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T. 47 MOSES & SON, CORNER OF MINORIES and ALDGATE, NEW OXFORD STREET, Corner of HART STREET, and Corner of TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD and EusToN Roan: M BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.— PROS PECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS.—'Phis day, Oct. 4, and during the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Monday, Oct. 8, and during the week (Saturday excepted), iShakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN, being the last five nights it can be performed previous to the Christmas holi days in consequence of the nume rous novelties in prepara tion. To conclude with Shakspere's COMED Y OF L'ItRORS. Saturday, Oct. 13 , Monday, Oct. 15, and during the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MAC BETH d . To con- 20, elude with ".I.' fIE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Saturay, Oct. will be produced for the first time on the English Stage, in respect to several of its chief scenes,. a Romantic Play, in Four Acts, entitled FAUST, adapted from the Poem of Goethe, by Bayle Bernard. Princ IL a ip Tal lbot character W. H s by Mr. Phelps, Mr. Bar r y Sullivan, Mr. , Mr. arri son, Mr. T. Swint) urn( ', Nr. Henri Drayton, Maste Pecy 11 , 1solle, Mr. T. Mead, Mr. James Johnstone, Bhers Webb, Mr. Illinund Phelps. Mr. Barrett, Mr. H. Sinclair, Mr. Barsby, Mis. 4 Amy , Sedgwick, Mrs. Herman Vezin, Madame jenny Baur, Miss Poole, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mrs. If. Vandenhotl, Miss Florence Bennett, Miss Adelaide Golier, Miss Isabel Adams.—The Scenic Department under tbe direction of Mr. William Beverley. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. I,IIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucks:one, THIS EVENIN;, UNCL FUOZLE. Messrs. Chippen dale, Howe, Gordon, Lt:f. ; Mk:Awl:lts Chippendale, e• right, Wore, ac. After which. USED UP. Messrs Charles Mathews, Howe, Rogers, Gordon, Clark, Braid ; Mrs. teLz a illiain and Neely Moore. To ba followed by thQ BALLET DIVERTISSE3IENT The Misses Healy. With A COMICAL COUNTESS. Mr. Charles Mathews, 3f.r. Rogers; Mrs. Charles Mat)fews. To conclude with 311 IIUsBAD'S GHOST. Commence a N t Seven. ROYAL LI CEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. TtIIS EVENING, and during the week.—Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT in the new Drama, "THE LONG Performances :—At 7 o'clock, NURSEY CLIV'KWEED. Messrs. Widdicomb, Moreland, D. Evans, and Miss K. Illandford. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Ac's, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicanlt. The New Scenery by Mr. Greive and assistants. Mess, s. S Emery, Wid (comb, r itzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, aewbound Stany, Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper.le To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD. Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. SPe`it. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. MITE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM TH ENT rtr,— Johnny Reilly (au Irish Sailor). Mr. D Boaeicault ; Jane Learoyd 0. Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci- Cault. At 7 o'ciock. RGYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Sole Lessee and Maua:zer, Mr. Geo. Vinintr. WINTER SEASON.—REVIVAL OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. N.B.—Doors open at Half-past 81x, performances to com- Mence at Seven. THIS EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts , by John Oxenford, Esq, entitled TILE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Airs. Buckingham White. ,Alter which, at 9 o'clock, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips. Esq. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; Mr. J. G. Shore, Mr. G Honey, and Mr. Vining. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, in which M. Flageolet, CM doche, Comete, and Norma nde, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lluyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELI'III. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. eon Ti S I EVENIN T G, HE l E RISH. e. TIGER. Messrs. Stephen , Eburne, Romer ; Miss D'st Alter which, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Miss IKate Terry Kher 4th appearance in this Theatrei; Messrs. BitWigton, Stuart, Shaw ; Miss Turtle, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROM THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss • 3lessrs. Paul Bedford, It. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, A s hley, Eburne. Commen , e at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. zlwanborouh. THIS EVENING, THE MARRImD BACHELOR. Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and II a,. hes. To be followed by WAITING FOR, TIIE UNDER GROUND. After which, will be produced the Latest Edition of KENILWORTH. Messrs. Iliorne, Jame, Fenton, and Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Raynham, John atone, and Holt. To conclude with JACK'S DELIGHT. MOSES & SON, CORNER OF MLNORIES E AND ALDGATE. MOSES & SON, NEW OXFORD ST, E CORNER OF HART STREET. ~MOSES & SON, CORNER OF TOTTEN • HAM COURT ROAD AND EUSTON ROAD. 154 MIN ORIES, Is THE DEPARTMENT for MECHANICS' AND SAILORS' Clothing, OUT FITS, AND - WATERPROOF Clothing, At E. MOSES & SON'S. 1 MINORIES, Is THE DEPARTMENT f-fr-fl for SHIRTS, 1I OSIERS.", DRAPERY, PORTMANTEAUS, RAILWAY HUGS, PERFUMERY, and FANCY GOODS, At E. MOSES & SON'S. io IfiL lJlil iIIL 1...11114..1 for LADIES', GENTLEMEN'S, and CHILDREN'S BOOTS and SHOES and LEGGINGS. At E. MOSES- & SON'S. 1 .MINORIES, is THE DEPARTMENT SON'S: ALDGATE, IS THE DEPARTMENT O v for HATS and CAPS, At E. MOSES & SON'S. 84 ALDGATE, Is THE DEPARTMENT for LADIES' RIDING HABITS, LIVERIES, and other CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER, At E. MOSES kt SON'S. ALDGATE, IS THE DEPARTMENT for tho celebrated " INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, At E. MOSES & SON'S. BALDGATE, IS TIIE DEPARTMENT, u V for OVERCOATS, DRESS and FROCK COATS, and READY MAI CLOTHING of every description, At E. 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Commence at Seven. BENSON'S WATCHES, 58 and 6!, Ludgate-hill; 25, Old Bond-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.-11 , orning, 10h. 30m.—Afternoon, 11h. 12m, To-Moßnow.-Morning, 11h. 46m.