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

T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, &c. , Mesdames Beatrice, Ange', &c. Alter which, PRESENTED AT COURT. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, &a ; Mes dames Snowdon, Griffith, Ai 1, Wright, Lovell, &c. And 'BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tinder the sole management of Mr. Fcchter. This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY. O c t o b er 22 , with a New Dram a, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY, in which Mr. Fechter will perform the principal character. The Scenery paintFd by Mr. William Callzott. The Box-office will open on Monday, October 17, from Ilev.n till Four. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. - TrIIIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. 1 addy O'Rafferty, 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 Fanny Gwynne. NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.-- Sole Proortator and Mazazer, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs. 3. Clarke, Billing, , ton, Eburne, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon. After which, RORY O'MORE. Rory (with Irish Ballads), Mr. John Collins. Other characters by Messrs. Billington, R. Phillips, Paul Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, C. J. Smith; lan , . Alfred Mellon and Miss Kate Kelly. To conclude with TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy (with soug, , s), Mr. John Collins. 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 111EY 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, Sy Maddison Morton, Esq., entitled WOOD OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C. Mathews, Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Tilti EVENING-, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor ugh and Mande; s. After which, the great Burlesque, THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson. MOSES AND SON 4. respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest taorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this impo r t an t b ranc h o f t h e i r business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices are such as must satisfy the most economical. This depart ment is in a distinct part of the premises, which will be found a greit conv.nience for ladies and children, MOSES AND SON E• respectfully invile public attention to their large and well-assorted AUTUMN AND WINTER STOCK. Wi MOSES AND SON'S in. 4 • "SANDRINGHAM" WRAPPER ,lutroduced by them) is the newest and most fashionable style of Overcoats for the season. EMOSES AND SON'S • READY-MADE and BESPOKE CLOTHING for all classes and all ages. :9 MOSES AND SON'S • CELEBRATED "INDISPENSABLE" SUIT, Irom 30s. -MOSES AND SON'S • HOSIERY and DRAPERY, for all classes and all ages. 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 Association. 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 die.. cussed. Daring the two years that it has been in existence it has made great progress in many ways, 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 :mature 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 relie gious 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 to invariably exposes have been the means of involving many young men in diffieulties, 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 Youx. " 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 rcligidus 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 few 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 acd holiest princi ples. 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. " It was the seed-time of a rich harvest they were all to see hereafter." The more such topics are dis cussed, and the greater stress that 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 consuming their precious time is 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 further 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 s;rength, they incite and emulate the rising generation, and urge them on in the path that lies before them. 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Any article not appr.ved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. _ 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 LILLESHAL E. COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. .255. per ton. I Double .21s. per ton. Top 245. „ Detp 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Padding - Jon, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, dole Lffent yv RE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," j. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Can be had Every Evening of G. it. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tale DAY. — Morning, 9h. 59m.—Afternoon, 10h. 44m. So-goßaow.-Morning, 11h. 20m.—Afternoon, 11h. 50m. / A .'