The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-09 00:00:00

MOM 0 U SES.--Alessrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have nume rous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, ,11 buburban, and Country ItESIDENCES to LET or SELL exact Funiculars forwarde d tor three stamps, u pon stating requirements and rental. Offices, 2, Londuit-street, Regent- Itreet, and South Rensington, lacing the Museum. QOUTII KEN Std GTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Eli/Aston-place, Cromtvell-ro id, Onslow and Thurloe squares, Boltons. &c. Messrs TOPLIi and lIOI3EItTS have P.E DEINCES to SELL and LET in these and surroundirg Offices, 2, Conduit-street, R eg ent-street, and l o calities. South Kensington, facing the Museum. THEATRE ROY AL, DRURY-LANE._ 31 anagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with Shakspere's Tragedy of MAC BETIL Mr. Phelps; Messrs. T. Swinbourne, C. Vandenhoft, J. Neville; 3liss Atkinson, 40- lo conclude with Milton's Mask of C 0311.1. Messrs. Btu i Dray - ton, ►Vilbye Cooper: Miss Poole, Miss AuL lista Thomson, Commerce at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. This Theatre will OPEN for the season on MONDXY. (To-ni ht) with Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR 03CAN DAL, in which Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Howe, Mr. Ewers, Mr. W. Goruon. Mr. Clark, Mr. Braid, Mr. Weathersby, Mr. Coe, IVir. I'. White ; Miss Nelly Moore, Miss Snowdon, Mrs. E. ritzwilliam, Miss C. Hill, to , will appear. After which, the NATIONAL ANTHEM will be sung. To be followed by LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Gil ghtly (his original character), Mr. Buckst,ne. With Other Entertainments. Concluding with EASY S HAVING. Miss Louise Keeley, )hiss Fanny Wright, &c. 'Tuesday and Wednesday (for these two nights only), THE SCHO,L FOR. SCANDAL. LEND ME FIVE biIIL LING S, and EASY SHAVING . On Thursday, October 12, Mr. Charles Mathews will re appiar, alter a remarkable and most triumph nt perform ance of L'Homme Blase, in Paris, and in the French tongue, making his debut here in the English is version ol charactet the tam r e piece, entitled UsED Cl', sustaining h origina of Sir Charles Coldstream. Mrs. Charles Mathews will also a ppear on he same evening' Planche's Extravaganz ot THE GOLDEN FLEECE, with Mr. Charles Mathews. On Friday and Saturday, USED UP, THE GOLDEN FLEECE, and other Entertainments. N OTIC Sothern will re-appear at Christmas. The Box-office will be open daily, from 10 till 5. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Tilts EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Alfred Mellon and. Mr. Felix Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his Mat appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. iiillington, r. Bedford, R Phillips, Felix RogLrs, Ashley, .Lburne; C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, &c. To c , nclude, at half-pa't 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs. Bildngton, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss Godsell, Miss Seaman,.ang Miss Jenny Willmore.l ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, .11r. Geo. Vininc. THIS EVENING, at 7 olclock, IT 13 NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, I'. Mead, D. Murray, S. Caihaem, F. Villiers, J. G. shore, G. Murray, 11. Melon, C. Seytun, R. Cathcart; L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ASTLEY' S.---E. T. SMITH, Lessee._ Tfl:N EVENING, Miss MENKEN and an efficient Company will appear in the New Romantic Drama, TIIE CHILD OF THE SUN ; alter which,lXlON. iffillE LAST EDITION OF ,4 TIIE SUN," J. Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTELLIGEINCr, lan be Lad Every Evening of G. It. GLEN IN, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " TIIE SUN " supplied, as soon as published every Evenint:, by W. ALEXANDNIt (late BILOOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavenuian- street, Oxford-street. 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For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide 6 ' Lancet;' Daily attendance at 30, Ilerners-street, Oxford-street, and 418, Strand, London; 15, Whitefriargate ' • 10, ilorfolk areet, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas - strect, Scarbro'. Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the same nirne. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 50m.—Afternoon, sh. 12m. To-Monnow.-Morning, sh. 36m.—Afternoon, Gh. Om. it LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1865. Among the many great and pressing evils of the day, there is one very serious grievance which, from peculiar circumstances, is only too little thought of. It does not affect the residents in towns and cities, and these are the classes who mostly make them selves heard, while there is within the walls of Par liament and elsewhere a large and influential class whose interest it is to overlook it altogether. The game laws, while they press heavily on the farmer, and are the means of much hardship and injustice being inflicted on the labourer, protect so efficiently the sports and pleasures of the landowners and their friends that there is not even a talk about reforming them. Under these circumstances a little of Mr. BRIGHT'S outspoken language and uncom.: promising hostility to the tyranny of wealth and influence is not at all unwelcome, and the practical advice which he gives to the farmers will, if taken, make the game preservers regret that they did not relax the stringency of their laws a little earlier. Mr. BRIGHT boldly traces the evil to the excess of our class representation and the limited number of our voters ; and the means he recommends in order to obtain at least a hearing in Parliament is the selectiqn of a farmer's candidate at the next elec tion.. He does not care about the politician who is nominated being a member of the class that sends him to Parliament ; but he urges that he should be of their views, and alike able and willing to advo cate their interests. There will be little or no ex- pense attending such a course, since county canvas and polling are very different from those of a borough; and a very small subscription, together with a hearty co-operation on the part of the far mers, would make them independent of the influence of landlords. This would be a practical way of setting to work, though we fear the process would be somewhat tedious, and would certainly be greatly , expedited by the passage of a new. Reform Bill 1 But the evils complained of press heavier and heavier, while there is no - actire attempt made for their removal. As Mr. BRIGHT observes, in place of the burden of the game ldws having been lightened of late years, they are only becoming more strict; and a few years ago "an alteration, which was, certainly, no improvement, was carried into effect. The working of the laws is left to the county magistrates, who ler the most part are preservers of game themselves or friends and associates of those who do. They are not likely, therefore, to turn a willing ear to the farmer's complaints or to temper justice with mercy- in the case of the poacher. Punishments severer than those inflicted for cruel and desperate offences are often allotted to the man who has been seen with an unlucky hare or rabbit or caught • taking a midnight stroll under suspicious circum - stances. Close