The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-05 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. I'. B. CHAriERTON.— PROSPECTIVE ARIUNGEMENTS.—This Evaning, and To-morrow, Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Monday, Oct. 8, and during the week (Saturday excepted), Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN, being the last five nights it can be performed previous to the Christmas holi days in consequence of the numerous novelties in prepara tion. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Saturday, Oct. 13, Monday, Oct. 15, and during the week, Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. To con clude with TILE BEGGARS OPERA. Saturday, Oct. 20, will be produced for the first time on the English Stage, in respect to several of its chief scenes, a Romantic Flay, in Four Acts, entitled FAUST, adapted front the Poem of Goethe, by Bayle Bernard. Principal c h a racters, by M!.. Phelps, Mr. Barry Sullivan , Mr. B. Talbot, Mr. U. Harri son, Mr. T. Swinbourne, Mr. Henri Drayton, Master Percy Roselle, Mr. T. Mead, Mr. James J o hnstone, Brothers Webb, Mr. Edmund Phelps, Mr. Barrett, Mr. 4. Sincla . ir, Mr. Barsby, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Herman Venn, Madame ,lenny Baur, Miss Poole, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mrs. H. Vattdenhoff, Miss Florence Bennett, Miss Adelaide Gdier, Mini Isobel Adams.—Tho Scenic. Department under' the ii'rection o f Mr., William Beverley. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. THEATRE lt OYA L, HAYMARKE T, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bueks.one, THIS EVEN IN . i, UNGLI 4 .: FOOZL E. Messrs. Chippen dale, Howe, Gordon, if.-c ; Mesdamks Chi, , pendale, o right, Moore, ,s,c. After which, USED UP. Messrs Charles 3lathlws, Howe, Rogers, Gordon, iiark, Braid; Mrs. Fi.rAilliarn and .niss Neely Moore. To ba followed by the BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Misses Healy. With A COMICAL COUNTESS. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Rogers ; Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Feebler. THIS EVENING, and during the wee{.—Mr. and Mrs. DION BuUCICACILT in the new Drama, "THE LONG ST HIKE." Performances :—At 7 o'clock, NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdioomb, Moreland, 1). Evans, and Miss K. J3lantitord. At a Quarter before 8, the new Drama, in Four Ac's, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion Boucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. A. Greive arol assistants. Aless.s. S Emery, H. Wirt icomb, Vitzpatrick, Dalton, U. Evans, Anderson, Isrewbound Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with UP IN THE WORLD. - - Acting Manager, Mr. IL Barna% Stage Manager, Mr. W. IVest. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM TIIENT Kr,— Johnny Reilly (an Irldh Sailor). Mr. 1). BoueicAult; Jane Learoyd ka Factory (;al), Mrs. D. loud cault. At 7 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and ManaLer, Mr. Geo. WINTER SEASON.—REVIVAL OF THE TRIPLE AL LI A NUE. N.B.—Doors open at Half-past Six, performances to com mence at Seven. THIS EVENING, a Comedy, In Three Acts, by John Oxe.iford, Esq, entailed THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE Mr. Vining . , 31r. J. G. shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss and hire. Buckingham White. Atter which, at 0 o'clock, THE nITGUENOT CAPTAIN' by NVat ts Phillips. Esq. 31rs. Stlr;in4, Miss Neilson, Miss Thomson; Mr. J. G. shore, Mr. G Honey, and Mr. Vining. Grand ballet of Bolieiniaus, in which 3131. Flageolet, Clo doche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, T tt: I KASH TIG Elt. Messrs. Stekhen son, Eburne, Roma ; Miss D'l•;ste. Alter which, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Miss Rate Terry (her sth app:arance in this Theatre,; Messrs. Biillngton, Stuart, Shaw ; Miss Turtle, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FROST THE GREEK. Mrs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt • M es srs. Paul Bedford, It. Pnillips, F. A. Shaw , Ashley , .Eburne. Commence at Seven. ItOYA.L STRAND THEATRE. 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LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.- Mr. CHAPMAN, ot the White Hart, Acton, Middle sex, begs to inform tis friends and nelAhbours that the Latest Edition ot "The Sun" can be seen at his house us above. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton THIS k.VENLNG, ...hakspere's T•av,edy of MACBETH. Mr. B. Sullivan; .11essrs. T. Swinbourue, 't. Mea 1, E. rhelps, M'lntyre, G. Spencer, Hem( Drayton ; Moral ones Amy bede„wick, Jenny Bauer, Rebecca Isaacs, so To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromlo by tne Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAY.—MorDing, 11h. 46m.—Afternoon, h. in. T a-M onnow.-113rning, 12h. 15m.—Afternoon, 12!i. 40m. 1/-11.V::t4 '~ nib Sun. LONDON, FRIDAI, OCTOBER 5, 1866. The Prussian view of the Imperial Circular is worth noticing, as it seems to convey to our mind some definite notion of what is passing in the minds of those who have arrogated to themselves the right of deciding the destinies of Germany. The reply has been made in the form of a despatch, and has been addressed to the Prussian Minister in Paris. King WILLIAM says this document declares his great satisfaction at the perusal of the French Circular. He adds that he perceives the wisdom of the French EMPEROR already displayed, and his power of com prehending events in an elevated point of view. The combination of these valuable qualities has enabled the EMPEROR to " understand the exigencies of the political situ a tion i n w hich Prussia found herself, to do justice to the le g itimate aspirations of the German nationality, and to declare that the new order of things established in Central Europe con stituted no danger to France, but was a guarantee for continental peace:, All this sounds very file certainly, but when we come to analyse it critically we shall be puzzled to find out its exact meaning, or to see how circumstances have borne out the truth of what is here professed. In the first place, the exigencies of Prussia's situation 3 onsisted in con fusions created by her own machinations, and in complications induced by her previous devices. It is certainly throwing trouble away to pass off these excuses to the Emperor NAPOLEON, who is quite aware of the facts of the case, and perfectly com petent to judge for himself as to which Power should bear the responsibility of the late war. Then as for the talk about the " legitimate aspira tions of German nationality," it is quite a farce when we see in what manner the work is being done. It is not a union of interests, but a merging of power into one centre, and the crushing of all national and social feelings ; to wit, the tyrannical aims of our Supreme Government. Can anything be more out of character than to persist in making these statements when they are not borne out by reality, and when the whole course systemati cally pursued by the Berlin Government is dia metrically opposed to their professions. Again, it is a very idle assertion to make that there • is anything approaching to a guarantee for Conti nental peace in the present order of things. There is no sure foundation in this new form of things which has sprung up in Germany ; and, on the con trary, sapient judges may well discern the elements of decay in its constitution, and the germs of discord already rife in its apparent harmony and peace. Some of the passages in this Berlin despatch are almost ludicrous from the manner in which their remarks retort upon those who utter them. Thus we find M. DE TIIIEL, the temporary agent for Count BISMAK, declaring