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WINNE. COV ENT-GARD EN PR OIIENADEI CONCERTS. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING at EIGHT. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. Band of 100 Performers. The Programme This Evening will include —Wedding March, from " Midsummer Night's Dream ;" New Valse, Quadrille, and Polka b y Johann Strauss ; grand Orchestral Selection from "Der Freischutz ;" Ballet Music Gounod's "Rein de Saba ;" Songs by Madlle. Sarolta and Mr. Wilford Morgan ; Solos by Mr. J. M. Wehli, Mr. Hughes, Mr. A. Van Biene, &c. BOTTESINI ; for the DanceMusie, Hlrr JOHANN STRAUSS. On Monday next Madame Jetty Treffz will make her first appearance , and the First Part will include a selection of Classical Thursday next, a SPOIIR Night.— Sound," Symphony, &c. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One Shilling " The Power of THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manner, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET. M. set's. White,iendale,incen V Howe, Rogers, ersby. Compton &, lieuda+, Braid, Clark, Coe. t, %% eathc. ; Mesdames Chippen dale. Scott-Siddons, Laws, Coleman, After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE FOUNDS. Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Comp ton. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. Pechter, sole, actual, and responsible Manager. On MONDAY, Sept. 16, and during the week, the perform ances will commence at Seven o'clock with a comedietta, entitled Tam MIST KESS OF THE MILL. Mr. H. Mellon, Mr. S. Calhaem ; Miss Ritter, Mies Montgomery. At Eight o'clock, Lord Lvtton's Play of the LADY OF LYONS. Beauseant, Mr. G. Jordan; General D,,mas, Mr. Addison ; Glavis, Mr. S. Calhaem ; M. Deschappelles, Mr, H. Mellon ; Gaspar. Mr. Dalton ; Landlord, Mr. J. Francis ; Officers, Messrs. Stuart and Fleming ; Claude Melnotte, Fechter; Pauline Deschappelles, Miss Carlotta Leclercq ; Widow Melnotte, Miss Elsworthy; Madame Deschappelles, Mrs. 11. Marston. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 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MUSES and ;SUN find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments aro the above-men tioned. - - - WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ran DAY. —Morning, 2h. 10m.—Afternoon, 2h. 27m, )-31oRttow.-Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. 57m, • ep 3, !a l'. sitt alas, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 14, 1867. It seems as if there was always to be some excite ment or other concerning Continental intelligence, and the last On dit is that the Emperor NAPOLEON will visit Berlin in the course of the next month, and that the visit will be so timed that all the Sovereigns of the North German Confederation will be in Ber lin at the same time. if the Emperor lci-A.POLEON should respond to the invitation, it does not follow that the visit will mean anything of an extraordi nary nature. We have all heard quite enough of the significance of the Salzburg interview, and sub sequently had to wade through protestations and speeches, notes and circulars, which all set forth that it meant nothing. Hence it might be as well to pause before taking another " leap in the dark" concerning the meaning of this or that Royal visit or Imperial interview. The French papers do not think much of the King's speech. The Siecle expresses itself very ably concerning it, and declares that the most conspicuous pert of the discourse is that which is omitted. The chief question is not alluded to at all—namely, that of Schleswig, and the chief thing spoken of is the Federal Constitution of the North. We get only a glimpse of the ten dencies of the Prussian Government, " whose real object," as this writer truly says, is " not to merge Prussia in a great German unity, but to absorb Germany into Prussia." With respect to Schleswig- Hostein affairs are still anything but promising, and the old game of BISMARCK seems likely to be played out to the uttermost. Only one person favourable to Denmark bas been summoned to Berlin among the Schleswig-Holstein notables, and that is Herr BRUGER, who has lately been elected a member of the North German Parliament. At any rate it is satisfactory to know that he will protest against the further postponement of the popular vote in the North Schleswig districts. The Germans are so very intrusive in pressing their claims, and the Prussians so arbitrary in their demands, that it seems almost hopeless to expect that a very satisfactory solution will be come to of the difficulty now pending, and perhaps it would be folly to expect that it would turn out well, when we remember which is the leading Power in the transaction, and what are its antecedents. The usual ill-luck that attends our preparations seems to wait upon the Abyssinian expedition, but it is to be hoped that when once the arrangements have been made that the tide of fortune will turn, and all go favourably. The last drawback has been th e pack-saddles that were prepared for the campaign. Some officers of the Ordnance Select Committee of Woolwich Arsenal have been in consultation for the last few days on the subject of providing the best for the purpose. It was decided that the best way would be to countermand those which had been already ordered and prepared for shipment as unsuitable for the destined purpose. The new ones are to be the kind designated the " Otago saddle,' similar to those used in the war in New Zealand. These have been strongly recommended by well informed persons, who have had experience of their merits, and they have gone through a course of trial very satisfactorily. At one time another kind of saddle had been thought of, but these Otago ones have been proved in the jungle and in actual warfare, and hence it has been wisely selected to put off the use of the other one, which has not been tried as yet for foreign campaigns, and in this emergency to employ that kind which is known to be efficacious. Some five or six thousand of the Otago saddles are to be immediately prepared, and tenders will be issued for their manufacture by private contract. The mountain guns and equip ment will not be ready before the first week in