The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-28 00:00:00

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P 0 RTING.—EMIN ROBERTS suppiie.sz the pj:f LA.Tp:sT Eurriol of "TIP , : SUN" as Poo:, as pub - 4, B3th-strect, City-road, E.C. THE THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN," giving all the SPORTING NEWS et the day, may be seen at JIMMY MAN CON'S 'loose, "The Swan and Horse Shoe," 32, Little Britain, City, E.C. ATEST INTELLIGENCE.- jtj "OLL) SAM SMITH," late of "The Mail Coach," Shepherd's Bush, now of the White Hart, Acton, Middlesex, bea's to inform his friends and neighbours that the LATEST EDI ['ION of `• THE SUN" can be seen at his hoase as above. 'UGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. f lIIS DAY. —.Morning, 12h. 26rn.—.Afternoon, 12h. 56m. T lh. 25m.—Afternoon, 111. 50 n. frs P . „ 1 ., ?1 4 . t ; 4'.,y 4, r - oit7tc; Sin „ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28, 1867. The Emperor NAroLEost was likely to do his best to keep things stirring during this dead season, and thus chronicles of his journey and reports of his speeches infuse animation into the details of foreign affairs. During his journey to Lille, to appear at the fetes held there in. commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of its annexation to France, he passed through Arras. His MAJESTY'S reply to the address of the Mayor of that city is a charac teristic one, and deserves attention at this particu lar crisis of affairs. After which expressions of good will and pleasure at again meeting his friends in the city, after so long an absence, the EMPEROR goes on to say that they arc right to have confidence in the future, and adds emphatically that "it is only weak Governments who seek in foreign complications to divert attention from troubles at home," which is certainly true enough in many instances.- The greatest confidence is expressed in this speech as to the relations which exist between the people of France and the authorities, and the prosperity which is likely to accrue therefrom. Some hints are given as to the advisability of maintaining peace if possible, notwithstanding any inducements to pursue a con trary policy. " While holding aloft the national flag, we should not allow ourselves to be drawn away by intemperate impulses, however patriotic they may be." These are significant words, and doubtless intended to have due effect upon those restless spirits who are never satisfied but when they discern the prospect of hostilities, and are con stantly doing their utmost to fan the flame of dis cord. The EstrEnon seems anxious to impress upon his hearers, wherever they may be, that his mission is to secure the interests and work out the welfare of the community as much as possible, without reference to other countries. The policy of th e E mp i re i s peace, he announced many years ago in a speec h that disappointed the enthusiastic and set the cap tious to criticise him ; but he has kept the law he then laid down as much as possible, nor does he naw seem wiling to depart from it. So far as the e,. - m , :Trned, they will have t arty ir_ka, has ben held I peoll: of .krrts ;tr, ca :3e fur sftyi oqL to thZin of w:trl;kc-th.itigs, , At Lille the I.:,fry.r.or. (Icily. red a much fuller reply to the autho;ities in that place, and entered more minutely into an analysis of the state of affairs. Taking a retrospcctive glance, his MAJESTY referred to the period at which he had seen the part for the first time. Everything then was pro pitious ; he had espoused the EMPRESS, he bad also wedded Francs before eight millions of witnesses. " Order was restored, political treasons were lulled to rest, and I for saw for the country a new era of greatness and prosperity." Such were the pleasing prospects vrhich appeared at that time, and the EMPEROR does not seem disappointed when engaged in the untoward task of comparing the then with the now. Many of his hopes have been realised, and great progress has been made, but he admits that dark spots have darkened the horizon. With his in domitable courage and remarkable equanimity, he declares, however, that as he has not been dazzled by good fortune, so he will not be discouraged by any " transient reverses." Why should be feel despairing, he asks, when, from one end of France to the other he sees the people greeting the EMPRESS and himself with acclamations, and referring enthu siastically to their son. "I do not. come," adds the Emr EROII, "among you to-lay merely for the purpose of celebrating a „glorious anniversary in the capital of ancient Flanders. I come to learn your wants, to heighten the courage of some, to confirm the con fidence of all, and to endeavour to increase the prosperity of this great department by still further developing its agriculture, manufactures, and com merce." In the prosecution of this noble work his MAJESTY asked for the assistance of those aronnd him, and earnestly impressed upon then the conviction that nothing great or lasting could be effected without the nation possessing the consciousness of its own strength, and not giving way to imaginary fears. To rely upon the Govern ment, and believe in its wisdom and patriotism, is the advice which is tendered to the people of France through the medium of this reply at Lille, and very likely the counsel may be sound in some respects. It is cert Lin that no great end will be attained so long as the nation is restless and agitated, or presages conspiracy on the one hand, and foolish imaginings of evil ou the other. The Emperor NAroLEoN has undoubtedly committed many errors, and he has erred in not re moving the restrictions on the French press, but he has certainly been a great benefactor to France, and under his vigorous rule the country has attained a height of social improvement and commercial pro sperity such as at one time was never dreamed of by the most sanguine. It is this which gives him the hold he possesses on the great body of the people ; they see order established out of chaos, and pro sperity dawning upon them, where before they had cause to fear misrule and anarchy. It would be a source of great satisfaction to those who take an in terest in France, although not connected with that nation by ties of consanguinity, to find that in the course of time a more liberal policy was inaugurated by the Government of the EMPEROR, and that free dom might be more than a name in a land where its idea is so ardently worshipped. Meanwhile those will be the truest friends of