The Sun. — London, England, 1867-10-05 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—IIarin g the Storms of the present year the National Lifebsat Institution has contributed to the saving of 78s lives from various ship wrecks and 29 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended .C23;400 In the same period on its lifeboat a tab lishments, in addition to granting £2,085 for rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 183 lifeboat establish ments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers ;: and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. On View.—Auction Rooms, 52, Great Marlborough-street, W.—Modern Household Furniture, two walnut-wood suites, two pianofortes, the glazed cases and tables of a silversmith's show room, two pedestal hall stoves, a 19ft. spring roller outside blind, a few old paintings, an expensively-finished orrery, and effects, chiefly without reserve. IXESSRS. BIOCKLEY and ADAMS will Kt SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, on MONDAY next, at 12, modern HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; in cluding bed-room appointments, five wardrobes, Brussels carpets, fenders and irons, chimney-glasses, drawing-room and dining-room chairs and tables, paintings, drawings, engravings, china, glass, and plated table appendages. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Mank;er, Mr. Buckstone. 'l' If EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, Compton,Keadal, Braid, Clark, White, Coe, Vincent, Weathersby. Azc. ; Mesdames Chippen dale. Scott-Siddons, Laws, Coleman, lc. Alter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE FOUNDS. Mr. Buckstone. Tu conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII, 6ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. EVENING, at 7, THE IRISH TUTOR, Mr. C IT. Stephenson. Mr. W. fl Eburne, Mr. C. J. Smith; Miss miss Kraily Pitt and Miss Harries. • • • • Atter ;Ouch, at 8, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet (his original ch.:tracter, Mr Benjamin Webster ; Messrs. Billing tom, Ashley, Stuart, Stephenson. Smith, Eburne, Romer; Mrs Alfred 11..e110n, Miss Henrietta Simms, anl Mrs. Bil lington. To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. Mr G Belm , ue, Mr. Smith, 2„tr. Eburne; Mrs. Alfre I Mellon, Miss Emily Pitt, Miss Flurries, ,riles Nelly Harries, tt,i. hTOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. THIS EVENING, T. J. Williams' new lame, DAN• DEL 10-N 'S DODGES, at 7. At 8, an original drama. by T. W. Robertson, author of "Caste," Ac , en MIA FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, Ilturakle. J. IVillmr,re, and C. Saunders ; Uessrs. Ray, 3lun tague, ,Vrice, Garden, Virilmott, Westland, and li. WlLlcti comb. To conclude with A.S.S. Mr. J. W. Ray. Box-office o, en from 10 till 5; and all Libraries. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. Fechter, sole, actual, and responsible Manager. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the perform ances will commerce at Seven o'clock with a comedietta, entitied THE MIST LtESS OF THE MILL. Mr. 11. Mellon, r. S. Calhaem ; Miss Hitter, Mies Montgomery. At Eight o'clock, Lord Lytton's Play of the LADY OF LYONS. Beauseant, Mr. G. Jordan; General Dana*, Mr. Addison; Glavin, Mr. S. Calhaem ; M. Deschappelles, 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 Meluotte, Miss Elsworthy; Madame. Deschappelles, Mrs. H. Marston, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Maraccereas, Hrs. Swanborough. f /HS EVENING, at 7, OUR DO3IE3TIC3. Messrs. rArselle, Thorne, a:td James; Alesdames Eliza Johnstone and WeatlyTsby. After which, the Latest Edition of KENILWORTH. Messrs. J amen, Thorne, Turner, and Fenton ; Mesdames Ada Swanboronzh, E. Holt, and Gwynne. To conclude with DEAF AS A. I'OST. Mr. W. Belford. R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. BRILLIANT AND UNABATED SUCCESS. Brilliant reception of the great Continental Artiste Mdme. VirOuie Troost. Immense success of Charles Lauri's new Comic Ballet, "THE FIEND OF EARTH, Alit, FIRE, AND WATER." Startling effects. Charlie Abbot Cs laugh able and original Eccentricities. 'The Brothers Dan,els in their inimitable Violin Performances. Airee's thrilling , Aerial Act. The Delevanti Family, the incomparable acro bats. SCENES IN THE ARENA by the matchless Troupe of Equestrians ; "altogether universally acknowledged to be the most successful combination of remarkable equestrian feats, with singular acrobatic dexterity and episodes of dis creet drollery, for many years witnessed in the metropolis."— Vide Daily Telegraph. Commence at 8. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE at the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE and CIRCUS, High Holborn, every SATURDAY at 2.30. Carriages may be ordered tor a Quarter to Fir e. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. R. GLENIE, of the Sporting Library, 4, • Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, London, W., begs to inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in gene ral, that he has been appainted agent for the above-named paper (in addition to his agency for the sporting edition of " Ttiz sox"), and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in Town or Country. G. It. 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BG, ALDGATE. 87, ALDGATE. 88, ALDGATE. 89, ALDGATE. 506, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 503, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 1, HART-STREET. 2, HART-STREET. 3, HART-STREET. 137, TOTTENHAM- COURT-ROAD. 138, T 0 T I lAM - COURT-ROAD. 283, EUS T ON-ROAD. ALso, 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE. -In consequence of frequent mis represuntoions, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-men tioned. COVENT -GARDEN PROMENADE CONCERTS. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING, at EIGHT. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. Thursday nights a Selection of Classical Music ; other nights Miscellaneous. The Programme is varied evory evening. Conductor Signor Bottesini, and for the dance music, Herr Johann Strauss. Admission, One Shilling. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertc.n._ THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Edmund. Phell,s, C. liarcaurt, C. Warner, T. Btrtleman, J. JE hn stoue ; Mrs. llermann Vezin, Mesdames Vandeuhoff, Grat ton, Am To conclude with THE MILLER. AND HIS MEN. Messrs. Ryder, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt, Barrett, J. Rouse; Mesdames Edith Stuart and Gratton. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining, Re-appearance of Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with the popular Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled YOUR PIL LICOD At ter which, at a quarter to 8, Mr. Dion Bouc'cault's cele brated Irish Drama, entitled ARRAN-NA-PoGUE. Shaun the Post, Mr. Won Boucicault ; The O'Grady, Mr. Vining ; Feeney, Mr. Dominick Murray; Murray M'Coul, ltr. G. E. Neville; Mayor Coffin, Mr. J. G. Shore; Secretary, Mr. M'Lean ; Fanny Power, Miss Hughes; Arrah Meelish, Ms. Dion Boucicault. The celebrated scenery, by Mr. Telbin and Mr. F. Lloyds, entirely repainted and renovated by Mr. F. Lloyds. To conclude with NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. f HIS Der.— Morning, 6h. 15m.—Afternoon, 6h. 40m. T )-31oRRow.-Morning, 7h. sm. —Afternoon, 7h. 361 n. ;- - -„zult4 294, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 5, 1867. The most interesting event of the Church Congress at Wolverhampton was the working men's meeting. Great pains were taken that tickets should only be given to the artisan and labouring class, and as many as two thousand operatives were enabled to come. The Bishop of LICHFIELD, the President of the Congress, made an impressive address to them, and declared that he saw before him as important a class as any that existed, namely, that of the work ing men. Yet, he observed, in one sense they were all working men, if they rightly understood their duties as Christians ; unless they regarded their mission in this light, it was difficult to say why they had been sent into the world at all. The right rev. president concluded his forcible remarks with the solemn truth that all must work together, heartily and thoroughly, in the " several stations " in which GOD had placed them, and work for mutual good, both temporal and eternal. Sir J. NAPIER made some strong appeals to those before them, and alluded to the great things that had been done of late for working men, and the opportunities afforded to them of serving their country and being of use in their generation. The working classes of England have nnw, as he reminded them, the noblest opening that has ever appeared to them. It is true that some have declared they will abuse their advantages, and destroy rather than build up. This, however, Sir J. NAPIER denied, and added that he had stood by the side of his venerable friend Lord BROUGHAM when he addressed the working men, and he knew the confidence the noble lord entertained of their good sense, wisdom, and moderation. There is now entrusted to their charge the very " Consti tution of this great and ancient land—a land which has ever been the place of freedom and the guardian of truth." The Bishop of OXFORD'S speech was most admirable, and the best proof of its success was that it gained the approbation of his audience most completely. He reminded his hearers that one thought must be paramount in the minds of all Christians concerning the working classes, and it was connected with the religion of Him whose name we all delight to hear. When He came among us He chose to be born among the ranks of working men, and " out of the two and thirty years that he spent upon the earth to work in that reputed father's home for more than eight and twenty of them—that of itself, if there were nothing else, elevates at once manual labour and hard work in this our preparatory condition as no other thought on the earth can raise it." The observa tion of the right rev. prelate may be studied with advantage by all classes of the community, and they are especially appropriate just now when so much occurs to create jealousy and discontent in many quarters. The practical suggestions which result from the inquiries and expressions of such meet ings are the most useful part of them, and this speech we are advering to affords us a good opportunity of considering them. As it is truly put men require sympathy, not pity or admiration, and this sentiment of all others the Christian church should foster. In no place is it more called for than in those parts where teeming multitudes assemble to work in the great centres of human industry. Many great drawbacks will present themselves to the accomplishment of this desirable work, and class is set against class by the competi tion of trade and the desire of gain, and in every sense of the word such a feeling is injurious to all who indulge in it. As the Bishop observed, ‘, There is no more dwarfing thing, there is no more narrowing thing to the heart of a man, than to in &Lige iu those feelings of asperity and hostility towards those who are separated from him by those artificial and narrow bounds in the great deep of humanity which the mere distinction of class pro duces." Those who rightly estimate their own position in life will be relieved from this unhappy feeling, be their rank or class what it may, and the Christian religion of itself should guard against such excesses, and guide into a better and brighter road. As its eloquent exponent here reminds us there is a great republican principle in the Christian Church; it teaches quality because it teaches distinction ; it is the " annihilator of little differences, because the exalter of the mighty power of GOD." If these considerations and reflections could sink deep into the mind and influence the hearts of those who belong to the working classes, it would be a great thing for them and for all other classes 0 society. There is no reason why these great practical lessons should not be learned, and acted upon ; and those who can under. stand so much of intricate matters belonging to their several vocations could just as easily turn their thoughts to the great questions relating to their own welfare, and which will in some degree influence them here and hereafter. There is nothing degracl- :ng in work; on the contrary, the conscientious workman fulfils his mission, and, as we learn from this comprehensive discourse, the man who knows his work and does it rightly, even if it be merely putting a pin's head to the top of a pin, is doing the very thing that the Archangels in Heaven are doing ; he is doing the work GOD net him to do. One mistake that those who talk to the lower ranks are apt to make was especially guarded against by the Bishop of Oxford ; he did not speak as if they specially required teaching more than their superiors in worldly position. Wealth, as he said, increases, instead of lessening, the temptations of humanity, and no one has ever read in the gospel, " How hardly shall they that are poor enter into the kingdom of heaven ;" but it has been said of those that have riches. We can earnestly commend this speech to the notice of all who at the present time take an interest in the great question of the pros- THE SUN, LUND perity . and progress of the working classes, the mainstay and props of the welfare of the