The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-24 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL' DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton T BIS EVENING be perlormed Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN. Mr. Phelt.s, Mr. Barry .t.. 1.111 1 ,11111, Messrs. T. Swinbourne, T. dread. Master I'e►cy Roselle; Mesdames Berman Vezin. 11. Vaadenhofi; G. Hodson, F. Beni. ett, A. Goller, &C. To cono.ude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Leasee and Manager, Mr. Bucksione. This Theatre will OPEN for the Season col MONDAY. Oct 1. D. r. and Mr. Charles Ni athtws, n their return from the Confine' , t, will appear. with M r. Buckstone, Mr C ,n,pton, Mr. Chippendsie, Mr Howe, Mr. W. Farrell. olr. lark, lir. Rogers, Mr W. "Gordon, Mr. Braid, Mr. Weathersby. Mr. Cue; Miss Neliy Moore, Mr,. Chippendale, Miss C. inn, Mi F,iny Wright, Mss LovJ. Mrs. Laws, Miss Coleman. A,;. ss Mr. n ttothern at Chr i stmas. e Full particatars oil the •26,1 i. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE._ Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Yea:liter. Tkil 4 EVENING, ant during the week.—Mr. and lira DION ISIJUCICAULT in the new Drama, LONG Wr Mail" Ptrtorniances :—At -7 o'clock, NURS KY CHI KWEED Messrs. IL Widdicomb, Moreland, D. Evans, and Miss K. Illandlord. .At a Quarter before 8. the new Drama, in Four Ac's. THE LONU sTraiie, written by Dion lioucicault, The New 164ene yby Mr. 'l. Greive and assistants. Mess.s. S Emery, t. Widaicomb, titzpatrick, Daltnn. D. Evans, Anderson, /..evrh ou nd Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews , Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper., To conclude with UP•IN THE WORLD. Acting Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM TFLEATIIII:.—Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor). Mr. D. Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci cault. At 7 o'clock. RYA L PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. - Doors open at Half-past Seven, performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. ',THIS EVENING, a New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, by Watts Phillips, Etlq., entitled THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. Principal characters by Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss Augusta Thomson; Mr. Geor_e honey and Mr. Vining. Grand Ballet of Bo:lemma, in which MM Flageo let, c lodoche, Comete, and A ormande, will appear. Aerr scenery by Mr. P. Lloyds. THEATRE RO.YAL ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster, Will RE-OPEN en 310NDAY, Oct. 1. The Company to meet in the Green Roem on 310hDAY, Sept. 24, a One o'clock. Miss HATE TXILRY will make her First Appear ance at the Theatre Royal A delphi on Monday, Oct. 1. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. bole Lessee and Manageress, firs. Jwanborough. THIS .EVENING, THE MAR RI D BACHELOR. Messrs. Thorne and Price; Misses Johnstone and Mu. hes. To be followed by WAITING FOR THE UNDER GROUND. Atter which, will be prolucel the Latest Edition of KENILWORTH. Messrs. 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DAY (Mon,tay and TO- M. )ItROW, the Vith inst. and lIN-( , PENED as winal WEDNESDAY MORNING, the 2,ith inst., i‘t Seven o'clock. E. 310SKS and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke Tapers, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Ha tern, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and Genes al uutfitters. London Houses : 151, 155, 156, 157, Minories ; 83. 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, Ildgute 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street ; 1, 2, 3, Hart-street ; 137, 138, 'Uottenhim-court-road ; Euston-road. Country Branch—Bradford, Yorkshire. HIGtI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Horning, lb. 40m.— Afternoon, 2h. Om T3-hionito w.-Dlonaing, 2h. 16m.—Afternoon, 2h. 36m. 3, a 441 .6 1 'Qr ;W . aiNki SIM . . LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1866. The arrival of the Asia from Halifax and Boston, brings us news from New York to the 11th inst. The accounts of the PRESIDENT'S reception during his tour are of a very similar kind to those which we had previously. There is the same vehement con flict of feeling, the same feeling on the part of the populace, the same outrageous vindictiveness on the part of the Radicals, carried, however, at some places to an extreme which they have not before reached. The Radicals have felt for some time that their cause was becomiug desperate, and . consequently are prepared to stop at nothing. They have openly avowed their convic tion that blood will be shed, and have threatened that riots will occur before long. They have already begun to carry out these threats, and it is notice able that it has been in the West the greatest con fusion has prevailed. At Indianopolis, the capital of Indiana, the PRESIDENT was w e l comed by Gen. MEREDITH on behalf of the citizens. He then began to address a large crowd that had assembled rou n d the hotel, but was prevented from speaking by yell% and groans, and shouts of "Traitor." Mr. JOHNSON, upon this, very naturally retired from the balcony, when the confusion increased and violence began, a number of shots being fired, several persons wounded and one man who was attempting to defend one of the complimentary inscriptions shot dead. AI Cincinnati the city council have refused, by a ma jority of three to one, to receive the Presidential party. A number of prominent merchants have re solved to provide a suitable reception on their own account. It is rumoured that the Radicals will attempt to create a riot, being apparently deter mined to show themselves to the country in their true colours. They do not attempt to disguise the extravagance of their schemes, or the vindictiveness and greed of their policy. One would imagine that no rational man could dream for a moment of put ting such theories into practice, but THADDEUS STEVENS, one of the recogrn.s . ed leaders of the Radi cals in Congress, deliberately announces the policy of his party to be " territorial government in the South, confiscation, and negro suffrage." On what grounds he proposes to confiscate the lands in the South he does not say. A year and a half ago the war was closed, and the so-called rebel States have every one expressed their readiness to acknowledge the Central Government. What could the North do more if they had maintained open disaffection ? The sin of attempting to dissolve the Union is in their eyesunpardon able, but they appear to be totally obli vious of the fact that they are themselves committing it. That cannot be called a union of States in which one part keeps the other part in enforced subjec tion, even supposing such a state of things to be possible, which any one of the least acquaintance with the facts must know it is not. But the Radi cals go on recklessly, heaping unmeasured abuse upon the PRESIDENT, though,_ as he shrewdly observed in one of his speeches, they are a little puzzled when called upon to substantiate their ran- dom accusations. At St. Louis Mr. JOHNSON made a speech of some length in his usual vigorous manner. His speech may be rough and unpolished when compared with the more reticent language of