next month, and hence it is hoped that little or no delay will be eventually caused by this change in the pack and saddle department of the preparations. At Liverpool the preparations are proceeding favourably ; the Peruvian and the England left the Mersey on Thursday, and the remainder leave to day. They will complete their shipments at Deptford, and they will take out a large quantity of materials of all kinds. Some correspondence has been published re specting the Armenian intervention in favour of the Abyssinian captives, and this will interest many who have formed erroneous notions respecting it. It has been hoped even up to the present moment that some chance still remains of a pacific result being attained by this means, but it is not so. It is evident that the failure has not resulted from the want of any effort on the part of those con cerned, but rather from adverse circum stances. The English authorities also did all in their power to facilitate the en terprise. So much has ,been said and written against the wisdom of sending out this expedition that it is encouraging to find any one speaking hopefully concerning it. In a letter signed " Briton," to the Standard of to-day, some very sensible views are taken of the affair, and some true remarks are met with. The writer says that too much is made of the difficulty, and that cara vans are constantly traversing through and through the country, and that they do not find the " three hundred miles of jungle" impassable. As for the unhealthiness of Massowah, it is not salu brious during the hot months of the year, but it is the port to which a considerable number of the merchants resort, and where Consul CAME RON was ordered to return to his residence. It is wisely added, at the conclusion of this letter, that "if writers would state what they know of these matters, rather than what they conjecture, it would be better for everybody, and as to stopping the ex pedition at the creaking of a few frogs and toads, it has gone too far to recede." We think that the Government have done well and wisely in perse vering in their course, notwithstanding the many interruptions they have met with from the informa tion of those who incline to a do-nothing policy. The intelligence which is brought us by the Scotia from New York on the 4th is highly impor tant and interesting. The PRESIDENT, in pursuance of the newer and more vigorous policy which he has adopted, has issued a proclamation clearly defining his official position, responsibilities, and duties. The Constitution, he says, makes him Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy, and binds him, under a solemn oath, to preserve and defend the Constitution, which vests the national judicial power in the Supreme Court and subordinate courts. He, therefore, warns all civil and military officers to yield obedience to the laws, and assist and sustain the national courts in exercising their constitutional powers, instead of repeating the attempts made in North and South Carolina to obstruct the action of the courts. This is plain and 6traightfor ward language, and it cannot be denied that the constitutional law is sound. Mr. JOHNSON has always taken his stand upon the constitution, and, however much his oppo nents may chafe and murmur they cannot contra vene his statements. The Rldicals, with their suc cessive " Constitutional Amendments," make no secret indeed of their desire to remodel the work of their ancestors, but the general feeling of the American public is hardly prepared for that. A time of violent political passion and strong rivalry, not only of class or of party, but of race, is not an appropriate opportunity for re-adjusting the balance of the political framework. The inconsistency of maintaining a civil war during four years for the avowed purpose of preserving the Consti tution intact, and then in the very hour of success wantonly to destroy and to sacrifice the very objects for which life and treasure had been spent, is not a little remarkable, but American reformers have left such paltry considerations far behind. They have had their own way, thanks to their ascend- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1867. ancy in Congress, for a good length of time, and the ri - !sult is that the inevitable reaction from their virulence and intolerance is setting. Men's passions cannot always remain at fever heat, and the great body of the Americans have little or no desire to p(n.petuate the acerbities of the war. What the general public feel is the depression of trade, the embarrassment of the finances, and the injury done to business by the disorganisation of the Southern States. Messrs. SU)INER, STEVENS, and their party have held almost unchecked sway over public affairs for two or three sessions, and the re sults are not by any means gratifying. The PRESIDENT sees his opportunity and has tightened his grasp on the reins. His removal of STANTON was a bold measure, and has given him a signal advantage. Matters had arrived at such a pass that he must either have consented to sink into a political nonentity, or have vindicated the dignity of his office by some decided step. He could not tamely submit to open insolence and defiance from men whose very position was, in fact, an insult to him, since they had been appointed in contempt of his recognition of the Southern civil officers. SIIERIDAN, SICKLES, and many lesser offenders, were fully aware that their appointment was made in defiance of the PRESIDENT'S openly expressed opinions and wishes, and they acted rather as Radi cal partisans than as soldiers doing duty under the orders of their superior. The clause in the Constitution of the United States, v,hich confers upon the PRESIDENT the command of the army and navy, is a strong point in favour of Mr. JOHNSON, and it is one which, with his usual sagacity, he has been quick to perceive and to seize upon. By means of it he has superseded SHERIDAN and silenced GRANT, whose protest in favour of his old brother in arms was met with the quiet rejoinder that he himself was committing a breach of military dis cipline. By means of it he is curtailing the arro gant ambition of the district commanders, and re straining the Radical