The Sun. — London, England, 1867-09-21 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDER TS EN . PROMENADE CONC COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING, at EIGHT. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. Conductors --Signor BOTTESIN S I and Herr JOHA NN STRAUS. The Programme "This Evening will include—Overtures, "William Tell" and " Zampa;" the Grand Selection from " Der Freischu+z new Valse (first time), new Polka, and Quadrille, by Johann Strauss • Songs by Madame Jetty Treffz and Mr. W. Morgan ; :Solos, by Mr. J. M. Wohli, Signor Luigi Risegari (his ffrst appearance), Mr. Lazarus, Mr. J. Winterbottorn, Mr. Reynolds, &e. Band of 100 per formers. Monday next, a Selection from the works of VERDI. Thursday next, a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. Refreshments by Spiers and Pond. Admission, One Shilling. THEATRE ROY AL D RURY-LAN E. -A- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertca. The public is respectfully informed this Theatre will Open for the Autumn Dramatic Season To-Ntgl.t, Sept. 21. TIIIB KVENING, Sept. 21, Monday, Sept. 23, and during the week, herdajesty's s2rvants will perform an adaptation, by Bayle Bernard, of Goethe's romantic Play of FAUST. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Edmund Temple,s Harciurt, Warner, Birtlem an . Webb, Johnstone, Moreland ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mesdames Vaudenhoff, Gratton, Brougham, &c. At the conclusion of the Play on Saturday, Sept, 21, the NATIONAL ANTHEM will be sing, To conclude with each evening, for the first time at this theatre, Pocock's romantic Drama of THE MILLER AND 11Is MEN. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, E. Phelps, Har court, Barrett, Rouse ; Mesdames Edith Stuart, Stafford, and Gratton. Scenic depArtment under the direction of Mr. William Beverley, Mnoical director, Mr. J. 11. Tully. Stage-manager, Mr. Edmund Stirling. Doors open a; halt-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET. Munn's. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, Compton, Kendal, Braid, Clark. Whlte, Coe. Vincent, NI eathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Chippen dale. Scott-Siddons, Laws, Coleman, After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. Mr. Buckstone. Concluding with PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and Miss lone Burke. Commence at Seven. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. RMr. Pechter, sole, actual, and responsible Manager. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the perform ances will commence at Seven o'clock with a comedietta, entitled THE MIST RBSS OF THE MILL. Mr. H. Mellon, )Jr. S. Calhaem ; Miss Rater, Miss Montgomery. At Eight o'clock, Lord Lytton's Play of the LADY OF LYONS. BPallSCallt, Mr. G. Jordan; General Damao, Mr. Addison ; Glavis, air. S Calhaem ; M. Deschappellea, Mr. 11. Mellon; Gaspar, Mr. Dalton; Landlord, Mr. J. Francis ; Officers, Messrs. Stuart and Fleming ; Claude Melnotte, Mr. Fechter ; Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Carlotta Leclercq ; Widow Melnotte, Miss Elsworthy ; Madame Deschappelles, Mrs. H. Manton. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining, OPEN for the WINTER SEASON. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the popular Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled eooß PIL LICODDY. Characters by Messrs. Dominick Murray and Miss Polly Marshall. At a quarter-past 8, THE STREETS OP' LONDON, by Dion Boucicault, Esq. Badger, Mr. Vining. Messrs. M`Lean, Dominick Murray, H. Forrester, C. Price, R. Cathcart, W R. Robins, Newbound, Chapman, Tapping; Kiss R. Sanger, Miss Emma Barnett, and Mrs. Addle. N.B.—Mr. and Mrs. DION BOIJCICAULT will shortly make their re-appearance at this Theatre in AR RAH-NA FOG UE. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. Universally admitted to be the best ventilated and most elegant theatre in London. " With the dog days prolonged into autumn it is something to know that thero is one theatre in London where the ven tilation is good and the teats roomy. 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To-bioratow.-31orning, 7h. 40m.—Afternoon, Bh. 20m. • Av. , v. cf)- , .. t '4s' , " ' ' t ittr*.ZH -‘:'-"--11 : .0 ., ,!!%3 1 :0 11 :! 1.1;": tit lik di%•7 1 .• Mr . t LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1867. Mr. GLADSTONE has been most fortunate in hav ing an opportunity of displaying his eloquence in discoursing on the iron trade of Lancashire. On Thursday a ceremonial took place at Barrow, in Furness, on the Lancashire coast, to celebrate the opening of the new docks which have been made by the Furness Railway company. The manner in which the town of Barrow has sprung up into importance is really surprising, and is a tribute to the wonders of commercial enterprise. After the busi ness of the day was over a grand banquet took place, at which an immense company assembled. The D uke of DEVONSHIRE occupied the chair, and in propose ing " Success to the Barrow Docks," he entered at some length into the chief points of interest con nected with the affair. He said that it required an effort of the imagination to " realise the condition of things which existed at Barrow in the pre-rail way times. In his early days Barrow consisted of a few cottages." It is, indeed, a transformation, from the population consisting of fewer than a hun dred inhabitants to having nearly 20,000 inhabi tants. The deposits of " iron ore" have been the cause of this rapid change, and the introduc tion of the railway system into the district has also tended much to its development. Mr. GLADSTONE proposed "The Town and Trade of Barrow," and remarked that the occasion which brought them thus together was one of national interest. "We have heard," said the right hon. gentleman, " a great deal at different times about King Cotton as king in England, and far be it from me to say anything against his majesty, to whom I wish to be sincerely loyal ; but although they could not get on with two kings in Brentford, yet of this class and character there are two kings in England. There is a King Iron as well as a King Cotton, and I think in every sense as Englishmen we must rejoice that in these latter years especially King Iron has risen up out of the bowels of the earth to assert his claim to a share in the sovereignty." This is put in that graphic style for which