Bright, and it is amusing to road the description given of some of his manoeuvres. He has so embarrassed his former allies that they have deemed it expedient at the crisis to put the sea between them and him, and hence the Eternal City is to wit ness a cluster of former Cabinet Ministers. Last session Mr. Bright declared that ho had dictated terms to her Ma jesty's Ministers, but this farce can never be repeatedunder any circumstances whatever ; and the writer of this essay very truly says that after what has lately occurred on the line which Mr. Bright has taken, it is impossible that between him and the great Liberal party any further pretence at cordiality should be maintained. A summary is given of our past doings, which is more correct than complimentary, and it is affirmed that the present Govern ment are not hampered by pledges. " Mr. Disraeli offered a measure to the House of Commons, eight years ago, which it has become fashionable among Liberal members now to commend,ihough they then rejected it," but he is not now called upon to repeat the attempt, and at any rate for next session may lot it alone. " His role, and the role of his colleagues, is the correction of practical abuses which have grown till they are become intolerable. There may be a better opportunity arise in the future, and meanwhile there is enough, and more than enough, to do in repairing the errors of those who wasted precious time in their per sistent efforts to keep their places." FRASER.—The opening article in Fraser is en titled ".Why we want a Reform Bill," and dis cusses the question at full length. But, in truth, if we are to accept the writer's delineation of Eng lish affairs, Reform is altogether a unless task, and nothing can cure the evils complained of but a whole sale submersion, such as was once flippantly proposed for a kindred country. Everything is as bad as it can be, and the governing classes are mainly responsible for it. A wholesale change must take place in the administration of the country. We must copy the Prussians in matters of education and in the extension of the franchise, and Ame rica in sundry other points. We must be prepared for great suffering from the Feniaus and serious danger in India, and a "ruinous schism" iu the heart of England itself. Having incurred odium from nearly all the nations in the world, and being mainly dependant on foreign supplies for our food, the best thing we can do is to shorten sail, to husband our resources, conciliate offended friends, and make no new enemies. If, in addition to this programme, we withdraw our Mediterranean fleet, leaving only one ship at Malta, cede Gibraltar to Spain on easy terms, with draw our embassies and appoint consuls in their place, applying the money saved to reduce the national debt, we shall be doing still more wisely. We wonder that, as a grand climax to these somewhat inconvenient au 1 startling changes, the writer did not recommend that we should abandon altogether the task of self-government (to which we are manifestly unequal), and put ourselves under the joint protection of Louis Napoleon and Count Bismarck, who appear to bo loss troubled by nerv ous anticipations. The Memoirs and Corre spondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere" furnish the subject of a readable article, which sums up the newest and most striking portions of the volumes. Hein ceMihsl He s in, well-written Power G paper er n s on a e n , poet Tbbhee o contributesa o n n d v thinker,ention supplies another memorial articl e f u ll o f i n t eres t, o f instruction,seooffnswsioaberlieneiatnyng7d:, showing that mo s t o f th em ' are f o unded aal o Lv n ea a rNyvs sound basis, and as such deserve to ha respected. Those which aro artifi cialstr straightforward ffoarlws such as p le the . crime or vice in hi g h an d l ow, i n m an or in woman, deserve be rdpeo conven tional distinction between not to observed, but to be denounced by all honest and " Could the pharisaic horror of crime and exposed vice but be transferred for a year or two to lofty vice and vice cloaked in the garb of decorum, more would be achieved for the regeneration of society than by any laws invented by Puritan legislators." So speaks Miss Cobbe vary justly, but we have some progress to make first. "The Provision Trade of Ireland" gives some curious particulars of the pork trade of the sister country. Tho annual value of the pigs, alive and dead, exported from Ireland is estimated at £4,000,000 sterling, of which one-fourth is shipped from Waterford. Prominent among the remaining contents is a story possessing the rare merit of coming to an immediate conclusion. It is entitled " A Lost Man," and though somewhat spun out, is vigorous and original, though we must warn romantic readers with out the least vestige of sentiment. MACMILLAN. —Although there are several other very attractive papers in the new number