country, and, ai Bugh, deserving of all respect. Among the many exciting topics which country members find time to discuss among their constitu ents at this season of the year we are glad to find that some very important questions materially affecting the welfare of the agricultural population are not quite overlooked. Those who reside among them are ;not always perhaps the best judges of their actual condition. Long habit and prejudice make them unwilling to countenance any change in the old manner of carrying on affairs, and they find it difficult to realise the full extent of griev ances to which they have always been accus tomed. The evils of the gang system, however, seem to be pretty generally admitted, and we may therefore hope that no serious opposition to a thorough reform will be made. At the annual meet ing of the Marshlands Agricultural Society, held near King's Lynn, some of these topics were brought up. Sir W. BAGGE, M.P., one of the members for the Western Division of the county, in reviewing the work of the session, adverted to what had been done in the past session. Something, he said, had been done for their county with reference to the gang system. Sir W. BAGGE said that he found the Commissioners laid great stress on the want of proper cottage accommodation ; and this is another of those evils which people who have grown up among them do not estimate at their right value. Every family, said Mr. BAGGE, ought to have three rooms ; and if cottages were built on this principle we should have a perceptible improvement in the morals and habits of the agricultural classes. If men, women, and children are huddled together in miserable hovels like so many pigs, it is useless to expect that either teaching or example will induce them to live like Christians. The question is one of some difficulty, but so is every question that has large and lasting results. A certain amount of opposition must be expected from those who have prospered under the old system, and who fear that a change for the better will either diminish their profits or increase their expenses. Even at the meeting we have spoken of some speakers protested against the interference of the Legislature with the employment of young children in the fields. At the same time there is a general feeling respecting the evils of the gang system, and we have very little doubt that a searching investiga tion will bring to light a good many facts concerning the employment of young children, which will induce those most averse to legislative interference to sanc tion a strict system of supervision. A good deal has already been effected by the Act of last ses sion, and the clause which renders it necessary for the drivers of the gangs to have a license at once secures a better class of men and puts a check upon any reckless abuse of their power. The lion. T. DE GREY, the other member for West Norfolk, said he was afraid some of the Commissioners who had visited them knew less of the matter than they did themselves, but the hon. gentleman forgot that the Commissioners were sent there to elicit information, not to give it. The great mischief of agricultural labour is that so few residents in towns or cities know anything about it. There is a vague idea, indeed, that agricultural wages are very low, that the cottage accommodation is scanty, and that education is at a low ebb among the rural popu lation ; but very little is generally understood of the wants and wishes and difficulties of the men and women who live, as it were, in a different world from the whirring of machines, the roar of wheels, or the excitement of a seaport. In consequence of this division of feeling the grievances of the agricultural labourers are discussed more as abstract questions of inequality than as practical evils imperatively needing reform. Among the many provoking consequences of the momen- tous "leap in the dark," let us hope that we shall be able to obtain a more direct insight into the necessities of a large and deserving class, and that they will be able to gain the hearing of Parlia ment without the inevitable intervention of those whose interests and whose inclinations are often opposed to their own. The sudden cold weather, and the flight of the swallows, warn us that winter is at hand. Prophets of evil are already tantalising us with presages of an early, a hard, and a long winter ; but we must hope, in spite of the symptoms and indications which they hare ready to convince the unwilling, that matters may be more favourable than they would have us believe. The experiences of last year, the domestic miseries attendant on frozen gas and water, and all the other discomforts of a long frost, were not so agreeable as to make any of us very anxious for a repetition of the story. Graver causes, too, may well make us hope that the winter of 1866-67 may find no parallel in 1867-68. The long depression of trade and business, the slackness of employment among many classes, will render the winter months trying enough in any case to many poor families. In the lower depths of poverty winter pinches sharply, and all the provisions of State and the exertions of charity fail to relieve the full amount of suffering. 'We learn from the report just issued of the Poor-Law Board that vagrancy is on the increase, and that this troublesome alio unsatisfactory class of paupers are lapidly becoming masters of polc.cernen, guardians, and every other authority which attempts to keep them in check. The wierage number relieved each night in January, 1 x:)66, was 1,145 ; in January, 1867, it was 1,543; This may perhaps be accounted for by the exr,essive cold of the latter month, but there is so:nething very unsatisfactory in the regular increase of these vagrants. The report calls par ticular attention to this point, and we expect that some new means will have to be found for their control as well as their relief. THE MURDER IN BLOOMSBURY.