Mr. GLADSTONE'S oratory is so famous, and brings be fore us in an impressive manner the remarkable cha racteristics of the trade and commerce of the country. It is always desirable and profitable to turn aside when we can from the mere material interests of the moment, and consider the meaning of things, and when the inquirer and speculative can follow a master mind it is a rare opportunity that should be duly appreciated. The fate of Iron has been, as Mr. GLADSTONE remarked, a singular one ; and, in taking a retrospective glance at his course, we may understand how PROVIDENCE adapts the productions of the earth in their varied forms and several characters to the requirements of society at different stages. Thus looking at barbarous life, we see that iron is utterly unknown as a luxury in these earliest days. They passed from stone and wood to metal, but iron was still untouched. We may form the best notion of the matter by taking a practical view of the value of the different metals, and hence we see that iron, which was three thousand years ago ten times more valuable than copper, is now not one-tenth of the price of copper; and this change is not accounted for by any decrease in the value of copper, which is indeed obtained more readily than heretofore, and put to more use, but because, to take the illustration here given, " the gigantic strides with which iron has attested itself, and because by far the most useful and valuable of all the metals which the earth affords, perhaps more useful and more necessary than all the rest put together, has effected this extraordinary change." There are many things to think of in connection with this striking change, and one is the rapid improvements that have been made. As Mr. GLADSTONE said, the men of olden times would have regarded in the light of a miracle many of the commodities now supplied to us, and which, from habit and custom, we consider as ordinary affairs. The result of all these inquiries is that we arrive at a satisfactory conclusion, for the more the use of "iron" advances the more the power of England advances also. Hence, as we find mentioned impressively in this discourse, it may be very well for us to obtain com modities from our neighbours if we cannot produce them cheaper and better for ourselves; but the value of a treasure is greatly increased if we can produce them for ourselves, and in this especial instance of Bar row we may note that the " commodity" is one which is intimately associated with national wealth, and with national security and power. We think that Mr. GLADSTONE did not make a rash venture when he said that looking forward the progress of iron was so rooted and fixed in the essential wants of society that it assumed the character of a law of modern trade and industry. It is indeed encouraging to look upon such a picture as Barrow presents, and to draw from thence the conclusion that much may yet be done in the way of real advancement among us, although it is the fashion nowadays to talk as if our day was departing. As Mr. GLAD STONE remarked, it seems extraordinary to see that "in what we call an old country like this there should be still so much youth and still so much energy to develope and expand itself." Among many of the drawbacks of the present day it is pleasant to think that in one respect a decided change for the better has taken place, and that such is the progress of things, and the increase in the resources of trade and capital, that any particular place may start into prominence from a state of pre vious insignificance, without materially injuring others, or interfering with their prosperity. In point of fact, they may sometimes be of service to those with whom they seem at first sight to compete prejudi cially, for they serve as a stimulus to their efforts, and may compel them to improve their condition through the exercise of care and judgment, instead of wasting their natural gifts and treasures through lavish prodigality. Mr. GLADSTONE speaks out boldly, and with the true English spirit of per severance. Some say that Barrow will be come a Liverpool. " Let it become a Liverpool if it will and can," he replies. " The old Liverpool will be none the worse, but the better for its exist ence, and as a Liverpool man I cordially join in the sentiment I ask you to adopt, and make you join in drinking ' Prosperity to the Trade and Town of Barrow.' " The proceedings at this affair were altogether of a most interesting kind, and we refer our readers to them, with the confident assurance that they will find plenty to attract notice, for the y refer refer to matters which are of great importance and interest in a national sense. The interest attaching to the news brought from New York by the Cuba is thrown into the shade by the melancholy intelligence transmitted through the cable. Sir FREDERICK BRUCE is gone in the prime of life and the full strength of his powe rs , gone just when his services were most valuable to his country—his aid most needed in the future. By a singular fatality three brothers, all of whom played promi vent parts in the public sight, have died vi thin a few years of each other. General BRUCE, Till ose faithful attendance on the Heir Apparent had won him the respect and con. fideneß , of the Crown and people, died on the eve of a roar al wedding ; Lord ELGIN, the most emi nent perhaps of the three, sunk, after a brief illness in the Indian hills. He had not long assumed those onerous and .difficult duties of Viceroy of India, which all parties agreed in thinking he was the most capable and worthy to fulfil. His long diplomatic career had won him. .a high reputation, and his mis sion to China, in which he was assisted by his brother Frederick, Yib s a remarkable success. Not withstanding these - kw° premature deaths there seemed reason to hops that our Ambassador to the United States might represent his nation for many years more. General BRUCE was long known to be in delicate health, and Lord ELGIN had suffered from his assiduous public services in many trying climates and conditions. Bnt the strong man is laid low, and the confidence which we all felt that the honour and the interests of England were safe in the hands of our Transatlantic representative is rudely shaken. How shall we fill his place ? That is the question that will to-day be anxiously asked and doubtfully answered. The negotiations which Sir FREDERICK BRUCE so