The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-11 00:00:00

Metropolis If Works TILE VOTE OF CONDOLENCE TO LADY PALMERSTON, " Brockett-hall, Nov. 4. "Sir,—l am desired by Lady Palmerston to convey to the Metropolitan Board of Works her grateful thanks for their expression of sympathy with her, and of attachment to the memory of her husband.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, "EVELYN ASHLEY. "John Pollard, Esq., Clerk to the Board." This reply was ordered to be entered on the minutes. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT A POLLING-BOOTH IN CLERKENWELL. A report was presented from the Building Act Committee stating that in their opinion no blame attached to the District Surveyor for the accident which occurred at a polling-booth in Clerkenwell during the late Finsbury election. INTERRUPTION TO PUBLIC TRAFFIC BY BREAKING UP THE STREETS. The CHAIRMAN said it would be remembered that some time ago the subject of the continual breaking up of the streets by gas and water companies had been brought before the board, by which the public traffic had been greatly interrupted in consequence of those companies refusing to use the subways which had been constructed at a great expense. A correspondence had taken place with one of those companies, which would now be laid before the Board. The following correspondence was then presented which had taken place between the Board and the Vauxhall Water Company with reference to the lay ing of water mains in the subway constructed by the Board in Southwark-street : "Metropolitan Board of Works, Spring-gardens, Oct. 2. " Sir,—l am directed by the Metropolitan Board of Works to acquaint you that they have lately received a communication from the Board of Works for the St. Savi our's district, on the subject of water mains being laid down in Southwark-street, to the effect that the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company decline to avail themselves of the opportunity of placing their mains in the subway constructed under the street, on the ground that, having, in conjunction with the gas companies, laid out a consi derable sum of money in opposing the Subways Bill, re cently promoted by this Board, it would be inconsistent on their part so to do, but that they wore quite willing to lay pipes in the street in the usual manner. The Board desire me to request the attention of the company to the fact that one of the purposes for which the subway in question was formed was to afford facilities for the laying down and re pair of water pipes without interfering with the surface of the carriage or footway, whereby much expense to the company and inconvenience to the public traffic would be avoided, and injury to the solidity of the thoroughfare pre ♦ented. The Board, having regard to the interests of the ratepayers of the metropolis, considered that, to accom plish these objects, they would be justified in incurring the large expenditure which the formation of the subway involved, and they deeply regret to find that their efforts in the direction indicated are likely to be frustrated by the course which the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Com pany propose to adopt. The Board fear that, besides greatly inconveniencing the public, the laying down of the pipes in the ordinary manner will entirely destroy the present excellent condition of the paving of the street, notwithstanding any expense the company may incur in reinstating the same ; and they are desirous of learning, before the ground is broken up, whether the Board can in any way meet the wishes of the company, so as to induce them to forego the decision at which they ap pear to have arrived, and thus preserve the surface of the street—l am, &c., " JOHN POLLARD, Clerk of the Board. "James Rosseter, Secretary, Southwark Water Company, Sumner-street, Southwark." "Office of Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, Sumner-street, Southwark, Oct. 26. "Sir,—Your letter of the 2d inst. has been laid before the Court of Directors, and the subject to which it refers again taken into mature consideration. lam instructed to state that it is with great regret that the directors feel themselves compelled to decline compliance with the wish of the Me tropolitan Commissioners, that the company's line should be laid in the subway in Southwark-street. The laying the mains in the subway would subject the company to great trouble and expense, it would also involve a serious and indefinite risk, in which the public would share, while, as the directors believe, the convenience of the public would not on the whole be increased. The laying down the mains cannot, with a view to protection in case of fire, be longer delayed. In giving instructions for the laying the company's engineer will however gladly meet, as far as may he prac ticable, any suggestions on the part of the officers of the Metropolitan Commissioners, so to place the water mains as not to interfere with the subway, or the use to be derived from it.—l am, &c., "JAMES RossETRE, Secretary. "John Pollard, Esq., Clerk of the Board to Metropolican Board of Works, Spring-gardens, S.W." Mr. NEWTON moved that copies of this correspon dence be sent to all vestries and district boards o: the metropolis. Mr. CARPMAEL thought it could not be too widely known that although subways had been formed at a great expense out of the ratepayers' money, which would prevent the constant breaking up of the public street, that gas and water companies would not use them. Mr. BIDGOOD suggested that copies of the corre spondence should also be sent to every member o. both Houses of Parliament. This was agreed to, and the motion so amended was passed unanimously. THE SALARIES OF OFFICERS. The report was presented from the Main Drain age Committee, stating "that the Committee see no reason to alter the resolution of the Board of the 4th of January, 1861 (No. 2), distributing the officers into four classes, but they are of opinion that the salaries and classification of officers should be revised in the month of January in each year." This report led to a short discussion, in which it was urged that it would be most desirable to get rid of the frequent applications from officers for an advance of salary, and that it would be better that a stated period should be fixed when once a year the salaries would be considered, and if there were any special reasons then they would be increased according to their respective merits. The motion was put and carried unanimously. PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION AT TIIE BOARD. Mr. SAUNDERS, pursuant to notice, moved— " That it be referred to the Streets Committee to consider if any, and if so what alterations or im provements could be made in the premises of the Board, for the greatest utility of public business, and the convenience of members." He said, at the present time there was no fitting accommodation for deputations and other persons having business at the Board. The motion was put and agreed to. FINSBURY PARK. Mr. PECKETT moved— , 4 That the Board having, under the provisions of the Finsbury Act, 1857, purchased the land required for the purposes of the park, it be referred to the Streets Committee to con sider and report as to the steps to be taken for lay ing out the park and dedicating it to public use." Mr. SAVAGE seconded the motion, which was put and agreed to. PNEUMATIC DESPATCIi COMPANY. A letter was received f rom the solicitor . to the Pneumatic Despatch Company in reference to the long-standing dispute betwee n t h e board and the company on the laying down of the pneumatic tubes, it having been repor ted that they have encroached on on the sewers under the j uri sdiction of this board. The dispute was referred to the arbitration of Bateman, who made his award against the company, but to-day it was stated that he had done so on a false data, as the tubes were not so near to the sewers as had been represented, and before entering upon further legal proceedings by the board it was requested th a t a d e l ay s h ou ld t a k e place until Mon day next, when the distance between them would be measured, and that the engineer of this board should be in v it e d to attend. ° The Solicitor to the Board recommended that that The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Boazd:of Works was held yesterday at the office in Spring gardens ; Sir John Thwaites in the chair. FINANCE. The financial statement was presented, which showed the following cash balances in the hands of the treasurer :—Current accounts, £155,298 9s. sd. ; deposit accounts, £118,352 3s. 10d. ; total, £273,650 13s. 3d. At the meeting of the Board held on the 27th ult., on the motion of Mr. Tite, M.P., a resolution was passed expressive of its sense of the great loss this country had sustained in the death of Lord Palmerston, which resolution was ordered to be communicated to Lady Palmerston, with a respect ful assurance of the condolence of the Board, and its deep sympathy in het irreparable loss. This day the following reply was read by Mr. Pollard, the clerk : course should be adopted, which was embodied in a motion, and put and agreed to. THE CLOCK TOWER, SOUTHWARK. A letter was received from Mr. Sturmy, clerk of St. Saviour's District Board of Works, calling at tention to the non-removal of the clock tower in Wellington-street, Southwark, and requesting that the board would proceed with the formation of Southwark Park. The CHAIRMAN said it would be removed as speedily as possible, but the board was not then en tirely in possession of the freehold of the land for the park where this tower was proposed to be placed. The rest of the business was unworthy of a report, and the board adjourned. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. --..11..-- SOUTH-EASTERN. The gross traffic receipts on this line for the four weeks ending Oct. 21st amounted to £117,447, less £2,806, for collecting and delivering goods, leaving £114,641. To this was added £2,467 for rent and sundries, and £5,679 for steam packet service, mak ing the total receipts £122,787. From this was deducted £53,404 for expenses, including rates, taxes, tolls, Government duty, and expenses of steam packet service, leaving a net sum of £69,383. The total receipts for the 11 weeks and five days, ending as above, amounted to £374,243, and the ex penditure to £l6B,lBl,leaving a balance oil 206,062. ITALIAN OPERA.—The chief feature of the season, so far as it has progressed, has been the debilt of Mdlle. Grossi, a young artist who must be set down as a most valuable addition to M. Bagier's troupe. She made her first appearance as Maffio Orsini, in " Lucrezia Borgia," and at once established her claims to public favour. Her voice is one of won derful compass, reaching from the deepest contralto notes to the extreme soprano register ; to which we may add that she wields this magnificent organ with a power, skill, and entrain we have rarely found surpassed. Mdlle. Grossi has since appe are d as Azucena, in the " Trovatore ;" in " Lucrezia" she proved herself a first-rate musician ; in the " Tro vatore " she revealed gifts as an actress not often to be found on the lyric stage. Mme. Pence, Sterbini, and Nicolini acquitted themselves in the other parts with their usual artistic finish, and the ensemble was altogether most satisfactory. VARIETES.—This theatre has produced two smart little vaudevilles, " tin Homme qui Manque le Coche," by MM. Labiche and Delacour, and " M'me. Maclou," by M. Dupin. Both these pieces are exceedingly amusing, but legrement risquees ; in the first Frigolin is always too late ; he puts off his marriage with Clementine, and Clementine marries another. Clementine becomes a widow, and writes to Frigolin, who only turns up 18 months after, and finds that the inconsolable has again con soled herself ; and Frigolin, after two honest as saults, in which, thanks to his own dilatory conduct, he has been foiled, makes a third and dishonest attempt, in which he is also unsuccessful. The fun of " M'me Maclou" turns on the adventures of a young man who, in order to gain admittance into the house of his sweetheart, engages himself as a wet nurse in the family. It may be readily con ceived that an intrusion under such pretences, how ever amusing, could not be of long duration. Both the vaudevilles met with decided success. Guyon's get-up and rendering of a nurse elicited shouts of laughter. VAUDEVILLE.—" La Famine Banoiton" of M. Victorien Sardou, so long and anxiously awaited, was played here for the first time on Saturday, and met with a success equal to that of " Nos Intimes," or " Les Vieux Garcons." "La Famille Benoiton" is a family in which are concentrated all the ridi culous and criminal passions in vogue, and severe indeed is the flagellation which the fashions of the hour have received at the hands of the popular dramatist. M. Benoiton is rich, proud of his for tune, and has a profound belief in the divinity of the dollar. Mine. Benoiton is always a way from home neglecting her duty ; the three demoiselles Benoiton think of nothing but toilette and talk nothing but slang, and the Benoiton lads are vicious after the manner of very vicious young men. The first acts in which the foibles of this monstrous social agglomeration are exposed are comedy, but the comedy changes into drama ; the eldest daughter is married to M. Didier, who entertains grave suspicions as to the legitimacy of his child. Didier finds out that letters have passed between his wife and a M. Champrose, but thoseletters,which would have exculpated both parties, have been burned. Happily the good fairy of the piece hits on a plan (which M. Sardou appears to us to have borrowed from Solomon) of convincing the husband his fears are groundless. M. Champrose is suddenly told that the child is dead, and taking the news very quietly his indifference is held by M. Didier as con clusive proof that his doubts were devoid of founda tion. Joined to the principal action of the piece are numerous amusing incidents, some of which, however, are carried rather too far, and are more likely to shock than correct an enlightened audience. We may add that "La Famille Benoiton " is ad mirably played throughout by a very strong cast, in which appear the names of Mlle. Fargueil and Messrs. Felix, Febvre, Parade, Delannoy, and St. Germain. AMBIGU.—This theatre has brought out a drama in five acts with a prologue entitled " La Meuniere." The scene is laid in Normandy in the time of the Regency, when plots were the order of the day. The hero of M. Anieet Burgeois' drama was deeply engaged in a movement which was to introduce the King of Spain into France. Captured and on the point of being condemned, he is saved by a miller's daughter, who swears to an alibi of a compromis ing character for her honour. The count rewards the miller's daughter by marrying her first and ne glecting her afterwards in favor of a governess whose brother is the villain of the tale, and tries to murder the countess that his sister may reign in her stead. In the end the count repents, the countess recovers her supremacy, the governess is discharged, and the wicked brother is shot as a caution. We cannot say much in favour of this lengthy production ; we are familiar with all the characters, and instead of meeting in the depths of Normandy with the Nor man nobleman we encounter the French gentleman of the Regent school with his fine Versailles man ners and red-heeled shoes. GAlTE.—After having produced several pieces in quick succession, this theatre has now fallen back on the celebrated old drama of M.M. Dennery and Bresil, entitled " l'Escamoteur." The success of this piecc. , , when first played, about six years ago, was in a great measure owing to the manner in which the principal role was filled by M. Paulin Menier, " whose Escamoteur" was justly considered as a triumph of art. The Gaite has done well again to secure the services of this talented actor, who appears to have lost none of his prestige vigour, and who retains the power of making the audience roar with laughter or sob with emotion. M. Menier, or rather Beaujolais, appears in the second act as a conjuror at a country fair, cracking jokes, playing tricks, and telling fortunes ; a well-bred villain then catches hold of him and persuades him to claim as his daughter a young lady who had been adopted, when an infant, by Comte de Va rennes. Furnished with forged papers Beaujolais presents himself to the Count, and after several pathetic scenes carries eiff Helene, whom the Count had made his heiress. Just as he was about to hand her over to the tender mercies of the villain d'Armentiere the conjuror discovers that the girl is really his daughter, and the whole nature of the man becomes changed at once, and he sets to work to repair the wrong he has committed, and even goes to the length of disowning his child in order that she may regain her previous position. The way in which M. Paulin Menier goes through the transitions of his role (which we have briefly sketched) is perfectly marvellous : the light-hearted conjuror, the ready knave, the impatient dupe, the man in a false position, his anger, his love, and resigna tion, are phases of character all played with equal facility and power; and, besides this, M. Menier has the nark of never losing sight of his original Character, and no matter under what feeling he is labouring, the shuffler and passer of cards is con- stantly peeping out. M. Menier was ably seconded by MM. Latouche, Manuel, and Alexandre, and _ _ _ Mdmes. Lacroix and Clarence. M. Lacroix as jeune-prellier was simply absurd. BOUFFES-PARISIENS.