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LYCEUM THEATRE.—In consequence of the great success of the new Play on Saturday last, " THE RIGHTFUL HEIR" will be performed every Evening until fur ther notice. All was enthusiasm throughout the night, and a greater success could not nave been achieved. MR - EATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Winter Season will commence Saturday, October 17.—Mr. Fechter and Mr. Benjamin Webster. E XTRE-ROYAL, A D 1-1 E. Winter it- Season will commence Saturday, October 17, with an en tiraly new and original version of MONTE CRISTO. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, A CHARMING PAIR. After which (at 8 o'clock), Dion Boucicault's new drama, in four acts, entitled AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life. Messrs. Vining, Walter Lacy, Dominick Murray, C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds 11.111 assistants. To conclude with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. 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After which, at 8, AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr. Vining, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore, Maclean, Holston; Miss Trissy Marston and Miss Bose Leclercq. Concluding with MASTE tc. JONES'S BIRTHDAY. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swa.nborough. Tins EVENING, at 7.30, SISTERLY Si+.RVICE. Messrs. Bel ford, Harcourt; Miss Longmore. TDE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, James, Fenton; Mesdames Maria Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To conclude with MARRIAGE Al' ANY PRICE. QUEEN'S THEATRE, LONG-ACRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Liston. Tills EVENING, at 7, THE TROBADOUR: Mr. L. Brough and Miss Montague. And THE LANCASHIRE LASS: Messrs. Irving, L. Brough, Stephens, Wyndham, Clayton, and S. Emery; Mesdames Hodson, Montague, and Nelly Moore. THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. Under the Management of Miss Fanny Josephs. THIS EVENING, at 7, MISCHIEF MAKING: Messrs. Drew, Howard ; Mesdames Turner and Challis. At 8, BLOW FOR BLOW: Messrs. Honey, Cowper, Haynes, Arthur, Westland, and Parselle; Mesdames Foote, Weathersby, and Rignold. THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC. Tiffs EVENING, at 7, TO OBLIGI. BENSON: Messrs. Atkins, Vaughan, and 11. Wigan; Miss Lennox Grey and Miss Furtado. After which, at 8, THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN: Messrs. H. Ne lie, G. Vincent, H. Cooper, E. Atkins, R. Soutar, H.Vaughan, and H. Wigan; Mesdames Furtado, Lennox Grey, E. Farren, and Caulfield. ROYALTY THEATRE. Under the Management of Miss M. Oliver. Tuts EVENING, at 7.30, MARRIED DAUGHTERS: Messrs. Day, Russell, and Dewar; Mesdames Thompson, Bromley, aud M. Oliver. .After which, THE RISE AND FALL OF ItICHABD III.•, or, A New Froat to an Old Dicky: Mr. Dewar, Aar. Danvers: Miss Co;liusou, and Miss M. Oliver. To con clude with THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. PRINCE OF WALES . S ROYAL THEATRE. ITtut3r the Manvernlnt of Miss M. Wilton. Tare EVENINH, ATOM! Messrs. B:akeloy and Montague; IlTiBses Attlison and A. Wilton. After which, SOCIETY: Messrs. J. Clarice, 'tare, 11. J. -Montague, Blalcaley, Montgomery, and Bancroft; Mrs. Itneicin:sliani White ant Miss C. Addison. ROYAL SURREY THF.ATIIE. Creswielc. Lesseesh and Tins EVENING, , THE Messr M Shep ODE L erd HUSBAND. And at 7.45, LAND RATS AND WATER RATS: Mavis, Mr. Creswick; Jonas, Mr. Shepherd; Messrs. E. F. Edgar, VoHaire, W. Crosby, at. Robson; Miss Pauncelort, Miss Elizabeth Webster, Miss E. Lennard. With TURN HIM OUT. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, Avolo, the Marvel of the Nineteenth Century Frank Pastor, Champion American Equestrian; Alfred Brad bury, M. Napoli, F. Clifton, Almonti, and Delevanti. Montero; Fratelli Voltaires; and bamwell's Performiug Dogs. ommence at 7.50. AGRICULTURAL HALL, IsuNGTON.—FAIRY PALACE CONCERTS, Every Evening, at S. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Erery vifi . 8 Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 aui 8 all the year round. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET 4 , Promenade Concert. Band of GO. Begin at S. ls. Box-office open from 11 to 4. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, Gd. ; Children under twelve, Gd. I t:4M 44 4 44 - \az, 4 , • _ LOiVDON, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 18G8. We are glad to find that the National Associa• tion for the Promotion of Social Science is giving its attention to matters of practical importance. Undoubtedly it is part of the office of such an asso ciation to examine into the merits of new and un tried theories, to discuss the possibility of fresh schemes, and to bring to light those speculations which amateur social philosophers habitually in dulge in. But if the association went no further than this, its action would be too visionary to tend much towards the progress of social science. Hows ever desirable it may be to afford all the workers and thinkers in the good cause of social reform and advancement an opportunity of coming before the public, it is equally necessary that the minutes of the annual meeting should be able to show some substantial knowledge gained, some solid facts enunciated or classified, some statistics placed ready for the consideration of 'the legislator or the statesman, some remote information brought down to the popular level. In this aspect the " Health" section of the National Association is one of its most valuable departments, and the more the in formation which its leaders gather becomes fami liar to the masses the better chance we shall have of actual sanitary reform. The address of Dr. RUMSEY, President of the Health Section, on Mon day, was listened to with deep attention by a nu merous audience ; since his arguments by no means followed in the beaten track, we may hope that new light was thrown by his agency upon many points whose importance is too often overlooked. Dr. ReMSEY is not one of those reformers who are so well satisfied with the achievements of the past that they propose to" rest and be thankful" for the future. On the contrary though acknowledging many improvements, he is inclined to regard some of our boasted achievements as matters of regret rather than of rejoicing. The reckless poisoning of our waters by the distribution of sewage into them has been, he considers, a great and lasting mistake. Within the last thirty years, he said, almost all the water courses of the land have been incorrigibly defiled, and even converte 1 into distri butors of disease by means of town swage eon ' trived hastily and executed unscientifically. " The effete products of manufactures and trades, the animal and vegetable debris of towns, mineral