determination to override the Southern people. When the political difficulties had resolved themselves into the question whether or no civil law was to be maintained in the Southern States at all, the head of the Cabinet could hardly refrain from interference. It is worthy of notice that when Mr. JOHNSON has taken any step of the kind he has always been supported by the exponents of Consti tutional law. Acting Attorney-General BRINCIILEY has now issued an official opinion, justifying the removal of General SICKLES on the grounds of mili tary insubordination and forcible interference with civil law. In fact, the Radical commanders want nothing more nor less than the enforcement of martial law in time of peace, a state of affairs which no civilised country will ordinarily tolerate. The negroes are, it would seem, ripe for mischief in Texas. They are reported to be leaving work and encamping themselves, threatening to adminis ter the local laws themselves, and arming in prepa ration for carrying out their reforming intentions. The present position of the United States is no doubt full of difficulty, and even danger, and matters are complicated by the approaching Presidential election. The Radicals are fully aware of the value, and indeed of the necessity, of organisation, and the ramifica tions of their influence extend far and wide. The better and more thoughtful class of politicians will not, or cannot, compete with them. The noisy speakers and actors carry the day, and very often represent the views and the policy of the people to be substantially different from what they really arc. It is the common complaint that the best men in America will take no active part in politics, but surely affairs have now reached a crisis in which it is the duty of all to exert themselves in behalf of their common country, and to endeavour, by mo deration, by calmness, and by judgment, to temper the violence and the extravagance of men who have no end in view save their own temporary political exaltation. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM CUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The bulletin of the Moniteur contains the fol lowing news:— " The results of the late elections to the Reich stag, which is now assembled at Berlin, are defini tively known. The assembly is composed of 297 members ; 236 have been elected by the colleges of the kingdom of Prussia, and 61 by those of the States of the Confederation. As to the respective strength of parties in the new Parliament, the com position of the Reichstag has - not undergone any material alteration. According to the Prussian journals, the deputies are divided into the following classes :—The Conservatives number about 80 members, including those who form the liberal por tion of that party ; the national Liberals amount to about 75 ; the party of progress are estimated at 27 ; the various other shades of opinion are repre sented by the rest of the members. "The Emperor of Austria, who arrived at Munich yesterday (Wednesday) morning, left immediately for Schaffhausen, where the Empress of Austria and his sister the Queen of Naples are ex pected. Before leaving Vienna the Emperor and his Ministers were occupied with the considera tion of various financial questions which are now the order of the day, and particularly with those connected with the proposal to unite all the debts of the State. A private telegram announces that the Viceroy of Egypt left Constantinople on Tuesday last, on board his yacht the Mahroussie, for Alexandria." Baron de Budberg, the Russian Ambassador, has just sent to the Prefect of the Seine, Baronlli p u r ss e: mann, a magnificent vase, in Siberian jasper, a sent from the Emperor Alexander the Second, who, by this act of munificence, was desirous to evince his satisfaction with the manner in which he was received at the Hotel de Ville when' he was in Paris. The vase and the pedestal, which is also of jasper, are about two yards high. The shape is at once elegant and simple. The lower part is mounted with leaves of the acanthus. The jasper was ex tracted from the quarries of Reconew, in the Altai, government of Tomsk. This splendid and valuable vase will now ornament one of the rooms of the Hotel de Vine. " What's in a name?" says Shakspeare. There has been assembled at Geneva what is called a Congress of Peace. The great lion of the assembly was the laml;-like Garibaldi. On his arrival at Geneva on Monday last, impatient to deliver him self of his pacific sentiments, he could not wait till the next day when he proposed to attend the Con gress, but he mounted the balcony of a house on the Quai du Mont Blanc, and after a little blarney about the Swiss., and the heroism of the descendants of William Tell, he gave utterance to these emi nently tolerant and pacific sentiments :—" It was here that your ancestors had the courage to make the first attack upon that pestilential institution called the Papacy. (Interminable cheers.) Citi zees of Geneva—that city which has become so magnificent—you struck the first blow at Papal Rome, and I call upon you to complete the work of your ancestors, when we shall give the last blow to the monster. There is in the mission of the Italians an expiatory work to be completed. We will do our duty. We will overthrow the Pope. For this year assist ance is necessary. I hope .I. shall obtain it." (Cheers.) This man of peace was acclaimed and feted in London, and a subscription was raised for the Garibaldians. If any Catholics subscribed towards the fund, they were not aware perhaps that the chief desire which Garibaldi havat heart is to de stroy Papal Rome by a last blow at " the monster." It remains to be seen what encouragement will be given by the Peace Congress to this object, At all events the great Catholic body are now acquainted with it on the authority of Garibaldi himself. The subject of the prize for " Eloquence" offered by the French Academy for 1868 is Jean Jacques Rousseau. M. Thiers has founded a triennial prize of 5,000 f., which will be awarded for the first time in 1868, for the best historical work published in the course of three years. There is rather a curious ceremony every year at the Halle, the crowning of the