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s J RUELTY TO ANIMALS.-658 CONVIC TIONS.—The ROYAL SOCIETY for the PRIXEN TION of CRUELTY to ANIMALS beg to announce their MONT LILY RETURN of CuNVICTIONS. I Country. I Town. ; otal. During ucto er i During the current year. 341 3H 13.58 All the costs fall upon the society when offenders are committed to prison; also heavy legal expenses in appeal cases. The support of the public is urgently needed to prevent a curtailment oCoperations. Subscriptioft and donations may be transmitted by post or through any London or country banker. All letters should be addressed to JOHN COLAM, Secretary. No. 12, Pall Mall, S.W. INDIA OFFICE, Nov. 22, 1866. BY ORDER of the SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the DIRECTOR GENERAL of STOVES for INDIA will be ready, on or before MONDAY, the 3d December, 1866, to receive Pro posals iu writing, sealed up, from such persons as may be willing to supply SERGE; and that the Conditions of the said Contract may be had on application at the India Store Office, Cannon Row, West minster, where the Proposals are to be left at any time be fore Two o'clock p.m. of the said 3d day of December, 1866, after which hour no Tender will be received. GER ALD Director-General. TE AT RE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. THIS EVENING, Nov. 23, Lord Lytton's Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Helen Faueit ; Claude Melnotte, Mr. Walter Montgomery. To conclude with, each evening, Shakspere's Comedy of KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. T. S win bo u rne ; Katharine, Miss Isabel Adams. Doors open at half-past Six; performances commence at seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. Chas. Ma hews, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Weathersby. &c.; Mesdames C. Mathews, Moore, Chippendale, Laws, Hill, ac. Followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. Compton, Mr. Eiogers, sir Clark, &o. ; Mes dames C Mathews, Hill, Wright, Colman, Sidney, &c. Ater which, OUR MARY ANNE. Mr. Howe, Mr Clark, Miss C. MIL Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr : rechter._. THIS EVENING, BRUTU AND C,ESAR. ilearade. lilies At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG 6TRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S. Emery, IL Widaicomb, itzpatrick. Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, Isewbound. Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL CO.A.T. Acting Manager, Mr. IL Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. _ _ ~~. The National Temperance League continues its praiseworthy efforts to improve the moral tone of the lower classes, and has just begun its fourth series of meetings at the Lambeth Baths. Mr. HUGHES, M.P., presided, and spoke with his usual good sense. He expressed his anxiety to see the people, as a rule, more temperate, though he dis approved of the Permissive Bill, saying very justly that, in the first place, he did not believe it had the slightest chance of being passed; and, in the second, if it were passed, it would create a very unsa tisfactory feeling throughout the country. This is undoubtedly tree, and all experience proves that forced converts are worth very little. The abuse of some should not in common justice prevent the use of others, and if the Legislature is to forbid all indulgences which may be carried to excess both Parliament and people will have a hard time of it. Mr. HUGHES, hovt ever, holds that something more is necessary than moral persuasion, and thinks the law is not sufficiently stringent. Instead of drunkenness being admitted as an extenua tion of an offence before a legal tribunal he would have it held as an aggravation. Then, as to the licensing system, he thought it de fective, and would like to see a measure passed by which, after two or three offences had been proved against any particular publichouse, the owner should be fined, and that, on a repetition of the offence, he should forfeit his licence. This, he thought, was the first practical measure at which they should aim ; but the whole movement in favour of temperance he held to be very important, and one upon whose suc cess depended the future of the country. There is no I doubt of ti e vast i mportance of discouraging intem zrokthin d peranc deal doneeamongo on urw sides i men, e s o ithe but on. there questi must be a great It is the want of recr ea ti on, the inability to r appreciateoftheir intellectual amuseme n t s , the discomfort I homes, and the amusement, excitement , • and society I to be found in the public-house. Going to the lower strata, men who are worn out with exhausting toil, and come home to dirty, evil smelling, over crowded cellars and garrets, 'to coarse, unattrac- 1 tine food, are very easily tempted to search for temporary forgetfulness of th e i r misery. Men in the upper ranks, after a hard day' s po li tical or professional or commercial employment, m ay t urn, if they like, to the club or the theatre, or, if th ey prefer the quiet of their own firesides, can take pleasure in art or literature. What resource has the working man if principles or p r udence keep him from the public-house ? He has not education • enough, perhaps, to make re a ding a p leasure 7 his one room is too frequently a scene of confusion and discomfort, and his wife too busy, or too ignorant, to be any companion. It is in scenes like these that the real danger lies, and no Act of Parliament will remove it until working men cease to be men, and become the philosphical machines some social and political reformers take them for. The two great evils of bad dwellings and want of education have much to do with the prevailing intemperance. While our practical philanthropists would do well to consider whether they cannot provide some less dangerous amusement for the illiterate man whom mechanics' institutes are too learned to benefit. Dublin appears anxious not to be behind the pre vailing fashion for entertainments, and the enter tainment just given to the Lord-Lieutenant seems to have been a very successful one altogether, both in the company that assembled and in the enthu siasm which prevailed. His Excellency was well received, and made an interesting sieech, relating Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TIM EVENING, at 7, VIC WRINE ; or, I'LL SLEEP ON:IT. Miss Neilson (her 9th appearance here), and Mrs. Alf red Meilln ; Messrs. Billington, Paul Bedford, Ashley, F. Shaw, and Romer. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROM THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon. :Hiss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Eburne. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. ELEVENTH APPEARANCE OF MRS. JOHN WOOD. THIS EVENING, a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the po pular tale by Charles Dickens , Esq., entitled BARN ABY It U DGE, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre, by Messrs. Watts Phillips and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John Wood, Miss Augusta Thomson, Mrs. Henry Vining, Mrs. Chas. Horsman, and Miss Katherine Rodgers; Messrs. b:. Calhaem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, H. Forrester , Charles Horsman, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton, W. R. Robins Chapman, dz.c. Act Ist, The Mystery ; 2d, The Re cognition; I, The Riots; 4th, Caught at List. Entirely new Scener by Mr. Voyds, and Music by Mr. Charles Hall. The D rama produced under the stage direction of Mr. Vining. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. LAST NIGHT of tho GOLDEN DUSTMAN, which must be withdrawn to make way for further novelties. THIS EVENING, THE ORIGINAL Dramatio Adapta tion a Charles Dickens's latest Work, " Our Mutual F, tend," as produced by Mr. W. IL C. Nation at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, June 16, 186 A, entitled THE GOLDEN DUSTMA.N, With Ne v scenery and Striking Situations. Messrs. Fer nandez, Atkins, W. H. Stephens ; Mesdames F. (Iwynne and Nelly Nisbett. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of ATALANTA, with additional Rhyme to suit the Times by W. H. C. Nation Misses Neliy Nisbett, Polly Marshall, Louise LaidlAw, and Fanny Howard. __ _ . . To prevent disappointment seats should be secured in ad vance. No charge tor bills er booking. IIOLBORN TIIEATRE ROYAL. Eole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. tef ton Parry. TILLS EVENING. LEtRKINS" LOVE LETTERS. Mr, Balmore; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake. Garden,Vollaire ; X esdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddcs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Parson e, Belford, and G. Murray 3 alma Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. After which. will be produced a Grand Burlesque of DEd FREISCHLITZ ; or, A Good Cabt for a Piece. Messrs. 'Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swan borough, Raynham. Johnstone, and tiughes. 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John Goinell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Righnesethe Princess of Wales.' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 10m.—Afternoon, 2h. 30m. To-liou.aow.-Meriting, 2h. 55m.—Afternoon, _3h. 20m. alt „Ale" 44t1t. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1866. The full text of the Imperial Itescript at the open ing of the Hungari an D iet is now before us, and it assumes an additional interest in consequence of the recent events which have taken place. So far as we can judge from the words, it would seem as if a better policy was prevailing respecting H ungary than has lately been observable among the Austrian authorities. The EMPEROR begins by stating that he considers it most desirable and important that there should be a Constitutional settlement of the bonds " connecting the monarchy, as well as the speedy restoration of the autonomous rights of the beloved Kingdom of Hungary." It is then explained that the chances of war are ex tremely unfavourable, that the Imperial Govern ment deemed it to be expcdient not to make further efforts to prolong the war, but rather to submit to the terms of a peace which was very disadvaata geous in itself. No doubt, after the heavy losses ,of the war, it was found impossible again to rally rouad the Imperial standard in such a shape and with such a spirit as to insure victory ; but at the same time, in taking a retrospect of the matter at this lapse of time, it seems doubly vexatious that a better understanding should not have pre vailed between the Government of Vienna and the Hungarian people. Had these latter felt inspired by the fear and devotion that once ani mated them, they would in all probability have rendered most important services to the Austrians. iu their hour of need; and if they had not turned the tide of war they might have materially altered the aspect of peace when the treaty was signed at last. It is stated, very correctly in this Rescript, that the late momentous changes in international relations render it more than ever necessary to establish the affairs now pending upon a satisfactory basis. We are glad to notice that there is a very hearty recognition of the services which the Hungarian Diet have rendered to the cause of unity, and regret is expressed at the necessity which called for the prorogation of the Hungarian Diet at the very time when it was endeavouring to arrive at the solution of the impending difficulties. The constitutional compromise is indeed a very awkward matter to settle'; but putting off this task will not expedite its completion, and the sooner both sides set to work in real earnest the better for the interests at stake in Hungary, and also for the future welfare of the Austrian Empire. A list is given of what are considered the chief points to settle by the Estates and Representatives, and the first item mentioned is the unity of the army, both in respect to its command, and also regarding the unanimity of principle in its arrangement and orga nisation. Then comes the development of inter national traffic, and the various conditions of in dustry which require that there should be a speedy regulation of the Customs' tariff and other matters relating to indirect taxation. The State debts and the State credit demand, it is said, that there should be a united treasury " if the interests of the money market, which affect public life in all parts of the realm with equal rigour are to be preserved from dangerous oscillation." If these affairs rest upon the foundation here laid down, it is expected, says this Rescript, that it will soon be possible to come to a settlement of the im. portant matter of the general State Commission, which now it is necessary to guard from every danger as the immediate consequence of the Prag matic Sanction. Certainly a powerful inducement is held out to the Hungarians to agree with the requirements herein set forth, inasmuch as they are promised, if they consent to legislate upon these assump tions, that a responsible Ministry will be formed as " well as the restoration of the municipal self-administration to do justice to the constitutional demand of the people of our be loved Hungary." However, while it is the firm re solve of the Emperor to accomplish these much desired objects, it is distinctly intimated that the Imperial Government will reserve to itself the right of carrying out the detailed application of affairs; and, together with these, the modification of the stipulations