de tritus, all that comes under Lard PALMERSTON'S celebrated definition of " matter in the wrong place," was to be got out of the way by water car riage, which was assumed, not without reason, to be the most expeditious and economical mechanical power for the purpose. The result of this remark able movement is, however, that communities have had to encounter a more gigantic difficulty than at the very beginning of sanitary reform." Many perplexities and losses have followed from this course, beginning with the destruction of the fish in the river, and ending with the difficulty of obtaining pure water. The importance of an effi cient water supply is at least a matter of which no educated person can in these days be ignorant; and Dr. RumsEY's able address was followed by a paper On the Relation of the Water Supply of Large Towns to the Health of the Inhabitants," read by Dr. ALFRED HILL, professor of chemistry at Queen's College, Birmingham, awl official analyst for the borough, who produced some • statistics relative to his recealt analyses, especially as regarded the wel)_ waters of towns, which all parties agsr,ed in condemning. In the water of one. Birmingham well there were 507 grains of sriliq matter, 48 grains of organic matter, and 16 gm'sus of chloride of sodium per gallon. The Presence of chloride of sodium in large quantities indicat'es contamination by sewage. Manchester and, Glasgow are both fortunate in this respect. n "..b ey have plentiful supplies of pure water, Glas gow being now supplied by Loch Katrine, and the consequence being a marked improvement in the public health. Glasgow and Manchester have both, it is true, high death rates, but there are many other causes to account for this. Though the water is good the drainage is incomplete, and ashpits and open receptacles of sewage are still retained. As Dr. Mu. observed, in remarking upon the morta lity of these two cities, it is only logical to assume that if Manchester and Glasgow had bad instead of good water the mortality would have been still higher than it is. During the prevalence of cholera the effects of bad water have been so plainly marked that in some districts only those who drank habitually the water of one particular well or pump were attacked, while their neighbours were safe. The Broad-street pump was a notable instance of this, while a similar example occurred in Salford gaol in 1859, when the impurity of the prison water caused an outbreak of choleraic diarrhoea among the prisoners. In 1866, when cholera was again busy in parts of the United Kingdom, it was noticed in Scotland that in all towns where wholesome water was supplied there were few, if any, cases of cholera, while in all the populous places where water was obtained from wells supplying impure water the proportion of cholera cases was large, and the fatality great. Such facts cannot be too often reiterated, and we are glad to find our social reformers are determined to make them more widely known. he Central Junta in Snain has been definitively constituted, and all arrangements are speedily pro gressing. The Official Gazette has published the protest of Queen ISABELLA, and preceded it by a few comments. The Junta, it is said, refrains from making any "criticism" on it. The nation have passed their " sovereign judgment" on the acts of the QUEEN, and can now pass their verdict on her words. This is plain enough in all conscience, and is sufficient to satisfy the doubts of the most san guine adherent to the cause of the exiled QUEEN. Some persons cannot take a denial, be it delivered in ever so emphatic a manner. At any rate the autho rities have shown good taste in forbearing to pass a harsh censure on the writer of the extravagant manifest in question, and they have done their cause good service thereby. From the outset of this affair, however, it must be admitted that the party of progress have exhibitel a surprising re ticence, and proved the force of their intentions more by acts than words, and never proceeding to extremities. The caus3 of General Pitim's nen arrival is now explained by the circumstance that the inhabitants of Saragossa detained him in order to have a fete in his honour. Many preparations have been made to give full eclut to this ceremony, which seems to be unanimously desired. It is no matter of surprise that some dissatisfaction should have been expressed at the sudden elevation of Marshal SERRANO, and some provincial Juntas de clare their disapproval at his elevation to the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN supreme power without the sanction of the majo rity. Jealousy will always arise at the creation of any new authority, but the Marshal appears to be very successful in keeping order, and any indica tions of tumult have been repressed. The Avenir National of Paris states that the Provisional Go vernment has determined to pronounce the enfran chisement of the children of negroes in the Spanish Colonies as a preliminary to a law which is completing the abolition of slavery. This will be laid before the Constituent Assembly, and the change will be one decided gain for the new order of things which has obtained precedence at Madrid. We may now look forward to the extinc tion of slavery everywhere, which is indeed a de lightful prospect, and speaks well for the sentiment of the age. If any lingering doubt should exist in the mind of a devotee to old customs, we should think that the perusal of the QUEEN'S proclamation must speedily disabuse him, and reconcile him to the change that has taken place in the country she has left. The document in question shows nothing more plainly than that the ex-Queen of SPAIN was totally unfit to be a ruler, and that far from acquiring wisdom of late years she was retrograd ing. The conspiracies which were ever met with in her kingdom appear to have given her very little concern, and she had never one doubt on the im portant truth, that when the confidence of a people is withdrawn from its Sovereign all the faults can not be on one side. At any rate, her language on this occasion fully explains the principle upon which she has acted—a principle false, in every sense of the word, to the best interests of the nation ; and now, that it has been put to the final test, proved most worthless and unsound. In some respects this protest seems almost a mockery, for the verynotion of Queen ISABELLA talking of the sacrifices which she has made for the Spanish people is absurd, and we should be puzzled to find in what they consisted if a very minute search were made. The records of the past life of the QUEEN contain sad and strange tales, but nowhere can they indi cate that devotion to duty and that willingness to give up selfish motives for which she now seems in clined to demand praise and