*‘‘) Ult 0 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 charac..er. The general tenour of the news is pacific, though there are not wanting in dications of the increasing dissension between the Indian Governors and the central authority at Downing -street. Sir CHARLES WOOD, indeed, seems to be outrdoing himself in his Indian per. formanees, and the report which we mentioned as a vague rumour merely, that on the retirement of Sir C. TIIEVELYAN no other Finance Minister will be appointed, now comes to us in the Bombay sum• mary with the authority of a statement. "It is stated' . that Sir C. TREITELYAN will leave India in April next, and that thenceforward the manager of the finances will be merely a sccretary. The real heat; of the Indian exchequer will, we presume, be that accomplished financier who once ruled in this metropoiis, and who gave anything but satisfaction to the English public. If Sir CHARLES Wood is going to carry his narrow and oppressive theories into the Finance Thpartment, just as the Indian exchequer is flourishing, we miy look for a very undesirable change in the administration of the public musty. Very certainly he will nut imitate or continue Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN'S liberality towards public works, for, although our Indian tSteretary 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 aro 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 in India, and the Governor of Madras, Sir W. DENISON, has actually refused to carry out his instructions relative to the position of the Indian Iced affairs, on the grounds that they are opposed to the Royal wished, and are in open eontrayention rrHEATRE ROYAL I. of the guarantee granted by Parliament to th e 1_ Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer DßUßY- LANE.—,j and F. B. Chatterton. - officers of the late Company's army. This is a THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. R. Roxhy, M-. G-. Belmore, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. G. W es t on , and Miss * bold reproof, and no doubt expresses the senti- Hudspeth. ments of a large proportion of Anglo-Indian After which, at a quarter to Eight o'c'ock, Shaksuer i e k 's officers. Meanwhile affairs in India itself are b e i ng Tra g edy of OTHELLO. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Cresw c , Walter Lacy, G. F. Neville, A Rayner, Raymond; Mrs. Bermann Vezin, and Miss Atkinson. carried on with the promptitude and vigour which Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. 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 authoritiee for virtually adding 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 Chinch. Cense. qnently, 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 Durbar at Lahore, at which he is to receive all the chiefs of the Punjab. 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 effiUtion 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 to counteract, as far as it lies in their power, the per sistent efforts of the Home Government to centralise the administrative power. 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 efforts 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. Toe 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 loss. However this is hardly just, since if the price of coal were greatly reduced the colliers would suffer for it, not the iron workere. So the matter has gone on for two monthe, 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. Oironn, Oct. 10. In a convocation holden this morning, being the first day of the Michaelmas Term, the Rev. Samuel Joseph Helms, 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 following degrees were conferred, viz, : M.A. COMITATTS CIUSA.—Rev. Augustus Kerr B. Gran. ville, M. A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. BACHELOR OF ARTS.—Henry Walter 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 Henlethwaite's, Pitman and Redhead—Mun • steven's, Stokes --Newcome's, Gammon—Somerset (Here ford School), Buhner—do. (Manchester School), James Oharltan—do. (Marlborough), Beor—Dowman'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 det"larecl the successful candidates for fellowships at Trinity. There were five vacancies and 15 candidates—Thomss Dale, third wrangler, 1862—Henry Jackson, third classic, 1862—Wm. Knyvett Wilson, 21st senior optime 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, 1864, 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 Dominium and of ITsucapion " 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 Enlistment 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, 1865. Candidates for the pro fessorial certificate will be admitted to the lectures of the Regius Professor of Liws 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 for honours in natural scien ce . T hese lectures will b a th a e nd o F ld Botanicpro fessor's Garden, b eg i nn i ng on eo on ‘ V roamed n e s da n y Oct, 19. POLITICAL ECONOMY. The Professor of Political Economy will commence a course of lectures on Tuesday, Oct, 2.5, 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 cartifi•• cate will take place on Jan. 30, 1865. 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, on the 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 Hillier, on the retired list, in receipt of the commander's out pension of Greenwich Hospita!, and who has a medal and four clasps, was mate of the Ardent, 61, and wounded. 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, 60. Commander Spalding Mitchell, on the retired list, and who has a medal and clasp, was midshipman of the Beaulieu, 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 15th from Galveston, and the Susanna, on the 12th, five days from Houston. The latter started with 325 bales of cotton, but reached this port with only 73, having thrown the balance overboard to facilitate her escape 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 prize 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 aro Well-done, Nancy Bell, Piggy Wiggy, Tam-Tam, Fairntock, Sinecure, and Lady Emily, LATEST INTELLIGENGT. [RUTTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA IN GREEN• CASTLE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 30. Heavy firing was heard on Grant's left during last night. The Fe erals evacuated Pilot Knob, Missouri, after exploding the fort magazine. 