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T3-Monatow.-Morning, 6h. 50m.—Afternoon, 7h. 20m. at * - a. 4444- 41 it 4=, , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1865. 11. It will be seen that the " correct copy" of Earl RUSSELL'S Despatch differs but slightly from the version already set forth, but inasmuch as this one is known to be genuine, no doubt the effect it will produce upon the mind will be more striking ; and besides no one can make captious remarks and insinuate that such and such a thing is exaggerated. It will be seen that in some passages more modified expressions are made use of than in the former publication, but still the tone is the same through out—one of indignant remonstrance and disap pointed expectations. In this circular we find the passage in which it is stated that all rights, " old And new, whether founded on the solemn compact of Sovereign, ' or on the clear expression of the popular will, have been set at nought by the Con vention of Gastein, and the dominion of force is the sole power acknowledged and regarded." This is, in fact, the sum total of the whole affair, and most correctly designates the conduct of those who have rendered themselves so odious in the sight of Europe by their unjust usurpation and unseemly acts. In this despatch, as in the other, the effect is rather spoiled by the concluding intimation, that observations on the subject are not to be addressed to the Court to which the ambassador is accredited, but they are " intended to point out what is the language to hold when an oppor tunity shall present itself. It would seem, however, as if the merest hint or intimation of reprisals or reproofs were too much for the tem per of the Prussian authorities to endure, and ac cordingly we hear that great offence has been given by touching on the awkward subject of the Gastein Convention, and especially by reference to the comments passed thereupon by the other great Powers of Europe. It is stated that the Konigsberg Zeitung has been seized for reprinting Lord Rus- SELL'S despatch on the Convention. Such a course cannot but defeat its own object, and meanwhile it shows that the shaft has found its mark, and that those depredators have no worse accusers than their own consciences. A better proof cannot be afforded of the scandalous mapner in which the liberties of the subject and the constitutional privileges of the country are interfered with in Prussia than the fact, that power is conceded to the "local police" to decide whether or not an article seems a dubious or dangerous one, and if they do, they seize the journal in question, and wait for the final decision of the court. The whole workings of the system are heartless and arbitrary in the extreme, besides being often positively unjust, for it often happens that a year or two elapses before a dispute is decided between the authorities and the Press. There are endless hindrances when the matter is at last brought before the Court ; and as there are the courts of appeal as well as the lower court that first adjudicates upon the case, it stands to reason that a long delay often occurs. If a year passes before it is settled whether the defen dants are to be acquitted and have their property restored, or whether it is to be destroyed, serious injuries are inflicted upon those whom even those official persecutors may pronounce to be innocent. a A state of things such as is th us pro d uced is totally subversive of all freedom in its truest sense and fullest signification. It seem,: strange that a people who had progressed BO f ar as the Prussians should submit to such tyran ny and misrule. There is somethi n g ver y rotten in the Stite that contains such laws, and something want ing in the people who tolerate them. Herr 131 - MARCK has for ever lost the esteem and respect of all lovers of freedom ; and it is difficult to decide whether he has committed himself to a greater ex tent in trampling on the rights of the people at home, or in injuring and despoiling those abroad. He is one of the old school of despotic states men that well-wishers of the human race had hoped to see exterminated. Nothing is more to be regretted in this unfor tunate episode of the Gastein Convention than the part which Austria has played. For some time the " rights of the good and the fears of the wise" had turned to that power as the only one which might avert the calamity that threatened Europe in the confiscation of the rights of nations, and the undue extension of the Prussian rule. These expectations have Izost unfortunately not been. realised min one iota, for the Berlin Govern- ment have ridden roughshod over rights and privileges. It was, however, intended in Vienna at one time to adopt a more popular policy ; but cir cumstances proved adverse to its accomplishment. The Austrian Government desired to defend the rights of the Duchies, and to protect those of the Germanic Confederation ; but it was found that the means necessary to meet the expenses of a hostile demeanour were too heavy for the Finance Minister to meet. In an evil hour the intimation was given to submit to the dictates of Herr BISMARCK. It is very much to be regretted that things should come to such a pass, for, without proceeding to extre mities, the mere fact of Austria being strong enough and rich enough to assume an independent attitude would have worked wonders in the more satisfactory adjustment of the " vexed question" of the Duchies. As it is, we have but to deplore the combination of circumstances that has led to such a fatal issue, and has presented to Europe the disheartening spectacle of a great wrong being perpetrated and a crying injustice done, with no interference from any of the leading Powers who are pledged to the protection of Con stitutional rights. The only good that can be gained from this most vexatious circumstance is the opportunity thus presented of judging of the fatal consequences of a laissez aller policy when pushed to extremities. It is positively scandalous to re flect upon the tame and mean spirited manner in which our relations with the Germanic States have been conducted, and more especially with respect to Prussia. From this unpardonable error may be dated the origin of the misfortunes of Schleswig- Holstein. It is satisfactory to learn, by the arrival of the Bombay Mail, that the Government at last intend to take active measures for the conclusion of the Bhootan affair. There is no greater mistake, in dealing with semi-barbarous countries, whose cli mate or conditions are of themselves perilous to Europeans, than to delay and temporise, with the hope of evading hostilities. To provoke needless bloodshed is, of course, as unpardonable as it is foolish, but this method of endeavouring to save life is, in reality, most destructive of it. Trained English troops can much better afford to face a formidable array of regular legions than those mysterious and intangible enemies which lurk in the