of the laws of 1848. Finally, an earnest hope is expressed that the Estates and Re- preseutatives of the Kingdom of Hungary will re- ceive these statements with unprejudiced feelings, and thus facilitate the great object in view, namely, " the secure introduction of constitutional organisa- ion into our collective realm." We trust that a better understanding may prevail between the Aus trian Government and the Hungarians than has hitherto been the case for some time. mini to the prosperity of Ireland. He observed that he had an advantage over some of his predecessors, that he was long acquainted with Ireland, and thus knew the estimable qualities of her people, and could appreciate more fully her wants and requirements than those who had not resided among them could hope or expect to do. If his connection with Ire land had been crowned with success, he said that he did not attribute his good fortune so much to his own merit as to the good order and industry of the tenants themselves. Thus thetoast of ' Prosperity to Ireland,' with which his name was coupled, was not one of a mere political sentiment, and of a loyal ex pression of philanthropy." It was, on the con trary, one which he was bound up by every tie of affection, interest, and long hereditary connection." It is really a relief to find any one discussing Irish questions who takes a hopeful view of affairs, and. while admitting that some drawbacks exist, yet declare that much remains to inspire confidence and deserve gratitude. There has been this year a decrease of emigration, compared with last year, of eight thousand persons, and we agree with his Excellency that this is matter of con gratulation. He said that he " had viewed with regret the emigration, which had drained their shores of some of the most enterprising, hardiest, and most industrious of the popu lation—those, in fact, whom they could least easily have spared." The Marquis of ABERCORN then adverted to the great work just accomplished, by means of which an " electric whisper" gained their shores to those of a distant people, who spoke the same language as themselves and progressed in the same civilisation. In the present unsettled state of feeling in some parts of Ireland it is doubly im portant to notice the unanimity that prevailed among those who appeared on this festive occasion, and who represented many and divers interests. The news which reaches us from India tells us that matters are proceeding pretty quietly, although there is still terrible distress in the famine districts of Bengal. Private communications assert that there is great need for more money, and that at a meeting held on the 9th ult. it was resolved to make an ear nest appeal to the public of India, England, and elsewhere for subscriptions. If the Governments of the Presidencies do their duty vigorously, and in a liberal spirit, there ought to be no need for this, but the local authorities have from the first mani fested an extraordinary unwillingness to ap preciate the magnitude of the evil and its pressing character. The Bengal Government has now requested the Calcutta Committee to ex tend its operation to all Bengal and Orissa. The scarcity will last until the new crops are gathered, but it is at least satisfactory to know that they pro mise well. There is a rumour now current of scarcity being felt in some districts of Bombay-- the same which suffered in 1864. We hope tha the Bombay Government will take warning by the Bombay authorities, whose incredulity and neglect in the early stages of the famine have done so much mischief. It will be easy by instituting an efficient inquiry to arrive It the truth of the report, and if there is even a threatening of scarcity the Government should prepare to encounter a famine. It does not follow that idleness and improvidence would be encouraged by such a course, for due precautions might be taken ; but, as famine is an enemy who can never take us by surprise, but give warning of his approach, so he is a foe that it is difficult, if not impossible, to dislodge speedily. There is certainly no economy of money or labour iu postponing the proper measures, though the difference is that in the one case they are under taken by the Administration, in the other the expense and the exertion are both borne by voluntary effort. The Calcutta Com mittee have already raised more than ; £27,000, and more is required. As in the case of our visita tion by the cholera, the famine, when it departs, will leave so much distress behind it in the shape of sick destitute persons and orphans that public bene volence will still have much to do. It is to be hoped too that the effect of both visitations will be prac tical and lasting good. As the ravages of the cho lera among our poorer districts have forced upon public attention the deficiencies of our sanitary ar rangements, and the miserable condition of the labourers' dwellings, so the famine in India will, we trust, secure immediate attention to the necessity for works of irrigation. Those who have studied the subject are confident that a scientific irrigation of the famine districts will greatly diminish, if not altogether remove, the chances of its recurrence, while even those who oppose or disregard the system can only give their opinions without reference to facts. The important services which canals would render as cheap and easy means for the conveyance of stores are iudis- putable ; and we hope that all our chief Anglo- Indian officials, whether new or old in their posts, will combine heartily to carry on the public works of the country. THE SUN, LOIN L ON, FIiIDA V E ENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1866. in favour of the King. The Patriarch Cardinal, Trevisanato, and the clergy of the diocese of Venice, have presented an address to Victor Emmanuel, in which they express " the Catholic and sincere homage of their fidelity." When it became known at Paris that the New York Yacht Club had, upon the occasion of the Great Exhibition, organised a match between New York and Havre, for a prize to the amount of 400,000 f., the Parisian Regatta Club placed at the disposal of the President of the New York Club a gold medal, with its arms, which is to be presented to the winner. It is announced that the Champ de Mrs will be irrevocably opened to the public on the Ist of April next. The works are immense and diversi fied, but they proceed with mathematical precision. The woman found dead at Lille, in reference to whom her Lusband, M. Rosseau, wrote to his friends to announce that the death of his wife had been mentioned by a "deplorable error," turns out to be a woman named Matton, who had recently arrived at Lille from Paris. She was a person of bad cha racter, and had not long been released from prison. No explanation has yet been given of the circum stances connected with her death, or by what means the corpse came in the cellar. The mystery has been an exciting topic at Lille. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at Com piegne, at which the Emperor presided. Th e Empress was present at the Council. The number of postage stamps sold in France, which only reached 19 millions in 1849, increased to 414 millions in 1865, and the estimated number is 450 millions for the present year. This number is much less than that consumed in England. Nothing official has been published relative to the recommendations of the Army Commission. It is, however, reported that it will propose to fix the effective army at 360,01'0 men instead of 420,000. By the new arrangements it is said that the Govern ment will in future have at disposal 1,080,000 men, viz., active: army, 360,000 ; reserve, 480,000 ; mobile national guard, 240,000 ; total, 1,080,000 men. M. Louis Joseph d'Orteque, a writer of note, and one of the editors of the Journal des Debats, who died very suddenly, aged 65, was buried to day. The funeral was attended by troops of friends. A soldier, named Jalabert, aged 107 years and eight months, has just died at Basset. He was at the capture of the Bastille, and fought against the Vendeeans in 1794. There is more than usual gaiety and festivity ai Compiegne just now. The amusements are shoot. ing, smoking, billiards, card-playing, and theatricals. A day or two ago no less than 193 birds fell to the Emperor's gun, more than the number killed by any other gentleman of the party. It will give great pleasure to every one to know that his Majesty is quite well. Sometimes he has been seen walking about by himself smoking his cigar, followed by his dog Nero, which, if possible, is as attached and faithful to him as his people. The Late Shower of Met Pons. The Dumfries Courier states that the best ac count it has seen of the late shower of meteors is that furnished by Professor Grant, of the Royal Observatory, Glasgow, to the Glasgow Herald, and then gives the following extract from Professor Grant's article : "The expected shower of meteors was observed here under eminently favourable circumstances. About mid night the ccnstellation Leo had ascended in the east above the horizon, and as the point of emanation of the meteors is situated in this constellation, it might have been ex pected that henceforward the phenomenon would assume a more prominent aspect. Shortly after one o'clock the heavens everywhere became beautifully clear, and we had the good fortune to obtain henceforward a magnificent and uninterrupted view of the phenomenon. At 1 hour 15 minute 3 the heavens had assumed an extremely im posing aspect. Multitudes of beautiful meteors were now everywhere visible, but especially in the eastern heavens, where the constellation Leo was ually ascended in his course regionto be seen o f ho gradually towards the meridian. Hundreds of the meteors far sur passed in brilliancy the stars of the first magnitude. In multitudes of instances they were brighter than Jupiter,and some of them even equalled Venus when she is at hergreat est brillancy. Their prevailing colour was white, but some had a yellowish tinge of light, while others had a blueish tinge. In every instance they were accompanied by a straight narrow train of well-defined light, of a beautiful emerald green colour. The length of the train varied much for the different meteors. Many of them extended over an arc of 30 deg., 40 deg, or 50 deg., and some were even of still greater length. As stated, they were almost without exception straight in the direction of their length, and their course among the stars presented clear indications of the emana tion of the meteors from a common region of the heavens situated somewhere in the constellation Leo. The meteor in every case first presented itself to observation, and then, as it pursued its course westward through the heavens, it was seen spitting out its beautiful train of green light. In general the meteor and its train were visible for about three or four seconds, but in some instances they continued in view as long as five seconds. At 1 hour 18 min. a whole group of brilliant meteors was seen to burst out, and diverge like a fan from the radiant point in Leo. The appearance which the heavens every where now presented can only be compared to the effect produced by the general discharge of a vast number of rockets. At 1 hour 20 minutes I counted the number of meteors visible in one minute, and I found them to amount to fifty-seven; but this in all probability did not exceed one-third of the number really visible in every part of the heavens. Shortly afterwards it became evident that the earth had passed through the thickest of the shower. At 2 hours 42 min. the most remarkable pheno menon of this kind presented itself to us in the constellation of Ursa Major; but unfortunately none of us caught the commencement of it. The blaze of light which this meteor emitted at the time of vanishing was extraordinary. It left behind it a curved residue of faint. light of sensible breadth, and having the form of a horseshoe. This singular pheno menon continued visible in the heavens for twenty minutes after it first attracted our attention. At 3 hours the num ber of meteors visible in a minute had diminished to two or three. It may be remarked that the constellation Leo indicates the region of the heavens in the direction of which the earth is at present travelling in virtue of its annual motion round the sun. " The Novembe meteors are bodies in all probability analogous to the small planets which revolve round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and to the meteors which physical astronomy indicates as probably revolving round the same body within the orbit of Mercury. Meteors, like comets, may be said to be indefinitely great in number, although the aggregate mass of those which revolve in the vicinity of the hitherto discovered bcdies of the planetary system must necessarily be small. What purpose they serve in the economy of creation it is difficult to discover, but that their existence is connected with some important operations of nature is a conclusion which must occur to every thoughtful mind. "It may bo mentioned that tho average height of tho meteors above the earth's surface has been found to be about 70 miles." We have authority to state that the Admiralty have directed a copy of the published correspon dence between Mr. Buxton, M.P., and Lieutenant Brand, R.N., to be sent to Commodore MiClintock, at Jamaica, with instructions that if Lieutenant Brand is unable to deny the authenticity of the letters imputed to him, he is to be immediately superseded and sent to England, as having been guilty of conduct inconsistent with the cha racter of an officer and a gentleman. We are also autho rised to state that any rumour to the effect that Lieutenant Brand has received promotion from the present Board of Admiralty is entirely without foundation.