—Edwin M‘Don , noll died yesterday afternoon, at University College Hos pital, from the effects of the injuries ho received on Satur day morning last. Ho was attended in his last moments by his mother, who had been with him since Saturday last. He had passed a bad night, and soon after 10 yesterday morning ho changed decidedly for the worse, becoming rapidly weaker and continuing to do so until his death, which took place at 2.45 p.m. Yesterday, shortly after 1 o'clock, Colonel Marshall wont to the hospital and re mained with the unfortunate deceased, who was conscious to the last. It is only an act. of justice to record the ex pression by the deceased of repeated thanks for the un bounded kindness of the authorities at the hospital, espe cially Mr. Edward Shoppee, the house surgeon. AN IMPORTANT SANITARY REFORM has latAy been carried out at St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Hitherto, like most seaside places, St. Leonard's got rid of its sewage by discharging it into the sea, from iron pipes fixed along the beach, polluting both it and the sea, into which the re fuse from the town was all supposed to run. All those " long dirty tubes" have been removed. An intercepting sewer has been constructed, which commences at the St. Leonard's archway, the boundary between Hastings and St. Leonard's proper, or West St. Leonard's, which carries away all the sewage until it reaches the western extremity of the town. It is then received into a reservoir and is discharged twice in the twenty-four hours, and by the strong current of the ebb-tide is carried miles away to sea in tho direction of Beachy-head. These plans, which are found to answer perfectly, were designed for West St. Leonard's by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, the engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works. Added, therefore, to the attractions of St. Leo nard's for the autumn and winter, it can now claim peculiar lvantag , ,s for spring and summer. With its clean beach, Ind the heat tempered by breezes from the ocean, owing f.;) the close proximity of the town to its margin, few watering places can boast of greater attractions for summer and bathing. ON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCrOBER 5, 1867. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The news received in Paris to-day from Italy is not very precise, and is in some respects contradic tory. There is excitement in several of the pro vinces, and' great agitation prevails at Rome. At least so say some of the accounts. The Government increases its precautions, and has sent more troops towards the frontiers. It is mentioned from Flo rence that Nicotera, one of Garibaldi's old compa nions in arms, has undertaken to direct the revolu tionary movement which, according to report, is resolved upon. The German papers give some further details of the proceedings of the democratic patty at Stutt gard in opposition to Prussian policy. That party while repudiating the idea of accession pure and simple to the Confederation of the North affirms its patriotism and attachment to Germany, and repu diates strongly any idea of French intervention. At the banquet, which followed the meeting to which I have alluded, toasts were given in honour of Ber lin, " the city of intelligence and character," and to the offensive and defensive alliance against all vio lence, internal or external. One speaker talked in an excited and rather incoherent strain about what they would do in case of an attack by France upon Germany (as if such a thing were contemplated or probable), and said they would do their duty as Germans, with or without a treaty, although they had not the honour of belonging to the Confedera tion of the North. A Paris paper of some influence, in remarking upon those German demonstrations, says :—" After such declarations, it is impossible to misunderstand the real character of the opposition which M. Bis- mark will encounter on the south of the Maine. All that we can insist upon is, that in presence of this feeling in Southern Germany the best plan which France can adopt to overthrow the ambitious projects of the Cabinet of Berlin is to abstain from any inopportune step which will enable that Cabi net to dominate, in the name of Germanic patriotism, over the resistance of the Liberals of %Vurtemberg and Bavaria. It would only be to play the game of M. Bismarck if any pretext should be afforded to him to evoke the spectre of foreign intervention. It is too well known with what art and what success M. Bismarck has many times since the battle of Sadowa been enabled to excite the shadowy susceptibilities of German patriots. The most exciting reports have been rife in Paris to-day about Italy, but the Moniteur repeats its information of yesterday, that the Italian Govern ment has taken very energetic measures to prevent the passage of hostile bands across the Pontifical frontier. It adds—" The most complete tran quillity has not for a moment ceased to prevail at Rome. The general feeling is satisfactory." The game of a portion of the Paris press is to excite alarm about the condition of Italy, which the above statement in the .Moniteur is calculated to dispel. The French Government does its duty in contradicting the alarming inventions circulated at the Bourse, and a prosecution has been instituted against the Epoque, which seems to have sought notoriety by its prominence in circulating such rumours. In the present crisis in Italy a good crop of false news may be expected every evening, for the Parisians must have something exciting to read, no matter the foundation of it, and even if it be necessary to contradict the information next day. Indeed the truth of alarming foreign news is the last thing the cafe readers of the Paris papers in the evening trouble themselves about. What they want is something spicey. The Memorial Diplomatique describes a matter of internal complication for M. Bismarck, from which it says the Minister will find more difficulty to ex tricate himself than he experiences generally in overcoming the embarrassments of foreign affairs. The heirs of the numerous great families who pos sessed Sovereign States before 1815 intend, it says, to claim from the Federal Presidency of the North new guarantees for the privileges which were granted to them by Article 14 of the Con stitution of the ex-Germanic Confederation, signed at Vienna on the Bth day of June, 1815. These privileges consist of feudal rights, exemptions from taxes, a right of executing justice in their domains, and other privileges of despotism. All those privileges (says the Memorial) are in direct contradiction to the principles of civil and political equality, to which the great majority of the members of the Federal Parliament of the North are firmly attached. On the other hand, the feudal party possess enormous influence at the Court of Berlin, - and M. Bismark will find very considerable difficulty in settling these matters, particularly as the King of Prussia is deeply imbued with these antiquated principles of absolutism. This has been another day of winter. Very cold, dull, stormy, and rainy towards evening. In short, it was a December day. The leaves are be ginning to fall from the trees in great abundance. INSTEAD OF A FAST DAY. The Foochow Advertiser translates from the Pekin Gazette an Imperial edict in which the Emperor, lamenting the prevalence of drought, directs measures to be taken for ameliorating the condition of the lower classes The Censor Liu-ping-hung has memorialised the