—Awaiting the appearance of "Le Berger," the Buffes gives us " Jeanne qui rit and Jean qui pieure," by MM. Nuiter and Treffen, music by Offenbach, and " Les Douze Innocentes," by M. de Najac, music by M. Albert Grisar. The first-named operetta gives Mlle. Bouffar the opportunity of playing a double role, for Jean is merely Jeanne in disguise. The music is now melancholy, now living, suiting the action of the piece, and amongst other charming morceaux we may mention the couplets "Jeanne pleure ! ah ! ah ! C'est Jean qui rit !" and " Je suis la gentille meuniere." Desire is capital as a Norman peasant. " Les Douze Innocentes" is a pleasant little fantasy sung by the twelve nieces of M. Gigon and their intended husbands. Some couplets by Mae. Garait and a military song by Berthelier were much admired. DEJAZET.--Madame Dejazet ha s reappeared at her theatre, disguised in masculine attire, in a pi ece entitled "Monsieur de Belle-Isle," which has been evidently written expressly for this charming actress, who, in spite of her age, still sings and plays as if time forgot to deprive her of those graces which were first exhibited on the stage in the days of the First Empire. FOLIES DRAMATIQUES.—A piece of rank inde cency, in five acts, called " Les Orpbeonistes en MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN. An adjourned special meeting of this company was held on Thursday, in Dublin. Mr. Ralph S. Cusack, the chairman, presided, to receive the re port of the committee appointed by the shareholders to inquire into the affairs of the company with a view to their improvement. The report, which was of great length, pointed out several defects in the management of the line, in which there was alleged to have been excessive expenditure, and suggested several improvements. The Hon. G. S. Gough, chairman of the committee, moved the acceptance of the report, requesting the directors to carry out only such of the suggestions as would be for the in terests of the company. Lord Clonbrock seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The meeting showed good feeling and forbearance, con trasting favourably with the disorderly proceedings that took place at some of the previous meetings. It was mentioned that the affairs of the com pany could be much improved, and the value of the shares increased. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1805. 1864. 18C5 1864 99i 2,402 1.950 4it 787 eBO 28 2,461 :087 61 1,086 861 1211 6,43 6,276 408 27.6 ,3 2.5,760 221 2,419 1.965 3!5 9 404 380 20 409 352 158 183 321 509 40, 651 1,603 1.535 17 399 291 155 163 109 63 1,816 1.466 75 2,269 1,7.4 35 311 339 911 4,756 4, 91 30 296 276 5.1 3,441 3..71 143 10,426 9,403 663 33.370 33,313 365 39,990 36,658 53 1,413 1,385 41 1,151 969 711 5)7 443 381 9,029 8.147 1270 68,702 68,5 7 13 65 49 246 53 3,035 145 1,906 1,702 403 38,958 31,203 24 215 172 26i 123 124 461 GOO 861 20t 438 430 12731 111,291 105.761 52 1,918 1,763 1831 23,359 4, 34 2671 2 ~05 19.732 Belfast and N. Counties 9ll Belfast and County Down 941 Blyth and Tyne 2B Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter l2ll Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB Cambrian Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 64 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 654 Deeside l7 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast] unction.... 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E. Union Great Northern 404 Great North of Scotland 5B Do Branches 42 (It. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7lt 94.Soutim.& Westn .( lrind.) 3B7i Great Western l2BO Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 4 2 Llanelly Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 London, Chatham, & Dover; f 134 all Metiopolitan hxtension 1 12 Do. Kent coast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend nan.,Shellield • SE Lincolnah Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 2t,of llonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4l North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1205) North London Y. 9 North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 11:1ymney l9l Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 315 Taff Vale GI Ulster Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 13"haven,Cleator,& Egrtunt lO Whitehaven J unction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 261 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1854 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 Dutch Rhenish ........ 1084 1(134 7,399 7, 19 Eastern o 1 France . Eastern Bengal .••. llO 110 2,052 1.508 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 30.227 25,329 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 6,926 6,380 Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 :16,186 10,016 Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,561 4.779 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 17,931 12.671 Madras. •• • Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 16,136 18,419 Northern of Canada .. • • 94 94 2,41 t 1,474 Northern of France 728 728 68,888 62,726 1 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Idediterrn 2006 19 0 150,97 155,736 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 77,589 71,423 Recife and San Francisco, &c 774 774 74 532 Scinde lO5 105 1,349 926 Do. Punjab, &c 253 45 1,359 f,22 South Austrian, &c .. . 1651 1527 65,478 60,391 Southern of France 863 823 30,877 26,916 Victoria Welland West & N-Wn. of France 121 1 8,:89 7.517 lli J 1,830 1,950 27 1,( 40 . 7zU 42 1,420 1,402 2io X 0,699 18, UI 1,136 1.285 28 1,670 1,531 31 2.073 2,3 3 6:11 48,609 , ;47,832 260 t 5,503 4,707 44 3,255 2,321 C 5( 24,109 2 Y 35 11621 69,060 63 565 9 4,066 :1,180 258 8,`•53 b. 4.8 111 113 60 191 1,03 S S'6l 138 6,134 5,917 68 1, 0 29 877 791 3 957 3,519 306 23,275 22,639 el 5,9.8 0,10 1051 2,952 2.642 10 143 162 31 362 301 77 1,5 , 4 1,461 10 8'.,0 617 13 1,078 1,072 35 95! 896 44,633 46,256 353 4 6 365 406 5,438 1,873 Cost of War and Advantages of Peace. Our Washington correspondent states that Gene ral Grant has sent to the Secretary of War a communica tion recommending the mustering out of all major and brigadier generals of the volunteer service, save those who have been disabled. And in connection with this we may note that the official returns lately published under the authority of the British Government give us an approximate idea of the cost devolving on it, in consequence of the un settled state of its transatlantic relations during our late civil war. For the transfer of troops to its various pos sessions in British America, during the years 1862, 1863, and 1864, their maintenance while here, and the neces sary expenditure for stores, a sum of eighteen millions of dollars was disbursed. This includes, it is true, more than four million of dollars paid out of colonial exchequers —principally or entirely by the Canadian government ; but it would no doubt be within the mark to say that the dubious relations between the two countries, leaving a margin for obligations incurred which have not been pub lished, would amount to au aggregate of twenty million of dollars. Results have proved that much of that considerable sum has been thrown away. A portion of it would have neces sarily been expended in any case ; for so long as England chooses to maintain her connexion with her remaining American colonies, certain expenses for military and naval stations are indispensable. And so long as those colonies are disposed to perpetuate the connexion, they, too, will have to contribute their share toward supporting thepolicy of the empire, of which they form a part. Expenses of this nature, but not to the same extent, have for years past made a formidable figure in the blue-books, both of im perial and colonial returns. Nor are we at all disposed to quarrel with this feature. From their point of view a question of national honour is involved, and as we allow no one to meddle with us in matters of this nature, we are bound to extend the same latitude to the sensitiveness of other nations. was not, however, till a considerable time after the comm encement of ourcivil contestth at these war estimates, as they may almost bo called, assumed the proportions in dicated by the returns just quoted. On the contrary, from the period of the breaking out of the Crimean war until the events of 1861, British America had been so depleted of all English troops as even to have given rise to remon strances on the part of the colonists. But the progress of events restored the old order of things, until, by the com mencement of 1862, a somewhat formidable body gar risoned the principal posts on the other side of the lines. We are not now, and were not then, at all disposed to take umbrage at this movement. A sense of what was due to national interests and honour, as interpreted from an English point of view, dictated, we are disposed to believe, these movements, and we had and have no right to quarrel with a sensitiveness we ourselves aro not slow to display on occasions of a similar nature. Results have, however, shown that film hostile prepa rations were uncalled for. Perhaps, however, they might' have been anticipated, and they may now certainly bo looked back upon without resentment. They arose in a feeling of insecurity as to the maintenance of peace between the two countries, iu which we all here equally shared, and to that extent they were defensible. We trust and believe, however, that those mutual apprehensions and suspicions have now permanently passed away with the causes which, after a peace of more than half a century, eminently pro ductive of the material welfare of both nations, called them into existence. —New York Times. rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, lEEE'. Voyage," is performing just now at thistheatre with a degree of success which affords a curious comment on the old theatrical motto, Castigat ridendo mores. The plot may be indicated, for it is a curiosity in its way. An old gentleman has made a will, by which he leaves his property conditionally to that one of his nephews, who,within three years from the testa tor's death, can prove that no breach of the seventh commandment has taken place in his menage. It is useless, and, indeed, impossible to go into further details. It is enough to add that the successful competitor is unmarried. BEAT MARCHAIS.