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COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE EVERY EVENING, at EIGHT •LAST TWO NIGHTS OF THE PROMENADE CONCERTS. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. Thursday nights a Solection of Classical Music ; other nights Miscellaneous. The Programme is varied every evening. Conductor, Signor Bottesini, and for the dance biusic, Herr Johann Strauss. Admission, One Shilling. On Saturday next for the Benefit of Mr. John Russell. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chattorton. LAST TWO NIGHTS of Shakspere's: Tragedy of MACBETH, at this Theatre, this Season. This Evening, Oct. 25, and during the Week, Her Majestys servants will perform Shakspere's Tragedy of M XCBETH, with Locke's Celebrated Music. Principal ley Mr. Phelps, Mr. Thrry Sullivan, Messrs. Edmund Phelps, Ryder, Barrett, J. Rouse, J. Johnstone, F. Moreland, C. Warner, W. Mclntyre, C. Harcourt, T. Bartleinan, C. Webb, 6:o. Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Re be,•ca Isaacs, and Mrs. Aynsloy Cook. Increased Orchestra grid numerous Chorus. To conclude with Pocock's Romantic Drama of THE MILLER.AND HIS MEN, with the Original Music by the late Sir Henry Bishop. Characters by Messrs James Johnstone E. Phelps, C. Harcourt, Barrett , a nd J. Rouse. MesdamosiEdith Stuart and Stafford. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. William Beverley. Musical Director, Mr. J. H. Tully. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. In answer to numerous applications, on Monday, Oct. 28th, will be Aperformed, in its original form, Lord Lytton's Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Barry Sullivan; Colonel Dumas, Mr. Ryder; Pauline Des chappelles, Mrs. Hermann Vezin. On Saturday, Nov. 2d, will be produced a Romantic Play, entitled THE DOGE OF VENICE, adapted by Mr. Bayle Bernard, with New and Magnificent Scenery by Mr. William Beverley. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE WINNING CARD. Mr. Compton. To be followed by AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Buck stone, Chppendale, Compton, Rogers, Braid, Clark, Weatffersby, Coe, Ste.; Mesdames Sedgwick, B. White, Fitzwilliam, .Laws, Coleman, /cc. After which, A KISS IN TIIE DARK. Commb,nce at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATR E. Mr. Fechter, sole, actual, and responsible Manager. T HIS EVENING, October the 25th, the perform ances will commence at Seven o'clock with a comedietta, entitled THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. Mr. 11. Mellon, Mr. S. Calhaem ; Miss Ritter, Miss Montgomery. At Eight o'clock. Lord Lytton's Play of the LADY OF LYONS. Beauseant, Mr. G. Jordan ; General Damns, Mr. B. Emery, Glavis, Mr, S. Calhaem ; M. Deschappefies, Mr. H. Mellon, Gaspar, Mr. Dalton ; Landlord, Mr. J. Francis ; Officers, Messrs. Stuart and Fleming ; Claude Melnette, Mr. Pechter ; Pauline, Deschappelles, Miss Carlotta Leclercq ; Widow Melnotte, Miss Elsworthy ; Madame Deschappelles, Mrs. H. Marston. THEATRE ROYAL AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, MAN IS NOT PERFECT, NOR WOMAN NEITHER. Messrs. G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, Miss E. Pitt, and Mrs. Alfred 11«.11on. _ After which, 3d time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs. Billington, G. Belmore, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss Ibirbort, Mrs. Billington, Miss Amy Sheridan. To conclude with THE IRISII TUTOR. Mr. C. H. Stephenson ; Miss Emily Pitt and Miss Harris. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. bolo Lessee Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. 11. Wigan. THIS EVENING, BETTY MARTIN. Mr. CI. Vincent; Mesdames E. Farren, and M. Harris. After which the THE LIAR. Messrs. H. Wigan , Addi son, Farrell, and Charles Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore, and Caulfield. Followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A-YEAR. Messrs. C. Mathews and Farrell ; Mesdames Caulfield and St. Henry. To conclude with THE TWO FUDDIFOOTS. Mr. Robson ; Miss. E. Farren. Commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, at 7, OUR DOMESTICS. Messr3. Parselle, Thorne, and James ; Mesdames Eliza Johnstone and Weathersby. After which, a New Burlesque, by H. J. Byron, WILLIAM TELL WITH A VENGEANCE. Messrs. Thorne, James, and Fenton; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Johnstone, Weathersby, &c. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Mr. W. Belford. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL, THIS EVENING, T. J. Williams's new farce, DANDELION'S DODGES, at 7. At 8, an original drama, by T. W. Robertson, author of " Caste," &c., entitled FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, M. Ilonrade, J. Willmore, and C. Saunders; Messrs. Ray, Montague, Prieo, Garden, Wilmott, Westland, and H. Widdicomb. To conclude with A.S.S. Mr. J. W. Ray. Box-office open from 10 till o; and all Libraries. ROYA.T. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT in Arrah-na-Poguc.. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with the popular Farce, by J. M. Morton, Rig., entitled POOR PILLICODDY. _ _ After which, at a quarter to 8, Mr. Dion Boucicault's celebrated Irish Drama, entitled ARRAN-NA-POGUE, Shaun the Post, Mr. Dion Boucicault; The O'Grady, Mr. Vining ; Feeney, Mr. Dominick Murray, M'Coul, Mr. U. F. Neville ; Mayor Coffin, Mr. J. G. Shore ; Secretary, Mr. MLoan ; Fanny Power, Miss Hughes ; Arrah Meelish, Mrs. Dion Boucicault. The celebrated scenery, by Mr. Telbin, and Mr. F. Lloyds, entirely repainted and renovated by Mr. F. Lloyds. To conclude with NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. _ . _ Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. Increased Attraction—Unabated Success of the new Comio BALLET by Charles Lauri's and his talented troupe—Charlie Abbott's laughable and original Eccen tricities —The Brothers Daniels in their inimitable Violin Performances—Airec's thrilling Aerial Act—The Dele vaqti Family, the incomparable acrobats—Fillia's wonder fully trained Fire Horse " Zamor," &c. 