that this " view of the question is also ours. We believe that the time has passed away when each nation sought its own strength in the weakness and depen dent condition of its neighbours." Is not this exactly the policy now being strenuously pursued by Prussia, and has it not been the chief object of all her aims for some time past to cripple others and augment her own resources, in defiance of right and justice ? The work of the " internal consolidation of Germany," it is considered, has greatly impressed the mind of the French E3IPEROR, and hence he has shown great care and considera tion in not interfering with the projects of Count BISMARCK either during or after the war. The Prussiaa Minister seems puzzled to find language sufficiently strong to express the delight of his Government at the line of action chosen by the French ruler, and he indulges in most extravagant compliments, which defeat their own purpose in the end by their excess. Besides this, in his zeal to do homage to the French Government, M. TIIIEL does not notice the covert satire he uses to his friends. The EMPEROR, we are told, has "greatly contributed to stave off the danger of a universal conflagration, and the explosion of revolutionary passions." It shows that the efforts made by the Prussians were not restrained by caution or guided by prudence if they permitted the chance of such horrors as these. Where was the due regard which should have been displayed by a patriotic nation for the good of its subjects and the welfare of the rest of the Fatherland ? The best that these optimists can now say is that some time must elapse before Germany can be called tranquil after the shock whichs have modified its political configuration, but that the principles alluded to in the Imperial Circular will conduce greatly to " ab breviate the period of transition." We see nothing in all this despatch to inspire anything like confi dence in the plans of the Prussians, and hope that they will pursue a course different to that which has already worked out so much harm, and given rise to so much distrust. M. BISMARCK'S continued absence from his post has given rise to some unfavourable rumours respect ing his popularity at Court. The truth of these rumours cannot as yet be decided upon, but we hope that his departure from Berlin may augur better things for Saxony, and that the brave little kingdom may in the end obtain a more satisfactory settlement than at one time appeared likely to ensue from the deliberations so long pending. At any rate it must be a good sign that he is away, because it is well known that he has all along been anxious to make still worse terms for Saxony than have been lately submitted to the unfortunate KING. He desired, indeed, that Saxony should be taken as Hanover had been, and absorbed into the Prussian Crown. It is satisfactory to find that the negotia tions between Austria and Italy have at last been brought to a conclusion, and that a treaty of peace has been signed. This is as well, for no good end could possibly be gained by the delays so constantly taking place. A new era is opening for the Ita lians, and we earnestly trust that they will show themselves worthy of the occasion, and not allow jealousies and party sentiments to in terfere with the great work that lies before them. Will they do so, is a question very difficult to answer; and we regret to say that their conduct on many past occasions has not impressed us very favourably as to the chances of the future. There is much to do, and their real work has indeed to begin. Let them be equal to the effort that lies before them, and show that they deserve the good fortune that has come to them, and the sympathy which the nations of Europe have so freely accorded to them through the long years of their troubles, and now in the bright day of their success and emancipation. The appearance of Lord BROUGHAM at wtyeass certain meeting of the Social Science Congre ssl to attract a large number of persons. There was the interest of seeing and hearing one of the most distinguished men of our generation, and there was also the certainty of listening to an able and learned address. Lord BROUGHAM'S subject was a con genial one, and his criticisms on the working of our criminal law, his comparison of the English and French modes of procedure, and his denun ciations of the evils of bribery were all valuable. On the amendment of the law, Lord BROUGHAM expressed his regret that nothing had as yet been done to provide that in all cases recon cilement should be optional to the disputing parties. This plan, it seems, is adopted in Denmark and the Danish colonies, as well as in some other countries, with very great success. " The prevention," said his lordship, "of useless, and, in many in s t ances , oppressive litigation, has been truly remarkable in those countries ; as many as 20,000 out of 30,000 suits commenced were in Denmark thus settled without being brought to trial." This is a point which our law reformers would do well to pay some heed to, for the immense amount of litigation con tinually going on in this country represents an in calculable amount of misery, suspense, and ruin. No one who really wishes for the better administra tion of the law can do otherwise than wish for the decrease of litigation. The heads of the law, as Lord BROUGHAM observed, are enough occu pied in administering it as it stands ; and they are besides, as he frankly admitted, for the most part opposed to any change. Still the reform of our legal system can hardly be postponed much longer, and therefore it is well to discuss the must necessary _Bu a The law of evidence, say s Lord a very unsatisfactory condi tion.Ro iiA3f, i s changes.in " It was the main ai l n aw gro o u f nd o o y f id A e l n r o . o ß , E t N h T a ll t A w es o charge against our T e t e a l : d g e ri d etvhoeupersonst w n h o o kn aa ow most of the facts. but in criminal cases No while we hear the other par • still . shut au douttheone evil m os ty ,t continue while our criminal procedure remains without a public prosecutor, one of the greatest defects in our system." The con sequences of thus excluding s th te e nL" accused party have often b een en l arge d upon. A person is charged with au offence, when he could at once explain all the circumstances and show his entire innocence, and that the whole prosecution is a malicious proceeding; but his mouth is shut, while his accuser is heard." Nothing, as Lord BROUGHAM justly added, can be more absurd than such a state of the law ; but so long as our judges and lawyers make it their main object to keep to technical points of routine rather than to elicit the whole truth, there is little prospect of a better system. The French method is even worse, the judge having the right to examine the accused party, whereas with us it was always proposed that he should only be examined upon his own desire. After referring to the proceedings during last Session, and the result of the numerous election petitions, Lord BROUGHAM declared his conviction that it would be impossible to put an effectual stop to bribery and corruption until it was made a felony to give or receive bribes. The desire of having a scat in Parliament was, he said, strong enough to make men despise all pecuniary penalties, but it would not make them risk the treadmill. "So it was in 1811, my Act making the slave-trade pun ishable as felony extinguished that execrable crime, which all pecuniary penalties, and the loss of ship and cargo had not effected, for as the gains of one adventure covered the other losses the traders willingly ran the risk, but men would not risk their condemnation as fe!ons." This is all very true, and many of the bribes