Throne, recommending reform in the benevolent institutions of the country, with a view to bringing down upon the earth the blessings so long denied us. The Emperor is aware that this year we have been more than usually de prived of the rains so grateful to the crops, and that though our prayers for it have been free,- warded an dearonuerste,xeyretitonnso. c h o l p is io A u iai ss e AAVO wers cl eat — J r re siders that, as a last resoresourcethzrefore con should be performed iIPpS of ea rn i ng t h e grati tudeatts of be nevo l ence of Heave:: Now the Nien-f e i re b e l s have recently - .Jade great ravages in the country, and the Pf.:or people who have been turned out of their hOmes by them, and forced to wander about, have in many instances been killed by the troops, who have mis taken them for rebels. As this is utterly at vari ance with the law of harmony between heaven and earth, his Majesty hereby directs the high provin cial authorities to take measures to relieve the people from their destitution and protect them from their unauthorised destruction by the soldiers. Again, the families of the soldiers who are slain in battle, and who give up their lives for their country, are often miserably poor, and are still more deserving of compassion. His Majesty therefore orders the Viceroys and Governors of the various provinces to make careful inquiries about their condition, and if they have no means of gaining a liveli hood to devise some means of keeping them alive. Moreover, though it is punishable by law for people to cast away or drown their children, yet as it is next to impossible for those who have no fixed place of abode to help doing so, his Majesty orders the establishment of more foundling asylums, that more may be received within their hospitable walls. Furthermore, in the disturbed districts there are many corpses which have not received interment, but are kept in their coffins in temporary rest houses. His Majesty, therefore, orders the local authorities to proclaim throughout the land that they will be at once removed from exposure to the rays of the sun and the dews of night, and be granted a decent burial. Respect this."— China Mail. TIIE CENSUS OF THE POPULATION OF ROME FOR TILE YEAR 1867.—The city and the suburbs are divided into 59 parishes, containing a population of 215,573 souls, being an increase since 1866 of 4,872. Of these 30 are Cardinals, 35 8i5h0p5,11,469 priests and eccle siastics, and 828 seminarists. The occupants of religious houses are 5,047, 2,832 being monks and 2,215 nuns. These belong to 61 different congregations or oriers. There are also 49 seminaries or colleges, among which aro the French Seminary, tenanted by 48 pupils ; that of South America by 50; that of North America by 33 ; the German Seminary has 58 pupils; the Eoglish 21, and the "Pie Anglais " 14; tho Scotch 12 ; and the Irish 52, &c. The number of males educated in colleges amounts to 258, and females in pensionnats to 1,642 ; 775 males and 1,088 females live in charitable institutions. The number of families 42,313, composed of 98,176 males and 93,438 females--to whom must ho added 7,360 following the mili tary profession, 320 detcnus, 4,650 Jews, and 457 other dissidents. There have been 1,615 marriages contracted during 1867. LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE PAPAL STATES. FRANCE AND ITALY. FLORENCE, OCT. 4, Evening. THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA LIAN MAILS. flounced. THE KING OF PRUSSIA. HOHENZOLLERN, Oct. 4. The King and Queen of Prussia arrived he It is understood that the King has declined the offer of taking up his residence at the Royal castle during the stay of their Prussian Majesties at Nuremburg. The King of Bavaria will meet King William on Sunday at Augsburg, where their Majesties will dine together. OVERLAND MAILS. GIBRALTAR, Oct. 4. The Ceylon arrived at 1 a.m. to-day, and leaves at 9 a.m. for Southampton, where she may be ex. petted on the 9th inst. THE BADEN CHAMBERS. CARLSRUITE, OCt. 4. A bill effecting several changes in parts of the Constitution has been unanimously passed by the Chamber of Deputies. The bill also provides that members shall not be made responsible for their speeches or votes at the Diet, save in certain cases stated. THE WURTEMBERG CHAMBERS. STUTTGART, Oct. 4. The draft of the Military Service Bill has been referred to a committee of the Chamber of Deputies. The Bill renders military service com pulsory upon all classes, without substitutes, and fixes the period altogether at 12 years, three being passed in the regular army, four in the reserve, and five in the Landwehr. The Chambers shall settle the numbers of the regular army. AMERICA. (Per China.) NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (Noon). The political news is unimportant. Sheridan, Hancock, and Sickles are in Washington, and the two former Generals have had several interviews with the President. Sheridan is reported to enter tain no towards the President, who, he says, has a perfect right to confer Deparmentary military district commands upon those officers who are friendly to his policy. Prominent Radicals have visited Sheridan since his arrival in Washington, and strong but unsuccessful efforts are said to have been made to induce the General to declare himself openly opposed to the Johnson policy. There are indications that the feeling between the President and Sheridan is by no means so unfriendly as has, been represented. A report has been circulated that General Sickles was about to resign his commission, and " stump" the country against President Johnson. General Sickles has, however, given the story a flat denial, and declares that he will look only to the decision of a court of inquiry for a vindication of his con duct. Generals Sickles and Sheridan were serenaded last evening at Washington. Sickles made a speech advocating the enfranchisement of the Southern negroes. Sheridan and Hancock had an interview yesterday with the President. Gen. Ord has appointed a former slay ness manager of Jefferson Davis t-- the peace in Mississippi. Gen. Schofield has and bus; ,4 be a justice a .Altered the ballots of the at the approaching election in be taken separately. curious fight is reported to have occurred at Fayettville, North Carolina, between a party of Federal soldiers and citizens. The latter were finally routed, and a number arrested. Accounts of the affair are very contradictory. Judge Reese, of the Superior Court of Augusta (Georgia) has refused to conform to an order whites and yegrr Virginia + issued by Governor Pope relative to the qualifi cations of jurors. General Pope then requested him to resign or to enforce the order. The judge refuses to do either, and will appeal