The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-15 00:00:00

PLIS and ROBERTS sidering the noble earl's performances of late years, to say the least of it, betokens a very sanguine 11°hEjlvSeEnSu.nTerl\olutes:Is.ruirstnoi sihr(tD-)aasnuat unfurnished o .r .s 9A t,ubuyban, aad Conn ed temperament. They might depend upon it, said Particulars forwiairrdentyllo.r tohffireceess,ta27cposti d u u P it ° - n st s r t e a er," - lie e g x en ac t t - Mr. BERKELEY to his Bristol audience, that Lord r t and So South Kensington, lacing the Museum. requirements e ee RUSSELL and Mr. GLADSTONE were at the head of a Reform Ministry or no Ministry, but they laboured under great difficulties. He proposed to them a modification of the famous text, and would say, "Rest and be watchful." " Give them a fair chance ; don't push measures down their throats before they were well settled in opinions. They should not urge upon them anything." We would rather say urge upon them the necessity of imme diate and comprehensive Reform, and do not let them find in the indifference of the people an excuse for that inaction and delay which - is so fatally in viting. Do not let the country be any longer deluded by the pretence of a Liberal Ministry, who proposes no Liberal measures, but shuffles off the great problems of the day, from session to session, till the inhe rent difficulties are aggravated and the popular temper irritated and soured. A crisis like the re construction of a Cabinet certainly affcrds the best possible opportunity for the declaration of a new or improved policy, and if Earl RUSSELL and Mr. GLADSTONE are really the genuine Reformers they profess to be, they will not lead men who refuse to follow them in so vital a question. Let them have a fair chance by all means, but they must carry their colours in open day. The time is past when Reformers need lay their plans in secret, and rely on a successful outbreak or a guerilla warfare. They are now a large and regular army, only like too many other great armies, they lack competent and earnest generals. We are disappointed, how ever, to find Mr. BERKELEY saying nothing about the measure with which his name is more particu larly identified, and we cannot but think that he might with advantage have shown the British Re formers that he was ready to fight for the Ballot with undiminished vigour. Sir MORTON PETO'S speech was principally de voted, as was natural, to the politics of that great country from which he has so recently returned. Sir MORTON PETO, as might be expected, views everything Transatlantic, en couleur de rose; but his remarks were interesting from there being no theoretical speculations, but the actual opinions of a gentleman who had mixed with the people whose acts ho was criticising, and had seen the country of whose future he spoke with so much hope. It is encouraging to find that Sir MORTON PETO'S view of Canadian politics is no less cheerful than his opinions on the States. He went, he tells us, through all the British North American Provinces said he believed there was no part of their own land in which loyalty to the Queen, and love of the institutions and the Government, were more shown. Of the public institutions of Canada Sir M. PETO spoke in 'high terms. In Toronto he was specially delighted with the noble university and with the schools. In the States he met with a most cordial reception, and the vigorous commercial life of the country naturally excited his admiration. No man of business entering life should, he said, con sider his education complete until he has paid that country a visit, for to understand America they must go there. We cannot, of course, agree with Sir MORTON PETO in his estimate of the origin of the war. "It was from the very first a war of principle. Slavery was at the bottom of it." This is in direct contradiction to the express decla rations of the Northern leaders at the commence ment of the war, and is, moreover, quite in consistent with the conduct of the Northern States so long as the stream of Southern commerce flowed through their ports. But at any rate, the great evil, the terrible drag on the wheels of pro gress, is at last removed, and for that Englishmen can only be thankful, from whatever motive the struggle began, which ended the curse of slavery. Sir M. PETO loot no opportunity of pointing out how much better the North would legislate for the negroes of the South than England had done for the blacks of Jamaica, though the fault of our management in his eyes seems to have been too great severity instead of too great indulgence. Sir M. PETO appears bo forget that some ten years ago, before the now fashionable American worship set in, it was the custom of ultra-philan thropists to extol the virtues of England and decry the wickedness of the States. Both extremes are bad, and thoughtful Englishmen and Americans would alike condemn them. The views of the party and the sect to which Sir M. PETO belongs are somewhat extreme in these matters, as they are with reference to American politics generally. All parties, however, must unite in echoing his hope that the two great free peoples of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres may be able to preserve unbroken the ties of friendship and consanguinity, and may unite their efforts to secure the triumph of 'reedom and tolerance throughout the world. OUTH KENSIN GT ON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Elvaston- place, Cromwell-road, Onalow and Thurloe Squares, Bolton& &c. Messrs TOPLI4 and ROBERTS have RE 'I CES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. OLANCHE SILVER MINING COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that NO APPLICA TIONS for SHARES will be received after SATURDAY NEXT, the ]Sth instant By order of the Board Offices, 10, King's Arms • yard. Nov. 14, 130. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GAUDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) FIRST NIGHT OF IDA. THIS EVENING wi I be produced a new opera, the music by Mr. Henry Leslie, the libretto by J. Palg . , are Simpson, ksq., entitled IDA, with new scenery, resses, and appoint ments. Ida of Ila nfeld, MdLe. Ida (illness ; Greta, Madame Emma Heywood (her first appearance this season.; Baron Adrian of ilainfeld, Mr. J. G. Patey ; Baron Langzsopt, Henry Corri ; Damian, Mr. A Cook ; Hildebrand, Mr. E. Dussek ; Eric, Mr. C. Lyall ; Rudolf, Mr. W. H. Cummings (his first appearance on the stage). Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclade with the Grand Ballet, GITTA LA BAL LERINA. Mdlle. Duchateau ; Mdlles. Montero, Carey, Borelii, and Pancaldi ; Mr. Harry Payne and U. Despl .ces. Supported by 48 Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. Commence at half-past 7. THEATRE ROY AL, DRURY -LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with the Farce of HUSBANDS BEWARE. Mr. G. Belmore ; Miss Hazlewood, Miss It. Leclercq, After which, Shakspere's Tragedy of KING JOHN : Messrs. rhelps, James Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor. more, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt ; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. H. Vandenhoff. Mrs. Hodson, &c. Commence at 7. T HEA TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— S o l e Lessee and Manager , Mr. Buckstone. .0 HIS EV ENING, THREE WE ii:KS ArrER MAR RIAGE. .ISIr. W. Farrell, Mr. Chippendale, Miss Snowden, MISS Nelly Moore. Atter which, USED UP. Mr: Charles Mathews, Kr. Howe, Miss Neill , Moore, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by (3rd time) WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN ? Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Fit z william, &c. • • - - - Concluding with THE BALLET. Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leclercq, Miss Fanny li right, Miss C. Adams, and the Corps de Ballet. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TREAT,RE.— Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman. After which, at 8, a New Drama, entitled THE WATCH CRY. Mr Fechter, supported by Messrs. H. Widaicombe, S. Emery, C. Horsman, Raymond, Fitzpatrick, CRSlord, and Miss Elsworthy. To conclude with the Farce of NIIRSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Raymond, Moreland; Mrs. Lee and Miss Lavenn. Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five. Acting Manager, H. Barnett. ISTEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI, Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at 7, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Alfred Mellon end Mr. Felix Rogers. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 63d appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington, I'. Bedford, R Phillips, Felix Rogers, Ashley, Mourne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Billington, &c. To conclude, at half-past 10, with THE WIDOW'S VICTIM. Messrs. Billington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss Godsell, Miss Seaman, and 3tliss Jenny Willmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIRT LODGINGS. After which, at a quarter to Eig ht, IT IS NEVER TO() LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. 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Still it was an amusing speech on the whole, and contained some strictures on political parties, which were more true than plea sant, and which his Liberal friends may not alto gether approve of. Mr. •BENTINcK paid a tribute to the " other place," as the phraseology of Parliament compelled him to call the august assembly of the House of Lords, and declared that he had great confidence in it, and that they who belonged to it " would always be found to do their duty, and defend that constitution which had made England great, glorious, and free." The hon. member, in common with all those who have death of addressed public meetings of late, alluded to the Lord 13 ... ALMERSTON, and expressed his ' profound regret at the termination of that long and brilliant career. Although occasionally opposed to the noble lord in politics, he had enjoyed the honour of his friendship, and "any man who knew Lord PALKERsiox was aware that a more hospitable host, a more genial companion, or a kinder friend never existed." Such tributes as these are rife throughout the country, an d i t may be fairly said that in some respects the late Premier's fame rests more upon his private character than his public eminence. Many men have won great re nown in their fulfilment of the arduous duties of state, and their successful exploits in the senate, but few, if any, of our departed statesmen have retired from the sphere of their earthlylabou t r h s ei a r n s d o l e e ia ft l such a train of glory behind them in capacity as Lord PALMERSTO N has done. It is worthy of notice that the pra i se accorded to memory of the late Premier has been quite as heartily accorded by those who were in opposition to him as by those who followed his lead, and were at all events in some way connected with him. All concur in recording his death as a great national loss, and in recognising these genial qualities in the discharge of his high duties, which rendered his career a popular and prosperous one. It is most unfortunate for Earl RUSSELL that he succeeds to so fortunate a statesman. No Minister who has swayed public affairs during the memory of the present gyration was soshappy in his defini tions and so dexterous in his dealings as the late lamented Premier, while of all our most valuable public men none have made so many mistakes, and failed so often to realise his grand projects, as Earl RUSSELL. We find Mr. BENTINCK following in the wake of many another critic, and doubting - whether the present head of the Government could any longer "rest and be thankful." There - was much truth in the ac count which the hon. member gave of the profes sions which are so abundantly made by soi-disant Liberalstand which are so feebly put into practice when the time comes for exchanging deeds for words. In some respects this discrepancy may account for the little progress made during the years which a Liberal Government holds office, and also for the excitement which then pre vails among its members in opposition. As for supposed preponderance of numbers on the Minis terial side of the house, Mr. BENTINCK considers that time may prove that all is not gold that glitters, and that when " certain investigations," which always follow a general election, have been conducted, no great changes will be discovered between the mechanism of the past and present Parliaments. The many differences which exist among the various members of one party, as they style themselves, were well shown up in this speech ; and there is also a notable instance given of the tyranny which sometimes prevails among their tactics, as in the case of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE and others, who were ousted from their seats, because, to use Mr. OSBORNE'S expressive phrase, " they were disobe dient to the crack of the Ministerial whip." Such manoeuvres may serve the purpose for a time, but they cannot eventually profit those who employ them. The capture of STEPHENs has naturally created great excitement, and it is to be expected that the conspiracy, such as it is, will thus receive a de cisive check. The whole of the circumstances con nected with his seizure display a great spite and a vengeful spirit on the part of the offenders, such as show that they have been long brooding over the matter in their minds, and were savage at the pro spect of failure. It is confidently