—Afternoon, h. in, PAg, 6..;4403PTA SUL _• _ LONDON, THURSD.II, OCTOBER 4, 1866. As might have been expected the protest of the King of HANovER has not produced a very favour able impression in Prussia, and of course those who criticise it are eager to declare that it is of no con sequence. The Provincial Correspondenz states that the protest in question will not affect the course of events. " His MAJESTY," declares that journal, " would have given a greater proof of his sagacity, and of his love for his former subjects, if he had decided upon calming the consciences of the timid by absolving them from the oath of allegiance to his person.". Can anything be more absurd than this ? It is bad enough for the Prus sians to insist upon seizing those places with out their likewise expecting those who are de prived of their rights to acquiesce in the hard mea sures dealt out to them. Ilanover has shown a spirit that is a welcome contrast to the tame man ner in which some of the other German States have conducted matters ; and we suppose on that account it has drawn down upon it the special wrath of the magnates of Berlin. The officials in high places ACM fin lit.Q mti tl eye eaLqsg jaNusw gI I 1.- LIAM in all directions are doing their utmost to make the sway of Prussia as unpopular in its working ay s the least as it is manifestly unjust it; ',51-it,' - antt - b — ne * that cannot possibly profit them in the long run ; but such is the arrogance of the Prussians that they can never show any considera tion or generosity to those whom circumstances have put under their rule. We recognise in the protest of the King of HasovEu a perfectly just proceeding, and one that is fully borne out by all that has occurred since the commencement of the late war. It is a very dignified expression of feeling on the part of an injured Sovereign and an op pressed people, and as such it will be considered by all who understand its meaning. Even those who are deluded into the belief that the changes now being so extensively made are for the real interest of Germany must feel the hardships which have been inflicted on this royal family, and also on the people who have so long been under their sway ; while those who fully realise the meaning of the affair must know that a great wrong has been done, and a deep injury inflicted for which no compensatory gain can anywhere be found. It seems quite idle to entertain a hope that when things settle down a little the sway of the Prussians and that they may en d eavour to more to the feelings an d w i shes of the n a a d y a p b p t e eo m pl o e d . themselvesfi No modified, indication whatever has been given that can justify any one in prophesying such a result as likely to take place ; and we have only got to look forward to that series of wrongs and oppressions which has for so long been a characteristic of Prussian rule. Another notable instance of the crafty man ner i n which the Berlin Government conduetmatters may be seen in the cour se pursued respecting pro posed cession of parts of th e D uc hi es of Schthleem v ig. Holstein to their original owners. The Prussian Chambers were closed before the corni , letion of the bill enacting the annexation of the Duchies. This has been taken advantage of to put off the settle ment in question, more especially as it is argued on the ground that the committee on the bill recorn mewled the throwing out of the provision relating to this cession. Such shamef u l waver i ng and uncer tainty of conduct is quite out of character when we remember that the subject is mentioned in the Treaty lately drawn up. What makes the matter worse is, that the relinquishment of such small por tions of territory cannot possibly affect a nation which has just acquired so considerable an addition to her territories ; and, therefore, it must be from sheer unwillingness to give up anything, and thorough contempt for public opinion, that the Government of Berlin conduct themselves thus. We find that the irritation which has reigned in Pa-is during the whole course of the German War has not yet subsided ; and, indeed, shows no symptoms of doing so. In some respects, indeed, the feeling of indignation seems stronger, probably on account of the reckless Course pursued b y t h e P russ i ans. Th e Ci rc ular of the Marquisde LAVALETTE does not appear to have occasioned the same satisfaction in his own country that it did in Prussia. We learn from the Prussian despatch, in reply to this famous commu nication, that the KING has derived great gratifica tion from its contents, and that his MAJESTY re cognises in it the wisdom of the French EMPEROR, the pro m pt an d w th i e lich most t :l r i e ffi ai to whom Europ e "i s indebted for satisfactory soluti on o f one and one which cult of questions, tened to throw the entire Continent into con fusion." This means, we suppose, that Prussia has been permitted for the pre4eut carry 94 her rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCFOBER 4, 1866. plan, unmolested, and that there has been no cause to &ead that an encounter with the army of the EnTEROR would dim the lustre of the campaign against Austria. How long this fortunate state of things for his Prussian MAJESTY may continue we do not know, but meanwhile no echo to his rejoicing is heard in France. Great discontent prevails there with respect to the manoeuvres of Prussia, and each fresh occuxrence is jealously watched by competent observers. Bavaria is now supposed to have come to an understanding with the Berlin Cabinet, and perhaps there is nothing to wonder at in such a con junction under the circumstances. So far from the " Circular" having given a definite turn to things, it is now mentioned as not unlikely that M. MOUSTIER will shortly issue another Circular Despatch, in which he will endeavour to explain away those passages in the former one which have occasioned distrust and anxiety among foreign courts. In a criticism on this production in the Revue des Deux illondes, it is truly said, as matter of regret and condemnation, that the passage should have appeared in it which talks of the "tendency of small States to disappear," and the resistless power which urges on the great migrations which are periodically made. We hope, at any rate, that this notion of a new Circular may take its rise from the desire of the French Government to do away with the unfavourable impression created by the reports of its designs upon Belgian inde pendence. These rumours have been circu lated so far and wide that it becomes almost imperative to contradict them, and if they do this in meaning, at least if not in actual words, it will afford just cause. for rejoicing among all who value the independence of the little kingdom and respect the rights of nations. The opening of the annual session of the Social Science Congress is always an interesting