The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-24 00:00:00

M.R ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at Fight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT -GARDEN. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. GRAND VOLUNTEER NIGHT. Vccalists—Mdlle. C. Patti and Madame Parepa; Pianoforte, "(dile. Krebs ; i.a,soon, g rbott of the r. J. Win e ; and C o net sir. Levy Orchestra gild Bands Grenadier and Coldstream Guards First night of a new Burlesque uadrille (arr an g ed and conducted by Mr. Char.es Coote), entitled "The Paul -y-Toole -y-technic. ' Conductors- Mr. Alfred Mellon and Mr. Charles Cote. Promo:lade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheare, One Private Boxes, £1 Is. and Shili.ng ; Dress Circle, 2s. Cd. ; 105. Cd. bio n day nest, Operatic Felection from LA FAVORITA in which the m 5:.,•., ificent Oman of the establishment w:l'. be played for the first time at these Concerts. On Tuesday next, a Selectionyrom the WORKS of t he GE,E NT IT ALI AN 31.A.sre.hs On Thursday next, a CLASSICAL NIGHT. ____.------ TrHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY - LANE._ Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. R. Roxby, DI - . ',I. Belmore ; Miss Hudspeth. ere's Play of After which, the First Pa rt of Shakesp BENitY THE FOIJR.T 11. Mr Phelps ; 3lessrs Creswick, 'W Mrs. C. Mewl alter Lacy, R. RONby , G . Belmore, II Marston, c. ; Miss ne2en Howard , M iss Arabella Smyth, and le. To conclude with the Farce of BEAUTY OR THE BEAST. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Helen Howard. At the end of the Play the Natienal Anthoella em will be sung. V, c atists, Miss R e b ecca Isaaw, Miss Araf Smyth, and fi r . Bartleman. a farmer who does not do his best to improve his land, is stigmatised as neglectful of his business and of the interests of his landlord. • Farming, like other trades or professions, usually demands a con siderably outlay, before much return can be ex pected, and the larger the farm the greater the capital required. Agriculture, too, pays slowly, but surely. Its low rate of interest being, as Mr DISRAELI said the other day in Buckinghamshire, compensated for its security. But the security of a farmer on a short lease is a very different thing from that of the eccupier of his own farm, or of a tenant who holds his ground a long term of years. In speaking on this subject, Sir JOHN PAXINGTON rematked that tenants often objected to long leases on the g round that they had confidence in their landlords, while landlords disliked them because they were anxious to retain their power over the land. Sir lomr, with his plain English sense and straightforwardness, soon disposed of both ,hese objections. Tenants, he said, ought to treat :he matter as any other commercial transaction would be treated, and to put their trust in written documents. Certainly the man who undertook any other costly business on the mere faith of another man's word would be looked upon as sufficiently simple; and although tenant farmers generally know something of their landlords personally, and are therefore less Quixotic in trusting to their pro mises, the principle on which they do so is not sound. Without any intention to deceive or over reach on either side, casual words may be relied upon, or meanings misinterpreted, while shortness of memory and a dozen other chances combine to render verbal arrangements a fruitful source of dia- sension even amongst well-intentioned persons. On the principle of the proverb—' Short accounts make long friends"—it is wiser and better to have written evidence of every business transaction, and we see no reason why farmers should not have the same protection against mistakes and forgetfulness that it is usual to have in other dealings. The influence of the landlord is an awkward matter, but Sir JOHN faced it boldly. He said that landowners wished to keep their power over the land, but if that power referred to game, he thought that any man man who kept an exces3ive quantity of game ought to pay for it—an opinion which the non-sporting community will readily admit the truth of. As to politics, the right hon. baronet very justly said, the exercise of such power was a mistake, and support so obtained would not long keep any party in power. Farther, he offered evidence of the correctness of his views by quoting statistics which showed that in the north farmers had offered much higher rents for farms on 21 years' leases than for the same farms on 15 years, which proves that tenants, at least, are awakening to the advantages we have been dilating on. Also, it appears from the same evidence that farms let for long terms are much more productive than those let on short leases, a fact clearly indi cating that tenants are naturally reluctant to make the necessary outlay for the best possible cultivation of their farms, while uncertain how far other men are to reap the profit of their labours, The new Lteam implements, admirable as they are in their effects, are very costly, so that the man who is I unable or unwilling to expend much capital on his farm, will soon be left behind by his more specula tive and adventurous rivals. It is clearly the duty of tenants to make the most of their land, but it is manifest incumbent on landowners to offer them every facility for doing so. We hope before long to see this system generally recognised, and that the landowners may show that fairness and kindli ness in his dealings with his tenant and the farmer with his labourers, without which the condition of the agricultural interest can never be sound or flourishing. Lord BIiGITGHAM'S address at the National ABBO - for the Promotion of Social Science is one cf great interest. It is certain to delight many by its perusal, and apart from its excellence of purput, eloquence of language, and philosophy . _ of ideas, there remains the reflection that he who uttered it is of an age that makes his achievement really remarkable. It is a very satisfactory sight o See a man thus pass a long life in the prosecution of all that makes existence honourable and distin guished, and devote the evening of his days to the calm pursuits of science. The noble lord's address was most encouraging, and he was at great pains to do away with the impression that much had not been done since the Congress last assembled. He showed how all progress must be slow to be sure, and how nothing really effective can be done in vehement haste, His remark may prove of service to many well-meaning persons who are always de feating their own objects, by pushing on in despe rate speed, thus confusing others and bewildering themselves. To these the warnings of one who has been one of the greatest reformers of his da, are very appropriately addressed. It seems strange to hear one who mixed personally in some of the most exciting scenes of political strife now c)mmenting upon the absence of party in our public life. " The voice of party has been for the most part still," he says, and adds that this circumstance tends to show that improvement has been made, and public opinion become more enlightened. It is not surprising that Lord BROUGHAM should dwell at length upon the subject of education, and the great efforts that have been made in that direction of late ; he himself presented more than ono hundred and twenty