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ANTER. ONE PENNY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. An original and exciting Romance of Life and Adventure Abroad and at Home, entitled " THE HARGR AVES," w holly written by GEORGB A uGI7ST US SALA, will be com menced in " Banter," No. 5 (published on September 30th), and will be continued weekly. No. 3 of " Banter" now ready. To be had of all newsmen, railway book-s Price tallsOne , and the Office, 183, Fleet-street, London. Penny. COVENT-GAR RD CER E TS N PROMENADE C. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. EVERY EVENING, at EIGHT. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. This Evening the Programme will include—Songs by Madame Jetty Treffz and Mr. W. Morgan ; Solos by Mr. J. M. Wehli, Messrs. Lazarus ' Winterbottom, H. W. Hill, and Reynolds; Overtures, "Lo Philtre" and " Nicole di Lepi ;" G,,unod's Meditation ; the grand Operatic Selection from "Der Freischu+z ;" new Valse for Orchestra and Chorus, new Polka, and new Quadrille ty Johann Strauss, &c. Conductors—Signor BOTTESINI and Herr JOHANN STRAUSS. To-morrow (Thursday), a Selection from the works of SPOHR. Admission, One Shilling. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LAN E. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattertc.n. The public is respectfully informed this Theatre will Open for the Autumn DrAmatie Season on Saturday, Sept. 21. On SATURDAY, Sept. 21, Monday, Sept. 23, and during the week, her Majesty's servants will perform an adaptation, by Bayle Bernard, of Goethe's romantic Play of FAUST. I'rincipal characters by Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Edmund Phelps, HarcJurt. Warner, B trtleman. Webb, Johnstone, Temple, Moreland ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mesdames Vandenhoff, Gratton, Brougham, &c. At the conclusion of the Play on Saturday, Sept, 21, the NATIONAL ANTHEM will be sun*. To conclude with each evening, for the first time at this theatre, Pocock's romantic Drama of THI; MILLER AND HIS MEN. Characters by Messrs. Ryder, E. Phelps, Har court, Barrett, Rouse; Mesdames Edith Stuart, Stafford, and Gratton. Scenic department under the direction of Mr. William Beverley, Musical director, Mr. J. H. Tully- Stage-manager, Mr. Edmund Stirling. Doors open at halt-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. 130 X-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, Compton, Kendal, Braid, Clark, White, Coe. Vincent, IA eathersby. &c. ; Mesdames Chippen dale. Scott-Siddons, Laws, Coleman, &c. After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. Mr. Buckstone. Concluding with PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and Miss lone Burke. Commence at Seven. ItOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. Fechter, sole, actual, and responsible Manager. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the perform ances will ecnintence at Seven o'clock with a comedietta, entitred IHE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. Mr. H. Mellon, Mr. S. Calhadin ; Miss Ritter, Miss Slontg - omery. At Eight o'clock, Lord Lytton's Play of the LADY OF LYONS. B-2auseant, Mr. G. Jordan; General D,mas, Mr. r. Addison ; Glavis, Mr. S Calhaent ; M. Deschappelles, H. Mellon ; Gaspar, Mr. Dalton ; Landlord, Mr. J. Fracis Officers, Messrs. Stuart and Fleming ; Claude Melnotte, n Mr. Fechter; Pauline Desohappelles, Miss Carlotta Leclercq ; Widow Melnotte, Miss Elsworthy ; Madame DeschapPelles, Mrs. H. Marston. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vininr, OPEN tor the WINTER SEASON. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with the popular Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq.. entitled POOR PIL LiCODDY. Ch‘racters by Messrs. Dominick Murray and Miss Polly Marshall. At a quarter-past s, TILE STREETS OF LONDON, by Dion Bouc i cault, Esq, Badger, Mr. Vining. Messrs. lid`Lean, Dominick Murray, 11. Forrester, C. Price, R. Cathcart, W R. Robins, Newtiound, Chapman, Tapping; Miss R. Sanger, Miss Emma Barnett', and Mrs. Addie. N.B —Mr. and Mrs. DION BOLICICAULT will shortly make their re-appearance at this Theatre in ARRAH-NA POGUE. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. Universally admitted to be the beet ventilated and most elegant theatre in London. " With the dog days prolonged into autumn it is something to know that thero i+ one theatre in London where the ven tilation is good and the seats roomy. When to these recom mendations it may consciantiously be added that the enter tainment is excellent of its kind, we have pronounced a strong, but not undeserved, eulogium on the new Circus Theatre in Holborn. Altogether, for young folks. or old ones who are still young enough to like the ctr us, we can re commend the clean, cool, well-appointed, and well-conducted Holborn Amphitheatre."—Times, Sept. 10, 1567. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Panto mime Mimique AIILEQUIN SINGE; and SCENES IN THE ARENA Commence at 8. C j_RAND MORNING PERFORMANCE every ‘..A SATURDAY at 2.30. Carriages may be ordered at a Quarter to Five. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN. R. 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" The truth remarks the hon. mem ber for Warwickshire, "that the freeholders, the householders, and the copyholders, resident and qualified by property within these several cities and boroughs, vote for the county members." Referring to points immediately connected with the meeting before them, Mr. NEWD' MATE made some very wise suggestions respecting t' ae prevention of the spread of disease among the ca ttle. He regretted that the House of Commons had not insisted upon the Go vernment fixing upon certain ports as the only places where cattle should be imported from abroad, and the regulations could lave been made whereby we could have more effectually guarded against the importation of disease from abroad. As he puts it very plainly before us, we know that the disease has been suppressed in England, and hence if it break out again it must be imported from abroad. We think that it would be a good thing if this notion was more taken up than it is, for great care lessness often prevails upon the matter. It would be far better to adopt precautionary measures in time than to allow the evil to reach a height, when it is difficult to arrest its fatal consequences. It is something to hear a member of Parliament of Mr. NEWDEGATE'S political sentiments declare that it was a fortunate thing for the country that a Reform Act had been passed. Surely an assertion like this ought to give the lie to the repeated assevera tions of Mr. BRIGHT and some others, that all progress was opposed by a certain section, and that Reform must be carried in the teeth of the Tory party, if it was ever carried at all. It cannot