The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-04 00:00:00

Al pine Tourists. (Prom, a Correspondent of the Times.) BEAU RIII.A.GE, LAKE LEMAN, Sept. 29. We have achieved the last of our Alpine feats. We walked, yesterday, from Chamounix up to the Col. de Tete Noire, and, like the old King of France, came down again on Martigny. From the latter place we took the afternoon train to Villeneuve, and there, as the Swiss do not allow of a coincidence between railway and steamer, which might be a convenience to the traveller, but would, as they foolishly con ceive, interfere with their profits, we had to come on by rail to the Lausanna Station, whence the lum bering omnibus brought us to this fairy place, the Hotel du Beau Rivage, on the Lake shore of Ouchy. At Ouchy this morning, on board the steamer bound to Geneva, I shook hands with my English companion, with whom I cast in my lotnine days ago at Interlaken, without even a nod of previous ac quaintance, after the confiding fashion of ancient knights-errant, and who has proved to me an in valuable friend, both sharing toil and expense, and enabling me to drop for a time the obnoxious ego. and to allude to my movements in the plural number. The Tete Noire is a lady's own mountoin pass— with a carriage road up to Argentiere, and a smooth bridle pass to the end of the route, as easy and com fortable as any in our own region of the Cumber land Lakes, or our sweet tiny valley of the Wye. That path leads up and down a succession of deep glens, across dark woods, along babbling streams, till you come to the Col, from the summit of which you have Martigny at your feet, with all the broad Valais, the perfectly straight, high, and rail road running up to Sion, and the rugged mountain wall of the Bernese Oberland, tipped with snow and ice here and there, closing the vast but not unlimited horison. _ _ _ We sat down more than 50 or 60 at the table ( note of the Hotel de Londres at Chamounix. Along the Tete Noire we met scores of parties on foot and mounted. The Hotel de la Poste at Martigny was crowded with groups of travellers making ready to tread in the afternoon the footsteps we had traced on the dusty road in the morning. These Alpine solitudes are this year busy thorough fares. But all the crowds I have met everywhere since I left home are nothing to the multitude which was swarming yesterday in the afternoon all along the line from Martigny to Lausanne. I have not been, or at least not tarried here, for half a score of years, and I must confess that the whole aspect of this Leman region seems to me totally changed. From St. Maurice downwards, at Bex, Aigle, Roche, Montrex, Clarens, Vevey, &c., it is now only one great watering place. For one Hotel Byron, or Pen sion Heloise, that was in existence ten years ago, you may reckon scores, and I almost said hundreds, of such establishments at the present time. How different everything must look from the time when brain-sick Byron plied his solitary oar along the " birthplace of sweet love." Things are not altered for the better, I must say. The industrie vinicole of these Vaudois has thinned the shades which tem pered the glare of this sun-wooed shore. All is wall and low wine plantation, stony lane, dusty road, bare hill, gravelly shore ; villas, boarding-houses, big hotels, flaunting chateaux in the " folly" style, line every hill, choke up every dell, too many of them staring and glaring dazzling white, withoutthe relief of an inch of foreground, without a patch of verdure for:the aching eye to rest upon. Through the midst of it all the noise and bustle of the new railway. The Swiss have as much right to that means of locomotion as other people, I presume, but cer tainly their Leman line is as much out of place as any work of man can well be among the spots most tenderly cherished by nature. The train necessarily stops every five minutes at stations which are neither down in the map nor on the way-bill ; stops at the beck of every landlord or maitre de pension ; the very beau ideal of a Paddington omnibus. What a tide of human beings, ebbing in and flowing out, and what a variety of "garb, feature, and limb !" There is a population on the north-eastern slope of the Leman that is hardly to be met with anywhere else in the world; some scores of thousands of those Eng lish people who are "doing it cheap" on the Continent. There are pensions here without number where people board at Gf. in the summer, at 4f. in the dead winter season, a very infirmary for broken-down constitu tions, for consumptive chests, for extenuated stamina, a paradise for half-pay old officers, hopeless widows, determined spinsters, a nursery for the bringing up of numerous families. I was staying at a small inn on the very spot on which this gorgeous Beau Rivage has now grown up, at a small inn here, 11 years ago. I made the acquaintance of an aged Chef de Batail lon, a French hero of the Ancienne Garde, all beri banded, and complimented him on his good taste for preferring his quiet hostelry here on the Lake-shore to all the fuss and noise of the Hotel Gibbon up at Lausanne. " Oui, Monsieur,"—he replied, cutting , short my rhapsodies about the fresh open air, rip pling lake, &c.,—" oui, je viens ici tousles ans, et j'y reste. Que voulez-vous ? La nourriture est bonne." " The fare is good and cheap," that is the unanswerable argument of 99 out of 100 dwellers on the lake, added to the unquestionable salubrity of the air and mildness of climate. Now, the whole of this population vegetating here in cheap clover was on the road yesterday, mixed up with that floating multitude of tourists who at this period throng every Alpine highway. This is the heyday of their existence, pleasingly contrasting with their remaining nine months of dull and dreary hybernation. The railway cars and the stations were crammed with them. They were all out, one pension pouring out its inmates on a visit to the next ; one village going forth to greet the other village. Here was Mrs. Gamp stepping down for her dish of tea with Mrs. Harris. There Major Blunderbore hailing from the window old Captain Fogey on the platform. Withal, what lots of children, what exhibition of babies in arms, what variety of antediluvian costumes ! The buttoned up coats, the scanty skirts, the pinched-up bonnets, the malacca canes, the cotton umbrellas ! Contrast this, which is the finery of these poor permanent residents, with the dainty tunics, the knowing hats, the well -cut jackets, the elegant plumage which is only the neglige of the birds of passage ; with the thin arms and sour visage of the crabbed pension naire compare the blooming cheeks and rounded form of the jolly touriste ; with the bent frame and tottering crutch of the wheezy veteran, the wide chest, the sturdy limbs, the bushy beard, the Alpine stock of the Alpine Club-man. All this old-world life and this latter-day stir mingling in one stream, and going down the road side by side—an odd world, ill-suited, heterogeneous ; English in the main, yet with a sufficient dash of French, German, and native Vaudois elements to make up a Jehosha phat of sights, a Babel of sounds. The Hotel Beau Rivage at Ouchy has been opened five years ; yet I had not even heard its name before coming to Switzerland. We arrived here a little later tha n s ix o'clock, the dinner hour. W e wen t down to the great see a manger, where more than a h undred persons were seated at the table d'hôte, nine out of ten English. The numbers which force their way into this new Pet place by no means dimi nish —nay, p et greatly increase the custom of the Trois Couronnes at Vevey, of the Gibbon at Lausanne, of the hundred large houses accommodation scat tered all along th e of in shoresthat tt of the Lake of Geneva, and clustering Hardly any amount of accommodation can keep a P he llee with the overwhelm ing influx of strangers. ray English urnivage is an English house, cela va sans dire ; fellow traveller, on merely approaching it, called is i ll t a " place." On a nearer acquaintance he pronouncedit ell a e mixed, "snob bish place" as well. The company is greatly