petitions to the Lords upon the subject, and was, doubtless, mainly instrumental in bringing about the salutary change that has been wrought. The noble lord's strictures on the very great carelessness that is displayed in the choice of persons who are to be teachers were most admirable, and it would be well if they could have due weight among those to whom they apply, for the incapacity and want of knowledge displayed is most astounding. The noble lord said that such gross negligence was not suffered to exist in other departments. " Care is taken that no unfit persons shall practise medicine or surgery; provision is made for the education of lawyers : is it lees important to see that fit persons shall be in trusted with the mental and moral i ,health of the community than with its bodily health or its pro perty ?" This simple statement exactly expresses the leading features of the case, and represents the very faulty notions entertained on the subject ? Thus he goes on to add that it has now become a saying, if any one fails in everything ()Ike, " l e t hi m keep a school," or " let her be a schoolmistress." If inspectors are appointed, it is almost certain that the greater part of the schools will submit to the examinations fur the sake of gaining the cer tificates, and thus a great advantage will be secured to the community. Lord BROUGHAM considered the reform that has taken plaice at the Post- office to have been of great benefit in th© way of education. Enablin g p oor per sons to send to their frioeunt great friends a : a i n e d h u e c a e p rate of postage ha s - meats to them to learn to write, and the cheap conveyance by post is a great advantage to literary and other members of the community. Lord BROUGHAM adverted to the superi orit y of great over ordinary men in the history of the changes in the Post Office. Thus we hear that "Mr PITT stood by Mr PALMER in his introduction of mail , coaches when all the authorities of the Post Office were against him, and that the Duke of WELLING!. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1864. another frequent source of evil. An inquest was held at the beginning of the week on a little boy who had obtained some rock powder from some miners, and who went into a blacksmith's shop with it in his pocket. A spark ignited the powder with a fatal result. We are glad to find the magistrates are obdurate in imposing the full penalty in cases of sending combustible materials by rail improperly guarded. In such cases we must not look to the intention of the sender, who is probably innocent, but to the frightful risk incurred. Want of thought in instances like this may result in such direful calamities that no mercy should be shown to the heedless offender, If all persons in authority would enforce a strict observance of a fow practical cautions on those below them, we should hear of fewer houses being desolated by alarming and fatal catastrophes. STA' MANCHESTER, Sept. 23.—Shipping yarns still keep de pressed, and to effect sales lower prices must be taken. Even at a decline from the low rates of yesterday, very little business is offering. Among sellers for export there is an impression that prices must now have nearly reached the bottom. The fall in this class of yarns since this day week may be stated at fully 2d per lb. In home trade yarns there is no abatement in the depression which has now so long prevailed, and the decline is fully Id to 2d per lb. since Tuesday. Some reports stated the fall in prices on Tuesday as lid to 2d per lb. as compared with last Friday, and pro bably some accounts will give the decline since Tuesday in excess of what it is here stated at ; but, in fact, the market is very irregular at a time like the present, and values partake too much of a ncminal character to average the decline very accurately. In the cloth market the long-continued decline has a tendency to make buyers rather timid, and to-day we have had a in; re depressed market than even that of Tuesday. On Tuesday the holders of cloth began to recognise the great decline necessitate I by a falling cotton market more fully than they had hitherto done. The consequence was that they manifested a more general desire to realise than before, and offered goods more freily. This continued on Wednesday and yesterday, and has led to a nut inconsider able business. 1'o• day there seems to be an almost universal desire to sell, and consequently goods are offered at very low prices. This pre=sure to sell seems to have had the effect of increasing the timidity above referred to on the part of buyers. Depressed as prices are, but few of the purchases have been large, only a few of the larger operators being in a position to effect purchases, owing to money tightness and other causes. The actual business of the day has probably not been so large as it otherwise would from this cause ; at all events it has not been large. BRADFORD, Sept, 22,—There was great dulness in the market to-day, and it was manifested in every branch of the trade. The suspension of the Leeds Banking Company ap pears to be creating more uneasiness than was at first appa rent. The report as to the enormous quantity of paper afloat filled many with apprehension, and every one was asking his neighbour, " Who has discounted with this bank 2" The quantity of wool which changed hands was exceedingly small, and purchased for immediate consump- c •sci 61111,7,, HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, walked in the grounds of the Castle yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Mijesty, with Princess Helena., Prince Alfred, and Prince Elimar of Olden• burg, drove to the Lynn of Dee. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Harriett Phipps, went out riding. tion. Tne prices of wool were fully 3d per lb. below the extreme rates current at the early part of the season. Still, those who can hold their stocks did so with great determi nation to make no concession, believing that the downward tendency will be only temporary. In worsted yarns there was an entire suspension of business. The foreign houses made inquiry as to prices, but more with a view to test them than to operate, The demand on the part of home houses had dwindled considerably, manufacturers having received no fresh orders from merchants. The same inactivity ruled in the piece-market. Neither home nor foreign merchants did business. Quotations generally were lower. Alpaca lustres, which continued in good demand, were an excep tion to this, The concessions amounted to 5i to 7 per cent. Many looms are standing, and short time is being resorted to, PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY.—At midday Ye" terday his Royal Highness, accompanied by his ExcelleneY the Italian Minister and suite, left the legation to visit Et' Paul's, the Bank of England, Barclay and Perkins? Brewery at Southwark, &c. Early in the evening 1 1 ' 8 Royal Highness honoured Madame Tussaud's with his pre sence. Later in the evening the members of the suite and the members of the Legation had the honour of dining with the Prince. A number of the Orleanist ex-Royal family of France are stopping at the Hotel d'Angleterre, Constanti nople. They consist of the Prince and Princess de Join' vill ' the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and two sons of the latter, bearing the names of the Prince de Condo and the Duke de Guise, with several attendant members of their suite. Their Royal Highnesses are on a tour to Egypt and the Holy Land. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan left Portman` square yesterday for Deane Parke, Northampton. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and the Ladies Ashley are expected in town shortly from the Conti" nent, on their way to St Giles's, Dorsetshire, where they intend to receive a succession of visitors. The Marquis of Exeter has left town for Loam' ington for a few weeks. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have red turned to Broadlands from Wilton. CARDIFF, 22d,—There is a large business doing in the steam coal trade, and the activity which has characterised it for some weeks is fully maintained. The quantity sent inland is increasing, owing in a great measure to the re quirements of the Staffordshire works consequent upon the strike there. The continental inquiry is also active, a ,- .; prices are as a rule well maintained, there being hardly any complaints of underselling. House qualities command a brisk sale, and buyers are now purchasing largely against the winter months. Coke shows no material change, and patent fue , is in demand for exportation. The ironmasters have many orders on their books, and they are well placed for some time to come. Quotations are about the same as last week. the tendency of the market during the last few days being rather in favour of makers. Rails are quoted £7 to 19s free on board, and bars £7 to £7 ss. The British Association at Stonehenge. About 300 members of the British Association went by excursion train on Thursday from Bath to Salisbury. The company did not include many of the most eminent men of the association, but with Captain Burton as the lion, and with a fair CO'l plement of the belles of Bath, the excursion party was such as to maintain the high prestige of the past meetings of the association. Queen's wee' ther was the order of the day, and the beautiful vales of Somerset and Wilts, seen under the mellow light of an autumn sun, glistened in all their richness and verdure. The great White Horse, standing cut from the dark backgroun d of a big brown hill, was scanned en passant , while many a neat white homestead, with cottage warmly thatched and orchards resplendent with ripe fruit, flew by as the train sped along to the station at Sarum. There, carriages well horsed and equipped awaited the passengers, and conveyed them through the streets of the metropolis of Wills to the far-famed cathedral which adorns this city. Every one has heard of the great height of Salie' bury spire, and many tourists have lingered with delight on a survey of the noble proportions of this magnificent pile, and have lamented, perchance, the architectural defects which have marred and en' dangered the work. Of these, and of the beauties of spire, towers, and windows, of nave, cloister, chapter-house, and library, Mr Davis, ill e very able paper, gave to the party a gree t deal of well-digested information, rendered el l the more interesting from the illustration s afforded by the objects treated upon. From the cathedral about 200 of the excursionists drone t° the Council Chamber in Salisbury, where luncheon was provided by the mayor (Mr J. Waters). 11i ! worship presided, and near him were Captain so d Mrs Burton, the mayoress, the Very Rev. the Dean of Salisbury, and several members of the magistraof and corporation of the city. After luncheo n the mayor proposed success to the British Associatio n, and gave them a hearty welcome to that ancien t city. Mr Davis and Captain Barton responded' Leaving Salisbury about half-past 1 o'clock the eAcuroioniato drovo to the Roman earthworks et oid Sarum, where Mr Swayne, as cicerone, re` [cited the history, legends, and topography o f the interesting objects around. An hour was most pleasantly spent on those breezy heights, where We are bound, as faithful chroniclers, to say the votaries of science, satiated with the lore of the week, wer e prone to romp, and to act as schoolboys released for a holiday. In truth, a very Samson of scienc e must have had sufficient of papers, and must WI been delighted to take an airing in the g eld ' away from all the cares of his ordinary labours' Defiling down the old Roman heights the per t / found their carriages awaiting them in a charming;/ rural lane, along which they drove to Salisbury Plain, and to the great, gaunt temple at Ston e henge. Here a great number of the excursioni st° had arrived beforehand, and, having taken lunc h with that zest the air of these downs does gil l ; they were assembled within the mystic circle, lie, tening most intently to the address of the Rev. Pre bendary Scarth, who, like some modern Druid, 00 instructing his flock from the summit of a giga ntl stone. He believed the temple was of Britis li origin, and suggested a date of two centuries 13•C' as the probable time of their formation. 14°, was doubtful of the nationality of the letters the ; had been discovered on ens of the stones, but bel ieve' they were of great antiquity. Same discussion tooh place on this point, and a vote of thanks was t hen given to the rev. gentleman for his paper. As even l ing came on the excursionists went off and left tni stupendous monument of a remote past alone ill 11 simple grandeur. Another change yet awaited the excursioni s 4 a nd on arriving at the village of Wilton 0 were admitted into the new church built tb er , by the late Lord (then Mr Sidney) Herber; The lavish and most tasteful decoration of t h i palatial church is beautiful beyond description , e ll when it derives a peculiar and Arcadian charm Cr° , the twining floral festoons of the harvest feast, es appeared in the dim religious light last evenink i the church presents an aspect truly celestial. i An easy drive to the Wilton Railway St all° and a pleasant journey in the special train p rovide t by the Great 'Western Railway Company, br ag ; the excursionists to Bath, and the excursion to end, at eight o'clock. g GEORGE SAND has issued a volume of Pi which have bean written and performed at Nohant. WRECK ON THE IRISH COAST.—ARKLOW, 1111 LAND, Sept. 21.—About six o'clock last evening large vessel was observed on Arklow-bank, th r owing,' rockets and firing guns as signals of distress. The Ili : was blowing strong at the time, and there was a very )3.: sea running on the bank. The lifeboat of the National I.l' boat Institul ion was immediately manned and launched, 11 , reached the vessel in about two hours. The crew of lifeboat boarded her, and found her to be the iron Edinburgh Castle, 650 tons, bound from Glasgow to Silik pore with a general cargo. The ship fhated off the 131 ' about 11 o'clock, but making so much water that th e el lain requested the.lifeboat to accompany the vessel for 0° time, and a portion of the crew to assist at working , pumps. This was done, and after proceeding ten 113 t 1 outside Arklow-bank with the ship, the lifeboat ultinap' left her, pumped dry, and returned to her station. gratitude for the services rendered on the occasion by lifeboat, the captain of the ship spontaneously gave lii °l for £4lO to the crew of the boat. A BOY KILLED BY Two SCIIOOLFELLOW, the village of Kilmacrenan there is a parish soh taught by aMr