the people who counsel moderation and inculcate feelings of good will, instead of following the ordinary mode of virtuously indignant patriots by setting one against another. The France of to-day may not approach the realisation of the Utopian dream of enthusiasts, it may disappoint some who formed more moderate expectations ; but it is no exaggeration to say that the earnest endeavours of the Emperor NAPOLEON to preserve the prosperity of the land, and to im prove the condition of the people, have been crowned with success beyond what his most ardent desires at one time could have supposed likely to take place. The progress which England has made in the in dustrial arts since 1767 might fill a good many volumes if it were accurately recorded. The men of that day, could they look upon our mills and factories full of their wonder-working machinery, would find it difficult to conceive that they were standing in the same England which witnessed our slow and tedious processes. In no trade or profession would the changes be more startling than in that c.dling which, in olden times, was thought least liable to alteration of any kind. The far mers of a century ago, could they see our steam ploughs, our thrashing, winnowing, and chaff-cutting machines, our agricultural implements of various kinds, to say nothing of the application of scientific principles to the cultivation of the land, would be probably more amazed at the transforma tion than the quiet hand-loom weaver as he looked on the whirring wheels and countless bands and straps by which in these marvellous days "a worsted stocking gets up and knits itself." Fancy one of the good old-fashioned farmers of GEORGE lll.'s reign, with the traditional hatred of foreigners, the contempt for " book-learning," and comfortable confidence in the routine his father and his grand father followed before him, peeping in at the grand centenary meeting of the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society, now being celebrated with all the honours in the former city. What should such a visitor think as he watched a machine cutting chaff in four different lengths for horses, cattle, and bullocks without changing wheels 2 or if he looked at a horse-rake for hay in which the horse lifts the rake himself ? If he brought his dame with him in the mob cap and scarlet handkerchief be longing to her memory, the good woman might have the satisfaction or the shock of seeing a ma chine make butter ! Thanks to the fertile invention of our Transatlantic cousins, such a sight is now to be seen at Manchester, where an atmospheric churn, worked by atmospheric pressure, actually turns out delicious butter from new milk even in about ten minutes' time. And of 3,000 entries in the various departments of the Exhibition no less than 1,000 belong to that of machinery alone. Of course there is also a good show of beasts of all kinds ; but the machinery in some respects--the most interesting and valuable part of the exhibition—has the predominance. Such assemblies answer many good purposes. They give a stimulus to invention and to enterprise—they encourage an honour able competition, and they afford inventors a ready means of bringing their designs or improvements under the immediate notice of the very class for whose use they were intended. To walk round ono of these large exhi bitions is an education of itself ; and the farmer, who is perhaps unable or unwilling to learn much from books, can see for himself the practical utility of the new improvements, and can judge of machines by what he actually sees them do . . Prejudice has been a great obstacle to the diffusion of a knowledge of scientific agriculture, although, since all science is nothing more than an adaptation of the laws of nature, there isnothing very incongruous in applying it to the cultivation of mother earth and her natural products. However vast our achievements in other directions, we cannot afford to do without agricul ture, and we possess many facilities for the special development of some branches. More especially illy we look to it as of the highest value iu d veloping the resour.n3 of the sister island, in :drat ding peaceable and profi t aLl employint nt for her people, and in improvi ng altogether the position of the coun t! y. We are therefore glad to find that, almost simultaneously with the grand nice! ing at Man chester, the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland will open their annual show of cattle, sheep, and machinery in Dublin. The particular feature of this exhibition is that it will be held in the capital, an event which has not occurred for many years past. It is encouraging to find that it is expected, notwithstanding the drawbacks of the last twelvemonth, to be the largest and most suc cessful ever held in Ireland. The number of entries is large, the, quality of the stock good, and the general interest las been strongly awakened. The most effectual, means of getting rid of Fenianism and all its ,ttendant annoyance and expense will be to render the population more occupied and more educated, and consequently more contented. Agri culture °Sara many particular attractions to the Irish peasantry, and the great natural resources of the country render a return of their labours abso lutely certain. The dreary and hopeless lives led by many of the Irish people would be wonderfully brightened by cheerful and remunerative la bour ready at their own doors, instead of entailing the sacrifice of home and country de manded from the emigrant. The crowds of Irish labourers who cross over annually to Liverpool might very certainly find plenty to do in their own country if Irish agriculture were in a more thriving condition, and it should be the aim of every well wialer to Ireland to assist in the development of those natural capabilities of the country and the people, which will infallibly remunerate all effort a thousandfold. We are glad to find that many of the principal English manufacturers are sending specimens of their machinery to Dublin, so that the Irish agriculturists will be able to profit by the latest discoveries and adaptations in scientificknow ledge. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. I gather from various sources all the reliable in formation relative to the revolution in Spain, with the remark, however, that the Government at Madrid issues plenty of telegrams, boasting of the " delirious" enthusiasm of the Royal troops, and tending to satisfy people that " order reigns in Spain." Nevertheless, according to private and authentic accounts, the regiment of Navarre was entirely beaten ; General Manso has been killed, as already stated, and the 'movement has attained the aspect of a civil war. The band of Valdrich in Catalonia, which telegrams said was destroyed, has obtained a signal success at Esparaguera over a column of infantry and cavalry. In the mountains of Priorato, in the province of Tarragona, the Liberal Colonel Lagunero has obtained a victory over the regiment of Toledo. The insurgents have obtained other successes over the Royal troops in the province of Valentia and Castellan de la Plana. The combat, in which General Manso met his death, took place near Ayesba, in Arragon, not far from Saragossa. One account states that Sara gossa has fallen into the hands of the insurgents. One letter from Perpignan says : ",Colonel Valdrich, at the head of 1,500 Liberals, has completely destroyed the regiment of Aicantara in the province of Barcelona. General Machena, Captain-General of Arragon, who enjoys the entire confidence of the Queen, has been recalled and re placed by General Calonges, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs. The movement in Arragon is be coming general, Alicant is in insurrection. Cap tain-General Pesuela has left Barcelona at the head of a considerable body of infantry, with twenty cannon. General Prim is believed to be in Cata lonia, where he is conducting the movement in per son." I mentioned that a Monsieur Parent took pro ceedings, before the Correctional Tribunal of Paris, against M. Andre, a police officer, for an alleged illegal arrest on the 23d of May on the Boulevard des Italiens. There was a great crowd when the Emperor of Russia went to the Opera, and much excitement was created in consequence of a cry of " Vive la Pologne." M. Parent alleges that he took no part in the cries or in the disorder, but the court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the defendant was not lialA for what he did while acting under the orders of Lis superiors with a view to the preservation of the public tranquillity. lie arrested the plaintiff in the belief that he was aiding and assisting iu the disturbance, and what took place was in the course of the execution of his duty. M. Parent, it appears, was in prison for some days, and he complains of brutal conduct on the part of the police while in custody. This was denied by the defendant. The Tribunal appears to have been convinced that the complaint of the plaintiff was not well founded, for it not only dis missed it, but ordered the complainant to pay the expenses of the process. There was a very wonderful change of weather last night. The day was peculiarly oppressive, and in the evening the sky was very serene, and not a cloud was to be seen. About ten o'clock, however, dark clouds gathered around as if by magic, and towards midnight there was a violent storm of thunder and lightning, with very heavy rain. The storm lasted nearly two hours. This morning early the wind was violent and really cold, but the tem perature became warmer in the course of the day. On the morning of Tuesday last there was a terrible thunder storm at Liniours (Seine et Oise). A farmer ant a , n c a d enr h dn i y s w ae i d e eld n e wh ad en instantly. son th and e ldaughtergThe et ncatastrophen g w s e t rr struck k t was attended by curious circumstances, which often accompany a thunder storm. The clothes of the young man were almost torn to pieces. Portions of his dress, and parts of his boots particularly, were found at a distance of some yards. On his neck were many black spots. In my notices of the many remarkable objects at the Exhibition, I have always endeavoured to pre serve strict impartiality, and to give no eulogium unless well merited. M y principle has been to " nothing extenuate or set down aught in malice." It is therefore satisfactory, and may • • inspire confi dence iu your readers, if they know that my appre c'ations are confirmed by the French press. The Moniteur, for instance, even goes further in its eulogiums of the skill and taste of the establish ment of Messrs. Christofle and Co. than I did. That paper says, "In gallery No. 3 the articles of Messrs. Christofle and Co. shine in the first rank. The process long sought for to gild and silver metals is now known to the whole world, and that estab lishment, by substituting the process for the use of solid silver, has rendered a real service to indusry, which has found much more useful destination for silver. The house has rendered ano less useful service to art and artists by showing that it was not necessary to employ gold or silver for the execution of the finest work, and that copper and bronze may be used for articles of the most delicate description when they are covered with the precious metal, and may rival the most celebrated works of centuries past. In the first houses massive silver plate was never brought out from the drawers except upon great occasions, and was hermetically sealei in chests or boxes. Messrs. Christofle have found a better use for silver. Thus we are now assured that the articles brought to such perfection by them will at a later period enrich our museums, and will not disappear because melted by ignorant or covetous hands. Among the admirable things sent to the Exhibition by Messrs. Christofle are the table orna ments belonging to the Emperor, and the table or nament and dessert service executed for the fetes at the Hotel de Ville." The Moniteur then gives an elaborate-account of these articles, the admiration of all Paris, which I have before described, and con • eludes by saying :—" The articles which all visitors at the Exhibition contemplate with interest make them comprehend that this description of work proves by is executioe the application of the most. varisd processes, the production of the newest and most exquisite forms. . In short, from the majestic table ornament of the City of Paris to the smallest vase, every article exhibits the desire of M. Chris tofle to arrive at perfection." On Sunday afternoon as a gentleman was leav ing the Exhibition he discovered that some one had robbed him of his purse, his pocket-book, and- his watch. He attached much value to his watch, as he had gained it as a prize in a gymnastic competi tirn of the company of Firemen, of which he was a member. Next morning a commissioner brought lain his watch, and his pocket-book and purse, but empty, with the following letter :—" My dear Sir, I was skilful enough, which was not easy, to effect a master stroke by robbing you of all that you had in THE SUN, LON DON, WEDE NSDA Y EVE NIN your pockets. I send you back your pocket-book and papers, which are quite useless to me, as well as your watch. I might have made a profit of the latter, but I should be desperately grieved to deprive you of it, for I see by the inscription on the case that it was given to you as a reward, which I have no doubt was well merited. I, therefore, think it a duty to restore it to you. You see there are honest people everywhere. Your servant, a French pick pocket." Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of the first railway in Paris, that from Paris to Pecq on the line to St. Germain, having been opened for traffic on the 26th of August, 1837. The following are the dates of the opening of the principal railways in France : —Paris to Orleans, May 5, 1843 ; to Rouen, May 9, 1813 ; to Lille, July 7, 1846 ; to Havre, March 22, 1847 ; to Bor deaux, September 20, 1832 ; to Strasbourg, July 25, 1852; to Lyons, July 10, 1854. There is now in course of demolition in the Fau bourg Montmartre the house where Vestris, the most celebrated dancer of the eighteenth century, died on the 27th of September, 1808. Vestris reigned like a sovereign at the opera for half a century, and was familiarly called handsome Vestris. There were no bounds to his pride and vanity. lle called himself the " god of the dance." Ile often said seriously, " There have been only three men in Europe—myself, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great." This Vestris was, I believe, the father of the late Madame Vestris. The Lords of tile Admiralty at Portsmouth - ili- - Mr. Corry and his colleagues resumed their in spection of this establishment yesterday morning with a muster of the officers and men of the Steam Reserve at the port, borne on the books of the old sailing line-of-battle-ship Asia. The muster was held on the ground between the office of the Admiral Superintendent and the main line of storehouses. rho force mustered on the ground was under the command of Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, and com prised Commander Wells, chief inspector of machi nery afloat, George Murdoch, and 19 other non commissioned officers, with 107 engineer officers of all grades. The remaining numbers consisted of 154 warrant-officers, 261 stokers, 460 pensioners, and 354 seamen, marines,, and servants, &c. These numbers include all men lent on board ships in the harbour—such, for instance, as the Osborne—and only 26 leading stokers are really available for ser vice, while the majority of stokers have never been to sea. After the reserve officers and men had passed inspection a brief examination of some pre servative cements for coating the bottoms of iron ships, and other little matters in the office of the Admiral-Superintendent, brought their lordships' morning labours to a close. After luncheon the turret-ship Royal Sovereign was visited, where it is to be hoped their lordships gained a true measure of the value of the system of working ordnance at exceptional weight afloat. From the Royal Sovereign the Board went on board the boys' training ship St. Vincent, and thence to Haslar, where they went over the Naval Hospi tal and the " Deserted Village" of the navy—the gunboat yard and shipway. The hospital contains at present 484 patients, but has beds for 1,200. It has an admirable organisation under its medical staff, but its government by a post-cap tain of the Royal Navy is as great an absurdity as ever existed in the worst days of the great naval hospital at Greenwich. If it is necessary to provide some adequate rewards for naval captains or other officers of the military branch who have done good service in their professional career, this should be done by any other means than by thus placing them in command of purely medical establishments. What can possibly be more ridiculous than to submit a document drawn up by such men as Sir David Dens on important medical questions to the inspection of a captain of the navy, and for his signature, before such document can be sent on to the chief medical authorities at the Admiralty for submission to the Board ? • Nor does the ridicule of the whole affair end even here, for in the absence of the Captain Superintendent, the Inspector-General of Hospitals' document must be laid before some old—and, no doubt, very worthy—lieutenant, who represents temporarily his immediate chief. The gunboat yard and shipway at Haslar, with its 45 covered building-sheds, and its costly parallel lines of railway and launching stages, has at pre sent the following number of men employed there : —Master - Shipwright's Department —2O ship wrights, 40 labourers, 2 smiths. Engineers of Steam Reserve Department —4 engineers, 14 stokers (mechanics), 4 seamen, 1 warrant-officer. In the yard there are six wood-built screw gunboats, nine mortar floats (iron), and a numbe' of ships' boats and remnants of machinery boilers stored away under cover. Three of the gunboats—the Wave, the Cherokee, and the Peacock—are in frame, after rebuilding, and have been in frame seven years. They are, therefore, well seasoned in all their timbers, and now it is supposed they will be planked and fitted with their machinery again. The remaining three it is proposed to convert to coal depot vessels to convey fuel to ships at Spithead. They will cost upwards of £3,000 each to make them fit for this purpose, but it is the only duty they are now fit for, and it would be as well to utilize them even in this manner. Two of the mortar floats have been con verted into dockyard lighters ; on 2 has been con verted into a receiving vessel for coastguard duty ; one for a mud-clearing barge for Cowes' harbour off Trinity pier; and one for fitting at Malta as a mooring lighter. Four remain at present unappro priated. What the Board may eventually decide upon doing with this yard would be as yet premature to hazard any opinion upon. What it appears to be suitable for 43 any adaptation of its space and capa bilities generally is a general boat-building-yard for the Navy, and especially for steam launches, the machinery of the latter being fitted and afterwards kept in repair in the yard by the engineers in the port belonging to the Steam Re serves. In addition to this kind of work there might also be built at liaslar such small twin screw gunboats as would be serviceable for duty between harbours and roadsteads, as Portsmouth harbour and Spithead, or