The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-08 00:00:00

Yr HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,'' _ll., Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, a.. 0 be had Every Evening - of G. R. GLhNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, llyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by 111100116, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendisu street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T DA.T.—Morning, 6h. 20m.—Afternoon, 6h. 50m. 10-wouitow.-Morning, 7h. 16m.—Afternoon, 7h. 54m. 7.,71,i'k• jg 4*, if.#4roPPL R AR R T EC CONCERTED E M R E T L T L H O I N'S THIS SE S C O O N N . CERTS ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN, THIS EVENING. r-Mdlie. C. Patti, il r ad - ame Parepa, Md le. Krebs, Signor Bottesini, Mr Lewis Thomas, Mr. Levy, and Miss Louisa Fyne Conductor—Mr. ALFRED MELLON Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls. and Amphitheatre, One Shilling ; Dresa Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 Is. and 10s. 6d. Commence at Eight. HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE,- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. 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Top 24 s. „ Deep „ Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Weatbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOAN SCOTT, Sole kgent. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 8, 1864. According to the prevailing rule, the discussion of political questions is usually excluded from agricultural assemblies. The members of the Asp sociation and their guests examine the exhibition celebrate their annual festival, and discourse upon the prospects of the crops and the condition of the labourer. When a foreigner is among the company, however, it is natural there should be t ..;me little variation, and more especially when that foreigner bears so distinguished a name as Baron BUNSEN. Therefore, at the recent assembly of the North Walsham Agricultural Society, in Norfolk, at which the son of the late Prussian Ambassador was a guest, it is not surprising to find the vexed question of the dispute between Denmark and the Duchies brought under consides ration. It is worthy of notice, however, that although the Baron spoke at some length in favour of his countrymen, no Englishmen followed suit. Politeness firbade their contradicting their guest, and the subject was therefore prudently but markedly avoided. It trust really have required all the patience which his audierca could muster to listen to the Baron's arguments without imme diate c ontradiction. It certainly needed some moral courage to con f ront a body of Englishmen and gravely declare such sentiments; bat we give Baron BUNSEN credit for their being his delibe rate convictions. He started with the assertion that "the Sehleswig.liolsteiners had been at war in the right, that the Danes were in th e wrong, and 1 hat the Germans were bound by every consideration cf 'self respect and national duty to separate and save the Schleawig-H3lsteiners from the oppression of the Danes," In support of this theory, h e triumphantly declares he will ask a few home ques. tions, which are, let, How it is that during the last 13 years ofAundisturbed Danish rule in the Duchies, a rule which was tolerably, some say in tolerably, strict, not one single newspaper in Sohleswig-Holstein advocated the Danish view ? 2dly, How it was that during that time the Duchies had failed to obtain anything like a majority in either Parliament ? and, 3dly, How it was that, while the political refugees now returning from Germany are everywhere welcomed by the inha bitants of the Duchies, the Danes had at all times met with a very bad reception ? Baron BUNSEN did not perceive that the answer to some of these queries have exactly the contrary efftct to what he intended, It is scarcely "an intolerably strict rale '' which permits the whole power of the press to be directed against the Government. The Prue. sian journals of last year might tell a very di'', ferent story, but the first movement of a despot is to curb the power of the press. Where that is left free and unfettered there is little reason to apprehend an oppressive administration. In the second place, it is not very clear on what greunds two provinces of a kingdom should expect or wish for a majority in its united councils. Englishmen would certainly not be well pleased if the chief proportion of their representatives were Scotch or Irish, not from any prejudice against their fellow-subjects, but because such a Parlia. meat would not fairly represent the nation. As for the political refugees returning from Germany in a time of excitement, when the Germans are masters of the field, and when everything German is the order of the day, it is not very likely that they would meet with other than a favourable reception. Baron BUNSEN tells us that the greater number of the young Schleswig-Holsteiners are sent to the German colleges—another fact which looks oddly enough, considering the severity of the Danish rule. Baron BUNSEN is not much happier in his replies than in his questions. He gave, he said, " the moat unqualified contradiction" to the charges, that the object of the war had only been obtained by num• bers, that the Danes had been treated with cruelty, and the Schleswig-Holsteiners with harshness, and that the King of PRUSSIA meant to keep the coun try for himself. The Baron frankly admitted that he did not approve of the preponderance of Austria and Prussia in the affair; but he was absolutely certain that the King of PRUSSTA never entertained for a moment such a shameful idea. Baron BUNSEN is one of the members of the Prussian opposition. If all his fellows were equally credulous, M. Von BISMABK will have an easy time of it. Perhaps he has not seen a significant paragraph which wax going the round of the journals, in reference to a change in the advisers of the Doke of AUGUSTEN• BURG, with a view to a close connection between Prussia and the Duchies. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in Baron BUNSEN'S philosophy, but certainly his idea in some points are novel and striking. He says of the extor tionate levies that the money was mostly spent in the country it was taken from, so that the in• habitants were better off than before. To what school this aphorism belongs is not clearly apparent, but it is as good an excuse as any other. " The in habitants of the Duchies think themselves very cheaply delivered from their oppressors," but the address to the Danish KING the other day did not indicate much content. As for the charge of cruelty, Baron BUNSEN is forced to turn the tables upon England, and to rush wildly from Kegosima in 1864, to NELSON at Copenhagen in 1807, to prove either that the English are cruel, or that the Germans are not; but which is his meaning is not very clear. He paid a tribute to the bravery and readiness for war of the Prussian army, and hints that after all the Germans would not be such a bad match for the French. In fact, their superb triumph over poor unaided little Denmark, who is behind the age, not in courage, but in military skill and appliances, seems to