The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-11 00:00:00

And lIACCIIUS AND AIUADNE. To commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager. Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT` TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre is Open for the Winter Season. Those celebrated artistes Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews are re-engaged. THIS EVENING, Mr. Arthur Sketchley's highly successful and original Comedy of HOW WILL IHEY GET OUT OF IT ? Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. H. J. Montague; Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling, After which, a New Comedy Farce. by Maddison Morton, Esq., entitled WOOD OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C. Mathews, Mrs. F. Matthews. To ccnclude with UNDEIt THE ROSE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James; Mesdames Swanborough and Mande, a. After which, the great Burlesque, THE MILLER AND lIIS MEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborough, Simpson. 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List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion Card, and our new pamphlet, "The Tercentenary; or, The Three Hundredth Birthday of William Shakspeare," gratis and post free. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 255. per ton. I Double 21s. per ton. Top 245. p Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOIN SCOTT, Sole bgelat. YVHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," 11. Containing the Latest SPORTING LNTELLIGENCE, gall be had Every Evening of G. IL GLI , :jNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY 13.1tOOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendisti street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS D AL — Morning, 9h. 59.n.—Afternoon, 10h. 44m. 1 0 -moußow.-Morning, 11h. 2 0m.—Afternoon, 11h. 60m. io UM 44.1.41 t LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1864. The arrival of the Bombay mail brings as varied intelligence, although none of it is happily of a very important character. The general tenour of the news is pacific, though there are not wanting in dications of the increasing dissension between the i Indian Governors and the central authority et Downing -street. Sr: CHARLES WooD, indeed, seems to be out.doing himself in his Indian per. formances, and the report which we mentioned as a vague rumour merely, that on the retirement of Sir C. TREVELYAN no other Finance Minister will be appointed, now conies to us in the Bombay sum. :nary with the authority of a statement. "It is stated'' that Sir C. TRETELYAN will leave India in April next, and that thenceforward the manager of the finances will be merely a secretary. Tho real head of the Indian exchequer will, we presume, be that accomplished financier who once ruled in this metropolis, and who gave anything but satisfaction to the English public. If Sir CfIARLES Wood is going to carry his Barrow and oppressive theories into the Finance Department, just as the Indian exchequer is flourishing, we may look for a very Undesirable change in the administration of the public money, Very certainly he will not imitate or continue Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN'S liberality towards public works, for, although our Indian Secretary prides himself upon the encouragement he has given to railroads, he has shown anything but a favourable countenance to the water works, which in India are of even greater consequence. It is an extraordinary step to take to withdra iv the Finance Minister altogether, and we expect that Parliament will have something to say to it. Sir C. WOOD'S proceedings are not looked upon with much favour i n I n di a , an d the Governor of Madras, Sir W. DENISON, has actually refused to c arry out his instructions relative to the position of th e Indian local affairs, on the grounds that they are oppos e d to the Royal wishes, and are in open contravention THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. R. Roxby, 151 r. ti. Belmore, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. G. Weston, and Miss Iludspeth. After which, at a quarter to Fight o'clock, Shaksuere's Tragedy of !OTHELLO. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, Walter Lacy, G. F. Neville, A Rayner, Raymond ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, and Miss Atkinson. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. TAI HEATRE ROYAL, H AYMARKET.- Lessee. M?. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, &c. , Mesdames Beatrice, An e', &e. Alter which, PRESENTED AT COURT. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Bra d, &c. ; Mes dames Snowdon, Griffith, 111:1, Wright, Lovell &c. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY. October 22, with a New Drama, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY, in which Mr. Fechter will perform the principal character. The .t:cenery pa;ntfd by Mr. William Callcott. The Box-effice will open on Monday, October 17, from Eh v n till Four. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE...-. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. 'MIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I eddy crliafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson. H. Forre,ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Rainy Gwynne. NEW THE ATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHI.-.- Sale Proprietor and Mantis...or ; Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. J. Clarke, Billington, hburne, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. After which, RORY O'MOR E. Rory (with Irish Ballads), Isir. John Collins. Other characters by Messrs. Billington, R. Phillips, Paul Bedford, Stuart, stephenson, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfrcd Mellon and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with TEDDY TIIE TILER. Teddy (with songs), bir. John Collins. Commence at 7. counteract, as far as it lies in their power, the per sistent efforts of the Home Government to centralise the administrative power. Sir GEORGE GREY'S remarks are always worth attending to; the right hon. gentleman has a con siderable amount of practical knowledge which he turns to very good account in his speeches. Last Friday he addressed a public meeting in aid of the Morpeth Young's Mutual Improvement IV. , sociaticn. Sir G. GREY occupied the chair, and very ade quately fulfilled the task that was assigned to him. It is true that it was by no means a discouraging prospect that presented itself to his view in contem plating the affairs relating to the society then dis. cussed. During the two years that it has been in existence it has made great progress in many way., and it has become possessed of several valuab:e works, besides having enjoyed the privilege of many lectures on divers subjects. It is a great thing for any town to have such an institution within its walls, for it must tend in a great measure to pro mote the welfare and improvement of its citizens. There are advantages to be derived from these societies that are above and beyond the mere in tellectual acquirements that they induce and foster. The habit of devoting idle hours to refined and elevated employments works twofold in a