llamoaze and Plymouth Sound, and which must sooner or later supersede the present decrepit and expensive small paddle steamers. Machinery for such vessels can be picked up in plenty out of the surplus stock in the several yards. One thing prepared for their lordships' inspection at Ilaslar Yard deserves special notice. This was a composition for cleaning the bottoms of iron ves sels when placed in dock. The present method of cleaning the bottom of an iron vessel is by the use of metal scrapers, with one of which a man m ay clean about eight square feet per day (working hours). With the composition he would be enabled to clean off nearly 1,000 feet, and with this advan tage—all paint or composition on the face of the iron plates would be effectually removed without affecting the surface of the plates by scratching, as with the scraper, and out of inequalities where the scraper would be unable to act. The Duke of Wellington, seamen's training ship, Capt. C. Fellowes, has been visited by their lord ships during their stay at Portsmouth, and the " Grant's" cooking (roasting, boiling, and bread baking) apparatus, with other novelties under trial experimentally on board duly ex-unined. The Vic tory and other vessels have also received brief visits. This morning the B o ard of Admiralty were to leave Portsm ou th Port land, Dartm ou th, an d D evonpor t i n their yacht En chantress, as early as five o'clock for Port accompanied by the Black Eagle, and their official visit to Portsmouth of 1867 will be happily ended—happily ended because such formal visits, previously announced and prepared for, are matter of dissatisfaction to all concerned. They are unsatisfactory to the majority of the officials be longing to a yard by reason of their knowledge of the hollowness of the affair for any permanently useful end, and they must be unsatisfactory to the Lords themselves from a well understood feeling that they have neither seen matters iu their normal working condition, nor have they had time to under stand one-hundredth part of what they have Seen... 3, AUGUST 28, 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE SPANISH INSURRECTION. MADRID, Aug. 28. Despatches received by the War Minister state that the bands of fugitive insurgents, formerly corn mandecl by Pierrad, are hiding in the mountains. A small band of insurgents has made its appear ance in the province of Cuenca. A seditious movement in Bejar has been sup pressed. ITALY. FLORENCE, August 28. The official Gazelle of to-day says : " Certain journals, referring to the disagreeable incident which has occurred between Italy and France, relative to the formation of the Antibes Legion, have spoken of occult influences, of repeated notes on the one side, and threatening notes upon the other. Negotiations still pending the Government is obliged to impose upon itself the greatest reserve, but is even now able to declare that all such statements are entirely incorrect." Advices from Silsa, to the 26th inst. announce that a train from Saint Michael has passed Mount Cenis for the first time very successfully. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. The Ville de Paris arrived here this morning. THE BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 27. The Syria sailed at noon yesterday, and the Bangalore leaves at the same hour to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the Ist and the latter at Southampton about the 9th September. POLAND. BRESLAU, Aug. 28. The Breslau Gazette of to-day says that one of the points agreed upon at Salzburg by the two Emperors was au understanding on the Polish question. CRACOW, August 28. The Archduke Albrecht will in a few days make his third tour of inspection through Galicia. As his Highness travels incognito, there will be no public reception. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 25. As a proof of the pacific character of the Salzburg interview, the semi-official Debatte of to-day says " According to an agreement between France and Austria, France has counselled Denmark not to in sist upon the retrocession of Duppel and Alsen by Prussia, and by such a demand render impossible an understanding with Prussia relative to the North Schleswig question." Prince Lichtenstein, the aide-de-camp of the Emperor of Austria, has left here on a special mis sion to Paris. The solemn transfer of the Bohemian Crown jewels to Prague takes place to day. FRANCE. BOURSE, August 27, Two o'clock.—The following are the present quotations, which are all lower, except Credit Foncier :—Threes, 69f. 62c. ; Italian, 49f. sc. ; Credit Mobilier, 312 f. ; Credit Foncier, 1,380 f. ; Spanish Mobilier, 198 f. ; and Comptoir d'Escompte, 710 f. Three o'Clock.—The market closed as follows :- 41- per Cents lOO Bank Shares 8305 -- Do. end month — Italian Loan 4B 95 3 per Cents. Do. end month 69 65 Mexican Loan l2 Credit Mobilier ... 316 25 Do. Bonds llO Do. end Month ... 315 Spanish Threes Credit Ponder 1382 50 Home Debt D 3. cad month 1377 50 Deferred RAILWLYS. • For Account. Orleans Northern 1155 Lyons and Mediterranean 892 50 Southern 553 75 Western - Eastern Sardinian 55 50 Austrian Lombard 3BO North of Spain Saragossa Roman ••• 85 - 55. 75 7HE NATIONAL REFORM UNION. We understand the executive of the National Reform Union are taking steps to summon another of the great Liberal political conferences which have been annually held by that organisation since its origin. Circulars are being issued to all branch associations throughout the United Kingdom, inviting them to appoint delegates to assemble in Manchester, with the view of discussing the character and probable effects on the country of the new Reform measure just passed into law. It is contemplateil to hold the conference in the course of a few weeks, and that it shall be succeeded by a great banquet, at which many of the lead ing Liberals from all parts of the country will be present. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the National Reform Union held a great reform conference in the Manchester Town-hall in Novem ber last, at which more thn 700 delegates attended. The forthcoming gathering will he the sixth con ference held since 1861, the first being held in Leeds in that year, under the presidency of Mr. George Wilson, and attended by Sir Francis Crossley, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. Edward Baines, M.P., and other well-known reformers. Mr. Wilson also presided at the conference held in Lon don in 1862, and at those which have since been held in Manchester, under the auspices of the National Reform Union, of which he is the president. It is somewhat remarkable, and must be gratifying to the members of the union, that one of the main points agreed upon at the five different conferences held from 1861 to 1866, viz., " household suffrage," has at length been admitted even by a Tory Admi nistration ; and although there may be some doubt in regard to the securing of real household suffrage in the boroughs by the present Reform Act, there can be no doubt of the leverage it will afford for effectually obtaining that object at some future time. As a thorough redistribution of seats, in proportion to population and property, has always been a pro minent p trt of the programme of the National Reform Union, it may be expected that that subject will not be lost sight of at the approaching Con ference. One of the principal and distinctive features of the National Reform Union is that it has sought to combine the middle and working classes in the recent agitation for an extension of political power; and it will give some idea of the success which has attended the attempt when we inform our readers that its list of vice-presidents comprises more than six hundred of the most influential Liberals in the country, including members of Parliament, distinguished professors of literature and science, magistrates, municipal representatives, clergymen, ministers, &c. ; while in Manchester and Salford alone there have been enrolled more than 8,000 members, chiefly amongst the working classes. THE NEW WORKSHOP REGULATION ACT.—Yes tenlay the now act for regulating the hours of labour for childrin, young persons, and women employed in work_ shops was issued. There aro 20 provisions, with several schedules of forms, and the act is to take effect on the Ist January, with certain exceptions as to its operation for six months. The hours are appointed, and work is to cease at two o'clock on Saturday, "exeept in cases where not more than five persons aro employed in the same estab meat, and where such employment consists in making articles to be sold by retail on the premises, or in repairing articles of a like nature to be sold by retail on the pre mises." Parents are to cause their children to go to school under penalties of 20s. for each offence, and sums for schooling may be deducted from wages. The local autho rities aro to carry out the law. _ CRYSTAL PALACE.—Oae Shilling Day.—TnekKlay, Aug. V.—Admissions on payment, 4,835; ditto by season tickets, 1,716. Total visitors, 6,561. DEATH OF El OFESSOR FARADAY. The public will bear with sincere regret of the death of Professor of Faraday, which took place on Sunday, near Hampton Court. Michael Faraday was born in 1791, in the parish of Newington, Surrey, and, like many others who have illustrated the page of British history, was entirely a self-made man. After being instructed in the mere rudiments of knowledge he was appren ticed to a bookseller and bookbinder, and continued to work at his trade tits 1812. During this early period of his life, however, he showed the bent of his genius, for in the intervals of his employment he not only read with avidity such works on science as fell in his way, but applied himself to the con struction of electric and other machines. flaying been present at some of the last lectures delivered by Sir H. Davy, Faraday wrote to that distinguished chemist, asking him for encouragement, and at the same time enclosing notes of the lectures at which he had been present. Sir H. Davy answered the request of the young aspirant promptly and kindly, and in 1813 he was admitted in the Royal Institu tion as chemical assistant to Professcr Braude. Faraday soon became the favourite pupil and the friend of his patron, whom he accompanied in the autumn of the same year in a visit to France, Italy, Switzerland, &c., returning to his place in the Royal Institution in 1815. He now pursued his investigations of nature with great ardour, and published the results in various scientific journals. In 1820 he discovered the chlorides of carbon, and, the year following, the mutual rotation of a magnetic pole and an electric current; in 1823 the discovery of the condensation of gases ; in 1831 and following years the develop ment of the induction of electric currents and the evolution of electricity from magnetism. The esta blishment of the principle of definite electrolytic action, the discovery of diamagnetism and the in fluence of magnetism upon light, obtained for him in 1816 the Rumford medal and that of the Royal Society. In 1847 he announced to the world the magnetic character of oxygen and the magnetic re lations of flame and gases. When Mr. Fuller founded the Chair of Chemistry in the Royal Insti tution, in 1833, Mr. Faraday was appointed first professor. In 1835 he received a pension of £3OO a year from Lord Melbourne's Government in re cognition of his important services to science. In the following year he was appointed scientific ad viser on lights to the Trinity House, and was sub sequently nominated to a similar post under the Board of Trade. He was chemical lecturer from 1829 to 1812 to the cadets at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. In 1823 he was made a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Paris ; in 1825 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ; and in 1832 the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws was conferred on him by the University of Oxford. lie was a Knight of the Prus sian Order of Merit, of the Italian Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus, and one of the eight Foreign Associates of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Paris. In 1855 he was nominated an officer of the Legion of Honour, and in 1863 he was made an associate of the Paris Academy of Medicine. Although the late professor chiefly confined him self to experimental researches, there are theoretical views thrown out with regard to static induction, atmospheric electricity, the lines of force, both re presentative and physical, which are well worthy of consideration. His papers on the conservation of force, and on the division of gold and other metals, are amongst his latest productions. His lectures, adapted for young minds, delivered at the Royal Institution during Christmas time, will not easily be forgotten. The ease with which he descended from the heights of science and conveyed to the minds of his youthful listeners the scientific prin ciples of " common things" was not the least