The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-07 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING, Friday, Lord I,ytton's Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Helen Faucit; Claude 3lelnotte, Mr. Walter Montgomery. To conclude with the Comedy of KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. T. Swinbourne ; Katha rine, 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 GAME OF hPECULATION. Messrs. C. Ma hews, Chippendale, Kendal, Rogers, Clark. Braid &c. ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Laws, Wright, Sidney. Followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Mr. Chas. Mathewo, Mr. Compton, Mr. Rogers, ilr Clark, &c. ; Mes dames C Mathews, Hill, Wright, Colman, Sidney, &c. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. PIIIS EVENING, BRUTUS AND C.ESAR. Ilearade. . At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scene - y by Mr. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S. Emery, Wid ,icomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, INewbound. Stanley, Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Miss Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at Seven precisely, THE BARONET ABROAD. Miss Roden. Alter which. at Eight, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Rate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pict; Mr. Herman Veztu ; Messrs. Billington, Ashley, J. A. Shaw, Stephenson, fr,burne, aJei R. Itom,r. To conclude with A PAS DE FASCINATION. Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt. Messrs. Eburne, Ashly, Romer, C. J. Smith. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, at R. a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the popular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq., entitled BAIINABY U r,GE, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre, by Messrs. IV atts Phillips and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John Wood, Miss Augusta Thomson, Mrs. Henry 1 , fining, Mrs. Cha'. llorsman, and Miss Katherine Rodgers; Messrs. S. Calhaem, 1' Villiers, J. G. Shore, 11. Forrester, Charles Horsman, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. H. Fenton, W. R. Rubins Chapman, itc. A(3.18t, The Mystery ; 2d, The Re cognition; 3d, The Riots; 4th, Caught at Last. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lroyds, arra Music by Mr. Charles hall. The Drama produced under the stage direction of Mr. Vining. Preceded by THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. Commence at Seven. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. TH.S EVENING, FAMILY JARS. Mr. ttel ton Parry; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, ttaym nd. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. 11. C. Nation. N OT ICE. —ln compliance with numerous suggestions THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN wilt be repeated. TH IS EVENING, the ORIGINAL Dramatic Adaptation tt Charles Dickens's latest NVork, "Our Mutual Friend," as pro,tuc.cl by Mr. W. it. C. ristion at the Sadler's Wells Theatie, June 18, 1F.6 entitled T tiE GOLDEN I.USTMAN, with lie N S,:enery and Striking Situations. Messrs Fer nandez, Atkins, W. 11. Stephens ; Mesdames F. Ciwynne and reify Nlsbett. _ Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque 01 ATA i.A.N TA, with rduitional Rhyme to suit tie Times by W. H. C. Nation Misses Nelly Nisbett, Polly Marsha Louise Laidhw, and Fanny froward and the cAebrated Danscuses, Misses FANNY lIIGG FLOnENCE and ANNIE WtiflillV, in their lascinating dance " THE POWER OF LOVE." Box-office open daily from eleven till four. To prevent d.sappointment seats should be secured in ad vance. 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The debate on the flotation Bill WU resumed in the Climber of Deputies yesterday, and an animated discussion on its merits took place. The motion of Herr HAERBECK was rejected ; which is to be re gretted, for it really was a good one in its way, and proposed to limit the names on the fund, but the proposition of the committee on the bill was even tually adopted by 219 against 80 votes. General STAVENHOGEN, in his speech, said—" May the act which the Chamber is about to perform in recog nition of the services of our brave army redound to the honour and prosperity of the Fatherland." We do not see that anything which has lately taken place is calculated to be hereafter conducive to the glory of Prussia, and they who think that it The may find themselves very muc h Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt has at last con sented to send representative s to the Berlin con ferences, which will take place on the 15th, and it has also said that it will give directions for the carrying out of the elections for members to the North German Parliament at once. It is, how ever, supposed that this will be very difficult to accomplish on account of the delay which has taken place. Although this consent of the Duchy will doubt less be regarded by the Prussians as a fresh triumph, it is not really one, if we look at the thing in the right light, because one of several small States, or even all combined, cannot do anything now to oppose the force of Prussia, but for all that we believe that the time is not far distant when they will have another change. All these shiftings of the scene cannot but affect materially the pro gress and prosperity of the places so affected, but it is quite useless to expect that any consideration for the welfare of others will arrest the progress of Count BISMARCK, or stop him in his mischievous designs. The North German Parliament must have its day, but it is not very venturesome to say that it will not be a very glorious one, or be hereafter associated with the vital interests of the com munity amid which it is to have its being. As for unity and such like arguments, they are completely beside the chief thing in view —the real welfare of Germany. How an there be anything like universality of feeling when all the interests of the different States are sacrificed in the most ruthless manner to the inordinate am bition of Prussia. The Berlin Government has trampled down the freedom of all the minor States, and effectually prevented Austria, for the time being at any rate, from taking part in the affairs of the nation. All this has virtually destroyed the safeguards and greatly militated against the pro gress of the various places. We all know that it was considered highly requi site that something should be done to improve the condition of Germany, and all well-wishers to the nation were anxious that a change should be made in a speedy and satisfactory manner ; but then, of course, it was not expected that any one Power should take the lead