be disputed by any impartial observer that there is truth in the remark of Mr. NEWDEGATE that the bill may not be a per fect one, but that the House of Commons has done its best to secure a " real representation cf the in telligence of the people of England." It is also worthy of notice, as the hon. member remarked, that the House of Lords directed its attention more to the representation of the towns, and thus showed that they cared for something more than the agricultural interests. By adopting the pro position of Lord CAIRNS they asserted a principle in accordance with the Constitution of England, as distinguished from that of foreign states, that where there was a large minority it should be represented in the Legislature. The speech of Mr. FORSTER was fair enough in its way, and he certainly spoke very forcibly on the subject of Reform. He never feared, he said, that the bill would not become law, though many had felt alarm on the subject. With respect to what had been a puzzle in other quarters, he said that he could not explain how Mr. DISRAELI had come to pass a Bill which he was ready to accept ; but, " however, as it had been accomplished, they ought to feel grate ful for the result, and to Mr. DISRAELI for effecting it." It has been said by captious individuals that we had realised this triumph of Liberal principles at the sacrifice of the character of our statesmen, and it is a relief to find so great an authority on the subject as Mr. FORSTER declare that he cannot coincide with this view of the question. The hon. member for Bradford gives a much more straightforward explanation of the " remark able agreement" that has existed this session, and he defines it that the Conservative party felt their responsibility, and in seeking to settle the Reform difficulty they had to go down to the very principles of English politics, " and in so doing they came to the foundation of political feeling in their own minds, and found them to be much the same as they were in the minds of all Englishmen." This is taking a far larger view of the matter than merely to regard it in the light of party feeling, and it redounds to the credit of Mr. FORSTER that he should do so. Respecting the prevention of bribery, he thinks that the time has come to obtain the Ballot, though he does not regard that as the only means for attaining that object. Education furnished a topic for consideration, and in reverting to that interesting theme, Mr. FORSTER said that the present system had few sup porters. -" It was unfair, capricious, and uncertain." We concur with the hon. member in his opinion against compulsory education, but it would be a questionable mode of arriving at the desired end to follow his suggestion that the State should give no religious education. Respecting Trades Unions Mr. FORSTER made some very sensible remarks, and did not approve of the mode used in Sheffield of making terms with the men who were murderers. No doubt this is a knotty point to decide upon, but it is well for all speakers whose views are known to be rather extreme to take every opportunity of de nouncing the outrages that have been committed by these combinations. 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TIIE ~S UN" NEWSPAPER. - G. R. GI, ENIE dell Tera the LATE EDITION at Clwisea, 7.40 ; 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30 ; Uxbridge, 9.20; Walford, 8.45. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEP TEMBER 18, 1867 For twelve years M. Billault had practised at the bar in that great commercial and industrial city. In the profession of the law he had occupied the front rank, and took an important part in the deli berations of the Council General. M. Billault afterwards devoted himself not only to politics, but to social improvements, public education, and the welfare of the working classes. During an event ful struggle of seven years M. Billault was the for midable adversary of a Cabinet which had at its head one of the greatest orators of the time. The glorious work which he desired to accomplish, the basis upon which he wished to place the dynasty was the Em pire, democratic and liberal. M. Rouher, in allud ing to the eloquence of M. Billault, characterised his arguments as " inflexible logic." The orator then described all the important objects which M. Billault had achieved, and, in conclusion, said that " history in its turn would erect a statue to M. Billault. It would assign to him a place among the present glories of the Empire, and the front rank in that pleiad of great men who, since 1789, had given lustre to our parliamentary assemblies. On the monument which would be offered as an example to successive generations they would inscribe the words of Cicero— , Nihil oratore perfecto przclarius.' " The speech of M. Rouher excited deep sensation. It will be recollected that M. Billault died about three years ago, and there was a very magnificent funeral, the expense of which was defrayed by the State, in order to mark the high sense entertained of the merits and distinguished qualities of the deceased Minister. The central door of Notre Dame, which has been under restoration for several years, is now com pleted, and is one of the marvels of Paris. This door is never thrown fully open but on great occasions. It was opened for grand ceremonies during the reign of Philippe W., Louis XII., XIII., and XIV. The latter monarch went to Notre Dame with the Queen Marie Therese to baptise the famous bell called the Bourdon, which is only tolled at the decease of monarchs, the Archbishop of Paris, or royal personages. This bell is in the southern tower. The ceremony in question took place in 1685. It is inscribed with the names given to it—Emmanuel- Louise-Therese. The second visit of Louis XIV. was to lay the stone of the altar. The Emperor Napoleon 1., who ordered various reparations in the interior of the cathedral for the celebration of his coronation, and Pope PiusVil., were introduced into the church by this door. Not far from this door, at the moment of the ceremony of the coronation, a paper balloon, beautifully festooned and decorated with flowers, was sent up, which it was said would descend in a square in Rome. This marvellous balloon is said to have performed its mission, and it is now preserved in the Vatican. The last time this door was thrown open was upon the marriage of the present Emperor. Madame Marie Lalande, who, some 30 years ago, obtained much repute as a singer at the operas in London and Paris, died a day or two ago. A letter from Siam announces the death of the eldest son of the King, Prince Kirom Mum Mahes war Siva Velas, which took place at Bangkok. The Prince was 44. A few days before the close of the Exhibition there will be a very imposing and interesting cere mony at the Palace of I n d us t r y i n the Champs Ely sees. The Empress will preside at the distribu tion of the rewards and encouragements given by the society founded for the protection of apprentices and children employed in m anu factures, and to those who have the most contributed in whatever way to the amelioration of the condition and the moral or professional instruction of these children. The re compenses will consist of portraits of the Empress, with an indication, written by her own hand, of the motive of the distinction conferred. Portraits of the Imperial Prince, with a similar inscription writ ten by him. Also of banners of honour, gold, sil. ver, and bronze medals, and diplomas. The weather continues stormy and unsettled. This morning there was a strong and cold wind, like a March wind, and during the day dark and threatening clouds were in the ascendant, which seem to portend more thunder storms. When the sun shone, however, the temperature was agreeable. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. CRIS DAY. —Morning, 4h. 27m.—Afternoon, 4h. 47m. Ta-Moßnow.-Morning, sh. 3m.—Afternoon, sh. 23m. mint- • 4 - • IliAtwdelopp+ 4,144.11,4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1867. Speeches from Members of Parliament are now the order of the day ; and it is a curious and in teresting task to notice the difference between them and the various views expressed by the several speakers. Just now we have before us two very dissimilar speeches, one delivered by Mr. NEWDE GATE and the other by Mr. FOSTER. The former availed himself of the opportunity afforded by the annual meeting of the Warwickshire Agricultural Society to pass some remarks upon public affairs. lie observed that we had had one fact called to mind during the discussions that took place in the Reform Bill, and that was that the county members of England were not members of the counties only. For a period of forty years Mr. NEWDEGATE said that he had had the honour of representing in some degree the town of Birmingham, and in point of fact the county members were the only ones who could claim to be the representatives of the whole community of the district which they represented. Now that it is so much the fashion in certain quar ters to decry the county representatives, and put such stress upon the boroughs being the The story told by Mr. JOFIN ASHWORTH, of Salford, before the Trades Union Commission, yesterday, afforded a very powerful illustration of the working of the system. Mr. ASHWORTII is a brickmaker in Salford, and the story of his struggles with the Union, and their result, is not without its moral. In 1864 he had 60,000 bricks destroyed and the handles sawn off his wheelbarrows. The reason given for this outrage is not a little singular. Mr. ASHWORTH attributed it to the fact of his own son, who was not a union man, working in his yard. Two men afterwards came and drew away the unionists in his employ. But this was not enough. The bricks were destroyed, and the men enticed away from their work, but the justice of unionism was not satisfied. Two Union men came to Mr. ASHWORTH, and told him that he must pay £5O for having given a man into custody for the first outrage, or he would not be allowed to make any more bricks. Mr. ASHWORTH thereupon replied, as most men would be inclined to do, that he would not pay fifty pence. He made a bold effort to escape from the grinding tyranny of the trade, and got two men to work with his two sons. Finding it impossible to get enough hands, he started a machine. At first he sold a great many bricks, but the Union interfered and prevented the bricklayers from setting those bricks. The Union extends its ramifications from one trade to another, from one branch of the trade to an ther, until they bring every one more or less within their control. Naturally the consequence of this interference with the machine-made bricks was that the sale of them was stopped to a great extent, for where was the use of men buying thousands of bricks that the bricklayers were not allowed to set? Nevertheless Mr. ASHWORTH continued making his bricks by machine, and some time later he received a letter, signed " A Well-wisher." It stated that at a meeting of the operative brickmakers, held at their own hall the day before, a committee was appointed to consider the best means of shooting Mr. ASH WORTH, and otherwise putting an end to his busi ness. The writer added what was no doubt true, that in writing that letter he put himself in quite as much danger as Mr. ASHWORTH himself, if it should become known. It was not long before there was a me lancholy proof that the warning was too well founded. Mr. ASHWORTH offered £5O reward for the apprehen sion of the men who had spoilt his bricks, and other masters who had had their bricks spoilt offered £150; but nothing came of it. Ten days after the receipt of the letter referred to a man named PARKES, who very much resembled Mr. ASHWORTH in height and figure, was attacked one night by three men while walking near Mr. ASHWORTH'S house. According to the humane system favoured by the Manchester Unions he was beaten about the head with a glass bottle containing blasting powder, to which was attached a fuse. The poor man was insen sible for nine days, and narrowly escaped with his life. His eye being permanently injured after this, it is no great wonder that Mr. ASHWORTH was afraid of leaving his house at night, and soon after disposed of his machinery to a company. Not long after a person in the neighbourhood told him that the brickmakers had agreed to murder him, and that they had arranged to shoot him, and hide the men who did it at a particular house he named. " Since these occurrences," said poor Mr. ASHWORTH, in conclusion, "he had employed union men," so the battle was won at last. Reading this evidence one is tempted to ask, whether such things can actually be possible, whether we are living in civilised Christian England ? The wildest fabrication of romancists falls short of the plain facts revealed at Manchester and Sheffield, and, we doubt not, to be told of other places where a Commission shall be appointed. Here are we pay ing annually immense sums to maintain internal peace and order. We boast of being a law-observ ing people, we rank life and property at a very high value. But, with all this, life in the Italian cities of the middle ages, in Mexico at the present day, is as safe as in quiet, matter-of-fact England. No secret tribunal can be more übiquitous in its watch fulness, more deadly in its vengeance; and when we remember that the few sentences quietly uttered before the commissioners mean years of anxiety and nervous apprehension to the family circle, to end perhaps in bereavement and ruin, we shall not won der that the stoutest hearted give way, and that men, for the sake of their families, make the conces sion they would