jungles or the marshes, which deal destruction as surely as silently. In our anxiety to spare the lives of our soldiers in Bhootan we have sacrificed far more than would probably have suc cumbed in a regular attack upon the enemy, and a determined invasion of his territories. The occu pation of the Dooars has cost the lives of many valuable officers and men, while it has failed in attaining the object desired and bringing the Bhoo - tanese to terms. The worst of such mistakes is that the inhabitants of the country naturally know its dangers and its probable effect upon foreigners, and therefore they rely upon its assistance in getting rid of the invaders, The Russian general who reckoned on the aid of his good generals, January I and February, was no t a l one i n hi s p o li cy . Th e King of ASHANTEE counted with equal certainty on the deadly climate of the African coast, and the Bhootanese in their turn must have watched with satisfaction the gradual sickening of the English troops. The Bombay Times of the 23rd tells us that sad accounts had been received of the health of the forces at Bhootan. Four officers belonging to the 11th Native Infantry have died, and seven others have been sent away ill. So severely has the force suffered that the men left forth merely a rem nant of the former corps. It is now intended to raise two Coolie corps of 500 each, which are to be commanded by European officers. A force of not less than 7,000 men, 1,000 of whom are to be Euro/want:l, aro to be brought...together for the in vasion of the Bhootanese territories, and, therefore, we may hope that affairs will actually be brought to a crisis. It is determined at last to march into the interior in the cold season, so that, of course, it is no longer an object to retain the unhealthy posts in the Dooars. When we hear of one corps having 400 men in hospital it is certainly time to act, but why was not this course adopted during the last cold season ? How many might have been spared long weary months of sickness and incapacity ; how many might have been saved pain and premature graves. Our authorities certainly do not shine in arranging these insignificant wars, in which they suffer themselves to be embroiled so easily, and which drag their weary length, wasting men's lives and the public money, and weakening our influence and prestige. A great nation like England, if she determines upon punishing the insolence, or bad faith of minor States, should do so promptly and vigorously. There should be no temporising, no vacillation ; but, above all, there should be no putting of her forces in places where they have to contend against natural disadvantages, and where the insignificant enemy can match with triumph the gradual diminution of those who were sent to sub due them. The Bhootan affair has been badly managed from first to last, and we must hope that the painful experience of the last year will induce the military and civil authorities to push on the conclusion with a. vigour and a resolution which shall prevent a recurrence of the causes of the war. The general health of Bombay is, fortunately, good, though there has been a good deal of rain. In some parts of the country there have been very destructive inundations. The commercial prospects are improving, and the increase of the means of transport and communication argues well for the future. A steamer is to be dispatched once a month between Bombay and Suez, and vice versa, in con nection with the Liverpool and Alexandria steamers; and still more important news, the railway line be tween Calcutta and Delhi was to be opened for through traffic on the 14th inst.. What a wonderful innovation on the traditions of the GREAT MOGUL. A striking instance of the rapid changes which sometimes occur in the fortunes and prospects of a country has just been given in the aspects of Canadian affairs. Happily the change is all in the right direction, a fact which England will rejoice at scarcely less than_Canada. Our North American provinces have been passing through a time of severe trial and difficulty, but they are now for tunately emerging into a clearer atmosphere. Several all these goods to causes causes have combined to depreciate Canadian removed. depress simultaneouslypresstheCanadian t o m a h r a k v e e t , been but The sudden and unexpected d termination of the Ameri can war has p for articles of all kinds, while trlo need a demand the cattle plague in E ng land has raised the price of meats immensely. It was always expected that wh en t h e war was over there would be a great increase in the demand for goods, but the conclusion came so abruptly that neither American nor English manufacturers were prepared for it, and Canada has consequently reaped the benefit. The mills in England, it is said, are running extra time, but are unabl e to fulfil the orders given from the States ; and the Canadian merchants have received a large amount of letters asking for staple articles of all descriptions. So great is the anxiety of some customers to obtain goods that they are willing to pay both duties to get them. We can fancy 'What a stimulus this sudden influx of the rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDNY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, IEM business must give to the depressed trade of Canada, and the improvement in the crops have added to the general cheerfulness. The Canadians now feel safer and more assured since the English Govern ment have pronounced unmistakably in their favour. The Confederation is as yet a question of the future, but there is good reason to hope that the intercolonial differences may be reconciled and all disputes settled before long. When that is fairly brought about the colonies will each and all gain in strength, and the great tide of civilisation will roll westward over the rich plains now lying idle and profitless. Earl Russell's Circular Despatch. a - Subjoined is a correct copy of the despatch written by Earl Russell respecting the Gastein Con- vention : " Foreign-office, Sept. 14, 1865. "The Charge d'Affaires of Prussia has commu nicated to me the substance of a despatch relating to the Convention of Gastein, and the newspapers of Berlin have since published the text of that Con vention. " Upon the first communication to her Majesty's Government of the preliminaries of peace signed at Vienna, I stated at Vienna and Berlin the views of her Majesty's Government upon these preliminaries. The present Convention has only served to increase the regret her Majesty's Government then ex pressed. " The Treaties of 1815 gave; the King of Denmark a seat in the German Diet as Duke of Holstein. " The Treaty of 1852 recognised the right of suc cession to the whole Danish monarchy, which the late King had established in the person of the pre sent King. " That treaty has, in spite of the assurances given in the despatches of January 31, 1864, been com pletely set aside by Austria and Prussia, two of the Powers