no doubt, for at the present day how can exclusive ness screen itself behind the charge of three francs for a bed and four francs for a dinner 9 You have Duchesses here cheap as cookmaids, M.P.'s, mu_ lionnaire bankers, rev. and right rev. divines ; but you meet your tailor, your wine merchant, your haberdasher also. Why not, when the honest trades man pays his way like a lord and behaves, on the whole, as the best of gentlemen ? In outward show you cannot tell high from low ; certainly not the icande dame from the equally stylish "gen tlewoman ." de ed, as to apparel, rank willingly yields the palm. n point of lace and flounces and holding up her there h is no strai g h te head the shopkeeper's wife beats the world ; and r , stiffer back than that of the nouveau riche. But, whatever may be the station in life, nothing but the most extravagant luxury is the order of the day. Even at the table d'hote of Zer matt or Chamounix, high up among snow and ice, the ladies came down attired like birds of paradise. But here, in these large hotels, they display all their Paris and Baden finery ; their morning garb is as recherche, as motley and showy as their evening cos tume. No wonder some of these fair tourists carry a perfect Noah's Ark of trunk, or trunks, along with them. Noah's Arks of trunks up and down the rugged paths of the Alps ! A gentleman fairly ob jected to setting foot inside the omnibus at the sta tion last evening, because with the load of " plun der" that was laid upon it he thought either the top-heavy machine must upset, or the trunks come through and crush us where we sat. Now, all this farrago of persons and things makes up the world of Alpine tourists ; but whatever you see at Beau Rivage bears but little of an Alpine character. The fact is these monster hotels on the Lakes, or be tween the Lakes, are a sort of Capua, to shake the purpose and break the sinews of enterprising mountain-climbers. They are very good resting places for men or women who have heard the flat tering guides congratulating them on their running " comme des chamois," not for those whose exploits are still in prospect. Beau Rivage is a fairy bower, with marble halls, a parterre of fragrant exotics, music in the evening, dancing tjce a week, talk free of expense, gorgeous sunrise and sunset equally gratis, a starry canopy at night, and a flood of silvery sheen reflecting the young moon's beams ; an indo mitable summer weather ; nights as warm as the day ; a September in which the traveller carries his bundle of wrappers over the highest mountains with out ever unfolding them, in which he sleeps with open window at the Riflieberg or Chamounix RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. HULL AND HORNSEA. An adjourned meeting of this company was held at Hull on Monday to receive the report of the con sultation committee ; Mr. Wade in the chair. The CHAIRMAN remarked that the committee had never met in consequence of one gentleman declin ing to act, and of another being prevented doing so through domestic affliction ; consequently, there was no report to lay before the meeting. Mr. MAXSTEAD having moved the appointment of another committee to carry out the wish of the meeting, an amendment was moved thereon by 11r. WARD, who desired to grant the committee power to call in the services of a professional accountant, if necessary, and also to meet the directors of the North Eastern Railway along with the Hull and Hornsea directors in any negotiations that might take place between them. The CHAIRMAN said the position of the company was a very simple one. They had a load of debt which they had no means of discharging except by the assistance of some other railway company, or by getting out preference shares or ordinary shares if anybody would take them. The preference stock at 5 per cent. had been no temptation to the public. He considered that the turmoil which had prevailed at their meetings had been quite a bar to any nego tiations for obtaining money in quarters where they otherwise might have obtained it. There was no immediate help unless some other railway company was disposed to work the line for some considerable period, and then purchase it according to its proved value. A committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Dudley, R. Smith, R. C. Cattley, J. Lumsden, and T. Reynoldson, with power to call for books, papers, &c., and to present their report to an adjourned meeting to be held on the 30th inst. ALTON, ALRESFORD, AND 'WINCHESTER. This line was opened on Monday for public traffic. It is a continuation of the South-Western line from Guildford to Farnham and Alton ; and, passing through Ropley, Alresford, and Itchen Abbas, it brings Guildford into communication with the city of WincheAter. Henceforth trains will run regularly between S - outhampton and London, via Winchester and Guildford. The daily service comprises about four trains each way, a remarkable feature in this part of the country being that Sunday trains will be run. DARTMOUTH AND TORBAY. The report of the directors stated that the net traffic receipts for the past half-year amounted to £2,340, being an increase of £1,125 over the corres ponding period of 1864. The shareholders were congratulated on the fact that the Dartmouth Har bour Commissioners had nearly completed the wharves and deep-water pier at Kingswear. FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTION. The annual meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Stirling ; the Duke of Montrose in the chair. The report stated that the sum of £925 had been added to capital account during the half-year, and £1,658 for arrears of dividend on the first preference shares. The revenue account for the half-year showed that £8,017 had been received and £5,962 expended, leaving a surplus of £2,055, which enabled the directors to recommend payment of a dividend in full for the half-year on the first and second pre ference stock and shares, leaving a balance of £2O. The revenue from passengers, goods, and minerals had increased, and was considerably above that of the corresponding half of last year, the total re ceipts being £8,017, against £7,556. The directors were also glad to state that the improvement in the receipts was continuing in the current half-year. The working expenses had likewise increased, prin cipally in repairs to engines and carrying stock, but this the directors thought had been a necessary and judicious expenditure. The directors were glad to show a considerable reduction on the inte rest charges, and to say that it was likely to be maintained. It was a matter of regret that they could not yet give a dividend to the ordinary share holders ; but the continued improvement of the re venue led them to hope that the time was approach ing when a sum for dividend on the ordinary stock might be available. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by . Mr. A. llAnviE, the report was adopted ; and di vidends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the first preference, and of 5 and 6 per cent. per annum on the second preference shares, were declared. The proceedings then terminated. ALYTH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Alyth on Saturday—Mr. G. Kinloch in the chair. The report stated that the receipts amounted to £902, and the working expenses and interest on loans to £BlB, leaving a balance of £B4. The CHAIRMAN said that the company was rapidly getting out of debt, and that when the new junction with the Dundee line at Newtyle was completed the shareholders would get a mode rate dividend. On the completion of the new line their communication with Dundee would be greatly facilitated. The distance between Alyth and Dundee was only 17 miles, but at present it required two hours to travel that distance. He con cluded by moving the adoption of the report. Lord AIRLIE seconded the motion, which was carried, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. DUNBLANE, DOUNE, AND CALLANDER. The last half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday in Dunblanc—Mr. J. B. Hamilton in the chair. The report