acknowledgment. Another thing she has entirely forgotten is that if she had " sacrificed herself," as she calls it, she would only have been doing her duty, because if a ruler has rights, he has also responsibilities, and cannot skake them off to suit his will and pleasure. Perhaps the best way to account for the ignorance displayed is by saying that QUEEN ISABELLA be longs to that class which will not learn, and not to that which cannot. Tempests and trials might await her from without, and within the citadel her most trusted defendants waver, and falter in their alle giance, it was all the same to her. Never did she. yield an iota of her prejudices, or reform the errors of her own private life, which now show she en raged the public voice of the country. Now that she has had to resort to the last and most vexatious expedient that a Sovereign can choose, and fly be fore her rebellious and indignant people, the old leaven still remains, and from her refuge in another land she sends her parting words to them, and it seems she is resolved to show the world through them that she has learned nothing, and will learn nothing, by her fall. It is no ex aggeration to say that the friends of Queen ISABELLA, if she has any, have far more cause to be ashamed of her protest than of the disasters which led to it ; the one might have been beyond her control, the other was her spontaneous act. The history of past ages has not been without instances of sovereigns who have risen in the estimation of their fellow-men when they fell from their high estate, who have been greater in adversity than in prosperity, and adorned the dark hours of their exile with wisdom and patience that be came them more than the Crown they had lost. Such a fate does not, how ever, attend the last of the BOURBON lino who will probably ever hold sway in Europe. 'lhose who would willingly pay her the tribute of respect which belongs to adversity are precluded from so doing by the egregious folly and arrogance she displays, and they turn with interest to the new creation which is springing up in Spain, rather than with regret to her who has left it stripped of all outward show and semblance, but still more bereft i❑ lacking that innate dignity which the splendour of thrones can neither give nor take away in their possession or loss. The scorn and contempt which the QUEEN hurls at her rebellious subjects shows but too plainly the feelings which have actuated her in her dealings with them, and out of the materials which her character con sists of, how can we wonder that so little good emonated? We must make all proper allowances for the faulty education and bad example which attended her childhood ; but still something de pends on the individual, and she has had experience enough had she chosen to avail herself of it. Europe, however, can give little or no heed to her disappointments and her follies, she has made her choice, and must abide by it; and all we have now to do is to congratulate her quandam subjects on the quiet and sensible manner in which they have made the change so much called for. LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. NEW YORK, OCt. 6. The Cunard steamer Java arrived here at seven a.m., and the Hamburg and American Company's steamer Ilammonia at eight a.m. to-day. WESTON'S MUSIC lIALL. The entertainment provided at this very favourite place of public amusement is now more than ordi narily attractive. The proprietor commendably abstains from dangerous sensational exhibitions, and rests his claims to support on good music well . performed, and it is very gratifying to find that his exertions are highly appreciated by the large audiences that nightly crowd the elegant hall. The latest addition to the corps of vocalists is the re-engagement of Miss Tremaine, a young lady of acknowledged talent and a great favourite with the public. She returns with a voice much improved, and nightly receives a very hearty welcome and general applause for her excellent singing. Mr. Lascelles is another sound musician. Mr. Ren nolf is a baritone of a rare good quality, and Mr. Fred. French admirably sustains the comic ele ment, so necessary to . an evening's amusement. The sisters Lelia and Florence Ellis are really two very clever children, and the coquettish manner in which they gave imitations of some of the " star" comic vocalists elicits enthusiastic applause. The other members of the company well sustain their parts in the attractive programme which Mr. P. Corrie, the industrious and painstaking conductor, :nightly arranges for the entertainment of the company, It must ba exceedingly pleasing to Mr. Sweasey to find that he has not made a mistake in depending upon genuine musical talent for success ; and however trickery, meretricious nonsense may please for a time, and in the end it is soon forgotten, wt ,ilst the pleasant recollection of some beautiful and graceful melody, sweetly sung or well performed, remains in th, memory, as the poet says, " a joy f or ever." To those who visit Weston's we can pr utilise an evening's entertainment of real good in isic that cannot fail both to improve and please eve ry lover of true harmony. OLD AGE.—At a village near Liske a - re living two sisters, in the enjoyment of perfect he 41th and NTigour, aged respectively 93 and 89. They recently lost two brothers, one aged 100 and the other 93. PiLcianns.—The catches of pilcharcli on tile Coruish coast during the past week were sligl3 t. Nearly 1,900 hhds., cured at St.ives and Mount's Bay :ports, have been sold at 545. 6d. to 555. per hogshead, for tll e 31editer ranean supply. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing prices :—Gold, 1404. Sterling exchange on London, losi. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1882, 113 i. ; ditto, 1885, 1004 ; 10-40 Bonds 1041 ; Illinois, 1461 ; Erie, 48k. Cotton, mid dling upland, 27. Petroleum, standard white, 30g. Flour, extra state, $7 70c. to $8 30c. Corn, old mixed, sllsc. THE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN. PARIS, Oct. 7. The 3foniteur of this morning contains the fol- lowing : " The Supreme Junta has been elected by uni versal suffrage, with Marshal Serrano and General Prim as honorary presidents ; Aguirre as acting president ; Ribero and Vega Armigo as vice presidents. A private despatch from Madrid states that Count Girgeuti arrived at Lisbon on Monday evening. ITALY. FLORENCE, Oct. 6 (Evening). The subscription to the new tobacco loan was opened here to-day. Between 9,000 to 10,000 bonds have been taken up by small subscribers. The Spanish Minister has left for Paris. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. GALLE, Oct. 5. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Galong, from Australia, arrived here yesterday, and the China, from China, arrived on the 2d inst. The Surat leaves for Suez to-morrow. The Avoca arrived at Melbourne on the 3d ani Sydney on the 6th September. The Candia arrived at Galle on the 20th of September. MALTA, October 6. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyanza, from Southampton 26th Sept., arrived at 3 p.m. to-day, and leaves at 10 p.m. for Alex andria. All well. Experienced bad weather. The Ceylon left at 2 p.m. to-day for Southatnp ton, where she may be looked for about the 15th instant. MARSEILLES, Oct. 6. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Said, with the India and China mails, arrived here at 2 p.m. to-day. FALMOUTH, OCt. 7. The London, Belgium, and River Plate Royal Hail steamer City of Brussels arrived here at seven this morning. She landed 99 passsengers, mails, and £3,000 in specie. Her dates are Buenos Ayres, Sept. 1 ; Monte Video, 4th ; and Rio de Janeiro, 13th. She brings five days later dates than. the Royal Mail steamship Danube. The City of Buenos Ayres, belonging to the same company, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 10th inst. in 22 days from Falmouth, and the steamer Hipparchus from Liverpool on the 11th. It was reported at Rio de Janeiro that Lopez had been defeated and was retiring. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 7.7; H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, with Lieut.- General Sir Hope Grant, Colonels Gambier and Jervoise, and Captain Johnson, arrived here this morning, and commences his inspection of this dis trict to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct.' 6.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 1i per Cent. - .End of month 3 por Cent End of mouth_ 69 15 Credit Mobilier 271 End of month_ 275 Credit Poncier _1420 End of month — Bank Shares 3103 ItaFan Loan — End of mouth — Ilexican Loan 231 1)o. Bonds Spanish Threes 31 Homo Debt Deferred — .YS. RAILWA' Cash Orleans Northern 1177 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... Western Eastern • • 567 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4061 North of Spain Saragossa Roman FIRE AT THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. Between the hours of two and three o'clock this morning, as a police-constable of the M division was passing along his beat in the Old Kent-road, he noticed some smoke issuing from the arches of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. Feeling satisfied that a fire had taken place, he at once despatched the necessary intelligence to head engineer Medealf, at the corner of St. Thomas's-road, in the same locality, and telegraphic messages were despatched to most of the other brigade stations in the district. Although this occupied not more than three minutes the flames shot forth with such vehemence and rose so high into the air as to become a far more speedier messenger of danger than even the tele graph, and forthwith engines were turned out simultaneously from numerous depots of the Metro politan Brigade, including four land steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co., as well as the London Salvage Corps, under the command of Mr. Super intendent Swanson and Foreman Cooper. By that time four of the arches of the railway, extending in one direction sixty feet, and each twenty-five feet deep, were sending forth immense sheets of flame. These arches were tenanted by Mr. F. G. Packer, a basket manufacturer, and the flames seized upon immense piles of rods and willow sticks, and also upon the fence of several houses near, as well as a couple of houses in Cross street. Plenty of the Southwark Company's water having been obtained, under the direction of In spector Hays the whole of the engines were called into operation, but in spite of which the fire could not be wholly extinguished, and not until the fol lowing damage was done, which is officially reported by Captain Shaw to the insurance offices Parker, basket manufacturer, 4, Arches of Rail way, 40 feet by 25 feet each, used as workshops, dwelling house, and stores, burned out, offices and stock in open yard severely damaged by fire and removal. Cause of fire unknown. Insured in the Royal North British and Mercantile and Sun Fire offices. No. 887, Mr. Danielson ; 889, Mr. Row land, boottnaker ; and Nos. 1 and 2, Cross-street, are also extensively damaged by fire, water, and removal. Orders were received at the headquarters of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, yesterday, directing the volunteers from the depot companies of Royal Engineers serving in India to be held in readiness for embarcation to join the Royal Engineers doing duty in the three presidencies. Volunteering for the kkeleton companies of Royal Engineers in India is still open. LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S 11/tIR RESTORER Olt DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles— Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot, 266, High Holborn. NG, OCTOBER 7, 1868. CORRESPONDENCE FROM (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, Octobei 6. It has now become evident that the Emperor, whaever may be the feeling of the Empress towards her former sovereign, chews no inclination to trouble himself with Queen Isabella's affairs. It has been finally announced that France will not interfere in Spanish affairs, and the attitude of the Government on the subject is so decisive that it is even believed by some that the ex-Queen will not be allowed to greatly prolong her stay in the capital. The proclamation just published has led to the free expression here of the opinion that if the fallen sovereign wishes to renew the battle she had better choose some other fighting-ground. If she wishes to remain in France she must be quiet. It is generally believed that the Queen has taken care to comfortably feather the nest to which it was long ago probable she might be compelled to retire. There can be very little doubt that a large sum of money has been sent across the frontier. Let Isabella enjoy it ;it is certain that no sove reign was more utterly forsaken by her subjects. The desertion is, perhaps, the most complete ever recorded, save, perhaps, that which the great Napoleon suffered after his first abdication. When the news of the defeat of Alcolea had peen received, the Queen called together the deputies of the Basque provinces, and asked them if they would arm in her defence. They replied that they could not do so ; the general meeting of the deputies alone could give such an order. She asked them to consider the matter. They did consider, and came again the next day. " Who have you found in my antechambers ?" asked the Queen. "No one," was the response. The deputies added that the only promise they could give was to protect her Majesty so long as she remained in the Basque provinces. The ex-Queen then