of Mac millan for November—such, for example, as the sprightly and vivacious fragment of verse leading off the whole contents under the title of " The Ladies' Parliament"—to say nothing of the two popular serial stories which are still appearing here from month to month from the hands of Henry Kingsley and the Hon. Mrs. Norton—we turn at once by preference to the seventh contribuiten—another of Mr. G. Grove's charming and masterly analyses of one smong the peerless gems of poetry, for the production of which the world is indebted to the genius, of Alfred Tennyson. "Tears, Idle Tears," is the jewel (happily for us more than "five words long") "that on the stretched forefinger of time sparkle for ever" —selected this time by the most subtle appreciator of the Laureate as a theme for a very exquisite commentary. Better than any words of ours in regard to it will be a quo tation from the paper itself. Take, therefore, the follow ing, by way of illustration, of Mr. Grove's mastery of the inner meaning of the poem as'a whole : "The key-note is clearly and beautifully struck in the first stanza. Nothing moves the spirit of man so profoundly as some of the appearances of nature ; more profoundly, because it is often impossible to explain why it should be so. The vague but intense yearning, the feeling of vast ness and longing, which possess one at the sight of certain aspects of the sunset, has been felt by almost every one. It is a mere commonplace, but a commonplace that is unex plainable, and which is a stronger evidence, to those who feel it, of the immortality of the soul than all the demon strations of natural theology. So it is, too, with the awe excited in the mind by the starry heavens in all their clear ness and immensity ; by the rare and most touching spec tacle of the waning moon ; or by the ascent of the dawn, in _ _ the hush and chill of daybreak. The same kind or feeling, only more personal, and less vast, and coloured rather by wild passionate human regret, is apt to seize the mind in autumn, in viewing some scene of sweet peaceful beauty, like the "happy autumn fields" of this poem. The feeling may be duo in part to the universal spectacle of things passing away—corn ripe and cut, leaves gradually "red dening to the fall," all things drawing slowly but surely to their appointed end. The very look of the clouds in the autumn afternoons, so round and calm and still, so ethereal in their tints, so unutterly soft and mellow in their lights and shadows, contributes to the general impression of rest and peace. But the real ground of the melancholy which autumn inspires is something deeper, some instinct of which we know only the effect, and cannot even conjec ture the working, and which, from that very vagueness, stirs the spirit more deeply than any more definite cause would do. " However thismay be, certain it is that, at such moments ; transitoriness of life and all around will suddenly im. press itself on the mind. The key-nota of "some divine despair" in the heart is touched. Persons and incidents, fraught with unutterable recollections, and worth all the world to one—a dead child, a lost love, a sudden look, a parting, a difference, a reconciliation—present themselves with peculiar power. It is, perhaps, long since we had to do with them, but they come back as "fresh" as it were yesterday ; they fill the mind as if present, in all their sweetness and familiar tender dearness, and the pang of absence, and the maddening sense of the utter irrecover ableness of the past rushes in after them with a " wild re gret," and the tears, the "idle tears"—not idle in themselves, but idle only because " we know not what they mean"— " rize from the depths" of our " divine despair"—" because so utterly beyond all human reason or knowledge, and gather, smarting, in the eyes of the gazer." The commentary, however, should be read in its entirety, or not at all, and we therefore heartily commend it to all ,he truer lovers of the Laureate's muse for their examina tion at length in Macmillan. It makes us long more earnestly than ever for the detailed analysis by George Grove of that matchless " In Memoriam," which is still, to our thinking, the magnum opus of Alfred Tennyson. TEMPLE BAR.