—This small theatre has corn mitted the fatal error of returning to the drama in stead of occupying itself with light theatrical amusements. He is now engaged in representing " La Louve de Florence," by Mlle. Delphine Rouy. The heroine is a counterpart of Lucrezia Borgia ; the period during which the events of this drama are supposed to have taken place was one of confu sion, and the action of Mlle. Rouy's latest effort is in keeping with the epoch. Plots, treasons, murders, and other catastrophestake place inquick succession. There is a question of reproducing " Dieu et la Bayadere" at the Opera, after which will be given the " Roi d'Yvetoti a ballet pantomime by Mdmes. Lebarre and Petipa. Persons behind the scenes assure us that the Duke of Mama, Prince Metter nich, and the Count of Solms have sent in anony mous contributions. A translation of " Forza del Destino" is also spoken of. At the Opera-Comique the " Voyage en Chine," by Messrs. Delacour, Labiche, and Bazin, is being studied, whilst several now operas are announced for the Lyrique. The great work whichwill be played at the open ing of the New Opera in 1867 will, it is said, be composed by Maestro Verdi. The subject is " King Lear," and the libretto will be written by Mery. A grand historical drama on the subject of Joan of Arc is about to be produced at the Theatre- Francais of Rouen. A singular fact is that the funeral pile of the maid of Orleans was raised on the spot where the theatre now stands. Mlle. Patti was expected in Florence on the Ist November. She is engaged for ten representations by the Meynadier management, which has charge of the theatres of the old capital of Italy. The cele brated vocalist will be heard during the residence of the King and Queen of Portugal. After presiding at two performances of his oratorio " Sainte Elizabeth," Liszt left Pesth to return to Rome, but his passage through Hungary was marked by numerous acts of beneficence ; of the four con certs at Pesth, which produced very large receipts, three took place with the aid of 500 executants ; for the last, given before an audience of more than 2,000 persons, the illustrious abbe was assisted only by the violinist, Remenyi, and M. Hans de Bulow. The cure de Scwendtner, with whom M. Liszt re sided during his stay, undertook to distri bute the maestro's donations. Thus 5,000 fr. were devoted to the construction of a church at Leopold stadt ; 1,200 fr. to the infant asylums ; 1,200 fr. to the Grey Sisters ; and I,ooofr. to the Franciscans. The Protestant Orphan Asylum received 500 fr. ; and a similar sum ;as given to the poor Jews. The King of Bavaria has given orders to Profes. sor Semper, of Zurich, to build a new theatre a , Munich, to be called the Wagners-theatre. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The inquiry into the terrible explosion of gas at Nine Elms has resulted in a circumstantial compilation of facts as they are supposed to have occurred. Most readers will know only too well what a gasometer or gasholder is, and it is only necessary to premise that on the premises of the London Gas Company at Nine Elms there were two of these reservoirs, standing about 300 ft. apart. Each of thes e was capa bl e o f conta i n i ng a million cubic feet of gas ; both were admirably constructed, and were described, indeed, by one of the company's servants as " two of the most beautiful gasholders in London." Within 20ft., however, of one of these charming fabrics was a meter-house, which contained also the "governors," that is to say, the machines through which the gas passed from the gasholders to the consumers, and by which the pressure on the mains was regulated. In its passage through these instruments the gas was "sealed," or prevented from escaping, by water ; but a displacement of the "go vernor" might displace the water and allow the gas to escape into the air of the building. Nor was this displacement at all a difficult matter, for the " go vernors" were unprotected ; but, on the other hand, the men engaged in the place were skilled workmen who knew the risk, and who were not likely to do any harm. It happened, however, that on Oct. 31 a number of strange workmen were employed in this building. The meter-house wanted plastering, and at six o'clock in the morning the men came to work. Thomas O'Donnell, himself a plasterer, appears to have been their foreman, and besides those engaged with him there were two carpenters, and a brick layer, who was also a sub-contractor for the brickwork on the premises. These men had all the necessary appa ra t us o f their trade with them, including permanent and movable scaffolds by which to reach the walls and ce ili ngs of the room. Nothing could be more natural, therefore, than to suggest that some plasterer, in arranging his trestles or procuring himself a footing, had taken one of the " governors" f or a support, and pushed it out of its proper position. This dan ger, indeed, was not altogether unforeseen. A ser vant of the company three or four days before the accident had seen a plasterer put his foot upon the " governor," and had cautioned him. He had also warned O'Donnell, and told him to keep his men from such doings. The deputy-manager of the works, too, had " as a matter of prudence" told the plasterers not to touch the " governors." However, at the place where the plasterers were actually at work, any one of them might have stood upon the " governor," and a pressure of a pound weight upon any one side of one of these i nstruments would, we are told, throw it out of gear. But was there not a skilled servant of the company in the meter-house all this while to protect the ma c hi nery, an d prevent any such probable accidents? There was. One officer left duty at half -past four in the morning, and was relieved by another, whose duty it was to be always present in the meter-house, " except for a few minutes every hour," when he had to " take stock," or, in other word s , t o ascerta i n what gas there was in the gasholders. Possibly, too, there were other servants of the company in the building, for we observe that a stoke r an d a gas re fi ner were among the victims of the explosion, the others be ing four plasterers, two carpenters, a bricklayer, and a labourer. Unfortu na t e l y, as o f ten h appens in these terrible catastrophes, all those who could have spoken to the actual origin of the calamity have perished, and we are reduced to inference and probability. * Michael Doolan, however, the man in charge, states that shortly after two o'clock he left the meter-house, as usual, to " take stock," and that as he was returning somebody called out to him from the building, " These is something the matter here." At the same instant Richard Har vey, a man employed in the retort-house, was summoned by a similar alarm, and he tells us how he rushed into the meter-house and what he saw there. He saw half a dozen plasterers endeavour ing to hold down the governor," and his impres sion was that they had first tilted or displaced it by standing on it, and were then attempting to set it right again. But it was too late ; the gas was escap ing fast owing to the displacement of the water which had confined it, and before any counterpoise could be applied, or any effectual precaution taken, the explosion occurred. Now, however, we come to a most important part of the inquiry. Assuming that the origin of the explosion has been correctly inferred in the foregoing argument, what was the explosiothnatitsoenlfe of ? The reader will enormous g n a o s t ho h l a d v ers e for gottenw was s not only driven from its position, but found with part of its top, or crown, blown up or folded over, so as to suggest unavoidably the conclusion that its contents had exploded. It was this belief which filled the public with such alarm, for gasholders of immense size are planted in the thickest parts of the metropolis, and we seemed to be suddenly introduced to a new and appalling prospect of hourly danger. We are now assured, however, that