companionship with felons, the loss of character, the sense of breaking the laws, all drag the man downwards, and the poacher too often ends his career as an actual offender of the very worst description. The farmer's side of the question, too, is an amazing and unprofitable o ne . He may pay boys to scare away the birds from hi s fruit, but he must not protect his crops from the ravages of the pheasant, his turnips from the hare, or his hen-roost from the fox. Mr. BRIGHT puts the matter very plainly and sensibly. " The fun damental principle of the tenant farmers should be this ; that they shall have absolute and undisputed ownership of, and control over, all animals which live upon the produce of their land. They occupy ' land and pay rent for it ; they risk all they have —their money, their time, their labour, their hopes, their present and their fature, in the cultivation of their farms ; the horses, cows, sheep, and swine are theirs ; the crops also are theirs, and the hares and rabbits, and game of every kind living upon their farms, should also be theirs." Till this theory be comes the generally accepted principle and the law of the country, Mr. BRIGHT declares that the evils of game laws and game preservation will never cease among us. The remedy which he proposes refers, as we have said, to the securing of a better and more effective representation of the tenant-farmer class, and in waiting for that object to try what can be done by hearty co-operation and mutual under standing. Something may, too, be done in this as in all other matters by bringing the honest expres sion of public feeling to bear upon it. The game laws are such an old-established abuse that people trouble themselves very little about them. There is a vague, undefined idea that they are oppressive and arbitrary, but no one thinks it his business to meddle with them ; and in the provinces, where the pressure is felt, there is little hope of the quiet unrepresented population bringing about the necessary reform. But the columns of the press are open, and public meetings and general agitation might be resorted to to prepare the way for a better and more equitable state of things. The boast of English justice is that all classes have the same claim on the protec tion of the law ; but the game laws are certainly the exception, being made for the rich alone. English men should not seek their pleasures at other men's cost ; but it is better to trust to the restraints of law than to private forbearance and magnanimity. The Austrian Government will not find that they have all things going on smoothly with them, much as they felicitate themselves upon the result of their Gastein arrangements. M. VON DEAK has lately published a very excellent article upon the subject, which now engrosses so much attention in Hungary at present, namely, the fusion of the Con servatives with the Moderate Liberals. In this statement we find a very lucid description of the state of affairs, and the way in which previous occurrences have conduced to bring about the con fused state of parties that are in a critical existence now. M. VON DEAK explains in what manner erroneous impressions prevailed some time xgo respecting the Hungarian Conservatives. He says that in consequence of the support it gave to the Government of Prussia at a:very:important juncture that it lost its well— deserved popularity, and its making concessions at the expense of the liberty of the people caused great doubts to arise in many minds, yet it must be borne in mind that a recurrence co such a state of things is next to impossible certainly to all appearances. There is, indeed, no valid reason existing why the two parties should not work together for the good of their common land, and they are here reminded of the great changes that await the Diet of 1865 in in comparision with that of 1861. For while the latter was quite of a particular character the former is of importance, and must therefore address itself to the contemplation of its work in right good earnest. The truth of the remarks here made is very obvious, and we can under stand the full significance of the passage which mentions that the coming Diet must not be a place of exercise for mere ranters. Doubtless the real facts of the case amply account for the terse rules and stringent measures enacted here, for it is always unfortunate when men lose sight of what should be of primary importance in their vain attempt at self-assertion, and their reckless plans which they thrust forward at every opportunity. It might be will for others as well as those who received this address if they took a hint in time, and abstained from putting themselves unduly forward. M. VON DEAK declares that in the public sittings of the Diet only the leaders of the different parties should take part in the details, and these should be confined within due limits. Ho also desires to see the Diet composed of steady working men, and not of those who are renowned for fluency of speech and energy of diction. This is a very wise observation, and so is that remark which insists on the " non-necessity for making a demonstration on the part of the National Assembly in favour of continuity of rights," as that principle has been acknowledged by the Govern ment. Baron EATVOS, also, has delivered an address to his constituents, in which he says that Hungary has many things to consider, and her representatives are bound to take these matters up in right earnest. He considers that the union of Hungary and Austria is a necessary thing, and indeed goes so far as to say that the laws which guarantee their indepen dence join them indissolubly together. Very true is the statement that the " common interests of the inhabitants of the two countries require that they should live in peace and harmony. The Baron re minds his constituents that it will be needful for all the representatives to meet on the important point that Hungary shall take as large a share in the management of the general affairs of the empire as any other part of the empire. On the whole, his advice seems reasonable enough as far as it goes. All does not promise, however, to be couleur de rose in these transactions, and already vague rumours are afloat which show that some entertain hostile opinions to the presiding powers. It las been stated that the paper was seized which contained an article from the Arad Gazette that declared the Hungarian Obergespane would not convoke the county assemblies and city representations if they Were likely to be inimical to the Government. This is anything but satisfactory intelligence, especially as no contradiction has been given to the statement, unpromising though it be. No doubt many serious altercations will take place ; and, fair-seeming and well-sounding though the Imperial decrees may be, yet their fulfilment will not be very easy, nor do they appear likely to be over-successful. Meanwhile the Cabinet of Vienna is in a ferment about other matters, and does not display much wisdom or foresight in its arrangements. It is quite out of character that the Government of Spain should be called to account for its recognition of Italy, and indeed the interference amounts to im pertinence. It is satisfactory to find that the un warrantable assumption has been treated in the proper manner and mot in the right spirit. The Brussels Independance Beige publishes the text of two