beneficial sense, it improves the whole character of the indi vidual, and also it prevents many undesirable and deleterious pursuits being carried on. Sir G. GREY pointed out to the young men that such a society, if they availed themselves fully of its opportunities, would benefit them in various ways. Besides reli. gioes and moral instruction, they would have faci lities presented to them of preparing themselves for those competitive examinations which were now the doors to all employment in the civil service of the country. There is no doubt that the temptations to which idleness so invariably exposes have been the means of involving many young men in difficulties, and inducing them to lose their acquirements for want of practice; thus when their time of trial has come they have failed either partially or entirely, and thus ruined their prospects at the outset of their career. The chairman very effec tively impressed upon his hearers the necessity that existed for training the mind after the routine duties of school were over, and quoted in connection with this subject of education as distinct from in struction some striking expressions of the Arch bishop of YORE. " Education is the training of the whole mind for the world around it, for the duties it has to discharge here, and the services it has to perform to its GOD and Saviour, the mental, moral, and ra'gious training of souls marked by God for His own," This is as good an explanation and as true a warning as could be given on this difficult and much debated subject. How fes really take it in this sense, what with "cramming" for examinations, and reading up exactly what is supposed to be wanted, very little care or thought is bestowed in many cases on what ought to be the chief aim and object of all such undertakings —the improvement of the mind and the formation of the character on the highest and holiest princi. plea. How true was the remark of Sir G. GREY that many waste their youth in all sorts of unpro fitable engagements, while, on the contrary, they should bear in mind that youth was especially the season for mental culture, for the acquisition of knowledge and the formation of principles. , t it was the seed-time of a rich harvest they were all to see hereafter." The more such topics are die- cussed, and the g r e a t er s t re s s th a t is laid on these matters, the better, for the indifferent may thus be won over and in time made to see the error of their ways in conluming their precious time in idleness or wasting their energies by acquiring _ .. superficial knowledge of things that require minute and careful investigation. Great credit is due to those gentlemen occupying a distinguished position in society, who have so often come forward to farther the objects and promote the efforts of such societies and institutions as that now discussed. the advantages of their attendance cannot be too much overrated, their names are a tower of strength, they incite and emulate the rising generation, and urge them on in the path that lies before them. It the young members of such institutes find that their progress is considered a matter of importance to the wort eminent men in the land, that their mental culture and moral advancement ace thought to of the guarantee granted by Parliament to the officers of the late Company's army. This is a bold reproof, and no doubt expresses the senti ments of a large proportion of Anglo-Indian officers. Meanwhile affairs in India itself are being carried on with the promptitude and vigour which we should expect to distinguish any administration of which Sir JOHN LAWRENCE is the head. The Governor of Bombay has assembled a Public Works Conference in Poona with the object of determining the operations of that department, so that Govern ment may arrive at the best conclusions with a view to improving the communications of the country. A commission has been appointed to examine into the working of the telegraph throughout all India. It seems that great delays and irregularities have occurred, so that their causes and origin are to be investigated, and the efficiency of all the employes inquired. This is a very necessary step, since the safety of a province might depend on the prompt and accurate working of the telegraph, and it has been relied on by competent authorities for virtually addle g a large number of men to our regular army, since by its means, in conjunction with the rail ways now opening throughout the country, troops can be quickly and readily summoned to the scene of action from distant quarters. With regard to the pending dispute with the Bhootanese, there is a prospect of their being brought to terms, for an old pretender to the Throne in Thibet has chosen this opportune moment to threaten Thibet Proper, having raised a large force in Cbiach. Conse.. quently, the Bhootanese will lose the assistance of the Lama, upon which they had been rely. ing. A large supply of ordnance has been shipped from Calcutta to Assam, and other preparations are progressing, so that we may hope the affair will be brought to a speedy set tlement. Russia is still pushing on her designs upon India, and we have just now very evident proof of them, for an embassy has just been de spatched from Kokand, an independent state in Central Asia, to ask the advice and assistance of the British in reference to the Russian attempt to make a highroad for troops through that king dom. The inhabitants of Kokand are apparently sharp enough to see what this forbodes. What the Viceroy will advise remains to be seen. He is now en route for his Darbar at Lahore, at which he is to receive all the chiefs of the Paujab. For the first time since the mu tiny of 1857, which added so terrible a celebrity to its name, Delhi will be one of the stations selected. We regret to find that the Viceroy's expedition has been chequered by domestic r action through the accidental death of Sir ALEXANDER LAWRENCE, son of the late Sir HENRY. All must sympathise in the Viceroy's sorrow for the sudden and premature death of his young relative. His return is looked for with in terest, since it will bring with it the opening of the Legislative Session at Calcutta, which is expected this year to be of considerable importance. The members have certainly need to be on the alert t be consequently affecting the welfare of the com munity, it must encourage them to go on and prosper in their up-hill task. Too much praise can not be awarded to those who thus persevere in their attempts at training and improvements. They are often surrounded by temptations, and beset with those who ridicule their endeavours, but if they succeed in their noble works their reward is certain and their success is sure. No losses of fortune that they may meet with in after years can deprive them of their own intrinsic wealth, a well regulated heart and a cultivated mind. These will remain to be their inalienable possessions to smooth the rough road of the highway of this world, and lead them on in their efflrts to reach another and a better. It must be a matter of general regret to all who take an interest in the welfare of trade and the well-being of their fellows that the attempts which have recently been made to bring about an under standing between the masters and men of the