turn the heads of the wise Prussians, who seem to regard the subjection of Sonderborg as another siege of Sebastopol—while in the open fitld, Salamanca and Vittoria were nothings to their victories. We omit Waterloo, because everybody knows the Prussians won it, and the English only looked on. Bat Baron BUNSEN, though doubtless he inherits many of those talents that made his father's fame, has not succeeded in the art of proving that black is white; and we give hi n credit for believing a further ac quaintance with the intentions and policy of Prussia will considerably modify his opinion of the case. The reports which continue to be received from various quarters respecting the progress of the cotton cultivation give us every reason to anticipat e its steady advancement. The success has, of course, varied in the different places in which the experi ment has been made, having in some instances far exceeded expectation, and in others from unfavour able weather, parasitical insects, deficiency of la bour, and other drawbacks, it has by no means fulfilled the hopes of the sowers. Altogether the prospect is satisfactory, and it is gratifying that in many quarters they are preparing themselves for a possible competition with American cotton, so that there will be less likelihood of future dis appointment and abandonment of the scheme. It has been proved by the researches made in conec - quence of the present demand for the raw material that cotton is indigenous in many places. At the recent meeting of the Cotton Supply Association a letter was read from Buenos Ayres, stating that in the province of Corrientes and in the Grau Chaco wild cotton grows in the greatest abundance. Millions of pounds could, it is said, be gathered with very little trouble or expense, but no one takes the trouble to do so. This is surely worth further inquiry, since if the account received is but half true, it promises a most valuable source of supply. That it is not entirely illusionary is proved by the fact of a quilt and a sample of the cotton of which it is made being forwarded to the Association. We shall probably learn from a future meeting what is thought of this production, and what is the estimated value of the cotton. At a ll events a soil which grows cotton of any sort spontaneously can hardly b e otherwise than favourable to the cultivation of the better kinds, so that we may hope a valuable field will be opened in this quarter. The success of the experiment in the Bahamas has been very striking. Long Island is said to be covered with cotton fields, 900 or 1,000 acres being now planted with it, instead of only 130 as was the case when the last report was sent. One man, who planted some cotton in the spring of last year, had no assistance but that given by his own children, ex cepting on one day when he hired a man for 2s. This planter has since sold his cotton for £125. The only difficulty arises from want of labour, but it is thought something might be done to remedy this evil, in this and the neighbouring islands, by assist ing the poor white population of Barbadoes to emigrate thither. In Syria the cotton crop has been much damaged by a caterpillar which has, it is said, destroyed 30 per cent. of the plants, but about 80,000 bales will still be left. In Salonica a strong wind had proved unfavourable, but the crop has, in the opinion of competent observers doubled since last year. In other parts of the Turkish empire great efforts are being made, bat the tax gatherers often hamper the progress of the experiment. At all events there is no lack of exertion and enter- TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1864. prise in the matter, and we ought before long to reap the fruits of all these endeavours in the re■ duced prices of this useful material. Thursday morning witnessed an interesting and in some degree a novel spectacle in the venerable old city of London. The first railway train that has entered its ancient precincts passed over the new bridge at Blackfriars to the new Ludgate Station, and returned thence to the station in the Blackfriars-road, from whence it had started on its eventful journey. The Fenchurch-street station and the Farringdon terminus of the Metropolitan Railway are not, strictly speaking, within the limits of the City proper, although they are commonly regarded as City stations, and therefore we may look upon Thursday's adventure as the pioneer of those fisry horses which are about to transform our traditionary City, making its confusion worse con founded, and tearing breathless through its few quiet and secluded spots. Anyone who has not visited the City for six or eight months, may well pause amazed at the alterations. Even the grave old Charterhouse, though spared itself, must look round upon the devastation and commotion. The whistle of the guard, the shriek of the engine, will accord but ill with its sombre grey walls ; but it cannot expect to be exempt from the general transformation. Bat the railways are working changes in every quarter; and Charing-cross itself, with its iron bridge in place of the Hungerford Sus pension, and the monster hotel rising confronting old St. Martin's, is scarcely recognisable. The citizens for the most part look with some suspicion on the innovation, whose advantages they will be the first to recognise and to profit by when the lines are fairly at work. The wise supervision of the Houses of Parliament has restricted the reckless folly of speculators, who only thought of turning the tide of the time to suit their own fortunes, with little regard to the public safety or requirements. It schemes are good and practical they will not suffer by a year or two's delay. On the contrary, the public will be better able to appreciate their utility, and will be less inclined to offer unreasoning oppo sition to them. Should it, however, prove that the lines already in course of construction are amply sufficient for the wants of the day, there will be no need to cut the City up further, destroj ing property and occasioning inconvenience. At any rate, the managers of that enterprising company of the Lon don, Chatham, and Diver Railway, whose opera tions Punch has warned us will in duo time require the appropriation of Windsor Castle and the Crystal Palace, have reason to congratulate themselves o❑ the successful progress of their arduous undertaking. The new bridge over which the train passed on Thursday was a work of no slight labour, 300 men and boys having been constantly employed on it from the close of January to the last day of September. It consists of four lines of railway, the whole of which are not yet completed. Telegraph wires, of course, run overhead, and they are arranged in a new fashion, which adds to the beauty of the struc ture. Some of the directors, the managers, the en gineers, and contractors, and other gentlemen interested in the progress of the line were in the train, which, like the bridge, was gaily decorated with flags, and the assembled workmen, whose strong hands had carried out the designs of the others, looked on with satisfaction, and cheered heartily as the carriages moved across the river. The first City line was, therefore, inaugurated with