no ground for this alarm exists, and that our old ideas of the security of these reservoirs may still be entertained. Dr. Letheby stated at the inquest that the explo sion was undoubtedly an explosion of the air in the meter-house only, which had been renderedin flammable by the escape of gas from the " gover nor," and had been accidentally ignited. The force of this explosion drove the gasholder, as if by vio lent impact, from its place, and knocked off part of its crown, but this was the only way in which the reservoir suffered. It did not contribute to the explosion itself, but was merely blown away, as any ordinary building might have been. The argu ments by which Dr. Letheby defended this assump tion were drawn rather from mechanics than chemistry, but with one remarkable and highly fin __ pressive exception. The witness stated as a perfectly conclusive piece of reasoning, that if the gas in the gasholder had exploded, instead of the air in the meter-house, not only would the reservoir itself have been blown to pieces, but " all the neighbour ing buildings would have been destroyed." In fact, the doctor looked up inquiringly to the roofs and windows in the streets adjacent, and came to the conclusion at once that an explosion which had left such things standing must be considerably short of the explosion of a gasometer. We feel no disposi tion to controvert this argument, or to impeach, indeed, the general assumption on which the jury returned their verdict of " Accidental Death." We think as they thought, that " governors" should be more effectually secured, and we are of opinion that when unskilled workmen, who had given some evi dence of carelessness, were employed in such aplace as the meter-house, they should never have been left, even for five minutes together, without effec tual supervision. But the great question which touches us all is that of allowing these reservoirs of gas to retain their position in the heart of the me tropolis. We cannot say that Dr. Letheby's as surance gives us either confidence or satisfaction ; indeed, we fear that most people will retain a livelier impression of what, according to his description, the explosion of a gasometer might have done than of the more consoling features of his evidence. Gas holders are certainly offensive as well as unsightly structures, nor will it be easy to persuade the public that they may not be dangerous. They were placed where they are when such matters were less cared for than at present, but a correspondent has shown that in this very circumstance lies an easy escape from the difficulty. When gasworks were first established land was comparatively cheap. Its value in this city has now risen so enormously that it would probably answer the purpose of any company in a mere pecuniary point of view to sell their pre mises and remove to a more distant and cheaper situation. This would give the public security without damage to the companies, and the expedient should be taken promptly into consideration. HERALD.-Of all the white races the English was the first which made a practical application of the theory of negro freedom. Early in this century the idea began to dawn on the mind of civilised Chris tendom that it was inconsistent with the golden rule on which Christianity is founded that any one section of the human race, however inferior, morally or physically, it might seem, should be held in sub jection or oppressed by any other section. This country had the most to lose by the carrying out of this principle. It redounds much to the honour of Englishmen of the last generation that they did not hesitate to do what they believed to be just and right, at whatever sacrifice of money and political influence. It is now more than 30 years since sla very was abolished throughout the British domi nions. The change - which has been effected in America as an accident of sectional strife, and by a fierce civil war, was accomplished by England in a time of profound peace and in cool blood. She thought it not too late to atone by one magnani mous stroke for the errors of the past. She paid down her millions, she ruined her West India colo nies, but she struck the chains off the negro at once and for ever. Had she not set this example it is probable enough that negro emancipation would up to this day have been regarded as a visionary scheme of impractical philanthropists. Most men are still agreed that the negro is inferior to the white man —a creature of lower development, if not a different species. Many men, and good men too, are even now of opinion that in subjection to the superior race lies the negro's best hope of im provement and prospect of happiness. We grant that the question is a difficult one, thoughit appears to be receiving its solution in the history of our times. What we wish to point out is, that the English, having taken that view of it which is most favourable to the negro, have, in some sort, earned a title to the gratitude of that race. The eman cipation of the blacks in the West Indies, followed up by the most earnest and constant efforts to extinguish the slave trade by negotiations and by arms, has caused us, not unfairly, to be regarded throughout the world as the champions of the Afri can, against whom, at one time, the whole of Chris tendom seemed in league. If the sudden emancipa tion of the blacks in the West Indies, followed, as it was, by the most disastrous results to the pro sperity of those once-flourishing colonies was blamed as Quixotic by politicians of the day, to us the deed may seem to have been justified on the simple ground that it was right. Fiat justitia neat cceluen should be the motto of nations, as of individuals. But when the Government of Great Britain, in its passion of self-abnegation, went so far as to accord to negro and white, once master and slave, an absolute equa• lity of civil and political rights, it made a doubtfu and dangerous experiment, and introduced a prin. ciple the justification or condemnation of which de. pended upon the issue. In rising in insurrection in Jamaica the negro has pointed a more deadly weapon a g ainst himself than any that could have been forged by the bitterest enemy of his race. In deference to what he believes to be the right the Englishman has granted him, not freedom only, but equality. Of all places in the world the black man has been most in- Clulgently treated in Jamaica. On the roads, in the marts, in the streets, in public conveyances, the negro of Jamaica is the acknowledged equal of the white man. Negro voters jostle the white man at the poll; negro magistrates sit side by side on the bench with Caucasian judges •, negro legislators take their place in the House of Assembly. In making a quiet and orderly use of such privileges these blacks had it in their power to show their gratitude to the race which had been the first to emancipate them, to prove to the world that they were worthy of freedom in its truest and largest sense. Their behaviour is a sad refutation of the assumptions of their friends, a proof of the folly of our rulers in giving political power to the breed which, by its vast numerical superiority, is able to use that power so much to our hurt. The negro in Jamaica has been spoiled and petted by the Government ; he is pampered by the bounteous soil, which produces almost spontane ously its richness of tropical produce. In this island, where the population is but 70 to the square mile, he is able to sun away his days in the most voluptu ous indolence ; in Barbadoes, where there are 970 inhabitants to the square mile, he is forced to work in order to gain his livelihood. The a bu n dance of productive land enabled the runaway slaves and freed men, called Maroons, to establish a sort of independent colony in the northern part of the island in 1738. Seven years later these blacks en gaged in a widespread conspiracy for the extermina tion of the whites. In 1795, the Maroons, again rose in revolt, and were not quelled until after a bloody struggle in 1796. In 1831 there was a for midable negro insurrection, attributed to the disap pointment of the slaves who had been prematurely excited by hopes of their emancipation. While their were yet slaves the negroes may have had some ex cuse, may have deserved some sympathy in ill-ad vised efforts at independence. They have now no cause of quarrel against us. We have treated them with the most unparalleled generosity and thehost lavish indulgence. The freedom which we have granted them has .degenerated into license when it is too late to revoke the boon or to revise our policy. The vagueness of the successive telegrams which we receive from Halifax throws a sort of mysterious horror over this negro rising, which at first we hoped might have been but a trifling e'meute, but is now described as serious, and characterised by great barbarities. If the negroes in Jamaica are only united they have the white men in their power, for they outnumber them by more than 20 to 1. According to the census of 1861 the