Midland collieries have hitherto proved fruitless. The origin of the strike is doubtless familiar to our readers. There has lately been a fall in the price of iron at the rate of about per ton, and in order to neutralise the effect of this it was resolved to reduce the wages of the colliers six pence a-day, many of the masters being both iron masters and owners of collieries. The colliers loudly protested against this reduction, but in vain, and some two months ago twenty thousand of them struck work. They argue with some show of reason that the burden should fall on the workers in iron rather than in coal, but the masters retort that coal is the principal ingredient in iron manufacture. The colliers ought to bear the lose. However this is hardly just, since if the price of coal were greatly reduced the colliers would suffer for it, not the iron workers. So the matter has gone on for two months, with all the usual features of a prolonged strike, the loss of stop- page to business, and inconvenience on the part of the masters, the hardships and struggles on the part of the men and their families. The iron. masters have been forced to get their coal from North Wales and the North of England, thus introducing a dangerous rival into the trade whose advent both masters and men may hereafter be disposed to regret. Under these circumstances Lord LEIGH', the Lord Lieu tenant of the county, and some other independent noblemen and gentlemen, wisely and kindly endea voured to meditate between the contending parties. They convened a meeting of the owners and the delegates, and made a modest proposition to which the men acceded, but the masters unhappily refused to agree. They have thus prolonged the unhappy dispute which has already occasioned so much dis tress to the men and loss to themselves, and we cannot help regretting they should not have shown a fairer spirit of conciliation and compromise when they had so favourable an opportunity of making up the quarrel. University Intelligence. OXFORD, Oct, 10. In a convocation holden this morning, being the first day of the Michaelmas Term, the Rev. Samuel Joseph Hulme, M.A., of Wadham College, was, upon the nomination of the vice-chancellor, appointed one of the masters of the school, whose duty it is in conjunction with his three colleagues to examine candidates for "responsions," In a congregation holden immediately afterwards the tollowins degrees were conferred, viz, : M.A. COMITATIS CAUSA Rev. Augustus Kerr B. Gran• yille, M.A. , Corpus Christi College, Catribridgn. BACHELOR OF ARTS.—lienry Welter Moore (Fellow), Exeter College. NEW COLLEGE —The Rev. T. Rokers, M.A., of this college, has been elected to a minor canonry in Durham Cathedral, CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 11. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. The undermentioned appointments in St. John's College were made on Friday and Saturday last : Exhibitioners,—Johnson's, Kempthorne and Sparkes— Lupton and Hebtlethwaite's, Pitman and Redhead—Mun. iteven's, Stokes —Nswcome's, Gammon—Somerset (Here ford School), Bulmar—do. (Manchester School), Jams Charlton—do. (Marlborough), Beor—Dowmau's, Bower and Ellis. Sizars—Ashe, Atkinson, Bower, Braithwaite, Brewer, Charlton, Ellis, Gannon, Lester, Geo. Smith, G. H. Smith, Stoddart, and Wilkins. TRINITY COLLEGE. The undermentioned gentlemen were this day dallared the successful candidates for fellowships at Trinity. There were five vacancies and 15 candidate:—Thomas Dale, third wrangler, 1862—Henry Jackson, third classic, 1862—Wm. Knyvett Wilson, 21st senior optima and fourth classic, 1862 —Edward Tucker Leeke, second wrangler, 1863—Arthur Sidgwick, 15th senior optime and second classic, 1863, Bell and Porson scholar. LAW LECTURES. The Regius Professor of Laws gives notice that his lectures for the Michaelmas term, 1861, will begin on Tues day, November 1, at 11 a.m. in the Law Schools. The subjects will be as follows : In Roman Law : " The Law of Dominiam and of Usucapion" as exhibited in the Digest Book xli. Titles 1 and 3. The latter to be compared with the English Law of Prescription. In International Law : Intervention and Recognition,Privateering, and the Foreign Enlistmeat Act. Candidates for the professorial certificate attending these lectures will be examined in the 2d Book of the " Institutes of Justinian," and in Joshua Williams's " Law of Real Property," chapters 1 to 11, the day of exa mination being January 30, 1365. Candidates for the pro fessorial certificate will be admitted to the lectures of the Regius Professor of Laws to be delivered in the Lent term, 1865. Their examination will be held on April 24. CHEMISTRY. The Professor of Chemistry will give a course of lectures and examinations in chemistry for those who are candi dates fur honours in natural science. These lectures will be on Wednesdays and Fridays, at 12 o'clock, in the pro fessor's room in the Old Botanic Garden, beginning on Oct, 19. POLITICAL ECONOMY. The Professor of Political Economy will commence a course of lectures on Tuesday, Oct. 25, on "The Economic Position and Prospects of the British Labourer." These lectures will be delivered in the Law Schools on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, between 12 and 1. Gentlemen who wish to obtain the professor's certificate will be required to attend these lectures. The examination for the certifi•. cate will take place on Jan. 30, 18t35. ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OFF CAMPER DOWN.—This day being the 67th anniversary of the ever - memorable battle off Camperdown, we subjoin the names of the only six veteran survivors who live to com memorate the glories of that day, together with the rank they then held, the rank they now hold, and the ship in which they served on this memorable occasion :—Admiral Sir Edward Harvey, K.C.8., a recipient of the good ser vice pension, and who has three medals and two clasps, was midshipman of the Beaulieu, 40. Vice-Admiral Thomas Bennett, on the reserved list and in receipt of the service pension, and who has a medal and two clasps, was a volun teer in the Monarch 74, and was wounded. Vice-Admiral William Slaughter, K.H., on ttie retired list, who has a medal and three clasps, was first-class volunteer of the Tri umph, 74; he has been three times wounded. Capt. George HiHie-, on the retired list, in receipt of the commander's out pcnaion of Greenwich Hospital, and who has a medal and four clasps, was mate of the Ardent, 61, and wound.A. Commander William Somerville, on the retired list, in re ceipt of the lieutenant's out pension of Greenwich Hospital, and who has a medal and two clasps, was master's mate of the Isis, 50. Commander Spalding Mitchell, on the retired list, and who has a medal and clasp, was midshipman of the 8.