The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-07 00:00:00

HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. TSole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Ed mund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Poole, and Mrs. H Vandenhoff. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Sisters Healy. After which, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. Ch esas. Ma hews, Howe, Kenda l, Gordon. Weathersby, ; dames C. Mathews, Moo re, Chippendale, Laws, Hill, ctc. To be followed by GRIMSHAW, BA.GSHAW, AND BRADSHAW. Mr Buckstone. To conclude with SLIOCKINJ EVENTS. Mr. Common. Mr. Chippendale ; Mrs. E. ritzwilliam, &c. Comm en ce at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM_ THEATRE. 110 Sole Lessee and Manager, D Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING , B RUTUS AN ciEssit. Henrade. At a Quarter before 8. the ne Drama, in Four Acts he New , THE LONG STRIKE, w ritten by Dion Boucicault. T Scenery by Mr. T. Greiveand assistants. M Evans , essrs. Anderson, S Emery, Widd i co mb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. biewbound Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWELET a ndON'SMiss Gratton TAIL COAT. Toby Twee dl e ton, Mr. 11. Widd ED icomb; . Aeting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Box-office open daily lrom Ten till rive. Miss 111 HE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM TREAT ttE.—Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor). Mr. D. Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci cault. At 7 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Last Two Nights of the present Performances. THIS EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts, by John Oxenford, Esq, entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Yining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Mrs. Buckingham White. After which, at 9 o'clock, TIIE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; Mr. Forrester, Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. Shore. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo doche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T HIS EVENING, at 7 precisely (22d time), ETHEL ; or, ONLY A LIFE. Miss hate Terry, Mra. Alt red Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Billington, Stephen son, Ashley, Romer, C. J. Smith, Sic. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROII THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, Eburne. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, L kRKINS' LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Balmore ; Miss C. Saunders. Alter which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddes. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborou,gh. THIS EVENING, IN THE WRONG BOX. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque of DELI FREISCHUTZ ; or, A Good Cat 4 for a Piece. Mes.q . s. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mes d am es Swan borough, Raynham, Johnstone, and tiughea. To conclude with BOOTS A.T THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. lIEATII.E ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. TUnder the Sole anagem ent of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. " M TIINI GOLDEN DUSTMAN over the water a Prodigious Success THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, November 7th, and during the week (the 10th, Ada and 2th times at this rheatre), the Original Dramatic ptation of Charles Dickens's latest Work, "Our Mutual Friend," as produced at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, June 16, 1866, by Mr. W U. C. Nation, entitled TOE GOLDEN DUSTMAN. Messrs Fernandez, Atkins, W. H. Stephens ; Misses F. Gwynne and Nelly Nisbett. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of AT A LAN TA. Misses Nelly Nisbett, Polly Marshall, Louise Laidlaw, and Fanny Howard. THE GREAT SENSATION LOCK SCENE, _A_ THEATRE ROYAL ASTLEY'S, Every Evening. 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We learn by the arrival of the Belgian, with news from New York to the 26th ult., that the trial of JEFFERSON DAVIS has been postponed until th e spring. This is a most unwarrantable proceeding, and can neither be defended in law nor in reason. If his adversaries really believe him to be guilty o f offences against the State they should not hesitate to bring forward what evidence they can against him. If they are aware that their accusations cannot be supported, they should be honest enough to admit it. It is anew system of punishment to keep a pri soner untried, and, in fact, amounts to condemning a man unheard. No one, except Gen. BUTLER, seriously contemplates the execution of Divis, the hanging of one man for the crime, if crime it were, of six millions. The heaviest sentence that could be passed upon the illustrious Southern would be one of imprisonment, and that it seems the Radicals feel competent to pass upon him without the assistance of any legal tribunal. But they will very probably carry matters too far. Mr. Divis's health is very uncertain, and all accounts agree in representing bia condition to be precarious in the extreme. The anxiety, the suspense, and excitement in which he is kept, added to the confinement at the fortress, naturally diminish very much his chances of recovery. It JEFFERSON DAwts lies in prison it will be a lasting reproach to the American people, and will probably produce both in Europe and America a strong revulsion against the Radicals and their policy. The fact is that they are apprehensive that, so soon as Mr. DAVI S is actually tried, the PRESIDENT will, if he is found guilty, exercise the prerogative of pardon and release him. Mr. JOHNSON'S position just now is a difficult one, a n d his Southern supporters appear to be fully ted awa re of the impediments in his path. It is stated, thoug h with what truth is uncertain, that the PRESIDENT has urged the Government o f Louisiana to force the Constitutional Amendment through the Legislature. We are also told that several prominent South Carolinians are helping the Government to carry the amendment through the South Carolina Legislature, as a mea sure of relief for the PRESIDENT. It is possible that they think it will be wiser in the present serious state of thing's to make any sacrifice so as to arrest the progress of Radicalism, and to strengthen the Democratic party in Congress. ;Ur, JOHNSON ------------ - been, it is said, advised to surrender his opposition to the Constitutional Amendment, so as to leave the Radicals no cause to advocate but negro suffrage, which is generally unpopular. It would seem as if the Radicals, in anticipation of this concession, were already abandoning the very cause which they have hitherto so strenuously upheld. WEN DELL PHILLIPS has been making a violent oration at Brooklyn, in which he denounced the PRESIDENT, the Cabinet, General GRANT, and the Constitu tional Amendment, all in turn. What will be the course adopted by the Radicals in the event of the PRESIDENT'S adopting the