in such an extensive manner, or appropriate so much to itself. As it is we must regard the great change that has just taken place in Germany as a failure, and it would be far better if things had remained as they were until the great work could have been effected in a proper manner. It was not in the nature of things that the very arbitrary measures dealt out by the Prussian Government to the newly annexed States should be very successful, and already there are not wanting signs and tokens of the and dissatis faction that prevail in many directions. It is even supposed by some that the extreme popularity of Count BISMARCK is on the wane, and that his nu merous enemies have taken advantage of his en forced absence through ill health to direct the tide of affairs in another direction, and to undermine a great deal of content he thought so firmly fixed and so well established. This may be altogether or partly true ; but, at any rate, there is ample evi dence before us to justify our conclusion that there is something rotten in the condition of affairs in high places at Berlin. Indeed we do not see how it can well be otherwise, when we take into account all the facts of the case, and see how conflicting are the interests at work in the Berlin Cabinet, and notice how jealousy prevails to the hindrance of the accomplishment of what they call their common object, German unity. It is not difficult to imagine the mischief that the news of these dissensions and differences at headquarters works in the States which Prussian power seeks to rule with uncontrolled force and with illimitable sway. Already many symptoms are apparent which tell us of the great dissatis faction and dissension which are met with in many directions. Perhaps it would be the wiser course for the KING and his Ministers to keep on terms with Count BISMARCK for the time being ; but then we do not know how difficult if not im possible it may be to agree to all that this arrogant statesman may wish them to do. Taking all things into consideration, we may fairly come to the con clusion that the foul deeds of last summer are already more barren in their fruits than any one could have believed possible in so short a time ; and we shall be very much surprised if we do not see before long that the extreme greediness and grasping of the Berlin Government has wrought a great deal of harm to themselves as well as others. We are glad to see that the addresst n ahays rate, been carried by a majority of twenty, or, at that the proposals of M. DEAK have been agreed to. This is fortunate in every respect, because any further delay might be fatal to the cause of order and peace in liongary. M. DEAK has a very arduous task before him m ea j t eauadtnlow, and one that calls down upon him a of odium, but we trust that he will per severe and go on as he has so well begun, for the extreme obstinacy of the Opposition party requires him to be vigilant and deciied. M. TISZA has a great deal to answer for in thus sowing the seeds of dissension, an d a Aa; ng so greatly to the confusion he a l r e i a n d g y d o p i n r e . v a i Th l s i s t ate councils L o p f E t A h K e ,s u p n a f r o t r y is, - that rate, one of happy a ugury just now. a tunatteanky The position and prospects of the South American Republics have of late attracted a good deal of attention in this country. Since the achievement of their independence, some half century ago, they have been almost forgotten in the political world, though gradually rising in importance commercially, but several reasons have combined to bring them more prominently forward. The struggle bet ween Chili and the mother country, the unwarrantable aggression of Spain on the Republic, and the reso lute manner in which Chili at least resented the attack, were all matters of deep concern to English men. English interests were involved in the trade of Chili and Peru, and the spirited manner in whic h the little Republics stood up for their rights called forth the hearty approval of England. But another and a greater war in the same hemisphere has tended to bring the South American States into prominence. The sudden stoppage of the supplies of cotton from the United States to the European markets pro duced such a complete stagnation of an important trade that every effort was made to discover fresh sources of supply. If this had been done before the American War, instead of after, Lancashire would have been spared some years of suffer ing, but it is seldom the fashion in any rank of life to be wise in time, and great praise is due to the gentlemen, who, on the first shock of the dis aster, immediately formed an organisation to pro vide a remedy. At first their task resembled the thou hopefulsh a a l d t v h ic a e ve gr ofth as e s, o , ld saying, "Live horse and for they had not only to begin sowing cotton, but to ascertain what soils and cinnates were best adapted to favour its growth. However, hopeless as their endeavours seemed there is no doubt that they did effectual service, both by encouraging the cultivation where it already existed, and in discovering many new localities where it was likely to flourish. The distribution of seed of the best quality, the provision o: the requisite THE SUN, LONUON, FliluAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1866. intiohinery for cleaning, packing, &c., and the exhi bition of samples were all very useful, and the know- IT which the organisation obtained through our COW als, rather agents, at the various ports proved vale able to the public. Paraguay, in South America, baa .always been an industrial country, and cotton has been ranked among her chief productions. She did not, indeed, attempt to compete with the Southern States of North America in the days of their yrosperity, but she had always produced suf ficient in quantity and quality for home consump- When efforts were being made in all parts to procure samples of cotton, and the Brazils and Venezuela began cultivating the precious seed in earnest, Paraguay was able to send some excellent samples of her ready grown cotton, and was likely to make a large profit by the Cotton Famine, when her career was checked by the war with the allies. Brazil, already too large, thought it very desirable to increase her dominions, while the inland situation of Paraguay rendered her fertile soil a tempting prize to the cupidity of the other neighbouring States. `iThe Brazils, Buenos Ayres, and the Argentine Con federation formed an alliance against the little Re public of Paraguay, but, as has often happened in similar cases, numbers proved powerless against the .spirit and unity of the people. Paraguay suffered heavily from the deprivation of her commerce, since the