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COVENT -GARDEN THEATRE.I COVENT-GARDEN CONCERTS. EVEItY EVENING at 8. Under the sole Direction of Mr. J. RUSSELL. The First Part of the Concert et This Evening will con ora sist. of the following w orks of Beethoven :—The. Pastl Symphony (the entire work); "Cavatina Adelaida," per formed on the double bass by Signor Bottesini ; Concerto, Violin, M. Wieniawski; and Overture, "Leonora." The Second Part will be Miscellaneous, dinclude--• Operatic Selection , " Ernani ;" Songs by Madlle. Sarolta and Mane. Eraclio; P o lkas and Valses byJohann Strauss; Solos by Mr. J. M . Weldi and Herr A. V. Biene, &c. Conductor, Signor Bottesini. For the Dance Mule, Herr Johann Strauss. Saturday next, grand Selection from "Der Freischutz,'' for Orchestra and Chorus. Thursday next a Mozart Night. Promenade, amphitheatre stalls, and A mphitheatre, ls. ------ 14111EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE'r, Sole I,...asee an I q:ina.2 , ..r. Mr litick.st , ne Taus EVENI VG. A YOU LIKE IT. Messrs. Chp e ndale, Compton, ndal. i.; ark, Weattiersby, Braid, m Rogers, Coe. VI anent. &c.; Meolames Siddous, Burke, Dal . on. %,‘ right, Fitzwilliatn, ttc tter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOI FIVE FOUNDS. Mr. Buckstode. To conclude with PETER DUNK. kir. Compton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole lessee and Manager. Mr. Vining, OPEN tor the WINTER SEASON. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the popular Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled POOR 111.1.1CODDY. Characters by Messrs. Donainitk Murray and aliss Polly Marshall. At a quarter-past S, THE STREETS OF LONDON, by Dion Bonecault, Esq. Badzer, Mr. Vininz. Messrs. 51• Lean Dominick Murray, H. Forrester, C. Price, R. Cathcart, W R Robins. Newbound, Chapman, Tapping . ; Miss Edith Stuart Mks Emma Barnet', and Mrs. H. Marston. N.B —Mr. and Mrs PION BOTICICAULT will shortly make their re-appearance at this Theatre in Alt itAH-NA POGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. 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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-men tioned. !UGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGF.. fins DAY. —Morning, sh. 30m.—Afternoon, sh. 50m, To-51oRttow.-Morning, Gh. 12m.—Afteruoon, 611.357 n, J rtvT Ts:Fgtrzt;3> e4l-----4-iew.)-4 • LONDO-V,, TIICIISDAY, SL PT. 5, 1867. ~---- We have news which appears almost too good to be true—the Abyssinian captives are said to be liberated. It is said that telegraphic intelligence has been received by the British Embassy in Con stantinople, announcing that the Emperor THEO DORE ha 3 liberated the Abyssinian captives-at the intercession of an Armenian Wshop ISAAC. 111i3 news; created great excitement in Liverpool ; but little faith, is put in the report, it being thon3t improbable that TLIEODO RE would consent to the release of teese unfoitunate men. Unless actual force be employed, and at least some mani festation of it be witnessed. Itis difficult to decide 4.-... k under such circumstances what to believe, and the only thing to do is to wait for confirmation or refu tation of the intelligence with as much patience as we can. It is, of course, needless to say what de light will be felt in all directions should this news prove to be correct ; and, at any rate, it seems likely that nothing of an untoward nature has occurred respecting the condition of these captives, or we should hardly hear such cheering reports of their condition. Perhaps the worst part of the burden that must be borne by those whose relatives and friends are in dangers and difficulties abroad is the uncertainty that prevails respecting the truth or falsity of the various reports that reach them. In this instance of the Abyssinian captives all nearly or remotely connccted with them may feel well assured that their anxiety is shared in a great measure by the nation at large ; and that if, happily, the certain intel ligence of their liberation ever reaches England, universal rejoicing will be felt by all who have taken interest in their welfare and deeply deplored their sad condition through the length of their tedi ous captivity, so full of suffering and so fraught with peril. Mr. HENLEY is always worth listening to, for he possesses in no ordinary degree the valuable and certainly uncommon quality of common sense. Ile says in a straightforward manner what he means, and although he is often too liberal in his views for his own party, and always too Conservative for advanced Liberals, he is listened to with respect by all, and often exercises considerable in fluence. After long argument and impassioned declamation pour et contre, Mr. HENLEY comes in with a few plain words, and puts matters in a new light. Though not a member of Lord DERBY'S present Administration, he has given a cordial support to the Government through out the difficulties of the past session, and in his speech in Oxfordshire, yesterday, Reform was the subject on which he principally dwelt. The elo quence of Mr. HENLEY was cut short by rain, lightning, and thunder, a form of applause which was not encouraging to the speaker ; but he made a few observations very much to the point. He was one of those, he said, who, having seen suc cessive Prime Ministers promise the people, through the QUEEN, an extension of the franchise, " chose no longer to play the humbug, and thought it necessary honestly to settle the question, if it were possible to do so." Mr. HENLEY expressed his hope and confidence that the people would use fairly and properly the trust placed in their hands, and remarked that those who had lived as long as be had done could not fail to have witnessed many changes for the better. Not only had they seen a material and mental development, but they had also witnessed a great diminution in the amoant of crime and drunkenness and immorality. "In the face of enormous temptations, in the face of an in crease of wealth which was an enormous tempta tion to abuse, in the face of all dis couraging circumstances, those who looked back forty or fifty years must do so with great confidence in the people of this country." It is not very often that we find men who can carry their retrospect so far back so willing to enter into the spirit of the present day, to acknowledge its events, and be willing to grant its wishes. Mr. HENLEY has a characteristic aversion to what he bluntly styles " playing the humbug," a part which some of our most able politicians occasionally fill to admiration, and in consequence when wavering members ask, as they sometimes do, " Which way does Mr. HENLEY go ?" they arc sure of finding a guile who, whatever