Craig. One day last week a little boy nab Diver, about 11 years of age, complained of two e l schoolmates, named Diver and Gregg, for attereP tilig beat him. The teachers punished the lads for the ofts'erli but, unfortunately, the matter did not end there. I going home from school on the same day the two b o a s ' to their threats, commenced beating the lad Diver, g e e ing him aown and kicking him severely. The boy , ea e r n e i ing home, which was hard by, complained to his Par e the treatment he had received, and, on examining hie they found him blackened all along one side. rh o P ° (1 1 - 0 , took to bed, lingered a few days in great p ain, and the 19th inst. The two lads who have taken avoY were instantly arrested,—Dublin Express. F R IGHTFUL ACCIDENT FROM AN Ex.rl,osl°, N APH THA—On Thursday while three children bela..gslt Mr George Kent, engineer, residing in SoutharuPt°llo, Camberwell, were trimming a naphtha lamp an e took place, which enveloped the whole three in flaw Ili father immediately ran to their assistance, and Cl' tip . o g h, the ft Imes, but not without seriously burning h t Two of the children were so injured that their deatia.elloixe expected; the third, a girl el seven y ears of age, is recover. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIO Nice Our Our Own Correspon dent oat for a Holiday— pte America, in FUN this Week. One Penny. Also, now ready, rice the Sixth .; post y f Half-earee, srly s. V o lume of FUN , i n Magenta cloth , p 4s. 80, Fleet-street. ____-----. Commence at Seven. 11HEA3R-E ROYAL, H AYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. TIDIS EVENING, 'IACCHUS AND ARIADNE. After v,-hich, at half-past 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera CASTLE OF ANDALUSI A. Messrs. Weiss, o f TUE Bucs,stone, Chippendale,. Comyton, Rivers, Farren, Matthi. 00,1, ; m e ,idames Weiss, Keeley, Griffith, 46,?.. To be folloN s "el by FRIEND WAGGLES. Waggles (his ori.4 final character), Mr. Compton. Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK. To commence at 7. lioratio ROYAL PRII\TCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Mts'nager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'Rafferiy, Mr. Dominick Murray fling which, 'THUD TREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, F a i l her. D. Murray, J. Nelson. H. Forre,,ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Alarstou, Miss Emma. Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. N ENV THEATRE-8.0 YAL, ADELPHI.— Salo Propri.4tor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. and r. BENJAMIN WEBSTER'S ANNUAL BENEFIT M LAST NIG-HT of the SEASON. THIS EVENING-, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, 11. Phillips, Billington, Stephenson ; Mrs. Billing ton, Miss li. Simms, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. After which, WHO'S YOUR FRIEND. Giles Fairland, Alr. B. Webster. Supported by Mr► illington, Mr. Stephen_ son, Mrs. A Mellon, and Mrs. Billington. And THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole s r. Bedford, C. J. Smith; Mrs. A. Mellon, Ltc. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINEN f TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Season. rIIIS EVENING - (tor the 12th time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's nig,hly-successful and original Comedy of HOW WILL TUEY GE I' OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. liurnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with LNDEtt THE ROSE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged. Rs,. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin son, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. John stout:. Mr. 11. Montague, Miss Cotterel , Miss Fanny Joseph Mi s s l'attl Josephs, Sic. &O. Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and his pup. 9.. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinloch. Musical Con ductor, ~• Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster. 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It has, of course, been never lift entirely in abeyanc, but of late it has as frequently come u . p in speeches, addresses, and meetings of an agricultural cha racter, that it is evident it is occupying the minds o?farmers and landowners to a great ix tent. At a Wutzcstershire meeting the other (ley, at Wh ich Sic JouN rAKISGTON presided, the right hon. baronet ep.ae at some length un the subject, and urged strongly upon his hearers the advantages el the long lease system. It was the only means he declared. of giving farmers that security to which they were entitled before expending a large smount of capital on their farms. This view at once epproves itself to common sense, and to all the principles on which the business of every day life is carried on. No rational man expends his capital in pushing a trade or carrying out a speculation without some security that he will have, at least, a share in the profits, but the farmer is expected to make his outlay without tiny such guarantee. In commercial life, the man who so acted would be called a rash and improvident speculator, whereas -....., TON almost alone perceived the merits of Sir R. HILL'S plan when others, Sir R. PEEL included, either opposed or coldly supported him." This proves the importance of master minds being en trusted with the affairs of the nation, and demon- strates how much perspicacity and foresight may accomplish in the way of invention and improve• ment, when mediocrity is altogether at fault and meaner capacities are quite incapable of grasping at the idea suggested to them, and are only alive to the impracticability of its execution. It is another advantage of a man of Lord BROUGHAM'S age presiding over such an assembly that he is stored with the treasures of experience, and memory carries him back to a time almost remote to the minds of some of his hearers. He brings names ont of the buried depths of the long silent past, and makes them again capable of instructing and in forming his hearers. He compares the present with a period which some of us can dimly remember and others have just heard of, but which he can people with statesmen, sages, and philosophers ; so we can put the various links together by his aid that join ,he different states of the then and the now. During the lifetime of the noble lord the changes have been so numerous and so rapid that have taken place in the conduct of daily life that it must be a strange and startling thing for him to take a glimpse of the days that are o'er, and recall what took place around him when he entered upon the stirring scenes of life in which he played so distin guished a part. Lord BROUGHAM'S remarks upon foreign nations and our connection with them, im mediate or remote, are of course very suggestive just at present. He does not enter so much into a discussion of the political excitement of the hour, as he discusses the general principles which should guide the course of nations and rule the conduct of their affairs either as relates to interference or non• intervention. These doctrines are sound enough to all appearance, and fe w will hesitate to concur in the statement that " the greatest crime in modern ages was the partition of Poland ;" also that the wars and intrigues of peace, after the revolution, had a pernicious influence, seems a point that admits