to the National Government. A dispute has arisen be tween Governor Brownlow and the Mayor of Nashville, relative to the appointment of inspectors for the approaching municipal election. Governor Brownlow threatens military interference, which the Mayor is organising a special police forco to resist. The Mayor has also applied to Washington for protection. A serious collision is apprehended. The political canvass in Ohio is being vigorously prosecuted by both parties. It is generally expected that the election will show large Democratic gains. The llon. C. L. Vallandigham is " stumping" the State iu behalf of the Democratic ticket, and Chief Justice Chase has, it is said, gone to Ohio to further the interests of the Republicans. The Virginia Republicans are said to be hope lessly divided. The Radical and Conservative branches of the party are opposing each other with great bitterness. The Sea Island cotton crop in South Carolina has been nearly destroyed by caterpillars. The yellow fever in New Orleans continues un abated. The British telegraph steamer, Narva, from Key West, is at quarantine at New York with yellow fever on board. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens is dangerously ill. The Nova Scotian elections have resulted generally n the success of the anti-Confederation ticket. The town of Saint Pierre, Miquelon, was nearly destroyed by fire on Saturday last. Juarez has authorised the publication of a letter, in which he states that the Government of Mexico highly esteems the services rendered to Mexico by the United States during the late war, and declares that all citizens of the States shall be well protected in Mexico. The funeral of Sir Frederick Bruce takes place this morning at Trinity Church, Boston. M. Ber theimy, the French Minister ; Hons. Charles Sumner, Samuel Hooper, and R. B. Bayard, Henry W. Longfellow, Governor Bullock, of Massa chusetts, and Mayor Norcross, of Boston, are the pall-bearers. The Custom-house is to be closed until 1 p.m., and Government business sus pended, out of respect to the memory of the deceased. The customary badge of mourning has been adopted by the Diplomatic Corps. FLORENCE, Oct. 4, Evening. Advices received here from the Roman frontier announce that the insurrectionary movement still continued, and that new bands of insurgents were assembling at different points. A denial is given to the ramour that Chevalier Vigra, the Italian Minister in Paris, is expected at Florence. The Opinione, referring to the move ments of the same diplomatist, asserts that his jour ney to Biarritz has not at all the object ascribed to it by the French journal La Patrie. The steamer which arrived at Suez yesterday with the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails was the Mongolia, not Nyanza, as previously an- yesterday. His Majesty and the Crown Prince were greeted by Dr. Simson, the President of the North German Parliament, to whose address the King returned a gracious reply. Dr. Simson wa s present at the inauguration of the Castle Chapel, and had the honour of being invited to the Royal table. Their Majesties left for Sigmaringeu this afternoon. MEMORIAL TO CARDINAL WISEMAN. A meeting of the principal Roman Catholic noble men and gentlemen in the metropolis was held shortly after the death of the late Cardinal Wise man, for the purpose of devising a fitting memorial of the deceased prelate. It was determined to erect a large Roman Catholic cathedral in the diocese over which the late cardinal had presided, and so secure a fitting monument, and at the same time to give to Westminster what it at present dos not possess, a church worthy of the principal Roman Catholic diocese of England. A very large amount of money has since been obtained for the pur pose, the subscribers to which reside in all parts of the world. The promoters have been suc cessful in obtaining a site which is suitable in every respect. It is near the Victoria Railway Sta tion, not far from Westminster Abbey, and borders upon the new quarter which is springing into exist ence around Buckingham Palace. It is not yet decided whether the whole architectural profession shall be called upon to compete for the designs, or whether the competition shall be restricted to Roman Catholic architects alone. The new cathedral is expected to be by far the most imposing Roman Catholic edifice in England ; and should the original design be carried out, clergymen speaking most of the European languages will be stationed there for the purpose of hearing confessions and preaching to foreigners in their native tongue. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. On Thursday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi--Thomas Chap man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present Sir E. Perrott, Bart., Admiral Sir W. Hall, K.C.8., F.R.S., Admiral Gordon, Captain Arrow, Deputy Master of the Trinity House, J. Griffith, Esq., Admiral Ryder, Admiral M'Hardy, A. Bcetefeur, Esq., Captain De St. Croix, Captain 'Ward, R.N., Inspector of Lifeboats to the Institu tion, and R. Lewis, Esq., Secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, the silver medal of the institution and a copy of its vote on parchment were ordered to be presented to Captain Edward Kearon, and a reward of £3O 13s. 6d. to the other men of the crew of the institu tion's lifeboat at Arklow, Ireland, for putting off on the night of the 11th ult., during a fierce gale from the S.E. and in a very heavy sea, to the smack Kate and Mary, of Arklow, which was riding at anchor in that bay, in a dangerous position, with only a boy on board. The master of the smack, who had been taken off in the lifeboat, was placed on board his vessel, which subsequently got away in safety. A reward of £l6 10s. was also voted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Whitby, in putting off on Monday last in a gale of wind and heavy sea and rescuing the crew of four men of the schooner Commot, of Whitby, which had stranded on Whitby sands. £l7 18s. were also granted to pay the expenses of the society's Scar borough lifeboat in going out at midnight on Sun day last, and saving four men from the brigantine Sybel, of Yarmouth, which had been in collision with another vessel in Scarborough Roads, and was in a disabled state. A coble had previously gone out to this vessel, but on account of the heavy sea that was running she could not venture alongside to rescue the crew. A reward of £5 15s. was like wise voted to pay the expenses of the society's lifeboat at Howth, Dublin Bay, in putting off during a heavy gale on the 12th ult. to the assistance of the schooner Splendid, of Dublin, which was seen making for the harbour in a disabled state, and had afterwards anchored