who had signed it. " It might have been expected that when treaties were thus annulled the popular feeling of Ger many, the wishes of the peoples of the Duchies themselves, and the opinions of the majority of the Diet so explicitly put forth by Austria and Prussia in the sittings of the Conference of London, would have been recognised in their place. In this manner, if one order of rights had been overthrown, another title derived from the assent of the people would have been set up, and that title might have been received with respect, and maintained with a pros pect of permanence. " But all rights, old and new, whether founded on the solemn compact of Sovereigns, or on the clear expression of the popular will, have been set at nought by the Convention of Gastein, and the dominion of force is the sole power acknowledged and regarded. " Violence and conquest are the basis upon which alone . the partitioning Powers found their agree ment. " Her Majesty's Government deeply lament the disregard thus shown to the principles of public right, and the legitimate claims of a people to be heard as to the disposal of their own destiny. " This instruction does not authorise you. to ad dress observations on this subject to the Court to which you are accredited, but is intended only to point out, when the opportunity shall present itself, what is the language you are expected to hold.— I am, &c., (Signed) " RUSSELL." THE YORKSHIRE FAIRS AND THE CATTLE DISEASE. —The utmost precaution is being taken in the York shire towns—in which a round of autumnal fairs are now being held—to prevent the introduction of the cattle di-ease into the districts of North and East Yorkshire. In all the divisions veterinary inspectors have been appointed, and stringent rules laid down, preventing the admixtureof home and foreign cattle, and the admission of any suspected beast to the market, under pain of severe penalties. The danger of contracting the infection is exercising very pre judicial effects on the fairs. There is a scarcity of keep, and turnips are beginning to show so bad that apprehensions for winter prospects are getting serious. Thus buyers are not very anxious, and there is little demand for any but English stock, which holders fear to bring into the fair owing to the necessity that has been imposed for giving a warranty. 'Thus tho chief part of the stock offered is foreign, the demand being about nil. At the Kirby fair last week there was seareoly a Load a bnrnAd cattle offering, and at Market Weighton the sale and show were both poor. At all fairs there has been a tolerably good show of sheep, and prices are stiffening a good deal. Sheep in a great ' measure take the place of beasts this year. All fat stock is scarce and dear. The horse fairs have been very poor hitherto. THE WESTMINSTER FRESCOES.—Grisaille glass is being substituted for the present stained glass in the windows above the wall-paintings, by Messrs. Cope and Ward, in the corridors of the Westminster Palace. A similar alteration —or, what would be still better, the ad mission of light from the ceiling or from higher apertures (as, we are informed, intended to be recommended by the late Prince Consort)—is greatly needed in the Royal Gal lery of the same palace, in order that Mr. Maclise's great paintings may be fair] 3 seen. A plan suggested by Mr. Herbert for the more equal lighting of his fine picture in the Peers' robing-room will, we are informed, probably be adopted. Advantage is being taken of the recess to photo graph this picture ;it is also being engraved. The future pictures for the room will be executed by Mr. Herbert at his own private studio. The subject entitled the " Judg ment of Daniel," is more advanced than the rest, and it is the one to be finished first. The frescoes in the deeply recessed compartments of the House of Lords will now be the worst-lighted paintings in the Westminster Pa lace. We quite agree with the opinion expressed by Dr. Waagen, that it would be much preferable to fill the windows in the Lords also with simple but tasteful Gothic designs in a light tone. Not only can the pictures be scarcely seen, but, says Waagen very justly, the "forms of the merely decorative art ,of glass-painting look but rude and gaudy when seen in juxtaposition with the incomparably higher artistic character of fresco painting. The "inconvenience" which the Fine-Art Com missioners complained that the late Mr. Dyce caused her Majesty by the long delay in the execution of the frescoes in the Queen's robing-room, threatens to be perpetuated by Mr. Crace and the decorative painters under his direction —to say nothing of the continued exclusion of the public from a chamber containing, in the opinion of competent judges, some of the purest and best examples of monumental art executed in modern times. It is now about a year and a half since Mr. Dyce died, and yet the decoration of the cham ber is very far from complete. A decorative artist who, we understand, executed some of the figures in the crypt, has painted one of the series of small half-length portraits of the English kings and queens intended for the frieze of this room—namely, a portrait of the Queen ; but its effect has been found out of harmony with the frescoes beneath; and we trust, therefore, it will be cancelled. It would be far better to introduce heraldic or other mere ornament than anything in the way of fine art that would be ob viously unworthy of comparison with the very choice works loft by Dyce.--Illustrated London News. GLADIATEUR AT THE PARIS AUTUMN MEETING.— Sunday's card excited but little interest so far as the racing was concerned, although the knowledge that Glaili ateur would startfor the Prix du Prince Imperial attracted a much larger number of spectators than would otherwise have been present. The empty benches in the Grand Stand, however, showed that the continued fine weather still re tains the fashionable world et Trouville and Baden. The first race was the Prix de Glatigny, which brought out a field of five, all winners, and produced some spirited betting. Quaker, on the strength of the beating he had given Tour malet on the previous Banday, being installed favourite. Lalla Rookh, the second in the French Oaks, had, however, many supporters ata point longer odds, and as both with re spect to weight were on equal terms, the race appeared, as it eventually proved, a match between the two. Quaker re peated his victory atter making the running throughout. The selling race which followed was the boat contested event of the day. At the distance five of the six starters— Doge had got badly off —were running abreast across the course, Anglo-Saxon and Fontanges then drew slightly in advance, and ran neck and neck to within a couple of lengths of the winning post, when Arthur Watkins, who rode the former, made a magnificent effort, and landed him a winner by a short head. The others finished in such close order that no third was placed. The Prix da