largest pumpkin. The prize pumpkin this year, after being crowned with flowers and placed upon an artistically deco rated litter,was paraded round the Halle with much ceremony, followed by a numerous crowd. It weighs about 220 English pounds, and is nearly three yards in circumference. It was grown in the valley of the Bierre, near Paris. The season for gigantic cabbages seems to have commenced. There is an account of a cabbage grown in the south, which is nearly three yards high. M. Leone Mahon was married yesterday at the Church of La Madeleine, to Mdlle. Clary Bmiree, daughter of his Excellency M. Bouree, Ambassador from France at Constantinople. The soldier, Thommeray, accused of murdering his mistress, Louise Divary, at Vincennes, under the circumstances which I mentioned at the time, has been tried before a council of war in that town. The Court found him guilty, but, admitting cir cumstances of extenuation, the prisoner was con demned to bard labour for 20 years. The Italie states, on the authority of its corres pondence from Rome, that the fear of a Garibal dian invasion of that city is now completely dis pelled. It adds that nothing can be more false than the reports given in the correspondence of some of the papers relative to supposed works of defence which the Government intends to under take at the Capitole and Fort St. Ange. Nothing of the kind is projected, there being no occasion to fear any attack. A Russian journal states that the Shah of Persia intends to pay a visit to the Emperor of Russia during his stay at Livadia, in the Crimea. The Paris papers of all shades of opinion unite in expressions of dissatisfaction with the speech of the King of Prussia. They are, however, rather dis pleased with what he omitted than with what he said, and they particularly regret that there is no allusion to France, and no elucidation in regard to the late meeting of the two Emperors at Salzburg. The Union says The speech of King William appears to be an innocent one, but it is not so. It avoids all questions of an irritating character, but this mode of passing in silence over difficulties and diplomatic resistance may give rise to various inter pretations. There is not a direct word or even an allusion to the treaty of Prague, Schleswig, or the Salzbourg interview ; not a syllable respecting the susceptibilities excited by the events of 1866. The speech of the King of Prussia is the work of a man who lets people say what they like and passes on wards. The Gazette de France is of opinion that the speech in plain words means that Prussia will be content with peace, now that war has given her all she coveted. The victory of Sadowa has satisfied her, and Prussia thinks that nobody will attempt to deprive her of the fruits of that victory. According to the Journal d'Avranches the cholera has broken out at Granville, and the number of deaths is on the increase. The Journal des Debuts confirms the assertion of the Patrie of last evening, that there is no founda tion for the reports of intended Ministerial modifi cations. Such reports have been in circulation in Paris for the last fortnight, but I did not notice them, having been informed that they were mere suppositions, invented to supply the scarcity of real news. The only foundation for these reports is, that Ministers go into the country for a holiday M this time of year, and their offices are filled temporarily by Ministers who are compelled to remain in Paris. For instance, the Marquis de la Valette, the Mini ster, of the Interior, filled for some days the post of another Minister, who was absent at his country seat. According to the last account received at Paris respecting the Peace Congress at Geneva, alluded to above, that pacific assembly was a scene of angry contention and confusion during two days, and it was suddenly dissolved in the midst of a general quarrel, which, at one time, seemed likely to end in a regular fight. As to Garibaldi, after throwing down the apple of discord, he seems to have de parted in sudden haste and dudgeon, no one knows whither. lie cannot be gone to Rome to begin his Ka lends, on the " monster." Ile w ill pro b a bl y for he knows than Aspro monte. until About two o'clock this morning there was the full wellpostpone b the Great a gamelend s, most violent and alarming storm of thunder and lightning which I ever remember. I have not had an opportunity of hearing the opinion o f the " oldest i inhabitant" about it , but it s the prominent topic of the day, as it seems to have kept everybody awake, and frightened most of them. People have been comparing notes about it to-day, and that seems to have been the general result. The thun der shocks sometimes succeeded each other at the intervals of a few seconds onl y, and the lightning at one time was seen in forked flashes, illuminating all around with streams of fire, an d then it played in the style of what is called summer lightning. In the country, in isolated houses, the windows rattled, and the doors were shaken as if an earth quake were at hand, and the dogs howled in alarm. The storm lasted two hours. To-day there are in dications of more storm. The Abyssinian Telegram. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sin—Having by the mail of this morning received efuetr to as the excuse for the Levant Herald of September 4, cont a i n i ng the 's correspondent has to. R refer his mischievous telegram of the 3d, I venture phaadragtrhaeph hardihood which ood Mr. to ask your permission to quote it as con clusive contradiction of the statement in his message of the sth that the Herald had first pub lished and then contradicted the news in question as having been " received by the British Embassy." The only allusion in the paper to the subject is the following, under the heading of "Reported Release of the Abyssinian Captives :"—lt is reported in Constantinople that the mission of the Armenian bishop, Isaac, who was sent to Abyssinia about four months ago by ligr. Isaiah, the Armenian Patriatch of Jerusalem, to endeavour to effect the release of the European prisoners, has proved suc cessful, and that at his intercession King Theodore has liberated Consul Cameron and his companions in captivity. We have made inquiries regarding this rumour, but have not yet been able to authen ticate it." This, as I have said, appears in the weekly edition of the 4th instant, but may probably have been re produced from the daily Bulletin of the 3d, which I have not received, and, if so, formed absolutely the only authority for the falsehood—simply telegraphed to Mr. Reuter on the sth in attempted palliation of the original blunder of the 3d. I think I need add nothing in further vindication of the Levant f / o / r e ß ia le / ft t o / h . remir A co s :nb to ,op t in h i e on 7 L ra a li i t i y i, a a e n . d , trustworthi ness EDITOI ne,ss of the corresnondent, I leave your readers to P.S. Since writing the above, I have seen the Sept.oF T II2I E . 