-Aulieu, 40. AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—HALIFAX, Sept. 22. The blockade runners the Lady Sterling and the Armstrong cleared for Bermuda yesterday. The Little Hattie, which sailed a few days since, returned to-day. Havannah, Sept. 17—The Denbigh arrived on the 16th from Galveston, and the Susanna, on the 12th, live days from Houston. The latter started with 32.5 bales of cotton, but reached this port with only 73, having thrown the balance overboard to facilitate her escspo from a Federal cruiser off Cape San Antonio. The Federal steamer Honeysuckle reports the capture of the Matagorda (formerly the Alice), with 600 bales of cotton, and the arrival of the priza at Key West. The Matagorda was from Galveston for this port. Besides the races that have recently taken place at Ostend and at Brussels, those which have just come off at Liege have been attracting great notice and large assemblages of the people. Judging from the names of the horses, it would be supposed that many of them were of English blood, as among them are Well-done, Nancy Bell, Piggy Wiggy, j o wly Zwiiy. Tam-Tam, Fairutock, Sinecure, and j LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ER EITTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA IN GREEN. CASTLE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 30. Heavy firing was heard on Grsnt's left during last night. The Federals evacuated Pilot Knob, Missouri, after E xplodin g the fort magezine. It is believed that Farragut will be transferred to the North Atlantic fleet, when it is expected he will attack Wilmington. Admiral Lee will com mand in Mobile Bay. President D Avis, in a speech made at Salisbury, North Carolina, referred to the recent reverses of the Confederate arms, and stated that though there was a temporary glooni, yet the sptrit of the Confederacy was unbroken, and peace and indepeni. dente would be wrung from the hated foe. He urged all absent soldiers to return to the army. General Hooker has been appointed to command in the West. It is rumoured that the Georgia State authorities referred the question of a peaceable settlement to the Confederate Governor. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 30, Money easy. Gold, 91i premium. Stocks de. pressed. New York Centrals, 115 i. Illinois, 118 k Erie, 931. 5.20 Bonds, 1071. LOSS OF H.M.S. BULLDOG, PLYMOUTH, OCT. 11 A letter has been received here announcing the total wreck of H.M.S. Bulldog, and loss of all her crew, with the exception of seven persons. The letter was hurriedly written from H.M.S. Duncan, in order to save the mail, and contains no further particulars beyond the announcement of the arrival of the Bulldog at Bermuda and the disembarkation of supernumerarics from England. Where she then sailed to is not stated. The " Navy List" for October, just published, says that the Bulldog was a six gun paddle sloop, of 1,124 tons, and 500 horse power, on the North America and West Indies station, The follow. ing is a list of her officers: —Captain, Charles Wake; Lieutenants, John L. Way and Frank Rougement ; Master, James W. Ashton ; Surgeon, John Breakey, M.D.; Paymaster, Adderley W. Chimmo; Chief Engineer, Robert Roughton; Sub- Lieutenants, Philip N. Tyrwhitt, Orford Churchill (acting), and Lawrence G. A. Roberts (acting); Assistant. Surgeon, Edward L. Moss, M.D. (acting) TEE PEACE CONFERENCES. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 10, 10 . 4 Fcedrelanda of to.day says:— " The conclusion of peace is near at hand, Den. mark having consented to fix a round sum of nine millions of rigsdalers the share which the Duchies are to have in the public property of Denmark. This amount is consequently to be deducted from the portion of the Danish public debt, which it had been arranged ehoulci fall to the charge of the D achiee. MILAN, OCT. 10. A banquet was given here to-day in honour o he Marquis Pepo li. The Marquis proposed the toast of "Success to the city of Turin." Speaking of the Franco-Itslian Treaty, he said s--" It is not only a benefit for Italy, but still more a triumph of progress and civil isation. The treaty attacks no part of the national programme, and breaks the last link which united France to our enemies," The Marquis in his speech indignantly repelled the unworthy rumours of cessions on the part o 1 Italy, and pointed out their absurdity. LUBECK, OCT. 11. The Prince and Princess of Wales will arrive hero to• morrow, and will proceed by way of Ham burg to Gluekatadt. An English man-of.war is expected to convey their Royal Highnesses from that port to England. FRANCE. According to a notice in the Prussian Moniteur from the Minister of War the donations for the establishment founded by the Prince Royal for the benefit of the Wounded and invalids of the army of Schleswig amount to 171,725 thalera (3fr. 75c. each.) Count de Salignac-Fenelon, after having fulfilled different diplomatic mis3ions, was this year French Minister Plenipotentiary at Frankfort. M. de Chabrier, before entering the Court of Accounts, where he was Councillor, had been Director-General of the Archives of the Empire. The Kiel Journal announces that the Prussian fleet will pass the winter in the roadstead of that port. Admiral Prince Adalbert of Prussia has gone there to inspect the vessels. The Emperor has received answers from the King of Denmark, the Grand Mike of Olden burg, the Dake of SaxeBllleiningen, and the Duke of Brunswick to the letter notifying tht birth of Prince Napoleon - Louis-Joseph-Jerome. His Majesty has also received a similar reply from the President of the United States of America. The Post-Ampt Gazette announces that the Archbishop of Friburg his published a pastoral pastoral letter, enjoining the clergy of the Grand Duchy of Baden not to accept appointments as members of the new:councils of the schools for the people. Knz Louis I, of Bavaria is to leave Munich for Italy in the early part of November, and pass the greater part of the winter at his villa near .10me. BOURSE, Oct. 10.—The market continues heavy Threes, for the A ccoun t, are Gsf. 350. Mobilier shows a furth er d ec li ne , b e i ng now at 897?. 50c. Railway Shares offered, and lower. The market recovered a little towards the close, and left off as follows 41 per Cent 5....... 91 90 Do. end month 3 per Cents 65 20 Do, end month.,,, 65 45 Credit Mobilier.,,, 915 Do, end month 913 75 Bank Shares 3395 Credit F oneier llB5 Roman (Italian Loan 66 25 Do. end month 66 60 Ditto Threes New Mexican E 0 60 Russian Austrian .. — Spanish Throes — Rome Debt •••••• 474 Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and l'leditsr ramcan 893 75 • • 900 Southern 605 -- .. 612 50 Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian LOW bard North of Spain Saragosra 470 ...... „ 472 60 Ditto to Barcelona THE WEST AFRICAN MAIL, LIVERPOOL, OCT. 11. The West African Mail Steamer Macgregor Laird arrived in the Mersey this morning with advice. from the follow. r A a s n a g R . i 3 v o e — r, C i n a g m e p r o o r o t n s s ; A B u e g n . i n 3 ,1 — A o u l g (l . C 2 a s l — a b F a r e , r n S a e ri p al t ° . 3 P2 13 1 Sept. 4—B onny , S ept 7—Lagos, Sept. 10—A ccra , S ept. 12—Cape Castle, Sept,ls—C ape P a lmas, Sept. lS —Sierra Leone, Sept. 22—B a th urst, Sept. 25 —T ener iff e , Oct. 1— Madeira, Oct. 31. T ra d e was dull at B en i n , F e rna n d o P o, Cameroons, and Accra, and also at Sierra Leone and Bathurst, which latter were unhealthy. Two slavers have been captured and condemned at Sierra Leone. The war between the nativos at Lagos was subsiding. The Macgregor Laird brings 34 passengers, 1,723 ez, of gold dust, and £3,870 iu specie. LITERATURE, Cunzworth House. By the Author of "Caste." Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. "Alisoun Grey —a Love Story," would have been an appropriate and felicitous title for this novel. Alisoun Grey, the heroine, is the life and soul of the whole work, and the charm of her character and the interest of her life all depend upon the in tense significance attached by both authoress and heroine to the idea of love. A very simple, gentle, tender little maiden is Alisoun, the defrauded heiress of Cumv.-orth House; but gentle, and humble, and apparently insignificant though she is, she contrives in process of time to subdue the most stubborn wills and to soften the most obdu rate hearts. But this very charming and very love able heroine is hardly treated by fortune and by the novelist. The hero of this love story is. one of the least attractive and least deserving of men. Per. haps the better to illustrate her favourite love theory, the authoress intentionally has made choice of an unworthy object as the recipient of her heroine's unselfish affections—the sunshine being equally pure and equally radiant, no matter on what insignificant or despicable object it may fall. If so, we cannot but think, notwithstanding the high flown idealism of her sentiments, that this celebrant of love haa committed a mistake. Such a heart as Alisoun's should have been given to a nobler lover than Launcelot Sturm. The very beauty of her self-forgetting devotedness degenerates into weak ness where the object to whtca it clings ceases to command respect, and Launcelot Sturm most assur. edly can command respect from no one. After. his very shameful vacillation he appears indeed,and, no wonder, heartily ashamed of himself. He hardly ventures to show his face throughout the latter por tion of the story, the novelist perhaps being aware that, whatever Alisoun might think, the reader must be heartily and utterly disgusted with him. Passing over (under protest) the unworthy object of Alison:l's affections, .we must give her historian ample credit for the loveable heroine she has intro duced to us—so loveable because so loving. Here is a glimi , se of her in early happiness:— TILE DAWN OF LOVE. " I am too happy," she murmured ; " just to be alive on such a day, in such a wor ld, wou ld b e enough, It is so beautiful I so beAutiful I And to feel all this beauty crowned with love I lam happy, so happy--too happy I It seems as if all were love to-day--as if the sun loved to shine—as if the earth smiled with love to feel it shine. Just as my sun loves to shine on me, and I—l smile with love to feel the shining. God hastens us with joy as well as sorrow," she said, speaking lower yet. "Oh I how can I ever be good enough to be fit for all this joy and love 2" With keenest intensity she was conscious of the exquisite sweetness and beauty filling all her senses and all her soul, touching her as with vague longing for a new sense or soul to fill with that superfluous loveliness. Never, as it seemed to her, had there been such an even ing. sever had the soft south wind seemed so full of frag rance—fragrance of flowers, and yet more of fresh opened leaves touched by the evening dew—never had the song of birds seemed to her so mystically wonderful, so utterly and subtly musical—never had her heart risen and fallen with such delicious happiness, and been so full, over-full, of love, love—lova which brimmed over from her eyes, and was shed on all they looked on. Rest there, poor child, pause upon that happiness, drink in that beauty. Dear, happy eyes, rain down your dew of joy, and be ready for the shedding of bitter, briny drops of sorrow. In this world such exquisite moments are but moments. In some of the other portraits the skill of the Artist's hand is very visible. Weak and erring Mr Stonhurst, Alisoun's uncle, is very naturally drawn. Mrs. Stonhurst is too hard for reality. Her paragon daughter, Sara, is remarkable for her " cold sweetness," " She had so often, when she was much younger, heard it said that she inherited her father's amiability, that she had, as it were, grown up in the conscious odour of her own sweetness." Nithing irritates, nothing reftLs, in outward appearance at least, the calm ind complacent Sara. iLr peculiar character is well preserved throughout the story, and contrasts well with that of the loving, easily moved and much enduring Alisoans, The other heroine, Gerais dine Symthe (whose distorted name is a perpetual distinction!) is a more natural, and is, in her way equally unlike her friend and rival Alisoun Geraldine Smythe, is the d • , ughter of a noble-hearted father and l',weak and faulty mother. In her " two natures are contending," and during the struggle the evil nature, the weak, frail human nature, produces in• calculable suffering not only to herself but to others. Adelheid Shupe (the writer seems to take pleasure in selecting names), is too perfect to excite much of our sympathy or regard. We have no particular predilection for paragons. Conway Stonhurst and Gilbert Kaird, Alisoun's cousins, disappoint in the latter instance, according to the old idiom, " agree ably disappoint" our expectations. Gilbert Kaird improves greatly upon acquaintance, while Conway degenerates into a mere nobody. l'he authoress selects him at the close—we do not know why—of the narrative as the mouthpiece of her theory of love, a theory very beautiful and loveable, if rightly carried out. Bat the writer, like all enthusiasts upon any subject, is carried by her own ideas to the length of extravagance. Witness for example, the following exordium : REAL AND IDEAL. We have agreed to look upon the ideal in all things, as the standard towards which—while conscious that it is ua attainable—we are always, in all things, to strive. It seems to me, the:efore, in all ways better that we should some of us, whether men or women, be lost—as the world counts "lost," and as the angels perhaps count "saved" —in a re coil from straining too passionately and beyond cur power at a mark too far above us, than that the ideal standard should bo ignored ; than that we should plant our little flag upon the level plains of what is common life with common wen—miscalled by such men real life, as if the martyrdom of any one saint, patriot, or pure enthusiast, had not more reality because more spirituality than is in the life of the common herd through ages of material ease and untroubled mammon worship !