event. Coming as it does at a time of the year when the excitement of political contest is over and men's minds are free to discuss and consider those less prominent but not less important questions of social life which form its especial province, it would be certain under any circumstances to attract some degree of attention. The selection of its presidents and vice-presidents, however, add very considerably to its influence, since they are generally men of eminence, whose individual ability and social position qualify them to discharge their duties with efficiency. The office of President has this year devolved upon the Earl of SHAFreseuev, who has on a former occasion occupied the same posi tion. He explained his reappearance by the fact of Lord STANLEY'S accession to office and by Lord BROUGHAM'S increased age and infirmities. Lord SHAFTESBURY, however, needed no apology for his presence, since no one is better qualified for the post. He has always taken a warm and practical interest in all matters of social reform, in ques tions affecting the public health, education, and morals ; and no one in our day has done more sub stantial service inraising and elevating his oppressed fellows from the depths of degradation and misery. The children in the coal mine, the young girl in the factories, the ragged little lad in the London streets, the working men and women in their miserable hotels, which are the only dwelling-places they can obtain—all alike have need to bless the name of Lord SHAFTESBURY for the battles he has won and is still fighting in their cause. His speech yesterday was an excellent example of his wide-spread sym pathies on behalf of all who toil and suffer, not narrowed to a class, not restricted to a sect, not , pausing to ask whether a man's skin be white or black, and measuring his claim to justice and mercy accordingly. Lord SHAFTESBURY'S speech gave got u;rpisyno..)Ainr,o-r:.,,hr -3. orcuallavuo, "auu uutu the President of the Session can give a very diffe reut account of our social condition, the Congress , justly, in answer to some objections that had been taken to the prolonged existence of the society, " that an old thought, an okl fact, . an old inference dressed up in a new gar , meat, and presented in a fresh light, has all the charm of novelty, even to minds well conver t sant with the subject; and hundreds, no doubt, who would shrink from the dull and solitary pursuit of facts diffused through numerous and bulky octavos are fascinated by the human voice in the delivery of eloquent addresses, or in the lively, vigorous, and profitable discussions that follow so frequently , on the close of the several papers." Lord SHAFTES , BURY'S own address is an instance of this. Most of the facts he referred to must have been already known to those present, yet at its close they were invested with fresh importance set in a stronger light, and every one was ask ing the question why such monster evils were left unredressed. It was impossible to hear, un moved, of " 1,400,000 children, women, and young persons still under the slavery of cruel and oppres sive trades, who are to this hour without the pale of legislative protection ;" of thelittlecliminbidnegfiabnocyes still employed by the chimney sweepers of law and humanity ; of 600,000 needlewomen, from the Court dressmaker's apprentice to the poor slopworker, all more or less suffering from want of that protection which it is so difficult to give them. Worst of all was Lord SHAFTESBURY'S picture of the children in the brickfields. " Lot the hardest heart that can be found in Eng land visit those spots, and if he be not moved, he must at least be ashamed of his sex and his country. There the female seems to be brought to the lowest point of servile ignorance and degradation. Hundreds of little girls, from 8 to 11 years of age, half naked, and so besmeared with dirt as to be barely distinguishable from the soil they stand on, are put to work in these abodes of oppression. Bearing prodigious burdens of clay on their heads and in their arms, they totter to and fro during many hours of toil. When I spoke to them they either remained aghast with astonish ment, or ran away screaming as though some evil spirit had appeared." Well might such a statement produce a sensation at the Manchester gathering, and surely so long as such abuses are possible iu this Christ= England there is work enough for t th o e th re e f e o d rm uc e a r ti a o n n d q t. thieestpiloinilaLntohpirrdosist. iFTEls%Briuthßyregard to the education question Lord SHAFTE SB URY men tioned several interesting facts, especially one, which deserves to be better known than it is—that the children who work half-time and learn half time not only keep pace with the whole-time scholars, but often outstrip them. This is a most suggestive fact for teachers and parents in the higher grades of life. It shows most forcibly the importance of a cultivation of all the powers, moral and physical as well as mental. The child or youth who is allowed to do nothing but learn will infal libly be outstripped not only in the great race o f life, but in the very schoolroom itself by him whose wiser and kindlier training has been more in accordance with the laws of nature. The difficulties attending the education of children employed in the agricultural districts are not yet conquered. They cannot be well met by the adoption of the half-time system, and this is one of the points which Lord SHAFTESBURY especially commends to the attention of the Congress. Another very 'important topic, to which the noble earl referred A some length, wass wbat he jualy termed " the master evil which nullifies every effort for the benefit of the work ing people—the evil that embraces and in tensifies all the others, the hotbed of pauperism, immorality, disease, and drunkenness ; the evil that is negative in preventing every improvement, and positive in maturing every mischief ; that lies at the root of nineteen-twentieths of the corruptions that beset our social state, and forms the crowning abomination of the whole—the domiciliary condi tion of many thousands of our people." On this point Lord SHAFTESBURY spoke with the energy of one who has himself inspected these miserable dwellings, where there are hundreds where there should be tens, and thousands where there should be hundreds, and who is sensible that the evil, in stead of being grappled with and fought back, is every month, every week, gaining upon us. " Dirt and disrepair, such as ordinary folks can form no notion of ; darkness that may be felt ; odours that may be handled ; faintness that can hardly be resisted, hold despotic rule in these dens of despair." Such is the picture of an English labourer's home, and out of this we expect his children to come forth clean, decent, healthy, and orderly members of society ! Lord SHAFTESBURY'S observations on this matter of over-crowding are the more valuable because he fully recognises the practical difficulties arising from the growing price of land, the necessity of work men living near their work ; of the displace ments consequent upon metropolitan improvements, and other causes. The conclusion of Lord SHAFTESBURY'S able and eloquent address was an appeal to the mighty force of public opinion to fight against these great evils, which are the enemies of the Crown, and Parliament, and people, and the tenth session of the Social Science Congress has opened under promising auspices of future service. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Pants, Wednesday Evening. The Marquis de Moustier, the new Minister of Fereign Affairs, has commenced his duties at the Foreign-office, which have so ably been performed temporarily by the Minister of the Interior. The Moniteur contains an announcement that the Emperor, desirous of developing international rela tions, has, upon the proposition of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, decreed various relaxations and improvements in regard to passport regulations. Englishmen and other foreigners, by title of reci procity, will enjoy all the exceptions and privileges accorded to French subjects. The Journal des Debats, alluding to the news given by the Free Press, of Vienna, that the speedy conclusion of a treaty of peace between Prussia and Saxony was certain,alludes to the private correspon dence from Berlin of the Times, stating that the negotiations had been broken off. Referring to the statement that Prussia requires the cession of Kcenigstein, it says the belief is that more difficult conditions will be imposed upon King John than were anticipated. The Debats has a semi-official character, and it is evidently embarrassed. It has not authority to contradict the Times, but it takes a medium course, and merely says it leaves to that journal all the responsibility which attaches to the important statement it makes. The probability seems to be that, as is generally the case, the infor mation of the Times, however it may be doubted for the moment, will eventually prove to be correct. M. Benedetti, Ambassador of France to the Prussian Com t, has arrived at Paris. His visit may probably have some reference to the rupture of negotiations between Prussia and Saxony. The Siecle has a caustic article condemnatory of the petty spite displayed by Prussia in directing the prosecution of the Memorial Diplomatique. It says :—" What ! Is it just after the battle of Sa do wa, when the victorious soldiers of Prussia re the crowd—when the Prussian territory has been augmented by kingdoms and duchies, that the Prussian Government can occupy itself with what forejma journals say abolit. against;them ? We are astonished at the susceptibi lity of the victorious Government of Prussia. The prosecutions against the press seem to denote State rancour. The Memorial Diplomatique was before and during the war the inveterate defender of Austria. It contributed to mislead the Austrian Government. After having promised her splendid victories, it is quite punished enough by the fright ful defeat of Austria. A trial and condemnation could not add to the effect of these facts. The Prussian Government therefore, if better inspired, will withdraw the complaint. It pretends to be at the head of liberal Germany. The liberalism of Germany should not merely consist of unmeasured attacks against France, Frenchmen, and their Go vernment. It will be better for the King of Prussia to improve the condition of Germany." A murder was committed in a wine shop in the Rue Ste. Marguerite on Monday night. About a dozen individuals, chiefly rag-gatherers, were as sembled, and a violent dispute took place between two of them. A man of 23, named Siffert, seized a knife, which was upon the table, and plunged it into the shoulder of his comrade. It pierced the lung, and the man was dead in a few minutes. An hour afterwards Siffert delivered himself up to the d po ec li e c a e s . ed l w n r a og answer suspected him of p ay i ng his e r to their questio ns , h e sa id t h e ad dresses to a woman to whom he was about to be married, and had provoked him by throwing a glass in his face, which had injured his eyes. Almost every day new swindling d ev i ces are at tempted in Paris. Here is anothe r s p ec i men. Th ere is always a rush when the evening papers are sold at the various stations. A young fellow named Mabille went to the widow Simon, who sells papers on the of the h a lfp enny papers. He asked f or c h ange f or Boulevards des Varietes, and said he wanted one a two-franc piece, and the poor woman gave him 39 sous. I ns t ea d of a genuine coin he threw her down a piece of white metal resembling it, and ran off. In his defence before the magistrate at the police-office he said he thought the piece was good. The prosecutrix replied, " yes, as good as you are." The swindler was sent to prison for a month. There was an interesting and affecting incident at the funeral of the Marquis de Boissy. While the ceremony was being proceeded with at the cemetery a poor woman was seen running up to the grave in breathless haste, having a crown of laurel in her hand. On it were written words in a foreign language. When interrogated she said she had come from a long distance to offer her last homage to the marquis by placing this crown of gratitude upon his grave. Her husband, who was a Pole, had been condemned to perpetual banishment to Siberia for having taken part in the struggle for the inde pendence of Poland. The marquis had made the most earnest and persevering exertions to obtain her husband's pardon, and those generous efforts had been attended with success. She therefore came to offer her grateful thanks upon his grave. The weather has been again of a very peculiar cha racter. A fog has prevailed from early morning both in and out of Paris. It was not very dense in Paris, but the streets had the aspect of winter, although the weather was warm. The Constitutionnel says :—" We have no news from Berlin to-day, but if the Presse, of Vienna, is to be believed, the sudden departure of M. Bismarck is in Austria as well as in Prussia, the object of numerous commentaries. The Vienna journal asks if the head of the Cabinet be really ill or whether he is in disgrace with the King. It seems inclined to believe in the latter hypothesis is an explanation of M. Bismarck's journey." AN ALLEGED CUSTOM ON SALVAGE SERVICES.