his mistakes or his prejudices, will be certain to adopt the course which appears to him at the moment the most manly, just, and patriotic. On Tuesday the Bishop of Bangor presided at a meeting held at Pentnaenmawr, for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Mr. GLADSTONE proposed a resolution, to the effect that the success which has already attended the efforts of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts is a " call and an encouragement for increased liberality on the part of Christians in aiding the support and extension of its missions." The right hon. gentleman made a very interesting speech on the occasion, and informed the meet ing that at one period he had himself been an active agent in promoting and assisting the Council and the operations of this society in London. Since then, however, now a period of thirty years, " other and ruder demands" have encroached upon his time, and rendered it impos sible for him to continue those efforts ; but he assured them that he still takes an interest in the matter, and recognised its growing usefulness from year to year. There seems great reason in what Mr. GLADSTONE said concerning the particular mis sion that seems to have fallen to England in this respect. Our little island is inferior in popu lation and inferior in size to many countries, but it excels them all in two particulars, namely, in the extent of its colonial settlements and in the extent of its commercial operations. "By your labour, skill, and energy—by the invincible and resistless tendency to expansion, which seems to be a property planted in this race beyond all other races in the world, you are continually putting forth in foreign lands agencies which are the source of great wealth and power to this country, but which likewise have another aspect." This other aspect, he went ou to say, was the obligation entailed upon those who set out for foreign lands. Not alone do they take material treasures, but better possessions with them, and of these it is their duty to impart others. We live, as the right bon. gentleman said, in a " period of crisis" for the Christian religion, but at the same time the conviction remains in our minds that Christianity "continues to be that which ithas been heretofore—the great medicine for the diseases of human nature—the great consolation for its sor rows—the great stay to its weakness--the main and only sufficient guide in the wilderness of the world." It is most encouraging to find this vindication of the true meaning and real spirit of Christianity from one so well able to express an opinion alike from his ability and knowledge, as well as from his proved devotion to the interests of religion and the interests and welfare and prosperity of the Church. Let us abide the issue, says Mr. GLADSTONE, and not suppose that the trial which has come upon this age is either new or unhear.l of, because iu former times the revival of Pagan learning threatened to seduce and draw away the whole Christian intellect from the light of the Gospel and the worship of the SAN' lot:R." No conscientious person can reconcile it to himself that our countrymen should proceed to the uttermost parts of the earth and dispense their wealth, their prudence, and their learning without imparting that better knowledge, without which all elso is valueless and insignificant. In the unchristian States with which we have to do, and in those waste places of the earth which our colonies are now gradually filling .up, there is enough, and more than enough, for the most able, enterprising, and elevated to ac complish and strive for. At a meeting held under LEY, Archbishop of Can the auspices of Dr. Ilow terbury, thirty years ago, a speech was made by Dr. 11.4.'i11xu. conceraiDg this sub;ect, THE SUN, LION DO5. TH MIS Y Ear FNINU, SEPTEMBE R 5, 1867. kDSTONE alluded to it as one of great eloquence said power. He pointed out the responsibility that reste 1 upon this country in its intercourse with foreign pries, and declared that " England had to choose, in her vast transactions abroad, whether she wouli bo a r nere beast of burden or whether she woul l be the ev'eugelist of the world." It is worthy of record, as Mr. GLADSTONE said, that of all those men who form the p ith and sinews of colonial communities, there is sci rcely one who has not made sacrifices in vari ous;-ways, and especially in having to remove him self from the power of ordinary circumstances to thu ,ordinances of religion. The right hon. gentle man concluded by declating that during the last thirty or forty years there had been a great im p:over-tent in the condition of the Church with re gard to the action of the clergy, and expressing his earnest trust, from year to year, that those engaged in prosecuting the work of this society may be en abled to witness " increasing acceptance among their fellow-Christians, and the richer and ever richer blessing of the ALMIGHTY upon their work.' The proceedings of the Manchester Trades Union Inquiry, so far as they have as yet gone, fully con firm the impression made on the public mind by the startling revelations of Sheffield. We are far from supposing that every trades' union would sanction the iniquities of a BROADHEAD, but it is quite evi dent that under the mistaken system they have adopted they have become instruments of oppres sion instead of protection to the working man. The unionist has much more to fear from the union than from his employer. No individual employer can do him much harm. The most he can do is to dismiss him from his employment, and dissuade any one he knows from employing him. The master will not certainly shoot him in the street or blow up his house. It is very well for the defendants of the trades unions as they are at present to argue as if the Sheffield outrages were exceptional cases. It is evident that the doctrine of ruling by force is ad mitted among their fundamental rules. Neither Manchester nor Sheffield are such remote or insigni ficant places that we should decline to accept them as representatives of the principles of these associa tions. Manchester at least has long claimed an intellectual pre-eminence over other cities. Yet we find the same thing going on there as at Shef field, and the very man who is convicted of a savage assault, and sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude, now president of his Union. If such men are fairly and freely elected to such posi tions, it proves the morality of the Unionists to be at a very low ebb. If they are not freely elected, but obtain their positions through influence or inti midation, it shows that the members of the Union are not free agents. In either case the inference is