of the many gifts possessed by Dr. Faraday. But it is in connection with electricity, and its relations with all physical, chemical, and physiological phenomena that his fame will principally depend. His inves tigations on this subject led him to the presumption that electricity, magnetism, and light are but one and the same force, varying in effect according to circumstances, but obedient to laws which will one day be discovered. TIIE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. The correspondent of a contemporary, writing from Salzburg, Aug. 23, says—At eight this morn ing the Emperor and the Empress of the French started from Salzburg. The travellers were very exact, and a minute before the clock struck the band of the regiment of Yagers drawn up close to the waiting room played " Partaut pour la Syrie," and at the same moment the two Empresses ap peared, followed by the Emperors. The Empress Eugenie was in a plain black silk dress, with a small dark hat and short black veil just reaching to the chin. On nearing the carriage—" the terrace" above described —she flung back her veil and kissed the Empress Elizabeth on either cheek. They shook hands and bid each other adieu, and just as the Empress was about to step into the carriage they kissed each other again in the heartiest manner. In the whole demeanour of the Empress Eugenie is freshness, vivacity, and—if it is not a mistake to say so of a lady—a thorough bonhommie. She is delightfully natural, and the grace of her manner is something rarely seen. On entering the open carriage she immediately turned and curtseyed to those she was leaving with a sweet ness, and, at the same time, with a dignity which was quite beautiful to see. Her eyes were cast down as she bowed low, but round her mouth was au expression of gentle womanly tenderness, which no oue, I think, could see without being drawn irresistibly towards her. As she stood she bowed again to her host and hostess ; once more the ini mitably-graceful, reverential curtsey, and the train bore her away. It is not at all unlikely that those who read this may think it exaggeration, and call it fulsome flat tery. No one, however, who was present and saw the charming woman will think so. On the con trary, to him what I have said will appear tame and insufficient, and the description most inadequate. But I cannot find the right words to make others understand the fulness of the charm she unconsciously exercised ; and it seems to me as if I were detracting from the engaging sim plicity of every movement when I add adjective to adjective in trying to describe what, after all, is indescribable. You feel—you cannot but feel—the exquisite grace just as you cannot but feel in your whole heart and your whole body the freshness of the morning, but when you try to paint this freshness you become aware how futile, how ridicu lously futile, all your efforts are. On parting the Emperor Francis Joseph kissed the hand of the Empress, and the Archduke Lewis Victor seemed to think that parting was so sweet a sorrow as to be willing to prolong it, and accord ingly performed the operation of kissing hands several times over. The two Emperors cordially shook hands, and Napoleon, mounting the steps of his carriage, stood with hat in hand, looking over the balustrade. His face was as I hal not seen it yet, lit up and bright, with an expression of cheerfulness and satisfaction. The imperturbability of the last days was gone. His face was all alive, and he smiled and leant over the carriage to chat with one of the secretaries of the French Embassy. Does not this sound odd—" Napoleon 111. leaning out of his carriage to have a cheerful chat and a laugh with —" no matter whom ? It does, I confess, read as though it were apocryphal, but it is not so. Truth, you know, is often more surprising than fiction. One of the secretaries of Legation brought her Majesty, just before the train left, a splendid nosegay ; and as she smiled her thanks I thought such recognition worth more than the Cross of the Legion of Honour. THE WIFE MURDER AT LF.IGII.—Aftor the despatch of the Liverpool parcel on Monday, the jury found Henry Farringdon, charged with the murder of his wife at Leigh (Lancashire), guilty, but strongly recom mended him to mercy. The judge (Chief Justice Bovill) said he would forward the recommendation to the proper quarter, but would refrain for the present from expressing any opinion as to the character of the offence. Sentence of death was then passed. 'l - ,-- --z- -. .- - t-i- . pi,Th '„ k ' ~, oi , g-'‘ , 7 1- (0111 --- - CMTat ~,..-, HER MAJESTY. -0- BALMORAL, Aug. 27. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Louise, drove out on Saturday after noon. The Duke of Marlborough dined with the Queen and Royal family. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Aug. 27. A charge of an extraordinary nature has been under investigation by the magistrates at Frank ford, in the King's County, for several days, and was brought to a close on Saturday. One of the constabulary stationed at Bluebell, a man named M‘Loughlin, complained that on the 4th June last he found sub-constable Devine, another of the party, tampering with a plate which had been laid for the complainant's dinner, with the intention, as he be lieved, of putting poison on it. The matter was referred to the Inspector-General, and, after some delay, was brought before the magistrates as a criminal charge. Mr. H. G. Curran, R.M., and Da M. Berry, J.P., conducted the inquiry. Mr. Dowling, solicitor, appeared for the complainant, and Mr. C. Molloy, barrister, instructed by Mr. Mitchell, for the accused. From the report in the Express it appears that for a considerable time past the constabulary at Bluebell have been suffering from a disease which presented symptoms Of poisoning —a burning sensation in the throat and stomach, followed by severe vomiting and diarrhoea. This had been sometimes ascribed to the water used at the barracks, which was very impure. So severely had the men been attacked that it became necessary to remove several of them for medical treatment to Stecveu's Hospital in this city. M'Loughlin was examined and described what he suffered. He did not know of any poison being used in the barracks to destroy rats. On the 4th of June, on entering the day-room, he found Devine sitting with complainant's plate in his hand. On his advancing into the room Devine laid down the plate before himself, pushed over his own to complain ant's place, and, when the cook came