— In a case, " The Plymouth Rock," before the Court of Admiralty on Tuesday, on application was made to Dr. Lishington to distribute the salvage money (£2,500) for services rendered in the Thames. The crew had been °gored 15 per cent., according to a "custom," and two had taken it. The other six had come to the court and denied the alleged custom. His lordship said he know of no such custom, and directed 40 per cent, to be paid into court bo Abidc , the roeult. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (NEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA AND ITALY. VIENNA, Oct. 4. The treaty of peace between Austria and Italy was signed here yesterday. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Oct. 4. The King has nominated the Lord Mayor of London a Commander of the Order of Leopold as a mark of his satisfaction at the reception afforded to him by the Corporation. SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 3, Evening. The Governor of Madrid has issued a Circular, in which he announces that tranquillity has been established, and praises the zeal of the authorities. The Pensanziento of to-day says that measures will shortly be promulgated consolidating public order and regulating the freedom of the Press, with out preventing legitimate manifestations of public opinion. FRANCE. PARIS, Oct. 4. By order of the Emperor, Generals lTauber de Geniis and Jaye have proceeded, one to the Loire, and the other to the Allier, to examine the scene of the devastation caused by the recent inundations. They are also empowered to distribute aid amongst the most necessitous. The steamer Dix-Decembre, belonging to the French Telegraphic administration, has just returned to Toulon after an absence of three months. During that period she was engaged in laying down the submarine cable connecting France with Algeria, passing by Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. Having completed that task, she has been occupied in dragging for the broken portions of cable lost in various unsuccessful attempts to connect those two countries iu a direct line, and has recovered about 200,000 metres (125 miles.) In consequence of an inquiry into the origin of a large fire at a tan yard at Lacken, the proprietor, M. Vanderkinderen, has been arrested and sent to prison. The committee formed at Ostend for the distri bution of soup and meat during the prevalence of the cholera has had a meeting and decided that, in consequence of the decrease of the epidemic, it would cease its operations on the 11th inst. Letters from Saragossa state that 54 persons of various classes have just been arrested to be trans.- ported to the Philippines or Fernando Po. These unfortunates are said to be treated like condemned criminals. The Cossacks of the Don have just presented to the Russian Church at Nice a magnificent silver cross, in the Byzantine style, of the value of about 16,000 f., as a memorial in honour of the late here ditary Grand Duke of Russia, Nicholas Alexandro witch, who was their Hetman. The iron-clad squadron, Admiral La Ronciere le Noury, entered the Gironde three evenings back to seek a refuge from the heavy weather prevailing in that part of the Atlantic. A sacrilege has just been committed in the Church of Seyssel (Ain). Some thieves effected an entrance by breaking the glass of the sacristy-window, and carried off the sacred vessels, pyx, &c. An alarm having been given, three men were arrested at Belle garde, making their way to Geneva. The property was found in their possession. One of the most curious sights on the coast at Entretat (Seine Inferieure) was the Chaudron du Diable. This was a kind of shaft running down the cliff, and open at the bottom. At certain stages of the tide the wind forced the water into the lower opening with such a violence that it was pro jected to a great height above the top. A landslip end to the phenomenon. The customs at Rouen in September produced 175,944 f. more than in the corresponding period of last year. During the first nine months of 1866, compared 'with the similar period of 1865, the receipts show an increase on imports of 837,952 f., exports, 2,510 f. ; and navigation, 2,344 f. In the aggregate the income gives 812,814 f. in favour of the present year. Mgr. Dunanloup, Bishop of Orleans, who is at present staying in Dauphine, in delicate health, has just sent instructions to the clergy of his diocese to give shelter in the episcopal palace to as many of the sufferers from inundations as possible; likewise to receive on his grounds all the cattle that may be saved. The Bishop also abandons to these poor people the third of his stipend, that is to say, a sum of 4,000 fr. BOURSE, Oct. 2.—Three o'clock.—The market again opened this morning very flatly, and has since continued so in all Securities, but the Stock most affected by the depression is Italian Fives. They have fallen to the extent of 55c., namely, from 57f. sc. to 56f. 50c., and at thatquotation are very freely offered. This weakness may be attributed to the large requirements of money on the part of the Italian Government. French Threes have declined 7ic., to 69f. 20e. ; Credit Mobilier Shares have de clined Bf. 75c., to 658 f. 75c. Credit Foncier and Comptoir d'Escompte each 2f. 50c., to 1,327 f. 50c., and 912 f. 50c. Societe Generale Shares have fallen 3f. 75c., to 563 f. 75e. ; and Itnmobiliere Shares 2f. 50c., to • 410 f. Mexican Bonds remain steady at 147 f. 50c. Railway Shares are also weak with lower quotations. Three o'clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations : 41. per Cents 97 40 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 69 15 Do. end mouth 69 20 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1372 50 R&M Bank Shares 8615 Italian Loan ........