The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SEIt V 1 CES.-D tiring the storms of the past twenty months the National Lifeb3at I titution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to the savin of 1,25) persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Institution also expended £42,420 In the same periud on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting £3,302 as iewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 17:2, lifeboat establishments. Contribution; are received by the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM TREAT UR,— Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor). Mr. D. Bouciesnit ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bond cault. At 7 o'clock. lIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII, 11 Eele Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster, Will RE-OPEN cn MONDAY, Oct. 1. The Company to meet in the Green Boom on MONDAY, Sept. 24, a, One o'cluck. Miss KATE TERRI" will make her First Appear ance at the Theatre Royal Adolph! on Monday, Oct. 1. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE MARRIED BNCIIELOR. Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and 11,01 es. After which, will be produced the Latest Edition of KENILWORTH. Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton, and Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Raynham, John stone, and Holt. To he followed by 'WAITING FOR THE UNDER GROUND. To conclude with SIR. AND MRS. WHITE. MOSES & SON, CORNER OF MLNORIES -" • AND ALDGATE. EMOSES & SON, NEW OXFORD ST . . CORNER OF HART STREET. MOSES & SON, CORNER OF TOTTEN. J. HAM COURT ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. 154 lIHNORIES, Is TILE DEPARTMENT for MECHANICS' AND SAILORS' Clothing, OUT FITS, AND WATERPROOF Clothing, At E. MOSES Sc SON'S. MINORIES, Is THE DEPARTMENT 1 for SHIRTS. I 3 OSIEIIY, DRAPERY, PORTMANTEAUS, RAILWAY RUGS, PERFUMERY, and FANCY GOODS, At E. MOSES & SON'S. Ik% MINORIES, is THE DEPARTMENT v for LADIES GENTLEMEN'S, and CHILDREN'S BOOTS and SHOES and LEGGINGS. At E. MOSES & SON'S. I'o 7 MINORIES, IS THE DEPARTMENT for LADIES' MANTLES AND UNDERCLOTHING, Mid CHILDREN'S DRESSES, At E. MOSES & SON'S. szq ALDGATE, Is THE DEPARTMENT utj, for Myr?, nrvi CAps, At E. MOSES Sz SON'S. 84 ALDGATE, is THE DEPARTMENT for LADIES' RIDING HABITS, LIVERIES, and other CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER, At E. MOSES & SON'S. ALDGATE, is THE DEPARTMIIINI for the celebrated " INDISPENSABLE" SriT, At E. MOSES ct SON'S. Q 6ALDGATE, IS TIIE DEPARTMENT •-/ for OVERCOATS, DRESS and FROCK COATS, and READY MADE CLOTHING of every description, At E. MOSES & SON'S. B'7 ALDGATE, IS THE WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, At E.' MOSES & SON'S. QQ ALDGATE, IS TIIE EXPORT DE- C 7 PARTMENT, At E. MOSES & SON'S. Q ALDGATE, IS THE DEPARTMENT ti for JUVENILE CLOTHING of every description, At E. MOSES & SON'S. sfie, NEW OXFORD-STREET, , IS THE v DEPARTMENI for SHIRTS, HOSIERY, PORT MANTEAUS, RAILWAY RUGS, PERFUMERY, and FANC Y GOODS, At E. MOSES & SON'S. JNEW OXFORD STREET, IS THE e-) DEPARTMENT for OVERCOATS, DRESS and FROCK COATS, and READY MADE CLOTHING of every description, At E. MOSES & SON'S. 508 NEW OXFORD STREET, IS THE DEPARTMENT for MECHANICS' CLOTHING and OUTFITS, At E. MOSES & SON'S. HART STREET, IS THE DEPART -1 MENT for JuvE E. NTLR CLontixo of every d escr i p ti on , At MOSES & SON'S. HART STREET, IS THE DEPART 2, MENT for HATS and CAPS, At E. MOSES & SON'S. HART STREET, IS THE DEPART MENT for LADIES' RIDING HABITS, LIVERIES, and other CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER, At E. MOSES & SON'S. 137 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, is subivided into Departments for HATS and CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES, and SHIRTS, HOSIERY, PORTMANTEAUS, and RAILWAY RUGS, At E. MOSES & SON'S. 1 O,Q TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, tfl is subdivided into Departments for OUTFITS, MECHANICS' CLOTHING, OVERCOATS, DRESS and FROCK COATS, and READY MADE CLOTHING of every description, At E. MOSES & SON'S. EUSTON ROAD, IS SUBDIVIDED 283 into Departments for JUVENILE CLOTHING, LADIES' RIDING HABITS, LIVERIES and other CLOTRING MADE TO ORDER, At E. MOSES Sr SON'S. N.D.--ALL ARTICLES ARE MARKED IN PL 11 N FIGURES THE LOWEST PRICES, FRONT NVIIICEI NO ABATEMENT CAN BE MADE. Ate MOSES & SON'S N.8.-SHOULDANY A RTICLE NOT B APPROVED OP IT WILL BE EXCHANGED OR THE MONEY WILL BE Ri,,'TURNED, At E. MOSES & SON'S. :,fsT OF PRICES WITII FASHION CARD AND RULES FOR SELP-MEASUREMENT GRATIS AND POST -FREE. , At E. MOSES & SON'S. T~ MOSES SON'S ES'FABI ' ;,,, - 1i• a lv evory Fridaynt Sunsot till Sittur4y a t Sun.t, when si .110,7;ES SON, CORNER OF AllNT(jiius -1-1• and ALDGATE, 'NEW OXFORD STREET, Corner of HART STREET, and Corner of TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD and EL'STON ROAD also at BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. MUTUAL ASSURANCE WITHOUT MUTUAL LIABILITY. PROFITS MAY BE APPLIED SO AS TO MAKE POLICIES PAY. ABLE IN LIFETIME. SECOND CLASS LIVES ASSURED ON AN IMPROVED STST._.M. FOURTH DIVISION OF PROFITS DECEMBER 31ST, isca BRITISH EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 47 and 48, King William-street, E.C. Capital. Fund—A QUARTER OF A MILLION. sand Au mulated Fund exceed s O ne la undred and Ten Thou cc Pounds. The Accumulated Fund Is equal to about 50 per cent. of the entire Premiums received on Policies in force on December 31st last. New Business reported in 1868 amount to £353,700. 9 . 3 06 Polices in force £1,569,791. THEATRE ROYAL DUERY-LA.NE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. The public is respectfully informed this Theatre, having been Redecorated and Refurnished, will OPEN for the DRAMATIC SEASON on SATURDAY nest, Sept. 22, when her Majesty's Servants will perform Shakespere's Tragedy of KING JOHN : Mr. Plielps,Mr.Barry Messrs. T. Swinbourne, E. Phelps, 'l'. Mead, Ba rr ett , J. Johnstone, W. M'lntvre, F. Barsby, Master Percy Roselle, Mrs. Herman Vezin, Mrs. H. Vandunheff, Mrs. G. Hodson, Miss A. Goner, &c. At the conclusion of the Tragedy, the National An them will be sung by the entire strength of the Company. Principal solos by Madame Jenny Bauer, Miss Poole, and Mr. W. Harrison. D E D r o Y i O F of E RRORS Syracuse, 'sCo b l ; l Dromio of Ephesus, Mr. Henry Webb; Mr. Charles Webb. Prospectuses of the Season Arrangements to be obtained at the Stage Door. Prices : — Privato Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 guineas ; Stalls, 75.; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, 45.; Balcony Seats, 35.; Pit, 25.; Lower Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box-office open from Ten till Five ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, and during the week.—• Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT in the new Drama, " THE LONG bTitIKE." Performances :—At 7 o'clock, NURS EY CHICKWEED. ]Messrs. 11. Widdicomb, Moreland, D. Evans, and Miss K. Biandlord. A t a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Acts, TILE LONG STRIKE, written by Dlon Boucicault. The New S,:enery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S. Emery, li. Wid•iicornb, Nitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, ewbound Stanley, Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD. Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Doors open at Half-past Seven, performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. THIS EVENING, a New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, by Watts Phillips. Esq., entitled THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. 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I t;* • , ' 0 ~_...i...ai1 a at„,.. fit. • ar, —litsik LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1866. The Imperial Manifesto has caused considerable anxiety in certain quarters and given rise to much discussion. As is always the case in such docu ments various interpretations may be put upon the same passages, and hence they are read according to the light in which the hopes, fears, and expecta tions of the parties regard them. Some go so far as to think that the real meaning of the Manifesto is not so pacific as it has been considered, and assign reasons for their being so. The most significant part is supposed to be the intima tion that small states have a tendency to " dis affection." It is also insinuated that France will not object to her territorial aggrandisements under certain circumstances, and these are con cluded to bear a suspicious relationship to Belgium and the notion of annexation in that quarter. The semi-official journals in Paris do not hesitate to de nounce that this will be the next step in French policy; and, either openly or covertly, they show reasons why the matter should be concluded, and signs which indicate the approach of the denoue ment. It is curious to notice the manner in which this important subject is discussed, and the free and easy way in which the fate of the little kingdom is disposed of by those who regard the whole thing as a game that has to:be played out, and in which the most dexterous moves are the most deserving of respect and admiration. The " certain passage" alluded to may without doubt be considered an ominous one, but there is no real reason that the French EMPEROR will seek to possess himself of Belgium. It would be, in the first place, a great affront to England, and since his elevation to his high position the EMPEROR has always studi ously avoided doing aught that might create dislike or jealousy in this country. His long residence here gave him many facilities for understanding our character better than many foreign potentates could possibly have enjoyed, and he has made the most of his information, and profited by experience. There is no valid reason to adduce why France should increase her territories at the expense of Belgium. And however the continental nations may regard such a transfer or confuse themselves by their sophistries and plausible means of argument, the English people have not yet arrived at the same unsatisfactory stage of morality with regard to public matters. Belgium has nothing to forfeit. The high conside ration in which it has always been held by us, and to see it fall a sacrifice to a war in which it has taken no part, and after a peace whose terms and treaties do not concern it, will cause annoyance and surprise among us. We trust that those politicians will be found mistaken who persist in asserting that Belgium is doomed. If, however, any visible attempt be made, or any hostilities displved towards it, it will be for our Government to intimate that the proposed cause is offensive to us, and that we regard Belgium as our ally, and hence must deprecate any injury to her integrity and indepen dence. The Independence Beige evidently looks upon the Manifest with suspicion and alarm, and seems to think that before long we shall see a new situation, or meet with further changes and alterations. Referring to the Circular and its so-called pacific tendencies, it remarks that " there is reason to fear that a pre occupation it reveals may partly destroy the good effects which should be hoped from other parts of the document into which it was introduced." The alarmists, it goes on to declare, who persist in accepting thepresent calm season as aperiod of truce, instead of a settled peace, will " certainly use the Circular as an arm in support of their arguments." The Tempt, in particularising the passage about the disappearance of secondary States, declares that the " P r ophetic gleam thus cast on our history is worthy of all attention. The Ring of SAXONY will bewail it, and it is Perhaps destined to cause sleepless nights in another quarter." Altogether it would seem as if these critics were anything but satisfied with the present state of things, and that th ey v i ew the future with doubt and uncertainty. This proves how much those Powers have to an swer for, who, like Prussia, rush into war for the gratification of their own dreams of ambition and schemes of aggrandise ment. The affair is not settled when their own object is attained, because a state of disquietude and disturbance is introduced into other kingdoms and among other people through the confusion created by the war. Thus we see the French are un settled, and the Belgians anxious and dispirited at ,he affairs just now. It will be some considerable time, under the most favourable circumstances, before anything like calm is restored to the public mind in Europe. Men will be suspicious in spite of themselves, and apt to impute sinister motives to act; and words that are really innocuous, but create an unfavourable impression in consequence of the awkward circumstances surrounding them. It is some satisfaction to remember that some thought a little while ago that. there were indications of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S intention of going to war with Prussia, and therefore these prognostications con cerning the proposed annexation of Belgium may prove to be equally without foundation in reality. While the mischief created by the machinations of the Prussians is being universally witnessed in all directions, the arch offenders themselves are pre paring to celebrate their triumphs, and making arrangements for the return of the troops to Berlin. We have never h ad an instance in modern times of a peace being concluded for - - which there was go little cause of nal rejoicing. 4.4 z. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1866; No end has been gained that can be pointed to as benefiting mankind, and no change has taken place that can produce great or glorious results. We see in this parade of the Prussians but an illusion. and a mockery; and the Treaty of Prague will in all probability be looked upon hereafter in very much the same light as the Gastein Convention or sem blance of security when none really exists, and an effort to exhibit tranquillity, which in itself con tains the germs of many future dissensions, and bids ill for the welfare of Europe.' Tne conduct of affairs at the Radical Convention in Philadelphia gives us a fair opportunity of judg ing the manners and spirit in which the extreme party would govern the country, if their visions of supreme power were realised. The leaders of the party can hardly complain if we accept these pro ceedings as a sample of the result of their policy and practice, since the last Convention at Philadelphia was an entirely Radical assembly in a city which is a party stronghold. Judging, then, from the language held at this assembly, the vindictive ness, the prejudice, the intolerance manifested by the speakers, the disunion among the partisans, which was only kept from breaking out