unfavourable. The pernicious influence which these Unions exercise in checking industry and en terprise, and the extent to which they carry their vengeance for what might appear to the uninitiated a slight infraction of their rules, is strongly exemplified in the evidence given yesterday at the opening of the in quiry. THOMAS MEADOWS, a master brickmaker at Stockport, made an alteration in his bricks by which a saving of 10d. per thousand would be effected. Some of the Union men came to see how it worked, and said they might make the alteration if the men might have the benefit of the 10d. The master—not unnaturally—did not agree to this, but said they might have 6d. of it. The result was that the union men struck work. Three of them, how- ever, soon after came back and accepted the 6d The others then offered to return on condition these were dismissed. The master refused, and subsequently the whole came back, but after WILD, one of the three men, was attacked when he was at the kiln at night, his right arm broken and other injuries inflicted, which kept him for six months in the Stockport Infirmary. For this assault two of the Unionists were tried, con victed, and sentenced, but a petition was got up for the commutation of their sentence, which the injured man was induced to sign for fear, as he himself said, "of getting into a hobble." Fear, in fact, lies at the bottom of most of these proceed ings, and the Unions afford an excellent opportunity to the strong-minded and unscrupulous to tyrannise over their weak or timorous fellows under the pre tence of preserving the " rights of labour." the progress of industrial arts, remarks upon a most important branch of it—watchmaking—and draws comparison between English, French, and Geneva watches. Twenty or thirty years ago Geneva watches, although cheap, were very flimsy, and failed in the one necessary object—that of keeping good time. Great improvements, however, have been made, and very elegant and accurate Geneva watches may now be had at a cheap rate. There were some admirable English watches in the Exhi bition, but, as the French writers truly say, they are dearer than the French watches. It is admitted that there is scarcely any branch of industry which has made such marvellous progress in France as the art of watchmaking ; and, in spite of the admirable qualities of a first class English watch, a French watch of the same description possesses a superio rity because of its form, portability, and excellence in other minute details. The juries as well as the press maintain this opinion after patient and im partial consideration and discussion, and unani mously record their conviction that the manufac turer who is at the head of this branch of industry in Paris, M. Detouche, of the Rue St. Martin, has ' produced a watch which cannot be equalled any where in regard to cheapness, beauty, or accuracy. The French papers, therefore, say that the various juries have done good service by awarding medals of the first-class to that indefatigable and skilful manufacturer, whose clocks arc adopted by all the public offices and establishments in Paris as an illustration of agreement with the English maxim, always Time is money." liar storm of thunder and There quoted wa a here, very that pee u lightning last night, but the thunder claps came at long intervals, and the lightning was not vivid. Occasionally, however, there were some sudden gusts of wind so violent as to shake the windows and even create alarm. There was no rain. To day the clouds have been very dark and lowering. It was as stormy as in winter, and there have been some tremendously heavy showers. There was, however, very little change of temperature. This unfavourable weather hal little or no effect upon the Exhibition to-day, for the visitors were almost as numerous as ever. The Exhibition has given rise to a species of in dustry which is not encouraged by the police. Fellows wait about to see if they can take posses sion of a cart or any otier vehicle, the owner of which is absent. A fanner of a village in the Seine at Marne had brcught some articles to sell at the Halle a day or tvo ago, and while he was taking some refreshment z man drove off . with the cart to a suburb, and there he plied for passengers to the Exhibition at a inarp rate and managed to obtain a fair amount of customers. The man was honest enough to drive tie cart back to the Halle, where the farmer was oa the look out. He said nothing, but inflicted a severe castigation on the fellow with his whip, much to the delight of the market people, when tLey were acquainted with the cause of the chastisement. Although we live in "piping times of peace," the articles exhibited by the Minister of War at the Exhibition are calculatA to excite great interest. They afford illustrations of the details of the system adopted for the comfort, health, and convenience of the soldier in camp, and for assisting the sick and wounded after battle. These articles must attract the attention of warriors and philanthro pists, if not of other classes. A great object has been attempted by all the inventors, to keep the soldier from cold and rain, and to preserve his scanty wardrobe and equipments from injuries. The Figaro gives an amusing instance of the indifference with which some newspaper writers treat the fabrication of news. A writer, who signs himself " Georges Maillard," says :—" There was not a word of truth in the anecdote about M. Berryer, which appeared in the number of August 30. It was an affair which I invented at pleasure." In addition to the number of believers in the curative powers of the Zouavc, Jmob, and mes merism, there are many who arc convinced of the truth of the marvels told about spirit rapping, direct and indirect communication with spirits, miracles, visions, prophecy, second sight, and ocher extraordinary things of a similar kind. There are publications devoted exclusively to these matters, and to the " study of the faculties of the soul." Nay , a publication is announced—" The Life of Joan of Arc"—by Madame Hermanie Dufax, the chief incidents of which wero dictated to that lady by Joan of Arc herself. If this be true, the work is likely to be written with spirit. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ...----•-•-- d-- THE NORTII GERMAN PARLIAMENT. BERLIN, Sept. 5. Throughout Schleswig-Holstein only one Dane (Herr Kruger) has been elected as a member of the North German Parliament. AMERICA. LivEßrooL, Sept. 5. The Columbian, from the West Indies, has ar rived here. She left Jamaica on the 16th, and Hayti on the 17th August. The Isthmus was healthy at Jamaica. At Jamaica yellow fever was on the decline and trade was dull. At Hayti trade was dull. Disturbances had oc curred on the north side of the island. Several towns had been sacked, and many murders had been committed. THE DANISH WEST INDIES. HAMBURG, Sept. 5. A semi-official communication from Copenhagen to the Hamburg News denies the correctness of the report that Denmark is negotiating the sale of her West Indian possessions to America. THE OXFORD. The Auguste and Emile Sauret, engagement whose violin ohonf sad Masters pianofor te were a feature duri n g the past seasons of the Covent Garden Promenade Concerts, is a fresh earnest on the part of the management to give quality as well as quantity in the entertainment ; and this desire is further evidenced by the pro m i se o f a se l ec ti on from Felicien David s opera of 6‘ lierculanum. ,, Master Bonnay, of Xylophone fame at Covent Garden, will also appear immediately. Last night Master Sauret (violin) played Ernst's " Elege," and, for the richly-earned encores, a fantasia on themes in "La Figlia di Regiinento" an - I Paganini's "Carnival de Venice." Miss Bryant (Mrs. Plump ton) added one of her charming pianoforte solos ; Messrs. Melling and Plumpton played the overture to " Zampa," arranged for harmonium and pianoforte, so spiritedly that we hope th ey .. will continue such exhilarating efforts ; and M. Paque, of the Conser vatoire of Brussels, repeated one of his solos on the cornet-a -piston. The vocalism, as usual, was excellent. The golden voiced (and golden haired) Miss Russell was rapturously encored in " Ah, non giunge" in the " Sonnambula" selection, in which Miss Rivers also distinguished herself in the principal air assigned to the envious little Lisa ; and the majestic Miss Fitzhenry had twice musically to " Launch the Lifeboat"—a dashing song by Mr. Plumpton—in deference to cheers as hearty as if they had been actually encouraging the good work of the National Lifeboat Institution. Messrs. Bury, Marler, Ernest Fox, Husk, and Miss Lyon also efficiently assisted in the same part, which, in addition to tho " Sonnambula" selection, em braced the never-tiring Locke's music to " Macbeth." On the comic side of the_pieture were Mr. Orville Parker, who added a " stump speech" (after the manner of Unsworth) to sundry " nigger eccentri cities," and Mr. Harry Listen, who had to appear five times before the appetites of the devourers of he comic element could be appeased. ---- - A " SENSATION" DIVER IN JEOPARDY. —A. cer tarn " Professor" Worthington, a young man who announces himself as the "sensation" and " star" diver, has recently been making "terrific plunges" from the head of the Brighton Chain Pier. He jumps from a height of between 100 and 130 ft., and, turning completely over as ho falls, enters the water (professedly) head first. But those who have seen the " professor" aver that he does not always do so ; and, of course, the shock of falling flat on the water from such a height would be of the most severe character. The correspondent of a contemporary alleges that on one occasion the "professor's" face was swollen and discoloured from contact with th e wa t e r,--Lo doubt, fr)m the diver having entered the sea i n a manner which did not g ive h ' m the protection o f hi s arms as a "cutwater." On Sat e rday he oddly enough, advertised his "last sensation dive," and an immense concourse of persons assembled to witness it. The hour for the jump to be made was fixed for six, but it was three-quarters of an hour Liter before the professor was ready. It was then nearly dead low water of spring tides, and it is said that because this was the case the "professor" determined to throw himself full length on the water. Either excessive ignorance or rashness must have dictated such a resolve, and the result was what might have been expected. Almost before he seemed lost to sight in the eddy of the plunge the diver appea rod again floating " like a log" in the water, his head underneath. The boat which is always in attendance at once rowed to him, and on being pulled in he was found to be thoroughly insensible. lie was treated as well as the circumstances would allow, and on b e i n g put upon the pier soon re covered sufficient strength to be able to walk with assist ance. We have heard that his face was again injured. The water at the pier head, whoa his jump was made, was only about 80 1 /011 feet deep ; but we cannot say whether " Professor" Worthington received his injuries from the concussion with the surface or from striking the bottom. In either case he could not apparently discern the evi dent danger.—Brighton Guardian. A detachment of the let Division, Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, has been placed under orders to embark at Gravesend for Ceylon, as soon as the n-cessary tonnage has been taken up for their con . veyaucc. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. Thera is no want of private correspondence to day from Spain, but the accounts they give are so contradictory, and bear such evidence of fabrica tion, that it would be useless to translate them. It appears, however, that although General Prim was said to have abandoned the cause, he has increased the number of his adherents, and something im portant may be expected shortly. There are reports of an insurrection in Gallicia. The Spanish Go vernment still maintains silence, so it may be consi dered certain that it has nothing consolatory to communicate. The Siecle refers to the coming meeting of the Reichstag of Northern Germany on the 10th Sept., and says :—" The meeting of the Reichstag was not expected to take place at such an early period, but M. Bismarck, as many foreign journalists think, thought that circumstances imposed upon the Con federation the imperious duty of consolidating him self and holding himself ready for all eventualities." The Prussian Moniteur publishes a Royal ordi nance,nsrat e a r s r i k g , n e e o d n v b o y k in t g h e t b e Federal m Chevalier Coun de ; w ß u i Confederation of the North for the 10th inst. The King of the Greeks arrived in the evening of the 30th August at Copenhagen in the Sleavig, which the King of Denmark had despatched to Lubeck to receive him. his Majesty, who proposes to be present on the 7th inst. at the fete of the Queen, his mother, will leave again on the 12th for St.'Petersburg,where, as is already known, his mar riage will be celebrated in the course of October with the Grand Duchess Olga Constantiuowna. The cholera, which for some time had made great ravages in HerZegOWille, has disappeared from that province. Unfortunately the case is not the same at Montenegro, where, although it has diminished in intensity, it still makes victims, among whom hanonVackalitch, father was the Senator Peter