population of the island was 441,000. Of these tlie - re were barely 14,000 Euro peans, including Creoles. There were 81,000 mulattoes, and 346,000 blacks. It is true that the military establishment, consisting of two or more regiments of the line, one West India regiment, the artillery, and the militia, constitute together a formidable force in case of need. Reinforcements, too, have been hastily despatched from Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and Nassau in the Bahamas. Whether excited by emissaries from the continent of North America or Cuba, or, roused to emulation by the deeds of their brethren in San Domingo, the negroes in Jamaica will find that in defying the British power they have entered upon a conflict which is sure to issue in their ruin. For the safety of the white colonists in the island, and as a salutary lesson to the black race everywhere, we trust that the ring leaders in this wicked revolt will be sternly and summarily dealt with as soon as they are caught. The problem of the destiny of the negro, and his proper place in a polity in which he is brought in ' contact with the white, now so hotly debated on the neighbouring American continent, seems about to be illustrated to our cost and his in that hapless island where we have given him so fair a chance of vindicating his position in the world and his right to self-government. [NEW ORLEANS. —The British and American Steam Navigation Company's steamer Bolivian sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday with a large cargo and full com plement of passengers. The succeeding steamers will be the Carolina, sailing on the 21st inst., and the Alabama, sailing on the sth December. The steamer New York, arrived at New York from Panama, has brought specimens of gold ore taken from the newly discovered Isthmus deposits near the line of the Panama Railroad. More extensive discoveries were expected to follow, and the Panama and Aspinwall people were anticipating a great rush to the new diggings. IA DVERTISEMENT. I—Holloway's Pills.—Dark and cheer less, indeed, is the present season when the weekly deaths are far above the average. The cause is probably diffused through the dense, damp fogs which have been so preva lent of late. These pills purify the blood which has been contaminated by foul gases, and give tone to the nervous system, whereby typhus, typhoid, gastric and bilious fevers are warded off. Holloway's pills are also the best known promoters of digestion, the surest regulators of the liver, and tha most valued andi effective of all aperients. When the health is impaired with loss of appetite, vigour, and sleep, this medicine will be found a certain restorative, and will rarely fall to effect a cure. LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evening, FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint William Webb Follett Synge, Esq., her Majesty's Consul- General in the Island of Cuba, to be her Majesty's Judge in the Mixed Court established at Havana under the Treaty of the 28th of June, 1835, between Great Britain and Spain for the abolition of the slave trade. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Melmoth Osborn, Esq., to be Resident Magistrate in the Colony of Natal. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 10. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards —Gerald Hyde Charles Stracey, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Laurence Richard Dowdall, whose appointment has been can celled. 3d Hussars—Alfred Lucas Henry, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase. vice Stevenson, promoted. 4th Hussars—Cornet Henry Hyatt Collings to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice John Barrett L. Nevinson, who retires ; Cornet Arthur Brandeth Corrie has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Com mission. 16th Lancers—Lieutenant Douglas Alexander Graham Cunningham Graham, from the 78th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice D. G. Sandeman, who exchanges. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Edmund Penrose Bing ham Turner to be Captain, vice Captain and• Brevet- Major Emilius Fazakerley Craufurd, placed upon half pay; Lieutenant Henry Colebrooko Lewes to be Se cond Captain, vice Turner. Military Train—Lieutenant Biddulph Lee Warner, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. V. Lambe, who exchanges; Troop Sergeant-Major James Wightman, from the 21st Hussars, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice George Penrose Pritchett, promoted. 4th Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Creyk, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ebenezer Miller M.D., who resigns. 7th Foot—Lieutenant William Daly to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant H. S. Harrison, promoted on 20th June 1865. Bth Foot—Lieutenant James Q. Palmer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert D. Forbes Sheriff, who retires ; Ensign Nash Short to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer ; Lewis Lovat Ayshford Wise, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Short. 10th Foot—Ensign Nicholas Edward Carr to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Chaigneaux Colville Par kinson, deceased ; Ensign Edward George Green to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice J. J. Kennedy, whose promotion on the 20th October, 1865, has been cancelled ; Ensign Thomas Orton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard Stephen Burgess, who retires ; Ensign William Cooke, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Carr ; Augustus George Bridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Orton. 11th Foot—Lieut. Christopher Garsia, from the 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice E. H. Vaughton, who exchan ges ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Denis Joseph Canny to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice R: T. Scott, appointed to the Staff. 12th Foot—Capt. and Brevet-Major William HenryQueade to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. John Francis Kempt, deceased ; Lieut. William Keough to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Queade ; Ensign Alfred Woodward to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Keough ; Ensign G. Lyford Barry Thomas to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Arthur Leroux Whipple, deceased ; Ensign Albert James Hesketh Dau beny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodward, whose promotion, by purchase, on Aug. 8, 1848, has been cancelled; Ensign Aloysius Miley, from the 59th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Daubeny ; Gentleman Cadet Owen Williams, from the Royal Military College, to beEnsign, without purchase, vice Thomas. 14th Foot—Ensign George Callwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry John Harington, who retires ; Herbert Lovell Woodland, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Callwell. 15th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant George Brooks, from a Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Alex. R. Mitchell, cashiered by sentence of a General Courts- Martial. 16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Roberts, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice W. Cooke, transferred to the 10th Foot. 17th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Henry Evelyn Wood, from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice J. T. 13. Mayne, who exchanges ; Lieut. Harvey Lambert M. Ravenhill to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Henryß. Jackson, who resigns that appointment. 19th Foot—Lieut. George Dalton Michell, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. A. Warden, who ex changes; Gentleman Cadet George Edward Langford, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Remnungton, transferred to the 88th Foot. 20th Foot—Frederick Wm. Birch, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George William Hely Hutton, who re tires. 21st Foot—Lieut. Alexander Clark-Kennedy, from the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. H. Anderson, who exchanges ; Lieut. George Vautier Lambe, from the Military Train, to be Lieutenant, vice B. L. Warner, who exchanges; Liout. Wm. C. R a l s t on t o b e Adj utant, vice Lieutenant F. G. Jackson, who resigned that ap pointment on June 9, 1865. 22d Foot—Capt. Robert Stockholm Brydges Leech, from. the 24th Foot, to be Captain, vice R. H. Dillon, who ex chenges ; Sergeant-Major Arthur Tatham, from the 15th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Walter Jones, deceased. 24th Foot— Capt. Robert Henry Dillon, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice R. S. B. Leech, who exchanges. 