of no denial ; but it must seem that when the noble lord comes to the really engrossing topic of our day, he fails to apply the moral he has taught us by his earlier deductions. Thus he denounces Prussia in no measured terms, and declares that "from all her profligate aggression Prussia has gained not the shadow of glory, though she has grasped the sub stance of plunder." This is true enough, but it is mortifying to find Lord BROUGHAM join the ranks of those who declare that it is the misfortune and not the fault of England that she has done nothing to help the gallant Danes. The rule that is laid down for us Lord BROUGHAM does not apply to the French, and he considers that the interference of the French at an early period of the war could have been very effectual. This miry or may not be true, but it ill becomes us to pass an opinion, and still less to utter a censure upon the short■ comings of others when our own deficiencies are so plainly apparent. It must have been with feelings of great interest that the noble lord referred to the question of the slave trade, and the measures taken of late for its suppression. With one excep tion, the repeal of the Aberdeen Act, the noble lord does not seem to see that any immediate change is required. Concerning extradition treaties—he de nounced the insiduous attempt of Prussia to make a treaty by which persons tried in their absence must be surrendered. Truly did the noble lord declare that " No extradition of pezeons charged with po litical offoncee can ever be thought of, and yet such offences might be the ground of sentenea in absence." No one better tha❑ the veteran speaker could tell how contrary was such an act from the spirit of the laws of England; and indeed, with all their effrontery, it seems strange that the Prussians should have attempted to put such an affront upon as. The absurd notion that some have put forward of late as to the propriety of our giving up our colonies to avoid expense, was treated in a fitting manner by the noble lord ; but he added that wise and temperate measures might be adopted, so that in the event of a separation hereafter becoming inevitable, the change might be brought about by no angry feelings on either side. It seems almost 'incredible that one of the . years of the noble lord should thus grasp at the topics of the day, small and great, political, social, foreign and domestic, and take all in turn, with no difference as to the ability with which he treats them, nor the compre hensiveness with which he discusses them. His discourse is a mirror of the times, in which he sets forth the chief points of interest and importance, and no one can fail to glean knowledge from the stores of such a treasure-house, nor to derive great benefit from the vast experiences set forth with so much wit and wisdom. IT I The great number of preventible accidents that are continually occurring among us seem to indicate great want of proper caution. We are constantly hearing of death and injury resulting from heedless attempts to get in or out of railway trains, to cross the lines, &.3., both on the part of passengers and of persons employed on the line. List week an intel ligent lad, who Was employed on one of the Glas gow lines as telegraph clerk, lost his life through incautiously jumping on to a train in motion on a wet day, which rendered th e carria ge slippery, and scarcely a week passes without some similar acci dent. But there is one class of accidents becoming SO very common that it is quite time that greater care and caution were observed, or the list of casualties will grow to something frightful. We allude to those accidents which result from the careless use or carriage of fire-arms, and of com bustible materials generally. The heedless use of guns has led to so many fatal disasters that one would think people had learned something by ex perience, but the news of almost every day proves the contrary, A few days ago, a little child lost his life by his uncle's gun, the uncle having foolishly allowed him to fire, and forgetting it had been borrowed by a neighbour, who had re turned it loaded. The common trick of pointing a gun at another party for a joke is s© extremely silly and dangerous, that it is really almost in credible that it should still be so frequently played. To increase the poignancy of the regret, which must be felt by the unfortunate originators of such catastrophes, their victim is usually some near and dear relative. who is killed or waimEd for life by one of the most absurd and perilous and practical jukes. In these days of volunteering it is necessary to impress caution, for rifles are in so many houses, and, indeed, in the heat of circumstances so often placed in inexperi enced hands, that accidents are likely to became frequent. The fact of so many learning to use the rifh is not of itself likely to create danger, since it is almost always the ignorant who are the mischief makers. Boys, servants, and children are commonly the oi•iginatorn, and firearms should, if possible, be kept out of their reach. Especially they should never be used to amuse children, nor should chil dren be suffered to handle them. A duo precaution on the part of every one who uses a gun would be to see that it is properly unloaded before it is out of his own hands, and it is not too much to expect every non•professioual marksman to do this while bringing his gnu into the reach of idlers. The careless use or abuse of combustible materials is Canterbury Hall. The optical illusion of " Prince Blossom," after a triumphant career of eight months, has been withdrawn, in order to give place to a new sketch by the same author, Mr Vandervell, entitled "Perfume and Fair Bouquet," and which was produced last evening with decided success. It opens with a storm at sea and shipwreck. This is managed by the aid of Prefeesor Pepper's well-known ghost illusion, and the sinking of the vessel is a perfect sensation. We feel quite certain that Professor Pepper a twelvemonth ago could never have contemplated his invention would ever have been brought to such a state of perfection. Prince Perfume is washed on shore, and tells us in a medley song that he has come to rescue the Fair Bouquet from the power of a bad fairy, called Nettle, who has stolen her when a child. Fair Bouquet (Miss Hayes) sings from her tower " I wish I had something to love me" se sweetly that Per fume is enraptured, and is about to climb the tower, when he is met by Howley Cub, a demon with three heads, who engages hiss in a phantom fight. This combat is very cleverly managed. The passing of the sword through the demon and the decapitation drew down thunders of applause. As a matter of course, the Prince conquers the Demon and rescues Fair Bouquet ; but as true love never does run smooth (so the playwriters will have it), the fairy Nettle once more gets them in her power, and had it not. been for fairy Fragrance, who takes them under her protection, we should not have been invited to her Roseate Bowers, and have witnessed the bal dansante she gives in honour of their nuptials. This is one of the grandest effects ever produced. Numerous fairies appear and perform a ballet de fleures through les eaux tnerveilleases,and ultimately ascend through a shower of coloured fire to the " Realms of Love." Mrs Randall enacted the part of