gave the order for departure. The military conference of the South German States is regarded with some jealousy both here and, I have reason to believe, at Vienna. It is said that the treaty of offen sive and defensive alliance which Prussia concluded with the South German States in 1866 will be fully interpreted at this conference. There is, however, greater reason to believe the conference will confine itself to its professed object—the regulation of a common system of defence for the South German States. But it is further evident that the chance of a South German Confederation is becoming less on account of the influence of Prussia in preventing a union which might some day be turned against her. This is not liked at Vienna, where it was hoped that a South German Confederation might ultimately ally itself with Austria. The Paris press gives some attention to the question of Consular Courts in Egypt. Most of them favour the inquiry claimed by the Egyptian Government, and which has, moreover, received the support of almost all the European States. Italy and Austria only have not yet given their consent to the inquiry. Yesterday there was a meeting of the Ministers of the State Council. MM. Itouher and Moustier had, besides, a long interview. M. Gellibert, who has just died, was not much of a speaker, but, nevertheless, a very-active man and an influential deputy. His seat will be severely contested. Three candidates are already spoken of. Dr. Decausne publishes, in the Bulletin Generale de Therapeutique, some interesting observations on the effects of the use of tobacco. He has observed.thirty eight boys, aged from 9 to 15, who smoked more or less. Of these, distinct symptoms were present in twenty soven. In twenty-two there were various disorders of the circulation—breath-sound in the neck, palpita tion, disorders of digestion, slowness of intellect, and a more or less marked taste for strong drinks. In three the pulse was intermittent. In eight there was found on examination, more or less, marked diminution of the red corpuscles ; in twelve there was rather frequent epitaxis ; ten had disturbed sleep? and four had slight ulcerations of the mucous membrane of the mouth, which disappeared on ceasing from the use of tobacco for some days. In children who were very well nourished the disorder was in general less marked. He says there can be no doubt that upon the young, at least the use of tobacco has a most noxious effect. On the 3rd instant the new Government manifested its full confidence in the success of the revolution by a ivic fete, the "principal ornament" of which was to be the popular assembly. The Palace of the Congress was adorned with arches of flowers, flags, shields, &c. ; all the troops composing the garrison formed in battle array, and afterwards filed before the Central Junta, who saluted them in the name of the Revolution. Adhesions to the new Government continue to come in, amongst the most important being that of Senor Mon, the Spanish Ambassador -at ral is. The Italian residents in Madrid have followed the example of the English, and congratulated the Provisional Government on its success. Count Cheste has ordered his troops to Barce lona, says the Diario, in order that they may make their pronunciamento in favour of the revolution. The .11adrid Gazette makes the curious announcement that chairs have been established in different quarters of the city for teaching the law of popular policy, " in order that the people may make good use of the rights acquired by the revolution." The head of the Greek Cabinet, Bulgaris, has been obliged to give way to the demands of his partisans, and change the Ministers who hold the portfolios of Justice and Finance. Public opinion in Athens is rapidly turning against the President of the Council. A decisive crisis is not improbable. Meanwhile the Government supports its position by the most violent measures. It has dissolved the Society of Officers of the National Guard, which was beginning to indulge in manifestations little favourable to the existing regime. Comoundoros, the former President of the Council, has been outlawed, as it were, by his suc cessor, and has been obliged to remain in his province and surround himself by armed partisans. This disregard of the law by the leading men of the country naturally pro duces the worst effect upon the people generally. The semi-official papers of Paris announce that no con firmation of the report respecting a conspiracy against the Sultan has yet been received by the French Government. The North-East Correspondence, however, maintains that the plot was of the most formidable character. Its objects were nothing less than the assassination of the Sultan and all his Ministers, and the enthroning of the heir pre sumptive, Mourad-Effendi. The conspirators were arrested on the day on which they purposed executing their plans. Written proofs of their guilt were found. The news from Japan is not of a peaceful character. In numerous engagements between the troops of the north and the south the northerners had been completely vic torious, but it does not appear that the civil strife approaches termination. Meanwhile outrages on foreigners are of daily occurrence, and another Imperial decree has been issued against the Christians. The New York correspondent of the Daily News gives both sides of the dispute respecting the great riot at Camilla, in Georgia. The Southern account is that a " carpet-bagger" of the name of Pierce set out with a column of 250 armed negroes, with provisions for a week, and marched on Camilla with the intention of holding a Radical meeting. The sheriff met them, and requested them to go back. They refused compliance, however, and pressed on. Shortly afterwards a white man fired a shot at them, and then the citizens, in defence of their wives and families, made a general attack, pursuing the negroes for miles. The Radical account is that the negroes did not go to hold a meeting, and that they went armed because nobody in that region goes without arms. The first shot was fired by a man who was drunk. Whilst seven negroes were killed and thirty or forty wounded, there were only two or three whites hurt. This does not look as if the negroes had been very formidable even in arms. The Daily News correspondent thinks that in this instance there were probably faults on both sides, but that the chances are ten to one the negroes are in the right. The Rev. Dr. White, Presbyterian minister of Islington Church, Liverpool, has written a letter to the Pope, declining his Holiness's invitation to Protestants. In hi: postscript, which is by far the most important part of his letter, the rev, doctor says : " I sincerely congratulate your Holiness on the improved tone of your communica• Lion. Might I venture to suggest