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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. P. B. Chatterton THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Ed mund Phelps, W. Harrison, and Johnstone; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Poole, and Mrs. H Vandenhoff. To conclude with Shakspere's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Brothers Dromio by the Brothers Webb. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, TIAYMARKE'r, Sole Lessce and Manager, Mr. Bucks one, THIS EVENING, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. The Sisters Healy. After which, A DANGEROUS FRIEND. Messrs. Chas. Ma hews, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Weathersby, c.; Mes dames C. Mathews, Moore, Chippendale, Laws, 11111, ttc. Followed by THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. — Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. reenter. THIS EVENING. BRUTUS AND CJESAR. Hcarade. At a Quarter before 9, the new Drama, in Four Acts, THE LONG STRIKE, written by Dion I3oucicault. The New Scenery by Mr. T. Grelve and assistants. Messes. S. Emery, H. Widdicomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, Newbound. Stanley. Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Toby Tweedleton, Mr. 11. Widdlcomb ; and Miss Gratton. Acting Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five. THE LONG STRIKE.-ROYAL LYCEUM TEI E Yr..—Johnny Reilly (an Irish Sailor), Mr. D. Boucicault ; Jane Learoyd (a Factory Girl), Mrs. D. Bouci cault. At 7 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. Last Night of the present Performances. THIS EVENING, a Comedy, in Three Acts, by John Oxenford, Esq , entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Vining, Mr. J. G. Shore; Miss K. Rogers, Miss Neilson, and Mrs. Buckingham White. After which, at 9 o'clock, THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN, by Watts Phillips, Esq. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Neilson, Miss A. Thomson; Mr. Forrester, Mr. G. Honey, and Mr. J. G. Shore. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, in which MM. Flageolet, Clo doche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. T HIS EVENING-, at 7 precisely (23d time), ETHEL ; or, ONLY A LIFE. Miss Kate Terry, Mr 3. Alfred Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Billin,gton, Stephen son, Ashley, Romer, C. J. Smith, &c. To conclude with HELEN; or, TAKEN FRO)[ THE GREEK. ➢irs. A. Mellon, Miss Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, R. Phillips, F. A. Shaw, Ashley, kburne. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, L kRKINS" LOVE LETTERS. Mr. Belmore ; Miss C. Saunders. After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, J. Fiddes. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, IN THE WRONG BOX. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque of DEtt FREISCHUTZ ; or, A Good Cast for a Piece. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swan borough, Ittynham, Johnstone, and ttughes. To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. "ill& GOLDEN DUSTMAN " over the water a Prodigious Suzoet.s I THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, November Bth, and during the week (the 11th, 12th, and 13th times at this Ihea!re), the Original Dramatic Adaptation of Charles Dickens's latest Work, "Our Mutual Friend," as promiced at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, June 16, 1866, by Mr. W 11. C. Nation, entitled THE GOLDEN LUSTMAN. Messrs Fernandez, Atkins, W. H. Stephens ; Misses F. Gwynne and Nell) , Nisbctt. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of ATALANTA. Misses Nelly Nisbet, rolly.Marshall, Louise Laidlaw, and Fanny Howard. THE GREAT SENSATION LOCK SCENE. THEATRE ROYAL ASTLEY'S, Every Evening. 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All articles are marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. Lists of Prices with rules for Self-measurement and Fashion Sheet, with Patterns and "History of London," gratis and post free. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon, 2h. 45m. To- Moßitow.-Morning, 3h. 2m.—Afternoon, 3h. 20m. -SUM LONDON, T HURSDA Y, N(. V. 8, 1866. The EMPEROR of the FRENcit has his work before him in re-organising the army, and the Special Commission appointed for the purpos e has various plans submitted to it, which receive due notice, although it is thought in some quarters that the EMPEROR has a scheme of his own, which will ere long be acted upon. It is not so much with the peculiar character of the plans that the public have to deal as with the motives that induce those in authority to take up the re-organisa tion at all. No doubt several reasons might be given for these decided steps being taken, and with more or less truth in them, but the chief cause of all is the conduct of BISMARCK during this last summer. That crafty politician has entirely mis taken the wise course of policy for the shuffling and tricking one, and he will, sooner or later, find out the egregious blunder he has made. It is not so much to be wondered at that the French EMPEROR should have been deceived, because few could have surmised the extraordinary manner in which the Berlin Government has acted. It may truly be said that greater insincerity, and more significant want of faith, have never been displayed by any Power than Prussia has shown to France during the last year. It is true that it has been of a piece all along with the former manceuvring ; but then we had every reason to sup pose that more restraint would be put upon the ambitious desires and crafty designs of the German powers. It cannot be denied that, with one thing and the other, Prussia has now become a very dangerous neighbour to France ; and whatever may be said of the little consequence that the recent changes will be to us, the same cannot be affirmed of our continental neighbours. No one can there , fore feel surprised that the pleasurable excitement appertaining to the forthcoming Exhibition in Paris should be mingled with grave rumours, and even sinister reflections. The shadow of the past, with its treachery and cunning, hangs over the present, and seems ominous for the future. It is said, and no doubt with a fair share of truth, that the French EMPEROR has been deeply offended at the behaviour of BISMARCK ; it was indeed a dangerous game which that subtle statesman played, and it was a chance if he suc ceeded in his venture. For the moment we confess the success has been all on his side, but the end has not yet been seen; and we question very much if he will have so much cause for rejoicing when time has consolidated his work a little, and he begins to count the cost. It is one thing to push on his schemes, and pursue his projects when the French leave him alone, and quite another thing to carry out his policy when they are opposed