blockade of the river La Plata cut her off from communication with Europe and America; but, nevertheless, she has kept up her resistance undaunted, and now they have, accord ing to the last news, every prospect of ultimate suc cess. The Paraguayans are determined to carry on the war to the last. The soldiers are unanimous, and declare their willingness to fight to the last man; while the great success achieved at Curupaity has delighted the country. The cotton which the Paraguayans had been assiduously cultivating for the European markets has proved more useful at home, and is being converted into clothing for the army. Still, when the war is over, as there is every reason to hope it will shortly be, and Marshal LOPEZ is finally routed, Paraguay will still be a useful resource to the English trader. We must never again depend exclusively on one source of supply, especially the foreign one; and if our manu facturers are wise they will keep open every re source which the scarcity has shown to them. Queensland, Egypt, Paraguay, North Africa, &c., will all be valuable, and the gallant little Republic when she has got over her difficulties will most likely be able to supply us with many other staples, as well as proving an important customer for our manufactured goods. tion_ Lord DERBY has just performed a graceful and kindly act, which proves that he, at least, is not altogether under the influence of party feeling. He has recommended Her MAJESTY to confer the honour of knighthood on the late Lord Mayor, and has con veyed the intimation to Mr. Alderman PHILLIPS in cordial terms. Alderman PHILLIPS is decidedly opposed to Lord DERBY in politics, but that fact has not interfered with his lordship's appreciation of his public services during his mayoralty. "For this honour," writes his lordship, " you are indebted less to the accidental circumstance of having received the King of the BEL GIANS at the Mansion House than to the admirable manner in which you discharged the duties of your high office, and more especially for your valuable services in the case of the cholera in Lon don and the famine in India." Such a testimony adds to the gratification of receiving a mark of dis tinction from the Sovereign, since the new title may be accepted, less as a form of courtly compliment than as a token of royal and ministerial recognition of the faithful discharge of onerous and laborious duties. The fact acquires additional interest from the circumstance of Alderman PHILLIPS hav ing been the first member of the Jewish persuasion who has received Knighthood during his term of office. We are glad that Lord DERBY has so com pletely set aside any prejudices which might be sup posed to attach to him personally or politically, and has proved that he is in some respects at least a Liberal Minister. French troops from Mexico. The vessels will sail for their destination on the 15th inst. The Duke de Mouchy, who recently married the Princess Anna Murat, is again in possession of his title of Grandee of Spain, which was enjoyed by his ancestors. The Court of Assize of the Haute Saone has been occupied with a case of embezzlement, similar to that of which Lamirande has been convicted. The cashier of the Treasury of the Department, M. Dumont, has been convicted of embezzling 225,000 f., and of stealing securities to the value of 50, )00f., and has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment. The Opinion Nationale, after giving an analysis of President Johnson's Mess ige, denie3 that there has been any communication between France and the United States relative to political matters in Mexico. "The latest negotiations between France and the United States have related almost exclu sively to the departure of the French army from Mexico. We may add that the demands of Presi dent Johnson upon this subject have been for mally received. The French troops in Mexico will return very speedily to France." The famous aerolite, weighing nearly 5001 b. English, which fell in Mexico, has been received in Paris. One of the Paris papers, with an affectation of official authority, states that Prussia will not take any part in negociations which may arise respect ing the temporal power of the Pope. M. Artom has assumed the post of Ambassador from Italy at Paris, during the temporary ab sence of M. Nigra. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at Corn piegne, at which the Emperor presided. L A TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE SEINE STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. In accordance with orders received from the Privy Council, the West India Mail steamer Seine, Capt. Revett, has been released from quarantine this morning, and has just arrived in dock. THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dee. 6. Government advices received here from Candia, dated 30th ult., announce the submission of the most important districts, and the entire dispersion of the insurgent bodies. The Turkish authorities in the island had been reinstated in their posts. FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 7. It is stated that the final negotiations for a treaty of commerce between France and Austria have been con eluded. The French commissioners will leave next week. Baron Beust will entertain them to-day at a ban quet. The treaty of commerce will come into force on the Ist January, 1867. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. s.—Two o'clock.—The market continues inanimate and with lower quotations. French Threes have lost 10c., the present price being 69f. 621 c. Italian Fives continue to have a downward tendency, caused by different reports, such as a loan shortly. This Stock has declined 15c., at 56f. 15c. offered. Credit Mobilier Shares lose 5f., at 582 f. 50e. Railway Shares are generally rather firmer. Orleans, Lyons, and Austrian are even quoted with slight advance of lf. 25c. Three o'Clock.—The close has taken place badly, and at the following lower quotations : ti per Cents 93 Bank Shares — Do. end month I Italian Loan 56 15 3 per Cents. 69 65 I Do end month 56 10 I Do. end month 69 55. Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier ... 585 Do. Bonds — Do. end month 583 75 i Spanish Throes ... Credit Foneier — Home Debt Do. end month 1377 50 Deferred RAILWAYS. For Account. Orleans Northern llB5 Lyons and Mediterranean.......„ 9Ol 25 Southern 583 75 Western — -- Eastern Sardinian . — Austrian Lombard North of Spain ll6 25 Sara,goSF.a Ditto to Barcelona Roman .. 65 BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 29. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : LITERATURE. Mugby Junction. By Charles Dickens, As seasonably welcome as either plum-pudding let us say, or as mince-pies —and, happily, just as inevitable for many years past, on the annual com ing round of December—have been the successive Christmas Numbers of Mr. Dickens's periodical. He has so far spoilt us in their regard, that we have long since come to look forward to them every suc ceeding twelvemonth almost as mere matters of course. We would as scon think, somehow, of celebrating Christmas without, for example, dangling a pendant bunch of mistletoe overheal, or without wreathing green branches and red berries about the pannellings of our home;rooms, as without according once more a welcome, not merely upon our hearths, but within our hearts, to some new tale or series of tales more or less appropriate to the season —to the holy-days and the holly-nights of Christ mas-tide—tales-told by our Great Novelist at regu lar intervals now during a goodly span of one whole score of years—between 1845, the first memorable year thus celebrated by Mr. Dickens with the bestof all his Christmas Books, the Christmas Carol, and the last year, 1865, hardly less noticeable in its turn as the year within which he produced about the finest of all his Christmas Numbers, Doctor Marigold. Happily his inventiveness as a Christ mas story-teller appears to be fairly inexhaustible. He never seems to lack, year after year, some inge nious device—some device perfectly new and original in itself, and never previously thought of as a me dium for the relation of a series or cluster of narra tives—upon which, as upon a connecting thread, he can string together the priceless pearls, blown egg shells, winter daisies, or what not, making up the, miscellaneous assortment of each successive Christ mas Number. Here, in " Mugby Junction," is the last, and certainly not the least surprising evidence of this extraordinary ingenuity of his in the way of imaginative contrivance. It is as different from " Doctor Marigold," in the root idea of it, and in the whole manner and treat ment of it, as " Doctor Marigold" was, in each of those particulars, different from " Mrs. Lirriper." Each as a Christmas Number stands absolutely per se —must be regarded as distinctly sui generis—" none but itself can be its parallel." It was the same one year with the " Poor Tra veller"—another with the " Wreck of the Golden Mary"—another with the t , Holly-Tree Inn." Mr. Dickens never repeats himself. One while a Lodging Housekeeper —another a Cheap Jack--now a Boots— now a Railway Porter—his identity is swallowed up, as one may say (and say,'too, without one atom of extravagance) in the last of his:great realistic ideali zations. As well might you strive to detect the voice of the Globe Theatre Manager and Dramatist speaking variously through Malvolio and Touch stone, through G-obbo and Antolychus, as endeavour to detect that of the Conductor of All the Year Round, and as previously of Household Words through Major Jackman, let us say, or Master Walmers Junior, through the weak-minded and feeble-voiced Giant Pickleson— or, as in the present instance, through such per fectly new creations as Lamps, and Polly, as the Boy Ezekiel, or as the nameless Signalman. The singularly original notion upon which Mr. Dickens has constructed this his new Christmas Number is, beyond any doubt of it, as clever as anything of the kind he has ever yet hit upon. " Mugby Junction," as might be surmised by the reader, is so to speak the central-point from - which the several stories of the number radiate. Barbox Brothers, otherwise Mr. Young Jackson, grown old, or at any rate rather elderly, is the prin cipal narrator, the collector or confidant of these experiences of divers railway officials, comprising among others engineers and travelling post-office clerks, signalmen, and engine-drivers. From the moment when in the deadest hour of the night (the " deadest and buriedest" hour, as Lamps calls it, later on, emphatically), when the Guard of the Night Train during a momentaryistoppage of it at Mugby Junction, in a drenching downpour of rain, looking at the "tearful face of his watch," answers Bar box Brother's inquiry by telling him he's just got three minutes to spare—minutes occupied by Bar box Brothers in summarily gettiug out of the train ; then all of a sudden, and there locating himself, by a sort of wild impromptu born of his eccentric humour—we are yonder with him in the midst of the railway world, the railway ticket, and the railway people. How completely realised the scene is to us let this fragmentary quotation serve of itself at once to indicate : "Mysterious goods trains, covered withpalls and gliding on like vast weird funerals, conveying themselves guiltil y away from the presence of the few lighted lamps, as if their freight had come to a secret and unlawful end. Half miles of coal pursuing in a Detective manner, following when they lead, stopping when they stop, backing when they back. Red hot embers showering out upon the ground, down this dark avenue, and down the other, as if torturing fires were being raked clear ; concurrently, shrieks and groans and grinds invading the ear, as if the tortured were at the height of their suffering. Iron barred cages full of cattle jangling by midway, the droop ing beasts with horns entangled , eyes frozen with terror, and mouths too ; at least they have long icicles (or what seems so) hanging from their lips. Unknown, languages in the air, conspiring in red, green, and white characters. An earthquake accompanied with thunder and lightning, going up express to London." That is the night-view of Mugby Junction as it meets the observant eye of Barbox Brothers. Here, by way of companion picture, is the day-vicw of it as it appears mapped-out before him, or rather below him, with its maze of lines : " But there were so many lines. Gazing down upon them from a bridge at the junction, it was as if the con centrating companies formed a great Industrial Exhibition of the works of extraordinary ground-spiders that spun iron. And then so many of the lines went such wonder ful ways, so crossing and curving among one another, that the eye lost them. And then some of theta appeared to start with the fixed intention of going five hundred miles, and all of a sudden gave it up - at an insignificant barrier, or turned off into a workshop. And then others, like intoxicated men, went a little way very straight, and surprisingly slued round and came back again. And then others were so chock-full of trucks of coal, others were so blocked with trucks of casks, others were so gorged with trucks of ballast, others were so set apart for wheeled ob jects like immense iron cotton-reels; while others were so bright and clear, and others were so delivered over to rust and ashes and idle wheelbarrows out of work, with their legs in the air (looking much like their masters on strike), that there was no beginning, middle, or end, to the bewilderment." From that same 'vantage ground of observation, indeed, Barbox Brothers takes note of the pecu liarities of the scene, even to the very minutest, as where he makes mention of the time when " pro digious wooden razors set upon end, begin shaving the atmosphere." Here, however, let us introduce, without any further preamble (or we shall never have done with it), one at least of the many notable creations of Mr. Dickens's humoristic genius, added to his already astonishing Gallery, as with a touch or two of his pen point he here calls a few new ones into life. Foremost among them in this fresh collection of his wonderfully vivid comic por traitures being—. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, 'Thursday Evening. The Gazette de l' Allemagne du Nord states officially that as all the Governments of Northern Germany have accepted the invitation of the Prussian Cabinet to send delegates to Berlin, the conferences for the organisation of the Parliament will commence on the 15th inst. The same paper gives a very favourable account of the health of Count Bismarck, who, it says, " is now able to resume his usual labours, and to occupy himself with State affairs with his accustomed ac tivity." Although M. Vegezzi has declined his proposed mission to Rome on account of ill-health, it appears that the object is to be carried out, and that the task will be undertaken by the Councillor of State Okello and the Advocate Maurizio, formerly secre tary to M. Vegezzi. La France professes to give precise and accurate information in regard to this important mission. That journal says : " The negotiations will not be confined, as was supposed, to purely religious questions. The head and front of differences between the Holy See and kingdom of Italy will be discussed, and the points will be taken up between the two Governments in such a way as to establish a formal negotiation on the part of Italy of the rights of the Sovereign Pontiff. The Government of Florence is dis posed to accept an arrangement which would allow the Pope to remain at Rome in the full possession of his temporal power, respected by Italy as well as by the other Catholic nations. Even in the case of the departure of the Pope from Rome, provision will be made. Should a plebiscilunz decide the union of Rome to Italy, the state of affairs will not be changed, as Italy considers herself bound by her engagement to France, and will only act in concert with her. euTheueCuountsstietuftiotbnene/R, e a f f e t r e m r gDiveimnegueetxrtertaiecuts in n fr t o h m e the London papers, draws the inference that all the members of the Cabinet of Lord Derby are agreed upon session,thenec a e u ss d it t y of hat the ectwall Reformb em p h Billat next i cally alluded to in h er M a j esty ' s Speech at the opening of Parliament. - The Court of Assize at Poitiers, last evening, re turned a verdict declaring Lamirande guilty of forgery, but with extenuating circumstances, and sentenced him to imprisonment for ten years. There has been a rather clever robbery at the Cafede Bruxelles in the Place de I'Odeon. The three waiters of the establishment make up their beds in the cafe and sleep there after it is closed, leaving their clothes on the billiard-table or on the chairs. On awaking a morning or two ago they were equally astonished and grieved at finding that their clothes were gone. Some thieves had broken into the cafe so quietly that nothing was heard. One of the waiters had placed his purse, contain ing 80 francs, under his pillow, but it had been extracted with equal silence and dexterity. In the trousers pocket of another waiter was his purse, containing 50f., but it was gone, trousers and all. The third waiter was lucky enough to have only3lf. in his pocket when the thieves took away his trousers. Information was given without delay to M. Mou valle, the Commissary of Police of the district, but these clever robbers have not yet been detected. The accounts from several of the French ports state that great activity exists in making prepara tions for the vessels which are to bring back the DEBTOR,. Dec. G. Nov. 29. fr. - c. fr. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) .. . 7 , 044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the sank sand its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation . Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 15,844,517 13 17,244,912 94 Treasury account cur rent creditor ..' . Current accounts, Paris 221,073,323 13 228,496,936 22 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 811,041 75 837,121 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months 2,372,304 91 2,372,304 91 Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries Total CREDITOR. Dec. 6. Nov. 29. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. C. Branch banks Commercial bills over- due __ 1,923,806 37 159,368 64 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due 282,974,938 77 312,001,333 94 Do. branch banks 337 7 652 l -. 365 317,557,733 •-•— Advances on deposit of bullion 82,770,800 82,572,700 70 Do. branch banks 9,436,300 9,465,456 Do. on French Public • Securities 14,188,3 00 14,166,900 -. Do. by branch banks 7,907,200 8,006,600 Do. on railway shares , and debentures 86863,400 86,471,100 D. branch banks 25,266,200 25,351,600 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches 614,400 596,800 Do. to the State J(Con vention,une 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable .. .. Bentes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 .-- 100,000,000 -. Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment 2,468,873 52 2,442,618 92 Sundries Total 1,663,277,941 34 1,685,284,643 71 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. Nutfield Estate. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. observed a paragraph in The Sun of yesterday stating that I am the purchaser of Holmesdale, at a cost of .