4, LEVANT HERALD.h" Constantinople telegram of yesterday in the Sun of this morning. It confirms my surmise that the paragraph quoted had appeared in the Bulletin of the 3d, but offers no further tittle of jus tification for th e s t atement t h a t the rumour had been originally published as having reached t h e embassy. Th e (4 co n t ra di c ti on " in the Bulletin of the sth may b e sa f e l y imag i ne d f rom the wording of the paragraph itself, and, I feel confident, but little mends the case for the correspondent. who, for several ye ars, SUICIDE OF A T RADESMAN AT TILE SURREY CANAL. — Yesterday (Frid a y) the body of Mr. Cheeseman, carried on the business o f a china and glass dealer in th e Ol d K en t- roa d, was found in the Surrey Canal. Th ere i s li tt l e d ou bt that the deceased's altered circumstances (he latterly having been in great distress) preyed upon his mind, and induced him to destroy himself. The body was taken to the Bridge-house Tavern, where it awaits an inquest LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTB R'S TELEGRAMS.) RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 14. The betrothal of the King of the Greeks to the Grand Duchess Olga will take place about the middle of October. The Emperor will ncy,t return to St. Petersburg before the 22d October_ The Borsenzeitung ,of to-day, referring to an article which appeared ia the Revue des deux Al ondes on the PanslaviA Proracanda, says that the Rus sian Government has wryer taken any part in the Panslavist demonstrations which have recently been made. *COPENHAGEN, Sept. 14. The reply of the Danish Government to the latest Prussian Note has been despatched from Copenhagen. SWITZZaLAND. BERNE, SEPT. 14. The Telegraphic Conference of representatives from the French, Austrian, Turkish, and Swiss Governments has determined to reduce by one-third the telegraph charges for passing over their ter ritory of messages between England and India, and between London and Austria, provided that this reduction should be ratified by their respective Governments. HAMBUIiG, Sept. 14. According to the Hamburg News a new postal treaty has been concluded between Prussia and the United States of North America. Postage via England is to be reduced one half, and via Germany one third. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 14. The Royal Mail steamer La Plata, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 39 passengers, $793,020 in specie, precious stones value $2,200, platina $229,69, and 1,942 packages of cargo, consisting chiefly of cochineal, bark, and cocoa. She left St. Thomas on the 30th ult., and for the first eight days experienced strong easterly winds, subsequently fine weather. A hurricane had passed over Barbadoes, Antigua, and Dominica, doing little damage. The steamer Mexican, from Liverpool, arrived at Colon on the 19th ult. The British warship Doris had sailed from Bar badoes for Trinidad. The South American mail arrived at Panama on the 20th ult. In Peru Congress was still in session. It was proposed to reduce the standing army to 6,000 men. Rumours of new conspiracies and premeditated out breaks were rife. It was stated that the chief revolutionists had held a council at Areguipa. General Bustamente had left Callao to assume the supreme command of the disaffected provinces. Fears of the return of the Spaniards had nearly dis- appeared. The works on the batteries had been suspended. Under the new constitution of Peru no other religion besides the Catholic religion would be allowed to exercise public worship. Congress alone can levy contributions. The nation is not respon sible for obligations or compacts made by de facto governments unless approved by the national Con gress. The President's term of office is limited to five years. In Chili much uneasiness still existed respecting the return of the Spanish fleet. Internal politics and foreign affairs were unchanged. A furious storm had visited Valparaiso, doing considerable damage in the harbour and on shore. The markets were quiet. Bar copper had declined 14 dollars 80 cents., per quintal. Freights to Swansea, 455. Exchange on London, 60 days, 45f ; on Paris, at eight, 4.70. In Nicaragua the cholera was still raging in the Matagulpa and other districts. Congress was closed on the 29th ult. News from Bogota says that Mosquera wa3 for mally suspended from the Presidentship on the 9th July by the Senate, and will be tried by the Supreme Court for common treason. At Antigua the weather was wet and the reaping of the crops had closed. The demand of the British Government that Antigua shoull contribute £BOO towards the mail subsidy had engaged the attention of the Council, but no decision had been arrived at. The Antigua Times disapproved of the way in which the demand had been met, and said that it would have been better to give a decided refusal than to have temporised. The weather was fine at Trinidad and tonnage plentiful. At Grenada the weather was good, but the heat very great, and the island healthy. Favourable rains had fallen at Jamaica, improv ing the growing crops. The coffee fields were in good blossom, but the pimento crop was a failure. Several deaths had occurred in the island from yellow fever, and among them was Mrs. Rushworth, the wife of the Financial Secretary. Much destitution prevailed at St. Kitt's owing to the late fire. It was reported that another revolution was an ticipated at St. Domingo. Several towns on the north side of the island of Haiti had been sacked by the insurgents. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 13, Two o'clock.—The market is better now than at the opening. Threes are very firm at 73fr. 10c., or 10c. higher ; whilst Italian Fves lose 10c., at 49fr. 50c. Credit Mobilier shares are quoted at 2901 r., a rise of 2fr. 50c. Comptoir d'Escompte are without change. Credit Foncier lose 2fr. 50c., at 1,362 fr. 50e. French and foreign railway shares are unaltered. English Consols are telegraphed with an advanee of Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents 9B 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 7O 20 Do. end month 7O 07i Credit Mobilier Do. end Month Credit Ponder 1370 D. end month 1360 - RAIL' Bank Shares 3320 Italian Loan 49 35 Do. end month 49 35 Mexican Loan ll Do. Bonds lO7 50 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred For Account. Orleans Northern 1166 25 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern M3 75 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North ot Spain — Saragost . a — Roman ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.— There was a partial eclipse of the moon last night. Astronomers had calcu lated that it would begin at 10h. 57m.; that the middle of the eclipse would bo at 12h. 26m. ; and that it would end at lb. 55m. this morning. Of course observers found these calculations "proved" by the result. Nearly nine sevenths of the moon's diameter was obscured on the northern limb. The night was so clear that the various stages of the eclipse could be plainly observed in tho metropolis. EXECUTION OF FARRINGTON.— The condemned culprit, Henry Farrington, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, at Leigh, near Manchester, was executed this morning in front of Kirkdalo Gaol. Calcraft was the executioner. RASES' OUTRAGES COMMISSION. EIGHTII DAY. 111ANCIIESTEn, Friday. The Commissioners took their seats at 11 o'clock Among the gentlemen present to-day and previ ously were the Professors of Owen College—Prin cipal Greenwood, Professor Jack, and Mr. Stanley Jevons, who occupies the chair of Political Economy, and is Cobden Lecturer to the College. James Dalton, examined by Mr. Chance—ls a bricklayers' labourer, and ceased to be a member of the Accident and Burial Society in February. In July, 18G3, was in the employment of Messrs. Cox and Burton, who were using machine-made bricks. While he carried their bricks he was not in the Trades' Union. John Riley came from the Union and followed him. Called him a knobstick, and struck him on the jaw. He said, " I'll take your life, you infernal knobstick." Witnes got away as fast as he could. Was thrown out of work five weeks, and then went to Stockton, being driven out of Manchester. Joined the Union at Stockton. Came back in February, and got work with Mr. John Lawton, the builder. Worked five weeks for him. Michael Fyland, one of the Union men, came to him and called him a " knobstick," and threw him into a lime-pit. The men he was working with said they would not work with him. He went to the police - office all over blood and gave information, but Fyland had never been apprehended. Since that time Thomas Riley, a Union man, had beaten him, and had been sentenced to one month's imprison ment. Since then John Murray, Thomas Defllyn, Michael M'Loughlin, and John Riley came and kicked at his house door and said they would take his life. They beat his little girl because she could not find him. They kicked at the door and smashed it. They came several times while he was away, and twice when he was at home. On one occasion the superintendent of police sent two police-officers to protect his house all night. John Riley said he would have revenge for Thomas Riley's committal. All these men were Union men, and bad since been bound over to keep the peace. Since then he had been kept out of work and thrown on the workhouse. He had lately got work at Hollinwood, but walked from and to Manchester morning and evening. Thomas M‘Loughlin sworn—ls a bricklayers' labourer, and belongs to the society for the protec tion of the trade in George-street, Huline. Had been secretary for three years. Meetings had been held in various places. One in St. Mary's School-room. They had meetings once a fortnight, and lodge meet ings once a mouth,' besides special meetings and annual meetings. There were 800 to 900 members in the whole club, which was divided into lodges. There were nine lodges. The object of the general meeting every year was to discuss the rules and the working of the club. If a person was working against the rules, it was brought before a lodge meeting. Supposing a man was a knobstick, they tried to bring him to reason by moral suasion. He never beard any names that he could remember of the men who beat knobsticks while the gaol was building but Thomas Daly, who is now in America, Mr. Pickering —You can remember no man in this country, I suppose ?—No. After a caution wit ness remembered John Nolan was another. Remem bered the last witness working for Cox and Barton. His name had been mentioned at the lodge, but he did not know he had been beaten. Heard of Murray and Dail vn being in Agnes-street one Saturday night drunk, and shouting near Dalton's house, and a woman having brought word to the lodge ho use witness went and took Murray away. He went him self because he thought he should have more influ ence over Murray than others. Never heard of Dal ton's little daughter being beaten till he heard it in court. The society had printed rules. It gave £5 on the death of a member or his wife, and Bs. per week to a member out of work. A delegate was employed by tue society, whose duty it was to go round and see that the men at work were members of the society. If he found any who were not working he reported them, and they were then sent for and asked to be come members. If they refused, then the Union men would not work with them. When men left work in this way they were paid by the society. They used no means but these against knobsticks, except that they induced the bricksetters to leave the work also if they could. The Rev. Canon Toole was trustee, and kept the banking account. One of their delegates was John