amendment is as yet uncertain. It may be a political advantage to Mr. JOHNSON to do so, but at the same time it is a pity he should be forced so far to abandon his principles and to lower his standard of civil union , and constitutional law. The riot at Baltimore has passed over. The Atlantic Telegraph brings us the welcome in telligence that tranquillity is restored in the city, and we hope an open collision between the parties will be avoided. The Governor of Maryland still retains his resolute attitude, and has announced that he claims the right to try and pass judgment upon the commissioners, and to take immediate ac tion should any conclusive evidence arise as to their guilt or innocence during the investigation. The trial is going on, and efforts are being made to iudict the Commissioners and Mr. FOURNEY, of the Washington Chronicle, for an attempt to incite to a riot. This accusation might very safely be extended to a good many others ; but it is not probable that it will be seriously maintained. It is fortunate for the interests of civil liberty that the Governor of Maryland is so well able to maintain the rights and the dignity of his position. A Canadian jury has found two Fenians guilty, and the judge has sentenced them to be hung, giving them, however, the privilege to appeal. As might be supposed this step has created a good deal of excitement among the Fenians generally, who seem to regard murder, plunder, and incendiarism as their particular rights. If there is an idea of punishing a Fenian for the commission of any of these offences, the whole of the brotherhood are at once aroused and busy denouncing the injustice. The Americans appear to share these convenient doc trines, since the Ne w York Municipality have passed resolutions requesting the Canadian authorities to release the prisoners, and have sent a deputation to Washington requesting the PRESIDENT to use his efforts to obtain their pardon. On what grounds all this interference is based is not stated, and pro bably the Fenian admirers in New York do not trouble themselves to particularise. The Tommany Hall democrats, however, go a little further. They have not apparently listened to the grandiloquence of Fenian orators for nothing. At a meeting held for the purpose they passed resolutions calling upon the Government to insist upon the release of the Fenian prisoners, and to assure the British Govern ment that the American people will retaliate for the violation of humanity, civilisation, and justice which the execution of the prisoners would involve. So that, in the opinion of the Tommany Hall Demo crats, " humanity, civilisation, and justice" are re presented by Fenianism. Truly, the New World goes faster than the Old ; and the discoveries made on the other side of the Atlantic throw our philo sophers and investigators altogether in the shade. The Americans have just now enough to do in putting the world to rights. Mexico is a trouble some neighbour, and they are beginning to perceive that the removal of the foreign element will at Brownsville, in which he says, sensibly enough, that the only way to improve matters on the Rio Grande is to support JUAREZ heartily, not recog nising the claims of the SANTA ANNA, ORTEGA, or other factions. JUAREZ is the recognised head of the Liberal party, and therefore to allow other leaders to come forward is to produce nothing but anarchy and confusion. Gen. ORTEGA and his staff intended leaving for Brownsville with the view of establishing a constitutional Government, but it is now reported that the Federal authorities will in terfere to prevent their doing so. Abundant proofs are not wanting to show us the futility of those arguments so constantly employed of the great benefits that will accrue to those States which have been put under the dominion of Prussia. Nothing can exceed thepertinacity with which Count BISMARCK follows up any persecution or prosecu tion in which he may be engaged, and surely it was most unnecessary on his part to go on with the case of llerr VON TWESTEN after all that has occurred. Fortunately, in this instance, he has received a decisive check, and the Superior Court has confirmed the decision of the ordinary tribunal of Berlin, which acquitted him of the charges brought against him in consequence of his speech in the Chamber of Deputies. Things have come to a strange pass, indeed, in Prussia, if freedom of speech is to be denied to the representatives ; and does not this prosecution on the part of the Go vernment, carried on under the present peculiar aspect of things, speak volumes as to the course of policy which they mean to carry out? The public prosecutor had demanded that Herr VON TWES- T t inENvithshicohulfdriehnadvlye desiretwo y h e a n rs h ' a s im b p e r e i t s i o n no m e f n a t r , d b i u s appointed. However, we all know what a system of espionage can be kept up by a Govern ment which has virtually renounced its solemn duties, and ignores the first principles of political and popular freedom. In numerous ways, some trivial and others of consequence, the fretting and harassing work can be carried on, and woe I betide that nation whose rulers call the law to aid them in keeping down the rights of the members of the Senate. We are glad that the arrogant and pretentious Minister should a u n h av e received this check , b ut we cann ot flatter our selves that it will make any the s fuubst al differen ce tro ti . is one o in f his mode of procedure for impresses, and who is equally indifferent to those individuals whom nothing the praise or blame of others. WO have every reason to s u pp ose that the Berlin Government are to carry out the plans they have hitherto designed with more or less success in various quarters, and we may well ask, in common consis tency, if there is a definite prospect of freedom for those provinces and States which have recently been annexed to the Crown of King WILLIAM. Already we can see how the new regime is working in llanover, where a Ministerial order has been pub lished introducing the system of general liability to military service. Here is an instance of the man ner in which the rights of the people will be inter fered with, and what is this Prussian system of Go vernment about which such a fuss is continually made, and which some wiseacres seem to consider demands special gratitude to Providence for conferring upon the States in question? Is it not a piece of tyranny from beginning to end, an sets t organised thhpTofeessriisoynis' of with t a y v a e n n:g n e a a n t i c o e n , a l w i t h y i which sentiment, and soon becomes involved in persecu tions and prosecutions against all things of a liberal tendency, and all persons of an independent charac ter. Nor can the Hanoverians see any cause fo satisfaction in the circumstances that have attended IHE SON LONDON, WEDNESIMY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1866. their j unction with Prussia. Have not they exchanged comparative freedom for a situation which is questionable at the best, and which bids