every prospect of success without a single draw back. We trust its public opening will prove equally satisfactory, and that when it and its competitors come into play they may serve they may servo to relieve, in some measure, the ex2es- Jive traffic of cue streets, which is now not only productive of great inconvenience and delay, but is becoming fraught with absolute danger, . _ Wills and Bequests. The late Lady Kindersley, wife of Vice-Chan cel:or Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, of Hyde Park gardens, having died possessed of property in her own right, without having disposed thereof by will, letters of administration were granted by her Ma jesty's Court of Probate to her husband, Sir Richard, as the sole person legally entitled thereto. Lady Kindersley was the only daughter of the Rev. J. L. Bennett, and married in 1824. The late Mrs. Vickers, of E istbourne-terrace, Hyde Park, who died in August last, and whose will has just been proved, has left legacies to the fol lowing institutions ;—The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Bath, £2i° ; the Church Missionary Society, £l6O ; the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, the Bible Society, the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity ampegst the Jews, the Ragged School Factory, Lambeth, to each £5O. To the parish of St Peter and St Paul, and to the widows and aged poor of Waleot, £l9 each. The will of George Beaufoy, E-q., of South Lam. beth, was proved in London under /250,000 per. sonalty. The executors and trustees are his widow, Mrs Anne Beaufoy, C. B. Thornhill, Esq. (his nephew), John B o l ton , an d J . R . Turner, the two named being engaged in the testator's bur iness, under the firm of Beaufoy and Co., vinegar makers, menu. facturers ofaeetic acids an d c hl or id es of soda and lime, also millers. The wia disposes of his library of books and MUSEUM, which had belonged to his late whose wish whilst any of his lineal descendants brother, Henry B. H. Beaufoy, Eeq., was that the library and . museum should not b e sold, but, re mained, be held as heirlooms with the family man sion, and carefully preserved, and at some future period applied to a public purpose as an exhibition, and designated the " Beaufoy Collection," To carry out such object and intention, the testator has be queathed the sum of £lO,OOO. The library and mu seum to be held by his relict until his son Mark be. comes of age. The testator directs that his business shall be carried on by his relict, who shall receive the profits to the extent of /7,000 a year, and leaves to her his residence and the estate at Battersea. To his daughter he leaves £30,000; and to his son he devises hie freehold estate, and appoints him residuary legatee of personal property. To each of his four executors £l,OOO, and a further sum to Mr Bolton of 300 gs., and to Mr Turner 250 gs., and like liberal legacies, varying in amount, to twenty five other gentlemen of his establishment. To each of his clerks £lO, and legacies to his servants. He has further expressed his wish that the annual feast, as well as gratuities to the clerks, and prizes to the men, should be continued whilst the business is in the hands of his relict.—lllustrated London News. M. RENAN.—The Correspondance Litteraire states that M. Renan is about to leave for Asia, to visit the places which were the theatre of the greater part of the life of St. Paul. A new work of M. Renan's is to be devoted to the preaching of the Apostles. HOOD'S LEO s . —Confederate ingenuity is never at a loss. The head and trunk of a man deprived of one or more limbs will furnish the wisdom and ardour of a perfect Hercules. The means of activity can be acquired by art. A regular service has been organised in the Con federacy for the supply from the most skilful makers in Europe of artificial limbs and members equipped with all the most cunning contrivances that modern ingenuity has devised to render them effective substitutes for liv ng bone and muscle. In the early part of this year an eminent staff surgeon in the Confederate army was despatched to London, and took up his quarters in the neighbourhood of a skilled artist. He came provided with models of the truncated members of a number of Confederate officers, spent several weeks in superintending the manufacture of a number of arms, lege, hands, &c., which were supplied in sets of two or three each, that amidst the perils of blackade-running one at least should reach its destination iu safeiy. On one particular specimen of ingo. nuity particular care was bestowed, and the surgeon took charge of it himself, sewing it up in a waterproof casing, that it might survive the chance of being thrown overboard to be rescued from the clutches of Federal chasers. This was the identical limb—an "Anglesey leg," as it is called which enabled General Hood to take active service again, and assume the command of the army at Atlanta.—The inaa. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN, MADRID, OCT. 7, The Noticias of to-day says :—" It is asserted that at a Council of Ministers held yesterday the recall of Admiral Pinzon was decided upon. " Measures were also adopted for the future coma mend and destination of the Pacific bouadron." CHINA. (By telegraph from Suez ) SHANGHAI, AUG 22 According to tho latest intelligence received here f.tom Japan, the state of e,frAirs had b(c)me more complicated. There was a prospect of hostilities in the Straits of Shimonoseki. An attack on Prince Nagato's fortificAtione wai expected. THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE, AUG, 25. Advices from New Zealand indicate the possi bility of peace. The rebels are suffering from wan of food. No further military movements have taken place. FRANCE. PARIS, OCT. 8. M. Bourele has been appointed French Minister to Lisbon; M. Gobinean to Athens; and M. Bondy to the Court of the Elector of Hesse. The speech which the Duke de Pereigny deli vered some time back at St. E•ienne having been the object of many attacks, the Duke has recently addressed a letter to oae of his friends, in which he replies to the objections of his critics, The follow ing are the principal passages of the answer ; " When comparing the organisation of English society with ours, I raid that since, in France, the functions of authority were not confided to the electoral body itself as in England, but to an administrative hierarchy constituted apart from that body, it was impossible to establish amongst us the forms of English liberty without rendering authority subordinate to liberty, and thus ruining one by the other ; that this all• important consideration imposed on us the obligation of founding our institutions on the separa tion of authority and liberty, instead of uniting them in the same hands as in England. This was the substance of my speech. As the liberty founded by the Empire is, after all, only an application of the theories propounded by Locke and Montesquieu, it would have been curious to see pro fessors of liberalism assail the leading doctrine of of those two great chiefs of modern Liberalism Nothing could have been more piquant than the refutation, by the Liberal school, of the famous