25th Foot—Hamlet Wade Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Law Durand, transferred to the 96th Foot. 37th Foot —Thomas h Becket Sargent, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Dillon, transferred to the 66th Foot ' • Arthur Thurston C rosse , G en t., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sargent, transfer re d t o th e 78th F oot. 43d Foot- 2 Lieutenant George Garland to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Arthur R.. Close, killed in action ; Ensign James Thomas O'Brien be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Garland ; Lieutenant St. Vincent Alexander Hammick to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Garland, promoted. 46th Foot—Lieutenant George Henry Anderson, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Clark-Ken nedy, who exchanges. 49th Foot—Ensign Charles Barter Bogue to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. John Arbuthnott, who re tires • Ensign Benjamin George Huniphrey, from the 66th ' Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bogue ; Lieutenant Wm. Hugh Thomas to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Hincks, promoted. 50th Foot—Ensign James Bromfield, from the 43d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Thomas Waring, killed. - 51st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Steuart Tompson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice E. D. Oliver, whose promo tion, by purchase, on the 30th June, 1865, has been can celled ; Ensign Robert Stratford to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Edward Dudley Olive r , d ecease d ; Gentleman Cadet George Denshire, from the Royal Mi litary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stratford. 53d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Waller, from the 76th Foot. to be Lieutenant, vice B. Simner, who exchanges. 59th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Adrien Wyatt-Edgell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Miley, transfe rre d t o th e 12th Foot. 60th Foot—Francis John A delbert Wood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice E. C. Wood, transferred to the 86th Foot. 61st Foot—Henry Lindsell Green, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Disney Leaver, whose appoint ment, by purchase, on the 11th July, 1865, has been cancelled. 62d Foot —Major Joshua Grant Crosse, from half -pay, late 88th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Colonel R. G. Am herst Luard, who retires upon temporary half-pay; Cap tain Edward Hunter to be Major. by purchase, vice Joshua Grant Crosse, who retires; Lieutenant Arthur Lake to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hunter; Ensign John Boughey to be Lieutenant, 18,7. purchase, vice Lak e; Thomas Duncan William Dunn, ent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boughey. 64th Foot—Ensign William Charles Mathews, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Herbert Grant, who re tires ; Richard William James Dennistown, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mathews. 65th Foot—Surgeon Thomas Esmonde White, M.D., hav ing completed twenty years full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the Ist October, 1858. 66th Foot—Lieutenant George Archibald Warden, from the 19th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. D. Michell, who exchanges; Ensign Frederick Baines Dillon, from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Humphrey, transferred to the 49th Foot ; Lieutenant William Lowther Beattie to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant John Mahony, who re signs the appointment ; Lieutenant Arthur Wybrow Baker to be instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant G. D. Michell, who has resigned that appointment. 73d Foot—Captain John Theophilus Bolton Mayne, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major H. E. Wood, who exchanges. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Benjamin Simner, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice R. Waller, who exchanges. 78th Foot —Lieutenant David George Sandeman, from the 16th Lancers, to be Lieutenant, vice D. A. G. C. Graham, who exchanges ; Ensign Hugh Gough Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur Joseph Stourton, who retires; Ensign Thomas It Becket Sar gent, from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Grant. 81st Foot—Major John Arthur Gildea to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet Colonel Henry Benny, who retires upon half-pay ; Captain and Brevet- Major Robert Bruce Chichester to be Major, without purchase, vies Gildea ; Lieutenant James Alexander Deans to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet- Major Chichester ; Ensign John de Montmorency Arm strong to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Deans. 83d Foot—Ensign Raymond Oliver de Montmorency, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Edward Brackenbury Townsend, who retires ; George New combe Stevenson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice de Montmorency. 85th Foot—Lieutenant John Davison to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant F. White, promoted. 86th Foot Captain Hugh Francis Massy, from half-pay, late 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Robert Edward Henry, who retires upon temporary half-pay; Lieutenant William Ker Gray to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hugh Francis Mass'', who retires ; Lieu tenant William Law Brockman, from the 4th West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice T. Davies, who ex changes ; Ensign-Manfred Leslie Palmes Jardine to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gray ; Ensign Edw ar d Collins Wood, from the 60th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Jardine. 88th Foot Lieutenant Theobald Burke to be Captain, without purchase, vice George Stretton Watson, de ceased ; Ensign Frederick Auguste Samuel D'Acosta to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Frederick M. Maitland Mapleton, deceased ; Ensign Henry Howorth to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Burke ; Ensign Frederick Augustus Remmington, from the 19th Foot, to be Ensign, vice D'Acosta. 89th Foot Lieut. Erasmus Harris Vaughton, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice C. Garsia, who exchanges. 94th Foot—Ensign Stanford Norman M'Leod Nairne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John Hassarcl, de ceased ; Gentleman Cadet Frank Tudor Campbell Do Vernet, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Nairne. 95th Foot Ensign Arnold David Saportas to be Lieu tenant,by purchase, vice Edward Chapple, who retires; Charles Ere Wheeler, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Saportas. 96th Foot—Ensign Edward Law Durand, from the 25th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Paid H. Caradoc Bettridge, who retires. 98th Foot—Lieut. Chas. Graham Heathcote to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kingston Brett, who retires ; Ensign Henry John Goodwin Robinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heathcote ; the Hon. Montagu Curzon to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robinson Gentleman Cadet Harry Cooper, from the Royal Military College, to withoutt F Foot—Major o t be Ensign, without p urc h ase , vice the Hon. Mont a g a Curzon, transferred to the Rifle Brigade. 99h u M r c a t o a r s e O , vice ßl ami Brevet to C. 8., prom o t e d M a j or w ith ou t purc h ase , vice Blamire,l . Sergeant M a j or 3. Sh or t t o b e Q uar t er master, vice . 1 Johnston, deceased. be Lieutenant tGen.anl Colonel, 1 00th Foot—Lieut. W. P. Clarke to be Instructo r of Musketry, vice Lieut. Kersfoman, p r omoted; Staff As sistant Surgeon J. Thompson to be Assistant Surge o n , vice J. Y. Donaldson, M.D., appointed to the staff. „, 105th Foot—Colou r S ergean t T. L ang f or d, from the 7 0, " Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice T. Gorman, deceased.. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. H. C. G. Dugdale to be Captain, g purchase, vice A. G. C. Inge, who retires ; Ensign "- . S. Brownri gg t o b e Lieutenant, by purchase, vice PT dale ; Ensign the Hon. M. Curzon, from the 98th Foot: to be Ensign, vice Montgomery, promoted ; E. C. gar tepp, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brownrigg Sergeant Major C. J. Knot to bo Ensign, without pur chase, vice_R. Dundas, deceased. The commission Adjutant or Lieut. E.H. Chamberlain has been antedate d to Aug. 5, 1865. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign S.M'Cullagh to be l ea- Tr TiOld tenant, by purchase, vice Riley, promoted; b. ham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice 31 4th West India Regiment—Lieut. T. Davies, from ilia ° Foot, to Lieutenant, vice W. L. Brockman, who e r_ changes ; F. E. Lindoo, Gent., to be Ensign, by l en chase, vice E. S. Hewitt, whose a ointment has t pp Ad'ut aa cancelled : Lieut. J. W. Arrowsmith, to be „ vice Lieutenant T. A. Cary, who has resigned ho' pointment. half- DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain W. J. T arte, from vet pay, late of a Depot Battalion, to be Adjutant, vice 131tiewat Major Drew, promoted to a half-pay majority, I " purchase. tar' ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.