stated that the bill for amalgamating the company with u t o l p leS se c d rouotttihshCgehnthraolth h u Railway Company passed unopposed receivedthe royal the t h 2 e , last tho f session, June. an dßy the of fPaarlsisaemntenont in Amalga mation Act the Callander Company dissothlve purpose edonthe Ist of A ugus t l as t, an d only existed for of winding up its affairs and paying the dividends for the h a lf- year ending the 31st o f J u ly. In con sequence of the passing of an Act last Session for the amalgamation of the Scottish Central Railway Com pany with the Caledonian Railway Company, the former company, including the Callander Company, became a part of the Caledonian system on the Ist of August, and the obligations of the Scottish Cen tral had been transferred to the Caledonian Com pany from that date. During the past half-year the assets of the company had been fully realised, and the liabilities, so far as they could be ascertained, were almost wholly paid off. The directors recom mended that the small balances of revenue should remain in their hands to meet the incidental expenses of winding up the concern. The guaranteed divi dends to the ordinary and preference shareholders for the half-year ending the 31st of July last would be paid by the Scottish Central Company, and the debenture interest payable in November next would be met by the Caledonian Company. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. D. Carnegie, the report was adopted. The pro ceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. rfiE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENI.NG, OCTOBER 4, 1865, Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Sylvia, partially completed at Woolwich, to carry four guns, and to be of the burthen of 695 tons, the building of which has been suspended since 1860, is now ordered to be completed. She is to be fitted with a chart house on deck, similar to that of the paddle sloop Hydra, and it is reported the command will be given to Staff-Commander Reed, who performed some efficient services during his command of the surveying vessel Rifleman, now engaged in the China waters. The contract for the manufacture of the set of iron masts for the ironclad frigate Hercules, about being commenced at Chatham dockyard, has been taken by the Millwall Shipbuilding Company. The iron masts for the screw frigate Penelope, to be built at Pembroke dockyard, will be manufactured by Messrs. Finch and Heath, of Chepstow, under the superintendence of one of the officials from Chatham dockyard. Messrs. Finch and Heath were the manufacturers of the iron masts for the Royal Oak and some others of the iron-cased ships. His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Gefle, Capt. Kiernan, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Canis crona, en route to the Brazils and the Cape of Good Hope. On anchoring she exchanged salutes with her Majesty's ship Victory, as the flagship of the naval Commander-in-Chief of the port, and with the saluting battery of the garrison. Soon after the corvette's arrival Capt. Kleman landed from her. Accompanied by the Royal Swedish and Norwegian Vice-Consul at the port, the Cheva lier Vandenbergh, he called upon Sir Michael Sey mour and Sir George Buller, the naval and military Commanders-in-Chief. The Gefle will fill up with coal and stores, and sail again in continuation of her voyage about Friday next. Lieut.-Col. Shaw's wrought iron carriage and slide were yesterday fitted in the mounting ground in Woolwich Arsenal with the 9-inch rifled muzzle loading gun made on his new principle, with shortened trunnions. The chase of the gun is sus tained by a pivot, so as to point and fire with safety through a small porthole of the same dimensions as the diameter of the gun's muzzle. The gun was made in the Royal Arsenal, and is of the Firth steel. Its weight is 121 tons, and the carriage and slide about 31 tons. After an elementary trial about to take place at the Woolwich butt, to test the appur tenances, the whole will be despatched to undergo a severe experimental trial at Portsmouth on board her Majesty's 16-gun iron ship Minotaur. The gun is made on the coil system, and was fired 10 rounds on Saturday at the proof butt at Woolwich, with charges of 3001 b. shot and 401 b. of powder each. In the list of names of Sub-Lieutenants in the .Navy List for October the low numbers-3, 2 and I—affixed against many of the names, denote the class of certificates obtained by the officers under examination. The higher numbers, as quoted in The Sun of yesterday, represent the number of marks obtained by the candidate in his examination for navigation, under the new regulation which gives the number of marks obtained in lieu of the class of certificate. The number of the following officers have been removed from the official Navy List just published : —Lieuts. H. S. Hamilton, PI. Barnaby, M. Dennis toun, A. Nugent, H. M'lnro, E. Denny, and W. P. Winkworth ; Surgeon G. F. Elliott ; Assistant- Surgeons F. S. W. Wright, R. Harding, W. Hannagan, and C. Buchan, M.D. ; Second Masters J. King and 11. M. C. Welsh ; Assist.-Paymasters A. J. Boyton, A. P. Cox, F. Fitzmaurice, M Inman, T. C. Russell, and 11. Bulmore. THE VOLUNTEERS. -0-- The annual prize meeting of the West London Rifles was held at Staines-moor last week under the direction of Capt. Woodall and Colour-sergeant lleyborne. A very large number of members at tended, and altogether the meeting has been the most successful yet held. The following are the results of the various competitions :—The 30 guinea challenge cup, with silver medal, won by Sergeant Wood ; the bronze medal to second highest score, won by Private Rookwood ; the ladies' company challenge vase, won by No. 2 Company ; Ensign Jackson's challenge vase, won by persons in the employment of Messrs. Holland and Sons ; First Battalion prize, won by Private Ashwell, No. 1 (Captain Crace's) Company—Lord Truro's cup, won by CDrporal Lamont ; No. 2 (Capt. Holland's) Company—Lord Truro's cup, won by Private Du berty ; No. 3 (Capt. Woodall's) Company—Lord Truro's cup, won by Private Dawkins ; challenge cup, won by Private Bowman ; No. 4 (Capt. Cor ben's) Company—Lord Truro's cup, won by Cor poral Needham. The North Middlesex (29th) corps lately competed for a series of prizes presented by the commandant, the ladies of St. Pancras, the members of the Dis trict Board, and the inhabitants. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, seven rounds at each, on two different days, the highest aggregate scores to win. Private Pavey, with 113 points, won the first plaCe ; Private Thurston, with 100, the second ; and Colour-Sergeant Johnson, with 99, the third. A long list of company prizes were also shot for at the same time. The Finsbury Rifle Volunteer Corps (39th Mid dlesex) last week lielol their annual competition for prizes at the old Harrow range. The distances were 200, 300, 500, and 600 yards. The first prize, a silver cup, value 12 guineas, the fifth annual prize given by Mr. Henry Holland, with a silver medal added by Capt. Jarvis, was won by Colour-Sorgt. White with 58 points, after shooting off a tie with Mr. Strugnell, who won the sum of £lO, given by Colonel Penton, also with 58. Corporal Croughton, with 57, won the sum of £6, portion of prize of £lO given by Major Burgess, and Mr. Greason became entitled to a handsome clock, presented by Mr. E. J. Thompson. Many other prizes presented by gentlemen in the neighbourhood were won with ex cellent scores. The borough members—Mr. Torrens, M.P., and Alderman Lusk, M.P.