English statesmen, however impassioned. But the PRESIDENT mea sures his words by his audience, and his plain, reso lute, and unspoken addresses carry weight with the populace. He is remarkable for his courage, and never troubles himself when anything he says is evidently unpopular to retract or modify it. He is ready at retort, and does not spare his opponents. He knows what they say of him, and calls updn them to prove what they say. He is asked why he does not hang JEFFERSON Davis, and he asks, in return, why he should not hang THADDEUS STEVENS, since treason at one end of the line is as bad as at another, and both have forsaken the Constitution. He is plain enough in his accusations if the Radicals are vague in theirs. They are, he says, endeavour ing to ingratiate themselves with the soldiers, but what have they done for them ? They have given him a bounty of $5O after two years' service, but they have done something else for themselves. " The patriotic young man who slept in the tented field, and perilled his life and perhaps left his limbs behind him, he can get $5O bounty if he has served two years ; but the members of Congress, who never smelt gunpowder, can get $4,000 extra pay." Well might Mr. JOHNSON call this " a quaint pic ture ;" but it is very suggestive of the real motives and intentions of theparty. As for the negroes, there is equally good reason to suspect the professions of tke Radicals in their favour, and Mr. JOIINSON plainly declared his conviction that " the Freedmen's Bureau was a simple proposition to transfer four millions of slaves from their original owners to a new set of taskmasters." Under this system he added, those interested would work the shares, and call on the Government to bear all the expenses, and if there were any profits left they would pocket them. This is, in fact, a very simple statement of the case, and the Radicals may well fear to hear the truth so plainly spoken. It would really seem as if the Prussians would never have done with their celebrations and triumphs. Such a fuss as they make is quite absurd, and show that they are quite resolved to make the most of what has taken place without regard to sense or propriety. A grand banquet took place at Berlin on Saturday in honour of the return of the army, and, of course, the occasion was seized for the dis play of the usual extravagance of speech that cha racterises the Prussians when discoursing upon their own doings. The military representatives of Eng land, France, Italy, and Russia were present at the banquet, and the KING made a speech concluding with these words, "May peace be lasting, and of equal benefit to the future of Prussia and Germany," proceeding with the usual palaver of the Father land and the people in arms. No term in modern days is more twisted and turned to suit the con venience of the moment than this one of " Father land," and it will fairly puzzle any one to define its exact meaning, especially of per the changes wrought by the tactics of the Berlin authorities. In pursuance of this scheme we find that the KING has addressed a letter of thanks to the civic authOrities and popu lation of Berlin, in which he expresses his gratitude for the " brilliant reception" which they have ac corded to the army ; and adds, " Such moments as these unite more closely that which was already united, and place the aims which we pursue with a unanimous, persevering, and self-sacrificing spirit—namely, the good of the fatherland in an even clearer light." All this sounds very grand, but when we come to analyse it we perceive that it con tains no truth whatever. As for what was united before the war, it was not the KING and the people, neither was it the KING and the Cham bers ; and as for the self-sacrificing spirit that is mentioned in the royal letter, we do not see a particle of it. The Prussians are giving up just in order to further the selfish and grasping aims of their rulers, very much on the same principle that they did at the time of the Danish war, and heuce it is quite out of character to write in this strain. Those whom he addresses cannot be de ceived, and the world at large will quickly detect the subterfuge, and appreciate the worth of the pro fessions. It appears that the affairs of Saxony are still in confusion, and that no settlement has been come to on the point so long debated by the plenipotentiaries at their preliminary conferences. It is asserted by the Zeidler Correspondence, that it has been erroneously given out that an understanding had been come to, and that at the present moment no negotiations whatever are being carried on with Saxony. If this be true, it only proves what we have all along suspected, thatthe agents of the Berlin Government are trying to carry on a very desperate game, and to undermine the independence of the little kingdom altogether. it is really monstrous the way in which these ruthless aggressors are carrying on their game, and the perversity with which they conduct their plans when but little is to be gained shows their utter want of consideration, and their little regard for treaties. Saxony has been shamefully treated, and perhaps it has been one of the worst features in the case, when we bear in mind that a special stipulation was made in its favour at the late treaty. Notwithstanding the fact of the Emperor NAPOLEON having gone to Biarritz considerable uncertainty still prevails re epecting his health, and, no doubt, BISMARCK turns all thesefiurmises to his own advantage, and it seems as it every chance conspired just now to be in his favour. Another proof of the great danger th a t ensues from delays has been given in the case of the Abyssinian captives. A most sad account of their position has reached us; and, indeed, we h ave some reason to believe that they have by this time been sacrificed to the fury of their fierce and relentless captor. It appears that a battle was fought at the end of July between the army of l ' THEODORE noEfontohne most cand the insurgents of Tigre and Choa, two civilised provinces of that country. Unfortunately it was supposed by the EMPEROR that English were implicated w ith the rebels,s the they were in constant communication with Aden, and the insurgents drew armies and supplies from that place. Mr. RASSAM has addressed a letter to the Nice journal, in which he states on the authority of one of his own colonists that THEODORE was greatly enraged at the doubtful issue of the contest, and having recognised the hand of the English on the side of the insurgents, he, supposing his failure to be due to them, had a fit of fury, of which none around him remembered to have seen the like, and which, says the letter, " made the whole army tremble." Ire ordered the immediate execution of all the captives excepting the women and children. "All that we could do was imme diately to inform the EMPRESS," adds the informant. Upon her resolution rested the only chance of safety for the captives. She had authority, for she is Regent ; but the question is, Was there time for her to suspend the executions, and would she do so ? If she had the courage all may yet be well, but otherwise, long before this time liAssAM ,CAMERON, STERN, and the rest will have been beheaded. Ili will, indeed, be a dreadful thing after all the