and the bribed very likely deserve die treadmill as much as humbler offenders who pick pockets or invent an ingenious fraud ; but we shall never get so stern a remedy applied, especially while the law makers are in this respect also the law breakers. We must look for a more practical remedy. The treadmill may do for a political Utopia, but it is out of the question in the England of the nineteenth century. We cannot, or we will not, punish the offence as it deserves, and, therefore, the most sen sible way of dealing with the matter would be to remove the temptation to commit it altogether. The adoption of th" Ballot would do this ; and, unwel come as is the prospect of the independent voter to the majority of our M.P.'s, we apprehend they would prefer him to the treadmill! • Lord BROUGHAM could not leave the subject of political progress without referring to the events which have convulsed Europe since the last meet ing of the Social Science Congress. The amount of sorrow and suffering which has been inflicted on the populations of Germany by the casualties of the war was strongly dwelt upon by the veteran philan thropist and social reformer. The excitement of the contest, the triumph of the conqueror, cannot in Lord BROUGHAM'S eyes atone for the desolated homes, the mangled limbs, the ruined families which owe their origin to reckless ambition, or the useless desire of owning a few more provinces. " Mankind," said Lord BROUGHAM in conclusion, " will never be free from the scourge of war until they learn to call things by their right names. " One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder thousands takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.'" The noble lord was listened to throughout with the deepest attention, and the close of his address was greeted with loud applause. If it lacked the fire and vigour of his earlier days it showed no diminu tion of his humanity, his sense of justice, and that straightforward manliness of character which does not hesitate to call things by their right names, and to denounce the criminal on the throne as well as on the scaffold. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. A brief analysis of the Moniteur forms rather an explanation of known facts than a disclosure of any additional news of importance. It again states that the signature of the Treaty of Peace between Aus tria and Italy is "imminent." Italy takes upon her self the charge of the passif of the Mont-Lombard Venetian. For the share of the loan of 1854 as concerns Venetia, and for the non-transportable war material which Austria abandons, the Cabinet of Florence engages to pay a sum of 87 millions and a half of francs. The two Powers continue to dis arm. In consequence of the reductions effected, or in contemplation, the effective army of Italy will be decreased to about 300,000 men. The troops sent to Palermo took active possession of the town on the 22d of September. The insur gents surrendered without any serious resistance. Tranquillity has not been disturbed on any oilier point. 'lhe Emperor Francis Joseph has not yet appointed his representative at the Prussian Court, but in the meantime the Austrian Legation will be directed by a Charg6 d'Affaires, who has been already accredited at Berlin. The former Prussian Envoy, Baron de Werther, being now at Vienna, the offi cial relations between the two Cabinets have been renewed. The Prussian Chambers have been pro rogued to the 12th of November by a Royal ordon nance. The Seine rose again yesterday, but not to a serious extent, and the waters have again receded to-day. The vintage in the Eastern Pyrenees is stated to be more seriously compromised than was at first supposed. The valley of the Lot has been completely ravaged. The fruit trees, the great source of the riches of the country, have been uprooted or seriously injured. In the Lozere three 4nen have been drowned and great numbers of cattle. Thirty houses have been destroyed. In the Cher, from the precautions taken, the damage has not been serious. It is stated in a letter from Gien that the disasters have been mere serious than in 1856, when the last inundation took place. It was necessary to send troops to assist the inhabitants in repairing the damage. According to the present estimate of the injury in the Ardeche, it amounts to no less than 700,000 f . The Ministers have each subscribed I,ooof. in aid of the sufferers from the inundations ; General Fleury, Grand Equerry, 500 f., and M. Pietri, Prefect of Police, 500 f. The total amount now subscribed is 147,000 f. The Moniteur has given I,ooof. The Municipal Council of O rleans has subscribed 25,000 f. to be immediately distributed among the sufferers in the commune. M. Boillot, the scientific writer of the Moniteur, in an article upon eclipses, refers to the eclipse of the sun which will take place on Monday next. There have been two of the sun and two of the moon this year. The eclipse of Monday will be par tial and but little visible at Paris. It will commence at 4.43 in the evening and finish at 5.24 min. This eclipse will be visible to the north of Africa, in Spain, in France, in England, and in North Ame rica. M. Boillot looks a long way ahead for eclipses. He says that on the 20th of December, 1870, there will be a total eclipse of the sun visible at the Azores, in Algeria, Sicily, in the south of Spain, and in Turkey. On the 19th August, 1887, a similar eclipse will be visible in the centre of Asia, in the south of Russia, and in the north-east of Spain. In 1896 there will be another eclipse visible in Laponia, Greenland, and Siberia. The last eclipse in this century will take place on the 28th of May, 1900. The Paris papers attach much importance to the speeches at the Liverpool banquet, and are not sparing of encomiums upon the speech of Lord Stanley. The Siecle asks if this speech is not to be considered as the reply of the English Government to the official toasts at St. Petersburg. It demon strates certainly (it says) that England wishes to be on the best terms with the United States, and to efface all subjects of misunderstanding. M. Clarence, an actor of some note, died on Monday in his 47th year. The papers also announce the death at the Hague of Madame Baudin, the mother of M. Charles Baudin, Minister of France in Holland. We have had another day of strange, dull, foggy weather, with slight rain occasionally, but still the temperature has been warm. A duel between two literary men, M. Sarcey and Al. Duvernois took place on Monday at Vincennes. After a severe struggle M. Sarcey received a sword cut near the right eye, from which the blood flowed. The seconds interfered, and said that the honour of both parties was satisfied, and the encounter termi nated. M. Sarcey's wound was slight, and he has been able to resume his occupation. The seconds were M. Arthur de Fouvielle, M. Alexandre de Girardin, M. Charles Edmond, and M. de St. Valery. Writers who now describe the inundations say that in 583 th ere was an i n undation which nearly destroyed the then existing city of Faris, There IHE SUN, LoNI ON, FllloA Y E v ENING, OCTOBER 5, 1866. were also terrible inundations in 1195, 1280, 1427, 1499, 1651, and 1750. The latter was the most destructive. At the Pont Royal there still exists a record of the height to which the waters then rose, a height which they have never reached since. The Droit mentions as a fact that a double sui cide has been prevented by a cat. Two young lovers were in despair, because the father of the girl opposed the marriage because the young man had no fortune. The charcoal was lighted, and the lovers would have been suffocated had it not been that the deleterious gas lr d such an effect upon the nerves of the