Prince Perfume with a degree of naive which made it very amusing, and in a duet with Fair Perfume danced right merrily. The overture and incidental music, by Willem Vandervell, is capitally arranged, and the sketch itself is very smartly . written. If we may judge from the applause bestowed upon it last evening, we think this sketch is destined to have as long a run as its predecessor. The other entertainments comprised the "Tercentenary," in which Mr Randall is still received with roars of laughter; the " Anthropophaginian," illus trated by Mr Hilton; a variety of comic singing by Mr Stracey, &c. ; and a grand selection from the opera of " Ernani," conducted by Mr Jonghmans, and in which the prima donna, Miss Russell, sang most charmingly. The Battle of Balaclava, Mr W. IL Russell, in a letter to the Times, says • " With reference to the statement which appears in the Times of Aug. 16 from Mr liedworth. Joliffe, late Lieute nant of the 4th Light Dragoons, I have two remarks to make-Ist, that the brilliant charge of the Chasseurs d'Afrique on the Russian guns on our left was not made, as Gen. de Todleben writes, and as Mr.Joliffe seems to be lieve, ' to alleviate the retreat' of our Light Cavalry on the day of Balaclava, but was an independent charge to which the Chasseurs advanced (as could be seen by all who were on the ground above the scene) almost simultaneously with the advance of our leading squadrons. The battery which the Chasseurs charged was on rising ground on the right of the Russians, and some distance from the guns attacked by the Light Brigade, and it is no doubt true that the 4th Light Dragoons, who diverged rather to the left as they advanced, were ma terially benefited when they retired by the results of the charge, as the gunners had not recovered the effects of it as the remnants of our horse were falling back; but a little attention to time and position (which it is no discredit to Mr Joliffe not to have been able to bestow on the situation at the time) might have satisfied the writer of the letter that the denial of Da Todleben's statement that the Chas sours charged after the English were obliged to retire was correct. The second point in his letter which I desire to notice is Mr John's assertion that 'this charge has been ignored by our historians.' The contrary is the case; at least I am not acquainted with any account in print of the Light Cavalry combat of Balaclava which does not mention in terms of praise, if it does not do full justice to the gal lant onslaught of the Chasseurs d'Afrique on the Russian Euns." IGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 23, Evening. The Obendpost (the evening edition of the Wiener Zeitung) of to-day says :—"lt was owing to the relations of Austria, both at home and abroad, that she has hitherto failed in concluding a loan. Now, I however, the position has changed. Instead of an absence of producers, and an importation exceed ing the exports, producers are now numerous, and our exports arc considerable, trade, commerce, and shipping being thereby favourably influenced. 'Faxes are most regularly paid. A speedy CODCIIIs sion of peace will cruse the extraordinary war ex penses to cease, and the outlay already incurred will be returned by Denmark. We may therefore hope that the moment is favourable to the negotia tion of a loan, if not abroad, at least at home." FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 23, Morning. The Constitutionnel of today, in an article exa mining the Franco-Italian Treaty, shows that " the Imperial Government has been faithful to its mix. sion. Ever convinced that the temporal power of the Pope was not opposed to the liberty and inde• pendence of Italy, it was sufficient for the Govern ment to know bow to await the proper moment to effect a solution which should at one and the same time put an end to the retrograde tendencies of the Holy See, and the revolutionary tendencies of Italy. We ought to congratulate ourselves that time has rendered possible the combinations which will accomplish this double result so necessary to the tranquillity of Europe." ITALY. LOCARNO, SEPT. 24. Advices from Turin to the 22d inst. Bays :—" The mob, after repeatedly insulting the soldiers at the Hotel de Ville,were at last fired upon by the troops several times, and numbers were wounded. Several arrests were made. Among those wounded atd arrested, several were found armed with daggers and revolvers. Tratquillity was restored at 11 o'clock at night. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 24. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam. ship Ellora, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. She brings 35 passengers and a general cargo, including 720 bales of raw silk, to the value of L 60,000 sterling. The Admiralty steam yacht Enchantress, with Rear-Admiral Robinson, Comptroller of the Navy, arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th from Portsmouth. The Ellora spoke the following steamers—on the 14th the Masailia, on the 15th the Euxine, on the 19th the Brazilian, and on the 22d the Poonah. At Gibraltar —Exchange on London, at 90 days, 501 501 ; on Paris, 5.29 ; on Marseilles, 5.30. Freights unchanged. THE CAPE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 24. A telegram received here from Madeira via Lisbon says : The Union Company's steamer Roman, Captain Strutt, from Table Bay, with the Cape mails, put in here to coal, and sailed on the 20th instant for Southampton via Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 24. The Union Company's steamer Roman, with the above mails, has arrived here. She left Table Bay on the 20th ult., St. Helena on the 29th, and Ascension on the Ist inst. She brings 60 passengers. The Briton arrived out on the 11th August, and the Cape Parliament waa proronged on the 26th July. The Legislative Council had passed a resolution for the annexation of British Kaffraril. The Kaffrarians had petitioned her Mairsty to withhold her consent to the measure. The Govarnor was in Kaffraria, and about to proceed to the Free State. A clerk in the General Post-office at Cape Town had been committed on a charge of robbing the Government of £1,700. The Hon. Richard Southey had been appointed Colonial Secretary in the room of the Hon. Rawason Rawson, pending her Majesty's approval. The prospect of a good harvest in the colony continued. The Victoria Cross. (From the Gazate of Friday,) WAR OFFICE, Sept. 22 CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, MALTA, SEPT. 23. The Euxine will leave with the above mails for Marseilles at 8 p.m. to-day. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officers and drummer of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by them in New Z2aland, as stated against their names, viz : Assistant-Surgeon William George Nicholas Manley, Royal Artillery, for his conduct during the assault on the rebel pah near Tauran ga, New Zealand, en the 29th April last, in most nobly risking his own life, according to the testimony A f Commodore Sir William Wiseman, C. 8., in his endeavour to save that of the late Commander Hay, of the Royal Navy, and others. Having volunteered to accom pany the storming party into the pah, he attended on that officer when he was carried away mortally wounded, and then volunteered to return in order to see if he could find any more wounded. It is stated that he was one of the last officers to leave the pab. Assistant Surgeon William Temple and Lieut. Arthur Fredk. Pickard, Royal Artillery, for gallant conduct during the assault on the enemy's position, at Rangiriri, in Now Zealand, on the 20th November last, in exposing their lives to imminent danger in crossing the entrance of the Maori keep, at a point upon which the enemy had concentrated their fire, with a view to render assistance to the wounded, and more especially to the late Captain Mercer, of the Royal Artillery. Lieut. Pickard, it is stated, crossed and recrossed the parapet, to procure water for the wounded, when none of the men could be induced to perform this service, the space over which he traversed being exposed to a cross fire; and testimony is borne to the calm ness displayed by him and Assistant Surgeon Temple under the trying circumstances in which they were placed. Ensign John Thornton Dawn and Drummer Dudley Stagpoole, 67th Regiment, for their conduct at Pontoko, on the 2d of October, in rescuing a wounded comrade from the rebel Maories. They succeeded in bringing in the wounded man, who was lying at about 50 yards from the bush, al though the enemy kept up a very heavy fire from the Wish at short range, and also from behind fallen logs close at hand. The man had been wounded during an engagement with the rebel natives, and Ensign Down and Drummer Stagpoole responded to the call if the officer commanding the detachment of the regiment for volunteers to bring him in. The medal for distinguished conduct in the field has already teen conferred on Drummer Stagpoolo for the energy and devotion which ho displayed on the 25th of September, 1863, at the effair near Kaipakepake, in having, though wounde 1 in the head, twice volunteered and brought in wounded men. REPRESENTATION OF HAS riNos.—The Speaker has issued his writ for the election of a member for the borough of Hastings, the representation of which became vacant through the elevation of Lord Harry Vane to the House of Peers. EXTRAORDINARY DEATII.—A law days since Mr H. Leggatt, of the firm of Hayward and Leggatt, of Cornhill, inadvertently swallowed a small iron nail which had by accident got mixed with the food he was eating. Mr Leggatt expired yesterday morning from the accident, after undergoing intense suffering: The Nile Sources. Richard F, Burton, F.R.G.S., in a letter to the Times, says : " Sir,—ln your leader of the 19th of September there is an allusion to the discovery of the Nile sources, on which, perhaps, you will allow me to remark. " The sad event to which your excellent article refers must seal my mouth concerning many things. But without dis respect to the memory of Captain Speke I may say that the popular version of the discovery of Lake Nyanza and of the ' settlement of the Nile sources' is in advance of fact. " On cur return to Kazeh I was preparing a march upon the Nyassa Lake, since laid down by our great African, Dr Livingstone. My journals were also to be written up. For these reasons I despatched my second in command, Captain Speke, to prospect a water—' the Nyanza'—of which dubi ous tales had bean reported by Arabs and Africans, This most energetic explorer returned with a conviction that he had discovered in it the sources of the Nile. Now, the sources of rivers are not in lakes ? "After his return to England Captain Speke was enabled by the recommendation of the Royal Geographical Society and the liberality of her Majesty's Government to organise another expedition for the purpose of deriving the Nile from the Lake Nyanza. My project was to sat out from Mombas and march to the but two explorations at the same time were not considered necessary. Captain Spoke succeeded in striking the N.E. shoulder of a water which many geographers think is a broadening of the Kitangule river, not his original Nyanza. Oa the other hand, the Assua affluent, coming from the S.E , is accord ing to most foreign geographers the true Nilo. Again , Drs. Livingtone and Kirk, after visiting the Nyassa lake, and finding no affluent faum the Tanganyika, compel us to believe that the latter drains into the " Luta Nzige," and is thus tho wes tern leke reservoir. of Ptolemy—Nyanza being the eastern. Being about to publish a pamphlet upon th is subject, I will trespass no more upon your valuable space. You will, however, perceive that in recounting the last brilliant episode of Captain Speke's brief but useful and eventful life the discovery of the Nile sources can hardly be held a thing settled in all future time. - _ RICHARD WIIITTINGTON.—But no exaggeration was needed in dealing with the merits of so remark able a man, When his story is stripped of every extraneous ornament, and reduced from its romantic aspect to the sim plicity of truth, it will be impossible to withhold from him a liberal raced of praise. The example of his successful career, and of the admirable uses to which he dedicated his great wealth, must often have stimulated or confirmed young citizens in zealous industry or christian benevolence. The tale of " Whittington and his Cat," almost rivalling in interest the stirring legends of the nursery, must have fre quently fixed many an apprentice's fancy on the possibility of a prosperous future, may have filled troubled and desponding hearts with the echoes of distant joy-bells, promising a happy and honourable life. The value of such wise histories can scarcely bo overrated. :le who muses over the stone at Highgate, or in the College garden adjoining, and in his poverty (if it be not criminal) comforts himself with a hope that, like the despised Richard Whittington, he may one day conquer fortune and position, should not be laughed at as a mere dreamer, Within our own memory several chief magistrates of London have reached that dignity fro t he humblest ranks. One rode in the gilded city coacher roads he had once assisted in paving ; a second, who became a singularly astute and- fortunate merchant, was for years a tide-waiter at the Custorn-b.ouse ; and a t . hird handled , th id e o N a l s anz o i r o d n- is h ia ou y s o e r ,. w l h t er i e s , the trowel, a working bricklayer, almost within sight of tho glory of London einspracZ:yo life, ho was to pre. that such unlooked for events in the annals of commerce are of everyday occurrence. No clerk, no warehouseman, no apprentice, need suppose ho must always be doomed to an interior post. llogarth, in his graphic delineation of the career of two poor boys—the idle and industrious ap prentices—tells us in the indelible symbols of art, governed by the hand of genius, that the highest rewards belong as of right to the all-achieving force of integrity and perse. verauce, and that poverty can never be a disgrace or an ultimate injury, unless it be associated with sloth mad im moral ity.—City Press, OPENING OF At;TON HALL AND PARK.