ably conducted, and which he cherished the hope of bringing to a conclusion, satisfactory and honourable to both sides, are still pending. The course of events, while bringing conviction to the leading minds of both countries that a rupture between them would be a loss, has not removed those causes of irritation, which, if ill-managed, often lead to the most serious results. It is necessary for a capable ambassador to understood correctly his own people, and the people among whom he dwells. Sir FREDERICK BRUCE was fortunate in this respect, and the best proof how well he understood the somewhat complex character of the people among whom he dwelt is to be found in the high estimation in which he was held by the Americans. Mr. SEWARD himself, not always friendly to England, and constantly engaged in a paper war with the English representative, was on the best of terms with Sir FREDERICK BRUCE individually. Sir FREDERICK had but recently returned from visiting his venerable antagonist at his home at Auburn, when he was attacked by the fatal malady to which ho succumbed. His self control and calm self-possession often stood him in good stead in times of the greatest difficulty, when less able men might have been provoked into some fatal blunder. Thus, on the memorable occasion when the oration to the memory of Presi dent LINCOLN was made the pretext for virulent abuse of England, many prominent Americans thought it their duty to call upon the English Minister and express their regret. Sir FREDERICK received them with courtesy, and soon showed that he felt the real affront was not to himself or to the people whom he represented, but to the American people, for the desecration of the tribute paid to the memory of a good man by the unseemly exhibi tion. In conducting the correspondence on the troublesome question of the Alabama claims Sir F. BRUCE showed great tact, firmness, and command of temper. He was always on the watch for a favourable opportunity for their adjustment, and although it suited the political necessities of American statesmen to take up and lay aside the claims according to the humour of the moment, the English Minister was always consistent and equable. He showed a firm front to the somewhat exacting and aggressive representatives of American policy, while at the same time he did not scruple to advise the Home Government to make what he considered necessary or desirable concessions. In any case the post which Sir F. BRUCE leaves vacant would be one difficult to fill, and at the present time it is beset with peculiar perplexity. No doubt many able and accomplished men will be forthcoming who would be ready to accept the responsibility and to undertake the duties, but the combination of qualities demanded in our Minister at Wash ington is not so quickly found. Sir F. BRUCE has held the post for a comparatively short period, but he gave unlimited satisfaction. Let us hope that his successor, whoever he may be, may leave a not less worthy name behind him. From New York, on September 10th, we learn that the famous amnesty proclamation was issued the day before, and excludes Mr. DAVIES, all heads of departments, governors of Confederate States, persons who illtreated Federal prisoners, and all who were directly or indirectly concerned in the assassination of President LINCOLN, from its benefits. Many of the former classes have already applied for and obtained individual pardons ; for the rest, no ono will wish to include them. Such as it is, the amnesty has given great offence to Mr. WENDELL PHILLIPS, who denounces it as treasonable and rebellious, and declares that the PRESIDENT will be impeached upon the reassembling of Congress. We do not hear of the general effect produced throughout the States, though the Cabinet, we are given to understand, believe it will have very extensive effects. What ever course the Radicals determine upon pursuing, it is evident that the PRESIDENT is resolved upon vigorous action, and possibly he may yet prove to have been the most politically sagacious of the two. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The Moniteur gives the following news in its bulletin : " The Federal Diet of Northern Germany . has decided that the project of the address presented to it shall be discussed in a general sitting, as well as the proposals relative to the new Zollverein and Budget of 1868. It has remitted to special countries the laws concerning passports, post offices, and the salt duty. A portion of the Chamber having proposed to invalidate the election of General Vogel de Falkenstein, the motion wa s agreed to. The Diet also conse nted to a proposi tion, having for object the promulgation of electoral regulations to be common to all the Con federation of the North. " The King of Prussia, who arrived at Frankfort on Wednesday, went to Darmstadt upon the invitation of the Grand Duke of Hesse. Hi s Majesty intends to go to Wiesbaden to pay a visit to the Princess of Wales." _ _ vv The Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, having resumed the direction of his depart ment yesterday, received the members of the diplo matic body, who were accredited to their functions i❑ Paris. In an article relative to Mexico the Revue Content poreire lately gave an account, by M. Keratry, of a supposed angry conversation which had taken place at St. Cloud between the Empress Charlotte and the Emperor. It is stated officially that there is no truth in this alleged conversation. The Siecle has some remarks worth attention relative to the policy of Prussia. It says : " It becomes difficult to understand the situation of the Cabinet of Berlin. When it speaks, in whose name does it speak? The new circular of M. de Bismarck, explaining the character of the interview at Salzbourg, is addressed to the agents of Prussia in foreign countries, and yet the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs expresses himself as the representative of the whole of Germany. In almost every sentence the words national German feeling are repeated, and also the words national interests of Germany and the dignity THE SUN. LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1867. 