Nolan, and they paid him 245. a week. Had heard of Nolan being engaged in acts of violence. He used violence to Gough. Ile struck him. He was not reprimanded for it at the lodge, and they continued to employ him. Michael Brennan has been treasurer for two years. The payments are entrance and is. a month. By Mr. Chance—Never heard when Dalton left Cox and Barton. When a man used machine-made bricks their men would not work with them. That was not a printed rule, but was binding. John Murray is president of the C omm i t t ee o f t h e Ge neral Society. Each body had its own president and secretary. By Mr. Barstow—lle knew of no inconvenience to labourers from carrying machine-made bricks, except that they were a little heavier. Could give no other reason why the club would not allow them, nor did he know of any understanding with the Brickmakers' Society about them. It was a rule made by the general committee. Mr. Pickering asked witness if he expected to be believed when he said he knew of no reason why machine bricks were objected to, except their being heavier. Witness said all he knew was that the bricksetters would not use them. There might be reasons which he did not know of. the only minutes of their meetings were taken on loose sheets of paper. Thomas Defllyn sworn —Had been a member of the society 12 months. Remembered being with Murray in Agnes-street, on a Saturday night. Witness was drunk, but knew Murray was with him because they had got drunk together. He saw Dalton coming drunk through the street shouting and quarrelling. He was shouting for any one to come out to fight with him. Witness went to fight him and he ran to his own house. He followed him to his own house and asked him to come out and fight. He saw either his wife or daughter. Mur ray at that time was drinking in a beerhouse. His youngest daughter had struck him before that with a brick, and he hit her a slap on the jaw with his open hand. Witness lived in the same street and was going home quietly but for meeting Dalton. Was taken before the magistrates a few weeks after. Was charged with an assault on Jas. Dalton. He was charged with the assault and beat ing of Dalton. He did not shout in the streets. He called Dalton a knobstick, but did not kick at his door. He had been drinking that night from the time he left his work at 12 at noon. Got his wages sometimes a quarter or half an hour after he left work on the Saturday. After he got his wages he went to the first publichouse he met. John Murray, a member also of the Bricklayers Labourers' Burial and Accident Society, said he left work on the Saturday in question at 12, and got drunk. Did not often get drunk. Is a member of the General Committee, whose duty it is to look after the working of the different lodges, to pay the delegates, and make the rules. It is not a rule of the society, but none of their men would work for a master using machine-made bricks. It might be a rule, but not a printed rule, and if they found a union man was working for such a master what they did was to draw him away. If they saw a non union man so working they left him alone. His committee sat at the Shamrock Inn. A rule made by the committee was binding on the whole nine lodges. Each lodge had a different delegate. When Dalton left Manchester he owed 30s. to the society, and when he came back they decided he could not be readmitted because he had not a clear card. Bridget Dalton, wife of James Dalton, previously examined, said her husband was obliged, some time ago, to go away in consequence of being a non union man. They had nine children. He went to Stockton. Had since returned. Remembered her husband being stopped work and thrown into a lime pit and being beaten, and the men being punished. Remembered, one Saturday, Murray, Fyland, Detllyu, Riley, and M'Loughlin coming to the door. They came and went all the afternoon up to half-past 10 at night. Her husband was at home, but bad to be hid away. A neighbour went to the police-office, and two policemen cam© and remained to protect them. Thos. Defllyn struck her little girl with his fist. The child had done no thing to him. Her husband had been out of work till last week, when he got work some distance away, because the union men would not allow him to work in Manchester. George Bradbury sworn—ls a master brickmaker at Cheetham, and in 1864 had a large quantity of bricks destroyed. Is a member of the Trade's Union himself. Did not know why the damage was done except that he had been adjudged to pay Messrs. Young for some clay that had been used before, and would only pay it under protest. He had ht his field to Young for 12 months, arid they left some clay which they had not used. llis men and Young's men valued it. He had 20,000 to 30,000 bricks destroyed. He stopped the work, and the Union had since paid him £8 2s. for his loss. His real loss would be about £2O. The men objected to the money being paid because they said there was less clay than charged, and they had to make bricks by the thousand, so that they would lose by there being under the quantity. Robt. Parker paid him the £8 2s. on behalf of the Brickmakers'.Union, and he then opened his croft again. Had no idea who destroyed the bricks. It was done by tramp ling on them. Made no claim upon the society and could not tell why they paid him. It was paid as compensation for the spoilt bricks, and he knew of no reason why except that he stopped the work. Ho began work again after being paid. He employs Union men now. He did not think the Brickmakers Society either did the damage or countenanced it. He was not allowed to attend meetings of the Union, but paid £1 a year, or he would not be allowed to work with them. Did not pay to the society in order that he might be compensated for bricks destroyed. Robert Barker sworn—Had been secretary to the Manchester Brickmakers' Union about three times for three months each time. Left office about a week since. Paid last witness for his bricks, be cause a meeting decided that as he had his bricks spoilt, and was a nice, straightforward, gentle manly man, he ought to be compensated. The society did not know who spoilt them. Never had matters about trade outrages brought before the society. The