fair to become before long very intolerable. We have always thought that the French poli -ticians took the most correct view of the situation in Germany, and so it will prove in the long run. The remarks which some of their journalists have made from time to time have been characterised by great acuteness, and displayed considerable foresight. The Siecle has lately commented upon the state of things in Germany, and in allusion to the recent appointment of M. BE UST, it observes that his nomination will force Prussia to keep a watch over herself, for the new Austrian Minister will attack her with her own arms—the feeling of Germany. It is not a secret to anybody that great discontent pre vails in the Prussian countries. It had been ex pected that as the foreign policy of Prussia continued to succeed the home management might improve, but these desires have not been fulfilled. " Liberty does not come, and glory evaporates like smoke. Without being a prophet one may foresee moral ex plosions more or less distant, and those men of the Landwehr who fought so well at Konigsgratz wish to be paid for their services in liberty." We suspect that this will prove to be a very scarce coin in the Prus sian exchequer for some time to come. But no doubt there is a general feeling of discontent at present existing in the minds of the Prussians. They may well inquire what use this war has been to them, and how far they have benefited by it, except in having to pay largely for assisting their rulers to sequestrate the rights and liberties of others. So far from the recent events being conducive to the furtherance of freedom in the country, it would seem as if the Ministers in tended to take advantage of it to carry out their tyrannical course in all directions. At any rate, we may expect that the new session in the Prussian Chambers will be a very stormy one, and that those Deputies who are really worthy of being representatives of the interests of the peo ple will feel themselves encouraged and animated by the great victory which the Liberal party have gained in the decision of the Court concerning Herr VON TWESTEN. This demeanour on their part will call forth fresh demonstrations of defiance from the Ministers, and so on to the end of the chapter. It is not in the nature of things that the present state of affairs can continue very long in Germany, and we shall not be at all surprised if the artifices and manoeuvres of Count BISMARCK bring about a sad day of reckoning for himself and his Sovereign. The German States will soon have enough of the interference of Prussia, and when once the French take offence the Berlin Govern ment will not fiid such ready support as they are now counting upon. It is, indeed, as strange as it is unsatisfactory to reflect upon the rapid change which the present year has witnessed, and we can safely say that a great deal of the injury done to the cause of freedom on the Continent may be traced to the unwise and irresolute policy of Earl RUSSELL at the time of the Schleswig-Holstein dis pute. We have not yet the end of that unfortunate business, but already it has been rife with evil con sequences, and brought ruin and destruction to many States and people not connected with the affair. on the Seine near the Pont de la Concorde excited great interest. The Prix d'Antomno was won by Gauloise ; nine boats were engaged. The Prize of the Rowing Club by the sane boat ; Cendrillon second. The Prix d'Orsay by Pile-ou-Face. The Championship of the Seine, the great match of the day, was contested by two boats—Latine, belong ing to M. Frebault, of Paris, and Perseverance, belonging to M. Gesling, sen. The latter is a Lon don-built boat. The struggle was a very severe one, and the victory was for the French boat and rowers. The triumph was hailed with as much enthusiasm as on the occasion when Gladiateur won the Grand Prize of Paris. The spectators and betters seemed almost mad with joy when Lutiue was the first to reach the Pont des Invalides. These matches terminated the nautical season of the Rowing Club. The produce of the matches is to be devoted to the relief of the suf ferers by the inundations. The winners of the prizes also refused to receive the amount to which they were entitled, wishing it to be devoted to the same object. A fish, supposed to be the sea fox, has been taken near the coast of Dieppe. It has a tail nearly a yard long. Its skin is fine, the belly is white. In many respects it resembles the dog-fish. A similar fish was taken in June, 1834, on the coast of Varen geville. The last member of the Army of Egypt, M. Antoine Charavay, died a few days ago at the age of 95. He left Paris as a volunteer to take part in the campaign in Egypt, and did not return to France till 1802, with the remnant of the great army. As a lady was passing a narrow street a day or two ago she received on her head the contents of a large jug of water, incautiously thrown by a young servant girl. The latter did not deny the act, and accompanied the lady to the Commissary of Police. As there was no malice the magistrate thought it would be only necessary to impose a fine sufficient to pay for the damage done to the lady's bonnet. The complainant refused to receive the money ; but, adds the Patrie, which gives the account, the lady said to the commissary " I have been inundated, but others have suffered more from the inundations than I have. I therefore beg you to hand the amount to the committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations." The death is announced of the eminent Italian tenor Cesare Sarti. The warm, beautiful summer weather still continues. The husband of Madame Chapuis, a young and favourite actress of the Theatre des Nouveautes, has attempted to murder her. He then committed sui cide. The night before last he went to the theatre, and just as she received the intimation that her husband had something important to say to her she was about to go upon the stage. She hurried down to him, and he instantly stabbed her in the throat. Believing that he had killed his wife he then directed the weapon against himself, and his wounds are likely to prove mortal. No explanation has yet been given of the motive of the crime, but it is re ported to be jealousy. The wound of Madame Chapuis is not very serious. A very curious case of animal magnetism or human electricity is authenticated by the writer of a letter to a Paris newspaper. He signs himself as a M. Brunet, employed in the house of Messrs. Christoge, No. 56, Rue de Bondy. The letter states that a young girl of 13, Miss Dumesnil, is imbued with a fluid of an extraordinary attractive power, which attracts all objects of wood which sur round her. Chairs and tables are instantly attracted towards her when she approaches near to them. She has only become possessed of this attractive faculty for the last three weeks. The phenomenon has been witnessed by many persons to whom she is known, and the Faculty will probably be called upon to give explanation in regard to it. The writer adds that a great