documents, which tend to show that Senor CASTRO, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has acted in a prompt and decisive manner in the emer gency that has presented itself to him. According to the arangements given, it seems that he has addressed a despatch to Count MENSDORFF in reply to his communication, in which he declares that the protests of the Austrian Minister have no founda ion in fact. He also says that Austria and Spain are of accord upon several points, and in many politicalquestions they have identical opinions, but that in the case of Italy their views were not similar, n or are t h e i r w i s h es t h e same. Thi s i s ver y true, but, at the same time, it does hot excuse the conduct of the Austrian Minister in dictating to the Cabinet of Madrid what course it ou,;ht to pursue, and in putting forward its notions, however dis- HIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1865. tasteful the y may be to others. Senor CASTRO has also s' 2,nt a circular to the diplomatic agents of Spain abroad, and in this he explains the particulars of the ck spatch alluded to, which was sent to Count MENsno!RFF in August. In the explanation here given to the Spanish representatives, Senor CASTRO declar, es that there is no truth in the affirmation of any er igagement between the two States as to the retenti ion of a " common line of policy towards Italy,' and he likewise denies the assertion of Count "AIENSDORFF that the dynastic institutions of SprSu are imperilled by the recognition of Italy. :It seems, from these reports, as if the Spanish Minister had acted with great firm ness, art d shown great discernment in his dealings with tho obstinate and perverse statesmen of Austria. It would never do to permit such a precedent to be made, and to sanction the undue interference of one State with another. Austria is not improving as we study her line of policy ; and, on the contrary, her course seems to indicate a gradual retrogression from the advances in a liberal direction already made. The wisest thing that the Government of Vienna could do at the present juncture would be to sell Venice, and with the BUM thus acquired the monetary pressure would be relieved, and the country could not fail to derive benefit from so decisive a step in the right direction ; but it is not likely their prejudices will enable them to do so for some time to come at all events. Every mail from America shows us the wisdom of that temperate and conciliatory policy which the President has recently adopted. One by one the conventions of the States are repealing the Act of Secession and accepting the abolition of slavery, so that while the Radicals would have driven the Southerners into frantic opposition and anarchy, the President acting upon more enlightened principles, is gradually bringing the Confederacy once more into the body of the Union. It did not require a very long apprenticeship to the responsibilities and . grave anxieties of supreme power to convince Mr. JOHNSON that the course which his former friends urged him so strongly to pursue was simply destruc tive of the best interests of the country, and opposed to the restoration of internal peace and commercial prosperity. By his judicious elevation of the civil above the military power he has enlisted the best part of the community on the side of reconstruction, and the leading Confederates have acted with a patriotism and magnanimity which reflects the highest honour upon them during this trying time In one of the Virginian District Courts, the Presid ing Judge has directed the discontinuance of all proceedings under the confiscation order against persons pardoned by the President. This is the first step in the right way, but matters will never be satisfactorily settled until the obnoxious clause exempting from the amnesty all holders of property above the value of $20,000 be repealed. Let us hope that, as time wears on, and the fury of the multitude dies out, the New England party will lose their influence, and this unwarrantable condi tion shall be expunged from the amnesty. In Alabama the State convention has declared the act of secession null and voil, and has ordained that all provisions relative to slavery and slaves shall be struck out of the constitution, adding the wise and kindly provision that the State Legislature shall protect the freedmen in all their rights and pro perty, and guard them as far as possible from the evils attending their sudden liberation. Mr. JOIINSON has just had an opportunity of declaring his foreign policy in an interview with the Brazilian Minister. The President received the new Brazilian representative very cordially, and declared that America wished to promote civilisa tion in the Western hemisphere, and to introduce free and intelligent labour into the virgin fields of the great continent. He said that the Americans did not wish to weaken new American states, but to strengthens them by a dicplay of con fidonoo and an absence of querulous jealousy. Self-sustaining independence and perfect political equality must be the condition of national existence on the American continent, and in pursuing this course Brazil will find firm allies in the United States. Such language at least seems to imply that the new President does not court another war, and that he is disposed rather to consolidate his power at home than to extend his dominions beyond their present bounds. It is to be hoped that he may find sufficient support in the more temperate and enlightened politicians of his country to enable him to show that leniency towards JEFFERSON DAVIS, and that prudence with respect to the negro, which Europe looks for with anxiety. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CHINA. RUMOURED REVOLT IN WESTERN • TARTARY. (By Overland Telegraph from Galle.) SHANGHAI, SEPT. 4. A. successful revolt is reported to have taken place in Western Tartary. The province of Ili has been wrested from the Celestial Empire. The Myenfei have seized three cities. A mandarin report states that Burgevine has been drowned. THE OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 8. The Mongolia and Poonah left here at daybreak to-day for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MAIL. JUNE 20-2 G. The Northam reached Melbourne on the 12th, and Sydney on the 14th August (correct date). OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, OCT. 8. The Pera, from Southampton on the 27th Sept., arrived here on the 6th inst. at 6 a.m., and left at noon for Alexandria. The Ripon, from Marseilles on the sth inst., arrived here to-day at 6 a.m., and will leave at 10 a.in. for Alexandria. ITALY. FLORENCE, OCT. 9. The King has appointed 32 senators. Letters from Rome, dated the 7th inst., state that Mgr. Innocent de'Merode is seriously ill. THE BANK OF FRANKFORT. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, OCT. 9. The Bank of Frankfort has announced that the rato of discount will be raised to-morrow from 4i to 51 per cent. and 67f. 90c. dont 50c. Credit Mobilier Shares are dealt in at 831 f. 25c., with a fall of 15f. Spanish Mobilier are doing at 480 f.—a loss of 13f. 75c. These shares are offered at 495 f. a prime dent 10f. Lombard Shares have fallen 10f.—to 427 f. 50c. New City Bonds are quoted 472 f. 50c. Three o'Clock.