—"Lady Adelaide's Oath" is now becoming very exciting, and it is evidently fast approaching a conclusion. The part about Mike and the poaching business is too much spun out, and thereby the effect is spoiled in a great mea sure. The character of Lady Adelaide is very well described in its meanness and selfishness. Her early crime deteriorated her mind, and she goes on from bad to worse, ❑htil she would not have recognised the portrait of herself had she seen it at the outset. Tittle is a good illustration of low cunning, and her acts and devices are very well de scribed. An awkward day of reckoning is, in all probabi lity, at hand ior many persons iu this story. Lord Dacre, with his title and lands, which are not his ;. Mr. Lester, with his children's money unlawfully given to the second wife, who had ousted them from their rights; and, above all, Lady Adelaiie herself, who had begun her career by deceit, tried to reinstate herself by perjury, and finally de scended to every low act and disgraceful trickery, in order that she might attain her unworthy ends. "Archie Lovell" is also eventful in this instalment, and she fulfils her inten tion of going up to town, in order to be present at the trial. The description of her attendance as witness is not given in this number, but some accounts are furnished of the opening scenes of the trial, which aro sure to attract atten tion. Although not at all au interesting heroine, in the most comprehensive sense of the word, there is much to awake notice in a character like Archie's, full of impulsive ness and enthusiasm, that had never been directed to its end, or rendered available for other purposes than that of leading her into trouble and difficulties. " Como to Grief in the Shires" is a curious tale. that is told in an ingeni ous manner, and with a great deal of animation in the de scription. Roger Ditton is quite a relief, in hi; down right manner, after all the absurdities which are displayed by others in their attempts to be what they are not. The conduct of Mrs. Plaskett is most unwise, and furnishes an impressive warning to those who cast prudence to the winds in their wild efforts at mixing in the circles of rank and fashion. " Table Talk in a Whisper" is a ludicrous and yet satirical sketch of some of the follies of society. It may serve to instruct those whose greatest terror in life is to offend the Mrs. Grundys of their race. Some true, if not very flattering, remarks are made as to the style of those who persist in having their dinners in a grand style to the destruction of all comfort.. " Shoeburyness" con tains some wise hints on the want of care that has been exhibited in various directions; and it is said emphati cally, in conclusion, that "England's supremacy must still be maintained on the waters, if her future history is to be commensurate with her past." " Adrift in the Antarctic Ocean" is the first chapter of some exciting adventures, that are well told, and are calculated to inspire interest in the mind of the reader. There is an article on a French Watering Place, and an account of "Seaford and its Prawns." Two poetical contributions complete the number ; one is called "Antteus," and it is in rather a heavy style ; the other is a Requiem, " Stone Cold," and is very sad and mournful. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 13th of Oct. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for thelour weeks ending the 10th of Oct. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Sept 15, , Oct moo. 1866. increase. Decrease. Bank of England.. 123,913,481 23,668,790 I 274,96' Private Banks ! 2,506,6.21 2, 43,878 237,190 Joint-stock Banks I ' 2 17J,: 90' 2,331,900 152 , 140 --._ -- Total in England. ! 25,929,953: 2 2 ,714,563 114,615 Scotland 4,•i61,76 6, 4,429,51 3 161,747 Ireland I 5:266,3761 5,901,'46/ 63 4 ,8 89 Total In England. 25,929,953! 2 3 ,714,56 4 1 14 , 615 Scotland. Ireland * ' 5,266,376 i 5,901,'461 634,889 -- 1 -- - United Kingdom. 38,161,1;5 39,075,166; 0 - 914,151 And as compared with the month ending the 14th of Oct., 1865, the above returns show an increase of L 731,898 in the circulation of notes in England, and an decrease of £34,423 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation! The English private banks are below their fixed issue • • • The English joint-dock banks are below their fixed issue - . .£1,288,73 886,235 Total below fixed issue in England ... £2,174,973 The Scotch banks art) above their fixed issue... 1,680,263 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue ... 453,229 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land iu both departments during the month ending the 10th of Oct. was £16,574,855, being an increase of £881,293 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £3,019,644 when compared with the same period last year. Tha following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 13th of Oct..— - --- • Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,453,569 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,199,416 £4,652,985 Being an increase of £206,723 as compared with the pre vious return, and a decrease of £105,01 when compared with the corresponding period last year. Woodcocks.—Woodcocks are very plentiful in Cornwall this season ; the supply is considerably larger than has been known for more than 20 years. In Devon shire the birds have only appeared during the last few days. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) NEW YORK, Nov. 1. A riot is imminent at Baltimore. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 3. The semi-official Wiener Journal of to-day treats of the appointment of Baron von Beust as Minister for Foreign Affairs. The writer states that this nomination is not of a character to cause appre hension to any European Power. Austria does not intend to pursue a policy of passion or of ran cour, but her future policy will be peace. She has no present desire ‘ of striving after a leading posi tion in European affairs, and has too many reasons to concentrate her attention upon the interests of the Empire to interfere in any way with foreign interests, or attempt to make them her own. PESTII 7 Nov. 3. The Emperor is expected at Buda in the course of next month. BERIN G Nov. 3. The Austrian Government is stated to have inti mated to the Cabinet of Berlin that the appoint ment of Baron Buest does ❑ot imply any hostile attitude on the part of Austria towards Prussia. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2. The Cretan insurgents taken prisoners and the wounded have arrived here. The Levant Herald expresses doubts whether the defeat of the insur gents is yet complete. The same paper asserts that the Turkish Government intends to exclude Greek vessels from all Turkish ports. Several American men-of-war are expected in Turkish waters. The Sultan has sent an order to the Egyptian Prince Mustapha Fazyl to come to Constantinople. The Portuguese Minister has been recalled. The Hos podar of the Danubian Principalities was decorated with the insignia of the Osmanie in brilliants before leaving Constantinople. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SUEZ, Nov. 2. The Simla, with the above mails, arrived at Suez at 4 p.m. this day (one day early). MARSEILLES, Nov. 2. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluse ar• rived here at 4 p.m. to-day with the India, China and Japan mails. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 50 passengers, £BOO in specie, and a general cargo, including 231 pack ages of silk, value £200,000 sterling. The Ceylon experienced light winds and fine weather throughout the voyage. _ . On the 27th ult. she spoke the steamer China, on the 29th the ship Kingston off Malaga, and on the 30th, off Cape St. Vincent, the steamer Gibraltar and the bark Sea Swallow. GIBRALTAR, OCt. 29. Exchange on London, 90 days, 494 ; on Paris, sf. 23c. ; Madrid, 2 dis. Freight unchanged. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 2, Two, o'clock.—The market has closed as follows :- 41, per Cents 96 90 Bank Shares 3585 Do. end month — Italian Loan 55 90 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Do end month 56 Do. end month 6B 85 Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier ... 610 Do. Bonds.. — Do. end month ... 608 75 Spanish Threes Credit Fonder — Home Debt — Do. end month 1365 Deferred ILAILW AYS. For Account. Orleans Northern 1175 Lyons and Mediterranean 926 25 Southern 578 75 Western Eastern , Sardinian Austrian Lombard 423 75' 548 75 North of Spain 1 Saragossa, ' 35 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman 6O BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 1. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. ...Oct. 25. Nov. 1. Capital of the Bank.— 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 958,247,125 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 20,399,905 50 20,621,390 83 Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 220,008,654 47 214,461,346 06 Do. branch banks 30,183,454 29,945,168 Dividends payable 1,123,866 75 1,068,894 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 182,500,000 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 970,153,225 9,24,038 89 9,813,365 61 2,372,304 91 2,372,304 91 11,254,695 88 11,866,112 38 Total 'CREDITOR. Oct. 25. Nov. 1. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- ._ . __ due Commercial bills dis- 102,948 59 4,019,423 4: counted, not yet due 292,615,505 30 275,891,429 12 Do. branch banks 352,444,901 370,157,293 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public 23,579,900 - 9,990,600 - 26,252,600 9,675,000 Securities 14,475,100 Do. by branch banks 8,057,600 Do. on railway shares 14,487,300 7,997 200 35,868,000 - 24,692,000 - 36,191,200 25;127;600 and debentures D. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries . 732,400 -- 569,000 - 722,100 585,800 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,065,273 91 36,065,237 91 ;421,441 - 8,422,050 - 1,867,911 69 2,027,961 75 18,569,525 74 35,993,015 46 Total 1,659,015,153 39 1,666,469,835 26 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND UNPROVED GUNs.