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 tvis, in a speech mado at Salisbury, North Carolina, referred to the recent reverses of the Confederate arms, and stated that though there was a temporary gloom, yet the sptrit of the Confederacy was unbroken, and peace and indepen. dence 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, 911 premium. Stocks de• pressed. New York Centrals, 115 i. Illinois, 1184 Erie, 93a. 5.20 Bonds, 1071. LOSS OF .H.M.S. BULLDOG, PLYMOUTH, OCT. 1 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 supernumeraries 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; Chi©f Engineer, Robert Roughton; Sub- Lieutenants, Philip N. Tyrwhitt, Orford Churchill (acting), and Lawrence O. A. Roberts (acting); Assistant&Surgeon, Edward L. Moss, M.D. (acting) TEE PEACE CONFERENCES. COPENHAGEN, Om 10, 10 . 4 P.M. Feedrelandet of to-day says : Toe conclusion of peace is near at hand, Den• mark having consented to tis a round sum of nine millions of rigsdalers the share which the Duchies are to have in the publio property of Danmark. This amount is consequently to be deducted from the portion of the Danish public debt, which it had been arranged should fall to the charge of the Duchies. MILAN, OCT. 10. A banquet was given here to-day in honour of the Marquis Pepoli. The Marquis proposed the toast of "Success to the city of Turin." Speaking of the Franco-Italian Treaty, he said ;—" 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 of Italy, and pointed out their absurdity. LUBECK, OCT. 11. The Prince and Princess of Wales will arrive here to. morrow, and will proceed by way of Ham burg to Gluekstadt. 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 thalers (3fr. 75c. each.) Count de Salignac-Fenelon, after hating fulfilled different diplomatic missions, was this year French Minister Plenipotentiary at Frankfort. M. de Chabrier, before entering the Court of Accounts, where be was Cauncillor, 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 tha , 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 Dake of Olden burg, the Duke of Saxe‘Meiningen, and the Duke of Brunswick to the letter notifying the 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 has published a pastoral pastoral letter, enjoining the clergy of the Grand Duchy of Baden not to accept appointments SF members of the newjcouncils of the schools for the people. King 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 Rome. BOURSE, Oat. 10,—The market continues heavy Threes, for the Account, are 65f. 350. Mobi!ier shows a further decline, being now at 897 g. 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 339:5 Credit Foneier llB5 Roman 7O Italian Loan 66 25 Do. end month 66 60 Ditto Threes New Mexican. tO 50 Ruseian Austrian Spanish Threes — R ome Debt Deforred RA. IL Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lorr• bard North of Spain Saragossa . Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Account. 840 83.5 975 980 898 75 .. 900 605 612 50 492 60 .. 500 491 25 .. 495 343 7.5 .. 345 432 60 .. 437 60 517 50 .. 520 385 335 470 472 60 197 50 THE WEST AFRICAN MAIL. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 11. The West African Mail Steamer Macgregor Laird arrived in the Mersey this morning with advices from the follow. ing ports;—Benin, Aug. 25—Fernando Po. Aug. 30— Camoroone, Aug. 31-01 d Calabar, Sept. 3—Brass River, Sept. 4—Bonny, Sept 7—Lagos, Sept. 10—Accra, Sept. 12—Cape Castle, Sept. 16—Cape Palmas, Sept. 18—Sierra Leone, Sept. 22— Bathurst, Sept, 25—Teneriffe, Oct. 1— Madeira, Oct. 31. Trade was dull at Benin, Fernando Po, 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 betwe en th e natives at Lagos was su b s id ing, The Macgregor L a i r d t rings 34 and £3,870 in specie. pasaengers, 1,723 oz. o f gold dust, LITERATURE, Cumworth 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 iife 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 Cumworth House ; but gentle, and humble, and apparently insignificant though she is, she eontriN es in process of time to subdue the most stubborn wills and to soften the most obdu rate hearts. But this very charming and very lore , 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 therry, 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 has 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 which it clings ceases to command respect, and Launcelot Sturm most assur. edly cen 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 Alisoun'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 glimpse of her in early happiness : THE D.tW OF LOVE. " I am too happy," she murmured ; "just to be alive:on such a day, in such a world, would be enough, It is so beautiful I so be tutiful 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 ?" 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 supe►fluous loveliness. Never, as it seemed to her, had there been such an even ing. Never had the soft south wind seemed so full of frag. ranee—from ance 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—love which brimmed over from her eyes, and was shed on all they looked on. Rest there, poor child, pause upon that happiness, drank 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." NJthing irritates, nothing riffi?s, in outward appearance at least, the calm and complacent Sara. H-r peculiar character is well preserved throughout the story, and contrasts well with that of the loving, easily moved and much enduring Alisouns. The other heroine, Geral. 