Step in-law of Prince Nicholas. It is stated from Berlin that although the full re suit of the elections cannot yet be ascertained it is known that the Liberal party have the majority in the towns. It will be some time before the num bers in the rural districts can be ascertained. Among the well known persons who have been elected are Messrs. Rothschild at Frankfort -on-the-Maine, the Duke d'Ujest in Silesia, Carlowitz at Gserlitz, For temback in the province of Saxony, Waldeck in the Ithcni'h provinces, De Berningren at Hanover, and Counsellor Franck in Schleswig Holstein. The elections are not yet finished in the Polish districts. A letter from Leghorn, dated August 28, says that one of the principal representatives of French industry in Italy, Count de Larderel, who possesses important manufacturing establishments in the en virons of Leghorn, has done a very generous act. M. de Larderel, who obtained a gold medal of the new order of rewards at the Universal Exhibition, and a sum of 9,000 f., wishing to give a share of his success to his workmen, has distributed that sum among the workmen of his principal establishment, the asylums and hospitals of Leghorn, and the Society of Popular Instruction in that city. Th e Government of the Emperor has also recently awarded to Count de Larderel another reward for his labours and his merit by raising him to the rank of the Legion of Honour. Trench papers, in giving details respecting FRANCE. BounsE, Sept. 4, Two o'clock.—Transactions to day are very limited. Three per Cents. and Italian Fives are without change, at 69f. 65c. and 481.95 e. Credit Mobilier shares are likewise unvaried at 2721. 50c. Spanish Mobilier are quoted at 177 f. 50c., a decline of 7f. 50c.; Credit Foncier at 1,370 f., a loss of 3f. 75c. ; Comptoir d'Escompte at 705 f., or 3f. 75c. lower; and Immobiliere at 120 f., a fall of 2f. 50c. Very little business is also doing in railway shares. Northern are at 1,165 f., an advance of 4f. 75c. ; and Orleans at 897 f. 50c., or 2f. 50c higher. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cents lOO 25 Do. end month — Bank Shares — Italian Loan 4B 90 Do. end month 49 10 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes _ — Home Debt Deferred rATs. • 3 per Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 69 75 Credit MobiHet - 60: - ,;;4 - 3 . , 7 10 - iiii:i ::: 280 - Credit Poncier Do. end month 1370 RAIL' For Account. Orleans Northern 1167 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 905 Southern 540 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian ................ Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman 387 50 Naval and Military Intelligence. Mr. Corry, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, and Admiral Milne, after concluding the annual in spection at Devonport, left the Sound yesterday morning in the Minotaur, for Ireland. While on board the Cambridge on Tuesday morning several broadsides were fixed by the system of Mr. Levi, one of her gunners. The object of this invention is the firing of any number of guns simultaneously. The experiment seemed to be satisfactory to their Lord ships. In the afternoon they went on board the implacable, 24, where they were received by Com mander Pownall W. Pellew and his officers. They went round the upper and main deck, the boys being at dinner, and expressed themselves well pleased with the appearance and discipline of those under training. Mr. Corry then proceeded in the Princess Alice to Plymouth Sound, and visited the five ships belonging to the Channel squadron—the Phoebe, &c. They then landed on the Breakwater and inspected the foundation of the proposed new fort, after which they returned to the Enchantress in llamoaze. The attempt made on Tuesday afternoon at Chat ham dockyard to float the caisson which burst a few days previously, in order that it might undergo the necessary repairs, failed, the caisson defying all the - - attempts made to float it, notwithstanding the em• ployment for that purpose of two of the most power. ful of the dockyard lighters, with the aid of a num. ber of empty barrels lashed beneath it to give the caisson the required buoyancy. Yesterday a number of shipwrights were employed in effecting some temporary repairs to the bottom, where the plank ing is ripped away, a further attempt to float her being intended at the ensuing spring tides. In the meantime the whole of the iron ballast will be taken out of the caisson, the labourers commencing this work yesterday. The twin-screw gunvessel Ringdove, one of ten building specially for service in the seas of China and Japan, was launched yesterday from N 0.4 building slip of Portsmouth dockyard, on the top of high water. The principal dimensions of the vessel are as follows :--- : Breadth between perpendiculars, l 70ft. ; length of keel for tonnage, 157 ft. Tin. ; breadth, extreme, 27ft. ; ditto, for tonnage, 28ft. Bin. ; ditto, moulded, 28ft. 2in. ; depth of hold, 12ft. sin. ; burden in tons, 662 65-94. The pro- pelling power of the ship will consist of two inde pendently working screws, each driven by engines of 80 horse power, nominal, manufactured by Maudslay, Sons, and Field. The hull of the vessel is built of wood, with iron beams supporting the decks. In the application of the twin screw prin ciple to the ship the plan followed by Messrs. John an d W. Dudgeon, the expositors of the twin screw principle on the Thames, and the constructors of her Majesty's ship Waterwitch, has been pretty closely adopted, but these gentlemen are not likely to copy in return the semicircular mass of timber which projects from the hull under each quarter of the Ringdove to support her screw shafting. The Ringdove class is, however, a great improvement on the previous and first attempt of the Admiralty with twin-screw vessels in the Viper and Vixen. The Plover, the first completed of the Ringdove class, was tried light a few days since over the mea sured mile, at the Maplin Sands, and realised a mean speed of IF3 knots. This rate is in excess by half a knot of the rate obtained by any other ves sel in her Majesty's navy of similar tonnage and power ; but her real test of speed will be at load draught in Stokes Bay. The Orontes, screw troopship, Captain Phelps, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, from Liverpool, Queenstown, and a round of foreign troop relief service. The Crocodile, screw troopship, Capt. Watson, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and made a contractor's trial of her machinery. To-day she will make her official trial of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay. Col. J. P. Robertson, C.B. (Nov. 4, 1859), and Major James Henry Wyatt, C.B. (Dec. 