never make for themselves. But the plain English of it is—What are the police about? Considering the number, the character, and the extent of these outrages very few of the criminals have been brought to justice. Here we have men coolly deciding in conclave that they will murder so-and-so, and settling where the murderers shall be hid. The banditti that infest the Southern mountains might very well make such calculations, but we might have supposed they could hardly have been made in the England of railroads and detectives. But the Unionists, after all, knew very well what they were about. The conspirators have not been brought to light. The men who nearly mur dered PARKES have not been punished. The £2OO re ward never elicited who destroyed the bricks. We talk about giving up capital punishment for murderers that are found out ; but the Trades Unions adopt the code of DnAco, and inflict capital punishment without scruple on any offender who infringes their laws. The state of feeling, the tone of public morality revealed by these commissions, is something startling. The most careless and indifferent must shrink appalled. But the work is not at an end yet. A correspondent of one of our contemporaries, writing from Dudley, urges an inquiry in South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire into out rages committed there during the recent strikes, while at the same time we hear from Plymouth that a shipbuilder having employed non-union men has been threatened that " his brains shall be blown out or his house set on fire." The evil extends, we may depend upon it, more or less over the whole country, and by dragging it to light and, taking action upon it,we shall be delivering both masters and men from a dangerous thraldom. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (F RO3l 0v "b OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. It appears, from the information of a German liberal paper i ne annexation. inoi ne .t quietly, iosowt slowly r yt lbyn s t o n u oe r nw c r e es that surely, her publicity ti r tcl u iet s y s g i a i ahma has been given to a treaty, which she concluded on the 18th of July last, with Prince de Waldeck Pyr mont. This treaty, which is only to be in force for ten years, but which may be easily renewed, unless it should be renounced by either of the contracting parties, a year before the expiration of the period in question, entrusts to Prussia the internal admin istration of the Principality of Waldeck Pyrmont. It is Prussia who will receive all the revenue and pay all the expenses. She will, with a few trifling exceptions, exercise supreme power. Prussia will appoint the Director of the Government and all the public functionaries, who will be Prussian subjects, and will take an oath to the King of Prussia. From and after the let of January, 1868, the Principality of Waldeck will in every respect become the vassal of Prussia. That little country, including the country of Pyrmont, occupies a sur face of only about 1,230 square kilometres, and has about 60,000 inhabitants. It only furnished 800 men to the reserve division of the former Federal army. It is, however, a rich country as regards its produce, flax, iron, copper, salt, and slate, and is therefore a valuable acquisition for Prussia. A Paris paper, which has a correspondent in Ger- C B on is f m ed a e r says edto it b i e s i nl nf a o s r t m er ed ov t e h r at tb l‘ e l. Confederation i i o s n d o e - f t t ni l e i ra e innyin' North, and to rule over it without any control or opposition. This treaty affords proof of the fact. The Gazette du People considers the conclusion of the above treaty as an infraction of the Prussian Constitution, according to which the King of Prussia is not allowed to enter into any treaty without the consent of the Chambers, if such a treaty should impose any change upon the State and any burthen upon citizens. By the terms of the Federal Con stitution, the King of Prussia, in his quality of supreme head of the Confederation, may conclude with foreign Powers, and without the consent of the Reichstag, any treaty the object of which is foreign to Federal legislation. Should King William wish to treat with a foreign Power he ought to appeal to the Prussian Parlia ment, representing the citizens, to whom the pro posed new alliance might become onerous, but he will dispense with this by acting in the name of the Confederation. Should the Pruss ian Parliament make any objection, he will answer the deputies by referring to the rights granted to him by the Con federation of Northern Germany. In short (con cludes the above journal), in any case that may arise, the Prussian Government will be triumphant. Accounts have been received from Luxembourg of the solemn entry of the Luxembourg troops into the Grand Ducal capital. Two battalions of e,has seurs, 800 strong, took possession of the city on the 9,11 September. Every man wore a bouquet on his gun, the flowers having been graciously offered for the purpose by the people of Echternach and D iekirch The monument to the memory of M. Billault, one of the most eminent French Ministers of modern times, was inaugurated at Nantes, his native town, on Sunday last, with great ceremony and general indications of respect. M. Rouher, Minister of Finance, presided, and the attendance included members of the Senate and all the men of note in the Department, as well as many persons of emi nence from Paris, magistrates, lawyers, and others. After an appropriate address from the representa tive of the Mayor, who was absent in consequence of a death ill his family, M. ii.ouher paid an eloquent tribute to the memory of the deceased Minister. M. Rouher traced his career, and alluded to his great talents and enlightened mind. STATE OF TRADE. in conse quence o f a o da h y and from Calcutta by MANCHESTER, Sept. 17.—The ma r k e t assume d a and to-day w e h ave h ad more 2 n r e ep y o e r s t te t r In yarns f or s hi pping there has been a rather better market , 40 's Indian mule b e i ng active p ni m r ooi private a e e t ecfavour able inquiry. in rather important demand. There is no improve ment in price, stock being sufficient at present to induce spinners generally to meet the demand pretty freely at Friday's rates. In home -trade yarns sellers report a fair average day's business, but they find it difficult to establish an advance on the rates of Fri day, though they think the market is in a healthier position. In cloth there has been for several days past a t h e r moderate f a bricssuitable jacconets, mulls, and Indian ma r k e t s; but though some few se ller s seem unwilling to mee t sale of sh ir for tingtsh,e the demand at the low rat es of last week, we can o hardly report any improvement in price. Buyers can generally suit themselves at the rates of last Friday. In printers, longcloths, and domestics, and fabrics for the home trade there is no improvement. CARDIFF, 16th.