—better, I say, that some of us should tail and fall and perish miserably than that the truth should be unrecognised, and we all walk, as men blind to all that is not in the beaten road, safety and softly towards a show and sham. If those among us who are artists do net hold there is more life than can be expressed by re atter, more than shows and shines upon the surface, things which it is not those who run may read—if we do not maintain the reality of the ideal—holding it to be that which is true and beautiful in the eyes of the All-Perfect—do not maintain it to be the aim alone, with all the might is in us, worth struggling towards—such fragments of it as we can grasp, the only prize worth grappling for—do not hold it to be the only standard by which to measure ourselves, and so, while humbled to the dust at our littleness, be enabled, con templating greatness, to raise our work above ourselves and help to draw up our neighbour—if we artists, whether in life, love, or art— and they are inextricably commingled --do not strain towards the ideal, and, by vivid faith, make it our real, who is to do this? And if it is not for this God made us what we are, what is our work, and where ? Taken with some reservations, doubtless, Cum worth House will recommend itself to many readers, and Alisoun Grey will win many hearts with the unconscious charms of her "devoted submissiveness and tender self . sbaegation"—qualities, says tho author of " Cumworth House," by one of her cha racters, which are no longer essential feminine characteristics—" the women of this nineteenth century are striving to rid us of those fond super stitions which associated to our idea of womanhood the almost exclusive possession in exquisite degree of such exquisite qualities." " WHIPPING THE 1)0os: 1 —The parish clerk was, it need not be observed, at least as important an officer in those times as now ; but he seems to have been very shabbily paid, his salary in this parish, at least, being only vs. iijd. per annum. Of this sum a portion varying from 8d to is or is 4d a year, was allowed him for the important duty of Whipping the dog's out of the church." It is quite edify.. ing to see with what regularity this duty is insisted on and paid for. The animals in question are indeed designated (or rather spelt) very differently by successive churchwardens, being variously writien as dogs, dogges, doges, doogs, and dodges (oie latter name, by the way, being probably as well.. deserved as any) ; and the precess to which they were sub jec'ed is variously described as whipping, wiping, and Weeping, (words all of them which probably convey some portion of the truth), But, however described, the thing continues the same. All else is changed by the great revo lutions of the century. The ki?..g'c arms are set up, pulled down, and set up again; tho Prayer-Book is taken away, and once more is reinstated ; the surplice gives place to the black Geneva gown, and then again returns ; the office itself of parish clerk is even lost for a time, or shorn el its functions; but this remained unchanged, end i n 1649 as in 1601, in 1661 as in 1640, we find in the church wardens' books, " To George Fisher (or whoever it may be) for whipping the dogs for one year, ls."—Riser's Magazine, The Acclimatisation Society of Great Britain. The monthly meeting of the council of this society was held at its offices in the Adelphi last week. Mr H. J. B. Hancock presided. The fol lowing candidates were proposed and elected, viz. : —His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Messrs. James G. Fitts!, Henry Perrin? ) , Thomas N. Foes neran, Thomas Parker Mew, E. V. Raberts, and J. F. Seaton. Mr LOWE read letters from the Earl of Pomfret . , Lord Abinger, Lord Walsirghana, and Messrs. W. J. Davidson, J. Broughton, A. W. Hall, C. Hambro, F. T. Buckland, T. J. Birch, J. G. Fen nell, T. P. Eilis, H. Early, G. W. Horne, Henry Hancock, Higford Burr, Jackson Gil'banks, and J, W. Malcolm, M P., in reply to the circulars as to the piscicultural apparatus. A committee was then appointed—to consist of Messrs. Hawkins, Han cock, and Lowe—:o superintend such alterations and repairs in the apparatus as were deemed neces sary by the piscicultural director, within limits then defined. Mr LOWE announced that, of the pair of Talle gallas expected by the Frying Cloud, only one had arrived, the other having died on the passage. A fine bird had, however, been purchased from a pas senger by the same vessel at a moderate rate. He also announced the arrival of the much-desired Silurus glanis—a fact which was entirely due to the public spirit, zeal, and skill of Sir Stephen Lakeman, who had himself brought them a dis tance of 1,800 miles from his estate at Kopa cheni, on the Argish, a tributary of the Danube, not far from Bucharest. Sir Stephen Lakuraan had accomplished this entirely at his own expense and with his own labour, The method adopted for aerating the water (viz., a barrel mounted on rockers, like those of a child's cradle) was simple and effective, and its success disposes of that diffi culty which has hitherto b een cons id ere d so difficult in fish transport—the aeration of the water by me chanical means. These fish had survived a journey which had lasted 33 days, and th'y were now in excellent health and condition at Twickenham. The permanent acquisition of this fish iu England might now be considered as highly probable. With a view to spreadiug them over the country, rather than of making them objects of exhibition, Sir S. Lakeman had placed the fish under the care of the Acclimatisation Society. The council unanimously voted that the thanks of the society be forwarded to Sir S. Lakeman, and that he be elected an honorary member in grateful acknowledgment of his services. _ _ Mr W. HAWKINS announced the receipt of a valuable consignment of Canadian wild rice from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the thanks of the council were ordered to be returned for that, as well as for their generous niter of assistance. MrHawkins also described the construction of some cages, the erection of which he had superintended, for holding certain birds belonging to the society, upon the premises of Mr Busb, the hon. treasurer. Votes were taken for transmiting eondignments of birds, &e., to Queensland. A report by Mr Lupton was read as to the death of a sheep of the Romanoff breed in transztu to Australia. Mr LEIGH SOTHEBY exhibited samples of the hook•podded pea, grown both in greenhouse and garden. The Danish Budget. etkPE,SHAGEN t Oct. 8 - • The Danish budget for the financial year, from April 1, 1865, to March 31, 1866, has been laid be fore the Itigsdag : " The income of the country is estimated at 8,722,301 rigsda!ers—arising out of direct taxes, 4,034,125; indirect taxes, 1,882,150 ; revenue from Iceland and the Faro Isles, 57,713; and various items, 3,248,312. Included in the last-mentioned sum is an amount of 2,735,000 rigsdalers in 4 per Cent. State Bonds, not liable to be called in by the holder, for the issue of which the Government asks authority on account of the outlay required for railway works. "Tie expenditure is calculated at 6,161,251 rigs dalers, apportioned as follows :—Expenses of the Rigsdag, 61,000 ; Ministry of the Interior, 3,779,8§5 ; Ministry of Justice, 989,398 ; Ministry of E lucatim and Public Worship, 395,999; interest on special debt of the kingdom, 468,000; pensions fund, 162,250; extraordinary expenses, 298,779. " An amount of 2,400,0000 rigsdalers will be re• quired during the year for the completion of the railway system in Funen and Jutland, and a sum of 60,000 rigsdalers is asked for to repair the injury done by the allied troops to the line in Jutland, the major portion of which will be wanted to rebui d the bridge over the Gudenar, blown up by order of the Prussian general in corrmand. " The Financial Minister calculates that the special Danish national debt, which amounted to 8,377,000 rigsdalers upon the lst April last year, had reached the snm of 12,576,000 rigsdalers by the 31st March, 1864. The railway works for 1865- 1866 will occasion a further increase of the debt by 2,849,000 rigsdalers." Lockfast Breechloaders. While