£19,500, and timber at a valuation. The purchase-money stated is far in excess of the real amount, and the Holmes dale property includes Cormonger's Farm. It is further stated that lam the purchaser of two farms at £12,600. These I did not buy at all. As you have thought proper, when introducing my name, to mention th a t I ran the actuary o f an as surance company, and as this h as l e d to the inference t h a t the company had something to do with th e purc h ase , I beg leave to inform you that the p or ti ons of the proper ty I purchased were bought by me exclusively on my private account, and in every way independently of the company. Requesting your insertion of this letter, I have the hon our to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, W. P. PATTISON. King's Bench Walk, Temple, Dec. 6, 1866. LAMPS. " Lamps had certainly not the conventional appearance of one, as ho stood modestly rubbing his squab nose with a handkerchief so exceedingly oily that he might have been in the act of mistaking himself for one of his charges. He was a spare man of about the Barbox Brothers time of life, with his features whimsically drawn upward as if they were attracted by the roots of his hair. He had a peculiarly shining transparent complexion, probably occa sioned by constant oleaginious application ; and his attrac tive hair, being cut short, and being grizzled, and stand ing straight up on end as if it in its turn were attracted by some invisiblctsmagnet above it, the Op of ,his head was not very unlike a lamp-wick." It is particularly noticeable by the way that more than half of the present Chi istwas nuaaber is written by Mr. Dickens's own hand—the lesser moiety, to use a Hybernicism, being penned by his colaborateurs. Two of those, it may be observed, are ladies, Hesba StrettoS and Amelia Edwards—the other two writers being Charles Collins and Andrew Halliday. It is some thing to say, moreover, of those same co-opera tors with Mr. Dickens in the celebration of what is more especially noteworthy in regard to " Mugby Junction," that they at any rate pass muster with their respective contributions. The main excellence, value, and attraction, however, of the number all lie as a matter of course in the four opening papers from the hand of our great novelist. Foremost among them, to our thinking, being beyond all com parison the best of the four--the story of " The Signalman." Brief though it is, it is perfect as a work of art. It shows again, and in a remark able manner, Mr. Dickens's power in his mastery of the terrible. The pathetic force of it, is truly admirable. It is, surely, the finest Tale of Presentiment that has ever yet been told. And the force of the pathos of it is wrought up to a climax in the simple words uttered by the engine driver at the close, where he is describing the catas trophe." I put this arm before my eyes not to see, and I waved this arm to the last ; but it was of no use." Immediately after " The Signalman" in ex cellence—and thoroughly delightful, if only by way of contrast—commend us to " The Boy at Mugby" —own brother to Trabb's boy in " Great Expecta tions"—friend of the heart to Tom Scott, in the " Old Curiosity Shop"—worthy of being comrade and associate of Bailey Junior in " Martin Chuzzlewit." Haar him ! "I am Tho Boy at Mugby. That's about what I am. " You don't know what I mean ? What a pity ! But I think you do. I think you must. Look here. lam the Boy at what is called The Refreshment Room at Mugby Junction, and what's proudest boast is, that it never yet refreshed a mortal being. " Up in a corner of the Down Refreshment Room at Mugby Junction, in the height of 27 cross draughts (I've often counted 'em while they brush the first-class hair 27 ways), behind the bottles, among the glasses, bounded on the nor'-west by the beer, stood pretty far to the right of a metallic object that's at times the tea-urn and at times the soup-tureen, according to the nature of the last twang im parted to its contents which are the same groundwork, fended off from the traveller by a barrier of stale sponge cakes, erected atop of the counter, and lastly exposed side ways to the glare of Our Missis's eye—you ask a Boy so sitiwated, next time you stop in a hurry at Mugby, for any thing to drink ; you take particular notice that he'll try to SOJes not to hear you, that he'll appear in a absent manner to survey the Line through a transparent medium composed of your head and body, and that he won't serve you as long as you can possibly bear it. That's Mo. - "What a lark it is ! We are the Model Establishment, we are, at Mugby. Other Refreshment Rooms send their imperfect young ladies up to be finished off by Our Missis. For some of the young ladies, when they're new to the business, come into it mild! Alk ! Our Missis, she soon takes that out of 'em. Why, I originally coma into the business meek myself. But Our Missis she soon take that mild me. " What a delightful lark it is ! I look upon us Refresh menters as ockipying the only proudly independent foot ing on the Line. There's Papers for instance—my hon ourable friend, if he will allow me to call him so—him as belongs to Smith's bookstall. Why, he no more dares to be up to our Refreshmenting games than he dares to jump atop of a locomotive with her steam at full pressure, and cut away upon her alone, driving himself, at limited mail speed. , Papers, he'd get his head punched at every com partment, first, second, and third, the whole length of a train, if he was to venter to imitate my demeanour. It's the same with the porters, the same with the guards, the same with the ticket-clerks, the same the whole way up to the secretary, traffic manager, or very chairman. There ain't a one among 'em on the nobly independent footing we are. Did you ever catch one of them, when you wanted anything of him, making a system of surveying the Line through a transparent medium composed of your head and body. --I should hope not. " You should see our Bandolining Room at Mugby Junc tion. It's led to, by the door behind the counter which you'll notice usually stands ajar, and it's the room where Our Missis and our young ladies Bandolines their hair. Yon should see 'em at it, betwixt trains, Bandolining away, as if they was anointing themselves for the combat. When you're telegraphed, you should see their noses all agoing up with scorn, as if it was a part of the working of the same Cooke and Wheatstone electrical machinery. You should hear our Missis give the word, Here comes the Beast to bo Fed !' and then you should see 'em indignantly skipping across the Line, from the Up to the Down, or Wicer Warsaw, and begin to pitch the stale pastry into the plates, and chuck the sawdust sang witches under the glass covers, and get out the—ha, ha, ha!—the Sherry-0 my eye, my eye !