—The demand for steam coal during the past week has increased, and the exports are in excess of many previous weeks. Several vessels have been despatched to the Cape and the Eastern ports, and brokers continue to charter at remunerative rates. Orders for coals are also in creasing slightly from the Mediterranean, and freights are firmer than .they have been for some time past. At the majority of the collieries the hands are better employed, and there is a fair pro spect of a further increase in the consumption. House coal merchants are shippin g winter supplies to the West of England and Ireland. Last month the exports reached 188,326 tons, as compared with 162,769 tons im the corresponding month, and the shipments coastwise were 84,420 tons, against 78,129 tons in August, 1866. n - wing to the lateness of the season, the export of rails to the Baltic is being pushed on vigorously, and there is also a fair demand from the United States. The Americans would ere this have been much larger buyers bad reconstruction proceeded as many anticipated. On home account railmakers anticipate that the lead ing companies will be in the market at the com mencement of next quarter with the contracts so lon g held back, and as money is to be had on such favourable terms, and the price of iron so low, it is believed that they will embrace the present favour able opportunity for making purchases. The ex ports last month reached 18 ' 149 tons, being a large of increase on the returns the previous month. LEEDS, 17th.—The woollen cloth markets to-day have not been very well attended, and the buyers present were not active buyers. Only small selec tions of goods were made , except as to tweeds, which 80 sell freely, thou g h not well as at the correspond ing period of last year. The demand for heavy coatings was aboat equal to last week, but that branch, as well as the plain goods trade generally, is not brisk. There is no quotable change in the prices of either wools, woollen yarns, or goods. ROCHDALE, 16th.—There was only a small attend ance of buyers in the flannel market to-day, and the general tone of the market was quiet. The plain goods department is the most active, and a moderate amount of business was done in medium and common qualities o- a t dy. The Yorkshire goods trade maintains its late position, and the supply, having been contracted more than usual during the spring months, is not much in excess of tlm demand. Prices of both flannels and Yorkshire goods firm, as are also those of wools. A REMARKABL E C o INCIDEN CE. —Exact l y t wo y ears ago the child o f a M r. Martin, an employe at the Ply mouth Theatre, whil e playing outside h i s d oor was run over by a wagg on an d killed. A carter name d Pi nney was at the time supp ose d to have caused the deat h , an d a t th e inquest a solicitor attended to watch the case on his be half. It was not elicited from the evidence, however, that Pinney wets implicated in the affair. One evening last week the son of the man Pinney was playing in the road exactly opposite Martin's house, when be was knocked clown by a cart and killed. The strangeness of the coincidence, the ago of the two children being precisely the same, and the accident occurring on the second anniversary of the first mentioned casualty, has caused considerable comment in the neighbourhood.— Western Atorniry Nws) LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF M. DANO. BREST, Sept. 17. M. Dano, the French Minister in Mexico, arrived here this day. ITALY. FLORENCE, Sept. 18. Intelligence from the Roman frontier announces that the Italian troops continue their patrols with the greatest rigour. The ReArm denies the rumour that Garibaldi is going to Orvieto. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. VIENNA, Sept. 18. The new Cisleithan Ministry will only be com pleted on the adoption, by the Austrian Reichsrath, of the financial arrangements between Austria and Hungary. HUNGARY. PEST!!, Sept. 18. The Hungarian Diet has been convoked for the 29th inst. All the speeches which have been made by Gen. Turr since his arrival are favourable to the Deak party. The Archduke Albert has held a grand review of the troops in this city. THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. ATHENS, Sept. 14 (via Corfu). The Greek steamer Union has arrived here. She has made three successful voyages to Candia, tak ing out with her munitions and provisions for the insurgents, and bringing back their distressed families to Greece. Several Russian, Austrian, Italian, and Prussian vessels are also continually bringing away the families of the Cretans. In the island fights were again taking place from time to time between the Christians and the Turks. The news that Candia will continue in the possession of Turkey, but will be governed by a Christian Pacha, excites general indignation here. The Turks aro endeavouring to raise the hull of the Arcadi. AUSTRALIA. The Victoria Legislature have rejected the Appro priation Bill, containing the proposal of a grant of £20,000 to Lady Darling, and the Ministry have resigned. The Governor is negotiating a compro mise, but the result is doubtful. The shipments of gold since the departure of the last mail are 167,000 ozs. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GALLE D Sept. 16. The Bombay, from Australia, arrived to-day. The Ellora, from China, not yet arrived (due 16). The Mongolia will leave for Suez upon the arrival of the China mail. The Geelong reached Melbourne on the 10th and Sydney on the 12th August, with the outward mail of June 20 and 26. The Candia arrived at , Galle on the 2d Sept. with the outward mail of August 4 and 10. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 17. The Nyanza, from Southampton on the 12th inst., arrived to-day at 6 a.m., and leaves at 10 a.m. for Alexandria—all well. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 17, Two o'clock.—A fresh fall is observable to-day, there being still a preponderance of sales. Transactions are not numerous, dealers being still engaged in the settlement of the bi monthly accounts. Threes have receded 15c., and are quoted now at 69f. 25c. Italian Fives are weak at 49f. 5c., a decline of 25c. Credit Mobilier shares are at 270 fr. 50c., with a loss of 14f, 50c. Spanish Mobilier at 185 f., with a loss of llf. 25c. Credit Foncier loses 17f. 50c., at 1,340 f. Railway securi ties are rather offered. Lyons 898 f. 75e., Orleans 895 f., Lombard 385 f. English Consols without change. Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 3360 Italian L0an.......