that you should carry out the assumed spirit a little further, so as to grant to all the inhabitants of Rome liberty to worship God according to the dictates of their conscience, and also to exert your great influence to obtain the release of those who are pining in Spanish and other dungeons in Roman Catholic countries for reading the 'Word of God ?" The Bishop of Manchester, who some two years ago inhibited the Rev. D. Nihil for ritualist practices, ha 3 given notice to the Rev. J. E. Sedgwick, of St. Albans, Manchester, of his determination to withdraw his license within a certain prescribed time. Ills lordship is said to have been led to this course in consecquence of having received complaints that certain practices, including the use of candles and the confessional, have been systemati cally observed at St. Alban's. The church has never been consecrated, and this places the power in the hands of the bishop to revoke the license he has granted without any intermediate proceedings. Mr. Sedgwick, in the mean time, has received an appointment to a rectory in the south If England. Maclaine Rattazzi is about to publish another 'omauce, called " If I were Queen." John Saville Lumley, Esq., Minister Plenipoten ziary at Berne, has been appointed to succeed Lord Howard dc Walden as Envoy Extraxdinary and Minister Plenipol tentiary at )3russels, THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The following is the weekly return by the Registrar- General of Births and Deaths in London and in 13 other large towns of the United Kingdom :—ln the week that ended on Saturday, October 3, 4,219 births and 2,932 deaths were registered in London and in 13 other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 24 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality last week was 21 per 1,000 in London, 32 in Edinburgh, and 20 in Dublin ; 22 in Bristol, 18 in Birmingham, 30 in Liverpool, 32 in Manchester, 37 in Salford, 20 in Sheffield, 23 in Bradford, 32 in Leeds, 22 in Hull, 27 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 31 in Glasgow. The rate in Berlin was 32 per 1,000 during the seven days ending the 24th ult. In London the births of 975 boys and 918 girls, in all 1,893 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1858-67 the average number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,043, The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,229. It was the fortieth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,287. The deaths in the present return are less by 58 than the estimated amount, and are less by 98 than the number recorded in the preceding week. The high rate of mortality from scarlatina (99) still continues. Every effort should be made to combat the disease and prevent its further progress by the employ ment of active sanitary measures. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the baro meter in the week was 29 . 415 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29 . 0 Sin. on Wednesday, September 30, to 29 . 95 in. on Friday, October 2. The mean tempera ture of the air in the week was 537 deg., which is 0 . 3 deg. below the average of the same week in fifty years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 65'5 deg., on Tuesday, September 29. The lowest night temperature was 40.8 deg. on Saturday, October 3. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 24.7 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 58.3 deg. ; that of the lowest was 57.2 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.7 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, complete saturation being repre sented by 100, Rain fell to the amount of 1.17 in. The general direction of the wind was S.S.W. and N.E. Violent gales prevailed on Sunday, September 27, and Tuesday September 29. Ozone was observed on six days during the week. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sea Wednesday, F. I if 1 October 7, B. T. I W. Ito F. D. jWB. to 8 a.m. 12 9 --" - Nairn Aberdeen Loith Shields Scarborough 29'90r. 48 47 W. 2 6 S. oac!o'46l 2 Yarmouth 3O 94f. 50 50 W. 3 4 S.S.E. r.in'o'33' 8 Helder Cuxhaven Skudesna3s I Ardrossan 29134 r. 50 46 S.W. 5 6 S.W. c. 4 Greencastle 29'84r. 46 45 W.N.W. 3 6 r.c. o'o2 Holyhead Liverpool ~ 29'96r. 49 46 S.S.W. 1 2 W. -.W. ' r.c.!0'24, 1 Valentia.,,. 30'08r. 50 46 W.N,W. 5 0 W. r.c. 0•1.0 j 7 Cape Cle a r Roche's Pt. 30'03r. 48 46 W.N.W. 4 5 W. c.b. —! 2 Penzance Plymouth Weymouth 30 07r. 51 143 W. 1 5 I S.W. r.c.,0•44 2 Portsmouth 301.6 r. 51 j 49 W.N.W. 3 7 S.W. r.c.!o'4sj 3 London C'peGrisNez 30'01f. 52 50 W.N.W. 7 5 S. r.o. p 5 Brest L'Orient Rochefort Biarritz 30 - 201. 63 58 N.E. 4 111. 3 Corunna..,. Brussels Strasbourg — Lyons Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) — EXPLANATION. =PLANA' Barometer corrected and reduced to 2.2 deg. a sea level. The letter 6. rising; 1., falling; s., steady—lndicate direction of motionof the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: b.—blue sky; c.—clouds. detached; f.— fog ; h.—hail .—lightning :m.—misty, hazy to.—overcast, dull ; r.- rain ; B. snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea dLsturbanco. R,EAIARKB. Barometrical pressure on our S.E, coast is less than it was yester day, but elsewhere in these islands readings are higher, the difference in Ireland exceeding 0.2 inch. In London pressure has risen quickly since last night, and the highest pressures are in the south. The difference between readings at Biarritz and Nairn is more than half au inch. Temperature is generally lower— the diminution at Nairn is 9 deg. Strong south-westerly winds blew yesterday at the entrance of the English Channel, but on the Irish coast the wind was north-westerly. The wind is now light from the westward on the Channel coast, but fresh on the west coast of Ire land. Rain has been general, and of considerable amount in the S. of England, The weather is cloudy, A high sea prevails on the coast of Ireland., There was a very stormy meeting yesterday afternoon ;n connection with a proposal moved by Mr. Fitzroy, editor of the John, Bull, that a grant of £20,00 should be riven for the use of the Church in Natal, independent of Bishop Colenso, and, we presume, under the control of Mr. Macrorie. The bishops and clergy went from St. Lawrence's Church, where there bad been a grand service, to the society's rooms, and then began a very lively scene. The grant was moved ,by Mr. Fitzroy, and seconded by !.he Hon. H. Walpole. The Rev. Dr. Ilessey moved, and Mr. H. E. Pellew seconded, an amendment, granting the £2,000, but with a preamble declaring in effect not to pledge the society to any opinion as to disputed questions. The Rev. M. W. Magin interposed with a modified amendment in order to secure unanimity of opinion. A brother-in-law of Bishop Colenso, the