26, 1863), have been appointed respectively Commandant and Brigade-Major of the Military Train Corps at Woolwich, in succession to Col. Clark Kennedy, C. 8., and Alajor Shervinton, who have gone to Egypt, to purchase mules for the Abyssinian cam paign. On commencing the duties of his post at IVoolwich, Col. Robertson paid a visit to the saddlery department of Woolwich Arsenal, for the special purpose of inspecting the newly-constructed pack-saddle, brought out under the patent of Lieut. M'Mahon. Col. Robertson, who was accom panied by I deut. M'Mahon and various other officers, desired to be made acquainted with the ready methods under which the saddle could be made available. It'was therefore adjusted to the most bulky and, by way of contrast, to the smallest dummys used in the establishment. The saddle was contracted at the fore part, and was expanded at the rear, so as to be perfectly accommodated to the ox of burden, which may in all probability be now brought into requiEition. Ensign Oelrichs, 35th Regiment, is under orders to join the depot at Colchester. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :----Commander J. B. Scott to the Assurance, vice Pym, invalided ; Commander C. D. Saunders to the Prince Consort ; and llugh B. Rooper, midshipman, to the Liffey. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD." Novels" is a very good article, which brings prominently before one some of the chief characteristics of English novels of fiction as distinguished from those of other countries. Some of the remarks here made concerning the various styles of writing are very true, and many young writers may peruse them to advantage. The writer comes to the conclusion that with much to lament there is something to congratulate ourselves upon in the present condition of English fiction. The objectionable writers are all second-rate ; genius there is none among them, and all that is best and brightest in fiction honour ably maintains that character for purity which has been won by the English school of novels. "Brownlows" present much to attract in this instalment, and the characters of Jack and Powys aro coming out in a decided manner. " The Question Settled" is the last allusion to this subject so fre quently brought before us all, and Maga may claim credit for having been a correct prophet after all in the main. It is very truly stated here that the change had become inevit able, and that the Tory party wore but very partially answerable for bringing it about. A very good summary of the matter is given hero, but the point most satisfactory to the reader to dwell upon is that set forth at the com mencement, that "the deed is done—the fiat has gone forth ; and even while these pages are passing through the press the people of England hare begun to live under the dawn of a new order of things ; the ques tion which so long impeded public business, and made shipwreck of successive administrations, is settled at last." The most interesting article here met with is the last, en titled "A Royal Idyll." It is written in the most fitting style, and that passage at the close of the remarks is most impressive which refers to the late Prince Consort having been suddenly cut off in the midst of success. "We say it is sad, and it is sad for the world, terrible for the sur vivor, but not sad for the man thus spared all the trials, all the infirmities of ago. Such a life is perfect, and fills the spectator with a sense of its perfection. Love must weep, but we, the spectators of the great arena, before whom the combatants do their battle, and win their laurels, What can we say but that it is well we see him now as he was, a noble prince—a perfect life, an existence with no clearer fault or weakness in it. They to whom it is given to have a career, so full and sound and perfect, must ever die in the middle of their days." " Qu'il Mourut " is a smart sketch in verse, which compares the language used by some indignant Tories of the old school respecting the present Ministry to the exclamation put by Corneille into the mouth of the elder Horace. "Egoism" is a good paper, that has sensible reflections in it. Cornelius O'Dowd ap pears with his always deserving comments. " La Physique Moderne," and the "Literature of the Scottish Indepen dence Question" are the remaining subjects of this in teresting number. FRASER.—" The Late Prince Consort" is the title of the first article in this number, and it is founded, as might be supposed, on the recently published volume. The writer justly observes that, in these democratic days, we do not rightly appre ciate the benefits conferred by a worthy exercise of the functions of the Crown. Besides the moral influence so powerful in a Court, the political influence can never be altogether insignificant. "For half the year the Ministry are left to themselves, and are never so independent but that the wishes of the Sovereign must be consulted." Had the Prince Consort boon a different person, the present state of society and tone of public morals might be very different from what it is. Another fragment from the posthumous papers of Mr. Buckle will interest the histo rical reader. "Sport in the Nepaul," and "A Mandarin's Journey across China," take us to new regions. " Univer sity Reform" and "Lord Grey's Correspondence on the Reform Act of 1832" bring us back to the vexed questions of the day. "The Famine in Orissa" justly denounces the "masterly inactivity" of the whole Anglo-Indian Ad ministration in the face of such a terrible calamity. TEMPLE BAR.—" Stephen Lawrence, Yeoman," is continued i❑ some stirring chapters, and the scene is powerfully described in which Rathmine and Stephen meet in the old farm garden. The story is not a pleasing one, but it is admirably described. " Gup " is proceeded with, and some of the adventures recorded are exciting. "A Real Good Thing" is a paper that may hold out a useful warning to imprudent bettors, and teach them to be more wary in future. "A Lost Name" presents a long instalment to the lover of the romantic. " News about Comets" contains a good deal to interest the scien tific reader, and some of the details and descriptions met with aro most worthy of notice. "La Haute Mog!e" refers to some work lately published in Franco, which professes to impart information upon this mysterious subject, and does not do so in a very desirable way. The criticism here met with in its pages is very good. Several other articles appear in this month's number, and are worthy of notice. " Ordered Abroad," " Tapas, the Notary of Argostoli," "Reminiscences -of Bush- Life in Queens. land," &c. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.