„ 48 95 Do. end month 49 Mexican Loan ll 25 Do. Bonds lO5 Spanish Three! _ — Homo Debt Deferred 'AYS. 41 per Cents 9B 05 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 69 25 Do. end month 69 25 Credit Alobilier Do. end Month 267 50 Credit Fonder 1350 Da. end month 1342 25 RAIL For Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 893 Southern 538 73 Western Eastern Sardinian 62 50 Austrian Lombard 386 25 North of Spain ...... Saragossa — Roman London Association of the Correctors of the Press. A meeting of the members of the above associa tion was held last evening at the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury-square. The chair was occupied by Mr. Charles Dickens. There was a crowded attendance. Mr. C. DICKENS, on rising to address the meet ing, was received with loud cheers. He said : Gentlemen,—As this meeting is convened, not to hear me, but to hear a statement of facts and figures very nearly affecting personally the interests of at all events the great majority of those who compose it, I feel that my share of the proceedings need be very brief indeed. Of the details of the question at issue I know of my own knowledge absolutely nothing. I have consented to occupy this chair at the request of the London Association of Correctors of the Press for two reasons. Firstly, because I think openness and publicity in such a cause a very wholesome example —one very much needed at this time, and highly becoming a body of men associated with that great public safeguard the press. (Cheers.) Secondly, because I know from some slight practical experience what the duties of cor rectors of the press are, and how those duties are usually discharged ; and I can testify, and do testify here, that they are not mechanical, that they are not mere matter of manipulation and routine, but that they require from those who perform them much natural intelligence, much superadded culti vation, readiness of reference, quickness of resources, an excellent memory, and a clear understanding ; and I most gratefully acknowledge that I have never gone through the sheets of any book I hale written without having presented to me by the correctors of the press something that I had overlooked, some slight inconsistency into which I had fallen, some little lapse I had made—iu short, without having set down in black and white some unquestion able indication that I had been closely followed through my work bya patient and trained mind, and not merely by a skilful eye. (Hear, hear.) In this declaration I have not the slightest doubt that the great body of my b• 3ther and sister writers would, as a fair act of justice, heartily concur. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, for these plain reasons, briefly, I am here, and being here I beg to assure you that if auy person in any way associated with the printing trade should desire to address the meeting, he shall receive from me, whatever his opinions, the readiest attention, and I shall afford him the amplest oppor tunity. (Cheers.) Mr. CIIALONER, secretary, stated that the asso ciation was not a trade union. (Hear, hear.) It had been formed as an engagement agency, and a medium of intercourse. They had never interfered with the subject of wages. It was their desire that it should be stated publicly what they did, what they received for their labour, and what they consi dered they were entitled to. They had invited their employers to attend that meeting—(hear, hear) — and he trusted that if the request for increased remuneration were not complied with, at least the reasons for non-compliance would be stated. (Hear, hear.) All they asked for was a fair and temperate consideration of the memorial which would be sub mitted to the employers—that the question should be fairly argued and fully gone into, and they were content to abide by the result. (Cheers.) The meeting had before them the report of the sub-com mittee appointed on the sth of August last to pre pare a report on the 7eresent position of readers, and the means whereby that position might be improved. The report in question contained, amongst others, the following statements : " Wages-195 bona fide readers receive weekly a total of £394 125., being an average of £2 Os. 51d. each. The salaries range from 365. to £3, but the greater number are at £2 weekly. The details are as follow :-33 readers receive 365. each weekly ; 37 receive 38s. ; 77 receive 40s. ; 13 receive 425. ; 1 receives 425. 6d. ; 2 receive 41s. ; 18 receive 455. ; one receives 465. 6d. ; eight receive 50s. ; one re ceives 525. 6d. ; one receives 555. ; one receives 575. 6d. ; and two receive 603. each. Time : In 34 houses there are 19 variations in the number of hours which constitute a week's work for the readers. In one house the week consists of 454 hours' work ; in one, 474 hours; in one, 484 hours; in one 49 hours ; in one, 491 hours ; in one, 51 hours ; in one, 51/ hours; in three, 52 hours; in three, 521 hours ; in two, 53 hours; in one, 534 hours; in five, 54 hours ; in one, 511 hours ; in one, 55 hours ; in one, 551 hours ; in three, 57 hours ; in one, 58 hours ;in one, 591 hours ;in five, 60 hours--in all, 34 houses, the average being 53 hours' work. The reader's week is ordinarily counted as six hours less than the compositor's, but is not al ways so favour able to him. When a man is promoted to the read ing -closet, his promotion usually stops ; and he is compelled to stay there for life, unless he finds it more profitable to go back to case, or leave the busi ness. When overseers are wanted, the choice very seldom falls upon the reader, though on many grounds he is likely to be the most suitable. Read ing is not a healthy employment. The reader is subject to some of the most sad and most painful of diseases, and that should he by chance live to be old and past labour he is found to be altogether unpre pared in pocket to meet the contingency. Nor are any of these misfortunes brought on by fair wear and tear of time and healthy mental labour, but by excessive application at times when authors and pub lishers are pressing ; then the day runs into the night and the night into the day again, until the overtasked and throbbing brain, having long vainly complained, begins to reel, and the mind is little better than a hazy conglomeration of unconnected ideas. As to a reader's education, if it has not been expensive to his parents—though that is the case in some instances—it has been obtained by great labour, and by the denial to himself of those recrea tions which other young men are free to enjoy. The chief points in which the position of readers re quires improvement are (1) the amount of wages ; (2) the length of time they are required to work. The average of £2 Os. 54d. is without doubt too low a sum to pay for a reader's work, being only a trifle more than the wages received by good compositors, and usually less than those'of overseers, with whom readers ought rather to rank. Considering the amount of mental toil involved in