to it. We have heard a great deal of the grandeur of the Prussian policy, and the prowess of their armies rivalling the magnificent campaigns of the First NAPOLEON, but in reality there was no such great wonder in their success, because they met with no opposition that was worthy of the name. Either from indifference or want of skill the places were badly defended, and on the field there was no spirit exhibited by their enemies. Personal bravery was not wanting, but there was none of that determination not to give in which makes it so hard for the best soldier to win a battle, when they met with it in their opponents. All this will be changed in a striking manner when once the patience of France has become exhausted, and we do not see how the EMPEROR can much longer endure the provocation he is so constantly re ceiving ; nor do we see how, in a political sense, he will be wise in letting Prussia assume so vast an ascendancy in Europe. At any rate it is no secret that there is a great deal of preparation going on in France, and though some may think or choose to declare that it means nothing, they will now find out their mistake. Whatever course he may deem iit expedient to adopt, th ere i s no d ou bt th a t the Emperor NAPOLEON can ill be spared from the important post he now fills ; and beyond this it would be a great drawback if he were not able to preside over his councils with vigour and energy. It is, therefore, satisfactory to hear that his MA JESTY was able to hold a review on Monday, and that he seemed as well as usual. It has added greatly to the very unsettled state of feeling in Paris of late that the health of the EMPEROR should have been at best so doubtful ; but there seems every reason to think now that he has recovered, or at least is in a fair way of being perfectly restored to health before long. So far as we can see at present he seems the only man living who can be any check upon BISMARCK, and withstand in a great measure the rapid en croachments of Prusssia. Ile may err in judgment in his mode of carrying out his difficult mission, but we are convinced that he will act with skill and with spirit, and conduct the policy of France on very different principles to those which now obtain favour in Berlin. King VI CTOREM3IANIJEL has entered Venice atlast, and thus we have seen realised a hope that for a long time seemed to be most illusory, and far too poetical for our practical age. It is needless to say that he was everywhere received with the greatest enthu• siasm, and the assemblage was a very magnificent one which welcomed him. We may well reflect, however, since we are at a distance from the excite ment of the scene, whether those most immediately concerned will show judgment and make their triumph conducive to lasting good as well as to present glory. Italy must be governed in a very different manner from that in which it has hitherto been if its inhabitants would really regenerate the land as well as people, filling their long cherished scheme of setting it free from a foreign yoke. Perhaps King VICTOR EMMANUEL may find that his most difficult work has yet to begin, and that he must concentrate his energies, and do his uttermost to succeed in his arduous endeavour. Apart from these forebodings there is much to at tract and interest in the spectacle that was yester dywitnessed in the fair City of St. Mark. It is in a many respects one of the most striking incidents in history of our time, and we may well hope that the change thenmade will be one of benefits and blessings to those most concerned, and be of happy augury to the nations of Europe in general. It teaches us one lesson at any rate, that it is idle to de spair, and to say that this or that event will not take place because we do not think it likely that it will. Few tasks seemed more difficult of accomplishment at one time than that of a free Italy, and yet we now see the idea carried out in a manner which the most scornful and sceptical cannot deny or doubt. It now remains for the Italian people ' to show themselves worthy o f th e success hich NN has become theirs, and to let their progress keep pace with their prosperity, so that they may not be accused of missing their destiny through their own neglect. It is very much to be lamented that while irri gation is universally admitted to be the sovereign remedy for the wants of India there have been so always the many difficulties and obstacles , real or apparent, in the way of applying it. It theresalmost are rival a schemes he case in a matter of this so rt tha ys • think their own method the b est and theories, whose advoca tes naturally enough each , but it would seem to impartial observers that the multi p licit y of such suggestions does not afford any ex cuse for the total neglect of the matter. It wou ld rather, one might suppose, indicate the existence of a pressing necessity, since so many persons find a perceived the want and attempted to remedy. The Government of India does not un fortunately share this opinion, and is glad to make the excuse of "doctor's disagreements" to let the whole thing rest. Sir ARTHUR COTTON, whose name is so well known in connection with this ques tion, complains that the Government of India has not given his plans a fair hearing, and maintains that the failure of the Ganges Canal to yield the expected returns is entirely owing to radical mis takes in its projection. Whether this be the case well d eserves a full and or no, the w h o l e subject is certainly one in which . quiry and thorough practical investigation. 'By the a p po i ntment of a sufficient number of competent an d un bi assed commissioners it would not surely be very difficult to arrive at some definite conclusion as to which method of construction pro duced the most profitable results. Sir ARTHUR COTTON contends that his views respecting the Miss THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1866. Ganges canal have never obtained a fair hearing from the authorities, and that no member of the Ganges canal committee had ever planned or exe cuted a great hydraulic work, so that he does not consider them competent judges of the question. It would surely be well in a matter of such vital im portance to appoint men who are entirely removed from the local feuds and professional jealousies of the country to consider the subject. The irrigation of India is an imperial question, and the consequences of neglecting it are felt through a wide extent of country, influencing and affecting a population numbered by millions. The terrible famine of this year has unfortunately given ample occasion for a fresh inquiry into the whole subject. Were irrigation fully carried out throughout India, the risk of these periodical and disastrous famines would be very much diminished.' There would be the double advantage of the increased fertility of the soil, and of the means of