chapter of the Esprie des Lois, which treats of the condition of liberty among all natiuns. When the illustrious philosopher so strikingly demonstrated that liberty resides in the separa- tion of the three great Powers which exist in every kind of society—the executive, the legislative, and the judicial and —that as they happen to be more or less united in the hands of one man or one assembly, or more or less separated and independent, so despotism or liberty prevails, ho little thought that the dty would ever come when hie faith- less disciples, more occupied with particular aims than with liberty itself, would abjure his doctrines. What do I say ? They have not ventured 0 deny the doc- trines; but, finding it more prudent to ignore them, they have passed by without seeing them. Do yeu know, in fast, in what light they consider the thesis of my speech ? Sometimes as the glorification of administrative centraliza tion in opposition of a political regime which would exclude any change in the present state, by condemning before- hand all the progress of which liberty is capable, v The last of those two charges appears to me to be puerile. How, in fact, admit that a nation which disposes in a sovereign manner of the legislative power by means of universal suf frage, can bo deprived, against the progress which it may wish to be accomplished ? In what can the principle and form of the inwitutions of France be an obstaclo to the manifestation of her will From the moment the country is rendered the master of its destinies, its liberty is founded, for it has the means of realising whenever it pleases all the developments which it may consider to be required. To it. self, therefore, still more than to the founder of liberty, be longs the power of accelerating or retarding. according to circumstances, the progress of its institutions. If, rendered pru , tent by the experience of the former disorders of France it shows itself to be less impatient than certain minds to favour all the aspirations of liberty, that fact as a disposi • tion of public opinion which may be approved or regretted, . . . ut which can in no way affect the theory of the liberty of ho empire," The Duke complains of being unjustly blamed - - as a pat tisan of centralisation, and calls attention to two de crees of an opposite tendency issued at his instance while Minister of the Interior. Ile declares that he was in favour of decentralisation before it had become popular, and sup ports his easertion by quoting from the preamble to the decree of the 25th March, 1852, two passages in which he stated the necessity of decentralisation in all administrative matters. Though he still thinks, as he thought then, poli tical centralisation indispensable to the grandeur of the State, he is and always has been desirous of seeing the de parLments and communes left to manage their own affairs The Duke concludes with asserting that none of his critics have confuted the doctrines he advanced at St. Etienne, and that he considers them unassailable. By Imperial decree M. Brunet de Presle, mem bez of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres, has been named Professor of Modern Greek at the special school for Oriental languages, in the room of the late M. Hase. According to the Ost-Deutsche Post, the Arch duchess Maria Theresa, eldest daughter of the Archduke Albert, has been betrothed to Duke Philippe of Wurtemberg. The Princess was born in 1845 and her future Lu3band in 1838. The Duke is the eon of Duke Frederick William Alexan der and the Princess Marie of Orleans, daughter of King Louis Philippe. It was the Princess Mare who executed the well-known statue of Joan of Arc, considered one of the most charming produc tions of modern art. Several journals relate the following :—A con■ gress has just met at Brunswick. A congress of princes ? No. Of diplomatists No—but of hotel keepers. Grave and interesting questions were exa• mined. 1. The complaint of foreigners at the high price of breakfasts and dinners. 2. The complaints made against the smallness of the bottles. 3. The outcry against the high charge for waxlig;lts ; and 4. The discontent shown at the bad attendance of the servants. What, think you, was the decision come to? That waxlightP, dinners, breakfasts, and bottles were all for the best, and that the only com plaint attended to should be that about the servants. The Patric, in reply to some journals which had announced that the date for opening the session of the French Chambers is to be this year advanced, states that it has reason to know that the Senate and Legislative Body will not assemble Wore the end of January or the begin ning of February. BOURSE, Oct. 7.—The following Securities were yesterday quoted es div.:—flank of France Shares 35f., Orleans (Old) Railway Shares 30f., Western 17f. 50c., Roman 12f. 50c. The market has been very heavy; Stock and other Securities generally offered, and prices are lower. Threes, for the Ac count, are now at 65f. 700. Mobilier have receded to 9601. The Railway Market has also retrograded. The market continued heavy to the close, and left off as follows : _ ._ 41 per Cents .. 92 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 65 65 Credit Mobilier 957 50 Do, end month 952 60 Italian Loan 66 40 Do. end month 66 75 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 61 Russian .. — Austrian -- Spanish Threes Home Pcbt Deferred Bank Shares Credit Fancier l2OO Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 840 •• i , i , 3 , 7 A 50 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 617 5-0. .. 910 Southern 622 50 Western eastern 495 •• ' l ' . ' 313 75 .. Sardinian...... 43, .. 441 25 Austrian ...... 5 , 0 _- .. 523 75 Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 475 -- •• ''' Ditto to Barcelona ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM GRANTHAM GAOL. —On Monday afternoon the police were thrown into consternation by the discovery of the escape of a pri soner, who contrived to get into the prisoner's house, whence he borrowed one of his great coats and coolly walked out of the prison door in Guildhall-street. within five minutes he was missed by the warder, and immediately the officers were sent in all directions in pursuit of him, and succeeded in securing him, The prisoner's name is Jessie Dale; he was convicted last April sessions for picking the pocket of a woman from Gonerby in Grantham-market, and sen• tented to 18 months' imprisonment, six of which he had served. On Tuesday he was taken before the magistrates charged with stealing the coat of Mr Mawyer (the governor), and committed for trial at the nest seoaion. The Belvedere Catastrophe. Fragments of the mutilated and mangled remains of persons who perished in the explosion of Satur. day continue to be picked up emong the ruins. Several of these relics, blackened and charred, have been found since the inquest was opened at Belve dere on Tuesday, and taken to a shed behind the hotel there. They appear to be beyond identifica tion, if, indeed, that were desirable under circum stances so revolting. It is now certain that 11 per sons in all perished in the catastrophe. Of these the bodies of five have been . found and