—have intimated their intention of presenting the regiment with a challenge cup, to be shot for quarterly for two years, when the member who has held it most quarters will be entitled to keep it, and a second will be provided. The St. Clement's Danes company of the Queen's (Westminster) competed for their prizes lately at Wormholt Scrubbs range. Various prizes, some of which were given by the churchwardens and over seers of the parish of St. Clement's, were shot for, and the prize winners were :—Private D'Aeth, Ser geant Searly, Private Vandy, and Lieut. Berry. Capt. Scrivener (himself a donor) won a prize. The St. Clement's Danes Challenge Cup, with a gold badge to the winner,:was won by Private Matthews. In Essex the Chelmsford corps has had a competi tion for some prizes offered by the sergeants. Pri vate Aldridge won tho first prize. The Harwich battery of artillery has been inspected by Col. Knox, ILA., who was accompanied by Major Hill, adju tant of the Ist Norfolk Artillery. Col. Knox ex pressed his satisfaction with the efficiency of the battery. A carbine match between sides of nine each, selected from the Harwich and Walton batte- 1 ries, has taken place at Felixstow. The shooting was at ranges of 100, 200, and 300 yards, and the scores made were—Harwich, 321; Walton, 267. The Har wich battery thus won by 54 marks. In Suffolk the Aldeburgh battery has been inspected by Col. Knox, B.A. The Framlingham company has had a tenth competition for its Passage of Arms Challenge Cup. Private Jesse Precious was again declared the winner. The Saxmundham corps has 3 j mi.:. IV. had L i o ts n g a n , n ofu prize artsii all. The competition oo i t n i n g th p w e as a c r o k n io! unlaced by the members of the first and second class at 200 and 400 yards; the first prize was won by Corporal Easter. The second contest was for the third class, and the first prize was won by Private S. Jordan. The third contest was for the non-commis sioned officers, and the first prize was won by Ser geant Day. The fourth contest was for a ladies' challenge cup, won (for the second time) by Ser geant llurren. Several prizes were competed for on Thursday by the Norwich battalion. Tho first contest was for the late Mr. Steward's silver challenge bugle, which was last won by No. 4 Company. The conditions provided that the bugle should be competed for by 12 efficient members of each company entering for the contest at 200, 500, and 600 yards. The companies which entered for the match were Nos. 2,3, and 4 ; and the No. 4 Company won the bugle for another year. A silver challenge cup given by Mr. Jolly, and won last year Ly Captain Gurney, was next shot for at 200, 500, and 600 yards; the cup on this occasion passed into the hands of Cor poral Ringer. The next contest was for prizes given by Capt. Micklethwaite, for the three highest scores at 200 and 500 yards. The first prize was won (subject to a protest) by Private Skinner of No. 2 Company ; the two next scores were made by Pri vate Boyce and Private Stockings. The Swaffham corps has had a second contest for a challenge cup of the value of £25 ; after some good shooting the cup was won for the second time by Surgeon Reeve. Lieut. Chapman has succeeded Capt. Smith in the command of the 18th Lincolnshire corps. Mrs. Smith has been presented by the officers of the corps with a handsome gold bracelet. Col. Wombwell has in spected at Lincoln the Linsey battalion, comprising the three Lincoln companies and the Gainsborough and Market Rasen corps. Col. Amotts was in com mand of the battalion, with the officers of which Col. Wombwell expressed himself pretty well satis fied. On Thursday evening the Mayor of Lincoln entertained the officers at the Saracen's Head Hotel. Some prizes presented by the Lord Lieutenant to the Lincolnshire Volunteer Artillery Brigade have been competed for at the Royal Dock Battery, Grimsby. The first prize, a cup of the value of £lO 10s., was won by Corporal Phillipson of the Grimsby battery, with 43 marks. The Ist Cambridgeshire administrative battalion has been inspected at Wisbech by Col. Deshon. Various manoeuvres were creditably executed, and the battalion was afterwards provided with dinner at the Corn Exchange. Major Fryer presided, sup ported by Lieut.-Col. Young, M.P., and the other officers of the battalion. The 2d Cambridgeshire Administration Battalion has been inspected at Cambridge by Lieutenant- Colonel Deshon. The battalion, consisting of the Ist Cambridgeshire and the 17th Essex, was under the command of Major Barlow, of the Ist Cam bridge. In the course of a series of manoeuvres the inspector called upon the several captains to take the command in the room of the Major, and he was satisfied with the manner in which they handled the battalion. The two Cheltenham corps of Glocestershire Volunteers met at the Seven Springs range on Thurs day, to shoot for the vase given by Mr. Schreiber, M.P., the conditions were five shots each man at ranges of 200, 500, and GOO yards each. Three tankards were added for the first, second, and third marksmen, the vase being a challenge cup. The vase was won by Private Herbert, of the 13th Company, and the second and third prizes by Pri vates Proctor and Lawrence, of the 10th company. The 13th (Worcester) Rifle Company have just had their competition at the Worcester range for the Beauchamp cup and £5 ss. added by the officers. Sergeant Radford and Armourer-Sergeant Perrins tied, each scoring 37. On shooting off the tie it was wonby Sergeant Radford for the fourth time. The second prize, a cup value £5 55., was won by Ser geant Perrins. Colour-Sergeant Aldren gained the third prizo. In a second -competition, from which officers and non-commissioned officers were ex cluded, the prizes wore won in the following order : First prize, Private Bird ; second, Private Bache ; third, lance-corporal Draper; fourth, Private Hicks. The battalion shooting, for prizes value £7O, takes place to-morrow and Friday. At the Redditch shooting, for the Beauchamp cup and other prizes, the cup and a first prize were won by Corporal Stretten, and a second prize by Corporal Peakman. nthor privr win ners were Private Yates, Private Goodwin, Private T. Ladbury, and Private 11. Long. The principal rifle contests in Devon during the past week were as under :—The annual prize meet ing of the Kingsbridge corps took place, when a silver challenge cup was won by Private Pearce, a lady's silver cup by Private Morgain, and the chief money prizes by Private Morgain, Private Pound, and Private Pearce. At the annual meeting of the Dawlish Volunteers a silver champion cup and £3 were won by Sergeant Short, with 42 points ; a silver cup and £1 by Corporal Knott, 34 ; an electro-plated drinking cup by Sergeant Tapper, 23 ; do. by Sergeant Short. There were several minor prizes. The ranges were 200, 400, and GOO yards, five shots at each range, for all tho prizes except the silver cup and £l, for which the ranges were 300 and GOO yards. The Torquay corps shot for several prizes' at 400 and 500 yards, the first prize being taken by Private T. H. Brooks, and the second by Private S. Brooks. The annual prize meeting in connection with the Stonehouse and Maker com panies of the 16th Corps took place at the Mount Edgcumbe range, when upwards of £4O and several other prizes of a miscellaneous character were con tended for. Capt. Richards, R.M., officiated as umpire. Ranges, 200 and 400 yards. Private Adams and Corporal Opie won the best prizes. The 4th company of the Ist Corps shot for several money prizes at the Wonford range, the most fortunate competitors being Private Weaver, Private Neck, and Private Tuthill. The following meetings were held in Cornwall during the week :—The annual prize shooting of the 11th and 12th (Truro) Rifles took place, when two handsome cups, £3O, and other prizes, were competed for. Captain Hammond (12th) won the best money prize with a score of 41, obtained by five shots at each distance of 200, 400, and 500 yards : he also won for the second time the ladies' challenge cup by a score of 41, at 300, 500, and 600 yards. Ensign Michell (11th) won a cup given by a local tradesman, with a score of 40 at the former ranges ; and Corporal Edwards and Sergeant Daw son obtained the next best prizes. At a meeting of the Helston Rifles the challenge cup and £2 were wou by Sergeant Cader, who made 42 at 200, 400, and 600 yards ; Private Kendall took the most valuable money prize. The Looe Artillery shot for several money prizes, the best of which vas obtained by Gunner Pengelly ; Gunner Barrett was next. The Leeds (late 7th West York) Rifle Volunteers underwent their annual inspection on Saturday by Lieut.