711 E LATE SIR FRED. W. A. BRUCE, G.C.B. A deep feeling of regret was manifested at the Foreign Office yesterday morning, on the receipt of the information of the death of his Excellency Sir Frederick Bruce at Washington. The melancholy news was at once forwarded to the sisters of the lamented diplomatist. The late Hon. Sir Frederick William Adolphus Bruce, G.C.8., was the third and only surviving son of Thomas, seventh Earl of Elgin, and was born 14th June, 1814, consequently he was in his fifty-fourth year. His excellency, who had for the last twenty-five years been in the diplo matic service, was attached to the late Lord Ash burton's special mission to Washington, in February, 1842 ; was Colonial Secretary at Hong Kong from 1844 to 1846, when in June that year he was ap pointed lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland. In July, 1847, he was appointed consul-general in the republic of Bolivia ; in the following year was made charge d'affaires ; and in August, 1851, was ap pointed chargé d'affaires to the Oriental republic of the Uruguay. In August, 1853, he was appointed agent and consul-general in Egypt. In April, 1857, he accompanied his brother, the late Lord Elgin, in his special mission to China, and brought home the treaty with China, signed at Tientsin in June, 1858, and for which service he was made a Com panion of the Order of the Bath. Sir Frederick was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China, Dec. 2, 1858 ; and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, in March, 1859. Mr. Bruce's mission was prevented from proceeding to Pekin by the opposition made by the Chinese when the Taku Forts in the Pehio were attacked, June 25, 1859, by the British forces. The mission returned to Shanghae, where it remained till after the conclu sion of hostilities, and the exchange of the ratifica tions of the Treaty of June 26, 1858, at Pekin, Oct. 24, 1860. Mr. Bruce proceeded to Pekin November 7, 1860, but withdrew to Tientsin for the winter, whilst arrangements were being made for putting a resi dence in proper order for his reception. The mis sion was established at Pekin March 26, 1861, but it was not till April 2 that Mr. Bruce paid a visit to Prince Kung. He was appointed Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary toWashington in 1865. The late Sir Frederick was made a Knight Commander of the civil division of the Order of the Bath in December, 1862, and a Grand Cross of the Order in 1865. The late Miss Elinor Grierson, of Edge-hill, Liverpool, who died in May last, whose will was proved under £lO,OOO, has bequeathed to the Liver pool Bluecoat Hospital and to the Liverpool Dis pensaries and Infirmary legacies of £lOO each. Mr. Gladstone's Speech at Barrow. and independence of the natives. M. de Bismark, with a skilf ulness which we cannot deny, profits by every circumstance to rally the whole of Germany round the throne of Frederick William. Whether France, in accord with England, interfere, even officiously, in favour of Denmark ; whether diplo matic proceedings be taken to insure the faithful execution of the Treaty of Prague, no matter the position, M. de Bismark presents to the Germans the spectre of the foreigner menacing the common country. If, on the contrary, the French Govern ment make pacific declarations, and it is not sparing of them, M. Bismark considers them as a bill of indemnity, and goes on with his work. In this circular Prussia speaks openly about pre tended foreign " interference with the affairs of Germany." No European foreign Power, however, has ever thought of placing, according to the ex pression of M. Bismark " the development of the affairs of Germany under the tutelage of foreign influence." Germany is not a minor, and nobody with the exception of the Prussian Minister has the pretension of making out any line of conduct for her. But beyond the limit of the internal affairs of Ger many there are international relations, questions of European equilibrium, with which we have a right to occupy ourselves for our own security. Among the many Congresses which have recently been held, I forgot to enumerate the Congress of Apothecaries, which had several sittings at the Con servatoire of Arts and Trades. There were present 317 apothecaries of Paris, 297 from the p rov i nces , and 42 foreign apothecaries. The discussion chiefly turned upon an interesting and rather novel point, it being contended by some that the public health was in danger from the advertisements published of alleged remedies for almost all the " ills which flesh is heir to," some of the supposed curatives being very injurious, if not poisonous. On the other hand, it was replied that there was no proof that any of these remedies which were advertised had produced any evil effect. Advertisements could only be injurious when these statements were immoral, untrue, or fraudulent. No resolu tion condemnatory of the system of advertising remedies for diseases was agreed to, the Congress contenting itsolf with expressing an opi nion that advertisements of remedies should be truthful and simple. In answer to the argument of one of the apothecaries, that advertisements of remedies constituted an illegal exercise of the art of medicine, it was said that if this were the case any medical work was liable to the same charge, as it prescribed remedies without the use of a diploma. Although these apothecaries talked about disagree able drugs, all seemed to agree that they were very useful at times, and no man seemed to wish to " throw physic to the dogs ;" but after long talk about nauseous things the whole assembly was unani mous in turning to something nice, and accordingly finished by an admirable and luxurious dinner at the Grand Hotel. The draughts upon the cham pagne bottles were duly honoured by all the guests. An extremely valuable archaeological discovery has been made in Paris. While some workmen were digging in the courtyard of the Napoleon Lyceum, in the Rue Clovis, they found a great number of Roman coins, nearly 800, and it is ex pected that more will be found when they dig deeper. These coins and medals are all of gold, and in good preservation. They have the effigy of various Roman Emperors, among whom are those of Nero, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Trajan, An toninus, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus, and Geta. Upon some of the coins, in addition to the effigy of the reigning Emperor, there is also that of his wife. The most recent of these medals is that of Caracalla, who died in the year 217 of Jesus Christ. The fine weather of yesterday was very fleeting. To-day the atmosphere was heavy and