—On Tuesday, at the Birming ham Police Court, William Ilsley, gunmaker, Farm-street, Hockley, was summoned for having unlaw fully sold guns the barrels whereof were not duly proved and marked, according to the provisions of the Gun Barrel Proof Act, 1838. The case having been heard, Mr. Kyis nersley said it was clear that the defendant had sold guns 'which were in a most dangerous state, and as they mere not proved he was liable to penalties of £2O for each of the 19 barrels, in all £3BO. He would have to pay a penalty of £1 for each of the single-barrelled guns, and a penalty of £5 for each of the double-barrelled ones, in all £B3, or, in default of payment, undergo terms of imprisonment amounting to four months and 28 days. Defendant said he was unable to pay the penalties, and he was removed to gaol. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Jones, the secretary to the North of England Iron Trade, was set upon by a number of the ironworkers on strike PS he was proceed ing through Middlesborough, and mobbed and pelted with stones for some distance. Fortunately, no serious injury was done. The men are in a highly excited state. r .---" - A (art HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday. Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice, left Balmoral yesterday at five minutes before one o'clock, and arrived at Windsor Castle this morning at a quarter before nine. The suite consisted of the Duchess of Roxburgbe, the Hon. Emily Cathcart (who left her Majesty A Perth, the Hon. Mrs. Ponsonby, Lieutenant-General Hon. C. Grey, Colonel H. Ponsonby, Dr. Jenner, Mr. Sahl, and Mr. Legg. The Duke of Buckingham was also in attendanc e on her Majesty. The Hon. Lucy Ker has succeeded the Hon. Egli ly Cathcart as Maid of Honour. Viscount Strathallan S and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddel have arrived at the Castle as Lord and Groom in Waiting. Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Colonel IL Pon' sonby as Equerry in Waiting. Departure of the Prince of Wales for St' Petersburgh. Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at Marlborough House from Sand ringham, his scat in Norfolk, the prince having made arrangements to leave London last evening for St. Petersburg, in order to be present at the marriage of his Imperial Highness the Czarewitch and the Princess Dagmar of Denmark, sister of the Princess of Wales. Early in the evening his royal highness entertained at dinner at Marlborough House the noblemen and gentlemen in his retinue, namely-- Major-General Lord Frederick Paulet, attached to the division of Guards at head-quarters ; Viscount Hamilton, the Duke of St. Albans, the Marquis o Blandford, Major Teesdale, C. 8., and Captain Ellis. The prince started for the Continent by th e ordinary mail train, which leaves the Charing-cros s terminus at 8.30, and a special saloon carriage was prepared for his royal highness and those who ac companied him. Mr. Knight, the superintenden t of the South-Eastern Railway, and Mr. Cockburn the superintendent of the traffic at Charing-cros s were in attendance to receive the prince. His royal highness arrived at the station a few minutes alter half-past eight o'clock, accompanied by the noble men and officers above-named, and at once pro ceeded to the saloon carriage especially provided for his accommodation. _ _ A large number of persons bad collected on th e platform to witness the departure of the prince, '6' o was welcomed by three cheers as he passed to the train. The prince and suite were to embark at Dover, a special steamer being engaged to convey the prince to Calais, whence he proceeds by railWai via Berlin and Konigsburg, to St. Petersburg. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2.—Captain his Royal High' ness the Duke of Edinburgh and suite arrived here this afternoon. The Duke is staying at tho Duke of Cornwall Hotel, where he is this evening receiving a select party at dinner. To-morrow his royal highness will inspect the Galatea, preparing here to be commissioned by him. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge/ attended by Colonel Macdonald, arrived at Gloucester" house last evening from visiting General Hall, at his shoot ing box at Newmarket. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF HANOVER.—We learn from Hanover that her Majesty Queen Victoria has placoa St. James's Palace at the disposal of her relative, 1195 George of Hanover. According to the last accounts thsa King had resolved to accept the offer for himself a n daughter, the Princess Frederica. The Queen Mario, bo ss-- ever, who throughout recent events has shown such rag nanimity, has resolved to remain in Hanover with her second daughter. Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, late M.P., for Horsham' and Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the two P re ; vious Conservative Administrations, has accepted t' governorship of Bombay. Loid Derby bas granted a literary pension £lO per annum to Mr. Robert Young, as a reward for h' s literary merit, and an acknowledgment of his servicos as historical and agricultural poet. RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF CHIEF JUS l ' ° / ERLE.