the right perfor mance of a reader's duties, the average of 53 hours is too long a period for a week's work, especially as there is a manifest tendency to lengthen the esta blished week, either by occasional and regular over time, or by a permanent extension of the daily time of attendance at work. In some cases this last ob ject is sought without an equivalent increase in salary. There is also a growing tendency to cram a greater amount of work into a given time. It ap pears to the sub-committee, then, on the grounds herein submitted, that the readers of London are justified in asking of their employers either an in crease of salary, or a reduction of the hours of labour. But the request must be practically confined to the first point, as a week of about 50 hours appears to be necessary to the proper despatch of business." Mr. lIARPER moved the following resolution : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the value of the services rendered by the printers' readers of London is not adequately recognised by their em ployers." The CHAIRMAN announced that the resolution would be seconded by Air., not Mrs., Harris. (Much laughter.) Mr. HARRIS having seconded the resolution, it was put and carried unanimously. The SECRETARY then read a memorial, intended for presentation to the Masters' Association and to the employers individually. The following is an abstract of the memorial :—" The lower purchasing power of money of late years has been the cause of an advance of wages in most skilled trades. The major part of the printing trade has shared in this advance; but readers have been overlooked. Read ing being a mental operation, a reader's efficiency depends upon his personal qualifications. A mini mum salary is not therefore fixed, but an advance of 10 per cent. is requested. Overtime should be better regulated, readers often getting a lower pay ment for night-work than compositors. The more a reader learns the more valual'le he is to his em ployer. Study should therefore be encouraged by liberal treatment. The recent advance having raised the rate of the compositor, that of the reader should be proportionately raised, so that the old distinction should be at least maintained. Further, the employ ment is unwholesome, study is expensive, and a reader's position and (if at all educated) tastes in volve a greater outlay in the necessaries and conve niences of life than those of other printers." Mr. BEGG moved, and Mr. FORREST seconded, the adoption of the memorial. The motion was put and carried. On the motion of Mr. PARRY, seconded by Mr. KUSTER, Messrs. Adams, Challoner, Forrest, Parry, Upjohn, and S. Whitwell, jun., were appointed as a committee, with power to add to their number, to sign and present the memorial to the master printers of London, and if necessary to confer with them thereon. A cordial vote of thanks was then, on the motion of Mr. CHALLONER, passed to Mr. Dickens for pre siding. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowleding the vote, said— Gentlemen, I beg to thank you very cordially for your hearty response, and to assure you that you have been most fully welcome to my small services. I sincerely trust and believe that your very calm and temperate proceedings will finally result in the establishment of relations of perfect amity between employers and employed, and consequently tend to the general welfare. (Cheers.) The meeting then separated. ABUNDANCE OF lIERRINGS.—It is said that all the herrings that man, by exercising the greatest possible industry, can take from the sea are not of any consequence whatever ; or, in other words, that they do not in the slightest degree affect the supplies. Not to speak of the havoc that the millions of cod and other fishes make in the shoals, it has been calculated that the solan geese of St. Kilda alone require an annual supply of 214,000,000 herring. This is equal to 305,714 barrels— much more than the total average of herrings branded at all the north-oast coast stations put together in any one of the last three or four years. The quantities eaten by fowls and fish, and the number destroyed by other equally destructive agencies, aro no doubt in proportion to these flgures.-3facmillan's Magazine. THE SALMON RIVERS OF SOUTII WALES._Since the passing of the Salmon Fishery Act, the locli conser vators of South Wales have made every effort to carry out the provisions of the act, and the effect has already been seen in the greater abundance of salmon this year than usual. Mr. Frank Bucklancl, one of the inspectors of fisheries, has paid a visit to the south 'Welsh counties during the past fortnight, and he was present at the Eisteddfod held at Carmarthen, where ha made some suitable remarks on the importance of salinon culture, and there is little doubt that the suggestions he threw out on the occasion will bo generally acted upou. Efforts are now being made to prevent the deleterious refuse of iron, tin, and other works being thrown into the rivers, and the various inventions proposed for utilising the refuse, in stead of allowing it to run into the waters, aro being ge nerally adapted. Improved fish ladders are also being erected at different points on the rivers, and the weirs are being in several instances rendered loss obstructive. The fishermen in many localities have hitherto suffer° 1 through the operations of the act, but ultimately it is clear that they will be greatly benefited, and it is believed that year by year there will be a gradual increase in the , take pf salllloll. Tfitat Chmrn HER MAJESTY. BAL3IORAL, Sept. 15. The Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold attended Divine Service in the morning in the parish church of Crathie. The Rev. Archibald Charteris, minister, of Glas gow, officiated. Lady Frances Baillie and Mr. Hardy bad the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family• MR. NE)VDEG'I7'E, ALP., ON REFORM SUTTON COLDFIELD, Tuesday. The annual meeting of the Warwickshire Agri cultural Society was held this day in Sutton Cold field-park, where prizes to the extent of upwards of £BOO were distributed. A large number of the members and friends of the society dined together in a splendid pavilion on the show ground. In the absence of the Earl of Warwick (the president of the society), the chair was taken by Lord Leigh, and among the gentlemen by whom his lordship was surrounded were Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr' Wise, Mr. Greaves, Mr. V. Holbeckc, the Rev. Mr. Kittoe, Mr. G. A. Hackett, &c. The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having been given and honoured, Mr. GREAVES proposed the health of the members for the county—Mr. Newdegate for the northern division, and Mr. Wise for the southern division• (This toast was received with loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. NEWDEGATE, in