-3forning Post terrifies the people. In the large cities there are resources to satisfy these demands, but in the vil lages the reign of desolation is established. The poor are compelled to pay all they have in support of taxation, and to leave themselves without the means of procuring food. In the meantime the prisons are filled with inoffensive citizens. Nothing is respected ; neither age nor sex. There is sorrow in families, disgust in the army, and alarm every where. Fear, however, is more prevalent among the Government than elsewhere. As " the thief fears in every bush an officer," so the Spanish Govern ment at this moment sees revolutionists in all directions. This alarm induces despotic acts, domiciliary visits are paid, the secret of correspon dence is violated, and despotic acts multiply. The Government, in its anxiety to discover conspirators, has taken a step which may bring it to grief. M. Berger, Marquis d'lsidori, a French subject, has been arrested at his hotel at the unseasonable hour of three o'clock in the morning, upon some imagi nary idea that he has been connected with plots. In conclusion, the letter says :—" The continuance of this state of things is impossible, and from day to day some great catastrophe may be expected, for despair and misery drive people to extremity." The accounts from Italy state that the clergy of the annexed provinces evince the utmost enthusiasm CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. The Moniteur announces that the King of Italy, accompanied by the Princes, his sons, and the Prince de Carignan, had returned to Florence. The troops of the garrison and the Naticnal Guard received his Majesty at the railway station, which was filled with an enthusiastic crowd. The city was illuminated in the evening. The Government has received despatches from Mexico, to the 12th of October, but they do not con tain any news of importance. Nothing is men tioned of the reported abdication of the Emperor Maximilian. The political situation of Vera Cruz is described as satisfactory. The Marquis de la Valette, the Minister of the Interior, has resumed his functions which, during his temporary absence, were fulfilled by M. Rouher. According to the National Gazette, of Berlin, the Senate of Hamburg is about to conclude a treaty of commerce with England. This news it says has created some excitement at Berlin, because it is not understood there how one of the members of the future Confederation of the North can at this moment enter into private engagements with a foreign Power. The Siecle has some remarks upon the announce ment that M. Von der Fleydt, the Prussian Minister of Finance, intended to ask the Chambers to allow asum of a million and a half of dollars, to be devoted to the officers of the Prussian army whose services had been eminent during the late war, " which had given unparalleled glory and aggrandisement to Prus sia." The Siecle says, "It is not for us to object that P russ ia should recompense the chiefs of her army at the expense of • poor Germany, but since she has taken up this matter, it would be equitable that she should also think of the soldiers. On the other hand, vast numbers of persons are of opinion that in doing honour to the conquerors of Sadowa she might infuse a little modesty into her songs of triumph. One might be tempted to think that she is not accustomed to such liberality, and that the fumes of unexpected success have turned her brain." A letter from Madrid gives a melancholy, if not alarming, account of the present position of Spain. It says that everything is paralysed—commerce, industry, and agriculture. The vigour with which the payment of taxes is demanded, in order to supply the exigencies of the Goyernment, LA TEST INTELLIGENCF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE TYROL. INNSPRUCK, Nov. 21, In yesterday's sitting of the Tyrolean Diet, a deputy demanded whether the rumours current in the Italian districts of the Tyrol of an intention to cede them to Italy were correct, and ii not, whether the Government was resolved to prosecute with energy the persons spreading such rumours. The Government Commissioner replied that the rumours in question were absolutely without foun- dation, and that the Government was firmly deter mined not to cede Southern Tyrol, and to take vigorous measures against any agitation in the Italian districts for annexation to Italy. TURKEY AND GREECE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15 (Via Marseilles). The Greek Minister in this capital has, it is stated, demanded that the Greek soldiers captured in Candia should be given up to him. The Porte has refused compliance with this request, and the foreign Consuls also have declined to enter into the question. The Greek Plenipotentiary, however, persisted in his demand. News received here from Candia states that Ismail Pacha, General of the Egyptian Contingent in that island, was killed in the last engagement with the insurgents. THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 22. The Invalide of to-day contradicts the statement recently published, that a concentration of Russian troops had been effected at Santareand. The same journal announces that the fortress of Djusak, the last stronghold of the Emir of Bukhara, was taken by assault after an eight days' siege. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 21 (Evening). The general discussion on the Budget was closed to-day. The motion of Herr Lasker, censuring the Go ♦ernment on account of the sale of the Cologne Minden Railway without the sanction of the Cham bers, was agreed to by 126 to 122 votes. The Minister of the Interior has introduced a bill for the regulation of the Pruzso-Bavarian frontier. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 22, Evening. The Queen of Spain has resolved to pay a visit to the King of Portugal at Lisbon, at the commence ment of December next. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 22.—Two o'clock.—The market is very firm, and French and Italian stock show a considerable advance, but less business is doing in Railway Shares, which are quoted with hardly any variations. French Threes are doing at 69f. 80c., which is an advance of 27ic. Italian Fives have reached 56fr. 55c., or 42ic. higher. Credit Mobilier Shares have gained 2f. 50c., at 610 f., and Spanish Mobilier 3f. 75c., at 325 f. Credit Foncier are un varied. There is a decline of * telegraphed on English Consols. Three o'Clock.