-Col. Wombwell, the inspector for Yorkshire. There was an excellent muster, not fewer than 580 members of the corps being present. At the previ ous inspection no more than 450 attended, so that the improvement made in point of numbers during the year is something extraordinary. The corps mustered at the armoury and drill ground near the Town-halls, Leeds, and their arms and accoutre ments having been inspected, they were marched by Lieut.-Col.Markham to a spacious field opposite the Cardigan Arms, on the road to Kirkstall. The ground was kept by the Leeds Artillery, under the command of Capt. J. 0. Butler. A large concourse of spectators attended, and many carriages, con taining ladies whose relatives are in the corps, were upon the ground. After the usual amount of drill ing, manceuvring, and file and volley shooting, Col. Wombwell addressed the corps and praised them in the most unreserved manner. He also congratulated them on having for their colonel one whohadserved in two of the first English regiments of the line. At the same time he congratulated Col. Markhamupon having the command of a volunteer corps which was in such admirable condition. He concluded by saying that he was glad to hear the numbers of this corps still went on steadily increasing, and he hoped the recruits would work hard to keep up the already high standard of the regiment. The annual rifle-shooting contest of the 6th West Riding (Huddersfield) Rifle Volunteers was brought to a close on Saturday. It had been carried on for several days, and the programme of prizes was an elaborate one. No. 1 Company won the silver challenge cup, and rriyate T. R. Crowther that of company has been presented with £3 for having made the best average score during the contest. The officers feel that the corps has never had a more successful prize meeting, the shooting generally having been first-rate. Prizes were awarded for the best attendance at drill to old members and re cruits. The highest number of attendances by any individual during the year was 86. Mrs. Crosland, wife of Lieut.-Colonel Crosland, M.P., the com mander of the battalion of which Huddersfield forms a part, distributed the prizes on Saturday after noon on the parade-ground, Greenhead-lane. City Sewers Commission. Yesterday a meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers was held at Guildhall ; Deputy De Jersey in the chair. THE WIDENING OF MANSION-HOUSE-STREET. This subject, which has been long and frequently before committees of the Corporation and of the Commissioners, was again re-opened upon an application which was read by Mr. Paw, the principal clerk, recommending that an other interview should be had with the Metropolitan Board of Works, with the view, if possible, of widening the street in question. The CHAIRMAN said that two months ago every effort was made by the Commissioners to effect an improvement in Mansion-house-street. They had tried to negotiate with the directors of the Union Bank, in order to widen the tho roughfare, and therebygive the public that accommodation of which they stood so much in need. But the negotiations had failed, and it was then decided by the committee that those negotiations were at an end, and that nothing could be done. Mr. Deputy Miaow believed the time was fast approach ing when Mansion-house-street would be widened, and when a profit instead of a loss would be derived by the corporation from the improvement. He alluded to the period when the new street would be opened from the Thames embankment at Blackfriars-bridge to the Mansion-house, and when the latter building would have to be removed. (A laugh.) What was now a matter of regret would then be turned into one of rejoicing, and what was now an evil would then result in good. Mr. WALTzns thought that Mansion-house-street, regard less of any question as to cost, ought to be widened imme diately, for its present narrowness was constantly producing loss of life, and it seemed to have remained in its disgrace ful state for hundreds of years. After some further discussion, it was resolved that the Commissioners should obtain another interview with the Metropolitan Board of Works, in order once more to see if anything could be done to widen this thoroughfare. THE CATTLE PLAGUE, In answer to the resolutions passed at the last meeting of the Court, The Clerk read a letter from the Lords of the Privy Council, in which they said that the commissioners must be better able than themselves to point out fitting localities for the slaughtering of diseased cattle, and asked what were the convenient localities which the commissioners would sug gest where all animals dying of the cattle plague, or incur ably affected therewith, could be disposed of. To this communication Dr. LETHEBY drew up the follow ing answer : " The commissioners are informed by their medical officer of health that convenient places for the erection of slaughterhouses and boiling appliances for the disposal of the carcases of diseased animals might easily be found at Hackney-wick, Bow-common, Belle-isle (King's-cross), Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, and Wandsworth, which places are already on the sites of large manufactories that are of an offensive character, and they would serve for eithernorth, south, east, or west, to receive the animals from all parts of the metropolis." it was ordered that a copy of this answer should be sent to the Lords of the Privy Council. Mr. Deputy FARRAR asked whether the inspectors had a right to enter the cowsheds belonging to the cowkeepers, and examine the state of their cattle there ? Dr. LETHEBY said there was no doubt whatever that they had this right. Ho was perfectly satisfied that the inspec tors had full power, irrespective of everything like prece dent, to enter any cowshed and make their examination. That power was clearly conferred upon them by the Orders in Council. Mr. Deputy FAE.R.AR was afraid that it might be carried a little too far. For instance, an inspector might go from an unhealthy to a healthy shed, and into the latter convey the disease either in his hands, or his clothes, or his shoes; and if this were so, it opened up a very serious aspect of the question. SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS. Dr. LETHEBY reported that the inspectors had visited 233 houses in the City during the past week, that 52 of these required sanitary improvements to be effected in them, and that in 15 others the orders heretofore issued had not been complied with. He also reported that on the 20th of September the landlords of the houses Nos. 1 to 9 and No. 20, Plough-street, Fetter-lane, were summoned before Mr. Alderman Stone for having neglected to carry out the sanitary improvements ordered by this Court, and that they were fined, in one case 40s. and costs, and in another three guineas and costs, and, as the required works were still not completed, he submitted that it was necessary the landlords should be again summoned before the justices. UNWHOLESOME MEAT. Dr. LETUEBY reported that the markets and slaughter houses had been duly inspected during the week, and that the officers had condemned 3,0401 b. of meat as unfit for human food, consisting of eight sheep, two calves, 32 quar ters of beef, and 27 joints of meat. On the 27th of Sep tember Mr. Newman seized four quarters of beef in New gate-market which were much diseased with the prevailing typhus, and they were condemned by Mr. Alderman Rose, who requested that the matter should be brought under the notice of the Commissioners, with the view to a legal pro secution, and on the 29th of September Mr. Newman seized in the same market ten quarters of beef, also diseased. The condition of these quarters was so excessively bad that ho (Dr. Lethoby) recommended that the matter should be re ferred to the solicitor of the Court for further investigation. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Dr. LETHEBY further reported that lest week there were 47 births and 32 deaths registered in the City, and that the mortality returns were greatly below the average (46) for the corresponding period of the last ten years. Indeed, the number of deaths was the smallest of any weekly return during the whole of that time. The chief causes of death were as follow :—Phthisis, 9 ; mesenteric disease, 2 ; hydro cephalus, 1; scarlet fever, 2 ; and infantile diarrhoea, 2 making altogether 12 deaths from tubercular disease. There were no deaths from inflammatory affection of the lungs, and only two from diseases of a really zymotic cha racter. He said that these results were very satisfactory , the more particularly as there was no similar return of such a state of the public health during the last 10 years. In reply to one of the members, Dr. LETHEBY said he had no report whatever to make on the subject of cholera. ILLUMINATING POWER OF GAS. Dr. LETHEBY next reported that the illuminating power of the gas supplied to the city during the week had in the case of each of the companies been above 13 standard sperm candles. It bad, therefore, boon abovo the requirements of the act of Parliament, and, except in the case of the Groat Central Gas, the average amount of sulphur had boon less than the quantity sanctioned by Parliament, but in the case o o f f t a h m e mon Great Central fa in the C h i t a I r i t a e d r o b d e eGnabove it, Gas shad d been e andthe nn excessive. qtity u a n Those several Keports from Dr. Letheby wero adopted and the recommendations they contained were ordered to be carried out. MAIN DRAINAGE RATE. A precept was read from the Metropolitan Board of Works for a main drainage rate on the City, amounting to £17,638 17s. 6d., and the meeting adjourned. A letter from an Italian engineer announces that the workmen employed in piercing Mont Cenis had come upon a bed of extremely hard quartz, which turned the edge of the best tempered steel, and it was feared that this obstacle might retard the opening of the tunnel for four years. As long ago as the month of May or June the engineers were expecting to come upon quartz ; but, as geological surveys of the mountain had long since been made, the impediment must to a certain extent have been reckoned upon. Perhaps the quartz has proved harder than was expected ; but early in the year they were lucky in finding an unusually soft vein of rock. It is to be ob served that foreign engineers have expressed an opinion that the tunnel will take longer to complete than the Ita lian managers anticipate. The summit railway is likely to be made before the end of next year, and will shorten to four hours the passage of the mountain. [ADN ERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage. are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of oases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousneas, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg: nancp or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, dm We quote a few :—Cure No. 46, 276. birJanie Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surr ey, of 30 years' s diseased lungs, spitting of blood, live r derangem ent,: an d par tial deafness . — Cure No. 47,121. MissMiss Elizabeth Jacob s , ss,ofex- ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spir its, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. L ord Stuart de lor d lieut. Decies, lieut. ot Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nerv ousness, asthma, cough, constipatio n, fl atu l ency, spasms' sick° ess, and vomiting—Maria Joly —Cure No. 54,816. The Rev, James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. — In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6cl ; 51b., ils. ; es. ; 241 b. 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewi-e at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 130, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham -court-road ; 96 Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stu bbs, Queen 's -terrace, St. John's -wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and che mista.—Beware ot spurious inaltationo. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. -411.- TimEs.—During the earlier part of the American war, and especially while the right of secession was under discussion, a parallel was often drawn between the relation of Ireland to the United Kingdom and that of the Southern States to the American Union. The analogy was by no means perfect, for Ireland was originally annexed by conquest to the English Crown, and has since been attached to Great Bri tain in a manner and under conditions inconsistent with the first principles of federalism. Still it was the most obvious and natural way of impressing on an English mind the alternatives which presented themselves to American politicians. What would England do if Ireland were to revolt with a unani mity equal to that of the Southern States ? Would she recognise the inherent right of a peopleto choose its own rulers and form of government, or would she take her stand on political necessity and put down the insurrection with a strong hand ? Would she listen to arguments about the hopelessness of combining permanently under one constitution two populations so different in character as the Celtic and the Anglo-Saxon ? Would she admit the con flicting interests of the two countries in matters of taxation, or any other matters, as a reason for se paration, when the consequence would be the esta blishment of a nation too weak for independence, and therefore the more dangerous as a neighbour, opposite her western shores? Would she appreciate the expediency of thus establishing a balance of power within the British Isles, with the prospect of having to keep up large armaments against a pos sible invasion from Ireland ? Such were the home questions by which the advocates of the Federal cause strove to make us realise the true nature of the contest and its vital importance to the United States. Now that it is at an end, and that the for tunes of war have converted secession retrospec tively into rebellion, this class of questions has lost any interest which it may have had. The easy submission of the South after its military power had once been crushed confirmsthe opinion of those who maintained that a sentiment of loyalty to the Union lay deeper than hatred of the Yankees, and the vir tual extinction of slavery removes for the future the chief abiding source of disruption. There is another point of view, however, from which the parallel between Ireland and the South happens just now to retain a certain insignificance. Ireland has never revolted, and is less likely now than ever to revolt, in the sense in which the Southern States re volted, for the great majority of the wealthy and educated classes have never been on the revolution ary side, but disaffection has smouldered in Ireland from time immemorial. The close of the American war, strange to say, was the signal for a fresh out burst of this spirit, which, contemptible as it is in a military or political aspect, may do as much harm socially as if it were far more formidable. The posi tion of ourselves and the United States is thus for a time reversed ; we have to deal with a secessionist conspiracy, while they have to adopt the attitude of a neutral State. The disproportion between the scale of the two movements is, indeed, so ludicrous as to defy comparison, andthe Fenians have not yet quali fied themselves for the assumption of belligerent rights by declaring war against the Lord Lieutenant. Still the tables are turned just so far as to enable us, by a great effort of thought, to imagine that we might feel if the Fenians had a Davis for their Pre sident and a Lee for their General, and just so far as to initiate the American public into the difficulties of friendly neutrality. The origin of modern Fenian ism, like the origin of the ancient Fenians, is en veloped in inscrutable mystery. No one knows whether the first idea of it was conceived in the brain of an Americanised Irishman or in that of an Hibernicised American. Wbat is certain, however, is that the United States' territory is to all intents and purposes the basis of Fenian operations. It is there, if anywhere, that the 200,000 