hopes justly entertained of their release. It shows, moreover, the exceeding folly of leaving things to chance in the affairs of those who are in the hands of despots. The late Government mismanaged things very much in respect to these prisoners, and offended the irascible THEODORE by treating him with disrespect, while at the same time they did not impress him with an idea of their power so as to insure the proper treatment of his captives. We hope that the worst has not happened regarding these unfortunate victims of mis chance, and that their friends may yet see them return to their native land to enjoy the blessing of freedom. CORRESPONDENCE FROM FARM (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Empress and the Prince Imperial came to meet the Emperor on his arrival at Biarritz. His Majesty, who had been impatiently expected at Biarritz for some days, was received with the ut most affection and cordiality by the population and the numerous strangers now residing in the town. Her Majesty the Empress of Russia has sent to the Princess Matilda the grand cordon and the decoration in diamonds of the Order of Sainte Catherine. The Journal de Dresde says that the news given by the Nouvelle Presse Libre of the conclusion of peace between Prussia and Saxony is premature ; but the official journal believes, nevertheless, that the negotiations will have a favourable result. The :Memorial Diplomatique says it learns "from a source on which it places entire reliance that the English Government has decided to devote a sum of 20 million sterling to complete the armaments of Great Britain both in regard to the fleet and the army. The preparatory execution of the requisite measures has commenced, and they will be actively pursued during the interval which will elapse before the meeting of Parliament. As soon as Parliament shall assemble the Minister will submit the measures he has in view for its sanction, and ask for a vote of credit to carry them into execution. Lord Derby is so determined to place England in a position to meet any eventualities which may arise that rather than renounce the object he has in view he will dissolve Parliament." Be this announcement well or ill-founded, the Paris papers do not seem to think it worth much attention. Sometimes startling news respecting England is, however, known at Paris be fore it transpires in London. The vintage has commenced in the Maconnais, not under favourable auspices, but from the upset-, tled state of the weather cultivators fear that by delaying the vintage time will be still worse. For merly there was a prohibition against the com mencement of the vintage until a certain day, just as shooting is forbidden until the reign of St. Partridge, the first of September. The prohibition was called Ban des Vendanges. Now cultivators may begin to make wine when they like. The vin tage is an important epoch in France, and no won der that some French writers now employ themselves with erudite researches upon the subject. They tell us that the wine originally came from Persia, that Caesar in his Commentaries speaks of the wine of Campo Forti, and that in ancient times vines were trained against cathedrals. Rabelais, they say, was a great drinker; at least his epitaph records, " Here lies the man who drank every day as long as he lived." Modern French authors have culti vated vines. Paul Louis Courrier had a vineyard, and Lamartine has one now. In France two mil lions of hectares are planted with vines, which pro duce 40 million hectolitres of wine. This wine produces 500 millions of francs. Of this amount no less than the sum of 80 millions of francs is paid to the Government in the shape of duty. The works for levelling the heights of Trocadero at Passy have led to the discovery of a quarry of stone of the peculiar kind used for sharpening razors, and for lithography. A lithographic artist by chance took up a piece of the stone, which he has polished, and it is found perfectly applicable to lithographic printing. Near this spot there was formerly a marble quarry. It is proposed to work the quarry now discovered. A trial for poisoning of a terrible character is about to take place at the Court of Assize of the Deux Sevres. The accused is charged with poison ing four persons, Pierre Reau, his brother-in-law, who died in 1853, Marie Jeanne Reau, his first wife, Julie Bontemps, his second wife, and Adele Reau, his daughter by that wife. All these persons died with vomitings and convulsions, particularly the second wife, Julie Bontemps. The bodies were exhumed, and traces of poison, salt of mercury, were discovered. Circumstances led to the belief that all these murders were committed by the same person; and suspicion pointed to the prisoner. It was known that he had conceived a violent hatred against his brother-in-law. The prisoner had also obtained wills in his favour from both his wives, and the motive for the murder of the child of the second wife was that she would have inherited some of her mother's property. It appears that by the French law, as one of the murders was committed more than ten years ago, there is prescription, and no proceedings can be taken in reference to it, but the prisoner will be tried on the charge of com mitting the three other murdep. The Jews of Paris keep their great religious fete —the Feast of Pardons--very devoutly. This fete, in Hebrew Biom-ki-pour, commenced on Wed nesday last. On that day the localities leading to the two great synagogues, one on the Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, the other on the Rue Lamar tine, were almost blocked up with the faithful pro ceeding to public worship. The' Jewish population of Paris is estimated at 30,000. The fete is cele brated according to the Mosaic law by singing, prayers, and particularly by a rigorims fast for 25i hours. The venerable rabbis went in procession to the synagogues in the usual ceremonial costume including the ephod, or tunic. Eight days after this fete is that of the Roch-Achanah, the renewal of the Jewish year. The accident to Adelina, belonging to M. Bal chin, at the Chantilly races, arose in this way. Soon after starting for the fourth race she threw her jockey (Smith), leaped the barriers, and ran full gallop into the town, falling with great violence against the shop of M. Gilquin, a wine merchant. Smith, although much shaken, was able to go home without assistance. Adelina was so much injured that it was thought necessary to kill her. She was hurt with the broken panes of a window against which she dashed. Four young men went out shooting a day or two ago near Poissy. Not meeting with any game they amused themselves by throwing an apple into the air to shoot at. The gun of one of the young men went off accidentally, and shot his companion, who was near to him. The unfortunate young man died in hour in the arms of his friends. The victim has a situation in the office of the Bridges and Highways. A steam carriage has been driven from Nantes to Paris on the highway, drawing several other car riages. It is stated that carriages on a similar principle will shortly circulate in Paris. It is like an ordinary hackney coach, with the boiler in front, with a fifth wheel, by which the movement will be directed in any way with great speed. It was stated that M. B. Maria, who has just died at Nice in his 84th year, was the last surviving Frenchman who was at the battle of Trafalgar. Ile was surgeon on board the Formidable. AL Grand - • valet writes to the editor of a Paris paper, that he and his comrade, both of whom were at that battle, are now alive and well at the Invalides. The French ship which suffered the most severely was the Re doubtable. Out of 643 men, in two hours 522 were hors de combat. It is a remarkable fact, and perhaps not generally known, that the three Admirals who commanded all perished. Our own Nelson fell while " doing his duty." The Spanish Admiral the Duke de Gravina died from the wounds he re- ceived at the battle in 1806. The French Admiral Villerende committed suicide in despair for having been vanquished. M. Maria was taken prisoner at the battle, which took place on the 21st of October, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1866. 