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 daughter of a noble-hearted father and Alweak 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. Adeiheid Sharps (the writer seems to take pleasure in seleoting 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. Phe authoress selects him at the close—we do not know why—of the narrative as the mouthpiece of tier theory of lova, 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 hok upon the ideal in all things, as the standard towards which—while conscious that it is un attainable—we are always, in all things, to strive. It seems to me, therefore, 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 our power at a mark too far above us, than that the ideal standard should be ignored ; than that we should plant our little flag upon the level plains of what is common life with common men—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 worsh:p I--better, I say, that some of us should fail 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, safely and softly towards a show and sham. If those among us who are artists do not hold there is more life than can bo expressed by m 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, whiTo 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 arc— 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 P 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•abnegation i '_qualities, says the author of " Cutnworth 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 oar idea of womanhood the almost exclusive possession in exquisite degree of such exquisite qualities." " WHIPPING THE DOGS."—The perish 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 3 ear, was allowed, him for the important ditty of " whipping the dogs 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 Written as dogs, dogges, doges, doogs, and d3dges (the latter name, by the way, being probably as Well. deserved as any) ; and the process to which they wore sub • jetted' 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 kiag'c arms are set up, pulled down, and set up again ; the 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 of its functions; but this remained unchanged, and i n 1640 as in 1601, in 1661 as in IGIO, we find in the church wardens' books, " To George Fisher (or whoever it may be) for whipping the dogs for one year, ls."—Eraser's Oira,qq,cine, 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. Fitter, Henry Perring, Thomas N. Font neran, Thomas Parker Mew, E. V. Roberts, and J. F. Seaton. Mr LOWE read letters from the Earl of Pomfrel . , Lord Abinger, Lord Walsingharn, and Messrs. W. J. Davidson, J. Broughton, A. W. Hall, C. Hambro, F. T. Bucklani, T. J. Birch, J. G. Fen. nell, T. P. Ellis, H. Early, G. W. Horne, Henry Hancock, Higford Burr, Jackson Gillbanks, and J. W. Malcolm, M.P., in reply to the circulars as to the piseicultural 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• plias expected by the Flying Cloud, only one had arrived, the other having died on the passage. A tine 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 Stephe❑ 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 Lakeman had accomplished this entirely at his own expense and with his own labour. The method adopted for aerating the water (v:z., a barrel mounted on rockers, Eke those of a child's cradle) was simple and effective, and its success disposes of that diffi culty which has hitherto been considered 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 they were now in excellent health and condition at Twickenham. The permanent acquisition of this fish in England might now be considered as highly probable. With a view to spreading 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 offer of assistance. MrHawkins also described the construction of some cages, the erection of which he had superintended, for holding cartain birds belonging to the society, upon the premises of Mr Bush, the hon. treasurer. Votes were taken for transmiting consignments of birds, &c., to Queensland. A report by Mr Lupton was read as to the death of a sherp 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. CuPENHAGEN, 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 rigedalers—arising out of direct taxes, 4,031,125; indirect taxes, 1,882,150 ; revenue from Iceland and the Faro Isles, 57,713; and various items, 3,248,312. locluded in the last-mentioned sum is an amount of 2,735,000 rigsdalers in 4 per Cent. State Bonds, not liable to be calLe . d in by the holder, for the issue of which th e GoveTnment asks authority on account of the outlsy required for railway works. _ "The expenditure is calculated at 6,161,251 rigs dalers, apportioned as follows :—Expenses of the Rigsdag, 60,000 ; Ministry of the Interior, 3,779,855 ; Ministry o f J us ti ce, 989 , 398 ; Mi n i stry of E lucati , lii and Public Worship, 395,999; iuterest 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 command, " The Financial Minister calcul.ates that the special Danish national debt, which amounted to 8,377,000 rigsdalers upon the Ist April last year, had reached the sum 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." Lockfa3t 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 passe, 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. Daring these seven years many patents have been taken out for improvements on fire arms, chiefly for breechloaders, some which have enjoyed an ephemeral reputation, but none of which have acquired, among men of experience, the slowly, surely, but soundly earned approval. Mr Dougall, who had long enjoyed considerable celebrity not only as a gunsmith but as as 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 stied, 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. Fur every degree the breech so rose the muzzle dipped some thirtylold, and this rising had also the certain effect of loosening the whole fittings and jointing of the gun, To remedy this defect Mr Dungan 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 one a stronger hinge, and the means of opening and shutting the barrels directly udou the face of the false breech, instead of these merely meeting as fist surfaces upon each other. 