personage has sent for the girl, to be convinced of the truth of the extraordi nary accounts which have obtained publicity respect ing her. The girl is employed as a wood polisher, and lives with her parents, who are poor people. Lord Bury, in a letter to the 7'imes, writes as follows : The committee of the Eyre Defence Fund have just sent round to every officer commanding a regiment of Volun teers an appeal for co-operation in raising funds to assist Mr. Eyre at his approaching trial. He is to be arraigned, we are told, at the Old Bailey next month. It does not appear desirable that tho organisation of the Volunteers should be made available for the purposes of the Defence Fund. If for the defence—why not for the attack ? No such appeal should be made without the sanction of the Secretary of State for War. But time presses, and something must be done. I have never till now subscribed to dither defence or attack, nor have I declared any partisanship on either side. Will you allow me, therefore, as a dispassionatespectator, to ask why any subscription at all is necessary ? Is it not the duty of the Government either to bring Mr. Eyre to trial or to de fend him ? The course pursued by Mr. Eyre's assailants seems to me inconvenient and wrong, irrespective of the question whether or not he is technically amenable to the law for the death of Mr. Gordon. No one attempts to palliate or deny—l know no ono who does not deeply regret—the excesses which took place while martial law existed in Jamaica. But every one should surely see that there are grave public reasons why Mr. Eyre, if brought to trial at all, should at any rate not be arraigned by private persons. Mr. Eyre was at the time of the alleged murder in the ser vice of the Crown. The Government either believe that ho committed murder or that he did not. If it be not the duty of the Government to prosecute him, surely he has a right to be defended by the Crown lawyers from a private prosecution. No generous person would consent to see a brave gentle man, already deeply wounded, placed in an additionally painful position, unless the spectacle were destined to result in some great public good. But Mr. Eyre's trial by public subscription, however it may end, will be an unmixed evil. It will paralyse tho authority of future Governors in times of emergency, and distract them with doubt whether vigorous action will be upheld at home. As Lord Russell once said, humanity will not be the gainer if hesitation takes the place of timely severity--for the cautious pro ceedings and mild sentences of law are not applicable to times of revolution. That which is but petty larceny in peace is marauding in war ; in ono case a month's impri sonment is the punishment ; in the other it is hanging by the provost-marshal on the nearest tree. It is easy to understand why the Government should de cline to try Mr. Eyre. The same reasons should still more forcibly deter private assailants from proceeding against him. I have lived long enough in colonies to feel keenly that a Governor needs all the support which can be de rived from the certainty of cordial co-operation at home. A painful sense of isolation is produced by long absence and want of contact on equal terms with other minds . ; the Governor of a colony is particularly subject to this feel ing. It would be unbearable if, in addition to his other anxieties, he were constantly in doubt whether he would be supported at home; uncertainty whether his judgment would square with that formedin England would result in imbecile vacillation when the moment of danger came. In ancient as well as in modern times every groat Gene ral, every groat statesman has seen the necessity of up holding officers who were called upon to judge and act promptly, not for the subordinates' sake alone, but for the sake of the moral force which such countenance secures to the public service. I do not argue that a great public officer who commits a crime should be allowed to escape with impunity. If he commits a fault let the Government judge him; upon them—and upon them alone—the responsibility lies. But for private individuals to direct against such a man the machinery of the law, after the Government award has been pronounced, must be looked upon as an act of vindic tiveness subversive of public decency and detrimental to the public weal. I trust, sir, that the Government will shake off its inaction. If it believes Mr. Eyre to be guilty ; let it impeach him ; if not, let it undertake the defence of its officer. At least let Englishmen intrusted with high office in times of peril know that they will not be left by the nation whom they servo to defend life and honour un noticed and unassisted. A NEW GUNPOWDER.— G. A. Neumeyer, :of Doblitz, near Leipsic, originally a blacksmith by trade, has invented a new gimpowder, which, by experiments made at Hassfurt, Zwickau, Leipsic, and Bouchet, near Pads, has been proved to possess the superior advantages of not exploding so long as the air has access to it, with acting with greater force in an airtight enclosure, and of leaving less residuum there than the ordinary powder, and of pro ducing less and more evanescent smoke. In the Mansfeld mining operations, where it is largely employed, the smoke emitted has been ascertained not to exercise any injurious influence whatever on the health of the miners. An addi tional recommendation is its being cheaper than the ordi nary powder. M. Neumeyor has taken out patents in England, France, Belgium, and Holland, and is at this moment in treaty with the French CloYernmont fora sato of ilia patent WOW Mary. L A TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Nov. 6. It is reported that the Emperor Maximilian has abdicated. The North German Lloyd's steamship Hansa ar rived out to-day. The Transatlantic Company's steamship Pereire has also arrived out in nine days. HUNGARY. PESTI'', Nov. 6. It is stated, on reliable authority, that the Govern ment have definitively resolved upon the appoint ment of a Ilungarian Ministry. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Nov. 6. The Russian Consul-General at Bucharest and his staff were received yesterday by the Hospodar in solemn audience, and the latter received from the Russian Consul the announcement of his recogni tion by the Czar as the Prince of the Danubian Principalities. SUPPRESSION OF THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7. The insurrection in Candia is stated to be at an end. Three engagements have taken place at Gelinda, in which the insurgents lost 112 killed. All the Spha Riot chiefs, 33 in number, have made their submission. Akeff Pasha is to be Governor-General of the island. The Grand Vizier will obtain further con cessions for the Christians from the Sultan. The legations of foreign Powers have addressed a collective note to the Porte upon the establish ment of lifeboat stations upon the coasts of the Black Sea. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. latest news in regard to Italy : -.L ie vi , on Saturday, received with great pomp, in his palace at Turin, the Venetian deputation, who placed in his hands the result of the plebiscitum. His Majesty made an appropriate and forcible speech upon the occasion. In agreeing to the unanimous wish of the populations of Venetia, the King signed the decree which unites that province to the kingdom of Itily. During the reception General Menabrea had the honour of presenting the King with the iron crown. The Venice Gazette gives the following pro gramme of the fetes which are to take place on the occasion of the visit of the King to Venice. 'Wed nesday, Nov. 7—Solemn entry of his Majesty. Illumination of the city. Thursday, Nov. 8 —Visit to the Ducal Palace and the Arsenal. Decoration of the banner of the municipality. Grand repre sentation at the theatre. Friday, Nov. 9—Visit to Ferrari and St. Rocco. Excursion to Chioggia and Malamocco. Ball at the Palace Giovannelli. Saturday, Nov. 10—Visit to the Academy of Fine Arts, to the Correi Museum, and to the establish ment of Mosaics SalViati, and to San Giovanni and Paolo. Excursion to Murano Cavalchino. Sunday, Nov. 11—Regattas. Banquet at the Court. Splendid illumination of the Palace of St. Marc. Monday, Nov. 12—Tombola. Prussia and Bavaria having resumed their diplo matic relations at Berlin and at Munich as they existed before the war, Prince de Reuss has returned to his post. As to the Bavarian Envoy, Count de Montgelas, he resumed his functions at Berlin some time ago. The Swedish papers received in Paris express much indignation and anxiety at the course which Prussia seems inclined to adopt in regard to Schles wig. By Article sof the Treaty of Prague it is stipulated that should the people of North Schleswig exhibit a desire to be united to Denmark, their wishes freely and legally manifested should be ac complished. Prussia does not seem at all disposed to give them the opportunity of declaring their wishes. The delay—if it be only delay—has created considerable excitement in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. _ _ The Dagbladet of Copenhagen says : " The prompt and satisfactory solution of this question is for Denmark a matter of vital importance. The question not only regards the deliverance of 300,000 Danes, but the application of the principle of na tionalities. We therefore raise our voice to have it heard by foreign people,wbo, in the name of justice and their sympathy, wish that reparation should be made to Denmark, but who are ignorant of what is passing." The Aftonbladet of Stockholm expresses its ideas upon the point in similar terms :—" The solution of the Scandinavian question can only be effected in this way. Restoration by Prussia to Denmark .of Northern Schleswig ; political and military confe deration of the three Scandinavian kingdoms ; that is to say, a common system of foreign policy and de fence, with the maintenance of the existing dynas ties. In short, a cordial agreement with Germany, having for object reciprocal protection against Russia. A letter from Prague confirms the information I gave yesterday relative to the alleged attempt upon the life of the Emperor, and proves that the intention really only existed in the imagination of the English officer. The unfortunate victim of mistake or hal lucination, an inoffensive journeyman tailor, has been set at liberty. A double case of attempted poisoning has produced much consternation at Lille. Catherine Martin, a girl of 14, a servant of M. Delrue, residing in the Rue de Paris in that town, attempted to make two of her master's children swallow a poisonous cor rosive. The eldest child was able to defend itself, but the other, an infant only two months old, was compelled to swallow some. Its lips and mouth were much burnt, and its death was apprehended, as it was feared that the dangerous liquid had en tered its stomach. The crime was committed by the girl out of revenge, in consequence of her master having discharged her for committing some petty theft. The girl ran away, but was apprehended just as she was about to get into the coach for Sameon, her native village. She displayed as much carelessness as if nothing had happened. The lad matches of the Rowing Club on Sunday FRANCE. A report, addressed to. the Emperor by Marshal Randon, Minister of War, was published on Tues day, nominating the commission which, agreeable to his Majesty's order, is to inquire into the advi sability of modifying the military organisation of the Empire. The commission, the chief presidency of which the Emperor reserves to himself, is to seek the means of placing the national forces in a con dition to insure the defence of the territory, and maintain the political influence of France. The commission is composed of six Ministers, the mar shals, and several generals. BOURSE, Nov. 6.—Two o'clock.—There is no great activity, and though some stocks and shares show slight fluctuations, the tone of the market is on the whole firm. Three per Cents. are dealt in at 68fr. 75c., a fractional advance of 2ic., whereas Italian Fives are doing at 56fr., which is a decline of 10c. Credit Mobilier are quoted at 578 fr. 75c., the same as yesterday. Credit Foncier lose 2fr. 50c. —at 1,362 fr. 50c., and Comptoir d'Escompte, sfr.—at 895 fr. Railways—Lyons, Southern, and Lombard, are a fraction higher, whilst Northern and Orleans are a fraction lower. Austrian un varied. An advance of iis telegraphed on Consols by the second despatch from London. Three o'clock.—With the exception of Italian Fives, which are very weak, quotations have somewhat improved for the close, which took place as follows : 41 per Cents 96 90 Do. end month — 3 per Conts. 6B 90 Do. end month 6B 80 Credit Alobilier Do. end month Credit Poneicr — Do. end month 1365 Bank Shares 3580 Italian Loan 55 Do. end month 55 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred RATT. Orleans Northern 1167 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 927 50 Southern 573 75 Western 560 Eastern 548 70 Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain lO2 50 Saragossa 133 75 Ditto to Barcelona Boman Anglo-American Telegraph. The following telegram from Newfoundland, dated yesterday afternoon, and received in London within the hour, shows that the anticipations held out in the letter of Mr. Stewart, the chairman of the Anglo- American Telegraph Company, dated the 27th ult., are being realised : " Collett, Newfoundland, to Stewart, 72, Cornhill, London. " Nov. 6, 12.25 p.m " Thermometer, 30 ; snowing hard. Land lines working well. Worked direct yesterday from here to Port Hood, and from Port Hood to New Orleans." We are authorised to state that the views of the directors of the New York and Newfoundland Com pany are in perfect accord with those of the Anglo- American and Atlantic Telegraph Companies as to the expediency of laying a submarine line from Placentia to Halifax, or somo point in the United States. The capital for this improvement in the com munication will be found by the parties interested in the traffic beyond Heart's Content, and will in no way prejudice the claim of the Anglo-American Company upon the general receipts, which already more than suffice to meet their dividend of 25 per cent. per annum. A telegram has been received to the effect that Mr. Cyrus W. Field will shortly sail for England, with authority to order a cable to be laid from Pla- centia to such point (Halifax or Boston) as might be deemed best. Loss OF TIIE SIIIP SUNDA.