—The market has closed on the following quotations :- 41 per Cents 96 55 Do. end month 8 per Cents. Do. end month 67 65 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares — Credit Foncier 1295 Italian Loan 64 75 Do. end month 6l 87 RAIL Ditto Threes Roman 75 Mexican Loan 47 75 Do. Bonds 323 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 43 Home Debt — Deferred 'AYS. Cash. Acct. Orleans Northern — 807 50 1082 50 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern — ... 860 552 50 Western 522 50 Eastern ... 530 Sardinian Austrian 401 25 Lombard ... 435 North of Spain — 187 50 Saragossa — ... 280 Ditto to Barcelona ••• -- Roman THE REFORM LEAGUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—By inserting the following in your valuable paper, you will greatly oblige your obedient servants, EDMOND BEALES, President. GEORGE HOWELL, Secretary. RESIDENTIAL AND REGISTERED MANHOOD SUFFRAGE AND THE BALLOT. NATIONAL REFORM CONFERENCE. 8, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, W.C. The executive council of the Reform League, after mature deliberation, deem it their duty to convene a National Con ference, to be held in London at the opening of Parliament, to consider the question of electoral reform, and to adopt such measures as may be deemed expedient for the settle ment of this question on a broad and equitable basis, satis factory to the whole people. With this view they submit for consideration the following resolutions :- 1. The conference shall assemble in London one day at least previous to the opening of the new Parliament. 3. Such conference shall consist of delegates specially deputed from branch associations of the Reform League and other reform associations ; trades, benefit, temperance socities, and other organised bodies ; or appointed at public meetings called for that purpose, and by local, district, and ward committees, organised to promote the above move ment in Great Britain and Ireland; and members of both Houses of Parliament. 3. The business of the conference will be as follows— Firstly, A resolution affirming the principles of the Reform League. Secondly, The adoption of some plan of organi sation embracing the whole country, so that every consti tuency may assist in the agitation for electoral reform. Thirdly, To consider the Queen's speech, and adopt, if necessary, some resolution thereon.. Fourthly, To hold'a public meetingin the metropolis, to receive and adopt the roport and resolutions of the Conference. 4. The Prime Minister shall be requested to receive the members of the conference as a deputation, for the purpose of communicating to him the wishes of the country on the subject of parliamentary reform, as expressed by the people at public meetings and through their delegates in conference assembled, and to urge on him the necessity of speedily introducing a bill into Parliament in accordance therewith. 5. The conference shall petition the House of Commons that a certain number of working men, not less than twelve, being non-electors, and appointed by the conference, be heard at their bar, on the right o the unenfranchised classes to vote for members of that House. 6. The conference shall adopt addresses to Earl Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Go(Arge Grey, and other members of the Government, urging upon them the necessity of supporting measures for parliamentary reform satisfactory to the people. Notice of the day fixed for the conference and of the place of meeting shall be given by advertisements in the public papers and by circulars, as soon as possible after the day fixed for the assembling of Parliament shall be made known. All communications to be addressed to the secretary, Mr. George Howell, 8, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, London, W.C. The Gazette de France has received a first warning for reproducing a letter published by the Alsacien. The reason assigned for that step on the part of the Minister of the Interior is, that the author of this letteri making a suppositious and false calculation of the average number of the members of municipal councils, and of that of the mayors chosen from without those bodies, directs against the Government the injurious accusation of re garding " incapable or suspected " a whole category of honourable citizens, and strives to cast blame on the exer cise of a right which the Constitution confers on the exe cutive power. FRANCE. M. Gamier, formerly mayor of Neuilly (Seine), has just died, bequeathing to the commune of Lauris (Vaucluse), his birthplace, a sum of 200,000 f., of which 100,000 f. are to be employed in works of embankment and irrigation, and 100,000 f. in found ing communal establishments of public utility. The French international rifle match will open to-morrow, and continue to the 22d inclusively. As in preceding years, the fete will attract to Vin cennes a considerable number of foreign marksmen. The Emperor has sent two magnificent rifles to be shot for. A magnificent full-grown Algerian stag was found dead on Sautrday morning by the keepers in the Jardin-des-Plantes. Another animal from the same country, a splendid lioness, excites at the present moment the admiration of the visitors. She is lodged alone in a chalet with a court-yard covered in with iron railings, and also provided with a grotto. This partial liberty has given to the animal a beauty and an appearance of health not possessed by those con fined in cages. The menagerie at the present mo ment possesses three elephants of different sizes, all living separately. The swallows have begun to take their departure. Vast numbers of them might be seen yesterday, at about five in the afternoon, collected on the roof of the new market of the Temple, which at a distance looked perfectly black. After resting a little so as to give time for loiterers to arrive, the whole flock rose en masse, made a circuit in the air as if to re connoitre the direction to be taken, and then flew off towards the South. The Achbishop of Avignon has ordered public prayers throughout his diocese for the cessation of the cholera. Mu. Colet, . Bishop, of Lucon, has been named by. the Pope:a Roman Countand attendant on the Pon tifical throne. , An imperial degree has confirmed the brief conferring those two dignities; but the prelate is not permitted to bear the title of Count till he shall have demanded and obtained the special autho risation required by the decree of March 5, 1859. A general meeting of the shareholders of the Suez Canal Company has just been held. Among other statements the report announced that accord ing to the last balanced account of the company its disposal capital was 173 millions of francs ; also that the contractors for the works had engaged to finish them at the latest in the middle of the year 1868, at which' period the maritime canal will be definitively opened to ships of all dimensions ; a preliminary passage, inaugurated on the 15th of last August, already existing between the Mediter ranean and the Red Sea. Those communications were received with great favour, and the different propositions submitted to the meeting were adopted unanimously. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : " The barometer continues to fall in the west and centre of Europe ; the currents from the west are slowly approaching us ; they already cloud the sky, and produce rain at some points of the shores of the Atlantic. The gale signalised on Thursday in the North, which had its centre in Sweden, has ad vanced a little towards the South-East; another is closely following. The Gulfs of Lyons and Genoa and the Mediterranean are still subject to storms. The wind there blows strong from between N.E. and S.E. The sea is rough at Toulon ; and furious at Leghorn and in the Adriatic." In Paris yester day the weather was still clear and considerably cooler. The thermometer at tkree in the afternoon marked 18 Cent. (64 2-5 Fahr.) The performances at the theatre of Valenciennes were interrupted, two nights back, by a singular accident. The play was the " Diamants de la Couronne," in the first act of,'which, Count de San doval (Pilo), when surprised in the cavern of the false coiners, has to be disarmed. At this instant, one of the figurants advanced so precipitately that the Count's sword penetrated his breast, and he had to be carried off the stage. The performance was instantly suspended, but was soon after resumed, as the wound was ascertained not to be dangerous. The Correctional Tribunal of Metz has just tried a dealer in hay named Thomas, residing at Maizieres, on a charge of fraudulently deceiving aPurchaser as to the quantity delivered. It was proved that the defendant had so wetted the interior of the trusses in the two loads of hay as to increase considerably the weight of each truss, and thus caused the pur chaser a loss of 100 fr., to say nothing of the proba bility that the heating might have set his premises on fire. The defendant was condemned to six months' imprisonment, 50fr. fine, and all costs; likewise to pay the expense of publishing the judg ment in one journal, and by posting-bills, one of which was to be put up at his own door and another at the mairie. The Marquis de Moustier, absent on leave at his estate in Franche-Comte, has arrived in Paris, and will soon return to Constantinople to resume his functions at the French Embassy. The latest cholera accounts from Italy are as follows :-2d inst. Acqui, one case and one death ; Bari, 13 cases and 3 deaths ; Barletta, 13 cases and 4 deaths ; Lucera, one case and two deaths ; Pescara, one death ; Modena, one case and one death. 3d inst. :—Cavriago, one case and one death. The Emperor and Empress received yesterday at Biarritz a — visit from the Grand Duchess of Saxe- Weimar and her daughter the Princess Mary. The Count de Paiva, Portuguese Ambassador, has left Paris for the Spanish frontier to meet the Ring and Queen of Portugal. BOURSE, Oct. 7.—TWo o'Clock.—The continued weakness of the London market causes a depressing effect on the funds here. Consols are telegraphed e 2 with a further decline of 1 per cent. French Three per Cents show a decline of per cent.----their pre sentsiyel y operated i b u e t h 6 i 7 s f. Stock 6s at 68 65c. Primesf dentare x 7::, AMERICA. (Arrival of the Asia, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Evening). The Alabama Convention has passed the ordi nance recognising the abolition of slavery, forbid ding its existence hereafter, and providing for its abolition by the State Constitutional Amendment. The ordinance directs also that the Legislature shall enact laws to protect freedmen and guard them and the whites against the evils of sudden emancipation. An ordinance has been introduced permitting ne groes to testify in the courts and to hold property. The Attorney-General has decided not to consider applications for pardon from rebels residing abroad. The Brazilian Minister has had an audience of the President to deliver his credentials. Mr. Johnson, in replying to his address, said—" America wishes to promote civilisation in this hemisphere, develope its material resources, improve commerce, and intro duce as fast as possible free and and intelligent labour into the virgin fields of this continent. In stead of weakening new American States, we wish to strengthen them by reposing in them a generous confidence rather than indulge jealousies of their prosperity or a querulous disposition regarding the manner in which their Governments are adminis tered. All the nations of America if they would continue to exist must aspire to absolute self-sus taining independence and perfect political equality with other nations. If Brazil agrees to this policy we shall not only be close friends, but practically become firm and fast allies." It is asserted that the Canadian authorities have not refunded to St. Albans banks the whole amount taken by the raiders, and that Mr. Seward has de manded the balance of the money from the British Government. The Panama Star announces that the commander of the British war steamer Devastation, lying at Acapulco, on receipt of information of the depre dation of the Shenandoah, immediately started in pursuit of her, asserting that if ho overhauled her, he should treat her as a pirate. The Moravian and New York have arrived out. COMMERCIAL. NEW Yo it K , Sept. 26 (Evening). Money easy. Gold, 1438. Exchange on Lon don, 1571 ; do. on Paris, 3.584. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 94k. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1088. NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (Evening). The South Carolina State Convention has resolved to send a deputation to Washington to ask the clemency of the Executive for Messrs. Davis and Stephens. Mr. Trenholmo Magrath, Governor of South Carolina, has been directed to organise the militia companies. They will act under the orders of the Federal commanders. Colonel Thomas reports that he fears a conflict between the freedmen and the whites will ensue if the organisation of the Mississippi militia is carried out. A gang of forty guerillas are committing murder and robbery in the neighbourhood of Springfield, in Tennessee. Colonel Palmer and General Brisbin have been indicted in Kentucky for abducting slaves, and in terfering with the slave law. A large Fenian meeting has been held in New York, at which speeches were made declaring that an Irish Republican loan will shortly be announced. The Alabama Convention has unanimously passed an ordinance annulling the Secession Ordinance, and has also decided that the white population shall alone form their representation. The Courrier des Etats Unis states that an agent of Juarez is actively engaged with a New York banking firm in endeavouring to negotiate a loan. Advices from Brownsville to the Bth state that numerous Republican bands are reported to be still threatening Matamoras. Ihe Cuba and Etna have arrived out. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (Evening). Rumours are again current that the Government proposes shortly funding the interest -bearing cur rency into Five-Twenty Bonds. Money easy. Gold, 144. Exchange on London, 157 k ; on Paris, 3.584. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Central, 95 ; Illinois, 129 ; Erie, 87i- ; Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1071. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 44i. Flour and wheat declining. Corn declining. Provisions good inquiry. Coffee dull. Sugar and molasses steady. Petroleum very firm. Crude, 39 ; refined, 623- to 63. MEXICO. Advices from Vera Cruz to S eptember 15 s t a te that the Republicans under Cortinas and Cobea had fought a three hours' engagement with a column of Mejia's forces at Cleros, in Nueva Leon. The Imperialists fell back in good order, after firing their last cartridge. The Republicans under Vega had surprised the town of Catarces, and levied a loan of $BO,OOO. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Halifax on the 28th ult., arrived in Queenstown at 4 p.m. to day (Sunday), with 109 cabin passengers and $:5,000 in specie. She landed 123 sacks of mails and 18 cabin passengers, and proceeded at 4 15 p.m. for Liverpool. All well. OUTWARD MAIL. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 8. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia arrived here at 8 a.m. to-day. She embarked the mails, passengers, and latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York. All well. GARIBALDI AND THE ITALIAN ELECTIONS.—The Sole of Milan gives the following reply as made by Gari baldi to an application for the influence of his name at the coming elections :—" I do not meddle, and do not wish to interfere, in the proceedings. The Italian people are no longer in their minority ; their business is to choose; for them the evil, and for us the regret, if they shall make a bad choice." Count Anatole Lemercier has been elected Pre sident of the Oriental Society of France, in place of the Duko de la Rouchefoucauld-Doudeauville, deceased. and who had himself succeeded M. Drouyn do Lhuys when the latter became Minister. MR. MAYALL'S PORTRAIT OF TENNYSON AT THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—Mr. Mayall's life-size pho tograph of the Poet Laureate, which has been exhibited at Dublin, and has been freely spoken of as an illustration of a new phase in the interesting art of photography—viz., the power of obtaining any sized picture up to the life size from a very small negative, has won for the artist the dis tinction of a medal from the jurors of the Fine Arts sec tion of the Dublin Exhibition. The medal is awarded for that and for "skilful manipulation." The jurors have only awarded 33 medals to the whole of the United Kingdom, Victoria, Bavaria, France, and Sa,xony. Of these 16 go to London, one to Edinburgh, one to Manchester, one to Birmingham, and, oddly enough, no t one remains in Dublin. LITERATURE. Oswald Hastings; or, the Adventures of a Queen's Aide-de-Camp. By Captain W. W. Knollys, 93d Sutherland Highlanders. Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. Captain Knollys has wisely chosen for the theme of his first novel a subject with which he is per fectly familiar. The details' of army life, the peculiarities of different commanders, the gossip of the mess-room, and the various trials of different degree that beset the upward path of the friendless but ambitious soldier, are here portrayed with a wonderful fidelity, which imparts to the work, as a military novel, a particular and unusual interest and importance. So much we are glad to be able to say of the first three-volume work of a young author. Regarding " 03wald Hastings " as a novel, however, it lacks one of the most important qualifications of a good story, concentrated interest. The organ of con structiveness is all important to the novel-writer. Other qualities may delight the reader for a time, as in the instance of Thackeray, the author of one famous " novel without a hero," and of so many others without any organised plot or story. It mattered little to his readers, however, like the charming' lady of whom it was said " she gossiped whenever she pleased, and pleased whenever she gossiped." The delightful pen of Mr. Roundabout could always fascinate our attention But the ex ample is not a safe one for ordinary writers. Every reader is not obliged (like the critic) to follow a story to the end if no particular interest or curiosity be excited. " Oswald Hastings," we must confess after his earlier difficulties in the first volume, creates little anxiety in our minds as to his ultimate for tunes. His early love for Ellen Kirkhan does not exercise a very enduring influence on his affections. Even his partial biographer is obliged to apologise for his fickle fancies. We consider he is very rightly served by the faithless Euphemia, whose marriage, by the way, bears a striking similarity to a recent run-away match in high life. We will not reveal any further the incidents of the tale, slight as they are, but content ourselves with some extracts that may evidence Capt. Knollys's graphic power in de scribing scenes of gallantry and adventure. Here, for example, is— THE TROOP-SHIP ON FIRE. The monotony of the voyage was now for some time un broken by anything but the appearance of a solitary whale, an event which was celebrated by the men with "three cheers," given with as much good will as if they had cap tured a fortress. When within 200 miles of their destina tion, an event took place which very near brought the voy age to a tragical termination. One night about twelve o'clock, the sentry near the hold summoned the sergeant of the guard and informed him that there was a strong smell of fire. The Adjutant and commanding officer were immediately called, but by the time they arrived on the spot flames had burst out and the whole ship was alarmed. The bugle at once sounded for the men to repair to fire quarters, and though at first there was a slight rush and some little confusion, yet the Colonel's voice soon restored order. The ship was immediately placed before the wind, to prevent the flames from being driv en a ft i n th e di rect i on of the magazine. The pumps were rigged and brought to bear on the fire, and an attempt was made to smother it with wet blankets. The magazine was also drowned. In spite of all the efforts of the men and officers the flames could not bo subdued, and it became probable that if no ship came to the rescue, the crew and passengers of the Typhoon would soon have to choose between three al ternatives, namely, a watery grave, a fiery death, or the chance of life in boats and on rafts on a tossing sea. In deed, we doubt whether the soldier's courage is ever ex posed to such a severe trial as in the case of a fire at sea. Yet for all that, how seldom de they falter, how nobly do they perform their duty ! Fire seems to exercise a refining and purifying influence on them, to bring out their better qualities, and to cause those of a grosser nature to evaporate. The wonderful power of discipline was in this instance most wonderfully exemplified. On the brink of eternity, with apparently little to hope or fear from man, with the roaring of the flames and the fury of the waves holding up to scorn the weak power of their earthly masters, the soldiers of the 155th showed themselves as obedient to orders as if in the barrack yard. Discipline had become with them so fixed an instinct, that it was, so to speak, a second nature, cap able of resisting even the influence which the fear of approaching death might have been supposed to exer cise over them. With some a sense of duty produced this marvellous effect, with others a natural insensibility to dan ger, but with the majority it was the second instinct we have alluded to which suddenly transformed them into heroes. Oswald ,vas surprised to find how little time for thought was left him by the necessity for exertion, the ex citement of facing the present dancer and of attaining the absorbing aim of all, that of extinguishing the tire. In the following extract the bravery, and, also, let us add, the fickle nature of our hero, is made manifest. The scene is now in the land of the Kaffirs, and the chapter is entitled— OSWALD SUPS FULL OF HORRORS. We closed our last