—It is reported that Lord Chief Justice Erle, one ° 5 the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, h as t e ndered 111 0 re signation, and that he will probably be succeeded 1)5 . th Solicitor-General, Sir W. Bovill. Recent Wills and Bequests. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Rightßev. George Trevor Spen cer ; D.D., formerly Bishop of Madras, and since rent e d of Walton-on-the-W olds, Leicestershire, was pre vc e in the London Court, on Oct. 5, by his widow', I, l e sole executrix, to whom he has bequeathed the is! of his property in these words :—" I give, dev ise ' and bequeath, unto my dear wife, Harriett T l3e° , dora Spencer, if she survive me, all and singular DV, real and personal estate, wliatsoever and wherese,, ever, to and for her own use and benefit a bsoluteli', o The personalty was sworn under £16,000. I 'D : learned prelate died on July 16, 1866, at his s ea Edge Moor, near Buxton, Derbyshire, at the ag e ° 67, having executed his will September 2, 186 4 . The will of Thomas Joseph Eyre, Esq., of .1 35tv : was proved in London on Oct. 23, and the Pef .a sonalty sworn under £350,000. The executors 3.`"rt Thos. Joseph Eyre, Esq., his nephew, and linb e t , Farre Dalrymple, Esq., of Parliament-street, W r e s tle minster. The will is dated July 6, 1866 , and the testator died in September, at the age of 86. 1, 0 has left his property in large legacies amongst immediate relatives. The will of Jonah Harrop, Esq., of Bardsleel House, near Ashton-under-Lyne, and Gatton lg Salop, was proved in the district registry, at 1 0 - 3 ,,, t 13 : cheater, on the sth October r by the Rev. Thonos!i c Bentley, M.A., and William Shaw, Fr ederle bo Whitehead, and John R. Coulthart, Esqrs. , trustees and executors. The personalty is 0 0° 0 under £lOO,OOO. He leaves to each of his execilt ° o, a legacy of £2OO ; to his widow an annuity of i6' o l with a specified amount of silver plate and 13 ° 1f all his stock of wine at Bardsley. Great Indian Peninsular RailwaY• of The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholdelo this company was held yesterday at noon, at the Lou Tavern—Mr. W. J. Hamilton presiding. The report, which has been circulated amongst the P f°' prietors, was taken as read. t e ea The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, congro,toll' the proprietors in being the first of the Indian guarautott companies who had obtained the position of havil3sfor surplus profit after providing out of net receiP ts t he the guaranteed interest of the same half-year uP° l3 s o ta whole of the paid-up capital. That event had arisen 'fitlt the working of only 700 miles of opened line, which, 8:00t the necessary equipment, was estimated to ha:Oa-80 £9,066,556, the balance of capital raised, namely £5,37",.; a• being required for the 5721 miles still under cons true-° 0 The gross receipts of the half-year on revenue ace 43 amounted to £812,758, or £1,160 against £557,121, a ;, 00 per mile on the half-year ended June 30, 1- 86.5 ",;(11f half-year's guaranteed interest amounted to £3'-'5OO which, deducted from the net receipts, left a surplus P r- ft of £69,555, being equal to 245. per cent. per atol l° the the paid-up share capital. Since the close °f t t rtli half year the following additional sections of the rfc's,i. had been opened for traffic; On the 16th of July frontaDd naire to Poolgaum, 401 miles on,the Nagpoor branch a r °D+ OD the 3d of September from BoorhamP oor to I;.bu tt : io q:4 421 miles in the main line to Jubbulpoor. As capital was requisite to meet the liabilities of the Onlrtlie In respect of the unfinished portion of the railwaY,,,,,co sanction of the Secretary of State for India had b een 5 1 ' 10 to raising one million by 5 per cent. debenttv s " amount would increase the debenture capital to foi lL. 11' 0 1 lions, the subscribed share capital being 13 niillion7ot, which £11,656,950 had been paid up to the 30th b lue o ' o' Like other companies they had suffered from the late coy, mercial crisis, on account of the depreciation in tbi) of cotton. Mr. J. G. FRITH seconded the motion. a nd red e After a brief discussion, the report was adoPtevl. solutions were agreed to declaring the following dis'—,verY out p of the surplus profit, at the rate of ss. 110 11 tie £lOO capital stock ; 9d. per share £l6 aid ; ad P % er 1 £6 paid ; ld. per share £2 paid, all free o f income 01;.,,c0 was stated that this would absorb £3 0 , 000 ; the b b"' eing carried forward to next half-year's account' . s - 1.0 3 r lt was stated that Captain She and Osborn , dist atired from the position of the company's agen t in 1:1 13914 and tho directors bad appointed Major-General 00- of t he ea Rivers, of the Royal Engineers, to be the agen t pany there. He had been twenty years consulting gineer to the Government of Bombay. A vote of thanks to the chairman and the proceedings. directors eleOS