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The Reform question being so far settled, the at tention of Parliament can very profitably be turned in other directions, and it is no exaggeration to say that nowhere is it more needed than in that of the management of our unions and workhouses. Proofs are not wanting of the necessity that exists for a remedy in this respect, and those who desire a case in point may turn to the account given last Satur day in the Lancet, of the Farnham, near Aldershott, Workhouse. The state of things may truly be described as deplorable,and it seems difficult to understand how they can be tolerated by those whose duty it is to respect and supervise the arrangements. Some features common to all the infirmary wards aro given, and they cannot fail to strike and startle those who peruse them. It can hardly be thought that much, if any, care or consideration is bestowed upon matters that appertain to health, and are furthermore required by decency, that one room may serve for all, which is thus described :—" The walls were bare and dirty, the bedsteads Were narrow, the beds were single mattresses, filled with chopped straw ; there are only two round towels per week allo-ved for all purposes of ablution to this whole ward, and a proportionately niggardly allowance reigns through the house ! ! The other arrange ments are all i❑ conformity with these meagre al lowances, and the next thing we pass on to is the subject of the nursing, or man nursing as it may more properly be called, for there is but one paid female nurse, aided by a broken down male pauper, for all purposes of nursing whatever in the whole establishment. The nursery de partment is a most melancholy affair, and the woman in charge of the children com plained of the bareness of the room ; they visibly had, it is said, " no toys, no amusement, no education." Some attempts bad been made by the guardians to provide toys for these little ones, but only a small portion of the money subscribed for the purpose was laid out upon them, and when broken these were not replaced. The practice of seven or eight little children sitting on a wooden bench in front of the fire is not a pleasant one, but it is in keeping with the dejected style that reigns through the place. The ward for infirm women was net less pitiable. Here were shown seven aged women, toothless and decrepid, crouching by the fire, and endeavouring to dine, but the repast is more make-believe than reality. The doctor has ordered them some mutton, but this is changed into thick lumps of beef or bacon, and only knives are furnished to them to dispose of these " tough morself." Another faulty plan is to cut up the meat in the dining hall, and therefore, by the time it reaches its destination for the sick and infirm, it is in a condition " of tepid greasiness, well calculated to repress inordinate appetites." A gloomy room, barer and more cheer less than any " prison cell of modern construction," is the place where some dozen old men are found sitting on hard benches, with no occupation what ever. The only happy looking among them were two imbeciles, one of whom did all the dirty work of the house. One of these was a man of eighty, who had been a hard-working, respectable fellow till late in life ; then he was supported by his wife ; she died, however, and he was allowed 2s. Gd. a week and one loaf as out-of-door relief. It will not occasion surprise to hear that he found this sum insufficient, so he was obliged to come into the house to avoid starvation. It is a disgrace to our country that this should be the provision made for the old age of the respectable poor, and it is doubly disgraceful when we remember that the condition of a deter mined reprobate and an often-convicted offender would be much more comfortable. Another of these occupants had been 62 years a ratepayer, but was compelled to enter the house through the insuffi ciency of the out-door relief. At one time these men had some newspapers to amuse themselves with, but they were taken away. Two rabbit hutches in appearance were found in the yard, which were devoted to the use of the male and female tramp wards. The men are allowed no food, and the women are allowed a piece of bread if they have any children with them, otherwise they have to go without. These are locked up at night, and the same undesirable custom is followed in &ors with the able-bodied. Bad as this state of things is, it appears that the condition of the house was actually worse previous to the cliares produced by the evidence of the medical man. The astounding part of the business is that the guardians should have allowed these evils to go on so long unchecked. It would seem plain to every one that many of these offensive rules must have been sufficiently evident to all who inspected the place to call for indignant reproach and remonstrance. The cruelty of locking up "faint and weary travellers all night in a mere cage with out a morsel of food," in defiance of the request of the doctor to the contrary, is a thing that cannot be excused by any means. We fully agree with the conclusion arrived at by the Lancet, that 'IIIE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1867 " the, existence of such places is a reproach to England, a scandal and a curse to a country which calls itself civilised and Christian." It is not a matter of surprise that these details and the comments thereon should have awakened notice in many directions ; and we find one of the guar dians, in a letter to the Times of Wednesday, making some important remarks. Mr. WIGHTMAN declares that still more revolting details might have been added to those already cited with perfect truth, and that although the visitors' book may record no indignant protest, some of the guardians have made efforts to improve the state of things, but to no purpose. Their influence has not been equal to that of the Poor•law I refer to, much less of the Poor-law Board. The present Poor-law system, he adds, amounts to this, that " they guard the doors of their workhouses with the most determined vigilance against the poor, the sick, and the infirm." We find some more remarks made by the author of the Lancet report of the Farnham Workhouse, in which be points out the cause of many of the evils that are so constantly met with in the ad ministration of