openly by a strong feeling of the expediency of avoiding a rupture before the elections, the bitterest enemies of the United States could hardly wish them worse than the Government of such a party. The address which the Convention has adopted is written in the most extravagant language, containing fierce invectives against the PRESIDENT, and setting forth some very remarkable doJtrines of constitutional government, as is very often the case when men endeavour to make the worse appear the better cause. The address, notwithstanding its grandiloquence, contradicts itself in the most illo gical fashion. It demands the restoration of the Southern States to their old relation with the Union, as if that were not the very end to which the PRE SIDENT is directing all his efforts. It declares the " unhappy policy of ANDREW JOHNSON to be in its effects upon the loyal people of the South "unjust, oppressive, and intolerable," as if those were not the very epithets which characterise Radical Southern policy. It proposes an unalter able belief in " the right of all men to decide and control for themselves the character of the Govern ment under which they live," as if that were not the right which the Radicals refused to concede to the Southern States. However, they were so well satisfied with their address, that Parson BROWNLOW said he hoped " ten millions of copies would be published in large type, big enough fcr ANDY JOHNSON, whether drunk or sober, to read." The most charitable construction that one can put upon some of the speeches and actions of the Radical leaders is that they are not the pro ductions of sobriety. One notorious element of weakness in their party is the question of negro suffrage, which would, as we have said, have broken up the Convention but for the prevailing thought of the elections. Americans who, in intelligence and enlightenment, really represent the body of the nation, can hardly fail to feel ashamed of their countrymen, and we trust they will exert them selves in every possible way to prevent the adminis tration of their public affairs from being banded over to such a narrow-minded and unreasoning faction. A very animated watch has been kept in the good city of Liverpool for the return of the great ship which has so successfully accomplished the all important undertaking of uniting the continents of Europe and America. All the prognostications of evil, the rumours of ill-luck, as attending BRUNEL'S famous vessel, the doubts and fears and murmurs respecting the recovery of the old cable and the laying down of the nev, were happily at an end, and all that remained to be done to complete the undertaking was to give the adventurers a cordial and congratulating welcome on their return home. They had, indeed, a good right to expect this after their double success. Had they succeeded in either undertaking—had they laid down the new cable without recovering the old, or brought up again the 1865 line from the depths of the Atlantic, while failing in their endeavours to lay its successor, they might still have come home rejoicing, since the magic line uniting the two worlds, and drawing in closer bonds the two great Anglo-Saxon nations, would have been an "accom plished fact." As it is, however, there is no draw back to the general rejoicing. The voyage has been an unchequered success. The difficulties and obstacles which have so long stood in the way seem to have melted as if by magic, and instead of anxious exertion and repeated struggles against failure, to be rewarded only with disappointment and delay, everything went smoothly from the first. It seemed as if the old fables of kindly fairies and fortunate spells were realised, so completely did the history of this year's expedition contradict the previous records. From first to last the results ex ceeded the most sanguine anticipations, and when the Great Eastern steamed into the Mersey early yesterday morning amid cheers from all the sur rounding vessels it was the culmination of an un broken triumph. As might be supposed, the party, after receiving the congratulations of a few favoured visitors, hastened off to London, and no one re mained to receive the compliments of the Liverpool commercial bodies but Captain ANDERSON, who has certainly a good right to share in the congra tulations from his skilful management of the great ship. However, the citizens of Liverpool are too well pleased at the result of the expedition to remain satisfied without some public demonstration of their feelings, and they have accordingly resolved upon giving a grand banquet to the principal persons concerned in the laying of the cable. Sir STAFFORD INT ORTHCOTE has been invited to preside on the occasion, as President o' Trade. The co-operation of the American Chamber of Commerce and other commercial bodies has been secured, and there is little doubt that the demon stration will be in accordance with the warm and general feeling of the Liverpool community, and we may say indeed of the whole country, which rejoices over the great work. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—This most popular exhibi tion is unquestionably very extensively patronised by the numerous excursionists wh o are d a il y arriving in the me tropolis. The spirited proprietors evidently spare neither labour nor expense in rendering the various objects to be seen worthy the liberal support which for many years past a discerning public has extended in support of such a colossal undertaking. The many figures of Eugland'a monarchs and the great men of Europe will well repay a visit to the unrivalled hall of kings in Baker-street. A special meeting of the council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, Mr. C. E. Raw_ lies in the chair, to consider the advisability of inviting to a public banquet Captain Anderson, of the Great Eastern, and the gentlemen connected with him in laying the At lantic cables. The chairman stated that they had commu nicated with Sir Stafford Northcote, the President of the Board of Trade, who had promised to preside at the pro posed banquet, if it could be arranged to take place on Monday, the Ist October. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr. P. 11. Itathbone, it was resolved that the banquet should be fixed fur that date, and that the general purposes committee should be requested to carry out the necessary arrangements. Mr. Clark said that the matter had been most favourably received on 'Change, and several gentlemen bad expressed to him their willingness to act as stewards. The Secretary then read the draft of an address to bo presented lo Captain Anderson, and it was resolved that Captain Anderson should be communicated with to day, to ascertain when it would be convenient for him to i receive the atldros on board the Groat ga§torn. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROU OUR 0" . CORRESPONDENT.) Irit'utFfi . Wednesday' Evening. It would be useless' to figuslate- the opinions of the Paris papers respecting the important circular of the Marquis de la Valette, for they are all in unanimous accord in considering it a noble and gratifying document. They describe it as precise, clear, just, and pacific. Their high estimate of it is proved by the fact that they seem almost afraid to detract from its value by commenting upon it even in tones of admiration. The Journal des De tots makes the remark that the circular does not treat upon all the foreign questions with which the public mind is occupied. It is concentrated upon the considerable changes which have just been made in Germany and Italy, and upon the duties which the gravity of late events imposes upon the Euro pean States in reference to their security and their responsibility. The Siecle remarks :—" The publication of the Circular of the Marquis de la Valette coincides with a sort of stoppage in European affairs. The treaty which is to restore Venetia to Italy is being pre pared tardily. The negotiations between Prussia and Saxony are delayed by a violent neuralgia un der which M. Bismarck is labouring. This is to be the more regretted, because not only they do not progress, but also because military supremacy and the fortifications of the Elbe are litigious points. " The Cabinet of Vienna negotiates at the same tune with the Hungarians. It reserves the direction of war and finance, but in all the other Ministerial departments it grants to Hungary a separate admi nistration. It wishes the Hungarian Diet to pro ceed to a revision of the Constitution of 1848, and effect the modifications :required by the in terests of the Empire. The Imperial Government is also ready to accept as the basis of an under standing the project common to each elaborated by the Commission of the Diet. It only asks that this project shall contain more certain guarantees of the unity of the administration of war and finances, and for the responsibility of Hungary in respect to the debt of the State. " The Hungarians on their part claim that the de partments of war and finance shall be also entrusted to a Hungarian Administration. There is also a difference respecting the choice of the persons who are to compose the Hungarian Cabinet. M. de Sennyen, who is pursuing the negotiations at Pesth, in the name of the Government, has just been in structed to use all possible efforts to arrive at a speedy result." A deplorable accident has happened to the omni bus boat the Mouche, which plies on the river Saone. While stationed at Vaise, and when just upon the point of starting for Lyons, the boiler burst. There were about 40 passengers on board, and an indescribable scene of confusion arose from their efforts to get on shore. Some were severely scalded and injured by the crowd. Others were precipitated into the river and were drowned. The boat was one of the best belonging to the company, and it was only a fortnight ago that the boiler was repaired. The exact number of persons injured had not been correctly ascertained. Two of them:who were taken to the hospital have since died. A Lyons paper states that the number of persons injured is at least 15. A melancholy event occurred a few nights ago at the Opera Comique. A gentleman and his wife oc cupied a box in the second gallery, but the lady was hardly seated when she complained of being very ill. The husband took her into the passage in the hope that fresh air would restore her. Madame L., how ever, was worse, and became insensible. She was conveyed to a police station, where everything was done which medical skill could devise, but in a very few minutes she was dead. M. L. states that his wife was perfectly well all day. The Andalusian line of railway which places Cor dova iu speedy communication with Madrid has just been inaugurated. A train of honour from Madrid to Cordova conveyed the Ministers, M. de Poisat, the director of the company, and several notables of the capital. The line is now opened for public traffic. The subject of the earthquake has occupied the Academy of Science. M. Chevreuil read a great many letters containing particulars of the earth quake. M. de Berigny, of Versailles, a scientific man of some note, who has closely investigated all the accounts of the phenomena, says it was the fur niture, and particularly the beds facing the east, which were the more easily made to move from west to east, and also the bells in the same direc tion. 'The persons who live in the upper storeys felt the shock more than those who inhabit the lower ones, and persons on the ground floor hardly felt the shock at all. Among the objects which excited special atten tion at the recent Exhibition at Toledo was a com plete edition of " Don Quixote" in microscopic characters. It is printed on 54 cigarette papers in four volu mes. The famous cannon, the Griffon, has just been brought from Metz and placed in the Artillery Museum in the Place St. Thomas d'Aquin. By the by this is an exceedingly interestin g exhibition. This can non was captured during the campaigns in Germany at Ehrenbreitstein on the 28th of January, 1799, by armies of the Republic, and was then sent to Metz to the arsenal. It has an inscription in German, of which this is a translation- 4 g lam called the Griffon. I serve my gracious Lord of Treves. Where I am ordered to act by force, I knock down doors and walls. Simon cast me in 1528." In France the name of Dauphin was given to this can non, because it has dolphins artistically sculptured upon it. The Dauphin projected balls weighing 1501bs. Some specimens of this and other calibres are to be seen with it. It is upwards of four metres and a half long. In these times of "wars and rumours of wars" the Dauphin is an interesting object. Preparations have been commenced in that curious edifice the Hotel Carnavalet, purchased by the City of Paris for the Paris Historical Museum. The museum will comprise maps and plans of old Paris, plans in relief of old monuments which have disap peared, drawings and paintings of monuments, plans of works executed from age to age, books which treat of the history of Paris, coins, medals, and curiosities found in the bed of the Seine, statues in marble, and other works in bronze and iron. There will also bo many interesting articles executed in modern times, such as geological and subterranean maps, plans of cataracts, models of sewers and various subterranean works, artesian wells, and the squares and woods in the vicinity of Paris. The tools used for the perforation of artesian wells will also be exhibited. The weather has continued fine to-day. The Court of Cassation has just decided that if a landlord refuses to makes repairs necessary to render a house inhabitable, the refusal renders a lease null and void. THE WELSH MEMORIAL TO TIIE PRINCE CON SORT.—In August, last year, we reported the pro ceedings attendant upon the inauguration at Tenby, South Wales, of a marble statuo erected at that beautiful water ing-place to the memory of the Prince Consort, the cere mony of inauguration being performed by his Royal High ness Prince Arthur. The accounts are now closed, and an interesting history of the memorial has just been published by Mason, of Tonby, clpies of which have been presented to and graciously acknowledged by hor Majesty and Prince Arthur. The list of subscribers to the memorial occupies several pages, and it appears that the total number is about 16,500. The Bey. J. H. Phillips, of Piston Castle, gave the site, valued at £4OO, and the money list is headed by Mr. G. White, mayor of Tenby, with a donation of £2lO. THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.