asserted that the American agents, who were staying in various houses in Dublin, declared that if " STEPHENS were ever taken blood would be shed," and they have cer tainly put their threat into execution. A more cowardly resolve could not have been made, because there was no shadow of excuse for the commission of such violence, there was none of the excitement of a contest, and thus shooting the police-officers was a wanton act of cruelty to those who were merely discharging their duty. It is fortunate that the wounds received were not fatal, but the conduct' of those who fired at them is quite as heinous. It is explained now that there was a very good reason for the Government holding the investigation in the Lower Castle-yard ; it was not for the sake of con venience or with a view to secure privacy that they did so, but it was mainly for precaution, in order that those attending the court should not run undue risks. Some of the most useful among the police, and some of the most important witnesses, were threatened with assassination. One of the police-officers declared that an attempt would be made on his life if the inquiries took place in the Head Police-court. it has been well determined upon that some of the police are to be provided with revolvers. It is to be hoped that this will serve as a check to the attacks with which they are threatened; and, indeed, it would have been a good thing if this precautionary measure had been resorted to before. If the promoters of the Fenian Movement desire to make their memory infamous, and to draw down upon them the obloquy of all respectable persons, they cannot do better than have recourse to the practice of assassination, which is the most cowardly and detestable act that a human being can commit. STEPHENS appears to have led a very wandering life, and to be well educated, as well as an accomplished speaker. He came from Kilkenny, where his father had a humble employ ment. During a disengaged time in Dublin young STEPHENS frequented the Young Ireland Clubs, where he had doubtless imbibed the revolutionary notions that have brought him to such a disgraceful consummation as the head of the Fenian movement in Ireland, and lovers of justice and peace will re joice at his•capture, while they pity his infatuation and lament his misguided course. He affords a striking warning to all those who let their ideas of independence and remodelling the world after their own fashion lead them they know not whither, and who end by achieving their own destruction and ruining the hopes of their friends and families. Despatch of Baron Von Beust to Austria and Prussia. DRESDEN, Nov. 12. The following is the text of the despatch ad dressed by Herr von Beust, Saxon Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the Saxon Ministers at Vienna and Berlin : "Dresden, Oct. 11. "On the occasion of my reception to-day of the Diplomatic Body the envoys of Austria and Prus sia gave me information of a step which their Go vernments had taken towards the Senate of the town of Frankfort, namely, that corresponding notes had been despatched to their respective representa tives in the free town of Frankfort in which com plaint was urged against the excess of the recent Assembly of Deputies, reference made to the pre viously proved connivance of the Senate, and stress laid upon the necessity of preventing repetitions, especially any further meeting of the Committee of Thirty-six, and at the same time threats held out of independent action by both Powers in case of ,non-compliance. I did not consider it neces sary to enter upon a detailed discussion of these documents. As far as regards the complaints relative to the past, it is the business of the Frankfort Senate to come to an understanding with the two complaining Governments. But as re gards the possibility of independent action, it is a question of an eventuality which does not yet pre sent itself. At the same time we do not wish that the interpretation of consent should be put upon our silence, but rather that, the opportunity oc curring, we reserve liberty of opinion and declara tion, all the more since we cannot overlook the de cisions contained in the Federal fundamental laws respecting independent action in case of differences between the members of the Confederation. That the disadvantage of agitating meetings possessing no constitutional basis being held at the seat of the Federal Diet is dwelt upon in both documents is a consideration, the right to make which we are by such no means inclined to gainsay, although we are so far s ur p r i se d at i t, s i nce, i n t h e course o f t h e l ast SiX years, si m il ar mee ti ngs h ave f requen tl y b een held in protestshav ing Governments givenrise onthef Austria and Prussia. But further consideration of the matter should have s b ea r t oughtinto notice the . fact • that Frankfort, perhaps subjected must be ecte a d s t t o he an of the Federal . . Diet, is that it certainly unexceptional the decision, and Diet to decide what measures it itm. affair h of the Federal necessary to take or not towards tte might be proper and territorial Go vernment. The presence of the Austro-Prussian garrison, which is also dwelt upo n • in both docu ments, is certainly a consideration worthy of notice, and must be taken into account by that body, since their presence is not based upon treaty or any other relation between Austria and Prussia and the town of Frankfort, but is rather founded on the close connection of the seat of the Federal Diet with that town. " Your excellency will read this note to the Minister of Foreign Affairs or his representative. a r - " g "Nov Ampi ( SIM 44'444 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 1865. The 13th of November is a great day in the good city of Bristol both socially and politically. Socially, it celebrates the fame of one of the most eminent of its citizens, besides s having the practical result of raising large sums for the local Charities ; poli tically, it gives the members for the city, and any ') other parliamentary notabilities who may -like to attend the festival, an opportunity of enlarging upon the topics of the day. Accordingly the anni versary is generally very welcome, and the meetings of 1865 do not appear to have lost anything of the importance or interest attached to their predecessors. The three societies which keep the day to the honour of EDWARD COLSTON have each of them been in existence for more than a century. They represent the several shades of politica, being respectively Liberal, Conservative, and neutral. The speeches at the meetings of the two former were naturally tempered by the views of the principal guests. The Anchoi Society boasted of the presence of Lord Duca, the Lord-Lieutenant ; Mr. BERKELEY, the veteran