—" The Settlements of the Gambia," on the West Coast of Africa, and their administration by Governor D'Arcy, form the first article of this number, and the subject, how ever heavy and forbidding, as all African establish ments for the most part aro, is graphically depicted. " A Cutting-out Affair," by Lieut. C. R. Low, is a spirited ac count, which enlists our sympathies very much. We shall never have much peace or security to our mercan tile sea-going ships until we place swift cruisers on that most unhealthy station. The " Observations on the Military Mortality Question at Hong Kong," by Dr. Ronnie, very aptly illustrate on land how baleful are the best localities for European constitutions. Indeed it would almost seem as if Nature in her various moods pro hibited one race from living happily in the region of another. Keep to your own pluce, and be thankful, seems to be her rule, but even Nature is at fault sonletimm Otherwise how could civilisation extend her fertilising and benignant course ? " Indian Forests and Gardens" is replete with interest, botanically and financially. The cultivation of Cinchona promises to reward all the useful labours bestowed upon it; while the Indian forests produce the finest trees for navigation and railway purposes. " Sailors in Embryo" form an excellent school for man ning our navy with the right sort of stuff for future ser vice for maintaining the glory of Old England. We can not bestow too much attention on this very interesting and most promising subject. As to our iron ships and wonder perforating guns, all we can say is that more ex perience in actual warfare is the ono thing needful before we can settle down and say which place is the bast. Our own opinion is that " boarding" will carry the day after all the wasteful hammering of prolonged cannonading have produced little or no satisfactory results. THE MONTH.—Lady Georgiana Fullerton's in teresting historical romance, " A Stormy Life," proceeds with unflagging animation. The opposing forces of Queen Margaret and Earl Warwick are united, and the young Prince has wedded his fair Anne. The latest Arctic discoveries form the subject of a paper well worth reading, while the career of Canning must necessarily be ranked among the most interesting of the series on " English Premiers." COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—" France and Prussia" afford the subject of a lengthened paper, which discusses the political situation in all its aspects. We cannot, however, agree with the writer in thinking that the general feeling of England is more in favour of Prussia than of France. The arro gant aggression and heartless greed of Prussian arms and policy has thoroughly alienated the public sym pathies from her side. Francis Jacox finds a subject for one of his pleasantest rambling discourses in the abrupt contract of the sentimental and prosaic. Craufurd Ramago continues his " Wanderings through Italy," and the startling history of the " Deepdale Mystery" proceeds in true sensational style. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—Mr. Ainsworth's story of " Myddleton Pomfret" proceeds with interest. A fresh character appears upon the scene in the person of Eva Bracebridge, the young and beautiful ward of Mr. Pomfret, otherwise Julia Curzon. " Lulle Lapmark" contains the sketches of Lapland Travel. "About Fortune Coming Singlehanded " is a well-written article, which is only too surely based on truth. The writer takes for his cue the words of the dying king in Shakspere's Henry IV., " Will fortune never come with both hands full ?" and finds us many illustrious instances of a great joy counterbalanced by a great sorrow. Among the best of the remaining papers is a memoir of the life of John Sebastian Bach. THE QUIVER. —This serial is much improved of late, and the part before us contains some attractive reading. There is a capital paper on " Being Fussy," and plenty of tales and sketches, all bear ing unobtrusively some pleasant and profitable moral. CASSELL'S MAGAZINE. —Our old friend, Cassell's Magazine, has put on a new face, but it retains all its best features. The list of contents shows sonic attractive titles. " The Hundred Pound Note," " Saint Monday," " Alexander Smith," " What becomes of our Old Clothes," &e. The illustrations are numerous, and altogether the magazine is admirably adapted for tho family circle. CATTLE PLAGUE INQUIRS.—For the week ending the 31st August one fresh outbreak has boon reported, viz., at Bermondsey, in the district of Southwark. Two cases of cattle plague aro reported to havo occurred during the week, being an increase of one on the p revious return. Both the diseased animals were killed. There were 10 healthy cattle slaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease. The total number of cattle reported to have been attacked in Great Britain since the commencement of the plague is 278,926, and 56,911 healthy cattle have been slaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease. , ...... ((Mt Meat HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 3. The Queen went out yesterday, accompanied by Princess Christian and Prince Leopold, and attended by Lady Churchill. Lord Stanley had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. Major-Gen. the Hon. A. N. Hood has succeeded Lord Charles Fitzroy as Equerry in Waiting. RAILROADS IN AMERICA. Au important pamphlet, written by Messrs. Bellot des Minicires Brothers, of Gresham-house, London, the eminent public works contractors, has just made its appearance on the subject of Railways in America, containing general observations, by which a due appreciation may be arrived at as to the position and value of American railroads generally. After a rapid perusal of the book, it appears most remarkable that so little should be known in Eng land as to the actual value of railroad property in the United States, and the writers very truly re mark that the only three American railroads gene rally known in Europe are the Illinois Central, the Erie, and the Atlantic and Great Western, which are far from being the best and most remunerative, owing to the difficulties encoun tered at the commencement of their operations. At the time of the construction of the first two, the country was very thinly settled ; but the popula tion has rapidly increased, and, although the shares came down to a very low price, they soon rose, and have now assumed a very high position in the market. The history of the Atlantic and Great Western is generally known. It was certainly not wise to build a road starting from a place of twenty. inhabitants, and touching no town of over 8,000 inhabitants over the whole line, except at its ter minus, Dayton, a city of about 20,000 