communication for conveying stores to the distressed districts. The lack of such means has very greatly added to the sufferings of the natives during the present famine, and even during ordinary times the ex istence of ready facilities for communication would be of very great service in encouraging commercial enterprise and giving a stimulus to trade. In connection with this subject of irrigation it is not uninteresting to turn to the report of Dr. LEITH, President of the Bombay Sanitary Commis sion, and Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, respecting the sanitary condition of the large towns in Bombay. The details which he gives show very forcibly the great need which exists in all parts of India of a thorough sanitary reform. The lack of water is here, as in most other cases, an important feature in the narrative, and it is a want which our engineers ought surely to be able to supply. India might be as destitute of water as the Great Sahara itself, instead of posses sing such noble rivers. Sholapoor, in the Poonah collectorate, which Dr. LEITH gives as an example of the great towns of the Presidency, has a military cantonment adjoining it, and has a large and rapidly increasing population. In 1851 it was reckoned to have more than 30,000 inhabitants, and the number has of course considerably increased. What are the conditions of the water supply for all this population ? " Water is obtained chiefly from the Sideshwur tank, which has been excavated at the south of the town, and which is now protected by the police from washing and bathing ; but the ancient custom is still followed of drawing water by standing in it, and scrubbing the water vessels in it. When the rains cease the impurities of this tank become concentrated, and in the hot season it dries up." So much for the principal reservoir; but there is another. "A large quarry hole, Khumdoha Tulas, is used for the col lection of surface water ; but this water, which the people consider good, is greatly defiled, for persons were seen bathing and washing their clothes in it, while others were drinking or drawing water from it beside them." The municipality has pro vided a number of wells, which high-caste people will not use, but which are very serviceable to the lowest rank of Hindoos. Under such a sys tem as this we need not be surprised at the de vastating effect which fever or cholera have when they once begin their agency among the people. When we add to the scantiness and impurity of the water the total absence of drainage, we shall only marvel that the state of public health is not very much worse than it is. Dr. LEITH attributes some of this comparative immunity to the dryness of the air, without which he says human life could scarcely be maintained under such conditions. At all events, it is very evident that a better supply of water is urgently needed throughout India, both in town and country, and we hope that the question will not be longer allowed to stay. Italian Government with persecution in both of these opposite cases. It is difficult to understand the article, but it is meant to blame the Italian Government. It is stated that the portion of the head of Car dinal Richelieu is to be placed with the remains in the mausoleum now in the Church of the Sorbonne. That mausoleum was erected in 1694. It was opened during the Revolution in 1793. The head of the Cardinal was then taken away, and insults offered over the tomb. By a decree of the Consulate of October 11, 1801, the tomb of the Cardinal was deposed at tile Musee Francais, now the School of Fine Arts in the Rue des Petits Augustins; and in 1825, the period when the Church of the Sorbonne was restored to public worship, it was repaired and placed where it now is. This tomb represents the Cardinal in a reclin ing position, with his right hand upon his heart. At his feet is Science in grief at having lost its most zealous protector. This work, entirely of white marble of a single block, is the masterpiece of the celebrated Girardin, the favourite sculptor of Louis the Fourteenth, the author of a great number of the statues which adorn the Park of Versailles, and who also produced the famous equestrian statue which was erected in the Place des Victoires, and was destroyed during the revolution of 1793. In 1719 the Czar Peter the Great, who had a high idea of the genius of Richelieu, was lost in admiration while gazing at the statue, and exclaimed, " Oh, great man, if thou wert living, I would give thee one-half of my empire to teach me how to govern the other half." In the vault where the remains of the Cardinal were first deposited is a long inscription, which commences thus :—"llere reposes the great Arnaud Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de Richelieu, Duke and Peer of France, great in birth, great in mind, great in wisdom, great in courage, great in fortune, but still greater in piety." The Constitutionnel says it has received accounts from Trieste which state that the health of the Em press Charlotte of Mexico had so much improved that there is now reason to hope for her speedy re covery. M. Fery d'Eslands, Auditor of the Cour des Comptes, is about to be married to Madlle. Eugenie de Casabianca, daughter of Count de Casabianca, Senator, Procureur-General at that Court. The Emperor and Empress have signed the contract of marriage. There was some excellent races at Marseilles on Sunday last. The Prix du Department, 3,000 f., in which nine horses were engaged, was won easily by Finette ; La Tracone, 2 ; Normandie, 3. The second race, for the Prix des Phoc6ens (gen tlemen riders), was won by Schooner, belonging to Alr. F. Kent. The great prize of the City of Marseilles, 10,000 f., for entire horses and mares, three-yr-old and up wards, was won by Germanique by half a length ; Fleurette, 2. 11 horses ran ; 16 pail forfeit. Total amount of the prize, 15,600 f. ; 1,200 f. to the second. The Frix de Consolation was won by Said. Sir Henry Bulwer, for a long time English Am bassador at Constantinople, has just arrived in Paris from that city. The grand review in the Bois de Boulogne passed off with great eclat, but there was no particular in cident which needs description. It was remarked that the Emperor seemed to be in perfect health. He was rapturously received everywhere. There were 22,000 men under arms, commanded by Mar shal St. Jean d'Angeley. The Empress and the Imperial Prince were present, her Majesty in the costume of an amazon, and the Prince Imperial in the uniform of a corporal of Grenadiers of the Guard. A curious and interesting literary discovery has been made—a song or hymn in three stanzas, by Rouget de l'lsle, the author of the " Marseillaise." It is possibly genuine. At all events, it is of the same energetic and stirring style. It was composed 5 Nivose, an VI., at the time of the war against England. I subjoin the first verse : Aux armes