cat as to render it furious. It jumped against the window with such violence as to break the pane and let iu the air. The noise brought assistance, reflection ensued, the sui cide was prevented, and perhaps the marriage may yet take place. Monseigneur Place, the new Bishop of Marseilles, was received in that city on Sunday with much pomp and cordiality. On his arrival at the sta tion he was received with acclamation by all the clergy. A procession was formed to -the church of St. Martin, where M. Place was received with au appropriate address by the dean of the chapter, the Canon Dupuy. The prelate then advanced to the high altar, where he kissed the holy stone and intoned the Te Deum. The new bishop, in virtue of the high powers specially conferred upon him by the Pope for this solemn occasion, gave the Papal benediction to the people. Royal National Lifeboat, Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held I at its house, John-street, Adelphi ; Mr. T. Chap man, F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of £6 10s. was granted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat, the Isis, at Hayle, for going off in a strong gale of wind and heavy ground sea; on the 10th ult., and rescuing the crew of eight men of the bai gantine Columbia, of Carnarvon, which was in a very dangerous position near the rocks in Porthdin laen Bay, having parted from one anchor. A re -ward of £7 was likewise granted to the crew of the Blakeney lifeboat for being instrumental in bring ing safely into harbour a pilot coble and her crew of three men during a strong wind on August 12. Rewards amounting to £34 were also voted to pay the expenses of the lifeboats of the institution sta tioned at Blackpool, Lytham, Shoreham, and North Deal, for various services during the past month. The thanks of the institution inscribed on vellum were ordered to be given to Mr. Gawler, R.N., in specting officer of the coastguard at Ballyheige, county Kerry, and £1 each to three of his men, in acknowledgment of their services in wading into the surf with life lines round them, and effecting a com munication with the barque Mary Anne, of Lon don, which had gone ashore during a strong gale and heavy sea on the 11th ult. By these means 12 out of 14 of the crew of the vessel were rescued. A reward of £2 10s. was also granted to some men who assisted the coast-guardsmen in hauling the si.ipwrecked crew ashore on the occasion. Various other rewards were voted to the crews of shore boats for saving life from shipwreck. It was reported that the inhabitants of Bristol and Clifton had, through Miss Hill, Mr. E. Austin, Mr. Hancock, and gentlemen belonging to the Bristol Histrionic Club, contributed to the institution the cost of a new lifeboat, to be stationed at Lossiemouth, North Britain. Mr. Robert Taylor Heape of Rochdale, had also collected £425 from among the residents of that town to defray the expenses of a lifeboat to be stationed at Polkerris, near Fowey, Cornwall. A contribution of £360 had also been received from E. P. S. to pay the cost of a new lifeboat for Bar mouth. Miss Hamill, of Kingstown, had also for warded to the institution a donation of £5O by di rection of her brother, the late James Hamill, Esq. The institution had during the past month for warded new lifeboats to QUeeIIStOWEI, Poolbeg, and Brixham; the railway and steam packet companies kindly gave them a free conveyance to their desti nations. The Poolbeg lifeboat, the G. V. Brooke, was exhibited on the Adelphi-terrace, London, be fore being sent to her station, and was publicly launched at Dublin on the 20th ult. The City of Exeter lifeboat for Brixham was also taken to Exeter on the way to her station, when a grand demonstra tion took place with her. The London Sunday Schools' lifeboat was also publicly presented to the institution on the 25th ult. at the Agricultural-hall, Islington, in the presence of upwards of 24,000 of Sunday-school children. Payments amounting to £3,250 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establishments. It was reported that the society was now collecting estimates from different place s for the construction of some safety fishing boats. These boats are intended to become practical speci mens of what may be termed life-saving fishing boats, and it is hoped that after sufficient trial other boats on this model may be built by fishermen on various parts of the coast of the United Kingdom. Thus a permanent improvement wo u ld b e estab lished which might lead to the saving of many lives on occasions of such boats being overtaken by gales of w.j..nd when pursuing their avocations at long dis tance's from land. A working drawing oi a new lifeboat built at Port Adelaide, South Australia, on the plan of the institution, was brought under the notice of the meeting by the marine board of that place. Reports were read from the inspector and the assistant-inspector of lifeboats of the institution, on their recent visits to different lifeboat stations on the. English and Irish coasts. The proceedings then terminated. LIGHT AND DARK BLUE.—In Friar Bacon's days, when the Cambridge men brought a c h a ll enge to Oxford, it was to a public di sputation in Latin verse, a p h o a i r n d t ly u s p o o s n trong which as his fellow might have been ; f or B acon, as thefellow Oxonians se em t o h ave b een old story goes, only filched the victory from the challengers by a ruse. Mounting a ladder in the disguise of a thatcher, he saluted them on their entrance into the town in such fluent verse that they hurried back straight to Cambridge as they came, having at least logic enough to draw an argu ment a minore—what wonde,dul versifiers the 0 xford gowns men must be if even their thatchers had caught the trick. So when, some centuries afterwards, two Oxford students rode forth on a similar errand (" having much learning in their heads," says the Cambridge chronicler, 6 ' but needing to have brought more in their portmanteaus") they challenged all comers in the Cambridge schools to the discussion of certain questions, not very practical, perhaps—for one of them was whether a woman who had twice escaped hanging by the breaking of the rope ought to be hung a third time—but still in Latin, as became the dignity of scholars. Like Nel son, these young champions engaged without orders front headquarters; and not having Nelson's Justification of suc cess, their university is said to have expelled them osten sibly for their presumption, but really, no doubt, for their bad logic. But modern contests between these academic rivals are of a totally different kind. If a party of chal lengers arrives at the gate of the sister university now, whatever else their portmanteaus may be likely to contain it is certainly not learning. Th e i r moderate stock of that article is kept for home consumption. Instead of quodlthets and quceJtiones, which they would not know what to make of if they had them, they bring out of their trav e llin g stores new inventions of acad em i c wa rfare, instrum ents of offence and defence, which th e i r co llege forefathe rs would be equally puzzled to handle; clubs of strange shape and cun ning workmanship, and body armour of pads and india rubber, or they make their appearance something in the classical guise of an old Athenian war crew, each manwith his oar and cushion. The battle grounds on which the light and dark blue now me et are the riv er, the cricket field, and the billiard-r oom . To these, of lat e y ears, ha s been added a sort of mo d e rn Olympic festival, known as the Inter-University Athletics held alte r n at e l y at Oxford and Cambrid ge, a t which the recognised quadricium is runnin g, l eap ing, throwing the cricket ball, and throwing t h e h amm er. There can be no question that the interest excited by these contests has become, to the vast majority of the undergraduates, the great interests of the academical year, and the successul champions are far greater heroes in the eyes of their fel lows than the most brilliant "double first." Even grave tutors may be seen crowding against the ropes, moved out of their usual propriety, to see whether Smith of their own college can beat the champions of the rival university, who had it all their own way in the two-mile race last year ; and head s o f co ll eges have b e en known to take gra cious notice of a y out h who h as won one of the great "events," though we h ave not y e t heard of any rash aspi rant having been expelled for failure. —Blackwood. Amongst the curiosities now exhibited at the fair of St. Michel, at Havre, is a Prussian, who, with the spike helmet (pickelhaube) on his head, demon strates to the curious the manoeuvres of the famous needle-gun, for the small charge of one penny. The crowd is always excessive, and the showman is making a little fortune. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CORFU, Oct. 2. Latest advices received here from Candia give further details of the last battle between the Can distes and the Egyptians. On the 22d ult. 20,000 Turco-Egyptian troops attacked the Greek camp, which extended from Malexa to Keramia. The Greeks repulsed every onslaught of the enemy's infantry. On the follow ing day the battle was renewed, when the Greeks, who had received a reinforcement of 2,000 men, totally defeated the Imperial troops. The latter are said to have lost 3,000 taken prisoners. The remainder of the Egyptians were taken on board the Turkish squadron near Malexa. The Turkish troops have again been reinforced by the arrival of 8,000 Egyptians, seven Turkish battalions, and a considerable force of artillery. JAPAN. (By the Overland Telegraph from Galle.) SHANGIIAE. Sept. 5. Advices received here from Japan announce the reported defeat of the Tycoon by Prince Choishu. A treaty of commerce and navigation between Italy and Japan was signed at Yeddo on the 25th August. It will come into operation on Jan. 1, 1867. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 4.—Two o'clock.—The market is not good, and a decline has taken place in all Se curities in which business has been transacted. The French Rente exhibits the most firmness, and in it the fluctuations have not been so violent. The Italian Fives, notwithstanding the heavy continuous heavy decline in them for some days, have again fallen considerably. French Rente has fallen 10c., to 69f. 10c. ; while the fall in Italians is no less than 60c., 58f. 80c. A well known banker is said to be largely offering the latter security. Credit Mobilier Shares are 7f. 50c. lower, at 646 f. 75c. Credit Foncier Shares are 2f. 50c. lower, at 1,370 f. No thing is doing in Comptoir d'Escompte. Gas Shares remain quoted at 1,620 f. Immobiliere Shares have declined 2f. 50c., to 405 f. There is nothing notice able in Railway Shares. Three o'clock.—The market has been much worse during the last hour. Quotations closed as fol- lows: -- 43- per Cents 9G 90 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 95 Do. end month 69 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foucier 3620 Do. end month 1362 50 BAIL' Bank Shares — Italian Loan 55 70 Do. end month 55 70 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — -- Deferred 'AYI3. For Account. Orleans 877 50 Northern 1167 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 895 Southern 572 50 Western . Eastern , M 5 - Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4ll 25 North of Spain lO7 25 Saragossa 145 Ditto to Barcelona — Romaia 67 50 SCEIAMTL, THE CIRCASSIAN.—After his capture in 1859 Schamyl, the celebrated Circassian chief, was sent with his family to Kalouga. He seems to have expected nothing but harsh treatment from his conquerors, but the Russian policy was otherwise, and he has from time to time it appears, been loaded with Imperial favours. A spacious house is at his disposal, and an income more than sufficient for his wants On the occasion of the death of his favourite daughter, a courier was sent to Schamyl in the Caucasus with the body of the deceased. This seems to have touched the venerable chief, who at once addressed an autograph letter to the Czar, which is given at length in the Russian papers. Schamyl here declares himself to be no less vanquished by the Emperor's kindness than by his arms, and begs that he and his children may be allowed to take the oath of fidelity. "I am ready," he says, "to pronounce it before the entire people. I invoke, as the witnesses of my loyalty and of the purity of my thoughts, Almighty God and Mahomet his prophet.. I will take the oath before the body, scarcely chilled, of my beloved daughter Naphilato, and upon the holy Koran. The Czar at once acceded to the request, and accordingly, on the 17th, Schamyl and his sons took the oath of fidelity to the Emperor and to the Grand Duke at Kalouga. After the ceremony the representative of the nobles of the province addressed the exile in the name of the Russian Government. " Live in peace, valiant veteran," he said, "in this city, where your noble character is honoured, and where your calm and modest life is a theme of constant praise. May you long continue this irreproachable life, glorifying the high magnanimity of yourprotector, our beloved sovereign Alexander II." The reply of Schamyl, as given in the Russian papers, is full of protestations of loyalty, and reads as though it had been very freely translated from the ori ginal Arabic by a Russian official. CIGARITOS.—The paper cigars of Havannah are not perfect cylinders, closed at one end with a dex terous twist, and provided at the other with a mouthpiece. of twisted cardboard and a morsel of cotton wool to absorb the essential oil. Those are the famous Russian cigarettes, made at St. Potersburgh or Moscow, of Turkish, Syrian, and Bessarabian tobacco. The Havannah cigaritos consist mostly of so much finely chopped tobacco placed in the middle of a little square of very thin paper, neatly rolled up into elliptical batons about an inch and a half long and an eighth of an inch thick, and closed at each end with a dexterous twist. The art of making them lies in there being just enough loose papal- at the ends, but no more, to make the required twist, and there being a perfectly homogeneous consistency of tobacco throughout the entire length. If the roll be too tight, or if, on the other hand, the tobacco be not evenly distributed, and it bulges in one part and is loose in another, the cigarito is useless. Indeed, it must be made with almost perfect nicety to satisfy consumers. We have grown quite familiar, owing to the French sans nom paper which, for a season or two, obtained immense vogue in Paris, with the tiny blank books from which the loaves of tissue paper could be torn to serve as enve lopes for the tobacco. Neither the French nor the Germans, however, ever attained great proficiency in this most diffi cult and delicate art. Tho - Italians abominate cigaritos, preferring to smoke the more abominable cigars of native manufacturers ; and I think that the majority of English men could more easily learn to curl hair orplay on the man dolin—two arts in which they are never likely to excel— than roll cigarettes. To the Spaniard the trick comes natu rally. He would roll up a papelito, and twist it faultlessly, in a third-class carriage in the middle of the Box Tunnel. The old Spaniards, however, itmust be owned, are the best hands, or rather the best digits, at papelito making. The tropics take it out of a man, and the Creole Cuban is fain to allow his slaves to manufacture his cigars for him. More .over, in Cuba, cigarettes are but a pastime. His real repast is in the Puros, or Havanas of the weed itself ; whereas in old Spain, genuine Havanas are, through the idiotic finan cial policy of the government, so difficult to obtain, and cigars of native manufacture are Eo execrable, that the Castellanos smoke cigaritos in self-defence.