volunteers are enrolled, for enough has been ascertained to make the existence of that force in Ireland itself utterly incre dible. It is there that meetings are held, subscriptions raised, and oaths administered. There resides the redoubtable " head centre" of the whole organisa tion, Mr. John O'Mahony ; thence orders are issued to the Brotherhood throughout Ireland and England ; and thence " trained officers" are sent, or, at least,.promised, to drill and command the national army. Nor are these hostile proceed ings altogether illusory. Mr. Barry, in opening the case against the Dublin prisoners, positively stated that remittances from America to the amount of £5,000 had been intercepted within the previous fortnight, and officers professing to hold commis sions in the United States' service have actually been arrested. There is not the least doubt that a very considerable number of American citizens are at this moment openly engaged in levying war against her Majesty, and it is not for want of will that their efforts are so impotent. These men are not the agents of a foreign Power ; they are them selves principals in the enterprise, and their avowed design has been to conquer Ireland from America just as England was conquered from Normandy. All their operations have been carried on in broad daylight, and reported in the papers, nor have they always provoked unfavourable comments from the organs of American public opinion. The Govern ments of England and the United States are on the best possible terms with each other, and yet recruits are enlisted by thousands on the soil of the United. States for an expedition to Ireland, not only with out disguise, but with a degree of bravado, half American and half Irish, that is almost comical. Why do we dwell on these facts, especially since Fenianism in Ireland has received a blow which may not, we trust, have to be repeated ? Certainly not with the object of exciting a bitter feeling towards the Government of the United States, from which the Fenians have doubtless received no more en couragement than from our own. Nothing can be further from our intention than to suggest that Great Britain should prefer demands on her own behalf such as those against which she has so often protested of late. We are not aware that any re presentations on the subject of Fenianism have yet been made at Washington, and, except in an event too improbable to contemplate, we trust that none such may be made. We are perfectly able to take good care of the Fenians at home, and if their brethren in America would come together in a fleet," instead of one by one in passenger steamers, it would save the police a good deal of trouble. On the other hand, nothing would be more likely to give an impulse to Fenianism in i America than any illtimed in terference on the part of the Executive. Technically speaking, a govern ment may be responsible for breaches of interna tional law by its subject s which it is powerless to prevent, but this is not a doctrine which it would be friendly, or even just, to apply too strictly. Knowing the peculiarity of American institutions, remembering the embarrassments under which President Johnson is labouring to reconstruct the Union, and having confidence in his desire to re main in am ity with this country, we act wisely as w ell as courteously in abstaining from any se r ious remonstrances against the apparent toleration of American Fenianism. All that we claim in return i s a like consideration for the circumstances which made it impossible for us to check entirely the building of Confederate cruisers in our own ports. It was not so much the want of a more stringent Forei g n Enlistment Act th a t b affled our efforts as the extreme difficulty of applying any law that would be endured by a free and high-spirited people to cases which so nearly resembled the legitimate transactions of commerce. It is easy to descant on the injury inflicted on American com merce by a single vessel like the Shenandoah, but no one has yet pointed out what form of enact ment would have enabled the Crown to ascertain her destination and lay an embargo on her in the dockyard. The same can hardly be said of the Fenian enlistments in America. They are osten sibly illegal from first to last, and have not the advantage of any commercial disguise or pretext whatever. If they occasion us much less concern than the ravages of the Alabama and her con sorts did the Americans, this is because our hold on Ireland is too firm to be shaken by any filibustering agitation. But then, for this very reason, they are without the least semblance of justification, for nothing could even colourably justify them but the deep and de liberate aversion of the Irish people from connection with Great Britain. Fenianism, we would fain be lieve, is the last reduclio ad absurdum of Irish rebel lions, but the damage which it has already done, in retarding the progressive improvement of Ireland, must be measured in millions of capital repelled and no r the work of ye ars un done. This is complaint, light whilgeiev the ance, but we have made no American press is never ti red of accusing us as a nation of complicity w ith the crimes of Captain we are w illing to bear with perfect good - humour, Semmes and Captain W addell. Even this in j ustice and only entreat our critics to if ask th t e h y em w s e e r l e ve t s o , in all in l honesty, what they would o f vo lunteers mustering myriads on the Canadi an frontier, for instance, and before the eyes of the Canadian authorities, for the invasion of the United States. POST.—It is desirable that the tentative process by which Austria is endeavouring to establish con stitutional institutions for the whole empire, on the basis of an agreement of all its component parts, should if possible be understood and appreciated. Nor is this so easy as some appear to think. It is very well to draw up a statement of the case hypo thetically, and to assume that Austria has entered upon the path which leads straight to prosperity and contentment, that old things have been put away, that a stiff-necked bureaucracy is to be dismissed, and that the House of Hapsburg will become a for tress of freedom, and one of the main bulwarks of enlightened ideas. We sincerely trust that these exalted expectations may, to some extent at least, be realised. It would be exceedingly agreeable if, however slowly and gradually, Austria were to re cover her proper power, and to exercise it so as to redeem the confidence and respect which she has forfeited. But only exceptionally, by great men and in great emergencies, can this kind of work be done in a day, by the stroke of a pen, and, as it were, by an irresistible inspiration. It is not dis paraging to the Emperor Francis Joseph to doubt his ability to perform miracles, nor are we called on to believe that Aladdin's lamp is shining over the Cabinet of Vienna. All that has been accomplished at present was by no means difficult. Under the circumstances a coup d'etat was perfectly safe and feasible. As Count Cavour said, anybody can go vern for a time with martial law. The question is as to the fulfilment of the obligations which the act has imposed, and there is a mean between scepti cism and credulity. We may have faith in reason and yet not be sanguine. Moreover, it is possible to protest too much; 'and while the imperial mani festo has been superfluously explained, the proceed ings which immediately preceded its publication have been left in the shade of more than mystery. One can hardly conceive that a power capable of rising to the apprehension of the strength and vita lity it possessed would dig a grave for its honour ; and if, as is inferred, Austria has recognised the rights and claims of nationality, and is prepared to shape her action in conformity with the principle she has accepted, the Gastein Conventions must be regarded as a supererogatory sacrifice. Austria has resisted improvement, and been identified with ob struction to progress. She now proposes to revise her organisation, to reform her administration, to modify her policy, and to advance