• 56 40 Do. end month 56 40 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds 147 b 0 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred For Account. Orleans BBO Northern ll7O Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 Southern 5BO Western 571 25 Eastern 545 Sardinian . — Austrian Lombard 412 50 North of Spain — Saragossa 14.5 Ditto to Barcelona Roman 68 75 THE BOMBAY MAIL. By the above mail we have advices and papers from Bombay to the Bth and from Calcutta to the Ist instant. The principal news has been antici pated by the telegraphic summary we published yesterday. The following, taken from the Bombay Times, will be found of some interest : " The Bank of Bombay reduced its rates of dis count 2 per cent. on the 4th of September, the present rates being 6 per cent. on Government paper and 8 per cent. on mercantile bills. " The Alliance Bank of Bombay is to be wound up voluntarily. At the meeting at which this step was decided upon the shareholders adopted a balance sheet representing the paid-up capital at £381,000, and the bank's bad and doubtful assets at £340,000. " At an uproarious meeting of the shareholders of the Western Indian Finance and Exchange As sociation it was resolved that that corporation should be wound up voluntarily. " The Bombay Legislative Council has held three meetings at Poona, the principal business disposed of being the Bombay Bank Amendment Bill. " It is feared that the cotton crops in Guzerat will this season prove a failure, in consequence of the damage they have sustained from the recent heavy rains. "Another extension of the main line of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway has just been opened for traffic. It is 423. miles in length, and extends from Burhanpoor to Kundwab. " Railway communication, which was interrupted by the late iloods, has been re-established on the Bombay, Baroda, and Central Indian Railway be tween Surat and Bombay. "The damage done to property by the late floods in Lower Scinde is estimated at half a million ster ling. " The decision of the Governor-General with re gard to the Lahore and Peshawur Railway has been postponed until the Government of Bombay shall have reported on the projected lines from Baroda to Delhi and from Kotree to Mooltan. " A great scarcity of provisions prevails in Per sia, and the districts around Teheran are threatened with famine. " Mr. George, the British political resident at Luckhimpore, has been killed by the fall of a house. Two other persons were also buried in the ruins, but were alive when extricated. "Lady Lawrence and family proceed to England in March next. "The third and final instalment of the Delhi prize money is now in course of payment." AMERICA. (By Atlantic Telegraph.) . NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (Evening). Gold, 147. Exchange on London, 159. Stocks excited : 5-20 United States Bonds, 1111 ; Illinois, 1241 ; Erie, 86. Cotton, 41. .NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Evening). Gold, 1481. Exchange on London, 160 k. 5-20 United States Bonds, 111 g. Cotton : Middling Upland, 43. SOUTIIAMPTON, Oct. 3. The North German Lloyd's steamer Herrmann, Capt. Wenke, from New York, has arrived. She brings 217 passengers for this port, llavre, and Bremen ; 38 bags of mails for London, $20,000 in United States bonds for Havre, and 1,500 tons of cargo for Bremen, chiefly cotton and tobacco. The Hermann left New York on the 22d ult., and experienced easterly winds throughout the passage. On the 24th she spoke the City of Loudon; on the 25th, a Cunard steamer ; on the 26th, in 45} deg. N., long. 52 W., she spoke the British ship Eliza, steering W. ; and on the 2d inst. passed the British barque Countess Sefton, bound W. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. General Grant has refused to attend or sanction the approaching Radical Soldiers and Sailors' Con vention at Pitsburg, on the grounds that he cannot interest himself in politics. The names of the dele gates announced so far preient a very meagre array contrasted with the list of delegates to the .recent Conservative Soldiers' Convention at Cleveland. The travelling " Southern Loyalists" have reached Cleveland, Ohio. They had a public reception in that city on Friday. Ex-Governor Jack HaMilton, of Texas, and Parson Brownlow spoke. The for mer declared that the President must be impeached, though he believed Mr. Johnson would refuse to submit to impeachment, and would call upon his friends to sustain him. Brownlow assailed the President. He was b favour of never letting the cotton States get back into the Union, but would hold them for ever in subjection. He had fought rebels, with Jeff. Davis at their head, and he would fight rebels with Andrew Johnson at their head. Johnson would never par don Jeff. Davis ,because he was afraid he would run against him for the Presidency. Judge Sherwood, the chairman of the meeting, declared that the President must be impeached. If he should resist impeachment all who stood by him should be tried for treason and hanged. It was rumoured that Johnson could corrupt Grant, Sher man, and Sheridan, but notwithstanding this the people of the North, if they left his life would leave him nothing else but his old goose and press-board. A Radical Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention met at Syracuse, New York, on Thursday, and remained in session two days. Generals Barlow, Cochrane, and Barnum were the principal delegates present. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the nomination of Governor Fenton and the course of Congress, and declaring that the President by usurpation was exercishig his authority in the interests of rebels, to the detriment of loyal men throughout the country. General Barlow, who was about the only promi nent soldier present that had seen much actual field service. snoke PitterlY 9f tip President, accusing consider the examples and fate of Caesar, who had his Brutus, and of Charles I. who had his Crom well. He declared that an irrepressible conflict was arising, and would soon be felt over all the country. If war must come they were realy for it. Bishop Greene, of Mississippi, a warm personal friend of Jefferson Davis, has recently visited the President, to intercede for his release. It is re ported that Mr. Johnson declared that he positively could not release Mr. Davis until the charges against him were either abandoned or legally pro secuted. Great damage has been done throughout the western country by violent storms during the past week. Railway bridges have been swept away and several villages inundated. The loss of property is immense. The cholera is very prevalent among the negroes in Mississippi and Alabama. Latest reliable estimates of the coming cotton crop state that it will certainly fall short of a mil lion and a half of bales. Sir Stafford Northcote at Liverpool. Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, who is at present staying in Liverpool, as the guest of Mr. S. Graves, M.P., on Tuesday took a cruise on the river Mersey, and paid a visit to the Akhbar reformatory ship, the school frigate Conway, and the training ship In defatigable. Sir Stafford minutely inspected each vessel, and appeared much pleased at the appearance of the boys in each, who manned the yards of their respective vessels and went through a variety of evolutions and exercises. On board the Indefatigable, which has been fitted up for the training of a seafaring life of destitute boys a preference being given to the children of seamen— Sir Stafford was entertained at lunch, about 20 gentle men being present, Mr. F. A. Clint occupying the chair. Mr. Clint, in proposing the health of the President of the Board of Trade, said that there was ample accom modation on board the Indefatigable for 300 boys, though at present there were only 60 in the ship, owing to the want of sufficient funds to pay for the support of a larger number. No less a sum than £5,000 had been expended upon the Indefatigable by Mr. Bibby, one of the most ex tensive shipowners in the port. His example had also been liberally followed by several other gentlemen connected with the shipping trade. In replying to the toast, Sir S. Northcote expressed the great interest he felt in such in stitutions, which were of great importance not only in a local but national point of view. He alluded to the great interest his friend Mr. Graves had taken in the question of manning the mercantile marine, and said that Mr. Graves's bill on the subject had only been withdrawn on the under standing that some practical steps would be taken by the Government to pro/out the further deterioration of the English mercantile marine. He had experienced great pleasure that day in visiting the various training ships in the river and conversing with experienced shipowners, from whom he gathered a fund of useful information, which ho could not easily have otherwise acquired. He also hoped that whenever any Liverpool shipowners thought it ad visable to address him upon questions connected with his department they would do so, and any knowledge he might thus gain would be at the service of his colleagues, when he next met them in November, and next session would, he hoped, produce some useful commercial legislation. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He might inform them that the Government had under consideration—so far as his department was concerned—the question of local Admi ralty Courts. The proceedings terminated with the com pany drinking the healths of the two members for Liver pool, Messrs. Graves and llorsfall, and of Mr. J. Laird, M.P. for Birkenhead. Yesterday Sir S. Northcote visited the principal dock, Messrs. Laird's shipbuilding yards, and the Great Eastern. The first stone of a new church has just been laid at Slhatna, in the island of Malta, by the Commander of the forces, General Ridley, The clergy of the island and the military chaplains were present, and the Ven. Archdeacon Cleugh and the Rev. Dr. Burbridge, the Bishop's chaplain, attended on behalf of his lordship. Amongst the company were Gen. Atherley, AdmiralKellett, General nd Mrs. Haynes, and the officers of the garrison and their families. The church has been commenced by the Bishop of Gibraltar, and will be paid for by subscription, the Bishop having given £l,OOO. The estimated cost is four times that sum. The level of the Seine at the scale of the Pont- Royal was somewhat higher yesterday, marking 4 metres 70c., or nearly 18 inches higher than the day before. CirriErt 0 , „ HER MAJESTY. BA L M ORAL, Tuesday. Prince and Princess Christian drove in the after noon yesterday. The Earl of Derby left Balmoral. The Marquis and Marchioness Townshend arrived at their residence in Dover-street, on Tuesday, from New Mar Lodge, N. 8., where they have been staying with the Earl and Countess of Fife. The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare and family leave Kilkee Castle in a few days for Carlton House, Maynooth, the seat of the Duke of Leinster, with whom the noble marquis and marchioness intend to spend the winter. The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam and Ladies Fitzwilliam have arrived at Wentworth House, Yorkshire, from Coollatin, the family seat in Ireland. The Earl and Countess Delawarr are entertaining a select party at Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The Earl and Countess of Westmorland, who are at Apethorp Hall, Northamptonshire, go in a few days to Gopsall Hall, to pay a visit to the Earl and Countess Howe. The Earl and Countess of Verulan and Lady Harriet Grimston have left Gorhambury, Herts, for Bourne- mouth. The Earl and Countess Grey and the Countess Poulett, Mr. and Mrs. Marlay, &c., are amongst the visi tors at Buxton. Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald have arrived in own from a tour of visits in Scotland. The Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper arrived in Dublin on Monday from visiting Vis count Palmerston's estates in the county Sligo, and are daily expected to join the family circle:staying with Vis countess Palmerston at Brockett Hall, Herts. ' The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P., arrived iu his yacht at Cowes, on Tuesday afternoon, from a cruise to Bordeaux and Gibraltar. Sir Francis Graham Moon and Lady Moon have left Portman-square for Brighton. The marriage of Captain Hayter, M.P., son of Sir William G. Hayter, and Miss Hope, daughter of the late Mr. Adrian Hope, and niece of Mr. Alexander Beresford-Hope, M.P., is fixed to take place on the 29th instant. MR. FAWCETT, M.P., ON EDUCATION IN THE AGRI CULTURAL DISTRICTS.—Professor Fawcett, in the course of his address in Manchester on Monday evening, at the annual meeting of the Union of Lancashire and Che shire Mechanics' Institutes, contended that these institutes had not failed. They had not accomplished all the great expectations of their founders, but they were doing a great good, and the exact work they were suited for. The real cause why they were not more useful was the deficiency of elementary education. If (he said) you look to any class or any district where ignorance is prevalent, you can ex plain its clue in one single sentence—and it is this—that children are permitted to leave school and go to work at too early an age. (Loud cheers.) To give you an illustration: I know the agricultural districts well, and I believe - although as an Englishman I say it with a pang of remorse and shame—that the great majority of our agri cultural population are growing up in a state of absolute and profound ignorance. I know villages myself where there are admirable schools, plenty of money and treat zeal amongst the middle and upper classes, and yet to my own positive knowledge there is scarcely a youth who can read the newspaper. What is the cause of this ? Why the parents are dragging out a miserable existence upon 10s. or 11s. a week, and directly a tender child can obtain even a shilling a week by holloaing a,t crows or