lowering in the morning, and in the afternoon there was a violent storm of thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain. A letter from the llague, dated Sept. 17, remarks that although the King of the Netherlands, in his speech at the opening of the States General, said that the Netherlands kept up the most amicable relations with all foreign Powers, his Majesty an nounced that the effective of the army of the Netherlands is to be augmented. A project of law is in preparation, according to which the annual contingent is to be raised from 11,000 to 14,000 men, so that the total number of men will be in creased from 55,000 to 70,000. The National Guard is also to be increased, much to the dissatis faction of the representatives of Limburg, who last year voted against a similar proposition, that pro been exempt from ser v i n g i n the vin N ce a h t a io v n in a g l Guard.always CONSUL CAMERON AND KING THEODORE. a It has been said "it was not t rue " th a t M r . Cameron went into the interior of Ab yss i n i a aga i ns t the instructions of the Government, or that he was m accused of delay forwarding a l etter o f Ki ng T a despatch from Earl Russell, dated to thedatedF February 2, 1861, 1861, is quoted in proof bra ce tt e ry of these statements In that very despatch, how ever, although Corsul Cameron was instructed to " watch" proceedings on the sea coast or in the interior, he was calitioned against becoming " the partisan of either of the contending parties." The wishes of the Government are stated in the fol lowing despatch from Earl Russell to Mr. Cameron, dated Sept. 8, 1863: " I have received from her Majesty's Agent and Consul in Egypt your despatches of ;he 20th of May last ; and I have to state to you that her Majesty's Government do not approve your pro ceedings in Abyssinia, nor your suggestions founded upon them. I have only to desire that you will abstain from all interference in the in ternal affairs of that country, and that you will remain at your post at Massowah, whither you were ordered by ray despatch of the 22d of April last to return and reside." In a subsequent despatch addressed to Colonel Stanton, dated October 5, 1865, Earl Russell, in re viewing Mr. Cameron's conduct, says—" He went to the country of Bogos, where he employed him self in reconciling some rival chiefs, sending on the Emperor's letter to the Queen to Massowah by the Abyssinian messenger." The despatch concludes thus :—" It appears, further, that the chief cause of the Emperor's anger with Consul Cameron was this journey to Bogos, coupled with the Emperor's sus picion that Consul Cameron had intrigued to set the Turks and Egyptians of the frontier against him, and aggravated in some degree by the return of Consul Cameron to Gondar without any answer to the Emperor's letter to the Queen. It appears from King Theodore's letter to Mr. Rassam, sent home by that gentleman in his letter of Sept. 5, that the King alleges that Captain Cameron ' abused and denounced him as a murderer,' in consequence of the vengeance which he took on the persons who killed Consul Plowden and Mr. Bell, and that when he had treated him well, and asked him to make him (the King) a friend of the Queen, Captain Cameron went and stayed some time with the Turks, and returned to me (the King)' ; and, further, that when the King spoke to Captain Cameron about the letter sent by him to the Queen, he said he had not received any intelligence concerning it. There is no reason to suppose that Consul Cameron in cited the Egyptian forces on the frontier to commit aggressions on the territory of Abyssinia. It is far more probable that the enemies of the British name in Abyssinia should have infused unjust suspicious into the mind of the E m peror. But certainly Capt. Cameron, in going to Bogos, acted without orders, and incurred the displeasure of his own Govern ment." Therefore, it is added, if released, "he will be employed hereafter in a different part of the world, and will never have occasion to return to Abyssinia." GOOD SPORT.—Mr. Frederick Milbank, M.P., has had great sport in his deer forest of Harris, outer Hebrides, on the 9th September killing two stags, ono a royal and the other with 11 tines ; on the 10th, five stags, all with tine royal heads, they were all separate stalks, excepting one right and left shot; on the 11th, one stag with 11 tines, at a distance of 268 yards, and was then obliged to go home on account of the mist; on the 12th, four salmon in the morning, and a stag in the afternoon, with 10 tines; on the 14th, a very fine stag with 11 tines, the heaviest stag Weighing lcn3t,, and all averaging upwards a 14st,, LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PAPAL STATES. ROME, Sept. 20. At a Consistory held this morning a speech was delivered by the Pope. His Holiness solemnly con demned the recent decree of the Italian Government for consummating the sacrilege of the usurpation of the ecclesiastical property. He declared the decree to be null and void, and confirmed the cen sures already launched against the usurpers. He then proceeded to point out the calumnies contained in a pamphlet recently published in Paris, entitled " The Roman Court and the Emperor Maximilian." His Holiness paid a tribute to the memory of the late Cardinal Altieri, who recently died of cholera at Albano, eulogising him for having fallen a victim to his zeal. The Pope afterwards preconised the Bishop of Albano and the Archbishop of Burgas and Guate. mala. Mgr. d'Angelis has been appointed ex-camerlingo of the Roman Church. HUNGARY. PESTI', Sept. 20 (Evening). M. Kossuth has addressed another letter to the Hungarians, which is hostile to the Hungarian Ministers and to the Emperor. The Emperor and Empress are expected to visit Godollo shortly. The Hungarian papers insist on the necessity of the secularisation of the Church property. SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. BERLIN, Sept. 21. The Schleswig Holstein notables, recently as sembled here, have obtained from the Government the promise that all the monies which are in the Schleswig Holstein Public Treasury suall be applied for the benefit of the Duchies exclusively. The proposals of the Government, in reference to the reorganisation of the administration of the Duchies, have been accepted by the notables in a modified form. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 21. Little belief prevails here of any satisfactory re sult being arrived at in the negociations with Prussia relative to the Schleswig Holstein question. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 21. The Wanderer of to-day says :—" At yesterday's sitting of the Committee of the Austro-Hungarian Delegate Assembly, the cis-Leithan delegates asked what sums Hungary was prepared to contribute towards the interest on the State debt up to 1869, and subsequently, in the event of the project of the unification of the public debt not being realised. In reply to this demand Count Lonyay, the Hungarian Finance Minister, declared that in such case Hun gary would undertake from the end of the year 1869, and thenceforth, to contribute towards the interest on the public debt the annual amount of 33,000,000 florins. SHANGHAI, Aug. 26. Advices received here from Japan mention a rumour that the Shrogoon would abdicate in favour of his younger brother. CALCUTTA AND CHINA. MAILS. SUEZ, Sept. 19. The Golconda from Calcutta, August 23, an chored at 8 p.m. to-day. She will be despatched again on the 21st at midnight. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 20. The Delta left at 7 a.m. to-day; all well. She may be expected at Southampton about the evening of the 24th inst. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 20, Two o'clock.—Securities are much better sustained. Threes are very firm at 69f. 23c., with a rise of 25c. Italian Fives gain 22ic., at 48f. 75c. Credit Mobilier are 245 f., with a rise of 12f. 50c. Spanish Mobilier 172 f 50c., or 10f. higher. Credit Foncier gains 10f., at 1,322 f. 50c. Comptoir d'Escompte is at 670 f., with a gain of 12f. 50e. French railway shares have all ad vanced. Orleans 3f. 75c., at 893 f. 75c. Northern 5f., at 1,155 f. Lyons If. 25c., at 8921. 50c. Southern 6f. 25c., at 537 f. 50c. Three o'clock.—The close was as follows : 41 per Cents 9B 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 20 Do. end month 69 17i Credit Mobilier Do. end Month Credit Fonder 1:340 Do. end month 1327 50 RAIL Bank Shares 3340 Italian Loan 4B 70 Do. end month 4B 70 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds lO6 25 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - 'AY& For Account. Orleans Northern - 1162 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 895 Southern 537 50 Western Eastern Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 385 North of Spain Saragossa 7 Roman At the banquet which followed the opening of the new docks at Barrow, an account of which was published yesterday, the Right Hon. W. E. GLAD STONE, who on rising was received with much ap plause, spoke as follows :—" My lord duke, my lords and gentlemen, I rise by order of the authori ties who conduct the proceedings of this festival to request of you to drink to the town and trade of Barrow, and I should be disposed, my lord duke and gentlemen, to impugn the judgment of those who have put upon me this task, when I consider that my practical acqnaintance with the place dates but within the last few hours. I have had, indeed, the most able assistance and tuition from various gentlemen, from Mr. Al'Lean, whose name, I appre hend, will long be known in connection with the works of this place—(applause)—and from the able manager of that remarkable establishment which, as far as my limited experience goes, may perhaps be said to stand at the head of all the works for iron manufacture in this country. Bat, my lord duke and gentlemen, I complain the less because the truth is this, that when there is nothing re quired to be said, it does not much matter who is appointed to say it; and that after the speech of the chairman there is nothing to say of the town and trade of Barrow. In one respect, I feel dis posed to complain of the noble duke, because he interdicted us from the future, and said no man should undertake to prophesy. (Laughter.) That is all very well, but when the past has been dealt with and exhausted in the manner in which the noble duke has exhausted it, I ask you what has he left me but the future? (Applause.) Therefore, in some shape or other the trade of prophecy, bad as it may be, or at any rate of anticipation, really constitutes the whole of the slender capital with which I am set out in recommending this toast to your notice. (Applause and laughter.) Well, my lard duke and gentlemen, there can be no doubt that the occasion that has brought us here to day is one of national interest. We have heard a great deal at different times about King Cotton as a king in England, and far be it from me to say anything against his Majesty King Cotton, to whom I wish to be entirely loyal. (Applause and laughter.) But although they could not get on with two kings in Brentford, yet of this class and character there are two kings in England—there is King Iron as well as King Cotton ; and, I think, in every sense, as Englishmen, we should rejoice that in these latter years especially King Iron has risen up out of the bowels of the earth to assert his claim to a share of the sovereignty. (Applause.) His fate, gentle men, has been a very singular one. It is most re markable and most instructive to see how Provi dence adapts the various instruments of utility with which the earth abounds to the capacities of men in the different stages of society. Go back to the pe riod of barbarism, and iron is a thing in the earliest ages of human history absolutely unknown. Nay, when from stone and wood men began to pass to metal, iron was still for a length of time practically unheard of, because of the difficulty with which it is wrought, and the extreme rarity with which it is found in a virgin state ; and, therefore, in those times the metal that was abundant was cheaper. The cheap metal of those times was copper ; the dear metal of those times was iron ; and it is not very difficult to make out—the precise relations cannot be established as if there were prices current in the world 3,000 years ago—but I believe it would be a very moderate estimate to say that 3,000 years ago iron was at least ten times as valu able as copper. Now see what changes have taken place. With the command of coal and with the command of abundance of other materials, with the advance of science and of knowledge, that relation is reversed, and iron, instead of being ten times as dear as copper, is not one-tenth of the price of copper, and that not be cause copper is more scarce