—for your Refreshment. "It's only in the Isle of the Brave and Land of the Free (by which, of course, I mean to say Britannia) that Re freshmenting is so effective, so 'olesome, so constitutional, a check upon the public. There was a foreigner, which having politely, with his hat off, beseeched our young ladies and Our Missis for ' a leetel gloss hoff prarndee,' and having had the Line'surveyed through him by all and no other acknowledgment, was proceeding at last to help himself, as seems to be the custom in his own country, when Our Missis with hor hair almost a coming un- Bandolined with rage, and her eyes omitting sparks, flew at him, cot c h e d th e d ecan t er ou t o f hi s h and , and said, ' Put it down, I won't allow that !' The foreigner turned pale, stepped back with his arms stretched out in front of him, his hands clasped, and his shoulders, riz, and exclaimed, is it possible this! That these disdaiueous females and this ferocious old wo man are placed here by the administration, not only to em poison the voyagers, but to affront them! Great Heaven ! How arrives it ? The English people. Or is he then a slave ? Or idiot ?' Another time, a merry wide-awake. American gent had tried the sawdust and spit it out, and had tried the Sherry and spit that out, and had trio d in vain to sustain exhausted natur upon Butter-Scotch, and had been rather extra Bandolined and Line-surveyed through, when, as the bell was ringing, and he paid Our Missis, he says, very loud and good-tempered -' I tell Yew what 'tie, ma'arm. I la'af. Theer ! I la'af. I Dew. I oughter ha' seen most things, for I hail from the Onlimited side of the Atlantic Ocean, and I haive travelled right slick over the Limited, head on thrpugh Jee-rusalemm and the East, and likeways France and Italy, Europe Old World, and am now upon the track to the Chief Europian Village ; but such an Institution as Yew, and Yewer young ladies, and Yewer fixiu's solid and liquid, afore the glorious Tar nal I never did see yet! And if I hain't found the eighth wonder of monarchical Creation, in finding Yew, and Yewer young ladies, and Yewer fixin's solid and liquid, all as aforesaid, established in a country where the people air not absolute Loo-naticks, I am extra Double Darned with a Nip and Frizzle to the innermost grist ! Wh.eerf ur— nicer I—l la'af ! I Dew,"ma'arm. I la'af !' And so he wont, stamping and shaking his sides, along the platform all the way to his own compartment." As for the rest, what shall we say ? , That it is worthy of the Boy at Mugby ! Witness Lamps— and Phoebe—and Polly—and Miss Melluka : but especially Polly—how shall we call her ?—Trivits— Paddens—Tappiturver—Constantinople ! MARKS T S.—This day. MARK lANT... The fresh arrivals of English wheat at to-day's market were very small, but far in excess of the demand. There was no improvement in the inquiry for either red or white parcels, and the trade was very dull at fully Monday's de cline in prices. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat, in which next to nothing was doing, and the value of in ferior sorts had a drooping tendency. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at the late reduction. Tho barley trade generally was without activity, but about late rates. Malt was in limited request at former terms. In oats a fair average business was passing, and Mon day's prices were supported. Beans and peas were quiet at late rates. Flour met a slow sale at about previous currencies. suir ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 760 320 880 50 950 Irish Foreign 5,250 11,270 3,750 2,280 brls. 3,360 sks. BOROUGH HOP. There has been a steady demand for most kinds of hops, but owing to the shortness of the supply, the transactions have not attained to any magnitude. The recent advance has in every instance been firmly maintained. Continental accounts report a firm market with improving prices.. Mid and East Keats 168 s to 231 s per cwt Weald of Kents 150 s to 180 s „ Sussex 150 s to 168 s „ Yearlings 105 s to 150 s „ Farnham and country —s to —s „ NEWGATE AND LEADENB ALL. These markets are moderately supplied with meat. For all kinds the trade is heavy, at the annexed rates:— Per 81b by the caroase. s d e d Inferior beef 'l 0 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 4 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 0 tided Inferior mutton 3 0 3 4 Middling mutton 3 8 4 8 Prime do 4 6 4 2 Large pork 3 8 4 8 Small pork. 4 6 4 6 Lamb, N O'cl to N 15d COLONIAL. TEA.----The public safe; have concluded, and pricng gPne rally have shown a slight decline compared with those previously established. SUGAR. —There have been no public sales, but a good business has been done in the private market, and late rates are well maintained. COFFEE.—A fair demand has prevailed for superior qualities of plantation Ceylon, at about prevhSus prices, while inferior descriptions have been neglected. RlCE.—Only a moderate amount of business has been transacted ; prices, however, remain steady, TALLow.—The market has been very dull, and the few transactions entered into have been at about previous rates. Liverpool Cottoa Market—This Day, The market opens strong. Sales probably 12,000 bales, rt eclat HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday. The Queen walked and drove yesterday afternoon, and drove out this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds, and Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, also walked out. • His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Lieut.-Colonel IL Clifton, arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl of Malmesbury also arrived at the Castle, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Christian went out shooting to-day, attended by Lieut.-Col. Clifton and Major-General F. H. Seyniour. Lord Bagot had the honour of accompanying their Royal Highnesses. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Malmesburn the Earl of Sandwich, and Mr. Bentinck have been on & visit to Colonel the Hon. Richard and Lady Margaret Charteris, at their country seat. The Duke and Duchess of 13uccleuch are enter taining a select company at Bowhill, Selkirkshire. Viscount Melville, Lord Schomberg Kerr and Lady Victoria Sea have been staying there. The Earl and Countess of Derby left town y:5 - tercly morning for Knowsley Park, Lancashire. The Earl of Lonsdale will leave town in a few days for Ventnor, Isle of Wight. The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith arrived at Lambton Castle in the early part of the week, from Bona hill, Selkirkshire, to spend a few days with the Earl a nd Countess of Durham. Lord and Lady Eleho leave town to-morrow for Broome Hall, on a visit to Sir Edward Kerrison, 31. P., and Lady Caroline Kerrison, during the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales next week. Baron and Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild arrived in town on Wednesday evening from Paris. Mrs. Upton and Mrs. C. Dormer have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Ingmire Hall, Kendal. Free Public Libraries and Reading Rooms• Yesterday eveng a meeting, presided over by Mr.. T. Hughes, M.P., was held in the St. Thomas School-rooms, Waterloo-road, for the purpose of considering the necessity of establishing a free pub lic library and