our Poor-law system. He says that men like Lord DERBY, Mr. HARDT, and Mr. VILLIERS:arO not to blame; they are not the agents, but only the instruments. "But the permanent staff of the Poor-law Board, which teaches suc cessive presidents their lessons, is composed, with one or two exceptions, exclusively of men whose whole animus is the wish to keep them quiet at any cost, and it is the permanent officials of the Poor law Board who have invented and industriously disseminated the doctrine that sickness is a crime if it lead to dependence on the rates." No doubt there is a great deal of truth in all this, and the sooner the attention of Parliament is called to the matter, with a view of a vigorous reform, the better. The best way to look at the thing is this—How does the system at present in vogue affect the wel fare of the poorer classes? Is it not well known that the union is a terror to the poor, and that life is often sacrificed on account of the repugnance which exists to enter these dismal abodes. The con dition of our workhouses has for some time past been a source of great regret and anxiety to all who feel an interest in the poor, especially the aged, infirm, and sick members of the community. It is surely, then, not unfeasonable to hope that some change for the better will shortly be effected, and the sooner the remedial agency is set at work the better for the character of a Christian country, and the reputation of all concerned in their manage ment. It is interesting to compare the different views taken by different speakers of the same events in the past and their varying estimates of the probable occurrences in the future. Very often we find plausible and confident statements absolutely con tradictory of each other made by gentlemen who are alike shrewd and observant, but who look through different mediums. The one rejoices over a glorious political emancipation, while the other is deploring the ruin of the country. The one chafes at intolerable oppression, while the other is gratified to acknowledge the force of prudent and judicious restraints. The one is convinced that it is only by remaining in absolute quiescence that we can_secure the permanence of our institutions ; the other is positive that unless we make vigorous changes in every direction our most cherished tra ditions will soon be things of the past. Happily for the country at large these opposing forces gene rally counteract each other pretty evenly. The energy of the restless and dissatisfied spirits keeps the political world from stagnation, while the pru dence of the slower and more timorous nature serves to check the too rapid revolution of the wheels. Also both sides are apt to forget that they alike form part of the nation, which is composed of mixed minds and characters, so that we generally end, in spite of the most direful warn ings and the most impassioned invectives, by adopt ing a very safe middle course. It must be some consolation to those who seriously believe the alarming prognostications which are never very long silent in eventful times to remember that within the memory of this generation we have been alternately threatened with absolute democracy and wholesale revolution, and with the total extinction of civil liberty in England. If we are to believe the Fenians, indeed, a considerable portion of our people groan under the most intolerable oppression, and if we are to credit some of our orators, we have good reason to apprehend the subversive effects of the Reform Bill. Earl DE GREY is one of those who are not quite pleased at the aspect of affairs ; and if the outlines which he sketches for us are to be filled up in the manner he anticipates the prospect is not a very encouraging one. Luckily, we may believe that his Whig aver sion to a comprehensive change has influenced his impressions, and that the misgivings which he evi dently feels, though he will not openly acknowledge them, will be dissipated on a little further experience. Lord DE GREY thinks the broad result of the Act of 1867 will be to place the institutions of this country for the first time upon a democratic basis. The Act of 1832, which saved the country from revolution, placed the preponderance of poli tical power in the hands of the middle classes ; but the preponderance of power had now been placed in the hands of those who were accustomed to be called the working classes. Such is his belief, and while he professes to believe that the experiment may work to the advantage of the country, he evi dently anticipates a great and sudden change. No greater delusion, he says, can exist than to expect that those new classes who have been admitted to the franchise would not have their own views, and interests, and opinions. No.doubt they will have them, but there is very little reason to apprehend that their views, opinions, and interests on given matters will be es sentially different from those of all classes above them. The people have been clamouring all this time for reform in the representative system, not for reform of the whole constitution. They do not want to see the abolition of the House of Lords or the adoption of American institutions. They are satisfied on the whole with the Government of the country, but they want to have a voice in it. If the great body of the English people had been dissatisfied with their Constitution it would not have remained intact till now. It is because the great majority of all classes love and honour it that it has remained so steadfast. Because their first thought i❑ con templating any reform is how best to avoid revolu tion, it has gone on suffering litt'e change in its broad principles, lioweva much it may have been adapted to the circumstances of the times. The fact i.i that great reforms in any particular, whe ther social, legal, political, financial, or ecclesiastical, seldom proceed from the many. They are the work of a more intelligent or far-seeing few, who by persevering effort, bring the public mind into har mony with their own. The House of Commons, as at present constituted, is in many respects in advance of the classes whom it represents; they in their turn are in advance of the classes below them. We see this very strongly shown in the question of monopo lies. Everybody abuses monopolies in theory, but it requires some political education for a man to surrender his own vested interests in practice. It was long before the middle classes agreed to surrender the monopolies of English trade; but years after they have done so we find the working classes maintaining monopolies of their own. The work men of Manchester might have thronged the Free- Trade Hall to cheer COBDEN when denouncing the Corn Laws in 1845, but they will not set Salford bricks in Manchester in 1867. We must not expect a political Utopia because we have got new voters any more than we need fear a political pandemonium. 