Reformer, and-Sir MORTON PETO, the mem bers for the city; Colonel KINGSCOTE, M.P ., and Sir JOHN BOWRING, besicks other gentlemen of political distinction in the locality. Earl Dl:cm, after commenting on the condition of the Liberal party and the great loss which it bad lately sus t4ned, observed that they must now be prepared to encounter very different opposition from that which they had lately been met by, and he there fore expressed his hope that any particular fancies of individuals might be sacrificed to the good of the party. The speech of Mr. BERKELEY, the champion of the Ballot, was the subject for con tinued applause, so that we must hope the good citizens of Bristol are prepared to support that really practical measure. Mr. BERKELEY had a right to ex pect a cordial reception, since he had been present 28 consecutive times to do honcur to the memory of the philanthropist. fir. BERKELEY referred humorously to the fact of COLSTON having been a staunch Tory, as well as a firm Churchman; yet his charities, as they saw that day, were cordially upported by gentle men of totally different ways o f thinki ng . He th ou ght they had done well in imitati ng ...01.S ci TON'S character and discarding his politics. As for Mr. BERKELEY'S own politics, he eulogis e d L ord Rus- SELL, though he aptly said that the noble earl had climbed a mountain, and found a very unfortunate text at the top of it. " What did Reform mean?" asked Mr, BERKELEY. "It meant reformation of abuses, and so long as there were abuses, how was it possible to do their duty and rest ?" However, he did not suffer this expression to diminish his con fidence in Earl . RussELL—a conadencelVbich) On' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1865. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BELGIUM. OPENING OF THE BELGIAN CHAMBERS. BRUSSELS, Nov. 14. The session of the Senate for 18G5-66 was opened to-day. During the first sitting, at which the Duke of Brabant was present, the Assembly proceeded to the formation of its bureau. The following were appointed :—President, Prince de Ligne ; First Vice-President, M. d'Omalins d'Halloy ; Second Vice-President, Baron de Tor naco ; First Secretary, Baron de Rasse ; Second Secretary, Count Ludovic de Robiana ; Assistant Secretaries, M. de L'Abbeville and M. de Looz- Corsivarem. The Chamber of Deputies also met to-day under the presidency of M. Lange, the senioi member, but no business having been set down in his order of the day, the members separated immediately. The Chamber will probably proceed to-morrow to the nomination of its definitive bureau. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 14 (Evening). A change in the views of the nobility in favour of the proposed reform of the Constitution has taken place, and several members of the House of Nobles, among whom is General Bjoernstjerna, formerly Minister of War, have Withdrawn their opposition to the measure. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15. The steamship Ethiope, with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, Teneriffe, and Madeira, arrived here this morning. Her dates are :—Benin, Sept. 25 ; Cameroons, Sept. 20; Old Calabar, Oct. 2 ; Fernando Po, Oct. 3 ; 'Brass River, 5 ; Nun, 5 ; Bonny and Lagros, 8 ; Accra, 10 ; Cape Coast Castle, 12 ; Cape Palmas, 14 ; Sierra Leone, 21 ; Bathurst, 25 ; Teneriffe, Nov. 1; and Madeira, 4th inst. She brings 3,530 oz. of gold dust, and 13,000 sovereigns in specie. Business was unchanged at the different points at which the Ethiope called. At Lagos communication with the interior re mained closed. Native wars prevailed at Sierra Leone. INDIA. BOMBAY, Nov. 14th, 1865. Col. Bruce signed treaty of peace with Bootan in public Durbar yesterday. FRANCE. PARIS, N ov. 15. The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The Paris journals have published details of projected reduc tions in the strength of the army, which are com pletely erroneous. h order to show how little foundation there is fox this intelligence, it is suffi cient to state that, if the Emperor has determined in principle upon the reduction of the war expendi ture, the means by «hich this reduction will be accomplished has not yet been decided upon." The Emperor and tle Empress were received on their arrival at Compiegne by the Prefect of the Oise, the Sub-Prefect cf Compiegne, the mayor of the town, and the principal authorities. The impe rial party proceeded to the palace in carriages con ducted by postilions, .and escorted by a detachment of Cent-Gardes and Dragoons of the Empress. Dinner took place at seven o'clock in the Galerie-Neuve. The son of Dr. Conneau accompanied the Prince Imperial. Yesterday a grand banquet was given by the Emperor in the Galerie des Fetes to the authorities of the town. The artistes of the Vaudeville Theatre are to perform the Famine Benoiton at the palace on Friday. The journals of Algiers state that an attempted murder had taken place in the open market of that city. Two Maltese second-hand clothes sellers were quarrelling, when one of them drew a knife from his pocket and stabbed the other in the abdomen. The wounded man is lying in a dangerous state. The assailant was arrested, and did not attempt to deny his crime. "At last," says the Currier de Marseille, " we can announce with certainty that the cholera has completely disappeared from this city audits environs. The sanitary state is perfect, and the number of deaths below the ordinary average. Travellers are returning to us. Yesterday's trains brought a great number of strangers, chiefij English, on their way to the thermal stations of the South, and who will be induced to remain some days with us by reason of the fine weather. The Prefect of the Var has just issued an order rendering attendance at the communal school obli-, gatory for the children inscribed on the roll of public assistance from the age of six to twelve years. A telegraphic despatch has been sent by the Pre fect of the Loiret to his colleagues at Blois, Tours, Angers, and Nantes, and to the sub-prefects of Saumur and Ancenis, announcing that a rise has taken place in the waters of the Loire, and that the belief was that it would be about f our f ee t at ei No er nflooodthoesVany importance had been ne or the Ch er . signalled Orleans. either Several charitable ladies at Colmar (Bas-Rhin) have recently been the dupes of an ingenious mode of obtaining money under false pretences, supposed to be the invention of a soldier belonging to the 88th Regiment, in garrison at that town. The soldier, real or supposed, accosted some ladies as they left church, and told them that, having unfor tunately had a quarrel with some townsmen, he had got his bayonet broken. He added in piteous accents that if he could not obtain 7fr. or Bfr. to buy a new one, he should be very severely punished on returning to his barracks. Several ladies, moved by his distress, gave him the necessary sum, for which he thanked them profusely, and then hastened away. Whether this swindler was really a soldier, or had merely assumed the uniform for the purpose of accomplishing his fraud, seems not to have been satisfactorily ascertained. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday : "A collection of strong barometric pressures this morning occupied Central Europe, the North Sea, the British Islands, France, and the North of Italy. The sky was generally clear in those quarters, and winds in general moderate from between N.E. and S.E. The gale, of which the centre was on Sunday morning near St. Petersburg, has diverged a little towards the East. It produced this morning strong winds over the Russian Baltic. The windwas strong from the W. on the coast of Norway. The barometer is falling in the west of Europe, and especially in the Bay of Biscay." In Paris-yesterday the weather was exceedingly fine for the season. At three in the afternoon the thermometer marked 10 Centigrade (50 Fahrenheit). The Patrie gives the following details of the proposed reduCtion in the French army:—" The Infantry of the Guard, a battalion of each of the seven regiments of Grenadiers and Voltigeurs, be sides two companies of the regiment of Gendarmery, are to be suppressed, so that the three regiments of Grenadiers and the four of Voltigeurs would consist of three battalions of eight companies each, and that the two battalions of Gendarmery would have only seven companies. In the Infantry of the Line each of the hundred regiments is to lose three companies. 'For the: cavalry the two regi ments of Carbiniers would be fused into those of the Cuirasseurs of the Guard. Each of the fifty regiments of the Line (the two of Carbiniers no longer existing) would be reduced to five squadrons instead of six. For the artillerr4o batteries are to disappear. The infantry would therefore lose '7 chefs de bataillon, 342 captains, and as many lieu tenants and sub-lieutenants. The cavalry Would lose 2 colonels, 2 lieutenant-colonels, 2 majors, 52 chefs d'scadron, 104 captains, and double the num ber of lieutenants alid sub-lieutenants. As to the artillery, we do not know whether the suppressions will bear upon the number of batteries or upon whole regiments. We are also assured, and we readily believe, that the Emperor's Government, ever full of kindness for the army, in order to ren der so considerable a reduction less onerous to the officers, is studying the means of ameliorating the status of those affected by that measure who have reached the limit of age, by securing to them as far as possible positions in the civil service. The other officers would naturally be placed on the books of the regiments of their own arms, and would take rank therein according to the vacancies occurring ; but always under certain limits, and in a manner that would not cut short all advancement. The measure in question, when it shall have been com pletely executed, will present a saving of not less than 50 millions in the War Budget, especially if to these figures are added those resulting from a dimi nution of at least 6,000 or 7,000 horses." An attempt at murder and a suicide have just taken place in the streets of St. Quentin (Aisne). A smith, named Lamy, on quitting the prison where he had been confined a fortnight for illtreating his wife, waited for the woman at a spot where he knew she was about to pass, and discharged the contents of a pistol at her, after which he blew out his own brains. The woman, although wounded in the cheek, is likely to recover. • The Military Tribunal of Nantes last week tried a soldier, named Besassier, of the 86th Regiment of the Line, charged with having been found asleep when on duty as sentinel, and with having disobeyed and threatened his superior officers. It appeared from the evidence that on the night of the 26th September the corporal of the guard at the central prison of Fontevrault did not receive the usual reply from one of the sen tinels, and on going to ascertain the cause found the prisoner fast asleep on the ground, and his mus ket leaning against the wall. When wakened by the corporal, the prisoner started up, and used abusive language, for which the corporal at once ordered him two days' arrest. Irritated by this, the prisoner became still more abusive, and refused to return to the guard-house when ordered by the sergeant, who had now arrived. He also wrested his musket from the hands of the sergeant, and threatened to bayonet or shoot any one who ap proached him. To avoid bloodshed the sergeant and his men left the prisoner to finish his watch. In due time he was relieved and returned to the guard-house, when he was immediately put under arrest and committed for trial. All these facts having been proved, the prisoner in his defence pleaded that he was intoxicated at the time, and knew not what he did. The Tribunal, considering intoxication no excuse, found the prisoner guilty, and condemned him to five years' hard labour, and to pay all the costs of the prosecution. The armour plated division of the Atlantic, com manded by Rear-Admiral Baron de la Ronciere Le Noury, has arrived at Cherbourg. On the Emperor Napoleon's recent visit to Are nenberg, in Switzerland, he admitted to an audience an engineer of Constance named Klein, who manu factured, in 1835, according to his Majesty's orders, the first rifled cannon. The Emperor has since conferred on him a large gold medal, accompanied with an autograph letter. We have to announce the death at Paris of Prince de Castelcicala, Duke de Calvello, formerly Ambas sador of the King of Naples to the French Court, and at one time Viceroy of Sicily. The death is also announced of M. Le Clerk, senior of the Faculty of Letters, member of the French Institute. M. Jules Favre is said to be a candidate for the seat in the French Academy rendered vacant by the death of M. Dupin. BOURSE, Nov. 14.—Two o'Clock. English Consols are telegraphed with a rise of per cent. ; nevertheless this encouragement has had no effect on the market here. Stocks and Shares are consi derably weaker, and quoted at lower rates. Threes, for the Account, are doing at 68f. 40c.—a decline of 12i c. Italian Fives at 65f. 20c., with a similar de cline. Credit Mobilier Shares have receded 6f. 25c. Spanish Mobilier, 2f. 50c. Comptoir d'Escompte 2f. 50c. Immobiliere sfr. Northern Railway Shares 2f. 50c. Lyons if. 25c. Lombard 2f. 50c. Austrian if. 25c. Saragossa 7f. 50c. Romans 2f. 50c., and North of Spain 2f. 50c. Three o'Clock The market has been still more depressed towards the end. The final quotations were as follow : 41 per Cents 9O 50 Ditto Threes — Do. end month — Roman 74 3 per Cents. 