reading-rooms in Lambeth. The SECRETARY (Mr. W. M'Caul) read letters from several gentlemen who were unable to attend, but who sympathised with the object of the meeting, and among them was a letter (which was read at the special request of the chairman) in which the writer (a Mr. Luck, of Acre-wharf) said, "I wish the com mittee every success, but as 1 look on Mr. Hughes as being almost as bad as the demagogue Bright, I fear I cannot accept your invitation." (Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN said he thought the letter just read was rather complimentary to himself than otherwise , because if he was almost as bad as that demagogue John Bright, perhaps some day or other he might be quite as bad—(hear, hear)—which, he supposed, would be a matter of great satisfaction to the electors of Lambeth—(cheers)—because they would then have as their representative a very distinguished person and one who ought by no means to be called a demagogue if that was intended to mean anything bad. (Cheers.) The object for which they had met was to endeavour to arouse in the borough of Lambeth some little zeal for the establishment of public libraries and museums. But under the Act of Parliament, the 13th and 1 4 th Victoria, it would be necessary before they could es tablish a public library and museum to convert Lam" beth into a municipality, because that act limited the power of the ratepayers to establish such libraries and museums to municipal boroughs in which there were mayors and corporations, and the act could only be put into force by the mayor at the request of the town council. For his own part he confessed he thought it desirable that some new municipal life should be lin' planted into the great metropolitan boroughs, and if they found it necessary that those great metropolitan boroughs should be converted into distinct municipa' lities, it would be an extremely good thing. (Hear/ hear.) He thought it very desirable that a movemen t of this kind should be got up. They were probably aware that the member for Westminster (Mr. Mill) had proposed a measure for converting Lambeth, Westminster, Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Ham' lets, and Southwark into distinct m un icipali ties, united on equal terms with the City of London. (Hea r ' hear.) He thought the object for which the meet" ing was called was a very important one, because the establishment of libraries and museums was 3 great step in the education of the people. Doubtless all present had recently attended larger and mor e exciting meetings than the present for the purpose of supporting a reform in the constitution of th e country, and obtaining a very large extension of th e suffrage. (Hear, hear.) No d ou bt nothing With' be more desirable or important than that at the pre sent crisis of affairs in England ; but he though t that this movement for spreading, deepening, an d widening the education of the people was scare ell less important. (Cheers.) By the one movemen t they hoped to throw open the doors of the consti' tution to a very large number of our fellow-subjects by the other movement, in favour of which they ha d met that evening, they hoped to make those Wh o were to be admitted to the pale of the constitutio n worthy of that admission. (Cheers.) The chairman then referred to the establishment of working mew s clubs, and pointed out how the advantages of sue' clubs must be extended if they could have libraries and museums at their command. In conclusion, l ie referred to the question of public education, remark" ing that in his opinion the time had come when those ‘ wishing well to the people of this country must insis t on having compulsory education. (Cheers.) By t he law of England parents were bound, so long as th e y had the means of doing so, to find food, raimen t ' and lodging for their children ; they were bound te sustain and cherish the bodies of their offspring, an d , he thought the time had come whe n th e y sho uld have the further obligation imposed up on them of , educating and providing for the mental wants an d nourishing the minds and souls of their children' (Cheers.) He saw that all the most active friends of education throughout the country were coming this conclusion, and he thought that the time gas approaching when all who wished well to the c ountry should put their strength into the movemen t ' (Hear.) When they had carried this, they wo uld have formed a population who would be well ah' e to appreciate the museums and libraries that might be established by the aid of the Act of Far liament he had referred to, and that he sincere bell hoped they might hereafter see not only in Lam but in all the great towns and centres of a poP w tion in the country. (Cheers.) A resolution moved by Mr. SELWAY, and se conded by Mr. HOGG, pledging the meeting to sq .. ; port the object for which it had been called, been then agreed to ; and a committee having b.., formed for the purpose of carrying this resolu tt into effect, thanks were given to the chairman, arioPa the meeting separated. FOUNDER'S DAY AT ETON COLLEGE.—Yest ercilaY being the 425th anniversary of the foundation of Eton C ° lege by King Henry VI., in the year 1441, the day ;;, duly observed within the college. In the evening Goodford, the provost, and fellows entertained a number ,„° guests, including many of the masters, clergy, and g eol/ in the old college-hall, where covers wore laid for 0- NV IN CHESTER C OLLEGE. —The Rev. J. J. liorobi c ; AL iEW A., and Fellow and Tutor of Brasenose Colleg e, O and present Senior Proctor, has been elected by the meterden and Fellows to the Secontl Mastership o f Winch es :. a l College. Mr, Hornby was educated at Eton and p6l'l- College, and took a first class in classics in 1849. PROFESSOR TROUSSEAU.—It will give great Sate, faction to the numerous friends and well-wisher s of all! celebrated man in this country to learn that the repe l: concerning his death are unfounded, and th at the la accounts from Paris state that his health is quite re -06' blished.—Medical Times and Gazette. S:RANGRAI, Oct. 23.—The French Admiral ha issued a notification declaring the river Seo ul, in Core o ) of be in a state of blockade from the 15th Oct., on acco unt the recent murder of Eeueral French missionarieA. A Swedish frigate was wrecked near Dungeo e d. on Tuesday night, and twelve 9f her crew were 400° are and we/ 13 Rest 13 11b1 Othc Re v , ( - 1 0'71 Oth E 'Otfi iiiv e i will to b soli ( are gag( t Qre , th e cl u d Ace° re ed Paid to b, Z2l , Ti hour the o n , (1 0., at Si l'ap€ 110 c 0; Shar Laze band " T 14 to, PrOVE Der f t th e Iv Lay, A d a.7 c . N( kart t rans Preg e th e a or f a . are 8 ditt o tnfa 1 4 ake, kexi 'catasi Greet