Rev. W. G. Humphrey, and Mr. Vansittart Neale more or less defended him. The Revs. R. Jeffreys, T. Darling, and others spoke, but there was great confusion. Both amendments were rejected, notwithstanding that the Tiishop of Capetown spoke for the second ; and Mr. Fitz roy's original resolution was carried by 130 to 04. Mr. Humphrey gave notice to rescind the vote in December, and Mr. West a rider that the money should be paid this month, which the Archdeacon ruled out of order. Notice was given that an application would be made to the Court of Chancery for an injunction. Bishop Gray has attended his farewell services in Eng. laud, and has preached his farewell sermon. St. Lawrence, Jewry—the favourite church of the bishops—was again crowded to hear, in the morning, Mr. Maerorie (the Bishop-designate of Maritzburg), and in the evening the Bishop of Capetown. The services are desciibed as being " Ritualistic." Two other bishops besides Dr. Gray were present—Rochester and Edinburgh. Bishop Gray in his sermon glanced rapidly at the state of the Church of England at the present time, and appeared to think that disestablishment would be no great evil, other Churches having flourished after having been submitted to the process. He spoke in terms of bittei regret at the conduct of her Majesty's Government—the Colonial Secretary having two months ago promised him a mandate for the consecration of a new bishop, and having refused him further communication on the subject up to that day. What all this would end in, he said, God alone could know,but he should go out in full hope of a happy termination of his labours." A great deal has been said about the houses of the poor, their want of drainage, and cleanliness. But it seems that the rich err in this respect as well as their less fortunate neighbours. What in the one is a misfortune, however, in the other is a sin. Dr. Lankester, for instance, points out the prevalence of what is called " drain fever" amongst the upper classes, and urges those who have it in their power to see that their drains are clean. Another thing in which improvement is wanted is in the cleansing of cisterns. "It is not rare," says the Doctor, "to find water of the most dangerous quality attached to the pre• mises of the more opulent inhabitants. It is in the private houses of the wealthy and luxurious that the most startling instances are found of the neglect of the most obvious means of securing health." A woman named Hester Roberts has just sung her last stanza of " The Song of the Shirt." She was a needle woman, but was so illpaid that for a long time she was in a state of " semi -starvation," which means that she came by her death in the most lingering and cruel manner. Her Daughter lived with her, and earned her living also by her needle. At the inquest on the body of her mother, the younger woman stated that when she was able she spared her mother a few halfpence, with which to do battle with death, but as her earnings were some imes only 2s. a week, it is manifest that the halfpence must have been few. The parish officer was asked for relief, but this was sternly refused unless the women entered the workhouse. They preferred to struggle on. The other night the landlady went into her lodgers' room and found her dead in the corner. There was no bed or fur niture except a broken table, two bottomless chairs, and a heap of rags. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from extra,vasation of blood on the brain, accelerated by want of food and exposure." The English of the matter is, that a poor woman, working with all her might, that she and her girl might live honestly, was refused relief unless she became a workhouse pauper, and that in wealthy London, whose riches and luxury are proverbial, she was left to die for the want of a crust of bread. Had the case been made a sensational one, perhaps a small fortune might have been at her service, but she died unheeded. Private charity did not include her, the parochial system passed her by, and the poor rates were not levied for her. There must be a screw strangely loose somewhere. OLD AGE.—At a village near Liskeard are living two sisters, in the enjoyment of perfect health and vigour, aged respectively 93 and 89. They recently 12s two brptberp, one aged 190 and the other 93. rts r ):70-6v &flirt ghtithlt HER MAJESTY. BAL3IOI:AL CASTLE, Oct. 4. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince and Princess Christian, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, attended Divine service at tho parish church of Crathie. The Rev. Dr. Caird officiated. CHARLES DICKENS'S READINGS. Dr. Mar gold and the Trial from Pic`o,vick. St. James's magnificent Hall was crowded las t evening literally to overflowing. Hundreds were disappointed in their endeavour to gain admittance . It is no exaggeration to say that the galleries might have been filled three or four times over, if ordl the audience could but have taken those ten minut e turns which were the happy-go-lucky rule down at Bartlemy Fair, at Richardson's. Supposing the Messrs. Chappell to have secured on lease that won' derful expanding tent of the Oriental tale, then , but then only, could the whole of the ap plicants of last night have been enabled t° form portions of the vast assemblage. Punctual to the hour named for the commencement of the first of his Farewell Readings, Mr. Charles Dickens made his appearance upon the raised platform et the head of the great hall—the immense audienc3 welcoming him with round after round of the wes t enthusiastic acclamations. His reception, indeed; both then and at frequent intervals throughout the night, and more especially at the momen t of his departure, was magnificent. It spoke ° I cordial welcome to him upon the first o3casion of his appearance in public since his second visit t° America, and it spoke also of the vivid sense th e public have of these readings being his very last- - • his readings of Farewell. Less remarkable, he'll ever—very much less remarkable to our thinking - ' than the crashing rounds of applause awarded 10 Mr. Dickens last night, again and again, bl his enormous audience, was the breathlee° interest with which every individual in that great assemblage hung upon his every word and look throughout the evening, save only when at intervals his voice was drowned by their plaudi t° or by the bursts of irrepressible l a ughter, awakened by the grea t h umor i s t. D octor M ar igo l d —that most wonderful of Cheap Jacks, although merely a poor chap in a sleeved waistcoat-0 1y trived once more last evening, as he has often don° before, to hold the entire audience spell-bound by his more than simply graphic delineations ° himself and his surroundings. Again, we all of 1 . 