1805, and remained prisoner in England for some time. Autumn commenced to-day very boisterously At 6.59 a.m., and French astronomers predict that there will be very rough weather from the 26th to the 27th. There will be a very high tide on the 26th. To-morrow (the 24th) there will be an eclipse of the moon, invisible at Paris, but on the Bth of next month there will be a partial eclipse of the sun,which will be visible at Paris. The weather yesterday was very wet and stormy. The wind blew all day with great violence. It rained heavily all last night. To day the wind has abated, but it has rained heavily and almost incessantly. A married woman, living at Auxerne, had cri minal relations with a young man of the country, and a few days ago the husband caught them toge ther in a harp. The „woman tore her hair and con fessed her guilt. The woman being afterwards left alone in the house, she cut her child's throat with a razor, and also her own. She was found dead stretched on the floor, saturated with blood, and the dead child by her side. The papers publish accounts of more crimes. A man named Voitot recently returned from America to the commune of Grrammont (Haute Saone) with his wife and infant daughter. At a family meeting, to which friends were invited, a discussion arose, which so excited Voitot that he produced a dagger, with which be stabbed two of his brothers-in-law, his sister-in-law, two of his nieces, and a guest (a young man of 24). The sister-in-law died the next day, and the wounds of the two nieces are supposed to be mortal. The assassin rushed out, but was arrested next day in the neighbouring forest. He attempted suicide. The Italie states that the future Minister of Italy at the Court of Vienna will be Count de Launay, who is now Minister at St. Petersburg. Raising of Sunken Vesse:s. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. Sin,—The enclosed extract from the Dundee Ad vertiser, and my letter to Sir John Pakington on the same subject, may be worth noticing in your journal, as showing the extent to which red-tapism is carried at the Admiralty. No official answer has been received, but I have been promised that the subject should be reconsidered; but it will be too late, as nothing can be now done this season, and the Ostenden must remain in the Channel this winter.---Yours, KINNA IRD. Rossie Priory, Inchture, Sept. 19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER. Sir,—l have seen a paragraph in your paper headed " The Raising of the London," to the effect that Mr. Page, intends making a trial at lifting her by two vessAls tied down with chains. There is no doubt Mr. Page can lift her if the chains do not slip or break, but there is a possi bility of her slipping into deeper water and obstructing a useful channel. If Mr. Page would adopt a plan which I would advise him to adopt there would be uo risk of that. It is to get a quantity of vulcanised indiarubber air compartments, made into the shape of small balloons, covered over some way as balloons are done with netting—say each of them to hold 500 cubic feet of air when inflated, to be tied round the vessel in such quantities as would lift her. If the vessel is under water the fastening would have to be done with a diver and the air compartments collapsed and ballasted to sink them. When properly fastened attach an air-pump to a tube leading to each compartment, and then inflate till the vessel comes to the surface. If the vessel's hull is above water he will have to calculate the number of foet required to lift her according to tonnage and wait for the tide. It does not take more than 20 cubic feet of air to lift a ton of general cargo to the surface. Some time ago I had a miniature trial of the principle I want Mr. Page to adopt. I had a small yacht which rode dcwn at her moorings, with four cwt. of pig iron ballast in her. I lifted her myself without any assistance whatever. The plan was this. I got twelve bladders and covered them with rabbit nets, and tied six to each gunwale at low water. I had to work under water with my arms at low tide. I got them all fastened at one tide, my friends laughing at my folly, and telling one that a hun dred bladders would not move her, But to their disap pointment, and my great satisfaction, she rose with the tide, and I towed her ashore at high water. Tho only as sistance I had was twelve air-tight bladders.—l am yours, &c., Piro BONO PUBLIC°. Belfast, Sept. 8, 18G6. [The same plan has been already experimentally exhi bited by Mr. James Laing, Dundee, and Mr. Jonas Kidd, Newport.-- En. D. A.] Rossie Priory, Inchture, N. 8., Sept. 11, 1866. Dear Sir John,—l cannot help thinking that you have not been consulted, or that there has been some misapprehension which has led to the refusal of the Admiralty to allow the Coast-guard men in the neigh bourhood to volunteer to assist in raising the Lon don steam vessel, sunk in the river Tay, interfering seriously with the navigation of the river. The only ground for refusal can be that the vessel belongs to a private company, but this, considering the circumstances, cannot, I should think, weigh with you. It is not with the view of saving expense that the company desire to obtain the assistance of the Admiralty. 'The engineer having failed in his at tempt to raise the vessel, and Admiral Sir H. Keppel having pointed out to the directors the mode of effecting this by means of pontoons, which can be obtained (but the handling of which requires expe rienced seamen) they naturally turn to the Admi ralty, considering that they have Coast-guard men at hand, it being too late in the season to make arrange ments to procure experienced men elsewhere, and they cannot understand what objection there can be on the part of the Admiralty to grant such assist ance, as the raising of the vessel is not only for private purposes, but, as I have said, to clear the channel of a serious obstruction. Admiral Keppel spoke with such certainty of the willingness of the Admiralty to grant the request, that the refusal will cause the greatest dissatisfaction to the people of Dundee, who are entitled to some consideration, looking to the fact that the town supplies the largest naval reserve of any town in the kingdom, not available of course for the purpose alluded to, and every one must be of opinion that such a practice would be of advantage to the men themselves. The directors also wish to have the use of the cables of the Brilliant, there being no other vessel with cables of sufficient size on the spot, and pro curing them elsewhere would be attended with delay. Of course the company would be bound to make good all damages, and pay the men employed.