Madrid, as from the conditions of the race is usually the case, brought out the most singular lot of horses to be seen at Paris or Chantilly throughout the year. Even the old mare Alerte, who only a few months back had a foal beside her, was brought back from the stud farm to the race course on this Osovicenicidlsliion. The winner turned up in Fitz Australian, a horse whose performances had hitherto been confined to amstmeeueartlilrnegpdsur proportions, r h tth e i oetnosu, fieldt h a s o f o f ro F ut rin g c v e re . eartt T ur; h : e do a i appearance f p etcaharmeadneryouot to against him of the 15 entered, although the half of the en tries were reserved for the second horse. It is hardly ne cessary to add that Gladiateur was the winner, but Vertu gadin certainly made him gallop, and the last half mile, as Grimshaw himself declared, was run at a rattling pace. The . ig that he of .ga th ey luny last p rize day also fell t o C ount de Lagrange with Le Mandarin, on whom long odds were notwithstand u of vrii ight to each o f the other starterfi. t$ LATEST INTEL LIGENCE. (REUTER'S 'ELEGRAMS.) R OLVIE. ROME, SEPT. 26. The official Giornale di Roma declares to be apocryphal the circular Df Mgr. de Merode, pub lished by the Italian journals, ordering the Ponti fical troops to respect the band of Fuoco, as not engaged in brigandage but defending the cause of the ex-King Francis 11. NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE, AUGUST 26. (By Overland Telegraph from Galley. Advices received here from New Zealand announce that General Cameron las resigned the command and returned to England by the present mail. William Thompson has petitioned the Queen to send a commission to in'restigate the wrongs of the Maories. More murders have been committed by natives. [A portion of the above telegram has been omitted, having been rendered unintelligible in course of transmission.] CHINA AND THE NETHERLANDS. ' (By Direct Overland Telegraph.) SHANGHAI AUGUST 21. The Treaty of Commerce with the Netherlands has been ratified. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Sept. 20. At the opening of the International Exhibition at Oporto on the 18th inst., the King replied as follows to the address of Senor Antonio Braga, president of the central committee of the undertaking : " Among you, illustrious Portuguese, none may doubt of our progress, none may fear that it is slow and indefinite. Nations fall from their splendour by the errors of men or natural calamities. But it is also certain that they rise gloriously to the reso nant voice of patriotism and liberty. And with the same rapidity with which they were cast down are they impelled towards prosperity, if with good faith and firm steps they enter upon the path of reforms, the sole course by which the moral and physical re generation of peoples can be effected. This move ment once commenced becomes a necessity of such magnitude and urgency that a benefit remains cir cumscribed by the area traced out by its author. This Portugal, after a long period of misfortune, which caused her to lose the prestige of her past greatness, has now, Providence be thanked, entered upon a new epoch of efforts and enterprises, which, encouraged and fortified by peace and liberty, will assure to her, in a brief 'future, the place which she once occupied among the most cultivated and fortu nate nations. The first International Exhibition which took place in the capital of the commercial world was followed by that of Paris. And such is the power and influence of the progress of humanity, that in little more than 10 years a city of the second order in a country hitherto considered to be a cen tury behind most nations gathers to her bay, for your honour, the manufactures of both worlds and the wonders of art and intelligence. This spectacle is, then, a great glory for Portugal and a well founded hope for the future. Arduous was the ' session of my honoured grandfather in implanting the liberal institutions we now enjoy ; and arduous also the task of my august brother, evangelising and exalting among us the sublime idea of the supre macy and glorification of labour. Such facts can not be forgotten, and your allusion to them at once affects and gratifies me. Invited by you to assume the presidency of the Crystal Palace, and later to give an impetus, as you express it, to the develop ment of the Exhibition, I acceded with the greatest pleasure, recognising all the importance of it. The spirit of the age, the example of my brother, and the love I bear to my country and my subjects, will lead me to embrace and second with all my en deavours this generous and highly-civilising idea, whose realisation will give to our country much higher consideration among foreign nations, and will increase nit welarbt•Pf , public spirit to the height from which naturally and spontaneously spring patriotic actions. This con test of labour, this truly national festival, is so striking a proof that we are advancing on the path of progress, it opens up to the national industry so many improvements, and promises such various advantages to the country, that I feel real pride that this great event should take place as a happy pre sage at the commencement of my reign. My honoured father, the enlightened President of the Exhibition, accepted and undertook, in the same manner, so pleasing a charge. His august name, as you well presumed, immediately secured the pub lic sympathy for this great work. The most dis tinguished artists, and the most intelligent and in dustrions nations, hastened to respond to our invi tation. No nation, however powerful and ad vanced, disdained to come and take their place among the laborious Portuguese. Honour to them for this, as it is to us a motive of gratitude. To the wishes you express for my happiness, that of my be loved consort, the prince, my august father, the Infante Dom Augusto, and the royal family, I re spond with the most fervent wishes for the great ness and welfare of the country which has been our cradle." The official Diaro da Lisboa announces that the King has decided that the baptism of the newly born Infanta shall take place oa the morning of the 27th inst., in the Chapel of the Royal Palace. PRUSSIA. The demonstration of the Permanent Committee of the Congress of German Deputies against the policy embodied in the Gastein Convention will not be so unanimous as was expected. The Prussian Liberals, approving Count de Bismarck's annexionist policy, and only disliking its form, have declared that they shall not attend. The deputies of Elec toral Hesse have come to a similar decision, pro bably because they think it dangerous, in the pre sent state of affairs, to make a display of the latent antagonism which has always existed in Germany between those who wish unity to be secured by the whole country becoming Prussian, and those who demand equal rights for all its inhabitants. It is, therefore, probable that the proposed Congress will only be attended by deputies from the States little disposed to change the liberties they now enjoy for a unity governed by M. de Bismarck without con stitutional guarantees. RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg publishes the following article relative to the attitude assumed by Russia as regards the Gastein Convention : " The Moniteur de Soir, speaking of the theore tical protests by which tha Cabinets of Paris and of London received the Gastein Convention, points out the attitude of abstention adopted by Russia. It looks upon it as an abandonment by that Power of the task which belongs to it in the Duchies. Such an appreciation of, the reserve of Russia is scarcely just. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg never concealed its opinion on the Dano-Gerraan conflict from its very commencement. It adhered to the ground of Euro pean treaties. But it thought it was in honour bound not to create false hopes at Copenhagen. " The Russian Governrient does not like to utter words which are not responded to by facts. Two years ago, when the direct interests of the country were threatened, it did nct confine itself to speak, but showed itself resolved and ready to act. This it will do whenever the interests of Russia demand it. But the appreciation of the circumstances which would render action necessary, and the extent to which it should be exercised, appertains to the Go vernment alone.": FRANCE. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as to the atmospheric situation yester day :—" This morning the state of the atmosphere is E ir,-uar to that of preeedzg days ; strong pressures are extending over Centra. Europe, and winds from the E. or N.E. blow over England, France, and Italy. The sky is generally clear over that portion of Europe. At the North-East and South-West of this region there exists two lines of gales or storms. At Haparanda the barometer has fallen to 757 millimetres, and the winds have veered to the S.W. In Spain the sky is generally cloudy or rainy." In Paris yesterday the sky was resplendent, but the heat was as great as ever in the afternoon, though the morning and evening were a little fresher. At two p.m. the thermometer stood at 25-3 Centigrade (77 6-10 Fahr.) The military tribunal of Paris has just tried a musician of the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs named Tilmant, aged 43, charged with having, at Chartres, on the 9th May last, caused the death of a woman named Matouzet, with whom he had cohabited for several years. The evidence given on the trial showed that the prisoner, who had always been a good soldier, became acquainted with the woman in 1862, while she was in the service of the keeper of the canteen of his regiment. Their acquaintance lasted, with slight interruptions, caused by the pri soner's extreme jealousy, till 1863, when the woman, having learned that he was in the Hospital, sent him word that she would have no more to do with him. On Tilmant's rejoining his regi ment, however, he terrified her into receiving his visits by threatening to murder her, and at last did so by shooting her with a pistol, inflicting a wound of which she died six days later. Immedi ately after committing this crime he discharged a pistol into his own mouth, but the ball only broke his jaw. In his defence the prisoner said he had acted under the influence of ungovernable jealousy, and that he greatly regretted that he had failed in the attempt on his own life. The tribunal found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced him to ten years' hard labour. The Court of Assizes of the Seine has just tried a Dutchman named Theeuwissen, a printer by trade, aged 43, charged with bigamy, he having married a young woman named Discours, at Marseilles in 1864, while his first wife was still living at Brussels. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, ,vho is a native of Breda, in Holland, was first married at Brussels in 1846 to a Belgian woman named Hazings, with whom he lived till 1859, and had four children by her, all now living. In that year he deserted his family, came to Paris, and found employment in the printing-office of M. Lahure, who some time after wards discharged him, on learning that he had aban doned his wife and children. The prisoner then went to Marseilles, and was engaged by a printer as machine man at Bfr. a day. He there became acquainted with the young woman Discours, and married her in August, 1864, although she had an illegitimate child. In October he left Marseilles and came to Paris, followed by his second wife, who, on learning that he had another wife living, denounced him to the police and he was arrested. The two marriages having been clearly proved, the prisoner stated in his defence that he thought his first wife was dead, as he had written to her four times from Marseilles and received no answer. Evi dence was however produced which left little doubt that the prisoner knew the woman to be still alive ; the jury therefore found him guilty, but with ex tenuating circumstances, and the Court sentenced him to five years' imprisonment. A young woman 'named Apollonie Fort has just appeared before the Correctional Tribunal of Paris in opposition to a judgment pronounced against her by default in Feb., 1864, on a charge of swindling, in complicity with a young actress named Besnier. It appears that Mile. Besnier was engaged to perform at the Delassements-Comiques in 1863, that she oc cupied an expensive apartment in the Rue Ponthieu, and lived there in high style until November in the year above mentioned, when she captivated a Wallachian boyard, and left Paris in his company without paying any of the tradesmen who had given her credit. The latter accordingly lodged a com plaint with the police against her and two of her servants, one of whom was Apollonie Fort, charging them with swindling, by obtaining goods under false pretences. The accused was tried by default in Feb., 1864, when Mlle. Besnier was condemned to 18 months' imprisonment and Apollonie to 12 months' as her accomplice. The latter now opposed this judgment, and as the evidence against her proved that I. r ni-no;pation in. her mistress's rrauas was less than had been supposed, the tribunal reduced her punishment to three mouths' imprisonment. A melancholy occurrence has just taken place at Bourthie (Aveyron). AM. Breil was out shooting when he mistook a young man who was sitting be hind a hedge for a badger and shot him dead. M. Paul Vinel, banker of Sables-d'Olonne (Vendee), has committed suicide. The motives are unknown. The Patric describes some recent improvements in artillery :—" It is now admitted (it says) that the progress made in artillery during the last ten years originated in France. After th© Emperor's new howitzer, came rifled ordnance, which is also due to his Majesty's persevering efforts. This great invention was promptly adopted by all Europe. England was one of the first Powers to give a