—Quotations have slightly retro graded for the close, and leave off as follows :- 4} per Cents 97 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 69 77i Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1382 50 RAIL Bank Shares 3625 Italian Loan 56 40 Do. end month 56 40 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Throes Home Debt — Deferred 'AYB. For Account. Orleans BBO Northern llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean 913 75 Southern 583 75 Wootorm — Eastern — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 412 50 North of Spain — S aragosr a 145 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman.. 62 60 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23. The steamer Cambrian, with the Cape mails, arrived here this morning. She left Natal on the 16th Oct., Cape Town the 20th, St. Helena the 29th, and Ascension the 2d November. She brings 60 passengers, including the Bishop of Zanzibar and his suite, the Rev. Messrs. Baldwin, Jenkins, Mae namara, Lewis, and Edwards. • Lady Wodehouse, the wife of his Excellency the Governor-General, died at Cape Town on the night of October 6, after several months' illness, aged 48. Deceased was very generally beloved by the colonial public, from her having shown warm and constant interest in the affairs of the colony. Her funeral was arranged as a private one, but a large number of colonists attended to express their sympathy. Over 50 private carriages formed the funeral cortege. Both houses of. Parliament pre sented addresses of condolence. The business which had been transacted in Parliament had been chiefly of a routine character. The Colonial Secretary made his annual budget speech on the 25th September. A long discussion followed, mainly upon the necessity of economising the public expenditure. Ultimately the estimates were referred to a select committee, whose report has not yet been presented. A bill authorising a loan of £360,000 has been brought in, of which £120,000 is for the completion of the line between Wellington and Tulbagh, Klotf, and the rest for the Graham's Town Railway. An active opposition was organised against the bill, and the debate was adjourned until October 22. Meanwhile the various Government measures bear ing upon finances made but little progress. Two railway bills were before the House of Assembly. The first repeals the acts of 1862, and the second authorises the Government to raise money by means of debentures. Mr. Le Seur, Postmaster-General, had been sus pended, and another head of the Post-office ap pointed in his place temporarily. The late exten sive plunder in the Post- office is the cause, and it is believed that his administration had been too mild, but there was no imputation on his per sonal honour as a gentleman or his integrity as an official. Sweeping changes were to be immediately made in the internal arrangements of the Post office. A bill to discontinue payment of the salary of £l,OOO per annum to the High Commissioner had been carried through the House of Assembly, and had passed the second reading in the Legislative Council. In the Free States the position of affairs remained pacific. The Basutos appeared to be indisposed to resume hostilities. Cattle stealing continued rife in the frontier districts, although not quite so exten sively as during some recent periods. The white inhabitants of the districts of King William's Town and East London had suffered severely, and failing to secure what they regarded as ade quate protection from the Government had formed themselves into a mutual defence association to punish the Kaffirs. Help being at hand, his Excellency had interposed and caused 13 members of the association to be prosecuted, who were committed for trial. This proceeding of the Government had caused great excitement in the locality. Her Majesty's ship Rapid Simon's Bay, Oct. 20. for England. The Cambrian experienced fine weather on her voyage home. Business at Natal continued dull, but the recent rains had caused the agriculturists to consider their prospects more cheerful. Mr. Blanely, a gentleman from Madeira, had made a proposition to the Government of Natal to import white (Portuguese) labourers from Rat Island, at a much cheaper rate than that at which coolies could be obtained. Openir.g of the Hungarian Diet.--Imperia Rescript. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PESTH, Nov. 19. At the opening of the Hungarian Diet in this capital to-day, the following Imperial Rescript was read : " We, Francis Joseph the First, by God's grace, Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia, Lodomeria, and Elyria, Archduke of Austria, &c., send greeting and grace to the eccle siastical and temporal representatives of our faith ful kingdom of Hungary, and the parts therewith connected, who are assembled in the Diet convoked by us in our Royal free city of Pesth, Dec. 10,1865. " Faithful Lieges,—With unshaken confidence in heavenly Providence and in the faithful devotion of our peoples we resume the thread of our negotiations with the Diet, the startingpoint of which we pointed out in our speech from the throne, and as whose highly important and unalterable ultimate object we consider the Constitutional settlement of the bond connecting the various parts of the monarchy, as well as the speedy restoration of the autonomous rights of our beloved Kingdom of Hungary. " The unfavourable turn of the war, which was not to be effaced by the brilliant victories of our Southern army and fleet, defeated those hopes, we built upon the justice of our cause and the ready heroism of our army, even notwithstanding the nume rical superiority of the Powers allied against us. " In view of the severe decree of fate, which could only be reshaped more favourably by the utmost exertions of sacrifice and of the moral and material strength of our peoples, we did not hesitate to re store to them, even on hard conditions, the blessings of peace, the security of which we have always reckoned among the deeply felt cares of our paternal heart, and among our highest duties as a Sovereign. " The momentous events of the past, coupled with regard for the changes that have taken place in inter national relations, henceforth require, in an increased and really unavoidable degree,that we should hasten, to the extent of our power, the settlement of the pend ing internal affairs of our monarchy upon the basis pointed out as essential to the sincere satisfaction. of the constitutional rights and claims of our peoples. " In our royal rescript of the 24th of June last we have already recognised the ready activity with which the estates and representatives of our beloved Kingdom of Hungary, in Diet assembled, have as sociated themselves with our efforts, and have upon their