Qu'aux chants do la pail S uccede l'hymne dos battailles. Aux armes! Loin de nos muraillos, Precipitons nos mugs epais. Qu'importe I'Europe vaincue ! Qu'importe la foule eperdue De ces roil tromblant devant nous ! La pail nous est-elle perm►se ? Nos ennemis do la 'Famise N'ont point succumbe sous nos coups. Here is a literal translation : To arms! To the songs of peace Succeeds the hymn of battles. To arms! Far from our walls Let us precipitate our serried ranks. What matters it that Europe's conquered ? What matters the bewildered crowd Of the kings trembling before us ? Are we permitted to have peace ? Our enemies of the Thames Are not prostrated under our blows. Some have doubted whether Rouget de l'lsle was the author of the " Marseillaise," the na ti ona l King"hym hymn, has ju beenst as disputed. theco Somempose r of "God Sa v e th e say the music was by Dr. Arne, but other names have been mentioned. [The most affecting and, let us also believe, the most authentic account of all, as to the circumstances u„ni‘diearrsweihnaiciseh, wast, hes w ubli r m i t e te N n a b ti y on y a e l Hymn of the n a g Rouget de l'lsle, is to be found, as our Paris C orrespon d ent is of course himself perfectly aware, in one of th e finest chapters of all iu Lamartine's " History of the Girondists."] SWEARING IN THE NEW LORD MAYOR.—This morning the customary usages were observed in installing Mr. Alderman Gabriel into the office of Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor elect having subscribed the usual oaths and declarations, received the chain and other insignia of his office, to which he was duly installed. llis lordship then received the congratulations of his friends, which he gra ciously acknowledged. MR. LOWE AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—On Monday the Town Council of Caine resolved, by an overwhelming majority, to abandon their usual annual banquet, rather than ask Mr. Lowe, the member for the borough, as is customary, to be their guest. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL—One of those reunions, so honourable alike to the employer and employed, took place last evening at the establishment of Messrs. Defries, Houndsditcb, the occasion being the pre sentation of a service of plate to Mr. John Levy, the chief cashier, he having entered oni his 42d year of service. The testimonial, which was of the most chaste and beauti ful description, was displayed in the great show-room of the new premises, now nearly complete,and elicited univer sal admiration. Mr. Coleman Dofries having been solicited to present the gift, that gentleman took the chair, having Mr. John Levy on his right ; the vice-chair was filled by Mr. Moss Defries. The chairman said it afforded him the greatest satisfaction in presenting Mr. Levy with the elegant service of plate now before him. He had been in the service of the firm of, J. Defries and Co. for over forty years, and by his upright and honest conduct he had won the esteem and respect not only of the firm, but of every emplcsie connected therewith. Ho entered their:service at a very early age, and the honourable position he had arrived at was attributable entirely to his own perseverance, and it ought to act as an incentive to others who, though now only holding subordinate positions, had a means open to them to distinguish themselves much more easy than had been the lot of Mr. Levy. On behalf of the subscribers ho begged Mr. Levy to accept the testimonial, and he hoped ho might long live to enjoy the possession of it. Mr. Levy, in returning thanks, expressed his deep gratitude to the chairman for the kind ac knowledgment of his services. iie bad merely done his duty, and nothing more. Ho hoped that his fel low employCs would strive to do their utmost for the firm, as during his long connection with it be had found they were ever ready to encourage merit, and to reward industry a n d p erseverance . H e s h ou ld remember the pleasures of that eve n i ng t o hi s l a t e st (lay, and he hoped his sons would valu e it as ono o f th e i r greatest treasures, when, in the course of nature, it must pass into their pos session. Mr. Moss Defries proposed the health of their managers and home employ6s, coupling with the toast the name of Mr. Harvey. He said he felt a pride iu being a member of a firm so much respected by its servants ; they all worked alike there, from himself and brothers down to the smallest boy in the place, and their greatest pleasure was to advance the interests of all, who by honesty, sobriety, and industry distinguished themselves. Mr. Harvey returned thanks and urged upon all to imitate the example of Mr. Levy. The health of Mr. Berry was also proposed and suitably acknowledged by that gentleman. Success to the firm was then drunk with the utmost en thusiasm by all present, and having been acknowledged by the chairman, the interesting proceedings terminated. VALUE Or PROPERTY AT THE WEST-END. --AS an instance of the increasing value of West-end property, it may be mentioned that Messrs. Robinson and Hetley, of Old Bond-street, have sold the freehold of the mansion, 9, St. James's-square, for tho £3 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Br ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The Democratic party have carried the elections in Maryland and Delaware. The Republicans have been victorious in New Jersey, and will probably be successful in the State of New York. The Hamburg American Company's steamship Boruisia has arrived out. ARRIVAL OF THE ARAGO. FALMOUTH, Nov. 8. The New York and Havre Company's United States steamship Arago, from New York on the 27th October, arrived here this morning with 138 passengers, 59 bags of mails, $56,900 in specie, and a full general cargo. After landing General Wm. L. Duff, United States Consul to Glasgow, and 11 other passengers and the mails at Falmouth, she proceeded for Havre. ITALY. FLORENCE, Nov. 8. A despatch received here from Palermo announces the arrest of several persons of position in that city, among others the Bishop of Monreale, who have been discovered to be implicated in the September insurrectionary movement. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. _ . . The Moniteur contains an advice from Berlin, according to which Count de Wimpffen, repre sentative of Austria at that court, on Monday pre sented to the King his letters of official credit at an audience, at which was present M. de Thiele, charged temporarily with the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs during the absence of the Count de Bismarck. In consequence of the signing of the Treaty of Peace between Prussia and Saxony, the disband ment of the Prussian troops stationed in Saxony has just been ordered. A private telegram from St. Petersburg an nounces that the Prince Royal of Prussia, who visits Russia to be present at the marriage of the Grand Duke, heir to the throne, had arrived at the Imperial Palace of Tzarskozi-Selo. His Imperial Highness is accompanied by a numerous suite. The Prince of Wales has also arrived at St. Petersburg. He stopped at Potsdam, where he had a long inter view with the King of Prussia. A letter from Berne, dated Oct. 29, says that, encouraged by the success which has attended the operations of the works of utility, the most import ant for Switzerland, the Federal Government is about to undertake an equally interesting task, the object of which is to dry up 42,848 acres of marshy land in the environs of the lakes of Morat, Neuf chatel, and Bienne. The last operation was the cor rection of the waters of the Rhone. The present is termed the correction of the waters of the Jura. The expense is estimated at 8,000,000 f. By the demolition of buildings the beautiful church of St. Nicolas des Champs is open to view from the south, and in a short time it will be com pletely isolated, and it will form one of the remark able ornaments of Paris. The front is profusely ornamented. Over the door is a Latin inscription engraved on marble, which explains the circum stances under which the enlargement of the church took place in the reign of Henry 111. The commission for the re-organisation of the army had its first sitting yesterday, at which the Emperor presided. Nothing official is yet published i bit n ninot r nt e h.i g t se ard to the ch anges w hi ch w i ll b e propose d , first The said ienh si t te h af a ne t ebe j t , e w te o ht ee p bf l eabsnetst both o r el e fd t under oi ss c s o ti o n b s l se i e d , l e ae r ne a td - , always to have a number of well-trained soldiers in reserve who would be instantly available in case of grs to b emergency. The proposed soldiers he will n raised under o any th the categories at egree vere takeofn from rih e t hwe weather r a t o h c e c r u p t o a n y s h i a n s t e i v ra e n n o b f e p en ea m ne Ore beautiful o than d y s e u s t m e e a r y . , a n A d l tthheentgei it e h r a a t s u b r e e e w n a s s e n e a calmr l y that settled for some days at Paris, the bulletin of the Observatory announces that there has been dull and stormy weather upon several points, and that the sea was very heavy yesterday at Boulogne and in the Straits of Gibraltar. The Academy of Sciences was, a day or t wo ago, occupied with an historical and scientific f ac t of peculiar interest, the discovery of the skull of a man close to some fossil bones of antediluvian animals. The skull was found near Eg,uisheirn, in the Depart ment of the Haut Rhine. The point discussed, in reference to this discovery, was whether man has only existed for 6,000 years, or whether the human race has not been created for some :hundred thou sand years, as some anthropologists contend. The Journal des Debats has a saticical article in reference to the measure adopted by the Italian Government recalling the bishops v;ho had been compelled to leave their dioceses in cot. sequence of the changes which have taken place. In this article the Debats, in a curious vein, says that the oppo nents of the measure are disciples of Machiavelli, and are neither satisfied with the d(!parture of the bishops nor with their return, as t: hey accuse the FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 7.—Two o'clock.—French Threes are doing at 68fr. 80c., showing no change in a weak and uncertain market, but numerous sales are taking place of Italian Fives, which are offered at 55fr. 40c., and while Credit Mobilier are quoted lfr. 25c. lower, at 580 fr., Spanish Mobilier 2fr. 50c. lower, at 296 fr. 25c., Comptoir d'Escompte Shares have risen llfr. 25c., having reached 968 fr. The. Divers coupons have been detached to-day—such as 251 r. on Lyons, 20fr. on Eastern, 201. on Lom bard, and llfr. on Credit Industrial Shares. Rail way Shares are firm—Lyons, 923 fr. 75c. (ex coup.), or lfr. 25c. higher ; Northern, 2fr. 50c. higher, at 1,170 fr. ; Orleans, Ifr. 25c. lower, at 870 f. ; Lom bard, 403 fr. 75c. (ex coup.) ; Eastern, 528 fr. 75c. (ex coup.) Three o'clock.—The market has closed with the following quotations : 11 per Cents 96 95 Bank Shares 3600 Do. end month ltalian Loan 55 55 3 per Cents. Do. end month 6B 77i Mexican Loan — Credit Molnlier ... 580 Do. Bonds — Do. end month ... 578 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier Home Debt — Do. end month 1365 Deferred The Late Sir James Lewis Knight Bruce, D.C.L., F.It.S., F.S.A. (From the Times.) The Right Hon. Sir James L. Knight Bruce, whose resignation of the high office of Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery was announced by us only a fortnight ago, died yesterday afternoon at the Priory, Roehampton, at the age of 75. Born in 1791, a younger son of Mr. John Knight, a gentle man of independent property in Devonshire, by Margaret, the only child and heiress of Mr. William Bruce, a member of the family of Bruce of Kennet, formerly High Sheriff of Glamorganshire, in which county he possessed a considerable property, the late Sir J. Knight Bruce, then Mr. Knight, was, in 1812, admitted a student of Lincoln's-inn, and in 1817 called to the bar. After attending the Welsh circuit for a short time he exchanged the Common Law for the Equity Bar, where his great talents and industry soon secured a large practice. In 1829 he was appointed a King's Counsel, and in 1831 was returned to Parliament for Bishop's Castle—a borough whose very name is probably known to but few of the present generation, and known only to them as having been condemned to disfranchise ment by one of the schedules to the Reform Bill. In 1834 he received the degree of D.C.L., honoris causa," from the University of Oxford. A Conservative in politics, he was one of the Counsel heard at the bar of the House of Lords in 1835 against the Corporation Reform Act, Sir C. Wetherell being his leader. In 1837, the year in which he assumed the additional surname of Bruce by Royal licence, he closed his Parliamentary career by an unsuccessful struggle for the representation of the borough of Cambridge ; and in 1841, at the age of 50, was ,raised to the bench as Vice-Chan cellor. Ten years later, in 1851, on the creation of the Court of Appeal, Lord Cranworth and Sir J. K. Bruce were selected as the first Lords Justices. In the followingyear, upon Lord Cranworth's eleva tion to the Woolsack, Sir George Turner was ap pointed as his colleague, and Sir J. Knight Bruce became senior Lord Justice, a position :he only re signed a fortnight before his death. By the legal profession among whom his life was passed, and espe cially by the senior members, who have conducted or argued cases before him for the last quarter of a century, the death of Sir Knight Bruce is regarded not only as the the loss of an upright and consci entious Judge, but as the removal of one who, unit ing an intimate acquaintance with the