favourable reception to rifled cannon ; but, as with ironclad vessels, a great diversity of system soon arose. The English Government, in the presence of conflicting opinions, made numerous experiments, and some years ago appointed a committee to exa mine and test all the different modes of rifling em ployed for heavy ordnance. This commission, after carefully studying the new cannons invented in England, acknowledged that the French gun had a deservedly high repute throughout the world, and expressed the wish to examine and test that also. The English Government acceded to the demand, and a cannon rifled on the French system was made and tried. The members of the commission, having to limit their experiments to the mode of rifling, fixed uniform conditions for the weight and form of the projectiles, and also for the charge of powder. The guns submitted to experiment were all muzzle loaders. The labours of the commission have ex tended over three years, and the result is embodied in a very voluminous and most interesting report, which has just been submitted to the Secretary for War, and which states that the cannon rifled after the French system is in every respect superior to the others. We are happy to record this signal testi mony to its excellence. The report in question, drawn up with great care and impartiality, accom: panied by all the tabular statements of the firing, is to be laid before Parliament." The improvement which we noticed yesterday in the health of M. de Grammont-Caderousse, and which had given his friends a hope of his ultimate recovery, was but transient. The young duke ex pired yesterday morning. The Courrier du Gard says that three persons had been attacked by cholera at St. Giles (Gard), but that sanitary measures had been taken, and there were great hopes that the malady would not spread. BOURSE, Sept. 26.—Two o'Clock.—Very little business has been done since the opening. Threes, for the Account, have declined 10c., their present quotation being 68f. 30c. Credit Mobilier Shares are at 827 f. 50c. The Stock of the Italian Loan continues weak at 65f. 65c., showing a decline of 20c. Comptoir d'Escompte Shares have declined 7f. 50c., viz., to 992 f. 50c. There is a demand for Mexican at 52k., and the New City Bonds at 471 f. 25c. Three o'Clock.—The market closed at the following quotations : 41 per Cents 96 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 321 Do. end month 6B 32i Credit Mobilier „, 826 2a Do. end month Bank Shares 3595 Credit Ponder — Italian Loan 65 55 Do. end month 65 70 Ditto Threes — Roman 75 Mexican Loan 52 Do. Bonds 338 75 Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred rem Cash. Acct. 845 ... ... 1087 50 ... 872 50 563 75 ... 547 50 - ... 533 75 245 - ... 410 - 456 25 ... 212 50 312 50 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona, •.• Roman..„ 222 50 iiiii Hum .. The Fenian Movement. The Freeman's Journal of yesterday says : " Although we are not called on to-day to record any arrests as having been made in Dublin yester day, the letters from our provincial contemporaries prove that the attention and vigilance of the autho rities are not confined to either the metropolis or to Cork. In Kerry, Tipperary, Cork county, and even in Dungannon, the stronghold of Orangeism, the po lice have, within the past few days, added consider ably to the roll of prisoners now in custody, charged with participation in the alleged 'treasonable conspi racy.' In Clogheen two suspects have been taken —one a shop assistant, and the other a returned American and a reputed captain in the United States army. In Killarney also five arrests have been made—two of them being rather remarkable. One of the captured was clerk to the Crown Prose cutor of the county, and a second an employe in the local post-office. In the county of Cork arrests have taken place in Clonakilty, Glandore, and Roscarberry. In the first mentioned place a man named Deasey, who represented himself to have been for three years a lieutenant in the Federal army, was taken into custody, and all his documents, &c., seized. Archdeacon, who was arrested in Liver pool, and Morrissy, who was taken in Parsons town, were yesterday brought before Mr. Stronge, and remanded until Saturday next. In reference to the remands generally, the Dublin Mail of last night informs us that there is nothing to pre vent the examination taking place at an earlier period should Mr. Stronge be able to complete the arduous preliminary investigations in which he is engaged. Should the examination terminate in the committal of the prisoners, they will, in all likeli hood, be tried at the commission of Oyer and Ter miner, which will open on the 25th of next month, and at which the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Keogh will be the presiding judges. The Mail also states thpt it is rumoured that one of the persons arrested has turned informer, and has given a con siderable amount of important information. We learn from the Cork. Herald that public feel ing in that city continues unabated. When the telegram announcing the overhaul of the American ship Hannah appeared in the local papers on Satur day the excitement was much heightened, and speculation was rife as to the real state of the case, and what would be the next move. The watchful ness of the Cork force continues unabated, and sus pects are energetically sought after, in pursuance of warrants placed in police hands. It is thought that some of those marked individuals have absconded. It is expected that a further military detachment of 100 men will be sent to Middleton, in Cork. The Consti tution announces that the order confining the men to barracks has been revoked, the men being allowed out twice a day,before and after dinner, and in some instances passes are granted to them to remain out until 12 o'clock at night. But civilians are still pro hibited entering the barracks unless it pleases the provost sergeant, who has charge of the gate, to admit them, and even then all business must be transacted under the surveillance of the military police who are told off to perform that duty. The Kerry Post reports a case which happened recently in that county, and in which a magistrate acted with such firmness and decision as to deserve approbation. It appeared that Mr. Coltsman, D.L., was on the Shinnagh Railway platform, wait ing the train to convey him to Knocknagree fair. The platform was crowded, and whilst there Mr. Coltsman heard a man named Kelly boasting of being a Fenian, and shouting out that 15,000 were coming over to free Ireland, Mr. Coltsman hear ing him speak in this manner arrested him on the spot. He appears to be a returned American. Mr. Coltsman remarked during his evidence that he knew he was quite safe in arresting Kelly, as the people of Kerry did not sympathise with such people as Fenians. At the same court a man got six months for singing Fenian songs." Shocking Can of Cruelty to a Wife• At the Clerkenwell