treading over the fellows, that child is taken away from school; and, of course, it is a truism and commonplace to assert that everything ho has learnt is soon forgotten. If you wish to prevent this, you can do it in one way, and in one way effectually, and that is to extend to every branch of industry in this country the educational clauses of your factory acts. Twenty years ago Lord Shaftesbury led the landed interest in forcing those acts—l say forcing them to a certain degree—upon the manufacturing interest. lam not sur prised that the manufacturers should have resisted them, because it was reasonable for them to say that excep tional legislation is unjust. (Hear, hear.) But now I will say this to Lord Shaftesbury—ho will soon be here, and I wish he was on this platform to hoar it—(cheers) —let him extend the zeal which ho showed in improving the education in your own county to his own district, nay even to his own estate. (Cheers.) I can tell him that the ignorance of Lancashire is never to be compared to the present ignorance of Dorsetshire. Let him come forward and try to bring in a similar measure for the agricultural districts ; let him test the sinceilty of the landed interest, ~thor, in advocating these factory of their poorer fellow-countrymen: '`del;,-and ho will find many a willing supporter in the manulaQureri, who now know from experience what has been the the blessed influence of this legislation ; and if he can only extend the good work which he began 20 years since, he will well entitle himself to be considered one of the bene factors of his country. Loss OF Two LIVES AT NIAGARA FALLS.—Uri the afternoon of the 12th of September, while a terrible wind was blowing up the gulf, two men were dis covered in a small boat in the rapids south of the Three Sisters. They were struggling desperately with t the waves, but human power was utterly unavailing. Hundreds of persons were on Goat Island and saw them, but, of course, were unable to render any assistance. The terror-stricken men rowed with frantic efforts to the very verge of the precipice, and finally went over, still clinging to the oars. Mr. Cooper, the postmaster at the town of Chippewa, on the Canada side, two miles above the Falls, started with Frank Leutze, the ferryman, to cross the river in a small boat. Usually the course is to pull about two miles up the river before attempting to cross, but on this occasion the unfortunate men seemed to have imagined that the heavy wind blowing up stream would counteract the force of the current, and conse4uently attempted to cross in a direct line. The result was the same as it has been on three former occasions when similar attempts have been made, and their lives paid the forfeit of this mistake. The rapidS of the Niagara are too awful iu their power to be titled with. It is singular that Leutze, the ferryman, who had crossed and re-crossed a hundred times in all kinds of weather, should so sadly misjudge the force of the current, and over-estimated to such a degree•the strength of the wind. MUSIC HALL PROVIDENT SICK FUND.—The ad journed meeting of the ladies and gentlemen connected with the metropolitan music halls was held on Tuesday, at Weston's Music Hall, Holborn, in furtherance of the above object. There was a very large attendance, com prising most of the leading professionals. Mr. Holland occupied the chair. The chairman said they were all agreed that the profession required a sick fund, and the question they had to consider was whether they should join the existing Dramatic and Musical Sick Fund, or establish an independent fund. The question was now open to discussion. Messrs. West, Allen, P. Corri, Bishop Morris, Leggett, and others, said the general feeling in the profession was in favour of an independent sick fund. There were 46 licensed music halls in London, and there fore the profession was quite strong enough to form and maintain a sick fund of its own. Mr. G. W. Anson, the secretary of the Dramatic and Musical Sick Fund, ex plained its constitution. There were already 135 members of the music hall profession enrolled amongst its members, and it had a fund of £1,600. The committee w- -.:.1d be very glad to assist all the members of the profession ; nd if the only objection was that the music halls were not sufficiently represented on the committee, they would ap point an additional member. If, however, they decided on having a separate fund, it should have his individual support. (Hear.) Mr. Villiers then moved, 4t That this meeting recommends the members of the music hall profession to join the Dramatic and Musical Sick Fund." Mr. Charles Sloman seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. W. Eburne, Mr. Mills, a nd others. Mr. Morris moved, as an amendment, , 4 That an independent sick fund be established for the members of the music hall profession." Mr. Bishop seconded the amendment. On the resolution and amend ment being put from the chair the amendment was carried by a majority of 60. The meeting was then adjourned for the purpose of appointing a committee, consisting of one member from each music hall to draw up the rules, &c. ; and the proceedings of a protracted meeting concluded withjvotes of thanks to the chairman and to Mr. Anson. A. MAN BURIED ALIVE.—A sad affair occurred at Derby yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. About 2 o'clock, a labourer, named Owen, had just taken his shift in a sewer 13ft. deep that is being made - from Otmaston road to Normanton-road, when, through the sides of the sower not being propped, a great quantity of earth fell and buried him underneath. The men engaged on the ,job at once made every endeavour to rescue him, but just when their efforts were being crowned with success there was second fall of earth, and then a third fall. It was two hours before the poor fellow was extricated, and life' was then extinct ; indeed, he had been dead some time. He was iu the employ of Mr. Jackson, Local Board of Health con tractor. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT NORWICH.—The in quiry into the circumstances attending this explosion was brought to a close on Tuesday evening. After some experi ments with the plates which had given way, Mr. Fletcher, of Manchester, gave evidence confirming his previous con clusion that The iron was brittle and of indifferent quality. Mr. Bramwell, C.E., did not dissent from this opinion ; and the coroner having summed up, the jury returnad the following verdict :—" That the deceased met with their deaths through the explosion of a steam boiler, such explosion being occasioned My the improper construction of it." '