present to a long experience of the former system of equity juris prudence, was as profound a lawyer as ever adorned the Bench. His language was lucid and terse, his style strictly classical, his manner courteous and dignified, his virtues, public and private, numerous, and his foibles few. Of his indefatigable energy and capacity for work no better instance can be given than his having, just before the long vacation in 1850, the most pressing period of the legal year, performed the work of three Courts during the illness of the two other Vice-Chancellors, with so much discrimination, ability, and good temper—to use Mr. Foss's words —that a public expression of respectful admiration was elicited from the whole Bar in an address from the Attorney-General. The following extract from an article in the Guar dian i s attributed to a great dignity at the Bar, than whom no one is better entitled to pronounce an opinion : " But though his great penetration and quickness and his wonderful aptitude and talent for business, made him, in his best days, an admirable Judge, so far as concerned the in terests of the uuitors, yet his habit,which very much increased on him of late years, of deciding the case on hand with a few short words, without examining and stating at length the reasons for his judgment and the law which bore on it, have prevented him perhaps from taking that great and dis tinguished position as Judge of which he was so eminently capable. Of the numerous judgments delivered by him,those which will hereafter be referred to as settling or elucidating the law are few and far between ; and their number is by no means such as we should have anticipated from his groat general reputation and undoubted learning; and capacity, Yet there are some few judgments of his which will be re membered, not only for their sparkling cleverness and power, but as examples of legal reasoning, and as settle ments of vexed and intricate legal questions. Sometimes, too, there was a certain irrepressible humour about even his gravest judgments, which was eminently characteristic of his general mode of getting through the otherwise dull and prosaic transactions of the court in which he sat. Thus, in the Burgess's anchovy case,' in which two brothers Bur gess, sons of the original inventor of tho sauce, were the litigants, and in which the brother who succeeded to the business and the sauce complained that the brother who had not inherited it was nevertheless vending Burgess's sauce, the Lord Justice, deciding against the complainant, commenced as follows:—' the Queen's subjects are en titled to manufacture pickles and sauces, and not the less so that their fathers have done it before them. All the Queen's subjects are entitled to use their own names, and not the less so that their fathers have done it before them.' The conclusion followed, of course. The late Lord Justice, too, though not what would now be called a High Church man, upheld, more strictly than any one on the bench, the principle that a judge cannot recognise judicially as that Christianity which is legally and ipso facto part and parcel of the constitution, any other form of the Christian religion than that established by law. In ono case some years ago he went so far as to order a case to stand over that proof might be given that certain flagrant departures from right, proved in the cause, and urged as the grounds for the re moval of a dissenting minister, were inconsistent with the principle of the sect in question. And in the well-known case of the Agapemone, his lordship, then Vice-Chancellor, laid it down, not perhaps without reason, that it would be as proper for the Court to intrust its ward to a camp of gipsies' as to the so-called 'religious body' with which ho was then dealing." The following is an extract from the opening of his judgment in " Barrow v. Barrow,"—a good specimen of his wit, humour, and felicity of expres sion : " These and two other suits are the fruits of an alliance between a solicitor and a widow who, for the first 60 days of their married life—namely, from the 30th July to the 28th September, 1830, lived, as well as quar re ll e d , toge ther, but at the end of that period parted, exchanging a state of conflict which, though continual, Was merely do mestic, for the more conspicuous, snore disciplined, and more effectual warfare of Lincoln's-inu and Doctors'- commons." To this extract others might be added from his judgments in " Thomas v. Roberts" (the Agape mone case), in " Plower v. M'Donough," and many well-known cases ; but we pref er t o c l ose t hi s me moir with a quotation from his own characteristic and pathetic words on taking his seat in court after the death of Vice-Chancellor Shadwell, leaving our readers to apply the description, so far as it may be applicable, to the late Sir J. Knight Bruce : "A Judge distinguished for his great knowledge of the law he administered—distinguished for his various acquire ments swift to hear,' 'slow to wrath,' pure and blameless in his life, an example of courtesy, gentleness, and amenity, who never uttered a word intended to give pain, nor har boured one unkind thought or one acrimonious feeling. But he is gone. Flere et mentinase relictunt est." Sir J. Knight Bruce married Eliza, the daughter of Mr. Thos. Newte, by whom he had several chil dren. His eldest son, Horace Lewis, died in 1848, leaving an only son, John Wyndham, now of the 15th Hussars. His second son, Lewis Bruce, survives him. His youngest son, Geo. Hamilton Wyndham, was in the 3d Light Dragoons, and was killed in the Sikh War at the battle of Ferozeshah. Of his daughters, one married Mr. F. S. D. Tyssen ; the other is the widow of Mr. John Geo. Phillimore, formerly M.P. for Leominster. The late Sir J. Knight Bruce was the youngest of three brothers, of whom the eldest, Mr. John Bruce Pryce, of Duffryn, Glamorganshire, is the sole survivor. The second brother, the Rev. William Bruce Knight, was Dean of Llaudaff, and died in 1845. his nephew, Mr. Bruce I'ryce's second son, the Right Hon. 11. A. Bruce, M.P., was Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education . under the late Ministry. His great nephew, Mr. A. C. Bruce, of the Equity Bar, was a candidate in the Conservative interest for the Sandwich borough at the late general election, but retired before the nomination. The Marquis de Lavalette, who has been on a short visit to the Count do Mahanlt, loft on Tuesday even ing on his return to Paris. The Earl and Countess De Grey have arrived at Nocton Park, Lincolnshire, from Studley Royal, near Ripon. The Countess of Ripon is staying at Nocton. The marriage of the Earl of Rosslyn and the Hon. Mrs. Maynard will be solemnised to-day at St. George's, Hanover-square. The Countess Poulett has arrived in Hanover square for a tour of visits. Count and Countess Konigsmark have left Far ranee'o3 for Paris. Lord and Lady Algernon St. Maur and Mrs. and ALiss Sloane Stanley have left the St. George's Hotel. 