Police-court, yesterday, George Price, a well-dressed man, of respectable address and ex terior, was charged before Mr. Barker, the sitting magis trate, with causing the death of Frances Price, his wife, ou the 22d August last, in the parish of St. Mary, Islington. The prisoner exhibited much nervousness and restless anx i e t y duziog tue whole of the protracted investigation. Mr. Chippedleld appeared to conduct the case for the prosecution, and, in opening the facts to the magistrate, stated that he was instructed by the Marquis Townehend to submit the case, which would be found to be of great importance. The prisoner was charged with having caused the death of his wife, not by any immediate act of violence, but by a long-continued series of acts of cruelty and bru tality towards her. The prisoner was by profession a line engraver, in which he earned not less than £2 per week. The deceased lady, his wife, had been the mother of five children by the prisoner, and in May, 1864, the prisoner, his wife, and children, were living together at 7, Offord road, Barnsbury, in the parish of Islington. It would be shown that about that time she was attacked with violent pains, and these continuing, medical advice was sought for, and Dr. Sewell was called in, who discovered the existence of a deeply seated abscess. He directed the nurse, a Mrs. Rice, to continue the application continually of linseed meal poultices, expressing his fears that if the abscess burst internally it would produce fistula and other still worse effects. Tho woman would prove that she could not obtain even ld. from the prisoner to purchase the linseed meal, and the result was that the abscess did burst internally, and that both fistula and cancer followed, the poor lady suffering excruciating torments. The nurse, Mrs. Rice, had remained with the sufferer six mouths, and would describe several acts of violence committed during the whole of that time by the prisoner on his wife, such as seizing her by the wrist, trying to drag her out of bed, pushing her head against the wall, leaving her hair en tangled in some nails, and at other times throwing her back with great violence upon the sofa on which in her sufferings so reclined. But the cruelties dated from the month of gay, 1864, and continued up to the date of her death. Her mental anguish was increased by the brutal language used to her by the prisoner, who did not hesitate to tell her that ho wished she was dead, that he would light candles to show her soul the way to hell, that he had measured her grave, and that the cer tificate of her death was already drawn up and prepared. Dr. Sewell attended her for nine months, and at last Mr. Gowland, the eminent surgeon of St. Mark's Hospital, was called in, and pronounced the case to be one of the worst of fistula ho ever saw. During the whole of this time . it would be proved the prisoner used language to his wife which was perfectly horrible. Further than this, in sup port of the present charge against tho prisoner, it would be shown that a person labouring under such severe and cruel disorders required a largo amount of generous nourishment and stimulants to prevent the disease from passing into the system with increased rapidity,but instead of supplying these necessary and essential wants, the prisoner expended his own earnings in drink for himself, and ono week all he gave to the nurse for her and his wife's sustenance was is. 11d. It would be proved that the unfortunate deceased was constantly calling and craving for food, and on one occasion it would be indisputably establiShed that the pri soner took from his pocket a ss. piece, and holding it up jeeringly, asked her if she would not like to have it, and at the same time refused her any food. Towards the latter part of her life, a neighbour, Mr. Lynch, and her brother, were in the practice of leaving money with the nurse to procure and provide for her wants in the way of food, wine, and brandy, as ordered by the doctor, but it would seem that these provisions were consumed by the prisoner, although they had been provided and prepared for the use of his suffering wife. He (Mr. Chipperfield) should con tend that all these facts tended to strengthen and support the charge now preferred against the prisoner, but there still remained unnumbered acts of brutality practised by the prisoner towards his wife ; for instance, she was ordered the constant use of the hip bath in the course of the last winter, and it became necessary that to have re course to it in the extremely cold weather she should have the comfort of a warm fire, but though teals had been sup plied by her brother, still the prisoner not only refused to have the fire lighted but actually raked it out after it bad been lighted by the nurse in attendance upon the patient. Now, lie should contend that, these facts being proved, would justify and sustain a charge of manslaughter. Evidence in support of the charge was then given, and the prisoner was remanded, bail being refused. A RETREAT AT ALDERSHOT.—Yesterday, at a field-day of the troops of the Aldershot division, Lieutenant-General Sir John Pennefather carried out the details of a sham fight and a retreat on an extensive scale in the presence of several distinguished visitors. The troops formed up at half-past ten o'clock on Eelmore-hill, and marched past immediately on the arrival of visitors about that hour. They then took ground preparatory to resisting the attack of a supposed enemy advancing from Portsmouth, and who had occupied a strong position avail able for a descent on the camp. The manoeuvring of the troops lasted some hou rs, and was of a ver y interesting nature. Tho weather w as piagnificent through ou t. S ome interest was attached to the proceeding; as it is believed a this will be the last fi eld-da y Sir John Pennefather will conduct at Aldershot, his command expirin stortly. curt" '• HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 23. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Ilesse and Princess llelena, and attended by Lady Churchill, drove round to Loch Bulig, and came back by Gairnsheil. Sir Charles Wood arrived at the Castle in the evening. SEPT. 24. The Queen, with Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Hekna, and Princess Louise, at tended Divine service in the parish church of Crathie in the morning. The Rev. D. M'Leod, of Linlithgow, officiated. Lady Churchill and Colonel the Hon. D. F. de Ros were in attendance. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Princess Hilda of Anhalt and Prince John of Holstein- Glucksburg, had luncheon with her Majesty. Sir Charles Wood had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. The Royal Family in the Highlands. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince John of Glucksburg, and Princess Hilda, of Anhalt, attended Divine service in the church of Crathie on Sunday. There were also present from Balmoral and Abergeldie—the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, General the Hon. C. Grey and Miss Grey, Lady Churchill, Baroness Schenck, Colonel Keppel, Colonel De Ros, Sir Charles Phipps, Cap tain, Mr., and Miss Phipps, and Dr. Robertson. The Rev. Donald M'Leod, of Linlithgow, preached an excellent sermon from Romans i. 16—" For I arm not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that be lieveth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." The church was very much crowded, there being a large number of strangers present. Marriage of Lord Granville. Among the marriages celebrated yesterday morn ing at the parish church of St. Mary Abbot, Ken sington, was one, conducted from first to last with as complete an absence of display as any of its pre decessors, yet nevertheless of considerable public interest. The wedding party, which exceeded but in a moderate degree the dimensions of a strictly family gathering, assembled to witness the marriage of Earl Granville, K.G., Lord President of the Council, to Miss Castalia Campbell, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Campbell, of Islay. The company assembled shortly before half-past eleven o'clock, in the church itself—one of those square, formal interiors which modern taste is rendering obsolete. It contained yesterday, both above and below, a goodly number of well-wishers and lookers on, among the more immediate circle of friends being Sir J. Acton, M.P., the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, M.P., Lord Henry G. Lennox, M.P., Sir John and Miss Walsh, Mr. and Mrs• Davenport Bromley, Mr. J. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Nugent, &c. Lord Granville was one of the earliest to arrive, with him being, among others, a youthful nephew, the son of Mr. F. Leveson Gower, in whom the family resemblance was strongly marked. The bridesmaids, Miss Violet Campbell (sister of the bride), Miss Walsh, Miss Nugent, and the Hon. Miss Pitt, awaited their charge in tho centre aisle, forming, in their simple but elegant uniform of white satin, with light blue trimming, and just a sprinkling of orange flower added to the bonnet, a charming group. At the appointed time Miss Castalia Camp bell entered the church, leaning upon the arm of her brother, Mr. John Campbell, and from the moment of her appearance the majority of those present had eyes for little else than what might be discerned through the ample folds of a long white veil. What was seen by those who were fortunately near enough was a beautiful face, with a profusion of light hair, and a figure taller than any of her bridesmaids, but, at the same time, with a carriage so light and easy as to gain from that circumstance added grace and dignity_ The procession to the altar was formed in the usual order, and the Vol. Archdeacon Sinclair, vicar of the parish, who awaited the party within the communion rails, at once entered on the performance of the ceremony. There are some within the pale of the Church of England who think that marriage is worthily cele brated only when it is accompanied by the full anthem of praise to Him to whom the institution of the rite is due. Others hold that choral music but distracts the mind and weakens the force of the solemn message and still more solemn benediction which the Church at this great crisis of human life is commissioned to pronounce. Without attempting to discuss this much-vexed question, it is enough to say of the impressiveness of the service yesterday that its effect, not merely upon those who knelt, but on those who stood round the altar, was too evident to be mistaken. True, the couple who were just becoming one were in the eye of the Church neither more nor less than the couple who had knelt there au hour before, or who, with the same object in view , might kneel there next in order ; but not the less was it true that the bridegroom, by the ceremony then in progress, was giving to the ranks of the British peerage one of the fairest additions it has long received, and not the less was the Countess Gran ville to be envied for drawing a brilliant matri monial prize. Lord Granville has the good fortune to be not merely in an official point of view, but one might almost say by nature, the leader of that au gust assembly the House of Lords ; and the same multiplied and nicely-varied forms of conciliatory address, conspicuous even in the polished life of the Upper Chamber, which have carried him with ease and favour through the discharge of his duties there, have recommended him from time to time to the fa vour of his Sovereign for missions of a highly-con' fidential and exceptional character. In Paris the sensation is still remembered which was created at the time of the French Exhibition by Lord Gran ' ville's address in the purest French and of the hap piest allusion. In the following year, after the Russian war had closed, and it became important to turn to account the coronation of Alexander IL, it was Lord Granville who was selected as the most competent and most acceptable Ambassador Extra ordinary from this country to undertake the task of smoothing painful reminiscences, and of laying the foundation of a better understanding. At home Lord Granville has held his present office for many years, if not with the consent, certainly with tha admiration of all parties. No event happening in the life of a man so distinguished can fail to be of interest to the public, especially when it is taken into account that this alliance affects the great family possession or in immediate prospect no Leinster,. of the Leveson-Gowers, who at this momlesesntthhaonldthine eight peerages of S u th a er r la a n n d yhic A: c g r y o n na 7 Westminster, Ellesmere, attic, and Blantyre. e s c t e r rr w o i n l e y r the e the w r e e dj s i t n e g r partyA t the pro c eede d conclusionf from t o f t h t e h v e to . Niddry-lodge, Campden-hill, Kensington, the residence of Mr. Campbell, where In the course of the afternoon Lord and LadY G ranv ille left town for Dover, en route for France. twhaeswdeudldyinsiggnberdea, breakfast was prepared. - --~ The Duke of Montrose has arrived in town from visiting the Earl of Powis, at Powis Castle, WelshPool' His grace will leave town in a few days to join the &mhos° and family at his seat Buchanan House, Stirlingshir e, N.B. henvisitingt The Marchioness of Clanricarde is expected in town e to-day fromDeltakebyeeCdaDstleee,hweehseerfe Chleevrellaandyd.ship has The Earl and Countess of Seafield will ent ertain a large party at their seat in Scotland until the close of the shooting season. The Dowager Countess of Ellesmer e and Lady Blanche Egorton arrived at Holkar Hall on Monday, to be present at the wedding of Lady Louisa Cavendish and Hon. Captain Francis Egerton. MR. CHARLES DICKENS. _W e regret te learn that Mr. C. Dickens, who is now in Paris, has had a sunstroke . He was quite insensible for some hours, but, we are haPPl i to say, speedily recovered, and 10 110 W quite well,—C 1. Journal,