part also begun to contribute to the solution of the common task. " The more we were forced to lament that we were compelled to prorogue the Hungarian Diet just at the very time when, owing to the aforesaid diligence of the same in the preliminary consulta tions of the Committee, a draught was obtained respecting the starting point and ultimate object of which—although it has not yet passed through the legitimate stages of public debate and consideration of the Diet—we did not even at that time hesitate to express our recognition, for we feel ourselves called upon, in the endeavour to reconcile opposite demands, to turn our active attention to all those points whose development is calculated speedily to pave the way for a solution of the main question founded upon rights and equity. " We see with satisfaction in that draught the lively sense of the connexion of our countries ex- pressed, and the indispensable consideration stated as guiding principle that the security of the Monar chy in its most important interest should be gua ranteed. " In reply to the unhesitating frankness and tha t confidence the Estates and representatives in Diet assembled have expressed in their address to us, we therefore wish them to feel assured in advance that we recognise the subjects proposed in the draught of the said sub-committee with reference to the debate and treatment of common affairs, as a fitting point of union for the establishment of the constitutional compromise. " In order still further to secure the rapid and satisfactory success of the consultations in this re spect, we think it advisable to indicate those princi pal points with regard to which it appears requisite, for the purpose of a suitable division of common affairs, that. special attention be directed on the part of the Estates and sepresentativea. " What we must indispensably uphold is theunity of the army, which, together with the unity in the command, and in the internal organisation of its parts, also undoubtedly dotnands unanimity of prin ciple in the arrangements for the time of service and filling up the ranks. " The future development of international traffic, and the vital conditions of industry, require just as indispensably that the Customs' tariff, and, as a logical sequence, the indirect taxation exercising an important influence upon industrial productions, to gether with the State monopoly system, should be regulated upon an agreed and similar basis. " Lastly, the State debts, and the innermost being of the State credit, so intimately connected there with, require united treatment, if the interests of the money market, which affect life in all parts of the realm with equal vigour, are to be preserved from dangerous oscillation. " By the result of the negotiation with the Diet carried on upon this foundation, we trust speedily to be in a position to regard as in principle removed the obstacles with respect to those guarantees for the general State connection we are obliged, as the immediate consequence of the Pragmatic Sanction, to guard from every danger. We shall thus upon our part be able to contribute toward the fulfilment of the wishes conspicuously put forward in the ad dresses of the Estates and representatives, and by the appointment of a responsible Ministry, as well as the restoration of the , municipal self-administra tion, to do justice to the constitutional demands of the people of our beloved Kingdom of Hungary. " While we are resolved to introduce the respon sible system of government not only into Hungary, but generally we reserve to ourselves to carry out the detailed application and realisation of the prin ciples referring to common affairs, together with the modification of those stipulations of the laws of 1848, respecting which we express e d our hesitation in our Royal rescript of the 3d Al arch last, through the responsible Ministers to be appointed by us and in agreement with the Estates and representatives in Diet assembled. " We entertain the hope that the Estates and representatives of our beloved Kingdom of Hungary will receive the candid statement of these our pater nal intentions with unprejudiced feelings, and will make the points of view dwelt upon by us the sub- ject of earnest deliberation, suitable at the same time to the requirements of the day, thereby upon their part accelerating the fulfilment of our most earnest wish—viz., the secure introduction of Con- stitutional organisation into our collective realm. " The country now stands upon the threshold of the fulfilment of its wishes. " The sentiments which induced us to place in its hands the decision as to its own future to be arrived at by a correct recognition of its interests are not changed. " We assuredly believe that the conscientious co-operation of the goodwill of both parties will succeed is imparting to that future a basis calcu lated to harmonise the venerable traditions of the past with the demands of the present, and thereby permanently to secure their renewed prosperity. Given at our capital city of Vienna this 17th November, 18(i6. 44 FRANCIS JOSEPH, GEOLGE VON MAILATII, " JOLIANII VON BARTos.' 110111 Q _ I C - - fru, HER MAJESTY, &c• WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday. The Queen drove out this morning, attended by the Duchess of ROxburghe, and his Royal Highness Prince Leopold went out walking. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert Vict.m. and Prince George, left the Castle this morning for London, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and General Kaollys. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and the lion. Mortimer Sackville West, also went to London. Yesterday being the birthday of her Royal High ness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), a party of children residing at the Castle and in the neighbourhood were, by her Majesty's commands, invited to a dance, which took place in the Red Drawing-room. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess of Wales' the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice were present. Refreshments were afterwards .served in the White Drawing-room. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh went out shooting, attended by Major-General Sir T. M. Biddulph, Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieutenant Haig. His Royal' Highness afterwards went to London, attended by Lieutenant Haig. The Lord Chancellor, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, and Lord. Stanley, arrived at the Cozad yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal Family. The Lord Chancellor and Lord Stanley left the Castle to-day. The Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon Flora Macdonald have succeeded the Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Mary Lascelles as Maids of Honour in Waiting. Ile Princess of Wales, with Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, attended by the Hon. Alra° Stonor and General Knollys, arrived at Marlbo rough House yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. THE MARRIAGE OF THE CZAREWITCIL ST. PETERSBURG, Nov, 18. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Denmark, their Highnesses Prince Herman of Saxe-Weimar and Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenbourg, with a large number of their suite, arrived at Moscow at half-past 12 on the 15th inst. Major Teesdale, who is remarked as one of the defenders of Kars, was one of the suite in at tendance on the Prince of Wales. The august tra vellers were received at the station of the Nicholas Railway by Prince V. Dolgoro7ki, governor of MO cow, several persons of note, all the authorities of the town, and a large assemblage of citizens. guard of honour, formed on the platform of the station, received the foreign princes with militan t honours, while the band played the national airs of England and Denmark. A second military band, placed on a balcony opposite to the railway statial) saluted the august foreigners' entry into the town with the same airs. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Den mark occupied the apartments of his imperial Highness the Czarewitch in the Kremlin ; his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and their klighnesses the Prince of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Altenbourg were located in that part of the palace which ad joins the Ouroujeinaia Palata. Having rested from their journey the august travellers visited the cathe. dral of the &gumption and the other churches of the Kremlin, the Grand Palace, the Terun, th e Granovitaia Palata, and the Ouroujeinala Palate, and the arsenal, after which they drove through the town, where they visited several shops and factories. The governor-general of Moscow, Prince V. Delge rouki, and Prince N. Troubetskoi, the grand master of the Court, were invited to dinner by the princes. In the evening their royal highnesses and their highnesses paid a visit to the. Grand Theatre, wher e the entertainment consisted of two acts of the bal lets Giselle" and " Faust," and' one act of the opera of " Roussalka." The hall was brilliantly lighted up, and the company in the boxes were i n fall dress. The princes were accompanied by Princ© V. Dolgorouki and Prince N. Troubetsko i. After the second act the audience called for the Russian National Anthem, and afterwards for the English and Danish Anthems, both of which wer e several times repeated ; this interruption to the play was concluded by the Russian Anthem being again performed. The Prince of Denmark and the Prince of Wales replied to several calls by coining to the front of their boxes to acknowledge the com pliment. On the 16th the Governor-General of MOSCOTI gave a dinner in honour of the august traveller s ' after which the pri nces se t out at 11 o ' clock at n ight on their return to St. Petersburg. On the 12th and 13th instant the town of Wl° was magnificently illuminated in honour of the in" perial marriage. The theatres gave entertainmen ts for the two days at reduced prices. At these Pe r ; forwances the National Anthem was performed several times amid enthusiastic cheers. The town of Kiew was also brilliantly illuminat ed for three days, and popular entertainments we re given in the theatre. KELLY'S POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY rol‘ THE SIX HOME COUNIIEd. The sixth edition of Kelly's Post-office Director! for the six home counties, viz., Essex, Hert S ' Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex for the ye ar 1867, has just made its appearance, and like i ta gigantic companion, the London Post-office Dire d tory,,it continues to increase its information so Ye?, largely that three or f our h un d re d a dditiona l pages have been rendered necessary. The goo dl Z volume now contains no l ess th an 2 J 2' I pages, but the great value of the work dr pends upon the fact that during the last slf months it has been very carefully corrected, ev ert parish having been visited b y t h e agen ts °( made in publisher. Several additi ons h ave b een madein the present new edition ; li s t s o f H un d re ds as poor-law unions have been included in the t01 7 ,1‘ graphy of each county. The locality of each par' is very fully described ; the post-office savis banks and Government annuity offi ces are _ set down, and in addition to the list of Par ° ; chial offices, clearly arranged und er th e i r re spectiv e headings, a list of farm bailiffs of gentlemen farming' their own land has been added. Th e ne w lines ° a railway have all been laid down on the maps MIT to each of the six counties ; in fact, nothing u B , been omitted in the compilation of th e b oo k, wh icl at ' must have been a work of enormous labour. Fr ° a the references we have made h a ph azar d, we c a d testify to the general correctness of the book, 3 . 13 the editor, Mr. E. It. Kelly, may, we think, 11th perfect certainty, console himself with the satisf 3e s tory assurance that his labours have resulted in perfect and complete success. Th e b oo k is an that ~, can be desired, and therefore it d eserves , apart fr o ' its usefulness, the most extended circulation. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.--It appears tha° Mrs. Stodare, acti ng u p on th e a d v i ce o furner °lls friends of her late husba n d an d o f h er own , has reoperate the Temple of Mystery, so ably presided over by the 18bi Colonel Stodare. A recent visit convinces U. that entertainment is one that will not merely realise the e pectation of the public but the anticipation of the VI): prietrix. ;The f e ats of ar tifi c i a l m agic are ri:o formed with grace and accuracy, and, Whit ' more surprising still, without confederate aid or t he paratus with which we are accustomed to see similar eXb..l l bitions accompanied. The old maxim that the public ` ii willing to be deceived as well as to deceive is app are e ,: ut_ one on which Colonel Stodare fixed his faith. That th is hero a great pleasure in being chea ted, sv. ta admit. We miss the ventriloquial part of eated . entertainment ; but, however, this is comPen o , for by the attention being, with little interr u p tion, centrated for two hours by the wonderful dexterity es bited in legerdemain. The optical illusion of the 5P1 1113 . 0 itself amply repays a visit, and the Marv el of Mecca, les which Madame Stodaro appears floating like Mallol3l° r'. coffin in mid-air, is really a truly wonderful and re ably ably clever illusion. _~_ YE 55, th 4 111 %ti t tk , sl l , for G I . G t ta lilt ma ail