'We find that those who, from their position, know most about the character of the working classes generally take this view. At a political dinner at Colchester the ocher evening, Mr. KAesLAKE, M.P., and Major JERVIS, M.P., delivered addresses on the same subject as Earl DE GREY, but they inclined to a more cheer ful view of the situation. Major JERVIS said that he had seen a good deal of the working man as a labourer in the fields, as a soldier and as a mechanic, and he had always found him ready to act with those under whom he served. " The mechanic, the soldier, and the labourer had the same interest in the country as the upper class. This was the view with which he supported the Reform Bill of this year." Mr. KARSLAKE, in a very able and interest ing speech, said very truly that it was not the work ing classes whom they had to fear, but the profes sional agitators. However, we may fairly trust the common sense of the constituents, old and new, to keep these gentry from doing any serious mischief ; and if, as Mr. KARSLAKE quoted from Mr. GLAD STONE, it is the neglect of their duties by the gen tlemen of England which has thrown power into the hands of the demagogues, it is all the more reason to strengthen the ties between classes, and to show the great body•of thinking, feeling work ing men that those above them in social position are prepared to recognise and to acknowledge their common interest in their common country. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council at the Palace of St. Cloud yesterday morning at the early hour of half-past nine. The Emperor presided as usual, and the Empress was present. There was not time yesterday to give particulars of the reception of the Emperor of Austria. On his arrival at the station he was enthusiastically greeted by an immense assemblage, including vast numbers of eminent personages. Two regiments of infantry of the line, with flags and their bands, and a battalion of foot chasseurs, under the com mand of General Soumain, commandant of the Place of Paris, formed a guard of honour within and without the station. The procession was com posed of eight carriages, each drawn by two horses, a platoon of the squadron of the Cent-Guards, com manded by a Lieutenant, and a squadron of the Regiment of Carabineers of the Imperial Guard. The Imperial carriages containing the Emperor Francis Joseph and the Emperor Napoleon fol lowed the Caribineers and Equerries. In the second carriage were the two Archdukes Charles Louis and Louis Victor, Prince Napoleon and Prince Joachim Murat. In the third carriage were Count de Belegarde, aid-de-camp of the Emperor of Austria, Baron de Beust, and Count Andrassy. The fourth carriage contained Prince de Metternich Winneberg, Baron de Hornstein, Grand Marshal of the Ceremonies at the Austrian Court, the Duke de Gramont, and General Fleury. In the fifth carriage were the Councillor of State, Chevalier de Braun, Colonel Chevalier de Beck, General Casteluau, and Count de Rayneval. In the sixth carriage were aides-de-camp of the Emperor of Austria and Count Regnaud de St. Jean-d'Angely. In the seventh carriage were Major Prince Parr, aide-de-camp of the Emperor, and officers of the staff. In the eighth carriage followed Lieut. Baron de Doty, Aulic Councillor Baron de Genotte, Capt. Viscount de Lauriston, and Captain de Lasalee. The two regiments of dragoons in garrison in Paris, with their standards, under the orders of the General commanding the brigade of cavalry, was stationed in column by squadrons in the Palace de la Concorde. In the avenue des Champs Elysees the line was formed right and left by regiments of Voltigeurs of the Imperial Guard. On arriving at the Palace of the Elysdes the Empress and the Imperial Prince were in readiness to receive the Emperor of Austria and the Arch dukes when they left their carriages. Her Majesty was accompanied by Princess Maria Clotilde Napo leon and the Princess Matilda, Prince and Princess Lucien Murat, Prince Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte, Princess Joachim Murat, and Prince and Princess Napoleon Charles Bonaparte. Their Majesties and the Princes and Princesses proceeded to the Saloon of Honour. The Emperor of Austria then presented to the Emperor and Empress Baron de Beust and the per sonages comprising his suite. The Empress in her turn presented to the Empe ror of Austria the ladies of her household. The Emperor Napoleon then presented to his Imperial Royal and Apostolical Majesty the officers of the Crown and the Imperial household. The Emperor and Empress then returned to the Palace of St. Cloud. A slight sketch of our present illustrious visitor to Paris may not be unacceptable. Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria and King of Boh em i a , was b orn on the 18th of April, 1830, and is therefore in his 38th year. The elder brother of the Emperor of Austria was the unfortunate Maximilian. The elder of the two Arch Jukes, his brothers, who ac company him, is the Archduke Charles Louis, aged 34. He was born on the 30th of July, 1833. The other brother, the Archduke Louis Victor, is scarcely 25, for he was born on the 15th May, 1842. The Emperor has all the characteristics of the race of the Hapsburgs. Ile is tall, fair, and very much resembles the late Emperor Maximilian. He has large, piercing blue eyes. The Emperor cultivates a moustache and has bushy whiskers. The last in terview which the Emperor Napoleon had with the Emperor Francis Joseph previous to yesterday was at Villafranca on the 11th of July, 1859, when a conference took place between the two Emperors upon the subject of the conclusion of peace which succeeded the campaign of Italy. The Austrian flag yesterday floated gaily and proudly over the sta tion of the Eastern Railway in honour of the Em peror. It is a yellow flag, fringed with green, red, and white. The King of Prussia returned to Berlin yesterday from his visit to the Grand Duchy of Baden. The Princes of the Royal family and the authorities of the city were in waiting at the station to receive his Majesty. King Charles the 15th of Sweden, who has suf fered much from the surgical operation which he recently underwent, is now almost entirely restored to health. _ _ Some lists of the composition of the new Italian Ministry are in circulation, but they are suppositious and anticipatory, for I understand that the Govern ment has not yet received officially an exact account of the names of the Diplomatists who form part of it. There is a report that some difficulty h.a arisen in the formation of the new Cabin,t, and that M. Cialdini has made offers to several well-known statesmen, who have refused t•o join his Ministry. I believe there is now no doubt whatever that Garibaldi has left Caprera. Where he is seems still to be a secret. There is not a word of reliable news to-day in reference to the general state of affairs in Italy. There is no account whatever from Rome. Various contradictory versions about the insurgents me published by some of the papers. One states that bands are still on the march, and that the invasion of Rome will take place, come what may. Other despatches are confirmatory of the previous state ment, that not a single Garibaldian is now to be found upon the Pontifical terrritory. An estimate may be formed of the real value of all those accounts from the fact that the telegraphic wires in most districts around Row) aro either out of working order or have been cut by the authorities or by the partisans of the insurgents. A telegram has been received from Wiesbaden announcing the death of M. Conder, a leading actor of the Varidtes, from inflammation of the lungs. M. Conder went to Wiesbaden to enjoy his usual holiday and recruit his strength after the laborious duties of his profession. " Glorious summer" has returned for to-day. We have had a beautiful midsummer sky since sunrise, and the temperature and general aspect has been that of June. A Russian paper received in Paris to-day states that great sensation has been produced in St. Peters burg in consequence of the death of AI. Tschivileff, a tutor in the employ of the Imperial family, who is supposed to have been murdered under frightful circumstances. There is another rise in the price of bread in Paris. It is only a fraction, or the fifth part of a sou, in the pound of bread, but it is already so dear, and so much bread is consumed by all classes, that the fact has created great dissatisfaction. The Roman Prince, Antonio Santa Croce, died a few days ago at Florence. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 25. The Royal Mail steamship Nova Scotia, from New York on the IGth inst., arrived hero at 1.45 a.m. to-day, with 139 cabin passengers. She landed 10 passengers and 97 sacks of mails, carrying on those for Liverpool and Scotland, and proceeded immediately. All well. ( Via QUEENSTOWN.) NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 6 p.m. It is reported that President Johnson has sum moned Generals Pope and Ord to Washington. ThejWar Department has refused Gen. Sickles's request for a court of inquiry. Mr. Hunnicult, Judge Underwood, an Irishman, and two negroes, have been nominated delegates to the Virginian Reconstruction Convention by the Richmond Radicals. The white Radical candidate at Williamsburg, Virginia, has been mobbed by the adherents of the coloured Radical candidate. It is reported that Mr. Thaddeus Stevens has announced that he will urge Congress to pass an impeachment law defining impeachable offences, and providing that no officer will be permitted to excercise the functions of office during trial under impeachment, and that he will also present a bill prohibiting any State preventing citizens from voting on account of colour for national officers. A mass meeting of Republicans at Philadelphia took place on Monday, when General Grant was nominated for the Presidency. Yellow fever is rapidly abating at Now Orleans, Mobile, and Galveston. Galveston was overflowed during a storm on Sun day, when half a million dollars worth of property was destroyed. ITALY. FLORENCE, Oct. 24. The insurrection, alleged by the Radical journals as having taken place on Tuesday evening in Rome, was confined to an attack on the post at Caritali by a band of 50 armed men ; and during the time of their attack, another band less numerous attempted to carry a post of Zouaves at Borgo Novo. The assailants were dispersed and several captured. One hour sufficed to re-establish tran quillity, which had not been disturbed up to the morning of the 23d inst., the date of the last advices. BADEN AND PRUSSIA. CARLSRUHE, OCt. 24. The Upper house of the Baden Diet has unani mously approved the customs and commercial treaty, the Salt Tax Bill, the bill for elections to the Customs Parliament, and the treaty of alliance with Prussia. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GALL; OCt. 22. The Delhi, from China, arrived on the 12th inst., and the Geelong, from Australia, to-day—the latter haysng been detained by bad weather. The Bengal leaves for Suez to-day. She may be expected there about the 7th November. The Avoca, with the outward mail of July 20-26, reached Melbourne on the 11th, and Sydney on 13th September. The Bombay, with the outward mail of August 20-26, arrived at King George's Sound on the Bth October. The Golconda, with the outward mail of Sept. 4-10, reached Galle on the 9th October. VICTORIA. MELBOLTR'NE, Sept. 27. The difficulty in reference to the grant of £20,000 to Lady Darling continues. The Victoria Parliament was prorogued by the Governor after voting temporary supplies, but has now reassembled. The Australian colonies are preparing an en thusiastic reception for his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The shipments of gold to England during the month amount to 80,000 oz. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 24, Two o'clock. —The market con tinues firm, and, though trausactions are limited, stocks and shares have a further advance, Threes by 10c., at the present quotation of 68f. 50c.; Italian Fives 45c., at 45f. 70e. Credit Mobilier shares are still dull, whilst Credit Foncier are in demand, reaching 1,290 f. Comptoir d'Escompte gain 5f., at 655 f. No remarkable feature in Railway shares, y immaterial fluctuations. es was as follows : Bank Shares 3300 Ital'an Loan End of month 45 60 Mexican Loan 11 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Homo Debt — Deferred — which are quoted with on: Three o'clock.—The 41 per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 6B 50 Credit Mobilior End of month lB5 Credit Fonder 1295 End of month-1290 RAILWAYS. Account. Orleans ... 8581 Northern 1145 Lyons and Mediterranean Southorn..... 527/ Western Eastern .. 54Gf Sardinian Austrian 4BO Lombard 3sB} North of Spain 55 Saragossa Roumn 49 Admiral Farragut landed yesterday morning at Mount Edgecumbe, and continued several hours inspecting the grounds and gardens. His frigate, the Franklyn, with her tender, were preparing for sea yesterday afternoon. Vice-Adniiial Sir T. M. C. Symonds, K.C.8., President, and the other members of . the Dockyard Craft Committee, are still engaged in their hives tigatious at Chatham dockyard. They have exa mined Capt. W. 11. Stewart, C. 8., Superintendent of the establishment ; Capt. R. Stokes, Master- Attendant and Queen's Harbourmaster ; and some other of the principal officials. The Prussian iron armour-platedship of war Prinz Frederich Carl, which mas dismasted in the Bay of Biscay, was towed on Wednesday afternoon from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze, and moored off Devonport dockyard for convenience of =sting. If her new masts are to be of iron or steel some time must elapse before they can be stepped. THE CRETAN CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 18. The proclamation addressed to the Cretans by the Grand Vizier, Aali Pasha, recently despatched by the Porte to Candia as Commissioner Extraor dinary, has just appeared here. It says : " Cretans,—You know by experience how great with regard to you are the generosity and the mag nanimity of his Imperial Highness our august Sove reign, the source of justice and clemency. " I will not depict to you the profound emotion experienced by his Majesty's paternal heart at the effusion of blood caused by the criminal attempts of a few ambitious men, who, abusing the credulity of several among you, and their weakness in resisting evil counsels and threats, have transformed them into instruments of disturbance. " You have seen for yourselves, since the origin of the events we deplore, the efforts of his imperial highness to remove deplorable consequences. You know how vivid has been his desire to guarantee against all prejudicial attack the island of Crete and its inhabitants, who occupy so large a place in the imperial good-will. " These good intentions have been paralysed by men who have cast a covetous eye upon the island, and by those who, believing their fallacious pro mises, or trembling at their threats, have made it their business to falsify the sense of the moderate feelings the Imperial Government has derived from sentiments of humanity. " By rejecting in arms the benevolent intentions entertained with regard to them by the Govern ment, they have imposed upon it the duty of effect ing the chastisement of the guilty in order to libe rate the sound-thinking portion of the population of the island from the pressure exercised upon them by blinded men. , 4 The execution of this task devolved upon the regular army. The moderation, discipline, and humanity it has testified have appeared in a strik ing light, notwithstanding the veil of obscurity thrown over them by malevolence and calumny. The very persons who have been styled the victims of barbarous proceedings have done the army justice. " Cretans, you know by experience that his Ma jesty protects the honest, and chastises those har dened in crime. Those who incite you to revolt, far from having in view your happiness and the prospe rity of your country, have only one object, which they pursue in despite of the evils that weigh upon you. Their object is to gratify their own selfish ambition. You have witnessed the sorrows and privations of every kind to which those unfortunate families are exposed who, yielding to the deceptive suggestions of afew intriguers, have exchanged their country for an unknown land. " The time has arrived when you must giv yourselves up to serious reflections. " The inexhaustible magnanimity of our generous sovereign has never intended to confine itself to the general amnesty which has been again confirmed to you by the Sirdar Ekrem. His Majesty has deigned to confide to me the mission of personally, with God's help, planting the foundations of a new administrative organisation. This organisation is the fruit of conscientious and profound study ; it is conceived with the view of responding to your legitimate aspirations, and of securing your future and that of your ccuntry. "Penetrated with gratitude towards his Majesty for the glorious mission with which he has deigned to honour me, I come to your island praying the Most High to bless the efforts I am about to conse crate to the service of our sovereign, of you all. " Cretan; lam convinced that the great majo rity among you will appreciate the opportunity the clemency our sovereign again offers you, and that those among you who have persevered in error until now will at last open their eyes to the truth and re enter into the path of duty. " I remind those who, contrary to my expecta tion, should persist in rejecting the benefits of his Majesty the Sultan, our legitimate sovereign, that they will have the opportunity of leaving the island within the period fixed for the proclamation of the Sirdar-Ekrem. " Further, thanks to a new exertion of the impe rial clemency, the families which have quitted their country and desire to return will be authorised to do so upon condition of giving a promise to keep henceforth within the limits