01' , , ,nu ICH D , Ery etrmlar HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, Wednesday. The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon, and went out this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Louise. Her Royal Highness Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville, went out driving. Princess Beatrice rode in the Home Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Christian went shooting, attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Lieut. Haig. The Count and Countess of Paris visited the Queen and royal family to-day and remained to luncheon. Count Gleichen also visited her Majesty. • The Earl and Countess of Derby and Mr. Engle hart left the Castle yesterday. Miss Burdett Coutts and the Colonial Bishoprics. _ _ In the course of the judgment delivered by the Master of the Rolls in the cause of Colenso v. Gladstone, his lordship stated that Miss Burdett Coutts contributed a large portion of the funds for endowing the Bishopric of Natal. This is a misap prehension, Miss Coutts took no part whatever in founding that see, the merit of vi hick we believe to be chiefly due to the munificence of a brother and sister. Neither has that lady had the remotest con nexion with the controversies which have been car ried on respecting Natal. Miss Coutts is, however, the sole foundress of three other colonial bishop rics, namely, Adelaide, Cape Town, and British Columbia. RAILWAYS. For Account. , 870 Orleans . _ Northern — Lyons and Mediterranean 905 Southern 577 50 Western 560 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4Ol 25 North of Spain lOl 25 Saragossa 135 Ditto to Barcelona — Roman PARAGUAY. The news by the Royal Mail steamer Oneida from the Brazils is very discouraging in all respects for the allies, politically and commercially. The peace negotiations, as the following Brazilian despatch shows, have had no result, and Lopez has plenty of courage and men to carry out his views. The Standard of September 19 has the following : IM P ORTANT BRAZILIAN COMMUNICATION. We have been favoured iu a semi-official manner with the following purport of despatches just received from Ad miral Tamandar6 ; the Brazilians of course are entirely opposed to the rumoured peace, so that we must receive the annexed information cunt grand sails : "The propositions of peace made by Lopez have had no result at all. P.lidoro refused to assist at the interview, which took place between Mitre, Flores, and Lopez. " After that Mitre, Flores, Octaviano, and Polidoro have met together, and have been unanimous to make known to Lopez that the peace could not be accepted, only with the condition of executing all clauses of the treaty of " And Lopez, on being informed of that resolution, re plied, Very well, if so, I will continue the war with so much horror that the world will be stupified, and Paraguay will bo my tomb."' Hostilities were immediately resumed, and the attack on Curnpaity ended in a loss of over one third of the allied army. Notwithstanding this the Emperor of Brazil has granted 1,271 condecorations and titles, of which we have been favoured with a list too long and unimportant to be reproduced. The Provincial Bank of Buenos Ayres has made an issue of £BOO,OOO in Treasury Bills, and has passed a law for extra import and export duty. President General Flores has returned to Monte video with the remnant of his army, 400 men. In his capital, as well as at Buenos Ayres, fears of re volution are entertained. , From abroad news is equally unfavourable to the allies. The United States Government have ordered their Ministers to ask for their passports on account of refusing the Hon. Mr. Washburn a passage to Paraguay—and now it seems the French gunboat Decidee has met the same fate. All this broods little good for the allies, and peace is greatly to be desired. MARKETS.—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here to-day was only mode rate ; nevertheless, all breeds moved off heavily, on rather lower terms. The;extremefigure was 5s 2d per 81bs. We were rather scantily supplied with sheep. Owing to the heaviness in the dead markets, sales progressed slowly, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. The best Downs and half-breds sold at Gs per 81bs. Scarcely any change took place in the value of calves, the supply of which was by no means extensive. Pigs were very dull, and 2d per 81bs lower in price. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d e d s dad Crse & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6 Pmecrs-wool sheep.s 2 5 6 Second quality do ..3 8 4 2 Prime s'thdown u 0.5 8 6 t, Prime large oxen —4 4 4 8 Large coarse calves. 4 6 5 0 Prime Scuts, ac.... 4 10 5 2 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6 Crse. and int. slieep.3 63 10 Large hugs .3 10 4 6 Second quality do ..4 0 4 10 Smal! porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb....os Od to 03 Od. Suckling calves, 203 to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30i to 333 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 362 COWS. .. • • Sheep and 1 ,mbs 149 Caves Beasts 912 Cows Sheep and lambs 1,56) . Calves 2,2 eige lOO Pigs MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENITALL.—The supplies of both i English and forei gn meat b e i ng extens i ve, th e t r ade s heavy on lower terms. Beef, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to ss4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase. lIAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 lOs; clover, lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—IIoadow hay, £3 12s to .£4 lOs Od; clover, £4 lOs to ..£5 15s ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s por load Supply moderate. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 lOs ; clovet, £4 12s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16.3 to .V 2 4s rer load. Trade inactive. TIIE REFORM LEAGUE.—The weekly meeting of the council of this league was held last evening, at the offices, Adelphi-terrace, Mr. Edmond Bottles, the president, in the chair. A letter was read front the secretary of the Working Men's Association, inviting the president and council to attend the trade and friendly societies' reform demonstration on the 3d December. A resolution in favour of the acceptance of the invitation was carried by a majo rity. Mr. Mantle, a member of the deputation appointed to attend the working men's meeting at Dublin, reported that the mission, as regarded present apparent results, was a total failure. He said the meeting was composed in great part of Fenians and Orangemen, the latter being the more noisy and dangerous element, as they evidently attended for the purpose of creating a raw. lle also wished to men tion a fact which he had not seen stated in the papers, viz., that a lump of wood was thrown at Mr. Bright, at the working men's meeting.