— Yours faithfully, (Signed) The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart, K.C.B. KINNAIRD. ANGLO-AMERICAN TELEGRAPH. The interruption of telegraphic communication between New York and London has been more pro longed than usual, and has now lasted over two or three days. This arises, we are informed, from a continuance of rain in Newfoundland, the fact being that, although the land lines westward of Heart's Content work fairly in fine weather, they are, owing to defective insulation, almost, if not quite, unworkable in rain and storm. The interruption of this part of the route does not, however, indicate a break down in the or di nary sense, or anything more than that owing to the state of the weather the land lines on the American side of the Atlantic are in more than their normal state of inefficiency. There is a prospect that this will be remedied by the Ist of November, at least, so our American friends assure us ; in the meantime we have no alternative but to wait patiently. The cables and the land lines between Valentia and Lon don are in perfect working order. The following telegrams have been received from Newfoundland : '• Saturday, 3 p.m. " Newfoundland Hues still interrupted. No sign of rain clearing off." "Sunday, 1 20 a.m. " Newfoundland lines still interrupted. Weather heavy. Cables perfect." A subsequent message received last night an nounces that the rain and bad weather of the last two or three days and the gale of last night had culminated in a perfect hurricane ; that several poles between Heart's Content and Harbour Grace have been blown down ; and that it is feared it wil take two days to repair the damage done. The / storm, however, has in no way affected the Atlantic cables, which remain in perfect working order. L A TEST INTEL LICENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Sept. 23 (Evening.) The Minister of Marine has sent a commission to Venice to estimate the value of the navy material which is to be left in that city upon its evacuation by the Austrians. The same functionary has also appointed a com mission to consider the best means of effecting im provements in the construction of vessels for the navy and of the guns to be used on board. Official intelligence received here from Palermo states that the armed bands which attacked Palermo have left behind them a considerable quantity of firearms. About 200 of the insurgents have been arrested. Several addresses have been drawn up by the young girls of Sicily for presentation to the King. THE INSURRECTION IN CANDIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 22 (Evening). Intelligence received here from Candia states that 43,000 Turkish peasants have lied from the interior of the island to the city of Candia. Many Greeks arc abandoning the island. Three Turkish war steamers, with 5,000 men, have left for Volo, from which place the 2nd Egyptian Division has embarked for Candia. Troops have been sent to Anti-Taurus. Thessaly and Epirus are quiet. The late Minister of Commerce, Edhem Pacha, has been appointed Governor of Trikala. The Governor of Candia has been relieved of his f unctions. HUNGARY. PESTH, Sept. 24. Discontent exists in this capital on account of a report that the Hungarian Diet will be convoked without the previous appointment of a Hungarian Ministry. The cholera now prevails to a greater extent than in the outbreak of 183/. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 24. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria, with the heavy portion of the above mail, has arrived here. She brings 39 passengers, £94,489 in specie, and 343 packages of cargo. Across the Bay of Biscay she experienced a heavy south-westerly and north-westerly swell, and vari able winds up Channel. On the 15th inst. she spoke the steamer China. The British war ships, Hibernia and Wizard, were at Malta. Gibraltar, Sept. 19.—The steamers Syrian and Ceylon, the brigantines Jamaric and Georges, and the brig Argus, have arrived here. Her Majesty's ships ltedpole and Skylark were in the harbour. Exchanges unaltered. CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. POINT DE GALLE, Sept. 18. The Northam, from Hong Kong, arrived yester day, and the Bombay from Sydney to-day. The Bengal leaves for Suez to-day. OUTWARD MAIL OF 20-26Tu JUNE. The Ellora arrived at Melbourne on the 13th, and Sydney 17th August. OUTWARD MAILS OF 4-10TH AUGUST. The Mongolia arrived at Galle on Sept. 5. FRANCE. Pan's, Sept. 24. Count Baiocchi died last night. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria passed the Needles at 5.40 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 22.—Two o'clock.—The market continues dull, and the _tendency of prices is again downward. Mexican Securities, however, are in considerable demand, the prevailing impression being that the French Government will . ultimately do something for the holders of that Stock. French Threes were done at 69f. 27ic., or 17ic. lower; Italian Fives at 56f. 90c., or a fall of 60c. ; Mo bilier at 668 f. 75c., or a decline of sc. ; Credit Foncier and Paris Gas at 1,375 f. and 1,625 f., or a loss of sf. ; Comptoir d'Escompte at 907 f. 50c., or 2f. 50c. lower. Railway shares are at lower quota tions. Three o'clock.—No change of any moment has occurred, the closing prices being as follows: ..., 41 per Cents 97 50 Bank Shares 3600 Do. end month — Italian Loan 56 65 3 por Cents. 69 20 Do. end month 56 75 Do. end month 69 27* Mexican Loan — Credit Mobilier ... 668 75 Do. Bonds — Do. end month ... 667 50 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier — Home Debt — Do. end month 1375 Deferred RAILWAYS. For Account. Orleans Northern 1172 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern 565 Western 570 Eastern — Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4lB 75 North of Spain — Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman 65 - LIBERAL CONDUCT.