6B 35 Mexican Loan — Do. end month 6B 32i Do. Bonds 321 25 Credit Mobilier ... 865 Russian - Do. end month ... 863 75 Austrian Bank Shares 3700 Spanish Threes ... 42 50 Credit Foncier 1325 Home Debt Italian Loan 65 Deferred Do. end month 65 15 Acct. ... 820 - 1098 75 827 50 567 50 ... 532 50 516 25 - - ... 211 25 - - ... 411 25 - - ... 183 75 - - ... 232 50 - 167 50 CANADA. MONTREAL, Nov. 3. L' Union Nationale, in speaking of the contem plated Fenian invasion, declares that the Govern ment is organising an army of 40,000 men, to be stationed along the entire frontier line of Quebec and Toronto, and to garrison all the frontier to ns. Great excitement prevails. The military authorities are taking steps to pro tect the armoury from being suddenly rifled. The Montreal Herald, winding up an article on the ministerial crisis in England, says :—There is one point yet to be considered in the changes which will be effected by the death of Lord Palmerston. It is that, according to our colonial negotiators in England, it required all Lord Palmerston's influence tb overcome the objection of Mr. Gladstone to the guarantees, and so forth, which they went to Eng land to seek." SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 15. The Hamburg and American Company's extra steamer Teutonia, from New York on the Ist inst., has arrived. She brings a large cargo for Hamburg, but no specie. Her news has been anticipated. Introduction of Gas into India. The introduction of gas into the territories of the Nizam will strike many persons as being a phenomenon of no or dinary kind. In a state where the telegraph wires are re garded with the gravest distrust, and where the prospect of a railway engineer's appearance is discussed on deep po litical and religious grounds, one might well have supposed that the preparation of so mysterious an agent as gas, almost at the very gates of Hyderabad, would have excited the liveliest apprehensions within. However this may be, one house in Chudderghaut is nowbrightly illuminated with real unmistakeable gas, and the experiment, tried at the risk and expense of one individual, has proved so successful as leads us to hope that in a short time oil and candles will be entirely superseded in the principal houses of Chudder ghaut. The gas, which is prepared either from common oil, or from seeds containing a fair per-tentage of oily matter (especially the castor-oil seed, of which one pound yields over ten cubic feet of gas), appears singularly free from any noxious propel tics, and furnishes a pure and brilliant light, at a very trifling expense. Though, as is usual in such cases, private enterprise has taken the start of public action, it is to be hoped that the machinery brought out from England by Mr. Marrett (the civil en gineer in the Nizam's service) may not be confined en tirely to private purposes. His Excellency Salar Jung would confer a considerable boon on many by lighting up in a similar manner the long streets leading from the Residency to his palace.— Times of India. [ln reference to the above paragraph it is satisfactory to know that illumi nation by gas of th e fi rs t private house, in Southern India, was accompli s h e d by a n English firm, Messrs. J. D e f r i es and Sons, the well-known gas engineers and chandelier manufacturers of Houndsditch, who have now a staff of men in that part of the world. This new feature in artificial light caused, as might have been expected, great astonish ment to the natives and residents of Chudderghaut, and is no doubt only the prelude to its almost universal adoption in every presidency of our Indian Empire.] TIIE ALLEGED FRAUDS ON TIIE BIRMINGHAM BANK.—Mr. Justice Montague Smith was applied to, after Mr. Justice Lush on Monday evening had refused to bail Kelly, to liberate him on bail. Mr. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis), for the bank, said that Kelly and Taylor would be tried next week. Mr. Orchard said that Taylor had been admitted to bail. .Elis lordship refused the ap plication. erfrilzot \c,. DIE . , plat HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 14. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. Princess Helena went out walking. Princess Beatrice drove out. The Crown Prince and Princess went to Clare mont this afternoon to visit the Queen Marie Arne] ie. Lady Waterpark has succeeded the Marchioness of Ely as Lady in Waiting to the Queen. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, yesterday, from visiting their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham, Norfolk. The Duke of Argyll . arrived in town yesterday from Inverary Castle, Argyllshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are entertaining a select party, at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. The Marquis of Conyngham left town on Monday on a visit to Lord and Lady Londesborough at Griniston Park, Yorkshire. The noble marquis will return to town on Saturday. The Earl of Clarendon and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers were absent from the Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon, in consequence of being engaged to attend the funeral of their late sister, Lady Theresa Lewis. The Earl and Countess Delawarr are expected to arrive in town to-morrow, from Hatfield House, Herts, where the noble earl and countess have been on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury. The Earl Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford have abandoned their winter stay at Nice. The noble earl and his mother leave England on Thursday next for Ma deira, to pass the winter. The Countess of Wilton arrived in Grosvenor square yesterday from Heaton Hall, Lancashire. Viscountess Palmerston has delayed her departure to Brighton until to-naori ow (Thursday). Her ladyship has been visited by many of her intimate friends since the death of her illustrious husband. Lord Stanley, M.P., will return to town to-day from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House, Herts. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood will come to town on Friday from Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire, accom panied by Lady Mary and Miss Wood. We are able to state that the injuries which theright hon. baronet received when thrown from his horse aro not of so serious a charac ter as represented. Archbishop Manning visited Liverpool on Mon day, and spent some time in the inspection of the reforma tory ships Clarence and Akbar. The former vessel is in+ tended for tho children of Roman Catholic parents. RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 11. The Marquis of Miraflores has addressed a letter from Pau to the Epoca, in which he strongly con demns the doctrine of political abstention, and points out that, if generally acted upon by the Op position, it would seriously affect the Crown, by rend ring the exercise of theprerogative of changing the Ministry impossible. Marshal O'Donnell is applauded for moderation by some, and reproached with mistaken indulgence by others, for his toleration of the meetings recently held by the Progressist and Democratic parties, at which, particularly at the latter meeting, very re volutionary language was used by the majority of the speakers. The following conversation is reported to have taken place at a fire which broke out two or three mornings ago in the Engineers' Barracks. The principal authorities of Madrid had hastened to the spot, and among them Marshal O'Donnell and the alcalde, Senor Abascal, a prominent member of the Progressist party. Addressing the latter, the marshal is reported to have said :—" Will you not now say that I am tolerant? I have left to Pro gressists and Democrats the most ample liberty, as I am accustomed to act towards all,"parties." " Cer tainly, general," replied the alcalde, " this time you have been tolerant ; we are satisfied." " Then," added the Minister, " since you are so satisfied with me, I shall give you a counsel to be communicated to your friends, and that is, not to attempt revolu tions in the streets, for should they unhappily do so, however tolerant I may have been with those who discuss, I shall be very severe and energetic with 1 1 insurgents. I have all the necessary elements to en able me to fall like a thunderbolt on any such, and the responsibility for what might afterwards occur would not be mine, but theirs exclusively." All the newspapers which had given a detailed version of the speeches delivered at the Democratic and Progressist meetings have been seized, and legal proceedings instituted against their editors. The speakers did not even spare the Queen in their de nunciations of the existing state of things. The Government continue to give every possible indication of their desire that the elections should be entirely free from any official influence. A Ministerial circular has just been addressed to the registrars of property in the provinces, intimating to those functionaries that immediate suspension from their office would follow any interference in electoral affairs, or any attempt to influence, directly or in directly, the minds of the electors. Letters have been received here from Peru to the 25th Sept., which state that Gen. Pezet had under his orders at the capital a body of 7,000 troops, well paid and well provided, and ready to do their duty. lle had constructed fortifications for the de fence of Lima, and formed an entrenched camp on the Chorillo-road in an excellent position. Rifled cannon had arrived from Europe and the United States, and the President expected other resources, especially the iron-clad corvette Independencia, built in England on account of the Peruvian Go vernment. The principal cities in Peru, in order to avoid the exactions and extraordinary levies of the insurgents, had declared in favour of the legitimate Government. Among this number were Arequipa, Caxamarca, Cuzco, Huancavelico, Puno, and Tru jillo. Mortero, the chief of the insurgent naval forces, remained at the Chinchas without money and unable to act, having been prohibited by the foreign representatives from bombarding Callao. The crew of his flag-ship, the Amazonas, had muti nied for want of pay and the failure of promises held out to them. Montero asked them to wait, but it was expected he would be in a difficult posi tion if he could not shortly satisfy them. General Canseco, the leader of the insurgent army, number ing 4,000 men, was at Pasco, and endeavouring to organise a provisional government, with himself as chief ; but the resources he had obtained by extra ordinary contributions were dissipated, and anarchy began to manifest itself among his soldiers. In fine, affairs had greatly improved in favour of President Pezet, although the country suffered severely from this and previous revolutions. AMERICA. --A.— (Per the Hibernia.) NEW YORK, Nov. 3. It seems from recently received official informa tion that reorganisation in Arkansas has progressed quietly and is a success. President Johnson has informed the Governor that there will be no in terference with its Government ; and not only does he invite the State to resume its former relations with the Federal Government, but promises it all the aid of the Government in the premises. Mr. Seward has addressed the following despatch to the provisional Governor of Florida :—" Your letter of October 7 was received and submitted to the President. He is gratified with the favourable progress towards reorganisation in Florid., an d directs me to say that he regards the ratification by the Legislature of the Congressional Amendment of the Constitution of the United States as indispens able to a successful restoration of the true loyal relations between Florida and the other States, and equally indispensable to the return of peace and harmony throughout the republic." The provisional Governor of Georgia has tele graphed to President Johnson that all is going on well, adding the text of the ordinance by which the Georgia Convention repeals the " ordinance to dis solve the union between the State of Georgia and the other States united with her under a compact of government entitled the United States of America," also the " Ordinance to adopt and ratify the con stitution of the Confederate States of America," and other resolutions and ordinances subversive or antagonistic to the Government of the United States. The Rev. 11. W. Beecher had an interview with the President. Mr. Johnson was very frank in his statement of his purpose and his convictions. He declared that no State lately in rebellion ought to be permitted to resume its former status and position in the Union until it has adopted the constitutional amendments, and promised to extend protection to all freedom. Secretary Mc Culloch has promulgated the state ment of the public debt as it appears from the books of the treasurer's return and requisitions of the department on the 31st of October, 1865. The recapitulation shows the following Debt bearing interest in coin $1,161,137,691.80 Debt bearing interest in lawful money 51,191,819,787.46 Debt on which interest has ceased 1,373,920.09 Debt bearing no interest Total amount outstanding 2,740,854,158.86 Total interest is Of which $167,670,340.50 is in coin, and $71,267,738.09 is in lawful money. The legal tender notes in circulation are as follows : One and two years 5 per cent 532,536,901 United States Notes Old Issue Compound Interest Notes 173,012,141 Total 633,709,58 The following is the amount in the Treasury : In coin, $34,554,987 15c. ; in