—According to a state ment in a work entitled "Six Months in the White House with Abraham Lincoln," by Mr. Carpenter—an artist who remained in the White House while painting an historical picture of the President reading his Proclamation of Eman cipation to his Cabinet—it would seem that Mr. Bright's Adullam" illustration was originally used by Mr. Lincoln. When the dissatisfied anti-slavery men nominated Mr. Fremont for the Presidency, and a number of others who had personal reasons for opposing the re-nomination of Mr. Lincoln, the late President, in the course of a conver sation with Colonel Denning, turned over the leaves of a Bible which had just been given him by the negroes of Baltimore, and read in his peculiar, slow, waggish tone, " And every ono that was in distress, and every ono that was in debt, and every ono that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him, and be became a captain over them, and there were with JAM about 400 mon."—Pall AIal( Ga zette. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. VEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY AND OANDIA. AtittN, Sept. 15. (Delayed in transmission The British Legation at Athens has given a denial in the Greek papers to the statement that England had advised Turkey to cede Candia to Greece. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 19 Admiral Mirkum has been appointed Minister of Marine. The departure of the Princess Dagmar for St. Petersburg has been fixed for Saturday next. A Russo-Danish squadron will accompany the Princess. It is rumoured that notes from the French and Russian Governments have been delivered in Berlin and Copenhagen in reference to the question of Northern Schleswig. SPAIN. The Politicia states that the commission appointed to draw up a bill of administration and other re forms to be applied in the Island of Cuba will shortly meet in Madrid. PRANCE. PARTS, Sept. 20. The llioniteur of this morning contains the fol lowing :—" The President of the Mexico Finance Committee at Paris informs the holders of Mexican renter and obligations that no remittance having been made to him by the Mexican Government for the payment of the arrears and coupons due on the Ist October next this payment will be deferred." The Moniteur of this morning says in its bulletin : —,‘ The revolutionary attempt at Palermo has been made by men belonging to the Republican party, seconded by bands of rioters." The driver of a brewer's dray was thrown from his seat on to the ground yesterday, in the Rue into collision in conseque nce o f hi s ve hi c l e coming into collision with a waggon, and the man being squeezed between one of the wheels of his own dray and the kerbstone ; received such injuries that he died shortly of ter. A curious attempt at murder took place at Besancon (Doubs) three days back. The would-be murderer, a medical man, had been on terms of im proper intimacy with the . wife of a journeyman turner ; the husband having discovered their guilty intercourse, sent the woman home to her friends, and the doctor, being thus thwarted in his amours, attempted to kill the husband by way of revenge. He stabbed him with a bistouri. The wounded man is lying in a dangerous state. Murder and robbery seem rampant in Algeria. Two Jew pedlars were set upon a few days since near Oran by a gang of Arabs, who, after mer cilessly beating them about the head with bludgeons, made an ineffectual attempt to cut their throats. The Jews miraculously recovered, and the Arabs have been arrested. A scuffle took place at Constantina in the garden of the Peniten tiary. A patrol of Zouaves came upon a gang of marauders who were robbing the fruit trees. The Zouaves shot one of them, and his companions car ried him off. The wounded man has been arrested. The large flour mill of M. Lepetit, near Dijon, was destroyed by fire three nights back. The loss is estimatad at 250,0001 r., only 130,000 of which was covered by insurance. BOURSE, Sept. 19.—Two o'clock.—Although the amount of business transacted continues very re stricted the improved feeling in the market which was exhibited yesterday has continued, and prices have again advanced. French Threes were done at 69f. 50c., or a rise of-15c. ; Italian Fives at 58f. 5c., or 25c. higher ; Mobilier at 682 f. 50c., or an im provement of 7f. 50c. ; Credit Fonder at 1,390 f., or 15f. higher; Comptoir d'Escompte at 927 f. 50c., or a rise of 7f. 50c. Railways remain firm, but the advance has been very slight. Three o'clock.—A slight reaction has taken place, :he closing prices being as follows: 41 per Cents 96 50 Do. end month Bank Shares 3550 Italian Loan 5B 10 Do, end month 57 80 Moxican Loan 3 per Cents. Do. end month 69 521 Credit Mobilier 630 Do. end month Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Credit Fonder -. Do. end month 1385 For Account. Orleans Northern 1176 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern 570 Western 570 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 423 75 North of Spain l2O Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman 65 -- A Day at Upsala. - TO TILE EDITOR OF TIIE SITN. Sin,—lt appears that one of my letters, being No. 2, called " A Plea for Sweden," has " missed stays," to use a nautical expression ; and, in conclusion, therefore, I beg to offer the following remarks. My note (No. 2) was for warded from Upsala, so well known on account of its uni versity, and houso of Linna3us, the botanist, who was a professor in the university. His house, with its shady old trees in the adjacent gardens, aro still shown, and the cathedral contains his mortal and honoured remains. R. I. P. This cathedral well deserves close inspection, on account of its antiquity and general character. It has well-toned balls, which are apt to remind the visitor that he or she is in a cathedral town, especially during my visit, when several funerals occurred, and from morn until dewy eve the well-toned but rather melancholy peal was audible. Upsala also contains a largo and ancient castle, mo dernised, which, placed upon a high hill, reminded me of Heidelberg. Not far off is a delightful botanical garden, having shady walks and well trimmed hedges. Hero is an elegant building, which, viewed from the road at a distance, has the appearance of a Grecian temple. It contains a fine marble bust of Linnams, or Carl Linne, as ho is called in Sweden. The library at Upsala-- a largo building on the hill, re stored in the year 1819—I visited, where I saw a goodly selection of books in various languages, including English books —" Napier's Peninsular War," " Sammes' Britannia," Lord Mahon's "Spanish Succession," and Mr. John Lub bock's recent work on Antiquity, which the librarian pointed out to me as containing the view of the three mys terious mounds at Old Upsala, about two miles distant to wards the north. These I visited, as well as the adjacent church and the famous Mara Stones, now enclosed in a small building six miles south-west of Upsala. They form three sides of an oblong, and are composed of a few stones —oblong, and round, and square—some of which are marked with engraved characters more or less illegible. The longest stone is some 3 ft..long and lift. deep. They are interesting in connection with Sweden, but the natives do not seem to care much for them. English literature is respected and popular at Upsala, but the language is read rather than spoken. I attended when there was a funeral. The mourners and clergyman all attended at the grave, not in mourning with hat-bands, but dressed in black, when the service was porfolmed, consisting of a psalm, exhortation, and psalm by way of conclusion. During the early part of the service