—.W e have much pleasure in making public the following liberal conduct on the part of the officers and crew of a French frigate. After the melancholy loss of her Majesty's ship Bombay by fire, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty transmitted the sum of £5OO to be distributed among the officers and crew of the French frigate L'Astrde as a recognition of their services for the assistance given by them to the survivors of the Bombay. The officers and crew of the French frigate have in the most generous and disinterested spirit declined to receive the sum in question, which they re quest may be added in their name to the fund which has been raised for the relief of the sufferers by the loss of the Bombay. STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—Messrs. W. Simons and Co., of the London Works, Renfrew, have launched an iron screw of 200 tons. The vessel, which is also engined by Messrs. Simons, is named the Verdin, and has been launched for Messrs. Joseph Verdin and Sons, of Liverpool. Messrs. J. and G. Thomson, of Govan, have launched a screw named the Malvina for the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company. The Malvina, which is in tended to form one of the company's fleet trading between Leith and London, is 1,062 tons burden, builders' measure ment, and 2 00-horse power. She is a sister ship to the lona recently built for the company by Messrs. Thomson. Messrs. Barclay, Curle, and Co. have launched from their yard at Whiteinch a screw of about 2,500 tons register, in tended for the Canadian line of mail steamers to ply be tween Liverpool and Montreal. The vessel, which has been named the Nestorian, comprises various improvements sug gested by the experience acquired by the company in the Canadian trade. Her engines, which are to be direct acting, and 350 horse power, will bo supplied from Barclay, Curle, and Co.'s works at Stobcross. Messrs. Stephen and Sous, of Kelvinhaugh, have launched the Columbia, a steamer of 1,750 tons burden, built for Messrs. Handyside and Hen derson's Anchor line. The dimensions of the Columbia are as follow: —Length, 282 ft,; beam, 33ft. Gin.; depth, 22ft. The engines aro being supplied by the Finnieston Steamship Works Company. Messrs. A. and J. Inglis have launched a screw named the Jason, built for the Royal Netherlands Steam Navigation Company's Mediterranean trade. The dimensions of the Jason are 212 ft. by 31ft. and 20ft., and she is to be fitted by her builders with surface condensing engines of 150 horse power nominal. It is understood that Mr. Paton has been appointed manager of the Greenock and Helensburgh Steamboat Company (limited). Messrs. Ran dolph,:Elder, and Co., of Govan, have launched the Pizarro, a screw of 722 tons, builders' measurement, and 80-horse power, nominal. The dimensions of the Pizarro are as fol low :—Length over all, 190 ft. ; breadth, 28ft. ; and depth, moulded, lift. Gin. She has been built to the order of Messrs. APAtnlrew and Co., of Liverpool and London, and is intended to trade between Spain and England. The en gines, which aro being supplied by the same firm, are on their patent cleublo cylinder, expansion principle. Massacre of the Innocents. The following lamentable details are vouched for by the Paris correspondent of the Morning Star : " A subject of deep interest is now being discussed at the Academy of Medicine to which I have already alluded—namely, the frightful mortality among French children according to the fashion of this country put out to nurse. Every year 20,000 babies are sent out of Paris under the care of peasant nurses, and of that number 5,000 on an average are returned to their mothers, the other 15,000 having died of cold, starvation, and bad treatment. Since 1816 it has been calculated that in the neighbour hood of Paris alone 300,000 of these nurslings have died in the hands of their foster mothers. 'Why should such barbarous murder be allowed to depo pulate the country ? It is entirely owing to the bad management of the bureaux de nourrices over which Government has not till uow exercised a proper amount of surveillance. Theseoffices receive indis criminately every woman who applies at them for employment. A frightful trade is carried ou by speculators of the lowest class, denominated meneurs, who enrol countrywomen in their pay, convey them to Paris in carts justly called " purgatories," obtain for them babies whose mothers have applied at the offices for a nurse for their child, and convey them and the chil dren back to the country. The horrors that take place during the journey to Paris and back in the vehicle of the meneur are of so startling a nature that one could hardly believe them to be true were it not for the undoubted proofs which have been laid before the Academy of Medicine. Thus the countrywomen make no scruple in exchanging the babies entrusted to them, and several among them undertake to nurse two or three children at a time. ' I have seen,' exclaimed M. Chevalier, addressing the Academy, one woman professing to nurse seven infants, and yet she herself had neither milk nor a cow.' Fed with bad broth, exposed to every species of dirt and neglect, the miserable infant sickens and dies. 'The nurse, however, writes to its mother that her baby is prospering, that it had grown out of its clothes, and required a fresh supply. The mother naturally spends her month's wages in supplying her child's wants, and goes on paying its board for months after it has been lying in the village ceme tery. A considerable number of nurses come an nually to Paris and carry, back a supply of children, and not one has ever been known to bring a child back to the capital. In their charge the children simply appear and disappear. Dr. Brochard cited in his speech to the Academy two communes of the Euro et Loire Depart ment where the nurslings invariably die. It appears there are women among the nurses whose reputation is well known, and, horresco referens, these nurses are specially sought for by certain ill-famed houses. Entrusting a new-born infant to one of them is tan tamount to infanticide. Dr. Brochard read several copies of the lying letters written by nurses to the children's parents, describing in pathetic language the rosy cheeks and increasing charms of their in efants, dead weeks before the epistle was indited. These horrible facts are highly discreditable to the mayors of the various villages where these infants are nursed. Naturally, if M. le Maire, instead of cultivating his apricots and peaches, and gaining prizes at agricultu r al shows for his fat pigs, was to look sharp after the extraordinary number of little graves in his village cemetery, and insist on medical reports as to the cause thereof being laid before him, infant mortality would rapidly diminish. Messieurs les Maires will probably read this opinion from the pens of their respective prefects, expressed in a some what startling forM, as once the French Govern ment takes up a subject it does not trifle with and undoubtedly possesses the rare gift of making tself obeyed. SUFFERINGS OF E3IIGRANTS.—NOBLE CONDUCT OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST.—The Pall-Mall Gazette recently remarked as follows :—" Those who calculated on getting their voyages over before the equinoctial gales began must this year be grievously disappointed. The worst of it is that at sea cold weather seems no protection against cholera, while the prostration and fear caused by much sea-sickness predispose people to au attack. Thus the England, starting from Liverpool on the 28th of last March, and meeting very rough and - cold weather, lost 40C out of the 1,200 Irish and Germans whom she had on board. The Roman Catholic priest who buried most of these poor creatures, and who caught the cholera himself, gives a very sad account of the voyage ; eight, ten, fifteen dying a day, and slid over the gunwale amid the shrieks of the survivors. At Halifax they were put under tents on an island a mile out. Here the dead used to be found lying about with crows far too busy over them. The snow, too, was aid deep ; and many of those who had escaped cholera got terribly frost-bitten. Ono Danish girl, who had lost father, mother, three sisters and two brothers, became a cripple for life. The only relieving feature in the sad story is the self-devotion of this young priest, Father Martin. Officers and passengers joined in signing an address to him, testifying their deep appreciation of the way in which he had risked his life when cholera raged as a plague on board, striking almost all with panic,' while they were in Quarantine Bay, New York, the Virgini came in, having lost 250 on the voyage. They had no priest on board, so Mr. Martin divided his services between the two ships, and went on working till the quarantine was over, when the reaction came, and he had to .go sick into the hospital. Altogether, it is such a tale of suffer ing and noble sell-devotion as has rarely been put on record." THE MURDER IN SL. GlLES'S.