in, handed her the first plate. Several constables deposed that they had frequently been attacked with the disease after meals. Dr. O'Malley gave it as his opinion that the symptoms might have been produced by doses of croton oil, and evidence was given that Devine had purchased strychnine and croton oil in Tullamore. On the part of the accused evidence was produced that the water was so bad that it had often to be strained through a muslin cloth before being used ; that an outhouse where the meat was kept was in fested with rats and dogs, and that Devine had made up poison for them in presence of M'Loughlin and other constables ; that Devine himself had been at tacked with the disease, and that one of the 13 1/.1 cooked his own food, never letting it out of his sight, and yet was attacked. The cook also stated that on the day in question she laid Devine's plate, a blue one, by mistake at the'place where complainant was to sit, and that when she brought in the dinner, observing Devine take over his own plate and 1001 c at it, she supposed that he thought it was not clean enough, and took it away to clean it. It was also proved that an analysis had been made of what had been ejected from the stomach of one of the men who was ill, and that no traces of poison were found in it. At the close of the investigation the magis trates received the informations, and said they would forward them to the Attorney-General and be guide'l by his advice. A sad accident occurred at Queenstown on Satur day. Two young men, one Mr. G. Scott, sou of magistrate, and a Mr. Bailey, went out for a day s pleasure in a small sailing boat, which carried a mainsail and jib, far too large to be safe on such a day. They went to Aghadoe and thence betweoa the forts of the harbour, and were returning, when a squall suddenly overtook them at the mouth of the Carri,galine river and capsized the boat. Both its occupants were drowned. An inquiry of considerable interest to ratepayers and Poor•law officials was commenced yesterday bY Mr. Robinson, Poor-law Inspector in the South Dublin Union workhouse, by direction of the cella' missioners. The object is to test the truth of certain charges of gross irregularities and frauds in the ma' nagenient of the expenditure in the period between the 29th of September, 1865, and the 25th of March last. They were brought under the notice o f the authorities by a discharged pauper named O'Brien , who had been employed as a bookkeeper in the assistant master's office. In consequence of his re; presentations a preliminary investigation was tit by the Inspector, who took stock in the house, an d reported that it did not at all correspbnd with th e entries in the blotting-books, that there was a defi ciency of some articles and a surplus of others, but that in the aggregate the number of articles i n the house which were not charged against the master far exceeded the number on the books and not forth' coming. For a long time the number of persons on the relief lists has not agreed with the number on the admission and discharge book, or with the pro vision check account. When the house was counted at the end of March it was found that the n umber of persons relieved was less by about 214 than 0 0 number on the provision check account, and less by 100 than the number on the diet books. O'Brien further charged the master with irregularities a° regards his lodgments, which amounted to little more than had been received for the sale of pigs: irrespective of the sums realised by the sale of o ld iron and metal, clothing, &c. The clerk and mast er having been called upon to explain, the former replied that the multifarious duties of his office' which had been increased since his appointmen t ' obliged him to employ O'Brien, knowing that he understood workhouse accounts, but that he w°* 4 determined in future to pay for the services of 5 trustworthy person out of his own means. The justification offered by the master was that at the e time of his app o i n t men t th e h ouse was i n a s t a te 0' insubordination and disorder, and that by directio n of the guardians he had concentrated his energies upon the one object of reducing the establishme nt to a proper state of discipline, which he had success' fully done. As regards inaccuracies in the account s ' the assistaut-master, who has resigned, was resPel y sible for them, and had been repeatedly censured by the board for the unsatisfactory manner in whi ch he kept his books. The discovery of these irregu larities has come upon the public by surprise, as th e Guardians have the reputation of being extreine'J vigilant and careful. They certainly are se in matters relating to the religion of the paupers, au d a change of entry in this respect could not possibly escape detection, but the dry details of bookkcePi s iit g and commonplace items of account, which flier"' show bow the money of the ratepayers has been e tj i pended, do not afford material for such anima te discussion as Poor- law boards delight in, and are therefore not so likely to engage their attenti °l3 : f O'Brien was examined at some longth in support ute his indictment against the officers. The 13 , c t assistant-master also gave evidence to the efL that he could not tell the value of the articles e b i :a posed of by the master, but that the lodgments not been so regular as they ought to have be re The storekeeper and other subordinate officials Is_to examined as to sales of cast clothing and \v‘'f, articles. The master offered an explanation ro speeting a charge of appropriating a sum of x )e ' r. which bad been found iu the possession of a P a nhe He stated that the money was given to him re time by Mr. Place, one of the g uardians (v re, cently died), and that h o h a d it still. The jug ,, was adjourned until Wednesday next. Itcr" MR. COXWELL AT NEWBURY.—Yesterday noon Mr. Coxwell made an ascent in one of his balloon° e from Newbury, on the occasion of the annual show of 31 Horticultural Society in that town. 0 wing t o the sni_ ness of the supply pipe temporarily laid down t he was not fully infl a ted by the hour fixed for the ascent, °0 Captain and Mrs. Woodgate could not join Mr. Colwell 0 this account. At a quarter-past five the ballo on rose, lln glided away at a good elevation' over Crookha m-conun le: taking a south-easterly direction towards Reading. ,40 many as 4,000 people assembled on the groun d s W here show was held, and the balloon ascent assisted in brii3gll:ll° nearly £l6O to the society's exchequer. hollooud a