a handful of earth was thrown into the open grave by the priest, the coffin having been previously deposited therein, with a silver cross and fir• bough deposited on it, and fir boughs having been placed round the grave. No part of the service was performed within the church, and the cemetery reminded me of the beautiful ono described by Dr. Mackay as being near Savannah, in America. There are some delightful walks in and around Upsala, and it is an enjoyable place to visit. The birthplace of Linnaaus is also shown near the rail way between Jonksping and Malmo; a plain red house. At Upsala, Celsius, the astronomer, also flourished during the last century. Gothenburg contains a goodly selection of articles at the Museum, near the Canal-bridge, including specimens of native birds, &c., and portraits of Linnaeus, Jenny Lind, &c. ; also specimens of British manufacture, includ ing a model of Jerusalem by Smith of Sheffield. This museum deserves a visit certainly. My return voyage illustrated the truth of astrc-metooro logy. We sailed with Saturn and the moon in Scorpio ! It was the longest voyage experienced by tho captain, and much rough weather occurred ; yet on last Saturday, when the sun came to the trine aspect of Jupiter, we had a bright and calmer day, and the sea was far less rough, with rising barometer.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, London, Sept. 19, 1866. Cllr,. Coox.E. LAW INTELLIGnCE.—This Da. COURT VF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Ha zlitt.) ITT lIE MINTER N. This bankrupt was a sheep dealer, of Christ Church, Hampstead, and to-day he came up for the first meeting. The debts are about £2,000, and failure is attributed to the stoppage of the English Joint Stock Bank, who had discounted a bill for £450 for the bankrupt, the official liquidator now pressing him for the amount. Assignees were chosen and a day named for the next hearing. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, MANSION-HOUSE. A DANGEROUS CHARACTER.—Damie Mahomet, & rckatA of colour, well known to the police as loitering - about the city, was charged before Alderman Sir J. Musgrove with assaulting Alfred Manning, a young lad described as an errand bay, The prosooutor said that ho was going down Towor street yesterday, and the prisoner, whom he had never seen before, came up in the opposite direction, and, without saying a word, struck him a violent blow on the face, which bled profusely. He did not see any boys following the prisoner, who, on striking him, ran away. He pursued him and gave him into custody at Fenehurch-street station. Mr. Partridge, the gaoler, said that the prisoner had been brought before the magistrate on a previous occasion for a similar offence, but was discharged. It appeared that he was sometimes followed by boys, and when they ran away he was in the habit of striking the next boy he met. City police-constable 719 said that about 11 o'clock yesterday morning the prisoner was given into his charge by the prosecutor. Another boy stated at the station that the prisoner had been behaving in a most improper man ner, and that he saw him spit in the faces of two or three ladies, but he was not in attendance. The prisoner was too drunk yesterday to be brought before the magistrate. Sir John Musgrove said ho could not allow the prisoner to go on in that way, and, as he had been discharged before without its producing any effect on him, he would send him to prison for seven days. BEQOING.—Phebe Cole, a wretched-looking woman, with a sickly infant in her arms, was charged with begging. From the statement of one of the police-constables it appeared that ho was on duty on London-bridge yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, and saw the prisoner sitting in one of the recesses. She had a box of matches in her hand, but she did not offer them for sale. He sent her away from the place, as he had done frequently before, and he saw her accost a man, to whom she showed the child's legs, and he gave her 2s. He thought the man was drunk. Sir J. Musgrove—His sympathy was therefore the more strongly excited. (A laugh.) The prisoner said that she came from the Isle of Man, and that she was destitute, having been deserted by her husband. Sir J. Musgrove said that she could not be allowed to traverse the streets in the way she had been doing, but that, as it appeared to be her first offence, he would dis charge her, and directed that 3s. Old. which had been found on her should be given to her. He stated that if she wore again brought before the magistrates for a repetition of her offence she would be sent to gaol. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OP ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A SITUATION BY FALSE PRETENCES.—WaIter Augustus Hill, a medical student, no fixed home, was brought before Mr. Knox, on a warrant by Rosekilly, one of the warrant officers, charged with unlawfully offering himself as a servant to Mr. W. Saul, surgeon, of Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, assorting and pretending that he had served in a service in which ho had not actually served. Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the proseoution, and in opening the case said that Mr. Saul, surgeon, of Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, and district surgeon of St. Pancras, in _November last advertised for an assistant, and in answer to his advertisement received a letter from the prisoner applying for the • situation. Mr. Saul wrote to the prisoner, who called upon him and gave him the names of Mr. Capper and Mr. Newington as referetcas, stating that ho had resided with those gentlemen. Mr. Saul wrote to Mr. Newington, 4, Mayfield-street, Dalston, and also to Mr. Capper, at Highgate, these being the names and ad dresses the prisoner gave, and , in answer received letters speaking in the highest terms of the prisoner, but Which letters were written by the prisoner himself. Mr. Saul, believing the letters to be genuine, engaged the prisoner who, after only two hours' service, displayed most extra ordinary conduct. Mr. Saul soon discovered that the stock of spirits of wine in the surgery gradually decreased, and at 12 o'clock at night the prisoner was found quite drunk. In trying to get him out of the house he assaulted a lad in Mr. Saul's service. Tho prisoner was brought to this court, and fined 20s. or 14 days. After some further evidence the prisoner was discharged THAMES. COFFEE ROBBERY IN THE LONDON Docx.—William Cock• ling, aged 34, Frederick J. Matthews, 31, William Popling ton, 42, and Edward Lanbridge, 26, were charged with stealing four cwt. of coffee in the London Dock. It appeared that the ship Ida, from Ceylon, had recently discharged a cargo of coffee. Some of the bags and pack ages were broken in the course of delivery. The prisoner Cockling had been employed in painting the side of the ship. In consequence of information Edward Ellis, an officer of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company, went into the forecastle of the Ida last night, and found a canvas bag containing 401 b. of coffee there. It was covered with yarn and concealed in a seaman's berth. This morning the constable found Matthews, Pocklington, and Lanbridge in the forecastle, where they had no right to be, with their coats off. He took them into custody. On searching the forecastle he discovered 4 cwt. of coffee in 7 bags concealed under ropes and casks, and the bag found last night amongst them. The three men were asked what they did on deck, to which they replied no thing. Ellis again went into the forecastle with a light and found Cocklin in the coal-hole. He was asked what business he had there, to which he made a lying excuse. Other evidence affecting the prisoners was entered into, and Rothwell, from the office of Humphrey; Son, and Morgan asked for a renrand, which application was granted, and the prisoners were remanded for a week. MARKETS.