—Jeffreys, who was found guilty on Thursday of the murder of his child, immediately after being sentenced to death admitted the crime, and he has since made full confess:on of all the circumstances connected with the horrible offence. He had before the month of July intended to destroy the life of his child, thinking that it would be the means of relieving him from the miserable feeling he entertained as to its paternity, and he took him away from his grandmother on the night of the 29th of July. He was well acquainted with the cellar in Neale's-passage, knowing its loneliness, and that access could be had to it at any hour of the night. He had made all the arrangements in his own mind how to obtain the child from the custody of his grandmother, and he resolved upon going to the house of his sister. £irectly after he left his sister's house he proceeded to the cellar. It was then the dead at the night, between 2 and 3 o'clock. The poor child was very much frightened, and while he was looking for a fit place to carry out' his horrible design the child fainted and became perfectly insensible, and as he was in that condition he placed the rope, which he had taken with him for the purpose, round the child's neck and hung him up to the post of the cistern. This statement of the prisoner confirms the evidence of Mr. Hervey, the sur geon, who made a post mortem examination of the deceased, and who expressed an opinion that, although the death of the deceased was attributable to suffocation by hanging, he was in a state of insensibility from some cause or other be fore he was hanged. On Saturday morning the sheriffs informed the prisoner that the day fixed for his execution was Tuesday, October 9. The prisoner heard tho fatal announcement with the same coolness that has characte rised him all along. He should be quite prepared, andwas glad that ha would be so soon out of his misery. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—The report that honours are about to be conferred upon some of thoso who have shared in tho successful completion of the Atlantic Telegraph is well-founded, and the interest which her Majesty has expressed in the undertaking will be manifested in an enduring way. The delay which is taking place arises from an excellent reason, and we are sure that no one will complain of it when we say that it is for the purpose of ascertaining to whom honour is more particularly due. It would be a pity if the highest forms of skill and energy brought to bear upon so grand a work were passed by in favour of the more capitalist, and we have little difficulty in predicting that Mr. Canning and Captain Anderson, as the representatives of those qualities which should especially be associated with a mark of royal favour, will find their daims regarded as they deserve.— Sunday Gazette. THE SWIMMERS' ST. LEGER.—This event is to come off to-night in the Lambeth swimming bath ; the race being, for the captaincy of the London Swimming Club. The fa vourites, Henry Gurr, the Champion of England, and David Pamplin, swam a dead heat in each of their latest races Both swim with marvellous dexterity, the little champion's celerity as he bores through the water with his peculiar screw• stroke having earned for him the sobriquet of " The Flying Fish," while Pamplin, from the remarkable combination of grace and swiftness in his beautiful side stroke, is called the " Scudding Seal." Each is very young to have attained such pro. eminence in swimming prowess, Gurr being but 19, while his formidable rival is even two years younger. A few noted amateur swimmers are to con tend with them for mastery—Daniel J. Hoss (champion o Coventry), Wm. Adams, and Henry Moore (the winner off Sir Wm. Fraser's gold medal). There will likewise be seve ral prizes for public competition, and a contest for thecap taincy of the new swimming club, started in connection with the German Gymnastic Society, whose amateur band will play a selection from the best masters. In addition to the racing there will be adiving competition, and a display of scientific swimming by Professor Beckwith, Mr. B. Nowlands, and several other eminent masters of natation The sports are to commence precisely at 8 o'clock, and a. detailod program:no will be presented to %toll Tisitor., c di joilir t ~.--.„-;zitf_ • . ' Millar HER MAJESTY. 1.- - BALMORAL, Sept. 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Arthur, drove yes terday to Loch Bulig. Prince and Princess Christian went out driving in the afternoon. Drury Lane Theatre. The winter season of this theatre, now under the sole management and direction of Mr. F. B. Chatterton, commenced most auspiciously on Saturday evening. During the recess the whole of the interior has been thoroughly renovated, and the house now presents an appearance of the utmost splendour. The company secured by the manager is remarkably strong, and embraces the names of Mr. Phelps, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. Swinbourne, Mr. T. Powrie (from Edinburgh); Mr. H. Talbot (from the provinces), the brothers Webb, Miss Helen Faucit, and Mrs. Hermann Vezin, for dramatic performances, and Mr. H. Drayton, Mdlle. Jenny Baur, Miss Poole, and, we believe, Mr. Sims Reevesfor ballad opera. Such a combina tion of talent at once shows the determination of Mr. Chatterton to carry on his season with the utmost spirit, and from the overflowing state of the house on the opening night we augur confidently with complete and perfect success. The entertainments selected for the inauguration of the season were Shakspere's tragedy of " King John" and the " Comedy Of Errors," in the former of which two important altera tions in the cast have taken place since its revival at the termination of last season. Mr. Barry Sulli van, in place of Mr. Anderson, sustains the part of Falconbridge, and Mrs. Hermann Vezin succeeds Miss Atkinson in that of Constance. The imper sonation of the character of King John by Mr. Phelps is too well known and too highly appreciated to need any comment further than to say that on Saturday evening it was given with that mas terly elocutionary power that has placed Mr. Phelps at the head of the dramatic profession. Mr. Barry Sullivan's Falconbridge was a praiseworthy performance. Many of his objec tionable mannerisms have been toned down by his visit to Australia, and although his portrayal of the part lacked that dignity and polish with which the late Charles Kemble invested it, yet it was played with a spirit and judgment that calls for the highest praise. Few, we believe, were prepared for the great