—The wreck of this vessel, which was lost several days since off Formby, at the entrance to the Mersey, and which lay in the Fairway channel, has been effectually removed by the explosion of submarine mines, purposely employed by the Mersey Dock and Harbour. Together with the heavy weather of the last two days and the explosions the channel is now per fectly clear. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP PYLADES.—The ship's com pany of this vessel, which has just returned from the North American and West Indian Station, have kindly sent a donation to the National Lifeboat Institution of £5 Bs., being part of the balance remaining from an accident fund to which they had on board the ship subscribed. A FISHING ADVENTURE.—Mr. Celia Wood, when fishing in the North Esk on the afternoon of Wed nesday, at 5.35 hooked a fish, but darkness setting speedily in rendered the task of killing difficult. It soon became clear that a fish of extraordinary size was hooked, and although Mr. Wood had tackle of the very best ho was utterly unable, in spite of his well-known skill, to effect a landing. In a few hours the full moon shed its silver light on the rippling waters, revealing a group of earnest watchers of the struggle. Gradually the group grew less, many being miles from home, as it became apparent that it was to be a question who would hold out longest. Mr. Wood still held the rod, and continued anxi ously to follow his prey, while his companions, now reduced to two, had to succumb to sleep, and under the slight shelter of a friendly bush a few hours' nap was obtained. The fish had now been on the hook for ton hours, and Mr. Wood, quite exhausted, gave up the rod to a friend, and in a few minutes' was, from sheer exhaustion, sound asleep. On being wakened, and partaking of some refreshment, he was ready again to re new the struggle. By this time the moon had waned, and morn began to dawn. Other fishers began to arrive, and considered the old adage true in this case—" the early bird catches the worm," not knowing what had Wen going on all night. As the day advanced great numbers gathered to witness the termination of the struggle. Many sugges tions were offered by the anxious spectators as to the best method of successfully terminating it. None were, how ever, adopted, as it was believed the fish was showing signs of distress. Midday arrived, and Mr. Wood gave up the rod to Sergeant Milne, a skilful fisher. A few minutes after, the hook parted from the fish after 19 and a half hours' run, amidst the regret of those assembled. The fish only broke water twice during the night, andany esti mate of its weight can only be a venture. Mr. Jas. John stone, mho was present when the fish was hooked and lost ; thought it at Watt Ocab. weight.—.Dundo Cori METEOROLOGY. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your country readers will do well to ob serve the expected fall of meteors, on the early morn of the 13th inst., now close at hand. Many shoot ing stars were noticed on the 13th Nov., 1818, in England ; on the 13th Nov., 1823, at Potsdam ; on 13th Nov., 1831, at Ohio ; and off the coast of Spain, and in America, on the 12th Nov., 1833, from the coast of Halifax to the Gulf of Mexico, coming from the same quarter of the heaven —Leonis Ma joris—and preserving their position during the period of observation, regardless of changes in the de clination and azimuthal distance of the star. At 3 a.m., on the 13th November, 1834, they were seen from Germany. On the 13th Nov., 1836, 170 me teors were counted from the Paris Observatory ; and again, in November, 1837, the meteors, all " pre serving a striking parallelism in their direction," were visible. On the 13th Nov., 1838, 500 were counted from Richmond, near London. Since that year they have been seen frequently at various places on the 13th Nov., and another batch is generally visible about the 13th August in each year, pro ceeding from a spot between Taurus and Perseus. The periodical visitation in August seems to have been noticed by llolinsched, as falling, 30 or 40 at once, on the 26th July, 1242, old style, and in the month of August, 1029, and in the fifteenth cen tury —in the same month these eccentric visitors ap peared, and they still merit notice.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, Cnn. COOKE. London, 7th Nov., 1866. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-General's Return) In the week that ended on Saturday, November 3, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,501 ; the deaths registered, 3,255. The annual rate of mor tality was 28 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,135 boys and 1,141 girls, in all 2,276 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1856-65 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,028. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,432. It was the 44th week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,316. The actual return exhibits an excess of 116 over the esti mated return. Bronchitis and pneumonia have been unusually fatal. Seventy-three deaths from cholera, 28 from diarrhoea, 101 from both forms of disease were regis tered. 'The deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in the last six weeks were 244, 251, 254, 199, 144, and 101. Of the 73 deaths from cholera no less than 28 occurred in the two sub-districts of Woolwich Dock yard and Plumstead. The bad hygienic condition of the people is discussed in papers by Dr. Finch, Mr. Ruegg, and Mr. Grant, the assistant engineer of the Metropolitan Board. The disinfection of houses in which deaths by cholera have been registered is still proceeding, and if the operation is performed with skill, care, and efficiency the decline of the epidemic will go on at a still more rapid pace. Professors of chemistry sometimes fail in their comparatively single experiments ; how much more likely is disinfection to fail in the hands of ignorant people. It should be performed by officers properly instructed under medical supervision. Inefficient disinfection is a delusion and a snare. The medical health officers of Bristol, Birken head, Liverpool, and Leeds have given an account of the hygienic measures adopted, it is gratifying to add in these cases with signal success. The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 in London, 36 in Edinburgh, and 38 in Dublin, 21 in Bristol, 20 in Birmingham, 37 i n Liverpool, 38 in Manchester, 26 in Salford, 30 in Sheffield, 31 in Leeds, 20 in Hull, 38 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 28 in Glasgow. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.843 iu. The barometrical pressure decreased from 30.26 in. temperature or the air in the week was 49 .2 deg., which is 2.7 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean temperature was above the average on every day but Monday and Wednesday. highest day temperature was 59.2 deg. on Friday . The lowest night temperature was 33.7 deg. on Monday. The range in the week was, therefore, 25.5 deg. The mean daily range was 12.0 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.4. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. On Saturday the humidity was 95. The direction of the wind was south-west. There was rain to the amount of 0-20 in. ; it fell on Sun day, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. On Tuesday there was a gale of wind, and a pressure of 22.51 b. on the square foot was recorded. According to a return furnished by the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pwmped into the river Thames at the southern out fall works, Crossness, was 44,526,623 gallons, or 202,305 metric tons. LORD MAYOR'S DAY. The following will be the order of procession on Lord Mayor's Day : Drums and Fifes of the Itoyal London Militia. Three Trumpeters. Watermen bearing the Banners of the follosi ing Livery Companies of the City of London : Plasterers, Inn-Holders, Carpenters, Wax Chandlers, Fishmongers, Loriners, Coopers, Painter Stainers, Saddlers, Goldsmiths, Grocers. Band of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. Banner of the Arms of H. N. Nissen, Esq., 1:, 4 Ex-Sheriff. Banner of the Arms of Mr. Sheriff Figgins. a. o Banners of the Arms of the Stationers' Company. .;-8' p a. ocs Master and Wardens of the Stationers' 3 Company in their Carriage. • - a 3 '1) Banner of th e S a lt ers ' C ompany. a a ...., .2 Banner of the Arms of Mr. Sheriff Waterlow. .2 4. - A The Master and Company in their Carriages. "4 CZ efs The Band of th e 40th Middlesex (Rifle Rangers). - A Tallow Chandlers' Company. Spectacle Makers' Company. Watermen bearing the Banners of the Goldsmiths' Company. Band of the Grenadier Guards. Watermen bearing the following Banners : The Royal Standard. The Banner of Scotland. The Banner of Ireland. The Union Jack. The Banner of England. Six Streamers of the City Banner of the City of Arms. London. The Band of the Ist City Engineers, with Drums, Colours, and an Escort. The Two Under-Sheriffs. The Officers of the Corporation of London. Mr. Sheriff Lyoett, in his State Chariot, attended by his Chaplain. The Amateur Brass Band of Messrs. Waterlow and Sons. Mr. Sheriff Waterlow, in his State Chariot, attended by his Chaplain. The Band of the Hon. Artillery Company. The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair. The Recorder. The Aldermen who have passod the Chair. The late Lord Mayor. The Lady Mayoress, in her State Carriage, w:11 juin the Procession on its return from Wrestminster. The Lord Mayor's Servants in State Liveries. The Band of the Ist Life Guards Mounted. The City Marshal on Horseback. THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, In his State Carriage drawn by Six Horses, Attended by the Chaplain, Sword-Bearer, and Common Crier. A Military Escort. The procession will move from Guildhall at half-past 11 o'clock preqisqly, and pass through King-street, Queen street, Watling-street, Budge-row, Dowgate-hill, Upper Thames-street, Queen-street, along Cannon-street, Lud gate-street, the Strand, to Westminster. Returning from Westminster by way of tho Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's Churchyard, Cheap side, King-street, to Guildhall. Tho procession, on its return, will be joined by the Ambassadors, her Majesty's Ministers of State, the nobi lity, judges, members of Parliament, and other persons of distinction invited to the banquet at Guildhall. DEATII OF THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD.- DUBLIN, Nov. 6.—The Marquis of Waterford died this morning at his country Seat. Ho bad been ill six days of faktri9 fOY9h _ 7 ) 3 : 1 rt Circular q HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, Tuesday. The Queen, with Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, drove in the Home Park yesterday after noon. Prince and Princess Christian went out driving also. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Christian, drove in the grounds this morning. Countess Blucher and Lord Chas, Fitzroy have left the Castle. The Earl and Countess of Derby arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Royal family. Lady Susan Melville has arrived as Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness Princess Christian. Lord Polwarth has succeeded Viscount Strath allan as Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. The Marquis of Sligo has arrived at the Claren don Hotel from Ireland. The Marchioness of Ailesbury is so far recovered from her recent indisposition as to be able to leave her residence. The Earl and Countess of Dunmore, accompanied by the Countess (Dowager) of Dunmore and Lady Ale%- andrina Murray, left, on Monday last, the earl's seat in the Isle of Harris, for Dunmoro Park, near Stirling. The Earl Spencer is expected to return to Spencer House, St. James's, to-morrow, from the Duke of Grafton's seat, Euston Hall, Suffolk. On the following day the Earl and Countess Spencer go to Althorpe Hall for the winter. The Earl of Lonsdale has arrived in town from Lowther Castle. Viscount and Lady Mary Sandon have passed through town for Sandon flall, Staffordshire, from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter at Burghley House, near Stamford. LEGAL CHANGES.—Another vacancy on the bench will shortly occur by tho resignation of Vice-Chancellor Sir B. T. Kindersley, who his served a period requisite to entitle him to a pension. After a long and successful prac- tico Sir R. T. Kindersloy held for several years the office of Master in Chancery, and was subsequently appointed 3 Vice-Chancellor. It is further stated that Mr. Malins, who at the present moment happens to be out of Parliament, is destined to succeed Sir R. T. Kindersley as Vice-Chan cellor. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—In her celebrated exhibi- tion, Baker-street, Madame Tussaud has just added a magnificently-executed life-size model of her Royal High ness the Princess Mary of Cambridge (now Princess Teck), and we feel assured that every admirer of that truly popu lar princess will be delighted on beholding the effigy of one who stands so pre-eminently foremost among our own Royal family. DEATH OF MR. STANBOROUGH.—This much re- spected gentleman, so well known in sporting circles, ex pired on Sunday evening at his residence, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, of gastric fever, after a few days' illness; in fact he attended to his duties up to Thursday. He was a well known cricketer, being a member of the Albion Club many years ago. He was at one time the cricket and coursing reporter of the Sporting Life, and of late had per formed the same duties for Bell's Life in London, where be was engaged at the time of his death; his last copy he gave in on Thursday, a resume of cricket, and was engaged in getting out the averages which annually appear in that paper. He was one who could scarcely have an enemy ; his numerous friends deeply deplore the loss of an upright man; and a kindly and genial disposition was the groat feature of his character. THE ROCHDALE AND OTHER LIFEBOATS.