—The appointment of a termaster P. House to be dated Oct. 1865. fro% HALF - PAY.—Captain and Brevet Major F. B. Drew, Cullelth Adjutant Depot Battalion, to be Major, without parc7t; Ensign G. Edmonds, Unattached List , Bengal Ara l "' be Lieutenant. Staff MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. —The under-mentioned to Surgeons, having completed 20 years' full-pay eerv ice ' t ha be Staff Surgeons -Major, under the provisions of an d Royal warrant of Oct. 1, 1858:—H. M. Webb, 31 the G. W. Powell ; A ss i s t an t-S urgeon R. T. Scot t , from I , 11th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice D. J...9 a n i1 0 a.• appointed to the 11th F oo t ; A ss i stant- S urgeon J. x •t. aldson, M.D., from the 100th F oo t , t o b e S ta ff Assists "t ; Surgeon, vice J. Th ompson, appo i nte d to t h e 100th roc' 0 Staff Assistant-Surgeon W. H. J en ki ns, f rom half-pei, ha been permitted to resign his commission. 81 4 BREYET.—Lieut.-Col. and Brevet Col. H. Rena1 , ,,,,01 Foot, to have the temporary rank of Brigadier-Genera while in command of a brigade ; Capt. F. B. Norman, ',, Lto gal Staff Corps, to be Major; Capt. W. Macdonald , — „f 25th Bengal Native Infantry, District Superintondea t 4 , - ,t Police, 2d class, to be Major • Capt. T. Ruggles, late ;', l , Bengal Native Infantry, Officiating Commandant S a Bengal Native Infant r y, t o b e M a j or ; Li eu t . B. G • c donald, 97th Foot, to have the local rank of Captain ` , India • Quartermaster W. Co us i ns , re ti re d upon half - P a ' o f late Royale Military Asylum, to have the honorary rang Captain. The under- men ti one d promot i ons to t a ke Po . , in succession to Lieut.-General J. B. Hearsay, ; o r- Colonel 21st H ussars , w h o di e d O ct. 23 1865 •• - - u a'i r a. General W. F. Fo s t er , Military Secreta'ry t o the Fi e - bo Marshal Commanding in chief,and Colonel 81st Foot, tow, Lieutenant-General ; Brevet Col. R. Ch e t wo d e , half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards, to have the rank of . 00 1%., , General ; Brevet Col. J. P. Westropp, Captain, Unattached, to have the rank of Major-General ; D A ' . b Col. G. M. Reeves, C. 8., from Lieut.-Col. 99th Foot, to ni c, 8 Major-General; Capt. and Brevet Major W. J. W i l l , r lj3 r• Royal Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel • Capt. „ d J. Bruce, 94th Foot, to be Major. The under-ment ion officers having completed the qualifying service in the ir,; § of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels under the proristt of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858 :—Major andl3ra'", Lieut.-Col. G. C. Vialls, 95th Foot ; F. 26th Foot. t , .8. to 116 C. J. Inches, Esq ADMIRALTY ~ has this day Nov been promoted u ir rank of Chief Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with s rity of July 18, 1865. COUNTRY MARKETS -.-I"._. RIPON—FRIDAY. The farmers brought an average supply of grain to p e a r ket to-day. There was a good attendance of bul„ n o, Last week's pric es were fully maintained for wheat, 1* - and barley, and'oats were from is to 2s per qr. higher' LIVERP 0 OL.—FRIDAY. We have had a very d u ll mar k et to-day, and a verY, business in wheat and flour, at rather l ower ra t e s. lu susui ,te, corn in rather b e tt er consumptive business than oL les . the rates obtained s h ow i ng an occasional advance on 1-tllBO day's currenci es , b e i ng fully per quarter higher this day week. Other articles unchanged. DERBY—FRIDAY. fft that Rather more wheat offering . The b es t sor t s were de an Oats dearer. A middling show of barley, w ith a fi rm dertia Oats and beans advanced in price. r 36 New white wheat, 555, to 60s ; o ld re d , 50 s t o 53s Ti di n g , stone. Barley for malting, 32t0 40s per qr. ; gri% ts 27s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 21s to 26s • old, 453 31s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, ' 448 to per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY Supply of new wheat scanty. Prices fully as dear. °l l slow of sale at late r a t es . B ar l ey, un l ess fi ne, the tore cheaper. Beans and oats rather dearer. ildi Averages, November 6—Wheat, 3,839 qrs, at 4 86 barley, 663, at 37s 3id ; oats, 14, at 25s 7d. S T AMF ORD.—Fun)Ay. ; Wheat came fairly to market, an d l as t we ek ' s P r ; e- j e t wore exceeded by is per qr. Barl e y i n go od denan", , „ - .. an advance in price. Oats f u lly ma i n t a i ne d th e ir vt"" Beans against the buyer. 3 6 Old white wheat, 4Gs to 50s ; new do., 39s to 456 Per 3s stone. Barley, maltin g , 32 s t o 34 5 ; griding, 298 to ue per qr. Oats, .new, 20s to 288 ; old, 2bs to 27s per 24 st (/ Beans, 44s to 48s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. A tolerable supply of w h ea t on offer ; sa l es were maw at rather high er p r i ces f or new sorts. B a rley firm, in favour of the seller. 36 New white wheat, 48 s t o 54 s ' ; new re d , 39s to 46s PeL stone. Barley for malting, 34s to 40s per qr ; gr in :r g tO 27s to 29s per 30 stone. Oats, 26s to 30s. Baia, 51s per 38 stone. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. 1 ,00 The demand is very limited, an d on ly small sal" - e t been made this week, at prices f u lly 6d p er cwt. 1 0 W Rum quiet, and prices nominal. COAL MARKET. • Price per ton at the close of the market. a, s. d. 21 . 3 Holywell Main l9 0 East Ha r tl e p oo l ..... Walls End Haswell 2l 6 Carway and Duffryll 24 0 Hetton 2l 6 Malting Tunstall Tees 6 Eldon 2O 0 Pensher Primrose ... " Ships at market, 611; sold, 29. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.... •r ,..., 0 , • • 18. t 2 Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. : . Brazil and Cape Verde. by British paoaet Deo. 7 " Ditto, by French packet Nov 2Z .. wr s. , 21. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, an d St . H e l e na..•.JAlB China, Penang, and Singap ore , v i a S oul hampton..No/' 2. Ditto, via Marseilles NOY• . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton . Nov. i. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Nov. 18 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. N o v. ii' Ditto, via Marseilles .. ....N0v. 20. it Mauritius, via Southampton Nov.' Ditto, via Marseille°. Nov 6 . Newfoundland Portugal • .....Dec 4• Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet NOY. 16 ' Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton • . Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, v i a L ondonderry. • a- , • • 17. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Tenerife ...... Nov. ' West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Nov. 11 Nov. 16. Bahamas, via New 'I ork. ';„ 1 Bermuda, ditto Nov. 2 Nov Cuba and Mexico win ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The fouo - members of the College having been elected Fellosys previous meetings of the Council were admitted as su ch () e the 9th inst., viz.:—Messrs. Francis Ayerest Y° ll , l3 r p Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, dipl oma o f mernbo rs- a j dated the 31st of October, 1834 ; an d Ri c hard Ri c i r r - Shillitoe, Hitchin, Hert s , d epu t y coroner f or North t°' the 4th of August, 1840. Births. T-Tcde BUTLbER. —On the Bth inst., at 43, Gloucester-terrace , park, the wife of Sp encer Perceval Butler, Esq., rns' at-law, of a daughter. a 0 CONSTABLE. —On the 9th inst., at Hamilton-terrace, S iste John's-woad, hina'n Navy , s-wood of a daughter. , thew d i a feo h f te C r. aptain Constable, ~- In go. „ GRAVES. —On th e Bth i ns t., a t H as ti ngs , the Pon' Adolphus Graves, of a daughter. Marriages. EVANS—FIRMINGER.—On the 9th inst., at St. Di-aw„ ,, r, bott's, Kensington, Major Henry Evans, of BaYs,,''ter, to Katherine Brindley, of Chepstow-place 8a.T 41 “ - eldest daughter of the late John Firminger, Esq . Ken t, TURNER—HEALE.—On the 9th inst., at Lowishain,:s, William Frederick Turner, Esq., o f Lought ol3, „t o ha rd to Augusta, youngest dau g ht er o f the late 111 Neale, Esq., of Mincing-lane, city. Deaths. BAILLIERE.—On the 7th inst., at Beauvais, France, 318 ' cli'le. Bailliere, aged 93. tolve r BLOOR.—On the 9th inst , at E,. , of Clapton, George M. Bloo . r, Eiq., of the Stock BicchaeP(' aged 32. bitiS , CAVENDISIL e` —On the 9th inst., at Edensor, of brencidest Henry G. Cavendish, late ll.M.'s 68th Regim ent, son of Lord and Lady G. Cavendish, aged 29. y o b DRAPER.—On the Bth inst., at St. Servan, the 13 e 1r ",, of Y. Draper, rector of Hope Mansell, in the c oue.j Hereford, aged 57. NV' SQUME.—On the Bth inst., at Clifford-street, Londolpaeir Thomas Squire, Esq., formerly of Barton - pla ce, 14 rd hall, Suffolk - , and late Captain in the 2 d Lilo Go aged 58. London : Printed and Published byWILLId 1L 141 1, 0 1% 1 of No. 112, Strand, Pi inter, at Tim SUN Offic e ' '",; . ty of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in th e vq-11 lltdiceex.--Baturday, November 31, 1865. Ec 11, a 1 th, ho in( Le, be, 118 se( orc riv CAI the lin