--TlLis Day. "Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts, chiefly in middling condition. For most breeds the inquiry ruled steady, but by no means active, at Monday's currency. The top quotation was ss. 6d. per 81bs. The show of sheep was only moderate. On the whole the mutton trade was firm, at extreme rates. The best Downs and half-breds realised fully 6s. 4d. per 81bs. Calves were quite as dear as on Monday, with a steady inquiry, and prices ranged from 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. per 81bs. The pork trade was in a sluggish state, at late rates. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Per 81b to sink the offal. sded s d s d One' di inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 10 Second quality do ..4 0 4 8 Prime S'thdown a 0.6 0 6 4 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 2 Large coarse ealvcs.4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, az....5 4 5 6 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 0 4 4 Large hogs .4 0 4 6 Second quality do ..4 6 5 2 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb... .0s Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s ,o 34s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts Cows..••• , Sheep sad limbs Ca Yes . . lO6 Pigs 4O Beasts - 939 Cows. Sheep and lambs 6,040 Calves 213 Vigo 26) MEAT. NEwOATE AND LEADENHALL.—Those markets are fairly supplied with meat, in which a good business is doing, as follows :—Beef, 4s Od to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 58 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 58 2d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. ►SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover £5 Os Od to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load A slow trade. OIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 8s Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Supply moderato. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover. £5 Os Od to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load. Trade inactive. Nearly all the reports of the condition of the crops in Yorkshire which we publish are less encouraging than we could desire. Tho almost uninterrupted rains of the last two or three weeks have not only retarded the in gathering of the wheat crops, which, when our last reports were supplied, it was anticipated would give an excellent yield, but have excited no small anxiety as to the future. The dry winds which have prevailed, however, prevented sprouting to the extent which would have occurred had the :rains been followed by a warmer temperature ; and from most districts our correspondents concur in stating that, should we be favoured with fine dry weather for two or three weeks, the very gloomy anticipations which some have entertained will happily not be realised.—Leeds Mer cury. TRAWLERS AND HERRING-FISIIERS.—A case of some importance was heard before the Tynemouth county magistrates on Monday. Thomas Losh, the master of the Trawler Gauntlet, was charged with coming within three miles of herring-boats and damaging the nets belong ing to the Beehive, of the Isle of Man, while fishing off the Northumberland coast on the 17th of August. By the Convention Act between England and France trawling vessels of both countries are not allowed to come within three miles of craft engaged in the herring fishing, and if they do so they are hold liable for any damage that may be done. The Gauntlet fouled the Beehive's nets and had destroyed 15 of them, and the master after having cut them, had made off and refused to give his craft's name. Ho was fined 20s. and costs, and was ordered to pay £75 for the damage done to the nets. Ho appealed to the Court of Quarter Sessions. 61114 etitallat HER MAJESTY. - BALMORAL, Tuesday. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princais Christian and Princess Louise, went out yesterday Dr. M'Leod had the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family last night. Mr. Helps left the Castle yesterday. THE ROYAL VISIT TO DUNROBIN.—The Inver ness Advertiser, in announcing the intended visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Dunrobiu Castle, says —"According to present arrangements, their royal high" nesses and suite will make an early start from Abergeldie on Monday morning next, and by means of special trains on the different railways on the line of route—the Do' side, Great North, and Highland railways —the intention is to reach Inverness about two o'clock. Whether or not the royal party are to luncheon at the Station Hotel has not been positively decided, but the probability is that half an hour wilr be Apt apart for that purpose, and they will leave here about three o'clock for Bonar-bridge, ar" riving at the present terminus of the railway system at or near five in the afternoon. Here carriages will be in readi" ness, carrying the distinguished visitors to Dunrobin Castle in time to partake of a late dinner." His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Marchioness of Abercorn, accompanied by the Ladies Georgiana, Alberta, and Maud Hamilton, and Lord Claud J. Hamilton, M.P., left the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, on Tuesday last, for Coolattin, county Wicklow, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Fitzwilliam, where they aro expected to stay till the 25th inst. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough are entertaining a select party at Blenheim Park, near Wood stock. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have made great preparations for the approaching visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Dunrobia Castle, and a distinguished circle will assemble there at the invitation of the duke and duchess to meet the Prince and Princess. The Earl Cowper and Lady Florence Cowper will leavo his lordship's shooting lodge in Inverness-shire early next wodk for the south. The Earl and Countess of Longford have arrived at their seat in Ireland from London. The Earl of Wemyss and March left Invermark Lodge on Saturday last for the south. On Wednesday his lordship brought down two fine stags, right and left, and also another on Thursday. Lord and Lady Alfred Paget have left the Countess (Dowager) of Listowel's seat in Ireland for their seat in Norfolk. Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford, Sir Thomas Munro, Colonel and Mrs. Campbell, and the AC' countant-General and Mrs. Russell, are among the g uests of the Earl and Countess of &afield at Balmacaan,:N.B. DRAMATIC CLUB V. MUSIC HALLS.—This match , erminated yesterday, at the Kennington Oval, in a draw. Subjoined is the score :—Dramatic Club, first innings; 118; second innings, 75. Music Halls, first innings, 61; second innings, 34. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The annual choral festival of the Tonic Sol-Fa Association, which has been established for the promotion of vocal music in schools, homes, and con gregations, was held yesterday at the Crystal Palace. The great orchestra was crowded to iy utmost capacity by the performers on the occasion, who constituted a considerable assembly in themselves, numbering as many as 4,500, while the centre transept was equally densely occupied by thou sands of spectators. The choir had been selected from a largo number of evening classes and schools in London and its neighbourhood in which the tonic sol-fa method is taught. All the singers who took part in the festival had obtained the elementary certificate of proficiency, one of the requirements of which being to sing promptly and cor rectly at first sight the pupil's own part in an ordinary psalm tune which had not 'been seen before the time of trial• From this it will be conjectured that the performances were characterised by unusual harmony and correctness. When it is taken into consideration that the pieces sung yesterday were then for the first time executed by the collective body who formed the choir, it is not too much to say that their efforts were attended by a most respectable success. At the opening of the concert the National Anthem was given with striking accuracy and vigour, according to an arrangement by Mr. Henry Leslie. It is impossible within the limits of a short notice to men tion the details of the performance of all the pieces in the programme, which contained as many a s 20 part songs, glees, hymns, and choruses. In,the first part, however, the singing of " Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame" (Harwood), "Then round about the Starry Throne" (Handel), and the anthem, "Blessed be Thou" (Kent), de serve especial commendation. In the second part, the glee, "Away! away! in early Day" (Webbe) and the part song "Departure" (Mendelssohn), were received with great favour, while the glee from "Oberon," "Fairy-land" (Stevens), was given with such force and sweetness that it was uproariously redemanded. The concert concluded with the laughing chorus "Don't tickle me" (Martini), and the promoters of the re-union have every reason to feel satisfied at its results.—One Shilling Day, Wednesday, Sept. 19.—Admissions on payment, 17,313; ditto by season tickets, 5,634; total, 22,947. Conlin/v. of A CONVICT WARDER.—Yesterday Mr. W. H. Nicholson, the magistrate at the Chatham police court, was occupied for some time in the investigation of a charge preferred against George Brown, one of the warders at the Chatham convict establishment, St. Mary's, who had been taken into custody on suspicion of having for some considerable time past been carrying an an extensive system of obtaining money from the relatives of convicts, on the fraudulent pretence of conveying it to prisoners to enable them to make purchases of food and tobacco. From the statement of. Mr. E. Turner, chief warder at the prison, it appeared that the prisoner had been suspected for about 18 months past of fraudulently obtaining various sums of money from the friends of convicts, but although every endeavour was made to bring home the offence to him, so cleverly did he carry on his nefarious plans that it was only a few days since that detection ensued. The case now taken against the accused was that of having received the sum of ono sovereign from the friends of a convict named Callaghan, alias Stephens, who was under sentence of 7 years' penal servitude for a burglary committed at a silver smith's at Cheltenham. Evidence was adduced to show that the prisoner had carried on a correspondence with the mother of Callaghan, the letters apparently coming from her son, requesting her to send him £3. After receiving the letters, the answers to which were requested to be ad dressed to "B. G.," to be left at a grocer's shop, New Brompton, Chatham, where the accused called for them, an appointment was made with the prisoner at the Lord Nelson publichouse. The prisoner on that occasion stated that the money would be expended in procuring the con vict "extra grub" and tobacco, and on these pretences a sovereign was handed to him. The convict himself was examined by Mr. Nicholson, and swore most distinctly that so far from having authorised the prisoner to write the letters produced for him, he had never once spoken to the prisoner, and that the letters were not in his hand writing. The prisoner, who made no answer whatever to the charge, although he had cross-examined the various witnesses with the endeavour to show that they were mis - • - taken in his identity, was committed for trial. THE RIVER LEA.—Yesterday morning Mr. J• Humphrey; Middlesex coroner, resumed at the Spotted Dog Tavern, Poplar, an inquiry relative to the death, through alleged impurity of water, of John Davis, aged 20 years The deceased was mate of the barge Medway, which on Thursday, the 6th inst., entered Bow-creek. The deceased went on shore, and got a bucket of water from a pump• Later he got a second bucketful from tho same pump, an d then a man told him the water would poison him. Some of the water was boiled for the breakfast of himself and the. captain of the barge. He also drank some of the unboiled water from the bucket. At 3 o'clock he was seized with violent cramps. He was taken to a doctor and treated, but next day he died after great suffering. When he entered Bow-creek he was a very healthyrobust young man . soma of the water from the pump was sent, by order of the co roner, to Dr. Letheby, for analysation. The following i° the Professor's report :—" The water contained 61.5 grain! of saline matter per imperial gallon, besides 2.8 grains 0 ' organic matter, and much ammonia. The saline matter, as well as the organic, are chiefly derived from surface drain-- age, and the presence of ammonia indicates percolatio n from a sewer or cesspool. The water is quite unfit for drinking purposes, and, from the nature of the pollution, i 5 very likely to have occasioned choleraic disease, especial'y if drank without previous boiling." Mr. M. Brownfield said that deceased died of cholera, without doubt, arising from impurity of the water. The Bow-crook was the very worst part of the River Lea, and being a tidal stream, it s flow affected the surface wells of the district. Witnesg knew a house into the cellar of which the tidal waters Pot' colated, auctfrom which it had to be regularly pumped ° u !' The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a v°l - That the deceased died from choleraic disease, oce," sioucd by drinking polluted water drawn from a certain pump," and they recommended that the attention of the proper authorities should b 3 drawn to tho danger of leas'. ing such a source of disease accessible to the public. t i THE HACKNEY WORKHOUSE.—At the meeting al the Board of Guardians of the parish of Hackney, held yes terday afternoon at the workhouse, Mr. Turner in the chair' the subject of the recent inquiry relative to the alleged in humanity of Mr. and Mrs. Driscoll, the master and matron of that establishment, was spoken of. No steps were taken for rescinding or confirming the suspension of these officials' whose conduct, it would be remembered, was attributed 11. the coroner's jury to an error of judgment. It was dec ided to await the action of the Poor-law Board in the matter, and that body has been communicated with accordingly The 4,, a w: V' I ~ ~.'. 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