* He believed the Catholic priests of Ireland were almost to a man in favour of the platform of the Reform League, as they believed it would have the salutary effect of drawing the people from the Fenian movement. * Certainly taking Mr. Bright at his own word—in the advocacy of Pnysical Forco doctrines.] LITERATURE. Outlines of Political Economy. By George Henry Smith (Longman and Co.)—An eighteen-penny pamphlet-shaped introductory treatise upon one of the most practically important of all the sciences— a treatise designed chiefly for the use of schools and of junior students, and accompanied by an avowed hope, on the part of the compiler, that before long this vitally important portion of our knowledge may be taught at all our seminaries pari passu with the science of History. An aspiration which is at once enforced and explained by the motto so admirably well selected by Mr. Smith for his title-page from the " Harmonies Econorniques" of Frederic Bastiat—where that illustrious and lamented political economist has sententiously remarked Tuttle mjsure legislative qui rend la vie ma terielle digicile nuit ii la vie des nations." An utterance so profound and yet so perfectly obvious in its wisdom that it might be emblazoned upon the typical banner of Free Trade. Twenty chapters form the subdivisions of this admirably lucid, in structive, and, let us even say, this entertaining trea tise, in the course of which the writer makes his young reader acquainted with the full significance of such perfectly distinct yet harmoniously in terwoven subjects as (among others) Labour, Ex change, Money, Property, Wages, Capital and in terest, Demand and Supply, Consumption and Pro duction, Banking and Credit, Poverty and Wealth, the Moral of Man's Wants and the Mechanism of Society. By way of a sort of Supplementary Reca pitulation of the entire series of these Thirty Chap ters, in the course of which the labyrinthine windings of the whole of this intricate science of Political Economy have been thridded, from the outermost porch of the maze to its innermost centre, by the learned author, in his capacity as instructor, fol lowed step after step by the reader as his faithful attendant—we have Man considered byMr.Smith at the conclusion of this profound yet popular treatise — on the one hand as an Isolated being, and on the other as a Social being—Man the Hermit and Man the Gregarious and Cosmopolitan. Texts from the Holy Bible. Explained by the Help of the Ancient Monuments. Illustrated by Joseph Bonomi. (Day and Son, limited). Welcome at any time as this book could not fail to be among earnest and reverential biblical students of all ranks and classes, it is especially welcome nowadays, when Essayists and Reviewers, when Colensos and Renaus are striving to loosen the foundatioas of popular belief in the holy and august records of revealed religion. The work is ifl no way whatever, that we can see, con troversial in its character. It is simply archeo logical, chronological, topographical, ethnolo gical, and historical by turns. It is a book that might lie upon the table or stand upon the bookshelf, side by side with th e D ouay Bibl e, w i t h t h e L at i n Vulgate of St. Jerome, with the Sainte Bible of the French Catholics, and the Holy Bible as it is cir culated among English Protestants. What Mr. Sharpe's pen and Mr. Bonomi's pencil have here to do with, in point of fact, is with facts—not with Opinions, but with Facts ! and as indicative upon the very face of it, of its strictly unsectarian cha racter—or we are very much mistaken, indeed, in writing thus of the religious views of author and ar tist--the former (Samuel Sharpe) is as indubit ably a staunch Protestant, as the latter (Joseph Bonomi) is, in his turn, a staunch Catholic. Never theless, dealing with facts—facts drawn from the ancient monuments by pen and by pencil—the illus trator and . the commentator work harmoniously together throughout the whole of this very curious and profoundly interesting volume. A few plans and views are interspersed among the two hundred pages of letterpress or thereabouts. But, together with these sparsely distributed Plans and Views, there are here also no less than one hundred and sixty drawings on wood from the hand of Mr. Bonomi— drawings exquisitely elucidatory, may we venture to say wonderfully corroborative? from the undestroyed monuments of antiquity of the absolute authenticity, of the complete and entire veracity of the records of Holy Writ ! A more enthralling or more instructive table-book for Sunday Reading we know not than this goodly volume of Texts from the Holy Bible, Explained by Help of the Ancient Monuments. The Constitution and Management of the Royal Aca - dent!, (Bell and Daldy) are considered very carefully in all their bearings by Mr. John Partridge, in a pamphlet of 31 pages octavo. A pamphlet emi nently well worthy of examination and admirably well-timed in its appearance, coming forth as it does just upon the eve of the Exodus of the Royal Academy from the National Gallery, and their removal, as soon as may be in any way practicable to their new home at the back of Burling ton llouse in Piccadilly. The Weather Guide for 1867. By Alfred J. Pearce (Simpkin and Marshall)—appears again be times at the very opening of November. Those who remember Mr. Pearce's Weather Guide Book will eagerly welcome that able astro-metereologist's Weather Guide for the coining Twelvemonth — turning with especial curiosity to his explicit predic tions of the weather for the whole year (1867), as well as to his equally distinct foreshadowings of the probable storm periods. The Farmers' Almanack, for 1867 (Ridgway) sus tains under the same able management as hereto fore, under the joint management, that is, of Mr• Cuthbert Johnson and Mr. William Shaw, its high and authoritative reputation. A " Striking Design . fi». the New Reform Club"--- is the title of a capital political skit just published by Messrs. Day and Son, Limited•--presenting to view in fact the picture of a bloodstained bludgeon` or shilelagh with " Bright del." and " Beales, sculpt." at the opposite corners : the date being given parenthetically thus " (Hyde Park, 1866)"--- and the motto thus—" It is no more immoral for a people to use Force in the last resort for the obtaining and securing of Freedom than it is for a Govern; ment by force to suppress and deny that freedom. —Extract from Bright's Manchester Speech, Octo ber, 1866. The Duke of Rutland has been entertaining a shooting party at Cheveley Park, near Newmarket. The company separated on Thursday after excellent Sport. lon e aegis 111 Usl AC, , xt eiret n oun ill tt Pelic 80p1 of I 75,0 reig i hallo have fir m vi se tio a of, to ti of golni W e , Nor. A fo r 1 h t d r ate, fo r 1 e°4l , r 4.t a i i '-.lri Do r , 41 Lot tillo 4 t Ilet4