chapter just as Oswald was aroused from sleep by the fearful s ound of the h o sprang from bed, an d i n an Kaffir yell. Al er t his boots and trows ers, and hurried i a n s s b ts e n co t m hs e d s s a lip s p ol e d d ic o r n , hi s into the next room. Quick, however, as he had been, Cap tain Childers, fortunately an early riser, had already bar red the door, and with his double-barrelled gun shot down the two foremost savages, who, after butchering the farm servants in the out-buildings, were hurrying up to com plete their work at the house. On seeing their compa nions fall, they paused in their rush, whi c h gave O swa ld time to fire his pistols with effect amongst them, and to M a ry Childers to close the shutters. Seeing the inmates prepared, the wily savages had recourse to their usual mode of fighting, and speedily got under cover, from whence they kept up a smart fire of musketry and assegais on whatever part of the wooden walls they considered thinnest. The house consisted of four rooms, and the little garri sion were obliged to fire from each in succession, in order to give the appearance of numbers, and to prevent the enemy from approaching unobserved by some unwatched point. Fortunately there wore three guns besides Oswald's double-barrelled pistols in the house, and these were fired through loop-holes, which had been made for that purpose, in the door and shutters. The old man looked sad but determined. His first words to Oswald wore, " I'm afraid it's all up with us, but we must make the best fight we can and trust to God's mercy for deliverance. I felt certain that some misfortune was going to happen, and my fore bodings were too true. I'm sure I shall never leave this place alive, but if you escape, you will take care of Mary ; won't you? She's engaged to a settler, about fifty miles off from hero, it's true, but I distrust that man." Oswald promised to obey his injunctions, and tried to inspire him with a little of the hope he was very far from feeling himself. As to the girl, notwithstanding their cri tical position, he could not help glancing at her with ad miration. Suddenly awoke from sleep, with nothing over her night dress but a loose wrapper, her hair hanging in massy wares about her shoulders, her little, white feet thrust into a pair of slippers, her cheek flushed, and her eyes gleaming with excitement, she reminded him of Me dora, "in all the wildness of dishevelled charms." At an other time, she would have blushed at being seen in such a plight by any ono save her own father; but then she was totally absorbed by the danger and the means of facing it. Feminine as the daintiest damsel in Belgravia, she, like a true woman, showed herself equal to the circumstances in which she was placed, displaying an amount of courage and presence of mind which would not have disgraced the most gallant soldier who ever wielded sword. She was of immense use to Oswald and her father. As fast as they could fire she loaded for them, and when not so occupied, ran from window to window to see what the Kaffirs were about. Oswald, brave and sanguine by temperament as he was, made up his mind that his last hour was approaching, and only grimly determined to take with him to the other world as many of the enemy as pos sible. He had little time for thought, yet he did think of Ellen, and wondered whether she would hear of his death, and would ever marry any one else. He blamed him self too as a traitor to love, for having even given one look of admiration at the lovely girl—for pretty at all times, she was positively lovely then—who was so bravely aiding them. The yells, the sounds of muskets, and the whistling of bullets, however, soon drove away all thoughts of love, all powor of reflection. He lived but in the moment, and in the fierce struggle in which lie was engaged. An Englishman at bay becomes very ferocious, and the taste of blood intoxicates him like a draught of strong wine. Oswald positively exulted when once or twice ho saw a Kaffir fall beneath his aim, and could with difficulty restrain himself from terminating the out and ending the tragedy at once. suspense by rush in g The young soldier on his first battle field feelingsitv described before now, but we must aebee of n a quote an evidently truthful description of the emo tions of Oswald Hastings THE FIRST TIME UNDER FIRE. The company sent to the right was commanded by Cap tain Frankland, and was that to which Oswald belonged. The latter, though a brave man, yet felt somewhat excited, and was was conscious of a certain rapid beating of the heart which few men aro without on the occasion of their first going into action. It was not that he was afraid, but still any moment might be his last, and moreover he was nervously anxious as to how he should behave in this his maiden field. Ile was afraid of being afraid. The com pany proceeded with one sub-division extended as skir mishers and the other in reserve. Oswald was with the skirmishers, who had not gone far before they were warmly engaged. As the first whistling of the bullet 6 met his ears, Oswald could not restrain a slight nervous motion of the head to the contrary side, not thinking that by the time he heard the sound the missile had passed him. At every shot the thought occurred to him, " Per haps that is destined to end my days," and though net alarmed, he felt very uncomfortable, and could not divest himself of a feeling of anxiety very much resembling that which a school-boy experiences in his endeavour to evade the snow-balls which are being thrown at him by his OW fellows. Soon, that is to say in a few seconds, for men live quickly at such moments, the feeling that we have de scribed left him, and he began to regard the shot which were whistling about him as if they were so many stones by which it would bo disagreeable to be hit, but which carried with them no idea of danger. When called on for active exertions, in looking after the men, all thought of self deserted him, and when he next had an instant's leisure for reflection, he was quite surprised at his own insert" sibility to danger. Some sketches of the eccentricities of different corn' manders, and some very judicious opinions upon the peculiar qualities that insure the affection as well as the obedience of the soldier, we might add, but our extracts have been sufficient to show that Cal ) " tain Knollys possesses many qualifications for the telling of a good story. His manner is alwaYs animated, and his matter generally entertaining. Popular Dance Music by A. F. Godfrey. -40- - - PUBLISHED BY ROBERT COCKS AND CO., NEST B URLINGTON-STREET. Any one who has ever witnessed the Irish Jig 10 , " Arrah-na-Pogue," 'who h as ever seen Labitzla leading (as if with an elastic baton) one of his deli cious waltzes, who has ever read Torn Hood's won' derfully exciting and excruciatingly ridiculous de' scription of the effects of the bite of the Tarantula , any one, finally, who has ever beheld Charles Mathews dancing the Tarantula Dance,:in "The One Hour or The Carnival Ball," as Charles Mathew° alone could dance it, to the twinkling of his feet and the rippling clatter of his castanets—must, upon the instant, understand in its full force, An d at its full intensity, what is here meant when We speak of the exhilerating influence of genuine Dance-Music ! And of the trick, the knack, the gift of writing genuine dance-music—the