inhabitants. However, all American railways pay, and cannot do otherwise ; and, in support of this assertion, the Joliette Cut-off, it may be stated, which neither passes through nor goes to any town, yet, from the localltraffic, pays 14 per cent., and:l4 other first class railroads pay dividends ranging from 42 to 20 per cent. Tho completion of the American Central Railway will be attended with the most important results to the vast countries through which it runs, viz., Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and lowa, as a large and rapid de velopment of the country, concentrated chiefly along the road, will be the natural consequence. We have, in all the States of the Union, particu larly in those surrounding the Central Railroad, especially that of Illinois, such examples of the influence of a railway in promoting the development of the resources of the country that the assertions cannot, with any degree of justice, be contradicted. The State of Illinois was almost a wilderness pre vious to the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad. The lands of the State would not even have found a buyer at a few cents per acre . Since the construction of the Illinois Central Rail road it has been transformed into one of the most productive and populous States of the Union. Actually the State of New York alone surpasses Illinois in some points : few ; but the speed a t which progress of every kind in this last State goes on will vie with New York ; and Illinois, with a population of above three millions, will rapidly become the first State of the Union in every respect. The Illinois Central Railroad is obliged, by its charter, to pay to the State 7 per cent. of its gross receipts—equivalent to 16 per cent. of its net revenue. The American Central Railway, how" ever, isnot bound to pay one single penny to the State. In consequence of the cutting down of the American forests, and the absence of the coal mines in most of the other States of the Union, the American Central Railway, which traverses through inoc" haustible, beds of coal, in Illinois and lowa, is able to make terms which enable a more economical traffic to be obtained than by other American railroads, placed in an inferior position, in this respect, to the American Central Railwa y. This will be readily understood when it is known that coal costs froul $lO to $lB per ton, and often more, on railroads which are not situated in a mining ',district, and some cost still more, on account of the expense and carriage of this article. The American Central Railway, whic h passes through rich coal mining districts, can get the coal required for its traffic at the simple cost of working it ; that is to say, as low as two dollars per ton, including a small sum for " royalty," and at the same rate, comparatively, for wood, on suc h portion of the line where it will be preferable to employ that article for fuel, as in Indians, for example, where the road traverses mense forests. It will also form one of th e principal articles of the traffic of the lin e ' By the Union Pacific Railroad and the America ° , Central Railway, Japan, with its 50,000,000 of people, is 6,000 miles nearer to England and ce ll ; tinental Europe ; China, with its 400,000,000 e' people ; Shanghai, which is the great future co porium of that country, are 3,000 miles nearer to continental Europe and England. Comparative economy is obtained as regards Australia, Oceanice, part of India, the Amoor, and the States on the Pacific Ocean, &c. The mails will reach California in 16 days, instead of nearly 40 ; Austra lia in 36 days, instead of 55 days, via Panama ; or 85 days via Overland, Mediterranean, Point de Galle, a n d Ceylon. The junction of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean , by a railwaY across the United States , is, in fact, in itself, a commercial revolution, which is not known and appreciated as it should be. The American Central Railway, besides the trafae between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, will cora' wand the immense central freight of the United States, in all their length, and in a very consider' able width; the one of the North West of the Union and of the Upper and Lower Mississippi River- 411 , aggregate trade reckoned by hundreds of millions c' tons annually. The discovery of the gold and silve r mines, in the Territories of Colorado, Neva def Idaho, Washington, Montana, Dacotah, and tl' e State of Oregon, has attracted a great influx of i re ; migrants into the Far West, and created a copal:no) and development for which history has no p arsile t . Nevada alone, six years ago an uninhabited dese r has added many a million dollars to the treasure e the world. The other territories give analogous 01 sults, and are rapidly populated. Although E uror has paid no attention to it, and the fact is g ene ; rally unknown, except from some Europe3f savants and bullion dealers, the discovery .° the mineral deposits in the W cstern Territories of the United States is a fact of a gres te o f economical importance than the discovery cia , th e Californian and Australian gold fle l ia , The yield of the Comstock lode alone in N evs ' o f according to official returns, is in excess j, £3,000,000 per annum. In the four years p reee B3 ing April 1, 1866, it has produced 51,3801%1, dollars. When the Sutro Tunnel, in conten3l3.o tion, is constructed, the Comstock lode will Y l aa , annually over £10,000,000. The La Croix f r ra , chises, in Colorado, surpass in richness the C e . eo , stock lode. They are gold and silver proper t i es and consist of twenty-four tunnel frane lll ,, is o of three tunnels each. From one franc . ' it i s or group of three tunnels, the deliveries of ore, Wit t twenty-five veins opened on each, could be, wi th o r difficulty, carried up to 1,000 tons a day, ty , 300,000 tons per annum. From the tw ee 0 ,1 four franchises, alike moderately developed dal, energetically worked, 24,000 tons a 10 0. or 7,200,000 tons a year might be ta",,to- By the extension already given to the mining of rest iu the Territories, in the absence of Ines ° be transportation, and when the 0 r obliged to pay 25 cents per pound, or $l,O OO O v O .. ton, for the hauling of their machinery a nd Pr dor miners , having 19 alone, have, notwithstanding their labou ring un tie so many disadvantages, realised such results 5 . 5 ,,, r ge ones of which we give some examples , created v‘, 0 30 , and magnificent cities like Virginia, C arson ' lieu vera, &c., one may judge what they will do the completion of the Union Pacific Ralirollet to the American Central Railway will enable thlio give full scope to the development of the bow' resources of the country.