identified, and six are missing—namely, the four bergemen, and two men named York and Wright, labourers employed about the magazine of Messrs. Hall. The death of the young Italian, Angelo, who received mortal injuries in the crowd at the Erith railway station on Sunday night, adds another to the num ber. The case of the Yorks is ♦ery lamentable. Father and son (a bey of 13) were killed in the explosion ; a younger boy of six or eight, now an orphan, lies in a precarious condition at Belvedere ; and the mother and a little girl, the latter of whom is nearly recovered, are in Guy's Hospital, The bodies of George Rayner, the storekeeper, and of the lad York were buried on Thursday in one grave in the little cemetery attached to the parish church of Erith, hard by the scene of the calamity. The considerate kindness of Captaia M'Killop, of Belvedere, in taking the poor little orphan boy York, suffering from compression of the brain, into his house, and providing him with medical attendance and all the comforts of a home, is the theme of praise throughout the neighbour-. hood. Grimes, the master of a Trinity ballast lighter, who was seriously injured by the explosion, remains at the Yacht Tavern in Erith in a condition which precludes his removal. He had a narrow escape. He was passing the spot in the lighter at the time of the explosion, with two other men newel Bruce and Clarke. He was steering at the moment, and his two mates were in the hold of the lighter. The effect of the first explosion was to sweep him clear off the barge to a considerable distance, and as he fell in the water fragments of timber and bricks were hurledupon him from the shore by the second and still more appalling one, some of which struck him upon the hip, inflicting a dangerous wound. The shock prostrated his companions in the hold of the lighter, and for some minutes they were unable to render him any assistance. Being a strong man and an expert swimmer he made for the lighter, disabled though he was, but made vain attempts to catch hold of it, end was on the point of drowning when one James - Williams, who had been fishing in a little boat just opposite the magazines at the time of the explosion, went to his rescue, though he himself was hurt, and with the aid of Bane and Clarke put him on board his own lighter. Williams is the man who had his right whisker blown off, and it may interest Mr Carttar, the Coroner, to know that he lives at 9, Queen-street, Greenwich, and may possibly be able to throw some light on the matter. A waterman named Gray, at Erith, vrha was on the steamboat pier there at the time of the explosion, has made a statement which goes to con firm the general belief that it originated in one of the barges. The pier at Erith projects far into the river, and commanded a view of the powder maga zines, which were about two miles distant. On hearing the first explosion he says he looked in the direction of the magazines, and saw a great &shot light between the water, which was lotv at the time, and the embankment. This, he adds, was followed instantaneously by the second and more astound. ing explosion, and then by a third. Two brothers named Jones, who are reported to have taken away a quantity of gunpowder in a barge from one of the two barges which lay off the jetty on the evening preceding the explosion, are expected to be forth coming at the adjourned inquest on Tuesday: • Yesterday again about 100 navvies, in the service of Mr. Webster, the contractor at the outfall sewage works at Crossness-point, were at work backing up the embankment with solid clay at the place where the breach was made by the explosion. From day to day there have been high tides, and often strong winds blowing in that direction, but the work so promptly begun by the navvies, and followed up by the Sippers and Miners from the garrison at Woolwich after the catastrophe, has never in the least yielded from the first, and pro bably when it is finished the breakwater will be stronger at that particular point than all the rest of the embankment, which has lasted for ages. Had the attempt to repair the breach failed in the first instance the subjacent country far miles would have been deluged with about seven feet of water, and engineering skill would have been taxed for months in the attempt to recover it. Some ame nities have been exchanged between Major-General Warde, the Commandant of the garrison at Wool wich, and Mr Lewis Moore, an engineer connected with the Thames embankment, residing at Erith, in reference to the manner in which the embank ment was reinstated. Mr Moore, it will be recol lected, was among the first who proceeded to the spot after the explosion, and having at once per ceived and appreciated the emergency arising from the peril of inundation, he despatched messengers bath to the garrison at Woolwich and to Crossness Point, which had the effect of bringing first the navvies, and then the Sappers and Miners and the Royal Artillery, with General Warde at their head, upon the. Scene, with what glorious result is now well known. Mr Moore states, in a letter to the Gene ral, that the assistance rendered by him and by his officers and men during the trying crisis had saved from inundation an immense tract of c9an try extend ing from Gravesend to Battersea. He has no hesita% tion, he says, in asserting that, having himself been present from half an hour after the accident, but for that assistance, with the aid rendered by the 400 men in the employ of Mr Webster at the Main Drainage works at • Crossness, nothing could have prevented a disaster exceeding in magnitude that of the Dagenham Reach or Middle Level inunda tion. He took the responsibility on himself as an engineer in communicating with the garrison, knowing that one tide flowing through the breach would wash down a great part of the river wall and render it irreparable for years. Gen. Warde writes in reply to the effect that it was very for tunate Mr Moore was on the spot and capable of realising the very critical state of things. He adds that he has forwarded his letter to the Horse Guards, and he thanks him, on the part of the troops, for giving them the credit they deserved. An inquest has been held by Mr. Serjeant Payne, the coroner for the city of London, on the body of Angelo Morandi, who died at Guy's Hospital from the injuries he received at the Erith station of the North Kent Railway on Sunday evening. The de ceased was 24 years of age, and a cabinetmaker by trade. With thousands more, he went to the scene of the explosion on Sunday, and about 8 o'clock in the evening was one of an enormous crowd of people waiting at the Erith station to be taken back to London. In a rush which was made to a train on its arrival he fell or was pushed under the wheels. On being taken up he said, "I'm a dead man." He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where he arrived half an hour after midnight, having bled profusely in the interim. He was found to have sustained a compound fracture in the right thigh and other injuries; he was cold and almost pulseless. He ob jected to amputation, which would have afforded the only chance of life, saying he would rather die than lose his leg, and he