Brothers Godfrey have, beyond a moment's doubt Of it, somehow or another, discovered the secret. One of them (was it not D. Godfrey ?) is allowed upon all hands—perhaps we ought to say more cot" rectly upon all feet (certainly among all true lover° of the dance here in London)—to have made the hit of the season, with his universally p o pular Guards' Waltz. And now, from the hand of 1 11 ° brother, A. F. Godfrey, Band Master of the Cold stream Guards, we have these three very notable add!' tions to the dance-music of the day, or of the night , worthy of being deposited for use whenever the occs' 'ion requires, in the same drawer of the canterburi in which already lies the well-fingered copy of the " Guards' Waltz." A Waltz, a Gallop, and a Qua' drille—all named of ter the United Service ! Each of the three, being very radiantly illustrated with symbolical coloured embellishments The United Service Galop giving a droll representation of Private Soldier and an A.B. Sailor, back to back upon a bare-backed steed, enjoying an equestrian galoppade of their own ! The blue-jacket coolly having a look out astern through an extended teles' cope, while the red-jacket is holding the astonished charger round the neck, by way of maintain' ing the perpendicular both of himself and Ili° companion. The United Service Waltz, on the other hand, gracefully rather than grotesquely, symbolise° the Two Arms (as we may say) of Britannia, thus---nn either side of a Victory, w ho is di s t r ib u ti ng wreaths °l', Honour to the right and to the left--here a young Ensign, bearing, sword in hand, the banner of regiment—here Jack, aloft among the rig' ging, with a hammer in his grasp, just at th e moment, Nye may presume, of his having nailed the " meteor flag" of England to the mast! Finally, her e is The United Service Quadrille, with a still mor e , gorgeous emblazonment, having the standards of Our Empire, the Red Ensign and the Blue, as the background to the medallion effigies of our Sol' dier Prince of Wales and our Sailor Prince Alfred ! Waterloo and St. Vincent"' the Nile, the Alma and Inkerrnan—Copenhage n and Trafalgar—shining out, together with the .word Sebastopol, in gilt characters, among the green leaves of the laurel-garland encircling the picture. Within each of I,livwJ three compositions, moreover —under thei r th ree brilliant title-pages—there 01 dance-music worthy of all this lavish decoration . Dance-music certain to tickle the fancy (and the feet) of all the dancers who may listen to it—whirling some into the waltz, others into the wilder galor pade, others, and these the sedater, into the mor e equable mazes of the quadrille—the latter to th e tune, in varied sequence (among other melodies), ° C " The Girl I left behind me," of "The Jolly Young o Waterman," of " The Dashing White Sergeant, of " The British Grenadiers," of " God Bless the Prince of Wales," and last, not least of our true National Anthem, " Rule Britannia." No wonder, then, that the pieces here noticed—Waltz, Galop, and Quadrille—are winning for themselves wherever they are listened to, and danced to, a wide an d enlarging popularity 1 The Natural Wines of Greece and Hungary' _ _------0.-- --_ _--- A vigorous attempt is now being made to bring about A reform in wine drinking by the introduction into tbil country of the wines of Greece and Hungary. Of course such an undertaking is beset with difficulty, because prejudice, and a very strong one too, exists in favour 0 ' the productions of Spain and Portugal. Still there seal s to be at the present moment room for improving the tastes of those who are debarred the privilege of oonsuiry ing the fortified ports and sherries of the great wil le houses, and who quietly put up with the liquid retailed at many of the grocers' shops, which in many instances 18 quite innocent of the juice of the grape. To those, there fore, the advantage of a pure, natural wine will at once b e apparent, and it seems quite extraordinary that since the alteration of the tariff the light and agreeable wines 01 Greece, Hungary, and other European countries should have been to a great degree overlooked. Not, we shoul d imagine, that the wines of Greece wore unknown to fame , because the Greeks were the first in the European contineot to cultivate the vine, to crop the heavy clusters °' blooming grapes, to trample with bare feet in the deep ve t ' amid the spouting blood of Bacchus, to leave the wondrous liquor to ferment, and then to fill the cask and store tool the crimson nectar. It was in Greek wine no doubt that Cleopatra pledged Anthony. Then, again, James I. had classic taste in drink as well as in learning, and he imbibe d a great deal of Greek wine ; and we may be pretty sure that a good many of his attached henchmen and hangers' on swore by Cyprus and Chios. Determined that this air scale, of pure natural wino in England should continue Irl° longer, Mr. Denman, of Abchurch-lane and Piccadilly" a gentleman of enterprise and experience, has in a veil spirited manner introduced the invigorating and email:a:4.. ing wines from Greece to the notice of the great body 0f wine consumers of the metropolis. It is not the o bject of Mr. Denman to attempt to extinguish the taste for port and sherry—that would indeed be a hopeless task; bu t what he desires to achieve is to cultivate a taste amongst the brain-toiling and intellectual portion of the community' for a wine which will satisfy, and make a man feel that he has taken something which consoles and sustains his bodily powers without entirely dethroning his reason ing faculties. It would be impossible to devote spac e sufficient to enlarge upon the different Greek and Hung*" rian winos now offered to the public by Mr. Denman , therefore we must content ourselves with just mentioning thoso which seem best suited to the tastes of the public. White Keffesia (20s. a dozen) maybe compared to a genuine light sherry with a clean, round, and perfect taste. Til e Red Keffesia (at the same price) is a fine fall-bodied d'i wine, markedly astringent, but not acid, and much to be preferred to Bordeaux of an equal price. Thera is a fine white wine, full of body with Madeira character , and yet it is to be had at 20s. the dozen. Com° is a peculiarly fine red wine, resembling full bodied and rich port, and for an unfortified natural wine it is certainly' extraordinary, it having 30 of alcoholic strength. St. Elie is a very peculiarly delicate white wine, with 25 of alco holic strength, and incomparable at the price (245.) A t which it is offered to the public. Wo have selected the above merely from the circumstance that having had the pleasure of testing the natural wines of Mr. Denman, 10 can honestly recommend them to the attention of that great body of the public who are looking out for something' palatable and exhilarating, between gouty port, dell sherry, and "heavy wet." The Countess of Leicester and the Ladies Coke have left Farrance's Hotel, for Holkham-hall, Norfolk. His Excellency Viscount Monck has arrived A t Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Canada. The Count and Countess Moussine Pouchkin e and family have left the Clarendon Hotel for Brussels. Lord and Lady Colchester have arrived at their residence in Berkeley-square, from Tunbridge Wells. Lord and L Car ady Otho Fitzgerald arrived at their residence on lton-house-terrace, on Saturday, fora visiting tour.