currency, $33,800,591 54c. ; total, $68,355,578 69c. Fractional currency on hand, $260,714 69c. A contrast of the October statement, compared with that for September, shows a reduction of the public debt of $4,100,000 ; also a reduction of legal tenders of over $4,400,000. In the October statement there is also a new feature, namely, the amount outstanding in 5-20 Bonds exchanges, under the act of March 3, 1865, nearly $4,500,000. These are payable after five, and redeemable in twenty years from Nov. 1, 1865, at 6 per cent. interest in coin. The temporary loan, at 4 per cent., is $612,728 ; at 5 per cent., $31,309,710; and at 6 per cent., $67,185,306. Certificates of indebtedness, bearing 6 per cent. in terest, $55,905,000. Funeral of M. Dupin. The obsequies of M. Dupin were celebrated yes terday in the Church of St. Clotilde, with all the pomp and circumstance usual on such occasions. From an early hour crowds thronged that part of the Rue du Bac where the deceased resided, and those who were specially invited to attend with difficulty made their way to their destination. The body, which had been exposed the whole morning, in a chapelle ardente, erected in the courtyard of the house, was removed at 11 o'clock to the church, which was hung in black drapery. The approaches to the church, and the enclosed gardens in front of it, were filled with groups so numerous as greatly to impede the circulation of carriages. A stranger might suppose, from the number of troops on the ground, that they were the obsequies not of a great citizen essentially pacificby pursuits as by tempera ment, but of some distinguished soldier. M. Dupin was a Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour for near 30 years, and, as such, was entitled to have his remains escorted by a large body of troops. The privileges of a member of the Legion of Honour are not many, but still there are privileges. A simple knight when wearing his cross—the riband alone does not suffice—is entitled to the military salute from a sentinel at his post and from every soldier who passes, and at his funeral to a military escort. This escort is numerous in proportion to his rank in the Order. There attended, then, to do honour to M. Dupin, two battalions of infantry of the 58th and 31st of the Line, with their full band, and two companies of Sappers and Firemen, who opened and closed the procession from the house to the church. The hearse, displaying all the trappings of woe, black drapery, tall plumes, and silver em broidery, and drawn by six homes richly caparisoned, received the coffin at 11 o'clock. It was covered over with the Senator's mantle, and was surmounted by the toque or cap of Procureur-General. Behind the car a master of ceremonies carried on a velvet cushion all the decorations of the deceased. The chief mourners were the Count de Lentilhac, son in-law of Baron Charles Dupin, the deceased's brother (who is said to have fallen seriously ill on the news of the death reaching him), and by MM. Charles Andre Dupin and Eugene Dupin, sons of the youngest brother, Philip, long since dead. The pall-bearers were the Minister of Justice and M. Troplong, who is at the same time Pre sident of the Court of Cassation, in which M. Dupin long held the office of Procureur-Gene ral and President of the Senate. The Minister of State, Marshal Randon, Minister of War, M. Vuitry, Minister President of the Council of State, M. Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction, Marshal Canrobert, commanding the army of Paris, and several other great functionaries were present in their official capacity. The Emperor was repre sented by M. Newerkerke, Director of Museums. Among those who swelled the cortege were the de putations of the Senate, the Legislative Corps, the Council of State, the Court of Cassation, the Cour Imperiale, the Tribunal of the Seine, the Council of Public Instruction, the French Academy, the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, and the Paris Bar. Besides this goodly array of the most eminent in Law, Science, Art, and Literature, there were crowds of others, private friends or acquaint ances of the deceased, bound to him by no official tie, but who met to honour the memory of one who held so high a place among his countrymen. On the coffin reaching the church it was placed on a magnificent catafalque in front of the high altar. The mass was celebrated by the Abbe Van hout, and the " absolution" was given by the Arch bishop of Paris, who attended M. Dupin in his last moments. When the religious ceremony was ended, the coffin was taken down from the cata falque and laid in a vault, from which it was con veyed an hour afterwards to the Lyons railway terminus to be transported to Raffigny, in the Nievre, for interment by the side of her whose me mory the deceased cherished to the last, and who desired as her only epitaph these words, " Here lies the mother of the three Dupins." DEATH OF SIR RICHARD BROOKE.—Yesterday morning intelligence was received of the death of Sir Riohard Brooke. The deceased baronet, who was born in 1785, is succeeded in his title and estates by his son Richard, who was born in 1844, and is married to a , daughter of the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, G.C.H. The new baronet was formerly a lieutenant of the Ist Life Guards. ' f l. l he first baronet was appointed Sheriff of Cheshire in 1644, and filled that office on three successive occasions during the Civil War and under the Protectorate of Cromwell. CONSERVATISM AT GREENWICH.—Last night, at 8 o'clock, a gathering—which was designated as an aggregate meeting of the leading Conservatives of the three towns comprising the borough of Greenwich—we o held at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich, to ex plain the principle and objects of a newly-formed Conser vative Association, and for the enrolment of members. The chair was occupied by Sir T. M. Wilson, Bart., and about 150 were present, for whom no chair or other sitting ac commodation had been provided. The chairman, after alluding to the defeat of the Conservative candidate at the last election for the borough, advocated the necessity of 3 more complete organisation between the Conservatives of Woolwich, Deptford, and Greenwich, and he did not de spair of success on another occasion. On the motion of Mr. Wilson, of Charlton, seconded by Mr. Hearn, a m otio? pledging the meeting to support the association was unani mously adopted. Other addresses were delivered, and the meeting separated. A CURE FOR CANCER.—It is stated in the Lancet that M. Bitot has proposed perchloride of iron as a cu re for cancer. The French savant considers that this salt a specific remedy, and that its action is somewhat sinular to that of iodine in cases cf scrofula.