—Dickens's All the Year Round. SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A GENTLEMAN FARMER. —An inquest was held yesterday, at Newton-with-Scales, on the body of a farmer living on his own estate, named Richardson. It appeared that the deceased went into his garden with a loaded double-barrelled gun, for the purpose of shooting, and also for the purpose of picking up some fruit that had been blown off the trees. Ho was seen to go into the garden about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and shortly afterwards a shot was heard. No notice was taken of it at the time, but as Mr. Richardson had not returned at 4 o'clock in the afternoon a search was made, and he was found in the garden in a dreadful condition. It wouldseem from the position of tho body and the gun, that while stoop ing to pick up some fruit the butt end of the gun, which he had over his left shoulder, became entangled in one of the bushes, and ono barrel exploded. The contents of the barrel entered his left thigh, and tore off the flesh for five or six inches. He then fell, and his clothes having boen ignited when the gun was discharged, ho was burned in a shocking manner from the lower part of the body to the throat. Some shot in a bag that he had with him was melted. HIGHWAY RATES.—At Highgate Petty Sessions yesterday a person was summoned for a highway rate by Mr. Hammond, the vestry clerk of Finchley. The defend ant pleaded that ho was put into the house to let it, and had removed. Mr. Hammond said there was clearly a beneficial operation, but be did not wish to press the matter, and payment was excused. THE " CHAMPION OF ENGLAND."—The follow ing story illustrative of the interest taken by Victor Em manuel in all matters relating to fighting ran the rounds of Florence last winter. Among the English residents in that city was a reverend gentleman, who by failure of male issue has succeeded to the championship of England. It so happens that this gentleman is of very moderate stature, and by no means a good physical representative of a royal champion. Being informed that he was the champion of England, the King exclaimed, "Die mio ! e possibile ! how could so little a man have beaten the big boxer Heenan ? Tell me all about it ?"--Fraier'i Nagminoior 00ober. Court of Common Council. Yesterday a meeting of of the Common Council of the city of London was held at Guildhall for the despatch of business, the Lord Mayor (Alderman Phillips) occupying the chair. On the motion of Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Francis Lycett, recently elected one of the Sheriffs of London, was invited to take his seat on the Aldermen's Bench, although not a member of the Court. Mr. Lycett, who wore his robe and badge of office, did so accordingly, and was received with every mark of consideration. THE KING OF TILE BELGIANS AND THE LORD MAYOR. While the Court was sitting a copy of a newspaper was handed to the Lord Mayor, containing a telegram from Brussels announcing in effect that the King of tho Bel gians had nominated him, as the Chief Magistrate of the city of London, a Commander of the Order of Leo pold, as a mark of his Majesty's satisfaction with the reception recently afforded him by tLo corporation. This was the first intimation the Lord Mayor had of the intended honour. Meanwhile M. Van Be Weyer, the B.Jlgian Ambassador at this Court, who had come to town for the express purpose, called at the Mansion-house as the benrer of his Majesty's command, and, not finding the Lord Mayor there, went direct to Guildhall, where he bad an in terview with his lordship, and presented him in the name of his Sovereign with the insignia of the Order. Mr. IVoonmouPE, the Town Clerk, addressingthe Court, said he had to inform them that a telegram interesting to them all had just appeared in the newspapers. It was as follows : " Brussels, Oct. 4. " The King has nominated the Lord Mayor of London a Commander of the Order of Leopold, as a mark of his Majesty's satisfaction with the reception offered to him by the corporation." This announcement was hailed by the Court with loud and prolonged cheers. The LORD MAYOR then said, spearing with some little emotion—Gentlemen, the Belgian Minister, who sits by my side, has by command of the King done me the honour to present me with this token of respect. I take the liberty to express to his Excellency my great acknowledgments for the handsome tribute, and to add that, as his Excellency is here in person, I hope he will be kind enough to convey to his Majesty the King of the Belgians the grateful expression of the corporation and of their Chief Magistrate for this dis tinguished honour. (Cheers.) M. VAN DE WEYER, the Belgian Minister, addressing the Lord Mayor, said—ln times like these, even of rapid com munication, it is difficult for a diplomatist always to be beaten. But I confess I have been beaten by the telegraph. (A laugh.) However, I have come up from the country on purpose to present this tribute to your lordship at the pre sent meeting of the corporation. It would have .reached your lordship sooner, but the reason of the delay has been this—that his Majesty - had hoped that an opportunity would have occurred when he himself would have presented it to you in person. Such an opportunity, unfortunately, not having arisen, I have great pleasure in doing so. (Cheers.) His Excellency then retired. PKOPOSED UNION OF TWO CITY BENEFICES. The Town Clerk read a letter addressed to the Lord Mayor by the Bishop of London, stating that it was his intention to issue a commission to inquire and report on the expediency of the proposed union of the perpetual curacy of St. Catherine Cree and the donative perpetual curacy of St. James's, Duke's-place. The Court thereupon appointed, in exercise of a power vested in it, Alderman Gibbous and Deputy Burnell to be the two commissioners on the part of the corporation. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BY DROVERS. Mr. RUDKIN, chairman of the Markets Committee, reply ing to Mr. Dresser Rogers, said the committee had recently addressed a communication to each of the metropolitan police magistrates requesting to be furnished with the names of any of the cattle drovers in the employment of the corporation who had been convicted of cruelty to cattle in their charge, and it was the intention of the committee in every such case to deprive the drover of his badge. MANSION-HOUSE , Deputy ELLIOTT gave notice of motion t hat, with the exception of the removal of the iron fence iu front of the Mansion-house and the necessary work connected there with, any other alterations affecting the basement plan of the building be not proceeded with until further conside ration. A HISTORICAL PICTURE. The Town Clerk read a letter addressed to the Lord Mayor by Mr. Alex. Melville, of 34, Fitzroy-square. In that the writer stated that for a considerable time he had been engaged on a large historical picture commemorating the splendid entertainment given to the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales, on his Royal Highness receiving the freedom of the city, on the Bth of June, in the Guildhall. Having brought this work to the eve of completion, after more than three years of unremitting study and continuous labour, he naturally felt exceedingly anxious to kuow his future prospects in respect to it. The picture, he said, covered a canvas of 150 superficial feet square, or 15ft. long by 10ft. high, a surface of most elaborate detail, faithfully representing the hall with its decorations and the interesting ceremony of the presentation of the golden casket containing the freedom. It contained about 450 por traits, and encouraged by many expressions of approval from members of the corporation, ho ventured to hope that his exertions, supplemented as these had been by the valu able assistance of his wife, might be requited by their be coming the purchasers of the picture, and that it might be thought worthy of a place in their municipal hall, a lasting memorial of their public spirit and the general interest ex cited by the interesting and important event it commemo rates. Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy Fry, seconded by Mr. Medwin, this communication was roforred to the City Lauds Committee to consider and report. THE NEW STREET TO THE MANSION-HOUSE. Alderman LAWRENCE said he held in his hand the annual report to Parliament of the Metropolitan Board of Works for 1862-63, in which it was stated that the bill for the for mation of the new street from Blackfriar's-bridge to the Mansion-house would open up great facilities for commu nication, that the total length would be 1,150 yards, the average width 70ft., and the total cost £624,000. He wished to ask three questions—first, what progress had been made in the making of that street ; secondly, had the Metropoli tan Board of Works determined not to commence the clear ing of the ground until they obtained possession of the whole of the houses and lands from the Mansion-house to Blackfriars-bridge; and, thirdly, what was the probable time when the works would be commenced and completed for traffic ? _ _ _ Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said it was extremely easy to put a string of questions, but not quite so easy for any one to answer them. His replies would be brief. To the first q uestion he was authorised by the architect to say that the claims relative to 233 houses had been settled, and that those respecting 111 othersremainedunsettled. His answer to the second question was, that he believed the Metropo litan Board of Works would not pull down a small batch of houses. When they went to work they would make a good sweep at once. In reply to the third question he could only say that the pulling down of the houses would be com menced with the new year, and that in the course of that year some very magnificout buildings would be reared in their stead. (Hear, hear.) PRESENTATION TO MR. DEPUTY DE JERSEY. Tho LORD MAYOR (addressing Mr. De Jersey) said that the Court, through the General Purposes Committee, having some few weeks ago voted to that gentleman, very kindly and courteously, a distinguished mark of their appreciation of his public services, in the shape of a silver candelabra (then upon the table), he had great pleasure in presenting him with it. The services and character of Mr. Do Jersey were, he said, too well known and too highly appreciated to require any eulogiutn upon his part. In fact, words in his praise would be words of supererogation. Still, it might be said that no man could stand higher in the estimation of the Court than Mr. Jersey did. (Hear, hear.) True it was that from time to time many of those who did not pin their faith to him differed from his opinions. Nevertheless, he (the Lord Mayor) was sure he expressed the views of the Court at large when he said that of Mr. Do Jersey's uniform truthfulness, honour, and intelligence there could be no question. (Cheers.) He therefore presented that gentleman with the testimonial, hoping that he might be long spared to enjoy the greatest of all favours—the esteem and respect of his fellow-men, and that the testimonial might be considered the groatlul tribute of a body of work ing citizens to a man who had faithfully and honourably served them. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Deputy DE JERSEY, in reply, said, that on a former occasion he had very feebly and imperfectly acknowledged the resolution of the Court in which they had passed upon him the most distinguished honour they could confer. He was unprepared now to make a suitable response, but he trusted the Court would do him the credit to believe that he, nevertheless, sufficiently appreciated their great kind ness. For the honour conferred upon him—one which until very recently was most unexpected on his part—he was deeply grateful. He must say that during a quarter, if not more than a quarter cf a centnry, he had been under many obligations to the citizens of London for their kind ness and forbearance. He was thankful that during that long period ho had been enabled to aid the oily in carrying on its business, and he hoped that in his day and genera tion he had been instrumental iu doing some good. (Hear.) The testimonial consists of a centre piece and plateau, and was designed and made fur the Corporation by Mr. J. W. Benson, at a cost of 100 guineas. Oa one side the City Arms are engraved, on the second are those of the De Jer sey family,and the third bears the following inscription : " Presented by the Corporation of the City of London to Henry De Jersey, Esq., Deputy, in recognition of the valu able services rendered by him to his fellow-citizens as Chairman of the Commission of Sewers. 1866." The Court, then, after the transaction of some business of little public interest, adjourned. THE ALLEGED MURDER AT LANCASTER.---Wm. Hewertson, who in August last was commited by the Lan caster magistrates to take his trial on the charge of mur dering his mother, has been admitted to bail—himself in £2OO, and two sureties of £lOO each—by order of the Lord Chief Baron, to whom an application was recently made On behalf 91 the primier by Mr. Sleigh. a ur t cr,imfiar. HER MAJESTY. BA LMORAL, Wednesday. The Queen, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur, attended by the Marchioness of Ely and Lieutenant- General the lion. Charles Grey, drove to the Spital of Glenshee on Monday, and rode on ponies over the hill to Kindrogan, from whence the royal party drove to Dunkeld. Her Majesty remains at Dunkeld on a visit to the Dowager Duchess of Athole. The Drama in the Provinces. It has become the custom, within the last few years, to try, in some provincal towns, plays which have been afterwards produced in London, but their trials have been confined to such houses as Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester. Bradford may now be added to the list, as a new play, entitled "The Man and the Shadow," has been produced at the Alex andra Theatre, which has met with extraordinary success. The play, says the Bradford papers, is as original as any of Shakspere's. The plot alone is founded upon a German play by Carl von Holtei, and the author, Mr. W. G.Wills, has greatly added to the already high reputation whith his admirable novels, such as "David Chantrey," the "Wife's Evidence," and others have long earned for them. Arthur Bruce, the hero, is a poet of original genius, who has not yet acquired that stamp which we call " a name," and without which the solid success which money repre sents, is not to be attained. In that position he is advised by most of his friends to abandon what they consider an unprofitable taste, and to apply himself to the prosaic drudgery by which very mediocre minds may yet earn a living. Poverty compels him to follow their advice, but his mind, deprived of its natural food, poetry, gives way under the enforced burden of prose to which it is degraded. His Pega sus, yoked to an ox, breaks down under the uncongenial toil. Domestic troubles and an