delegate had to go round, and if he sawinen working who were not union men he reported to witness, and the society men would not work with them. Knew Kay, but had never paid him money for an outrage. Remembered the murder of Jump, but was not in office at the time, and recollected nothing of delegates coming or money being paid to defend the men. Never made entries of incidental expenses or sundries. If Kay had de manded 10s. for any extra job he would have had no power to pay him, or give him anything beyond his weekly salary. The Court adjourned soon after 4 o'clock. dinal . ,c,._6_,in HER MAJESTY. BAL3IOEAL, Sept. 13. The Queen drove out yesterday morning, aecoul' panied by Princess Christian, and attended by LadY Frances Baillie ; and in the afternoon her MajestY went out with Princess Louise and Miss Van do Weyer. Princess Christian went out driving with LadY Frances Baillie. Prince Christian went deer-stalking. his Excellency M. and Madame Van de IV°Ye r and Mr. and Lady Frances Baillie bad the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. The Fracas at Homburg. Mr. Labouchere, M.P.:thus writes to the Europe of Frankfort :—" Homburg, Sept. 10. Sir, —I have noticed in your impression of the Bth of Sel ) ", tember a letter, signed Luigi di Baroni Farina, who, although he has not mentioned my name, 1 135 • related an affair in which I was engaged. I should feel obliged by your insertion of this letter, which gives the real facts of the case. Being at Homburg to take the waters, I noticed a person named Farina, seated at a table with some ladies, and knowing one of them I thought it my duty to warn her ne t to trust herself in his society. I did this because I knew Farina had grossly insultedseveral ladies, and had succeeded in his designs by means of a base add dishonourable kind. Farina, suspecting that these ladies had been warned of his true character, ac costed the husbandi,of the lady to whom I /l d spoken, and demanded of him an explanation. Th e gentleman replied that he had none to give, bub that he would take on himself the responsibility of everything that his wife had said. So soon 35 I had learnt what had taken place I said to InY friend that it did not become a man of honou r to have any dispute with such a person as Farina' The same evening 1 met Farina and said to ' Since you desire to know who it was that said 13° lady should admit you into her society, I tell you it was I ; and moreover if I see y ou w ith an y lady ° f my acquaintance I sh a ll thi n k p roper t o t e ll her °', it. You call ,'yourself a baron ; you have no su ch title.' Farina replied, My brother is a baron, and I will give you a thrashing.' At the same time 1 1 raised a cane which ho had in his hand. I seiz e him at once by the throat, and was about to gio him the punishment he deserved, when the bY" standers interposed and pulled him off. The O n ; missary of police having learnt what had transpired' requested my attendance at his office to explain th e affair. After having listened to me he mado promise not to come to blows with Farina if I s hould meet him. I assured him that I would not, unless Farina attacked me, and then I should take O le opportunity of chastising him. The commissary added that, in consequence of the reports concern" ing the antecedents of Farina, the police were in structed to forbid his entrance to the Kursaal until they had been fully informed of his history. This , sir, is what passed between Farina and me. Knowing what I do of his history it was my duty to warn them against him, and certainly it is not now nIY intention to re-establish him in the character of 5 man of honour. In acting thus I have followed the advice of several military men, and English gentl e i ; men, who are to be found here. In the letter will e to M. Farina has published in your journal he affe e o to believe that I wished to insult his family. I tc , ) _. o him that he was no baron ; he is not. AS tO nult family I have not the advantage of knowing it ; b Italians have assured me that it is honourable and respectable. I believe it, and I regret so much tbe of more that I should be obliged in the interest s ni societyito make public the truth as to Luigi di nar e s , Farina. I pray you, Mr. Editor, to accept th e surance of my highest esteem.--(Signed) LABOUCIIERE. P.S.—lf M. Farina wishes fo r judicial inquiry to be made into his antecedents has only to cite me before the tribunal of this C O i ll is h try for calumny, or, should he prefer an llg tb e court of justice, I am ready to furnish him with opportunity of justifying himself i n publishia id opinion of his conduct in an English journal." . PII E —The Dew suWO- t XTENSION. 13e TFLEGI cable proposed to be laid from France to the United 6t3 ' g s -e t. will extend front Brest to St. Pierre Miquelon, folloW ilit '„ 0 /1 Pierre Miquelon, following a plateau which has 'iv sounded very carefully. From St. Pierre Miquel o n i cable, in order to reach New York, will follow the f ti to coast of New Brunswick and the Ameri,an littoral o States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, an d ° _, ° . ‘ ll : necticut. At first sight it might app ear d es irable to ea"1;i: line from Brest to New Yosk dir ec t, b u t to achiev° t ar ts object it would be necessary to carry - the c' tble ac,rossa'Ll) of the bed of the Atlantic whi c h are utterly unsolle ed , The operation of subme rs i on i s expec t e d t o be coula i°ll- 1 in May, 1868. The Portuguese Government has to Messrs. Darley Rose, Charles Cooper, and 10 Step",(l , -0 , Clarke the conces s i on o f a li ne w hi c h is to be esta hli°" te between Falmouth and P en i c h e . The concession i s g rAll .,to for 99 year; dating from 1869, by which date th e line be established. A telegraph station will be formed S t bon, and will be in communication with that at l'eni c , il t bo THE SIVORD-FiSH.—During the passage c'h tLe John and Mary, of Truro, Captain Dunstan, threllz,viloo British Channel, she was struck by a sword -fish, rtg hio beak broke off in the wood, after piercing a sound E h 8 oak plank 2A-inches thick. The p or tion of the beak at removed on Wednesday by Mr. Martin, Plymouth.—Western Morning ,Yezc,s. shipbaildoi :r