--Th e people of Rochdale have, through R. A. Taylor Heape, Esq., liberally contributed £509 to pay the cost of a life boat and its equipment. It will be publicly exhibited in that town on Saturday next, the 10th inst. The lifeboat on its transporting carriage will be drawn by a team of horses through the principal streets of Rochdale to Hol lingsworth Lake, where it will be launched. The boat will be manned by the crew of the Blackpool lifeboat of the Institution ; various evolutions will be performed with the boat, including capsizing, to test the qualities of self righting, self-ejecting water, &c. The lifeboat " Roch" dale" is to be stationed at Polkerres, near Fowey, on the Cornish coast. The institution has also sent a new life boat to Mundesley, on the Norfolk coast, in lieu of an older one there, which was becoming unfit for service. The nevi' boo, is rallied the "Grocers' Lifeboat" the cost of it hay lug men nueraily ,urough the untiring exer tions of William Reed, Esq., of 4, Monument-yard, by the grocers of England. A new lifeboat has also been sent to Ilfracombe, North Devon. The cost of it was contributed to the society on the 21st June last, by Robert Broadwater , Esq., of Hornsey-rise, in conjunction with his friends, in commemoration of his 50th birthday, and the lifeboat has been named the " Broadwater." The lifeboat is to be pub licly launched at Ilfracombe, on Wednesday next, the 14th inst., when a procession to the harbour will be formed , and the boat will afterwards be named by the Countess Fortescue. The several railway companies gave readily a free conveyance over their lines to the three lifeboats. OLD STAGE SCENERY.—In the year 1658, that is to say, during the Protectorate of Cromwell, Sir William Da.venant gave daily at the Cockpit theatre, closed for dramatic purposes, au entertainment entitled The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, " expressed by vocal and instrumental music, and by art of perspective in scenes." When Sir William, under the patent granted by Charles 11., opened the theatre in Lincoln's-inn-fields, be revived this entertainment, as one of the acts of a medley work called The Play-house to be Let, each act of which i 5 a distinct piece, and which is to be found in Daveumit'e collected works. Now, if the manner in which the Cruelty of the Spaniards, as represented at the Cockpit, was like that in which it was performed at Lincoln's-inn fields, we had in the year 108, not only scenery, but very remarkable scenic effects in a place of public amusement' In the stage directions for the first " entry " (a word used instead of " act")—we are told that a lantdchap (landscape) of the West Indies is discerned, distinguished from other regions by the parched and bare tops of distant hills, and by sands shining on the shores of rivers. The pros pect is made through a wood differing from those of European climates "by representing cocoa-trees, pines , and palmitos, and on the boughs of other trees are seen monkeys, apes, and parrots, and, at further distance , valleys of sugar-canes." Here is evidently what a stage carpenter would call a "cut wood" with a landscape in the background, and we may observe that Sir William is veil anxious to make his picture a correct representation of South American or, as ho would say, West Indian sooner)" —All the Year Round. FACTA NON VERBA.—A writer in the Times says The two names Mr. Bright flaunts most persistently before the working classes to raise their passions and their indignation are those of Lord Derby and Mr. Lowe. Le t us, without prejudice, judge the three men—the accuser and the accused—by their deeds. During the Cotton Fa mine Lord Derby, then in very feeble health, went froth Knowsley to Manchester and back, a distance of 60 miles, every week to preside over the prolonged and dreary sit tings of the relief committee. Words of comfort and en couragement, independent of hard work, were evidence a his sympathy with the people in their crucial test, while, in a more practical shape, it is believed he contribute d, directly and indirectly, over £lO,OOO to the relief fund• For a quarter of a century Mr. Lowe has been the laborious supporter of education in every shape and form; every parliamentary committee on the subject 1 1 0 always had Mr. Lowe as its most industrious, liberal, a nd intelligent member, and to him, more than any living statesman, England owes whatever education she possesses- On the other hand, what has Mr. Bright " done" for the encouragement or education of working men during the 25 years ho has sat in Parliament ? I cannot remember h l3 attending any public mooting during the Cotton Famine to cheer and assist the men, nor does his name, to the best of my belief, appear in any list of contributors to the funds for their relief. Mr. Bright has never originated any motion or movement in the cause of education, and I believe, if the proceedings of the House of Commons were examin ed ' he will appear to have sat on fewer committes and to b3ve done less real work for the good of the people than ttnY man of his standing in the house. Mr. Bright has bee n e ' talker ; he has left the work to others. Naturally , the working classes aro pleased v ita the wan who hattersatteri n ot only their virtues, but their faults ; but these horny'banded sons of toil" have also hard heads, and, being 002- selves essentially men of few words and hard work, they will sooner or later apply to their self-constituted leade° the tests of deeds rather than words. WATER-FOWL FOR GARDENS.—A few water -fog' would complete the scene by adding the interest that always attaches to living objects. A good selectio n would be a pair of swans, half-a-dozen Aylesbury ducks, a pair Canada geese, a pair of the docile and beautifully -co da Chenalopex, or Egyptian geese, Gwo pairs of summer dill which are easily domesticated, and will most prob abl y be in an alder branch, and raise a brood every sea son ; en: ungainly Australian swan, for the sake of its colour, a 131 ; swan being always an object of interest. Here are 13 bi all of various forms and colours, and all easily atta in© list i ce t and requiring but ordinary care to preserve the m ; might be extended by adding the beruacle goose, the s" 1 : 13 drake, the teal, the widgeon, and the coot, but these are 110 a trifle wilder than those in the preceding list , and f first season, at least, it would be unsafe to turn then -1 ° lii a without first denuding them of a pinion each. Whey w° for require more space, too, and some amount of seclusion. 110 the first few months. For the walks in the vicinity et wilderness a few silver pheasants would be highly or' montal and interesting.—cardenerie .Magazine.