responding to the toast, said that out of the discussions on the Reform Bill bad arisen a truth which ought to have been known be fore, which ought to have been felt before, but which at the same time had not the cogency which it had now attained, and it was this—that the county members of England were not members of the counties only. He had had the honour for four-and twenty years of representing in a large measure the great town of Birmingham. He had also had the honour of representing the city of Coventry, and the truth was this, that the freeholders, the householders, and the copyholders, resident and qualified by property within these several cities and boroughs, voted for the county members' (Hear, hear.) They (the county members) we re the only members who could claim to be represen tatives of the whole community of the district whic h they represented. (Cheers.) He felt it a grea t honour to have his name connected with the agri culture of Warwickshire. The county m ight ne t be represented so fully as it had been represente d on former occasions at meetings of this description. But why was this? It was because they we re threatened with the cattle plague, and, for one, a s a part of his duty, he called upon the Government to adopt such regulations with respect to the ports as would establish certain ports only as ports for the import of cattle. The Government had thought fit to retain within their own discretion much more than he would have allowed them. He regretted that the House of Commons had not decided that the Government should within a certain Peri ° name certain ports as those into which only cattle should be imported from abroad, because if th °ge ports had been designated, in those ports regu lations might have been adopted such as wo el have secured us from the importation of disease from the Continent. (Hear, hear.) He hop ed that the representatives of the Liberal intere st would support those of the agricultural interest in insisting that certain ports should be named into which cattle should be imported, and in which Pro per regulations might be adopted. It was a kno we fact that the disease had been suppressed in Eng land, and if it broke out aga i n it mu st be impor ted from abroad. (Hear.) So much as to the cause which had limited the exhibition of the present O r casion. Ile was not go i ng t o li m it hi mse lf exactly to the interests of a gr i cu lt ure . He must remind a .;" present that a Refor m A c t h a d b een passe d. 11° considered it a most fortunate thing for the count*" that that measure had been passed. (Hear, hear.) The truth was this—that the House of Commons -- and he spoke as a member of the House of Com mons, having been attached to it for the last 2 5 years—the House of Commons found that there Wss an opinion largely prevailing out of the House that it did not duly represent th e p eo pl e o f England, the consequence was that the House of Common' lost confidence in itself and in its vigour. T he House of Commons was not sure that the pal would believe that the opini on of the country wo uld sanction their decision, and the effect was this, that influences that were not strictly English gained 00 large a powerin the House of Commons, and that Was the reason that for eight years, as many of his consti tuents were aware, he had been anxious for a Reform Act. If his constituents were to be represented as they ought to be—being an important section of the people of England—their representatives must have confidence their commission was not doubted, and therefore he sought for the passing of a Reform Act. That Reform Act had been passed. Ile did a not say that it was perfect, but he asserted that It was a great thing that the Legislature had done its best to secure a real representation of the intern , Bence of the people of England. (Cheers.) The representatives of the people might have failed or might have been mistaken, but this circumstanc e was patent, that the House of Com mons, which he done its best had now the honour to represen t, had to secure the county representation. By an inde pendent vote they increased the number of seats al --and this was a matt er which ought to be remem bered by the cities and boroughs of England— at tended rather to the representation of the towns. By adopting the proposition of Lord Cairns they secured the recognition of minorities, and showed that they attended rather to the towns than to the counties. That was au answer to the assertion that the House of Lords were only the representativ es of the agricultural interest. They asserted this principle—that where the minority in towns is so considerable that in point of numbers, to say nothing of intelligence, they exceeded the whole of the con stituencies in many boroughs, the minority sho o the have a voice in the representation, and that was great principle of the constitution of England as distinguished from the constitution of other States) for in this country it was considered most desirable that where there was a large minority their voic° lw a should be represented in the Legislature—(hea r) hitherto through the small boroughs, but a? rs efficiently in the representative assembly of t people. (Hear.) And now having touched °p en points, rejoicing in the fact that he repres ented not only the opinion of a class, but of many cla sses il —rejoicing in the fact that he shared in the repre sentation of Birmingham and Coventry, whi le 0 was nominally the member for North Warwick slo —he thanked all present for the honour they had done the members for the county iu drinking th e b health, inasmuch as he appreciated the task wbl i c o devolved upon them of representing not only t agricultural interest, but a variety of other inters i; which, excepting the maritime interest, was a f 3 representation of all the interests of Eng - I (Loud cheers.) Mr. WISE also responded to the toast. Mr. NEWDEGATE then proposed " PrOSPe rit Y to the town of Sutton Coldtleld." Several other toasts follo we d , an d th e par-Y. thell separated. e GARIBALDI AND THE REFORM BANQUET. Ir d understand that General Garibaldi has definitely ref tlo t the invitation to b e present at the Reform b anqu et a tilt Crystal Palac e , fi xed for the 30th inst., on the gro und tha t he does not know what matters may be then ongag li3 g attention in Italy. THE EASTER N FISHERIES. The quantities °f herrings landed by the Great Yarmouth boats have Pre, seated consid era bl e fluctuations during the last few day s ' but the qu a lit y h as i mprove d . P r i ces h ave ranged at fl I)Li ' £lO to £l7 per last (13,200 fish). STABI3ING I z LIVERPOOL.—No less than fi ve cases of stabbing were brought before the Liverpool inagigr3:; yesterday. In one case a woman had nearly cut off,' nose Of another virago. The p r isoners were reizaziou'