or less useful than it was then, for it is applied to many more uses, and it is obtained in far greater abundance, but because the gigantic strides with which iron has asserted itself, and become by degrees by far the most useful and valuable metal that the earth produces, and per haps more useful and more necessary than all tl - re rest put together, have effected this extraordinary change. Now the commodities in iron which are supplied to us in every form, great and small, com pared with their price, when you consider the nature and density of the material and the fineness to which it is wrought, are such that if they had been shown to the men of other times would justly have been deemed miraculous. Well, gentlemen, this great change is a change, I think, of particular in terest to us as Englishmen—(applause)—for the more the use of iron advances the more the power of England advances. (Hear, hear, and applause.) It is all very well to obtain from our neighbours those commodities which are useful for the purposes of life, when we cannot produce them cheaper and better ourselves, but when we can produce them cheaper and better ourselves, then no doubt the value of the treasure is greatly enhanced, and most of all it is enhanced when, as in a case like that which Barrow presents to eis, the commodity in question is one immediately associated not only with national wealth, but in the most direct manner, especially since the great changes in the art of shipbuilding, with national security and power. (Applause.) And I think, my lord duke, that I do not transgress the bounds of prudence, an they have been cautiously defined by yourself, when I say that it is evident that this progress of iron—this continual encroachment by iron upon the province of other useful materials, which again always find new vents for their application—this is a progress so steady and so fixed in the essential wants of society, and so developed in ten thousand forms, ,hat it seems the character and the law of modern trade and industry, and that even a prophet may venture on this occasion to present himself for once upon the stage, and say confidently- that the basis upon which the prosperity of this town is to be built is not only a broad and solid basis, but one that we have the best and most solid reasons for hoping we shall see extended every year. (Applause.) With regard to Barrow, I really do not know how to speak of such a place on terms that would be ade quate to the subject, which at the same time would not appear to bear a character of exaggeration. But I must say that, for a combination of natural ad vantages afloat and natural advantages ashore, it probably would not be practicable to find a match for it in any portion of the country. (Applause.) That, gentlemen, is saying much, because we have had in other portions of this country, especially within our own generation, instances of progress so extraordinary as to outstrip all European precedent, and almost to defy the future. Many of you may have, as I have, enjoyed the pleasure and profit of visiting Middleborough, on the eastern coast. Ido not speak of what happens beyond the Atlantic, where the movements of society are upon a scale, and are conducted with a rapidity that entirely transcends all European precedent, and almost European conception, but certainly until to-day I should always have quoted the town of Middle borough as by far the most extraordinary example of rapid material and commercial progress that the whole length and breadth of this land could exhibit —but even Middleborough itself has been slow in its advance compared with Barrow. As far as I can understand, and I am sure if there be any gen tleman connected with Middleborough—for you have cast the arms of hospitality so wide that there may be—(applause and laughter)—l am sure I shall not in any way wound his feelings if I state that within 30 years Middleborough has grown, believe, from a farmhouse to a town with 25,000 or 30,000 people, but within ten years Barrow has grown to a town with a population bordering upon 20,000. Gentlemen, how extraor dinary it is to see that in what we call an old coun try like this there is still so much youth—(applause) that there is still an energy which developes and expands itself with a rapidity so extraordinary that if former times had been capable of such movement and quickness, England, in industry and trade, would now have been I know not how many hundredfold what she is. Driving through the town of Barrow in the short interval afforded to-day, I must. say it was impossible to look without great satisfaction upon the appearances of comfort, and upon the good and Souud arrangemeuth apparently July 20, , Aug. 17. 1867. I 1867. Increase. Decrease --' - Bank of England ; 23,952,820' 21,1e0,006 207,786 Private Banks I 2,657,2611 2,576,836 80,425 Joint-stock Banks ; 2,257,23:11 2,183,614 73,619 I — i -- Total in England. I 28,F67,3141 28,02!, :6 53,742 Scotland.. Ireland United Kingdom 3,5,557,348 $8,491,323 I 63,7z5 And as compared with the month ending the 18th of August, 1866, the above returns show a decrease of £821,579 in the circulation of notes in England, and decrease of £681,433 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... .Z 1,455,780 The English joint-stock banks aro below their fixed issue 555,026 Total below fixed issue in England ... £2,010,80 6 The Scotch banks aro above their fixed issue... 1,704,761 The Irish banks aro below their fixed issue ... 1,238,259 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 14th August was £23,111,349, being an increase of £308,725 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of .C 9,290,460 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie hold by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 17th of August : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,534,19 1 Gold and silver hold by the Irish banks 2,170,303 £4,704,58 1 Being a decrease of £123,001 as compared with the pro ♦ious return, and an increase of £261,381 when compared with the corresponding period last year. THE REFORM FETE AND BANQUET.