the greot story of the guns has been narrated from day to day, and Armstrong and Whitworth, like the princi pal heroes of a drama, have held possession of the stage, an underplot has been advancing, pari passu, and in the opi nion of very many of quite as much interest. Ten years ago the English fowlingpiece and rifle were looked upon as the acme of perfection, and yet in less than seven years a revolution in these arms has occurred as rapid and complete as the triumph of the percussion cap over the flint. During these seven years many patents have been taken out for improvements on fire arrnF, chiefly for breechloaders, some which have enjoyed an ephemeral reputation, but none of which have acquired, among alen of experience, the slowly, surely, but soundly earned approval. Mr Dougall, who hnd long enjoyed considerable celebrity not only as a gunsmith but as an able writer on fire arms, and the art of shooting, in the year 1359 had his attention drawn to the insufficiency of the French breechloaders for the exigencies of British sportsmen. The superior strength of our gunpowder and the heavy charged used, demanded a solidity not possessed by any breechloader then extant. The absence of an inter locking of barrels and false breech was painfully apparent, At every discharge of the gun the breech rose, recoiling off the upper surface of the bed in which it lay —on "action," as it is technically termed. For every degree the breech so rose the muzzle dipi,ed some thirtyfold, and this rising had also the certain effect of loosening the whole fittings and jointing of the gun. To remedy this defect Mr Dongall choose a most simple and effective means. The hinge upon which the barrels play to expose the breech and for the insertion of the cartridge had hitherto been a fixture, per mitting no longitudinal play of the barrels; but by convert ing this fixture into an eccentric rod he gained at once a stronger hinge, and the means of opening and shutting the barrels directly upon the lace of the false breech, instead of these merely meeting as flAt surfaces upon each other. Ot this direct impingement upon each other he was not slow to take advantage. Ho had gained the means of completely sealing up the rear end of the barrels before firing the gun; whereas formerly a mere piece of grit would have prevented the closing of the barrels, ho had it now in his power to fit on the face of the false breech projecting discs, one of which, and exactly fitting it, enters each barrel, or, to write more correctly, the barrels retire on the discs, thus not only clos ing up their rear, but of necessity preventing any of the dipping of the muzzle and other insufficient grip formerly complained of. Thus, with much less mechanism Mr Dougall has gained greater results, and produced a breech. loader that appears as solid as any muzzleloader. The locking power is certainly over 1,2001 b, and this can be in creased for heavy guns at pleasure. The cartridge used is Eley's, which has its advantages, and is much safer ogainst accidents, Those conversant with firearms are aware of the fact that in breechloaders the base of the cartridge is rarely • it ever in contact with the face of the false breech, so that on being fired " cushioning " and great consequent loss of powder takes place. In Mr Dougall's guu the "cushion ing" is prevented, the above locking power being equally exerted upon the cartridge. The superior result in shoot ing powers are theoretically an immediate consequence, and, practically, we have been at tho trouble to ascertain, is a matter of fact, the experience of five shooting seasons, a sufficient test fur any gun whatever, having proved the "lockfast "to possess extraordinary powers. From the velocity which it discharges its projectiles, and its perfect solidity, the gun has consequently been adopted by many experienced Indian sportsmen, and we believe that several of these guns will be the chi 3f prizes at the meeting of the Northern India Rifle AssOciation in December next. To produce a breech as strong as a muzzleloader, and capable of firing either explosive shells or solid conical balls, with heavy charges of powder, is no mean triumph. Whether or not the lockfast gun be adapted for military purposes is an open question. For oavalry it is probably an available arm, and kir Dougall was lately requested by the military authorities of a foreign Government to send in hia estimate for 20,000 of these guns, all double-barrelled, and adapted for firing Explosive shells, made to burst with frightful effect on striking au objet. If to put an cud to war by making it annihilation be thshable, in each weapons and projectile we have a eueans to an end. (51114 Or HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT S , The Queen drove to Alt-na-Guithasach yest6r! day, accompanied by Princess Helena and Prineets Beatrice, and attended by Miss Bauer. The Countess of Fife and Mr Gladstone had th e honour of dining with h er i\T-j2sty and the royal family. Prince Alfred honoured T leut..Colonel Facie. bars " with his company at a drive for deer in th e Balloc'n Buie Wood. The I)2an of Westminster and Lady Augusts Stanley have arrived at the C,,stlT. Foreign Courts, ET. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2 . At one o'clock to d a y a sa l vo o f 101 guns, fir ed from the ramparts o f th e f or t ress, announ ced to t he inhabitants of the capital that the Heredita r y 3 Grand Duke would 1.-hardy be united to the Princ e° D!gmar. At the same time the subjoined not ifica‘ tion was posted on the walls : " Ia conformity with a despatch received from his Majesty the Emperor, the GovernoraGener al St. Petersbur g informs the inhabitants of the car tal that his Imperial Highness the Heredita r y Grand Dake Cesarevcitch has been affianced to til e Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Ia giving the or de r to announce this happy event to the population c the capital by a salvo o f 101 guns , hi s M a j e sty od ti ' s that he is persuaded th a t a ll hi s f a i t hf u l s ubject ° will partake his joy, and with him will implor e , t , lie Divine benediction on the august young couple. BERLTN, Oct. 8 ' The King is expected to return from Baden °ll the 14th inst. According to the testamentary dispositions draw up by the lat e Ki ng F re d er i c W illiam IV. I bi body was to be depo s it e d i n a vau l t b e f ore t he alta r at the Friedenskirche, in Potsdam. Hitherto tbere instructions could n o t be culled out, and ja t meantime the coffin has remained i n th e sacrist,' ° t the church on the left of the altar, near a 6e4 arranged for the Queen Dowager, who 06 v er r il e times a week has vi s i te d th e c h urch, and has tbe'f offered up her sil e nt prayers. The injunct i o ns of the late King will n ow b e o b eye d , and h i s P reBe k % Majesty has a pp o i nte d O ct. 15, the birthday of P 1 brother, as th e d a y on w hi c h the mortal reo3 Bl°o shall be transferred to their last resting-place' It is announced th a t P r i nce Freeeri-... of Sabl e " wig - Holstein-Noer will, on the 18;h instant, Wa rr/ the daughter of a rich North American gentleman' BRUSSELS, Oct. 9 . On the sth instant his Majesty the King of th e Belgians arrived at Darmstadt, on hie way t . , cl Heidelberg. Hi s M a j es t y was met at M aye nne l3, 4 Prince Louie, and at the railway station the Pr lll cess Louis (P r incers Ali2e) was in waiting to P-'ee lye the venerable King. After dining at the pail ° A t 3 his Majesty c on ti nue d hi s j ourney. He reac he d Baden on the nex t d ay, accompanied by the G r and Duchess Marie o f Russia, and P r i ncess Eugenie of Leuchtenberg. His Majesty proposed to eta!' at Baden for some days. Their Royal Highness; the Prince and Priccese of Wales are expected to arrive in England from the G °ll ' tinent on or about the 28th inst. PRINCE ALFRED.