performance of Mrs. H. Vezin as Constance. Every one was quite certain that the character would be given with touching pathos and tenderness, but the grand bursts of passion that take place in the third act came upon the audience with such surprise as to elicit a perfect hurricane of applause. The closing speech, however, perfectly carried the audience away, and applause succeeded applause only to be renewed with tenfold vigour. It was a perfect triumph of dramatic art, and before the action of the tragedy was allowed to proceed, Mrs. Vezin had to re-appear and bow her thanks for the universal applause her splendid acting had called forth. Mr. Swinbourne, as Hubert, also came in for great honours, and Master Percy Roselle, as Prince Arthur, divided with him the giant's share of the applause bestowed on the fourth act. The other characters were all very effectively given, and he scenery, dresses, and picturesque group- ing made the representation of the tragedy one of the best ever placed upon the stage. At the conclusion of the tragedy the applause was extraordinary, and to comply with the repeated calls Mr. Chatterton had to appear and personally acknowledge the hearty manifestations for his success in his new character as sole lessee and manager. The National Anthem was succeeded by the " Comedy of Errors," in which the Brothers Charles and Henry Webb appeared as the two Dromios, and the peculiar resemblance they bore to each other rendered their performance amusing in the highest degree. We congratulate Mr. Chat ter ton on the prosperous commencement of his season, and wish him a con tinuance of it to its close. " RACHEL'S SECRET." By the Author of " The Master of Marton.", 3 Volumes.—" Whoever takes up the first of these delightful volumes is sure to read thorn all, and to retire from their perusal with a pleasing remem brance of a deeply interesting story, artistically and power fully wrought. Thy'' style of the work is perspicuous exceedingly, characterised by scholarly accuracy, rhetori cal taste, and genius for description of no common order. The reader will not have to travel far in the first volume without meeting with some of the most delightful delinea tions of scenery, individuals, and incidents. There are few writers who have equalled in descriptive talent the author of 'Rachel's Secret.' "—Morning Post. EXPLORATION OF A GROTTO IN THE ALPS.-011 the flank of the Maritime Alps, near the village of Castiglione, has long been known an opening in the face of the rock, giving entrance to a vast grotto. To approach this there was no road or path, and yet it showed evident traces that the hand of man had modified the work of nature. Some short time since three Englishmen deter mined to make an attempt at exploring it, and, taking ad' vantge of the fissures and projections of the rock, one ° f them reached the opening, and, lowering a cord, assisted the two others to mount. In the middle of the grotto they found a large circular hole, and one of them, attaching the rope to himself, descended. At the depth of about 40 yards he landed in another large cav e, but, as in the former case, with the circular aperture in the centre. Determined to continue his exploring, he was obliged to get one of his friends to descend to the second cave to lower him to the third, which being done, he found at a depth of about 60 yards a repetition of the circuni" stances, but was prevented from descending any farther, at; the cord was not long enough, and they then returned iu the same manner to their companion in the first grotto This cavern is supposed to have served as a resting place to the hordes of Saracens who in remote ages ravaged the Mediterranean coasts. AN ACTOR STABBING .HIMSELF ON THE STAGE' —During the performance of the drama of 4, Th e Greer' Hills of the Far West," at Middlesbro' theatre, last week, one of the performers, named Edwin Harris, su e ; tamed a severe i n j ur y. H e i m p ersona t e d th e character of Jonathan Marston, the villain of the piece, and w hilst i n the act of , stabbing himself at the close of the drama th A e knife accidentally entered the upper p art o f hi s thigh, an inflicted a deep gash. He is in a very precarious state, symptoms of inflammation having shown themselves. LETTERS, &C., FOR AUSTRlA.—lnformation 1 135 been received from the Austrian Post-office that the po stal communication with Austria, via Belgium and Prussia' which was interrupted during the late war, has now been re-established, and, consequently, letters, newspape rs ' printed papers and patterns or samples of merchancli e,, ," addressed to the Austrian Provinces or tha t City of Bel- grade, or to the places in Turkey, Moldavia, Wallachia' or the Levant, at which Austria maintains pos t-offices, will no longer be forwarded e x c lusi ve ly by the route France, but will be sent according to the regulations itt force previous to June last.—By command of the I"l2st master-General.—General Post-office, Sept. 24, 1866. The trade in roses, as is well known, is of COO: derable importance in France. Rose trees are cultiva te ' ' in different parts of the country in open fields, just as tut nips or cabbages. Thus, there are 500,000 rose trees /le ° Orleans ; 200,000 near Metz ; 1,000,000 near Auge ll ' i ; 1,500,000 near Lyons; 2,000,000 nea r P ar i s ; a nd 2,00 0,00 in the 13 communes of Brie-Comte-Robert. The varfe te i : called Rose-The, the Bourbon, and Mousseuse llou t ` s particularly in the environs of Paris and Orleans. THE REVENUE RETURNS.—We have good ren o9ti r S for anticipating that the revenue returns for the qua rter which will terminate next Sunday will show an increase of more than half a million as compared with those of t ' 11 : correspanding quarter of 1865. The fact is eminently sa t ; factory, for though our present rate of taxation is ne er T, the same as it was last year, some of the income tax c e to looted in the quarter referred to was upon the higher of duty in existence up to April of that year. No d , 0u ,,,, j ; coming returns will show a diminution under this heao,,:io it will not be as large as we might have expected. o f item of stamps, of course, will be affected by the stet :i it o commercial affairs, and under this head we shall „ r d find a falling off. But, as we may gather from the pc''' . df Trade returns, the customs will exhibit a substantr:. increase, probably not far short of a quarter of a The excise, not yet affected by the bad harvest, alstio no doubt, show an increased yield, quite neutralising t o falling off in the income-tax. The item of miscellaneevie will, too, be much more than usually prolific, and, es , e ss have said, the net increase will b e s u bstantially in 81 ', - o lf.. of half a million. The state of th e acco unts for the ha year and year can scarcely be expected to be so fay . " in proportion, as they tire affected by the reduction od, taxation made in April, 1865, which, it will be recol lect Mr. Gladstone expected would have a material effect 1, 1 9 the yield of the present as well as of the last financia l 9°‘,. —4lolClay Gazette. ant £2, plu tele 69f, dull 81181 Mel] anir tree 13 Very has 1 Li ern ,A Last Loud p a nt, 13i. 8 Der —I Do. a jer me w . lie v a D. Do. Doi txchei Di Bank ( DO,i gent 4 nstri t traziit 00.4 0 0 ::11c