of obedience and fidelity. " Cretans,—ln order to inaugurate without delay the application of the administrative institutions destined to put an end at the earliest moment to the misfortunes of your island, and, thanks to which, the future will serve as a reparation for the past, I invite you to proceed in the course of the ensuing 14 days to the election of representatives to whom you shall delegate your full powers. These representa tives, elected in every district in the island from among the Mussulmans and .Christians enjoying your confidence, will then have to meet me. " I most especially recommend you to throw aside in these elections all idea of politics or per sonal predilectioz, and to let your choice fall upon citizens devoted to their country, renowned for their honour, moderation, and fidelity to his Imperial Majesty." MARKETS—(This Day.) MARK LANE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with home-grown wheat. The attendance of buyers was rather limited ; nevertheless, about an average business was tran sacted in red and white qualities at Monday's decline iuthe quotations. The show of foreign wheat was tolerably good. Really fine samples changed hands at full prices, but inferior kinds woro a dull inquiry at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain wore in some instancosheld for more money. The demand for them was steady. The show of both English and foreign barley was again limited. The trade ruled firm, at full quotations. Malt moved off slowly ; nevertheless prices were sup ported. The supply was seasonably good. The sale for oats was inactive, at barely previous rates. The imposts were good. We have no change to notice in the value of either beans Or peas. Flour, seeds, and cakes moved off slowly, at late rates. ARItIYALS THIS WSEX. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,530 1,360 830 150 1,080 Irish Foreign 24,450 1,040 31,810 2,140 alp■ Maize, 5,240 qre. 9,210 Lrls NEWGA.TI4 AND LEADENIIALL. Full average supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. The trade on the whole is heavy at our quotations. Per 81bil by the carcase. d a di Inferior beef 3 0 3 21 Middling do. 3 4 3 8 Prime large do 3 10 4 1: Prime d mAI Ido 1 2 4 4 Veal 3 8 4 6 sdid Inferior mutton 3 0 3 4 mutton 3 6 4 0 ['rime do 4 L 4 4 Large pork 3 0 3 6 amxll p0rk....... 3 8 4 2 BOROUGH HOP. There has been an active demand for most kinds of hops, at enhanced rates. In consequence of the advance in prices holders of fine parcels have been more willing to sell. Mid and East Kegs £9 lOs to £l2 Os per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex 7 10a to' 9 Os „ Farnham 9 lOs to r Os „ •B I variau 7Os to 9 9a „ Belgians 5 12s to 6 103 „ Yearlings COLONIAL. .—— - - TEL—Only a moderato business transacted, at unaltorod prices. SUCIAR.—The demand continues quiet, at full prices. COFFEE.— Prices are well supportod for good quallities. RlcE.—Late rates aro maintained, with more inquiry. TALLOW.—Businoss inactive, with a slight declino in the quotations. Liverpool Cotton Market.---This Day. Market strong. Sales probably 15,000 bales. Tho Commander-in-Chief has granted leave of absence to Col. Tidy, commanding the eastern dis trict, until the 28th inst. Col. Farren, C. 8., of the 4th Depot Battalion, has assumed the command of the troops at Colchester during the absence of Col. Tidy. Lieut. Peck, R. E., is under orders to join the garrison at Colchester for duty, and Capt. David son is to proceed to Chatham from Colchester. Capt. Scott, one drummer, and 146 men of the 83d Regimeht, formerly quartered at Colchester, have embarked on board her Majesty's ship Tamar for conveyance to Gibraltar. „ Cr i fin rt tint r TIER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Oct. 23. The Queen drove out, accompanied by Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Louise. Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Duckworth, drove to the Burg-Df-the-Vat. RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR. —Her Maj ,, sty and the junior members of the royal family, at tended by the suite, aro expected to return to Windsor Castle on the 2d of next month. The Prince and Princess of Wales drove out yea terday afternoon. THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.. —Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia will arrive off Gravesend, in the Osborne, early this morning from Antwerp. Their royal highnesses will disembark at Gravesend, and proceed by special train on the North Kent line, at eight o'clock, for London. Their royal highnesses will drive to Buckingham Palace. The Countess of Jersey and Mr. Brandling aro staying at Paris, where they will remain till the middle of next month. TIIE LATE COUNTESS OF GAINSBOROUGIL—The death of the Countess of Gainsborough took place some what unexpectedly. Her ladyship had a serious attack of bronchitis about two months ago, from which she rallied considerably, and no immediate danger was apprehended. But an alarming seizure on Monday night rapidly proved fatal, and her ladyship expired on Tuesday afternoon sur rounded by her husband and all her children, with other members of her family, some of whom had boon hastily summoned by telegraph. Mr. W. H. Torbes and Mrs. Torbes, accom panied by ikir. Warren Delano, have arrived at the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, from the Continent. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—The Prince of Wales and suite honoured this theatre with their presence last evening. HOLBORN THEATRE.—Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar anti a die tinguishod party honoured this theatre with their presence last evening. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Oct. 20.