—On Thursday afternoon the formal transfer of the property to the municipal body was celebrated' by a banquet given by the e mayor in the gr ea t gallery in the hal l —a fine old man sionsaand of the Elizabeth an era , in excellent repa ir. The g ues ts numbered about 2,000 p er sons, and included t he mem bers of tho council, several o f the county gentry , the b or ough officials, tr s he o ic m rrde e ap o t f ui ob t h al i e co l fp e a tan d r ek i n pw g e i ho n pi h cl he a a a tei n h t eb s et o eo f nw ß ad i r e w m d ii i ct n ha g ti o h n d a t in h to t h e . T h s is e d the n e use last few years. The hall, it is understood, will bo fitted up and furnished as judges' lodgings, in the event of the Go vernment authorities granting the prayer of the memorial of the corporation to constitute Birmingham an assize town, LATEST Lord Kinnaird's Quarrel with a Lady. (From the Scotsman.) Lord Kinnaird's arbitrary conduct in preventing, not many days ago, a match at cricket between the luchmartine and Rossie Clubs, which was to be played upon his pro perty, on the ground that mischief was apt or likely to come of the too free use of spirituous liquors attending the matches of the luchmartine Club, has aroused a consi derable amount of feeling among the members of the Inehmattine Cricket and Curling Clubs, His lordship refused, when applied to by the office-bearers of the clube, to give any further explanation of his conduct than that to be derived from a study of the " specific reasons" alleged in his original note forbidding the match, In consequence, a joint meeting of the clubs was called, at which a letter addressed by the secretaries to Lord Kinnaird was read, defying his lordship to substantiate his charges against the clubs, and demanding a public with drawal of, and apology for, those charges; in default of which his lordship could not appear on either tho Inchmartine curling pond or cricket-field, while the clubs would take no part in any match in which Lord Kinnaird was engaged. Strongly-worded resolutions, generally to the same cffuot a& the letter, were agreed to—the only difference of opinion in the meeting being as to whether even stronger language should not be used.—Mr Sime stated that, as Mrs Fer- gusson Blair, of Inchmartine, was the principal person implicated (she having behaved with kind hospitality when ever a match took place), he thought that she ought to be informed of the resolutions they had come to. He would therefore move that Mrs Fergusson Blair be invited to attend the meeting to hear the resolutions read. This was unanimously agreed ta, On receiving the invitation, Mrs Blair said she would be happy to comply with the wishes of the clubs. On entering the hall of meeting, Mrs Fergusson Blair was received with the most marked respect by all present. The course of the proceedings having been explained, and the resolutions read to her by the Secretary, Mrs Fergusson Blair said—Gentlemen, it is unusual for a female to take part in meetings of this nature, but mine is at all times an unusual and anomalous position. Sole guardian of my son, and manager and trustee of his large property, I am often called upon to assume duties quite foreign to my feminine nature. But on this occasion I felt it not only my duty but my pleasure to appear amongst you at your request. I wish to express vivcc voce my opinion of Lord Kinnaird's most unwarrant able and ungentlemanlike attack upon the members of the Inchmartine Curling and Cricket Clubs. Nothing emanat- ing from that quarter could injure you or me in the estima. tion of our neighbours ; but unfortunately this accusation, through the medium of the public prints, has gone over the length and breadth of the land; and his lordship has thus shown the will to do us harm, though he lacks the power. Who but Lord Kinnaird would have tried to cast a slur upon the actions of a lady—alone—without a protector save her scn, a boy 1 Time was when he (Lord Kinnaird)' would not have dared to breathe my name but in terms of deepest respect ; and it will not add to the small modicum of good-will borne towards him that he now tries to insult a lady in my unprotected state. I can, however, boldly face his lordship, and, armed with the breastplate of truth, can deny his accusations made to cover his dis appointment on another subject. Lord Kinnaird's politi cal views have been long known to me, but only lately has he been enlightened as to mine. You will all agree with me that my son is much too young to have any political bias whatever, and I fondly trust that he will never follow in Lord Kinnaird's footsteps. None of you will blame me for refusing to allow my boy to become a tool in his hands. I can well afford to dispense with friendship only to be re tained on such terms. I speak strongly, for I feel strongly that this paltry accusation was trumped up to cover far deeper schemes than a mere game of cricket, and to this may be attributed this sudden burst of teetotal virtue. Lord Kinnaird's antecedents should have prevented his trying to throw doubt upon the re spectability and honour of men in all respects of unim peachable character. He has, as I said before, done you no harm—the only one he has injured is the poor youm man he alludes to (who belongs to himself, not to us, whose name he has brought forward so prominently in this matter, and who may well now say. " Save me from my friends." Had Lord Kinnaird acted like a Christian — which he professes to be—and as a gentleman—which he ought to be—he would have written to me in a friendly manner, stating his own peculiar views ; for we have always been on the most intimate terms till now, when he has chosen to take umbrage at my doing what was only my duty. This clearly shows the animus which has prompted this insult.--(The delivery of this speech was greeted with loud and frequent cheering.)—The meeting shortly after broke up, An official circular having been recently issued from Pall mall, announcing the desire of Government to receive tenders and propositions for converting the Enfield rifle into a breach-loading arm, it was yesterday announced at Wool wich that no fewer than 34 different methods had been sub jected to the War Department by British and foreign gun makers and others, the whole of which aro now under the consideration of a committee of officers of great experience. The timo allowed to inventors having expired, no other propositions will be received. Col. 11, D. Harness, C,8., director of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, has received a lengthened leave of absence from the Horse Guards prior to his relinquishing the command of the Engineer establishment, and his retirement from the service with the honorary rank of major-general. Among the officers mentioned as being likely to succeed Col. Harness are Col. J. W. Gordon, C. 8., commanding Royal Engineers at Portsmouth, and Col. J. L. A. Simmons, 0.11., attached to the Staff at Aldershot Camp. Pending the tvpointment of a successor to Col. Harness, the command of the Royal Engineer establishment devolves on Lieut.- Col. T. 13. Colliuson. Messrs. Higge and Co. having terminated their building contract with the War Department for the present term, Mr Thomas Seward, their agent in Woolwich Arsenal, has been presented with an elegant silver goblet by the men it his employ, as a token of their esteem and regard. PLUNDERING A FOUNDATION STONE.—A young man named Sowden has just been arrested at Bodmin, Cornwall, on suspicion of being concerned in a novel species of robbery. It appears that on Tuesday the foundation atone of some new national schools now being built in Bod min was removed and the bottle containing coins and other articles, deposited in the atone at the time the ceremony was _ performed, stolen, ,DE