unfortunate passion for a lady who had excited his gratitude, by a heartfelt recog nition of his genius, complete the ruin of a noble intellect ; and when for his mad conduct he is expelled from his employer's house, he disappears under circumstances which lead to the supposition that he has committed suicide. Twenty years after his supposed death, his works having become fa mous, a statue is erected to his memory in the pub lic park of his native town, and here we have a situa tion invented entirely by Mr. Wills, which is not only completely novel and original, but unsurpassed for dramatic effect. While the supposed dead poet's friends unveil and inaugurate his statue, the poet himself, now a mad beggar, appears, and is hustled by the crowd at the foot of his own statue ; he is protected from violence by his own son. His old friend and townspeople sing a song of his, which he himself had sung in the first act. The melody and words strike a chord in the old man's disor dered brain, and bring back his senses. He takes up the song himself, but breaks down through ex citement, and his identity with the original of the statue is established. His friends crowd round him, and welcome his return to life, but the joy has been too much for him. His heart is broken, and he dies on the day of his triumph. Mr. Hermann Vezin, for whom this play has been written, and who has already, by his performance of Shakspere's heroes in the metropolis, placed him:- self in the foremost rank of living actors, advances his reputation by his rendering of this original part. An excellent map with Metropolitan Raillvay and its branches vividly defined in scarlet has just been pub lished. It will be found very useful for reference. • FOX-UUNTING.—One of the greatest charms of fox-hunting undoubtedly is that it disposes of all the dirty weather which goes to make up three-fourths of an English winter. Wet, and drizzle, and muggy fog (the characteristics of our brumous and insular climate, accord ing to numerous French authorities) are the capital on which it trades. To the hunting man a rainy morning in winter, which to most other country folk can promise nothing better than a long yawn with book or newspaper in hand, and a prospect over a miser►ble stretch of sodden country, means sport, and society, and enjoyment. It is nothing to him that the ground rides saddle-girth deep, and that he is splashed with mud from hoad to foot, so long as the scent is good. Ho will only enjoy the more by contrast the charm of his own fireside, when he has cast his slough, and makes his appearance in the drawing-room before dinner, hungry, and happy, and a little tired. This, indeed, to my mind, constitutes one of the principal benefits which accrue from fox-hunting considered in an ethical light. It enables certain rich people occasionally to realise some of the conditions of poorer humanity, to feel themselves, if only for a short time, to be men, and not only lords or squires or great merchants and manufacturers. When he gets off his horse after a long wet day in the clays, my lord is very much in the same draggle-tailed condition in which his labourer Hodge is, just emerging from the oozing ditch in which he has been engaged for some hours plashing a fence. The hardness which it necessitates, together with a small amount of danger that accompanies it, takes fox-hunting out of the category of tame sports, such as battue-shooting, for example, than which I know not any amusement more despicable and inane. And one of the least favourable signs of the times, to my mind, is the increasing fondness of the noble and wealthy for this latter sport, if sport we must call it. For the spirit of civilisation and refinement which has exor cised from the higher ranks of the community drunkenness and swearing, and that roughness which still had some thing of hardihood in it, is not an unmixed gain to society, if the English mind is to be emasculated thereby, and, losing its coarseness, is to lose also its manliness and self reliance.-111acmillan's Magazine. CLEVER CAPTURE OF £1,300 FORGED SCOTCLI UNION BANK NOTES.—For some time past the officials at the head offices of the Union Banking Company in Edin burgh have been aware that a number of forged Union Bank £1 notes were being put in circulation, and on Wed nesday upwards of 20 wore intercepted at the various banks in town. On that day forenoon two men, apparently very "flush" of money, arrived in Dalkeith from the north, and in the course of the day visited different shop 3 there, making small purchases, for which they tendered in payment Union Bank £1 notes. In the third shop which they called at the lad who served them bad luckily seen paragraph which appeared in one of our contemporarise this morning, calling the attention of the public to the fact that it was suspected that a number of forged Union Bank notes were at present in circulation; and on receiv ing a £1 Union note in payment of the goods purchased- - which only amounted to a few shillings—he took it to hie master. On examination it was found that the paper on which it was printed was much thinner than the genuine notes, and the " one pound" so oft repeated in the body of the note was just " dotted" up. Information was imme diately lodged with Inspector Copeland, of the county police, stationed at Dalkeith, and he immediately went in quest of the " two strangers," whom he found in a shoe maker's shop, each trying on a pair of boots. lie apprehe hended them, and upon them wore found about £3O in gold and a few forged £1 Union notes. Later in the day it was as' certained that they had left their luggage at the InverosX Railway Station, intending merely to pay a flying visit to Dalkeith on their way to Carlisle, for which they were to leave in the evening. Inspector Copeland proceeded to the railway station, and on opening their travelling case 3 found £1,300 of forged Union Bank notes tied up in bundles of £5O, also about £6O of silver, and between £5O and £6O of gold. The whole property was secured, and the prisoners were locked up in the cells at Dalkeith, from whence they will be conveyed to Edinburgh. It is thought that the prisoners hail from Aberdeen, and in all probabi lity notes of the same kind may have been passbd at the various towns and stations on the route.—EdinburghEveniq Courant. TIIE SOUTII WALES COAL TRADE.—Last year dig coal trade of South Wales suffered materially from the want of a sufficient number of skilled colliers, audit wag with difficulty the increasing requirements of buyers were met. This scarcity of labour was brought about mainly by the emigration movement to the United States, a largo number of the best hands having left for that country. I° the spring of the present yjar there was every likelihood Of the movement becoming still more general, and if the pro' posed reduction in wages had been carried out there is no doubt that a large number of the colliers and miners would have left for the States and the colonies. The withdrawa l of the notice for a reduction had a most favourable effect on the men, and many who had determined to emigrate if wages were reduced then decided to remain in the land of their birth rather than try their fortunes elsewhere. The effect of the monetary crisis on the iron trade also placed number of hands at the disposal of colliery proprietors, but even with this assistance there is a diffidulty still in obtaill ing the requisite supplies of coal. It has been suggested that the Cornish miners out of employ would find it (Nisi to become skilful coal hewers, and steps are now being taken at several Welsh collieries with a view of trying whether the surplus labour of Cornwall and I)9Y9U can be turfed to account in South Wales.