—We have no later news from the squadron than that despatched in my last letter of the 16th inst., when Lord Clarence Paget was still at Spezia. The ironclads Prince Consort and Royal Oak, which had been detached to join the Channel Squadron in the Tagus, arrived at Gibral tar on the 14th inst. The only ships at Spezia now are the Caledonia (flag), Endymion, Cruiser (refit ting), Psyche, and Tyrian. The Arethusa is hourly expected at Malta, and is to relieve the Racer at the Pirreus. The Tyrian will also come here shortly, en route to Candia, to relieve the Wizard. We learn by telegraph from Syria that the Enterprise left Beyrout on the 17th inst. for Malta. She will be relieved by the Cruiser as soon as that vessel can be got ready for sea. Her Majesty's screw steam troop ship Simoom arrived at Halifax with the headquar ters of the 3d Brigade Royal Artillery on the 25th of September, having been detained two days at the Azores to repair a defect in her machinery. She was to leave the following day for Quebec, and is expected at Malta with the headquarters of the 10th Brigade about the last week of October. The hired transport Parana (No. 15) arrived here on the af ternoon of the 17th inst. from Valencia, having on board 216 mules, all very fine animals, in command of Staff Commander Going, R.N., agent of trans ports. The Parana was five • days on the passage, during which only one mule died, and this was pu t on board in an injured condition at Valencia. She continued her voyage for Alexandria after filling up with coal, provisions, and water. The 302 mules purchased at Malta by the Commissariat Depart ment were shipped on the 16th inst. on board the screw steamer Atlantic, which vessel, after taking on board also 25 Maltese muleteers, left for Alexandria the same evening. Lieut.-Gen. M'Cleverty, the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief iu Madras, touched at Malta in the Nyanza on his way to India. The Indian papers state that his predecessor, Sir Gaspard Le Marchant, was to quit Madras on the 13th of October, on return to England. The cho lera, which has prevailed in the island for the past two or three months, may be said to have ceased as an epidemic, it being now restricted to an occasional case of a mild form. From some facts lately come to light it appears that cases have been returned which ought never to have been reported as cholera. There is too much reason to believe that the doctors report slight attacks of diarrhoea as cholera, thus unnecessarily alarming the people, and preventing the authorities from issuing clean bills of health. In one village, which was the first to be visited with the malady, 21 cases were returned, of which only three terminated fatally. Ono singular feature in the visitation this year is that the population of the neighbouring island of Gozo has kept entirely free from cholera, although the usual daily communica tion with Malta has been maintained. An English soldier from Malta, it is true, was attacked and died ; but the disease did not spread, either among the troops or the people. Official information has been received by telegraph that the cholera has disap peared from Genoa, Naples, and Venice, and that the Italian authorities have consequently abolished quarantine on arrivals from those places in other parts of Italy. Little hope is now entertained of Mr. Bateman's attempt to discover water at Malta proving successful. The excavation has extended far below the depth originally recommended by that engineer, and no important indications of the pre sence of water have been met with. It is now gene rally believed that the principle on which the ex- - periment is based is erroneous. The Fox, steam storeship, Staff Commander Moriarty, left Portsmouth, with btores, for the east ward. The unarmoured screw corvette sloop Sappho, 1,268 tons, 350 horse power, sister ship to the Blanche, built at Chatham dockyard, is ordered to have ner name altered to the Eclipse. There are a large number of shipwrights and other hands em ployed on board in completing her for launching, which is ordered to take place in the ensuing month. After the Commander-in-Chief had inspected the troops in the Brick-field at Devonport on IVedues day, his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Com mander in the West, Sir A. A. Spencer, proceeded in the paddle-wheel steam vessel Bann up Hamoaze, and then landing at Saltash, went into Cornwall and inspected Screasden Fort and Tregantle Fort, after which the party went by the new military road to Cawsand, where they embarked again on board the Bann, which lauded them at Devonport. In the evening the Duke of Cambridge dined at Govern . meat-house, Mount Wise, Admiral Farragut being one of the distinguished guests. Yesterday morn ing the Commander-in-Chief proceeded from D evon port in the paddle steam tender Princess Alice to St. Nicholas Island, in Plymouth Sound, and closely examined the condition of its defences. He then landed under the Hoe, and he and his suite went in carriages to the new forts at Crabtree, Hooe, Stad don Heights, &c. When crossing the Sound in 0 0 Princess Alice the Duke was saluted by the ships of war belonging to the United States, to Prussia, and to Sweden then in the anchorage. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, in accord ance with orders received from the Horse Guards late on 'Wednesday night, a detachment of 100 non commissioned officers and men of the Royal k:n gineers, with the band, the whole under the cow: mand of Major J. B. Edwards, with Captain i i ' Gamier and two subalterns, proceeded front !wad-I - matters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, t° Geavce•chd, to act as a gnarl( of honour 03 the arrival of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia. Later in the morning the band of t e h Royal Marines Light Infantry, together with tl° . divisional and Queen's colours, in charge of a en: . ahem and colour-guard, also left Chatham and pr °- ceeded to Gravesend to join the detachment 01 ?.Royal Marines Light Infantry stationed at M i lt on baracks, Gravesend, under the command of Car% S. E. W. Hemmans, which also formed a guard of • the dl s ' honour on the landing of their Royal Ilighnes se !" Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, commanding . . _, ea rly trict, accompanied by the officers of the staff, also left head-quarters, Chatham, at an the 011 . hour yesterday morning, to be in attendance disembarcation of the illustrious visitors. divisiona. Th ( Dank arrive iu sp c The Pmt v lloanc Cana( th at a th e ca th e e( At 1 of th ( report th e RI , tb,i B b l on sha etitcro bas bi but as hold h as be colonic th, Stead y f° l pre Atla r emain kortgi , Ate( 4e4tea