0/ 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, he 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 if ever in contact with the face of the false breech, so that on being fi"ed " cushioning " and great consequent loss of powder takes place. In Mr Dougall's gun the "cushion ing" is prevented, the above locking power being equally exerted upon the cartridge. The superior result in shoot ing powers are theoretically au immediate consequence, and, practically, we have been at the trouble to ascertain, is a matter of fact, the experience of five shooting seasons, a sufficient teat 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 h:s consequently bean adopted by many experienced Indian sportsmen, and we believe that several of these guns will be the chief 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 cavalry it is probably an available arm, and Mr Dougall was lately requested by the military authorities of a foreign Government to send in his estimate for 20,000 of these guns, all double-barrelled, and adapted for firing explosive shells, made to burst with frightful effect on striking an of j. et. If to put an end to war by making it annihilation be d-.sirable, iu .oils Weapo ns and projectile we Jane a means to an end, v Cliiirt - 0111110 HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCT. 8. The Queen drove to Alt-na-Guithasach yester° day, accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice, and attended by Miss Bauer. The Countess of Fife and Mr Gladstone had the . honour of dining with her njesty and the or! family. Prince Alfred honoured Lieut.-Colonel Foga' harson with his company at a drive for deer in th e Ba!loch Buie Wood. The Dean of Westminster and Lads Ang iif° Stanley have arrived at the Cc.stle. ... _ r oreign Courts. T. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2. a At one o'clock today a salvo of 101 guns' fire from the ramparts of the f or t ress , ann ounced to the inhabitants of the capital that the Hereditary Grand Duke would ehartly be united to the Prin ce % Dagmar. At the same ti me th e su bj o ined nottfl ee tion was posted on the walls : " In conformity with a despatch received fro ll/ his Majesty the Emp eror , th e Governor. General , St. Petersburg informs the inhabitants of the c a p; tal that his Imp er i a l Hi g h ness t h e Heredita r y Grand Dako Cesarewitch has been affianced to the Princess Dagmar of Denmark. In giving the " del i to announce this happy event to the p o pulation ° s the capital by a salvo of 101 guns , hi s M a j e sty ac id that be is persuaded that all his faithful subject° will partake his joy, and w ith hi m w ill i m plore , t 2 b e Divine benediction on th e august young cou ple. BERLTN, Oct. 8. The King is expected to return from Baden 01/ the 14th inst. According to the testament ar y di spos i t i ons dram up by the late Ki ng F re d er i c Wil l i am IV., i ll ' body was to be deposited in a vault before the al Ear . at the Friedenski rc h e , i n P o t s d am . Hi t h er to thes e instructions could not be car r i e d ou t, a nd in t he meantime the coffia has remained in the sacrists e t the church on the left of the altar, near a s ea arranged for the Queen Dowager, who severs times a week has visit e d th e c h urc h , an d h a s ther e offered up her sil e nt p rayers. T he i n j unct ions ° f the late King will now b e o b eye d , and bi s presel3l Majesty has app o i n t e d O ct . 15 , t h e bi rt hd a y of bi 6 brother, as the day on which the mortal reins° shall be transferred to their last resting-place. It is announced that P r i nce F re e er i 2 o f Sobles wig-Holstein•Noer will, on the 18th instant, ma r/ 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 his way Heidelberg. His Majesty was met at Mayence by Prince Louis, and at the railway station the Fr ill ' cess Louis (Princess Alize) was in waiting to receivethe venerable King. Aft er di n i ng at the palace his Majesty continued his journey. He reache d Baden on th e nex t d ay, accompanied by the Grand Duchess Marie of R uss i a , an d P r i ncess Eugen ie °f Leuchtenberg. Hi s M a j es t y proposed to sta y at Baden for some days. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince° of "Wales are expected to arrive in England from the CO 3la tinent on or about the 28th inst. PRINCE ALFRED.—We (Scotsman) understand that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred is expected to arrive at Floors C as tl e, near K 3 l so, on the 17th install" on a visit to their Graces the Duke and Duchess of 13° ' burghe. It is as yet uncertain whether he will be pre; sent at the Kelso rac es , w hi c h t a k e p l ace on th e 19th an' 20th, although it is very likely that he will be; but t he main object of his visit is to enjoy the sport of salmon angling for a day or two in the Floors water. F r° , s r a a his success last autumn on t wo diff eren t occas i on s in t. "`" same water, coupled with his practice along with the Dak a of Roxburghe in Norway during this past summer, th e Prince may be regarded now as a successful, as ho is keen, angler; and it is to be hoped that the Tweed, whic h is at present, from the continued drought, in a very lout state, and rather unsuitable for angling, will be by the time of his visit in such a condition as will ensure bi g Royal Highness some satisfactory sport. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridg e arrived at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, on Saturday last, frog' visiting the Earl of Scarborough at Sandbeck Park, ne ar Tielthill, Yorkshire, and Lord and Lady Foley at Works°P Manor, Notts. The Earl and Countess de Grey arrived at Wishaw Castle, Scotland, on Friday, on a visit to Lord and Lady Belhaven. A marriage has been arranged between the ITO' George Filzwilliam and Miss E, Anson, youngest daught er of the late Hon. General Anson. Sir Coutts and Lady Lindsay have left Farrauce ls Hotel for their town residence in Grosvenor.square. The marriage of the Hon. and Rev. Walter Berkeley Portman, youngest son of Lord Portman, an d Rector of Corton Denh am , t o Ali ce, youngest daug hter of the late Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., and sister to Sir Charlet/ Mordaunt, Bart., M.P. for South Warwickshire, Ic aB solemnised in Walton Church, on Wednesday last, in the presence of a select circle of distinguished guests. A ll3°l3° those who witnessed the ceremony were the Marquis Ca ll " den and Lady Augusta Pratt, Lord and Lady Poitraell9 Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lady Willoughby de Brok e ,: Hon. Miss V e r ne y an d H on . Walter Verney, Sir John a nd Lady Pakington. Sir C. Mordaunt, Hon. Ellen and Len iaeb Portman, Mr Gustavus Smith and Lady Mordaunt, Hong Edward Portman, Hon. Maurice Portman, &c, The 10 131 " riage ceremony was performed by the Rev F. Murray , assisted by the Rev E. Cadogan. After passing a few ( 1 4 8 at Lord Portman's residence at Prince's-gate, the newir married pair left London for a tour on the continent. Oa Saturday last, the Bth inst., Sir Charles Henry Coots, premier baronet of Ireland, of Ballyfin Hous e ' Queen's County, expired at his town residence, 5, C all : naught-place. The deceased represented Queen's Count." in Parliament for many years. He is succeeded by his 50/4 Charles Henry, born at Ballyfin in 1815. The little difficulty between the Marquis of Donegall and the freemasons has been settled. The Grand Lodge of Ireland has received communications from the noble marquis containing assurances, given in the frankest manner, that in the o b servat i ons w hi c h he Ina` A,,, l; on the occasion (~f his installation at Belfast as Provinol' Grand Master he had no intention whateveiof infringing 6 fundamental rule of Masonry, and expressing his since re regret for having done so. The amens e has been offered 10 1 his lordship in terms so unreserved and emphatic that the Grand Lodge have accepted it in a generous spirit, and missed the subject. They have deemed it right, howeve r ' to address an admonition to the masonic body to avoid Any discussion calculated to p ro d uce di sun i on in assemblies 13` Freemasons, and also impressing neon the brethren gen e rally the necessity of exc l u di ng a ll persons not belong ing 1 — the order from meetings conveyed to carry out the busines a of this ancient institution. Professor Anderson makes a very fair offer to the Davenport fraternity. He says :—" I offer them the use ni , St, James's Hall, illuminated as it is during my own per' fcrmance, 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 the cover of darkness, and, as I believe, with the assistance of confederates (else wherefore the darkness ?) I will not calif acknowledge their right to take any name or assume anT attributes they think proper, but I will pay the sum of £lOO into the hands of the Lord Mayor for charitable Pu r poses. 1 thus offer them an opportunity of satisfying th e public that they do possess such attributes as warrant them in assuming the supernatural agency they are laying star to. Of course, should this challenge be acceptei, I ren erv6) to myself the right of explaining any natural means or OP' pliances by which the tricks are performed." A GIRL DASHED TO PIECES.—On Friday last a ll inquest was held at Donington, before Mr 13idlake i on the body of a y oung woman name d J ac k son, 20 yea" c). age. Deceased' s f a th er i s chartermaster of a p it a t Lodge Bank, and on Thursday had occasion to descend the pit ill' company with another man, leaving his daughter standing on the bank. The men had arrived at the bottoni of th e shaft in safety, and were turning to enter the working, when they were alarmed by hearing the sound of a body falling behind them. On looking round Jackson was hoe' rorstruck at discovering the neangled body of his daughte r lying on the ground. Had tho unfortunate girl fallen minute earlier both men must have been killed, It apPet ar4 that she was leaning against a chain which fens - s the top of the shaft, and this giving way, she was precipitated to the bottom, a distance of 190 yards. The body was literally dashed to pieces. The j ury returne d a verdict of acc idental death. AN ORPHAN WANTED.—At the weekly meeti l3s of the St. Luke's board of guardians a letter was read from a gentleman is tho neighbourhood of the CRY: road aching forth that ho had been requested, on behalf 0 ' a lady of property, to ask if the Buard had "a comPl °t° orphan," with blue eyes and flaxen hair, not more th' t3 two years of age, and cf gentle manner, to be given up t . () be adopted, th e l a d y agree i ng t o t a k e suc h a c hild, oduca t : her as a lady shou!d be educoted, and fiaally to will ° ve £3OO per annum. The lett e r w a s ret erie d t o the House a 7, Visiting cowiniLtee, to see if there might be a " blue - eY e $ flaxen-haized, complete orphan!' in the Union, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1864.