under the aegis of constitutional monarchy. Some change was in dispensable and obligatory, but the measure an nounced may nevertheless have been adopted from conviction and in good faith. Nor does it detract from their worth that they rather revive an ancient tradition than run into the way of modern innova tion. It is a mistake to suppose that Austria is constructing or borrowing any machinery. To divide and govern was the motto of the Hapsburgs, until Schwartzenburg attempted to improve upon the system which Metternich had utilised. The ex periment, commenced on the termination of the war with Hungary, has failed, and of course it is treated as a crude and visionary speculation. Other opi nions prevailed at the time, and, looking at what this country has done, the idea was not unreason able, if the conditions necessary to its development had been observed. But then, as now, Austria could not get over the Italian difficulty, and it remains to be seen if she will submit to the only operation that can afford her permanent relief. The assumption that this concession is included in the recognition of the Hungarian nationality seems to us to be premature, at least. Hungary may be conciliated, partly for the purpose of re taining Venetia ; and, be this as it may, it is one thing to admit claims that are coercively asserted, and another to anticipate their preferment. No doubt the solution of the Venetian question can come through the strength of Austria, as it could not have been delayed through her weakness, and complications which a weak Power would shun a strong Power would confront. The Venetian oppor tunity may not be remote, but that it is directly created by the imperial manifesto does not appear. It cannot be dissembled that Austria is withdraw ing from an untenable position, and that, after the reverses she had sustained, the strategic movement was unavoidable. This may be good generalship, and, in the result, may re-establish the Austrian empire as an important element in the balance of European power, but it certainly is not, nor does it purport to be, more than an act of State expe diency. With Hungary reconciled and loyal, Austria may reasonably hope to receive due consi deration in the settlement to which events are tend ing, and to that end it was, before all else, essential to maintain her German rights. This duty has, however, been not only neglected, but deliberately abandoned, and the advantage that might have accrued to Austria by recognising the principle of nationalities is consequently diminished. The Lauenburg transaction, not to mention the proposal to deal with a portion of Silesia in like manner, is not calculated to facilitate the revision of territorial boundaries in Germany, and it was in Germany, if anywhere, that Austria should have reckoned upon finding an adequate compensation for the loss of Venetia, and at the same time a guarantee against the aggrandisement of Prussia. Those, therefore, who profess to see so much promise in the Austrian policy, and especially as regards the Italian na tionality, would do well to examine the premises on which they theorise. We do not desire to damp the enthusiasm we own we do not quite under stand ; but this is a matter in which antecedents must be looked at. The tender sympathy which has been suddenly extended to Austria may be sus ceptible of an explanation not entirely favourable to Prussia, or it may arise in some degree from old associations ; but the Government that signed the Gastein convention, and which hold. Ve.otice from Italy and Holstein from Germany, cannot be presumed to acknowledge the principles of publie law as they have been identically expressed by the Foreign Ministers of the two great Western Powers.* COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was a good attendance, but the business done in wheat was only to a moderate extent, owing to the extreme firmness of holders and the scarcity of good samples. We quote an advance upon the prices of Tuesday last of 2d and 3d por cental. Flour was held at is Gd to 2s over the rates of Tuesday, at which a fair retail sale was experienced. Oats jd per bushel and oatmeal per load dearer. Beans, being in large supply, could be bought at 6d to is per qr. reduction. Indian corn receded 3d to 6d per qr., but there was a good demand, and the article rather firmer at the close. BRIS TOL—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair attendance and a good business doing, principally in wheat, which fetched fully last week's prices. Barley dull. Maize scarce, and consequently above par. Oats very quiet. MONMOUTHSHIRE—MONDAY. The following are the average quotations :—Wheat, 4s 11d to 5s 6d per bushel; barley, 3s 2d to 3s 8d; oats, 10 lld to 2s 7d. LEEDS-TUESDAY. We have a fair show of grain this week. The wheat trade is not brisk to-day, still fully last week's rates have to be paid on the business transacted. Good barley quit as well sold. Not much doing in oats and beans. The average prices for the week ending Oct. 2 were Wheat, 43s 4,d per qr. ; barley, 32s bid; and oats, 28s Oid. MARKET HARBOROUGH.--TUESDAY. • Old whito wheat, 46s to 52s ; new red. 43s to 49s per 30 stone. Barley, fine, 36s ; other kinds, 27s to 29s per qr. Oats, new, 23s to 258; old, 27s to 31s per qr. Beans, old, 40s to 425; new, 348 to 36s per qr. SHEITIELD—TuESDAY. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp. bushels....l6s 8d to 178 61 White do do ....188 ed 20s Od New red do do ....15s ' d 368 0d New white do do '7B Od 198 Od Beans do do ....17s Od 19s Od Peas, per qr. Grinding ba ley, per qr 30s Od 328 04 Malting barley, c o Oats, d o F10ur....18 8d to 2 i Od per 141 b. 248 328 Od Od 285 33 Odo [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— The Best Way.—To gain any end there are often many' ways, but there is always a best way. This statement applies with wonderful force to Holloway's remedies, which overcome ill health by driving noxious matters from the frame, by repairing broken or injured structures, and by establishing regularity of action. This is the only safe and feasible method of combating diseases and securing sound health. With pure blood, good digestion, strong nerves, and perfect functional order, most maladies may be van quished, and strength surely re-established. The balsamic; heali in.egducing cuts, scratches, swellings, le and healing qualities of Holloway's ointment ren d er it in valuable i aa nthyeing infla mmations, nurse ryfor and sores, for u and unhealthy skins. BirthF. TREMANTLE.—On th e 2d inst., at . 92, Eaton-place, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Fremantle, Coldstream Guards, of a son, stillborn. Hnwirr.—On the 3d inst., at Surbiton-hill, the wife of W. A. Hewitt, Esq., of a son. RowLnY.—On the 2d inst., at Rhyl, North Wales, the Hon. Mrs. Hercules Rowley, of a daughter. Marriages. CLOWES—Bunn.—On the 27th ult., at Torwood, Dun keld, Perthshire, William Clowes, jun., of Gloucester terrace, Hyde -park, London, to Barbara Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Archd. Burns, Esq., of Perth. NED HAM — DEACON.—On the 30th ult., at St. John's, Lacey, Bucks, George Frederick, third son of the late Major- General Wm. Nedham, to Jane Augusta, the youngest daughter of John Thomas and Marianne Deacon, of Grymesdyke Lodge, Princes Rusborough. Deaths. COVENTRY.— On the 30th ult., at The Grove, Swanage, Dorset, Louisa Ceventry, aged 69. CLACKE.—On the 30th ult., William Charles Clacko, rector of Moreton Hampstead and Woolborough, in the county of Devon. DOWBIGGIN.—On the Ist inst., at Highgate, Patricia Emily, youngest child of Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Dowbiggin. MEITLEN.—On the Ist inst., at Cheltenham, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Vander Meulen, late of the 48th and 73d Regts., aged 74. NORTON.—On the 27th ult., at lindum-road, Liucoln, Norton, Esq., aged 92. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIM SUN Office, No. 112. Strand, in the Precinct f the Savoy, in the County of 114(141elie14—Webeedsh October 4, Mk IC. 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