—We (Scotsman) understand that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred is expected to arrive at Floors Castle, near Kelso, on the 17th ins ta°4 . , on a visit to their Graces the Duke and Duchess alta burghe. It is as yet uncertain whether he will be P re ; sent at the Kelso races, which take place on the 19th and 20th, although it is very likely that he will be; but th e main object of his visit is to enjoy the sport of s almon angling for a day or two in the Floors water. F r° , 131 ,, his success last autumn on t wo diff eren t occas i on s in the same water, coupled with his practice along with the Dak ° of Roxburgh° in Norway during this past summer, the Prince may be reg arded now as a successful, as he is keen, angler; and it is to be hoped that the Tweed, will eh is at present, from the continued drought, in a very lesv state, and rather unsuitable for angling, will be by tae time of his visit in such a condition as will ensure Id Royal Highness some satisfactory sport. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridg e arrived at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, on Saturday last, frcra visiting the Earl of Scarborough at S mdbeck Park, ne ar Tickhill, Yorkshire, and Lord and Lady Foley at WorksoP Manor, Notts, The Earl and Countess do Grey arrived et Wishaw Castle, Scotland, on Friday, on a visit to Lor a and Lady Belhaven. A marriage has been arranged between the ge e ' George Fii zwilliam and Miss E, Anson, youngest daught er of the late Hon. General Anson, Sir Coutts and Lady Lindsay have left Farrance'e Hotel for their town residence in Grosvenor-square. The marriage of the Hon. and Rev. We lter Berkeley Portman, y ounges t son of Lord Portman , and: Rector of Corton Denham, to Alice, youngest daughter oft the late Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., and sister to Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart., M.P. for South Warwickshire, W a° solemnised in Walton Church, on Wednesday last, in the presence of a select circle of distinguished guests. Am ong those who witnessed the ceremony were the Marquis Cam den and Lady Augusta Pratt, Lord and Lady Portman' Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lady Willoughby de Broke' Hon. Miss Vern e y an d H on . W a l ter V erney, Si r John and Lady Pakington, Sir C. Mordaunt, Hon. Ellen and Lou isa Portman, Mr Gustavus Smith and Lady Mordaunt, Edward Portman, Hon. Maurice Portman, &c. The m ar ' riage ceremony was performed by the Rev F. Murray' assisted by the Rev E. C a d ogan . Aft er pass i ng a f e w days at Lord Portman's re -idence at Prince's-gate, the newly married pair left London for a tour on the continent. On Saturday last, the Bth inst., Sir Charle s Henry Coote, premier baronet of Ireland, of Ballyfin Queen's County, expired at his town residence, 5, C5ll - The deceased represented Queen's Ceuta in Parliament for many years. He is succeeded by his eel l ' Charles Henry, born at Ballyfin in 1815. The little difficulty between the Marquis e t Donegall and the freemasons !Ica been settled. T ile Grand Lodge of Ireland has received communications W ill the noble marquis containing assurances, given in the frankest manner, that in the observations which he made on the occasion cf his installation at Belfast as Provinoia* Grand Master he had no intention whatever of infringing e fundamental rule of Mesonry, and expressing his siu cer .,, a regret for having done so. The amende has been offered h.' his lordship in terms so unreserved ,and emphatic that th e Grand Lodge have accepted it in a generous spirit, and die' missed the subject. They have deemed it right, hoWeverP to address an admonition to the masonic body to avoid any discussion calculated to pr o d uce di sun i on i n assem blies 0 ' Freemasons, and also impressing upon the brethren gen e. rally the necessity of excluding all persons not belonging to the order from meetings conveyed t o carr y ou t th e busines s of this ancient institution. Professor Aederson makes a very fair offer to the Davenport fraternity. He says :—" I offer them the use at St, James's Hall, illuminated as it is during my own per" formance, for any night they may select, if they can the° and there perform—l care not by what means—the tricks (I mean no offence in the word) they now do under tile cover of darkness, and, as I believe, with the assis:anes Of confederates (else wherefore the darkness 1') I will not ()nil acknowledge their right to take any name or assume ru l l attributes they think p ro p er , b ut I will pay the sure of £lOO into the hands of the Lord Mayor for charitable Pur poses. 1 thus offer them an opportunity of satisfying the public that they do possess such attributes as warrant theal in assuming the supernatural agency they are laying clarru to. 01 course, should this challenge be accepted, I r eserv e to myself the right of explaining any natural means or sP' pliances by which the tricks are performed." A GIRL DASHED TO PIECES.—On Friday last all inquest was held at Donington, before Mr Bidlako f on the body of a young woman named Jackson, 20 years o f age. Deceased's father is chartermaster of a pit a t LOP Bank, and on Thursday had occasion to descend the pit company with another man, leaving his daughter standing on the bank. The men had arrived at the bottom of the shaft in Eafaty, and were turning to enter the woriciuk when they were alarmed by hearing the sound of a 13 °Y falling behind them. On louking round Jackson ,vas ller rorstruck at discovering the mangled body of his daugh ter lying on the ground. Had the unfortunate girl fallen minute earlier both men must have been killed. It aPP ear ,: that she was leaning agai ns t a c h a i n wh i ch fens: s the of the shaft, and this giving way, she was precipitate d t° the bottom, a distance of 190 yards. The body was literally dashed to pieces. Th e j ury returned a verdict o f acc identa l death. AN OEPIIAN WANTED.—At the weekly IneetioX of the St. Luke's board of guardians a letter 1 014 read from a gentleman in the neighbourhood of the City' road setiing forth that he had been requested, on behalf of a lady of property, to ask if the Board had "a cotoPie t° orphan," with blue eyes and flaxen hair, not more than two years of age, and cf gentle manner, to be given up to be adopted, the lady agioAng to take such a child, educat° her as a lady should be educated, and finally to will ov l 'f ,-c..1300 per annum. The letter was referred to the House L' , " Visiting committee, to see if there might be a " blue-eYeui flaztak - iaoiled, coluklete orphan!' in the TJuion. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1864.