—A full meet ing of the general committee for promoting the above was held last evening at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey—Mr. George Potter in the chair—when, after some statements had been made with respect to the negotiations entered into with the council of the Reform League in reference to the invitation made to Mr. Bealos to take the chair, a member thought no more time should be wasted in efforts to conciliate the League, and moved, " That the committee proceed to the next business on the raper." The resolution was seconded and carried without any further discussion. The secretary then read the following letter from General Garibaldi :-- "My dear Mr. Hartwell,—lt is impossible for me to Dc present at your banquet; but I am deeply sensible of you , kind invitation. Give my fraternal salutation to the whop of the delegates.—Yours, &c., G. GARII3ALDI." After solO routine business the committee adjourned until Tuesday next. AN OLD WOMAN OF 70 AT THE FONT.-0 13 Sunday afternoon last, Lucy Clark, aged 70, wife of William Clark, carpenter, of Ingatestone, was baptised at Fryerning church by the Rev. Mr. Barley, curate o f the parish. As the old lady had been ill for somo time, and had never been baptised she became rather troubled in conscience, and wished to undergo that ceremony. SI 1( Was told that she must have two respectable witnesses; Sil k accordingly selected two, and on Sunday afternoon, i t fte , service, the sponsors brought hor to the font, and she V 1.3 baptised in the usual manner.—Chelmsford Chronicle. BREACHES OF PROMISE. OF MARRIAGE.—Fester' day at the Sheriff's Court, Newington-causeway, hfr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and a jury assembled to assess the amount of damages to be awarded in two actions for breael of promise of marriage, brought in the Court of Queen 't Bench, and in both of which the defendants Lad allowe judgment to go by default, and the only question was tIJ 4 amount of compensation. In ono case the damages wer e laid at £5OO, and iu the other at £l,OOO. In the first 00 6 "Dorman v. Ross," a verdict by consent was taken fe £5O ; and in the other, in which Mr. Thomas appeared iv counsel for the plaintiff, " Repner v. Dixon," a verdict 1 ); agreement 10E , rocortled for ,Cji:;, made for the health and advantages of the popula tion—(applause)—showing us that amidst the pur suit of wealth this great, high, and sacred purpose has not been, and again I venture to prophesy under such auspices, will not be, forgotten. (Applause.) Well, my lord duke and gentlemen, under those circumstances I ask you to drink prosperity to the town and trade of Barrow, certainly in no spirit of rivalry to any other place. There have been cases in which discoveries most useful to men have had a prejudicial effect upon particular places and parti cular parts of the community. We have seen the woollen trade transferred from the south and west to the north and east. We have not seen, but our fathers have seen, the iron trade which dwelt in the southern and south-eastern counties of England finding its way hone in the centre and in the north, and in Scotland and in Wales ; but it is a pleasing circumstance to reflect that those useful changes which, in an earlier stage of commercial develop ment, were attended with a heavy drawback and serious calamity afflicted in particular places, 113 w appears to go forward without any such drawback. These resources of trade and capital have been so much increased, as well as the channels into which they can be turned, that the communications between those channels and those communications are so much improved that there is no fear now, when any ono place assumes a bold front, and boasts of extraordi nary progress in some branch of industry—there is no fear that other places competing in the same branch of industry will suffer. (Hear, hoar.) The result is the cheapening of com modities, the stimulating of invention, and the throwing of all places back on their own resources, and teaching them to study how to avoid the waste which a too great plenty of natural gifts and trea sures may have encouraged, as has undoubtedly been the case in some of the mining districts of England ; and in this way we find that the multiplication of those points and centres of production necessitates saving, applies a beneficial stimulus, and ends in rather an increased prosperity to those centres of production, which at first sight would seem likely to suffer. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, gentlemen, I ask you to answer to this toast. I ask you, men of Barrow, to answer to it ; and I ask the men of other places besides Barrow, to answer to it with the same cordiality and enthusiasm. (Hear, hear.) Some say Barrow will become a Liverpool. Let it become a Liverpool if it will, and old Liver pool will be none the worse, but the better for its being so. As a Liverpool man myself, I cordially ask other Liverpool men to join in drinking prosperity to the town and trade of Barrow. lam permitted, gentlemen, to close my remarks in the most appropriate manner by calling upon a gentle man to acknowledge the toast, who is second to none in this room in competency to do it, from the part which he has taken in promoting prosperity to the trade and town of Barrow—namely, Mr. Rams den. (Loud applause.) The MAYOR of Barrow (Mr. Ramsden) briefly responded. The LORD PROVOST of Glasgow then gave the toast of " The Two Houses of Parliament," which was well received. The Duke of BUCCLEUCII (vice-chairman) re sponded on behalf of the Upper House. Colonel WILSON PATTEN, in replying for the Lower House, expressed his conviction that the leadership of such men as the leaders of the great parties in the House, notwithstanding any little conflicts of opinion that might arise, would result beneficially to the country. The town was illuminated during the evening in honour of the great event of the day, the great fea' ture in the illumination being a blazing pyramid of tar barrels on Walney Island. T 4 - rt . " , rt ((jail t t HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 19. The Queen went out yesterday morning, accom panied by Princess Christian, and in the afternoon drove out with Princess Beatrice, attended by Lady Churchill. Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold went out driving. Lady France.: Baillie and Mr. G. Hardy had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' .Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four woeks ending the 17th August. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 14th of August (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will givo the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month :