expired in three quarters of an hour afterwards. His account was that he was pushed under the train by the crowd, It came out in evidence that from 700 to 1,000 people had as sembled on the platform at the time, that the com• pony's servants were wholly unequal to restrain the crowd; that numbers had got upon the platform ever ' he railings for a quarter of a mile on each side of the station ; and that many slipped down an em bankment 50 feet deep. When the train as coming into the station it became necessary to telegraph Co atop it 400 yards down the line, on account of the people who were being pushed upon the rails by the pressure. The jury returned a verdict that the death was accidental. The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges and the Queen's counsel at the noble and learned lord's resi dence in Upper Hyde-park-gardens, on Wednesday, the 2d proximo, being the first day of ➢lichaelmas Term. The Lord Mayor elect, with the Recorder and civic authorities, attend before the judges assemble. The Stranding of the Brig Governor Maclean. The following is the repOrt of Mr James Traill, stipendiary magistrate, assisted by Captains Baker and Cow, as nautical assessors, of the investigation into the stranding and damage of the brig Governor Maclean, on the Owers, on Sept. 5, 1864 The brig Governor Maclean was 216 tons burthen, was built at Millwall in 1833, and was the property of Mr John Forster, of London. Though upwards of 30 years old, she was strong and seaworthy. Sho was employed in the African trade, and at the time of her stranding was on her homeward voyage from that coast, bound for London, laden with palm oil, cotton, and ivory. She was commanded by Carl August Gyllenspetz, a Swede, holding a Board of Trade certificate of competency as master, dated Sept., 1854, who has commanded English merchant ships for many years, during which he has had opportunities of being acquainted with the navigation of the English Channel. Besides the master there was a chief mate, holding a Board of Trade certificate of competency, dated the 19:h June, 1862; and also a boatswain and acting second mate, a Swede, who holds a Swedish certificate of competency as master. The brig was in every way properly found, and manned by a sufficient crew. The facts of the case, as regards the strand ing of the Governor Maclean, lie in a small compass, and may be collected from the ship's log, which is admitted by the master to be a correct statement. The following is a transcript of these entries, from 4 a.m. of the 4th Septem ber, till 3 a.m. of the sth, when the brig went aground on the Owers :—" 4 a.m , Start Light N. E., 10 miles. 5 a.m., set port foretop and maintopgallant studding-sail. 7.20, wind heading; in maintopgallant studding-sail, and braced forward the yards. 8 a,m., St. Catharine's Point N.E. N, 11.30 a.m., squared the yards and set all studding-sails, Noon, Dunnose Head N.N.W. § W„ lat. 50 23 N., bar. 30. Cher, 64, lat. account 50 45, long, account 234 W. Pumps attended to. 6 p.m., got sight of Beachy Head, it being thick, hazy weather, so that at dark, when we saw the light, could not distinguish any flashes as from the light on Beachy Head; but presuming that some alte ration had taken place with that light took in all studding sails, royals, and topgallant sails, wind W. to W.S.W., squally, with thick haze and drizzling rain. Steered east and east by north till eight o'clock, when Dungeness light came in sight. At ten o'clock, very thick, dark, and rainy, with wind increasing and blowing in heavy gusts, the light then bearing N.N.W.—sounded in 15 fathoms, keep ing the course for a short time, and burning flash lights for the attention of pilots, but saw no sign of return signals. Braced up the yards and stood off to the star board until twelve o'clock, when it became necessary to take in two reefs in the topsails, stow mainsail, jib, and mainstaysail, the light being nearly out of sight, and the object being to keep near so as to get a pilot at daylight. Wore ship with her head to the N. W,, until we got sight of Folkestone, or the reflections from the gaslights of the place. Sounded in 10 fathoms, Wore ship round, the light bearing S.W. by W. Steered a S.S.E. course, and got to the southward and westward of the light, and about what could be judged in about two miles dietaries, and sounded in 15 fathoms. At a quarter to two hove the vessel to under the double-reefed topsails, with . the head N. W., wind W.S.W„ and the tide ebbing; the vessel seemed to gain to the west ward or north-westward. At half-past two the vessel struck the ground several times, and all attempts to back her off were unsuccessful. Clewed up and stowed all sails, and got the longboat and surf boat hoisted out. As the vessel struok the rudder was unshipped, the wheel and everything around knocked to pieces, and the vessel, as the tide fell, listed over on her starbcard bilge. At daylight, found that the vessel had stranded on the elbow of 0 wer, and that Owers Light had been mistaken for that of Dunge ness," From these entries it will be seen that the master made a series of the most extraordinary and unaccountable mistakes as to his position during the whole of Sept. 4. At 4 a.m. he knew he was oft the Start, and when he next sighted land, at 8 a.m., only four hours afterwards, he fan cied it to be St. Catherine's, in the Isle of Wight, a distance of 91 miles. If the master knew so little of this part of the Channel as to make so great a mistake, he was the more inexcusable in not examining his chart, which would have made him aware that this land was not St. Catherine's but the Bill of Portland, 50 miles short of it. Once pos sessed of this erroneous notion of his position, he goes on with a succession of mistakes, first supposing St. Catherine's Light, seen at 5 p m., to be Beachy Head, 59 miles further up the Channel, and afterwards, at 8 p.m., mistaking the Owers for Dungeness, above 60 miles further up. Under these circumstances, the stranding and damage of the Go vernor Maclean was adjudged to have been caused by the default of the master—and it was further considered a de. fault on his part that, with so great reason to be doubtful of his position in the night of the 4th and sth, he did not lay his ship to with her head to the southward, and wait for daylight, particularly when, at or about twelve p.m. he found the soundings reduced to 10 fathoms, and the light which ho took to be Dungeness appearing to sea ward of the ship. Had he done this ho would, in all pro bability, even at that late period, have escaped the conse quence of his mistakes. For these reasons the master's certificate has been suspended for six calendar months from this date, and would have been suspended for a longer perio 1 but for his general good character and the care he seems to have used in all other respects, with the exception of a proper examination of his chart. JAMES TRAILL I it. B. BAKER I JOILN Cow, To the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, &o. MARKETS—TIds Day. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit and vegetables was seasonably large, and the inquiry for most descriptions ruled steady, as follows : YRI7IT. a. d. s. d. Pine apples 6 0 to 6 0 Foreign do., each 1 6 to 2 6 Grapes,per lb 2 0 to 6 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 1 6 nelons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3 to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..10 0 to 14 0 Lemons, per 100 5 0 to 8 0 Gooseberries ht eve ) 0 to 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 too 0 s. d. e d Mifberries,prpt 0 4to 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreigit htb, puno oto 0 6 Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto 1 0 \Valuate, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 6 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per d 0... 3 0 to 10 0 Curt ants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 2 6to 3 6 Greengages, pr d 0.2 6to 3 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 6to 3 0 134c1 ditto 2 oto 2 6 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 Cauliflowers, p d 0 9to 2 0 Brown sprouts Potatoes, per tou 80 0 10120 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Carrots,pr do 3 6to 4 6 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, n.-sv. 0 oto u 0 French beans,h.s. 1 6to 2 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 oto 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pda 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 ' Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 3 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 Mushrooms. p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 I Cos lett, score .. 10 oto 1 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz linds 0 oto 0 3 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 ' Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 0 to 0 0 Seakale, par bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 7s Od ; geese, 6s Od to 8s Od each ; goslings, 4s to Gs Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, 13 Od to is 10d each; wild do., 81 to is Od; pigeons, Os 5d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 9s Od to 13s 6d ; chickens, Os to Os Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasam,s, 4s to Gs Od ; partridges, is Od to 28 ; woodcocks, ls to 28 Od ; snipes, Oct to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to 18 2d ; English, is 2d to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 9s Od to Os Od ; French do., 64 6d to 8s 3d per 100 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od,; grouse, 3s 63 to 4s 6d. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Od : eels, 8d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s 6d to 12s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, Is Od to ss; crabs, is to 4s Od ; plaice and gurncts, Od to Os Od each; soles, 63 to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 188 to 408 ; natives, 60s to 84s per bush. ; whitings, 3s Od to 10s ; haddocks, bs to 15s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 50s to —s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s to Os per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, vs 6d to 4i Ed per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 33 Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 38 8d to 4% 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 38 6d to 4s 8J per Bibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61c1 to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to *1 ; 721 b to 801 b, 30 to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31c1 to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d t o 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 6s Od to 7s Od ; half•breds, 4s 9d to 5s 3d ; Downs, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; lambs, 3s 6d to 7s Od. lIAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 88 ; clover, £4 lOs to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 8s to Ll. 12s per load. Trade firm. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 153 to £4 8s ; clover, £4 lOs to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £lBs to Ll 12s per load. A steady demand. W ILITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 88 ; clover, £4 1 s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, Ll 8s to £1 123 per load. An active inquiry. University Intelligence, OXFORD, OCt. 7, On the 15th of December and following days an exami nation will be held at Queen's College fur the purpose of electing two Fellows. _ _ The election of Principal of St. Edmund's Hall, vacant by the decess9, of the Rev. John Eranthwaite, M.A,, will take place on Thursday next. The election is in the hands of the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College. We under stand that the Rev. N. Pocock, M.A., lato Michel Fellow of Queen's College, is a candidate. Tani' titular. HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT. 6. The Queen drove out yesterday morning, scowl' panied by Peincess Helena; and in the a fteral her Majesty, accomp an i e d b y P r i nce s s Helena an Prince Arthur, went to Craig Clunie. Foreign Corn ts. VIENNA, OCT. 5. The fete of the dedication day of the Empero r was celebrated yesterday in all the churches of th e capital, which were filled with crowded congrega' Lions. Most of the archdukes were present at t he grand military mass celebrated o n the occasion. The Archduchess Maria The resa , who has P t been betrothed to Duke Philip of Wurtemberg, ie the eldest daughter of the Archduke Albert. li st highness, who was born in July, 1845, excels 0 11 sculptor, as is proved by her statuette of the Ma id t of Orleans, which is est e em e d one o f the Or graceful works of mode-n statuary. Duke Phi l 'P is son of Duke Frederi c Willi am Al exa nder all d Princess Mary of Orleans, daughter of Louie BRUSSELS, OCT 6. The King of the Belgians left Brussels on Tu.eg' day morning for Germany, accom p an i e d by I‘ l W r Prisse, his aide-de-camp, and Dr. Wimmer, b physician. His M.jesty, who is going to Ettenl and Baden, will be ab s ent a b ou t a mon th, but Vf l return before the opening of the Legislative S-scion on the 8:h November: At a dinner given by to e King at the Palaco of Brussels on the preview Saturday, there were present, besides the royal family and Prince Arthur of England, MM. Nad er Quetelet, Van Pract, the Ministers of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, &e. The King and ti le Duchess do Brabant conversed for some time with. M. Nadal., and his Majesty seemed to take great Lterest in the question of aerial navigation. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge w ill leave Gloucester House, Piccadilly, early in the ensuing week, for General Hall's seat in Cambridgeshire, for a fe y/ days' shooting. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington hav e arrived at Apsley House from the noble duke's shooting, quarters in Inverness-shire. The noble duke and duche ss shortly go to Strathfieldsaye. The Duchess of Buccieuch and Lady Victoria Scott have been in town for several days, having come fro Drumlanrig Castle, N.B. His Excolleney the Prussian Ambassador an d the Coun'ess Bernstorff and family intend to leave S t ' Leonard's-on-Sea at the end of this month for the Pruega ° Embassy, on Carlton-house• terrace. The Marquis and Marc:lioness of Exeter are entertaining a select circle at Burghley House, near Stara; ford. Among the guests are the Countess (Dowager) 01 Ellesmere, Lord Robert Cecil, L'ird Burghley, Lady Sara h Spencer, Hon. C. Bertio Percy, Hon. Spencer and Mi l ' Lyttelton, Col. Lowther, Hon. Mr and Mrs Noel, Hon, g r and Mrs Fitzwilliam, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath arc enter' taining a succession of visitors at Longleat, Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln, immediate!Y after her ladyship has recovered from her confinement, put" pose to leave Piccadilly, with their youthful fimily, to PO a few weeks at Brighton. _ The Earl and — Countess Russell and the Ladies Russell were to arrive at Pembroke Lodge last evening from Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire, where the noble earl and countess and daughters made a short visit on their 01 from Scotland. The Earl of Camperdown is, according to the latest accounts received in town, gradually improving il l health, _ The Earl Brownlow and Lady Marian Alfor d intend to embark at Liverpool for Madeira on the 1 2 t 11 , instant, with the purpose of passing th e w i n t er at that island. Count and Countess do Flahault and NO' Mdlle. Elphinstonu de Flabault, are expected to leave Tul' liallan, N. 8., the countess's seat, for Coventry House, Pic' cadilly, early next week, Viscount and ViEcountess Palmerston arrived at Cambridge Irou: , ,e yesterday morning, from Broadlaiad s f near Romsey, Hants. Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn have art ived from Paris after a tour in Switzoilan d and Italy. A FAMILY SCENE AT ST. CLOUD.—The E m presg was close before us on the upper terrace, which is connected with her apartments by a light iron bridge , Thia bridge was entirely concealed by a wild vine, wh°l splendid dark red leaves were th e so l e thi ng .h a t rem inded me of autumn. The terrace was still covered with the gayest flowers, and orange and pomegranate flowers stood in the open air. In the centre, near a perfect mound of flowers, the Empress was se a t e d i n one o f those pretty wire work chairs, which are so elegantly made in Paris ; in front of her lay, on a similar table, a book and some needlework in a plain basket. The face of the exalted lady was sickly and pale, the noble profile, which appears so classical in taarb l , e , busts of the Empress, was still th e same; an d so was the Nl' hair, but in the features there was a sorrow, and the pallor was almost painful to look on. A cheerful contrast was afforded by the youthful Prince ; he was playing with a snow white dog, which impudently leap e d on th e l ap o f t h e E mp reoe , What does a dog know of the etiquette of a court ? T he Prince is a remarkably handsome boy, tall, and well grow° for his age, with curly hair, a round fresh face with clever eyes, and very like one of Raphael's angels ; atthe same finis his manner is admirable, and there is grace in all his move; ments. He wore the trousers of the corporal's uniform, and over them a blouse, pale yellow with blue embroidery, which, became him well. In the b ac k groun d sat t wo l adies, in on e whom I recognised Madame Bruat, " Uouvernante dee Enfants de France." At this moment the Emperor 810 0 1 crossed the iron bridge ; an old white haired gentlemen accompanied him, Mocquard, the chief of his cabinet' The Emperor said a couple of words to him, and then dismissed him with a kindly wave of the hand. Nov guard, after making a deep bow, disappeared. The little Prince ran to meet his father, and the dog barked at tte Emperor, most improperly. The latter raised his W I from the ground, kissed him on the forehead, then took his hand, and walked with him up to his mother. The Empress rose, and the couple walked along the flower beds in conversation, with the prince behind them. The 111- peror was in civilian dress, with hat and gloves and th e traditional lilac paletot--a fashion which the King of 110 1 ' land leit him on his visit. The Emperor looked remarkably stout—his face was as usual dark and stern, and the heavY moustache rendered it still sterner. Still he seemed to be in good spirits—he often laid his hand on the Prince's curlY head, and pointed to several of the flower pots, as if telling him the names of the plants, The Empress soon seated her self again at her former seat—the Emperor took a chair by her side, and took a portfolio,in which he wrote,thoudh with" out interrupting his conversation with the Empress. Th e , prince was very busy with his moth e r' s wor k b as k e t, and listened the while to his parents' conversation. The little Prince suddenly addresses a question to his father, who shakes his head in refusal ; but the boy leaps on his knee , and begs and coaxes, and at last draws his mother into the. embrace. At length the Emperor appears to give waY , and consent; the Prince, at least, leaps aLeut merrilYs the lapdog comes to life again toe, and the old gentle men with the white hair appears again in the allee rc el begins bowing long before their Majesties notice Monsieur Moequard announces that the Ministers ar e assembled, and awaiting the Emperor. His Majesty rises, kisses his son, and seems to repeat his promir:o ; then ho offers the Empress his arm, and escorts her ev er the bridge to her apartments. The Prince remains on the terrace with the two other ladies and the lapdog, while Ai• Mocquard disappears again on the side aide. On the sam e day I read the following notice in an evening paper" t, The Emperor came this afternoon from St. Cloud to Paris, in order to inspect the new Boulevard du Prince Eugene; he was in a light open phaeton, and drove Liu" self. The Prince Imperial was seated by his side ; the fia t time he has accompanied his Majesty on such a drive. Th e carriage was without escort—there were only two footmen behind. His Majesty was received wi,h loud shouts on al l the Boulevards, and the public were delighted at the plea' sant salu'..es which the little Prince oft,red on all sides." i t was th's, then, the little Prince had asked and coaxed from his father—a trip with papa, and not, as usual, in the large stupid four-horse state coach, surrounded by clattering dragoons and galloping aides-de-camp.—Bentley's cellany. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY' —Last evening an accident occurred on the Great Northern line, which, although it has not resulted in th e less of life, caused much destruction of property, and, vell much delayed the traffic on the line. the Midland W . senger train which leaves King's-cross at seven o'clock ro ll into a Great Northern goods traia at Welwyn, 22 Wil e° down the line, and the collision was so violent that wolf of the passengers were much bruised and injured, while goods train and its lading were scattered over both up 519 ' d)wn lines, and for some hours all trains were obliged to stop at the point where the accident occurred. Medical assistance was offered to all who required aid, but we a re infsrmed that no serious injuries were sustained by any o the passengers. So great was the delay on the line that at half-past one o'clock this morning up .trains were still due.