near Baldoyle Sands. The lifeboat took off the captain, and also brought the schooner safely into Howth harbour, and moored her alongside the pier. A reward of £9 10s. was likewise voted to pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at Orme's head, in putting off on the 20th ult. in a strong wind, and, with the assistance of a steamer, taking the disabled smack Jane, of Carnarvon, and the fo - , ar persons on board, safely into B eaumar i s . A reward was also granted to the crew o f th e instittion's life boat at New biggin for putti ng o ff during a heavyg a l e , and bringing safely into harbcy.:tr 7 fishing boats and their crews of 30 men, belonging to North Sunder land, Newton, and (raster, which were in immi nent danger while making for the south. Rewards amounting to £4O 13s. were also granted to the crews of the society's lifeboats at Castletown, Dun-, dalk, Margate, and New Brighton, for various ser vices during recent heavy gales. A reward of £l5 was voted to the crew of the yawl Eclat, of Caister, for putting off in a strong N.E. gale and heavy sea, and rescuing on the 26th July from a small boat 10 persons belonging to the sloop Favourite and schooner Unity, of Goole, which had been in colli sion, and afterwards became total wrecks on the Norfolk coast. The committee expressed their con dolence with the family of the late Mr. J. B. Powles on the decease of that lamented gentleman. IT been an active member of the institution _o had ior upwards pest and warmest ...ding to nearly £4,000 ..ae on various lifeboat esta -ag a total of £23,290, which the nad expended on its lifeboat stations of 40 years, and bad been one of ito ' friends. Payments amoup4 were ordered to be m^ ' blishments, mak: nstitution duri- ,g the current year. It had also during the same period contributed to the rescue of 762 lives from various shipwrecks, and had been directly or i.udi• rectly instrumental in saving 16,663 lives since its first establishment. It was stated that the pressure on the funds of the institution in carrying on its great and national work was very heavy at the present time, and that some of the funded capital of the society would probably have to be sold out to meet pressing demands. It was reported that legacies had been left to the institution by the late Miss Maria Irlam, of Dibbinsdale, Chester, £l,OOO, duty free ; the late Mrs. Sarah D. Woodhouse, of London, £lOO, free of duty; and the late Mr. R. Shepherd, of Rochdale, a reversionary legacy of £l,OOO. The executors of the late Mrs. Morgan, of Chelten ham, had also placed at the disposal of the institu tion £650 from the residue of her estate. A con tribution of £5O had also been received from the Ancient Order of Foresters, through their able secretary, Mr. Samuel Shaweross, in aid of the support of the lifeboat Forester, at Newquay, Car digan Bay. The order was also collecting funds in aid of an additional lifeboat. It was also reported that the institution had recently sent new lifeboats to Mullion, in Cornwall, Brighton, and Dundalk, in Ireland. Several of the railway and steam packet companies had kindly given free conveyance to the boats. A grand demonstration had taken place with the Mullion boat at Penzance on the 10th ult. Simi lar demonstrations had also taken place with the Brighton and Dundalk lifeboats. These three boats were the gifts respectively of the Wesleyan Metho dists, of the London Sunday Schools, and of the Stockport Sunday School, to the institution. It was reported that another of the large safety fishing boats of the institution had been built and launched. It had been taken charge of by some fishermen be longing to Anstruther, N.B. The Lifeboat Journal of the institution would be published on the 15th inst. It was decided to form a lifeboat station at Amlwch, on the Anglesey coast. A lady in Berk shire had also placed at the disposal of the institu tion £420 to pay for a new boat and carriage fir Cromer, on the Norfolk coast. She wished the boat to be named the Florence. Reports were read from the inspector and assistant inspector of lifeboats to the society on their recent visits to the coast. The proceedings then terminated. DIAIiOND3 AT TIIE CAPE.—People are prospecting in all directions in the neighbourhood of Colesberg in search of diamonds. A number of these precious stones have already been found, some of them of considerable value. The first diamond was picked up by a little girl at Hopetown. Her father is a labourer on the farm of Mr. Schalk van Niekerck. She took the diamond to her mother, and the latter, thinking it only a pretty stone returned it to the child to play with. Niekerck happened to see it glitter, offered to buy it of the girl, but she gave it to him, saying, laughingly, who over heard of selling a stone. He took it, and it proved to be a diamond worth £5OO. carnets have just been found in considerable num her, at the Cape. The copper miners in Amapoudaland are meeting with the much onell :. j u e r t :g ai e s i , u j e f n o t r .. ma lli o l l3 ::::h i a . v e found in i e l i e , n ) n ri t l f l 3 _t o e a u n C il :r:,l q in u s ri "kr has a o l i s i o . It is also reported have co/no upon a led of sifevnoricelokaidngofroe:---1C.::of:1- authonty that some gentlem 70 and I ( Goodlio.te -34r* • y tt , • I lank. HER MAJESTY. -- -e-- BALMORAL, Oct. 3. The Queen drove out yesterday morning, accom panied by Princess Beatrice, and called on Lady Biddulph ; and in the afternoon her Majesty went out, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur drove out in the morning to Invercauld, and honoured Colonel and Mrs. Far quharson with a visit. The Duke and Duchess de Saldanha left Loudon yesterday morning for Paris. The Marchioness of Lansdowne is still detained in Paris by the illness of her mother, the Countess do Flahault. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville, who have been visiting the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knows ley, have returned to Chillingham Castle. HEALTH OF TILE EARL OF FOSSE.—We are glad to bo able to announce an improvement in the health of the Earl of Rosse.—King's County Chronicle. The Distress at the East-end of London. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. read in your paper of yesterday that there are at present a vast multitude of persons out of employment in the ship-building trade in Scotland as well as at present in the east of London. This is very alarming at this time of the year ; the poor misguided men led away by a few idle, so-called gentlemen, too lazy to work, inducing these hard working men, to strike after strike. What is the result ? What with the great financial companies getting millions of British capital to cut canals, improve ports, make docks, &c., on the conticent, the result is, by reason of all the recent improve ments in mechanical science, the people in this country, with higher wages to pay, are unable to compete with our continental neighbours. Conse quently they carry off the trade, and once gone it may be difficult to get it back again ! Such is our position at present. It is much easier to get millions to speculate in distant lands, where the undertakings .can be magnified into wonders. I have heard it said in the City, " Oh I never mind, it will be brought out by certain persons, and sure to be'introduced on the Stock Exchange," and up the shares will go. So the public, from time to time, are gulled, to the injury of many desirable undertakings at home. Now is the time to enter into several useful undertakings, such as draining the heavy lands, and opening up new mines, which cannot fail to add wealth to the country and keep the population together. Three years ago the pub lic rushed into everything brought out, but now they appear to go into nothing. The wise men, we are told, do contrary to the multitude. Doctor Solo mon's Balm of Gilead man once said to an eminent physician, who was very poor, and could scarcely keep the wolf from the door, in reply to the ques tion—How is it that you are so rich ? " Why," said he, "I consider there is but one man out of every 100 who can draw a conclusion, and I live by the 99." A READER OF " TUE SUN." Bond-street, Oct. 2, 1867. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Oct. A ±.—The ma r k e t f or s hi pp i ng yarns to-day has 'oeeti quiet and irre gu l ar. I t i s difficult to effect sales except by sellers meeting buyers on .4asier terms. B uyers f or G ermany are discou :41.ged by the p o li t i ca l advices, and will not b,":4 at present. Prices are a full 4d. per lb. lower than last Friday, and where sellers have accepted these terms business could be done. The operations have, perhaps, reac h e d an average. Home trade yarns are also d u ll. B uyers of willing to go on a t id . decline, on lathsteseFryi d a a r r n s . are In cloths we had a flat an. depressed market yesterday, and there is no 'lmproveme n t t o -d ay. The desire part of buy ers i s much re to do busi:„ e , ss on the stric.ed, amounting in many cases to a withdrawal of offers. Some business might have been effected to-day at a further concession in prices, but the market generally has been inactive, and the actual operations have been small. CARDIFF, 3 d.—Business at the docks has further improved to a slight extent, and the steam coal trade has assumed a state of vitality to which it has been a stranger for scs,l ne ti me past. Shipments to the East are lyfwg vigorously proceeded with, and to the e ,ontinental markets close upon an average quantity is sent. The same may be said as regards the mail packet stations in the West Indies and South America. Although the demand for steam coal has somewhat increased, quotations are still too low, and in many instances the collieries are work ing without making hardly any profits. Difficulties are still experienced with the men in several locali ties, who, to add to their employers' losses, often turn out on the most paltry excuses. The number of vessels in the various docks is rather large, and the stem is longer than usual, which is an indication of sonic movement in trade. The great efforts made to induce 'Welsh coalowners to ship their coal at Birkenhead has not proved so successful as many anticipated, owing to the want of adequate facilities, and several vessels have had to come round to this port for cargoes. In the, iron trade makers have not yet received any material accession of orders, but as the quarter advances it is believed that contracts will be offered more freely, especially on horns account. Considerable American engagements are also looked forward to. The tinplate makers are doing a tolerably good business. LEICESTER, 4th.—Trade has been very dull tip id this period, but the seasonable change of weather is producing a good impression, while the reports from London this week are very cheerful, and manufac turers anticipate a good business during the re mainder of the season. In wools staplers are neither buying nor selling in consequence of manufac turers holding off to work up present stocks. Machinery appears to be well employed. Stocks of the finer class of useful combing wools, both hogs and wethers, are extremely light. Growers still hold firm, which has a tendency to keep up prices. In the early part of the week the trade in lamb's wool goods remained very flat ; but a con siderable improvement has taken place during the past few days, owing to more having been done by London and Manchester houses, who, however, seem to be ordering simply sufficient to meet immediate requirements. The chief demand is for superior hose. Orders for plain worsted goods continuo satisfactory, but little is being done in fancy articles, the yarns for which shows no variation in price. The cotton hosiery trade of Hinckley is still active. There is a great improvement in the demand for boot-gusset elastic webs compared with past weeks, and manufacturers are looking forward to a perma nent-improved business in all kinds of webs. Boots and shoes of a useful class are iu tolerable request, but the demand shows a slight falling off. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and Blackctt's list of new works in preparation includes the following :—"Spiritual Wives," by W. Hepworth Dixon, author of "New America," 1 vol. "The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe," late M.Y. for Finsbury, by his Son, 2 vols. " Guild Court," by George M'Donald, M.A., 3 vols. "Lord Byron," by the Marquise do Boissy (Countess Guiccioli), 2 vols. "Three Wives," by the author of "Margaret and her Brides maids," 3 vols. "tinder the Palms, in Algeria and Tunis," by the Hon. Lewis Wingfield, 2 vols., with illus trations. "Northern Roses," a Yorkshire Story, by Mrs. Ellis, author of "The Women of England," 3 vols. " Chaucer's England," by Matthew Browne, 1 vol., with numerous illustrations. "A hero's Work," by Mrs. Duffus Hardy, 3 vols. "Religious Lifo ou the Conti nent," by Mrs. Oliphant, 2 vols. " Fair Women," by Mrs. Forrester," 3 vols. "Through Spain to the Sa hara," by Matilda Bentham Edwards, 1 vol., with illus trations, /lon. Dou g l as, " Mrs. Norton's 1 1 . .lew Novel '4 Old Sir in three volunics, ilur.st and . 13 Iaelzett. Th ere cai)j.nst been issu e d b y M essr s. be doubt that remarkably interestivg st Wriferk .f 4' ' La 't • ~..... A su to the 1 day. A 8 limited the Cir• The Very re, report, The (Limit( requisit accordi inst. 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