11 had evidence, visibly and audibly, that the greatest of all our humorists as a writer, is also himself one of the greatest actors now li v i ng . Hi s po wer realising to us his own creations is, in truth, sow ) : thing marvellous. Never, of course, for one install' in our appreciation of him, losing his own identity he is, we may say, if not " everything by turns an d nothing long," certainly every one of those per" fectly well-known creatures of hi s b y t urn s, and that with a rapidity of alternation or of seq uence actually instantaneous. It was thu s a ll through Dr. Marigold's prelection through whic h we saw and heard a 3 distinctly as thoug h they had appeared before us in the flesh, in sue" cession, sometimes almost simultaneously--th e wife with a temper—the giant with the feeble drew lation—thefe-rocious Mim—the political Dear Jae ig —the very dog who taught himself out of his evl ° head to bark at any one who bil as low as sixpence , And, through all the extravagant fun and grotesque' ness of the narrative, the pathetic tenderness o f the poor Cheap Jack's love for his little Sophy, and (after she is dead and gone) for her deaf and dunlb t double, or at any rate successor in his gentle' affections, again last night captivated the audi ence into breathless attention, touched man)" of them to tears, winning, moreover, in the end for t he author of Dr. Marigold and for Dr. Marigold's personator as well as creator, one of those enthusi astic bursts of applause popularly spoken of as an ovation. Afterwards, at the close of the usual ten minutes interval, we had the immortal Trial Sce ne from "The Pickwick Papers," th e G rea t T r ial °I Bardell v. Pickwick. And then, as ever, the laugh ter, in Homeric phrase, was simply inextinguiel y able. Sergeant Buzfuz, Mr. Winkle, Mrs. Cluppin ° ' Sam Weller, and perhaps the best of them all, g g ' Justice Stareleigh, each in turn shook the hall agai n and again with a roar of merriment. The laught er —pealing in rapid inter va l s th roug h it a ll— reac hing its climax at last when Old Weller at the verA conclusion, exclaims in his guttural, voice, " v Sammivel, Sammivel, vy worn't there a halibi !" The admiration reawakened by these w onderfu l Readings only serves to emphasize the r e gr et, Wil l which all of us know, that they are now being given by Mr. Dickens in final Farewell. RESCUE of THIRTEEN MEN AT SEA.—The scre lf , steamea Caledonia, Captain Macdonald, which arrived Glasgow on Saturday, reports having picked up on the 25th Sept., in lat. 47 39 N., long. 50 16 W., the craw of the bark Vasco de Gama, of Hull, bound from Quebec for Su ri i : derland. It appears that early on the morning of the 251 the look-out on boa r d th e C a l e d on i a descried a sma ll boa t making signals some distance a head. On a nearer approach it was found that the b oa t conta i ned Captain Harci6:4° and seven of the crow o f th e V asco d e Gama, wh i c h 11 a been abandoned five days previously. Captain IlarriS ° stated that that same m orn i ng th ey h a d parte d W ith I ' 4o second boat, containing the first mate and five of the ere /s ; s who bad gone in pursuit of a sail. Captain Macdonald .° once altered his course, and during the d a y succeeded /111 picking up the other boat with its si x occupants. 13°t11 ~ boats were very leaky ; one of them was w i t h ou t a rudde r ' the oars had to do duty as m as t s . Th e bupp l y o f fres h 4 water was almost gone, and the only food of the 1 3° 4 fellows consisted of a few broken biscuits steeped in 53- water. SARAWAK.—Letters have been received fr° lll ~ Sarawak, dated the Bth o f A ugust, wh i ch announc e the succession of Mr. Cha r l es B roo k e, nep h ew o f t h e late itaish; Sir James Brook e , t o th e G overnment o f t hi s S ta t e . correspondence states that " on the 25th of July the arriol; of the mail put S arawa k i n possess i on o f t h e melancholy tidings of the death of hi s Hi g h ness th e R a j a h . AU P il e on mourning for the great and good man that was go The consul's flag was kept half-mast until the Saturday' when the Tuan Mudah (heir apparent) was publicly P r ' r claimed Rajah of Sarawak in the C our t-h ouse, i n the F ra' a Bence of all government servants, the consuls, clergy, 311 „ principal inhabitants of the city, a ll i n f u ll d ress . 11 ; - , a Datu Bandar and ocher native chi e fs h a d d ecor ated t - Court House in native style with flags and gaily-colou re e cloths, a guard of honour received the Rajah, and after i li a proclamation was read a Royal salute was fired front tbo fort. The ceremony passed off quietly and well, amid th I evident marks of rejoicing and satisfaction of all classes the inhabitants. Everything has now returned to its ns u i t 'a quiet, and were it not for the signs of mourn i ng o no wou' hardlykuow that any such important change had taken p lsce 3 Her Majesty's ship Perseus arrived yesterday and salute, the now Rajah and his flag. She will remain here onl9 f° t day or two, and came over f rom Si ngapore expres sly this purpose." The country is perfectly qui e t a nd V °s : o porous, and it is s a id th a t th e nat i ves are most an:xWes that the system of government organised by Sir J 3lll Brooke should continue. TIIE BORDER BOROUGIIS.—Mr. G. Elliot h a : abandoned the contest for the Border Boroughs, 10 14 1 11 j, Mr. , Trevolyan in un di spu t e d possess i on o f th e o ', o Having satisfied himself th a t th e ma j or it y o f th e ele: 0 0 . wore adverse to him, Mr. Elliot has acted honourabhY' well as sensibly, in retiring at once ; he has withdr 3s ':, ;4 like a gentleman, without saying an unkind word of , opponent. It must b e mor tif y i ng t o a mem b e r Of t h e Elliot family, whose ancestral seat and possessions within the range of the boroughs, to be thus compelle d yield, witho u t a fi g ht, t o a young s t ranger. Th ere is i % doubt that L o rd R usse ll' s ill-judged intervention prejudicial effect on the candidature of his relative. --? ` Mall Gazette. SCULLERS' RACE FOR £loo.—Yesterday af tef i noon William Biffen, a wa t erman ' s apprentice, n Hammersmith, and James Griffith 3, also a wa,termau's prentice, of Wandsworth, rowed from Putney to "g ° ' o l lake for Xio a side in outriggers. The match areas out 0 the apprentices' race for the co a t and badge at the I '' ; Thames Regatta, in which both contended, Biffen win niv ; the coat, and Griffiths resigning the contest at half s'"' l3 , the form of the latter on that occasion was sufficient to Iljo duce his friends to make this match. Betting— 3to 1 ° be Biffen, who had the best station and took the lead. A t ;/.. Star and Garter he Iv as half a length ahead, and here O r ) , fiths fouled a barge, but quicklyrecovered the lost g roo o 3 and at the Point was over his man. 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