The Sun. — London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HOLBORN. Inauguration of the London Season. Fresh Engagements and a Host of Attractions. First appearance of M. NAPOLI, the Italian Hercules; M. LOZADA, the celebrated French Prestidi gitateur and Equilibrist ; and ALMONTI and DELEVANTI, the rench Clowns. ONRA, the Sensation of London. ONR.A, every evening, in his Flying Trapeze Act, as performed before the l'rince and Princess of Wales. ONRA'S Terrific Flights ou Two Bars. 0 Ineredible Somersaults and Pirouettes. ONRA, the most wonderful and perfect performer ever witnessed. The incomparable Scenes in the Arena as usual, including M. SAmwell's wonderful performing Dogs. Open at half-past Seven, commence at Eight. Morning Per formance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Half-past Two. Children under ten, half-price to morning perf o rm ance on ly . N.8.-45n and after Monday, Sept. 7, the doors will open at 7, performance commencing at half-past. , IMaa 11 MOSES and SON, MERCHANT TAILORS and OUTFITTERS. FOR ALL CLASSES. 1 .1 -1 4 J XCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS. .IFE BOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms of JLI the past year the National Lifeboat Institution con tributed to the saving of 1,086 lives from various ship wrecks and 36 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £31,845 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £3,189 for rewards. The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 187 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankfully received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. PRICES BASED ON READY-MONEY SYSTEM. , HE ADVAN ['AGES of the READY-MONEY A- SYSTEM cannot be better expressed than in the following ez , ract from a leading article in the " Times:"— •• Everybody knows the difference between a credit and a ready-money business. It is this partly which affords one tailor the excuse for charging £7 7s. for a coat while another will charge £4 4s. . . It is true that every tradesman ought to abate his charges to customers who pay him punctually. Still we know how in this particular we all suffer for a few delin quents." ALL GOODS MARKED in PLAIN FIGURES IL'i MOSES and SON. E ADDRESSES BELOW. EXCELLENCE WITH CHEAPNESS. MOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke • Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, and General Outfitters for all Classes. Every article the best of its kind in Material, StAe, and Workmanship. .. 4 kN unusually large and varied STOCK for the SUMMER SEASON, in every Department. For JUVENILES there is a distinct department, containing an unequalled assortment of Clothing for every occasion. The most Fashionable Styles are combined With the best Materials an,l Workmanship. List of Prices, with rules of self-measurement, Patterns and Fa , hion-sheet, gratis and post-free Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approved of will b 3 exchanged, or the money will be returned. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are Closed every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunset, when badness is resumed till 11 o'clock. Tho following are the London addresses of E MOSES and SON:— 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES 83, ALDGATE 84, ALDGAT 85, ALDGATE 81;, ALDGATE 87, ALDGATE 83, ALDGAT 80, ALDGATE LOG, NEW OXFORD-STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET 508, NEW OXFORD-STREET 1, HART-STREET 2, HART-STREET 3, HART-STREET 117, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 138, TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD 233, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch ; 19, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. SPEC [AL NOTICE. In consequence of frequent misrepresentations, E. MOSES an I SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-mentioned. COUNTER CLOTHS FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS. IIIIE only article really suitable for that purpose, ss. 6d. per dozen, hemmed, ready for use. Address 105, Fleet-street, and 5, The Pavement, Clapham. G LASS CLOTHS SUITABLE FOR LICENCED VICTUALLERS, 7s. 9d. PER DOZEN. INTILLIAM HOLDICII and CO., No. 105, Fleet-street, foot of Ludgate hill and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. icABLE CLOTHS, in every Width and Length, A_ expressly for Liconced Victuallers. Damask Napkins for Tray Cloths, Drills for Bar Aprons and Towel Hugs of every description. Patterns gratis and post free. ( lARDIGAN JACKETS made expressly for Bar use, Warm and Elastic, from ss. 6d. each, for and Gentlemen's use. WILLIAM HOLDICH aid Co., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, 105, Fleet street, City, and No. 5, The Pavement, Clapham-common. WILLIAM HOLDICII and CO., LICENSED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, Established 1842, at 103, Fleet-street, City; Southern Branch—No. 5, The Pave- Anent, Clapham-common. Patterns gratis and post free, with Price List. TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. ESTABLISHED 1842. WILLIAM HOLDICII and CO., LICENCED VICTUALLERS' DRAPERS, No. 103, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street ; and at No. 6, The Pavement, Clapham-common (Souther❑ Branch). HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, at 7, A ROUGH DIA % I OND. Messrs. G. tielniore, Ashley; Mrs. Billing,ton, and Miss Lennox Gray. At a quarter to Eight, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs. G. I34.imore, Biilington, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, C. .T. Smith; Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Louisa Moore, Miss M :ria Harris, and Miss Lennox Grey. To conclude with THE FAST COACH. Messrs. J. G. Taylor, R. Romer, W. H. Eburne; Miss Nelly Harris, and Miss E. Pitt. LYCEUM THE ATRE.- Mr. FAIRCLOITGH having made an extraordinary success on his first appearance in England, he will have the honour of appearing KVERY EVENING during the week in HAMLET. The very kind reception he met with on Saturday night, from a fashionable and crowded house, will never be effaced from his m3mory, nor the enthusiastic calls that he received before the curtain by a kind and enthusiastic audience, entire strangers to him, and a few only of whom heard of his serious attack of illness on arrival In this country. _ _ _ The box-office open under the direction of ➢lr. C. Nugent, ROYAL 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, H. J. Montague, J. G. Shore; Miss Tressy Marston, and Miss Rose Leclercq. Entirely new Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds alai assistants. 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YMtN TO house, " (he Swan and Horse Shoe," —title Britain, City, r prIE LATEST EDITION o f " TJIE SUN " to 11- be seen Every Evening by 8.10 at Mr. ROBERT MEACOCK'S, Britannia, Kensal New-town THE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at L JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street, Strand. Ir. LATE EDITION o f "THE S UN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. T HE LA rE EDMON of "THE SUN" at w. smuu's " Cunaden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden t Wll t i ,tg ~asax LONDON, 7 UESDAY, SEPT. 1, 1868. Mr. BRIGHT has issued his address to the electors of Birmingham, and declares his belief that they desire him to become a candidate at the ensuing election for the honour of their representative. After ten years spent in their service, and twenty five in public life, he does not enter into an elabo rate statement of his views on political topics. The cause of Parliamentary Reform has made great progress, Mr. BRIGHT admits, since the last elec tion, but a good deal remains to be done, he empha tically adds. The small boroughs must be got rid of, and the large populations " still demand their fair share of political power." This is Mr. BRIGHT'S everlasting theme. If he had his way he would concentrate all, or very nearly all, of power and influence in the large towns and cities, and leave the smaller ones alone altogether, or at best show them very little favour in any shape. The doctrine of large towns ruling the country with no check put upon them is not a very safe one, however, and does not admit of the realisation of broad principles apolitical eco nomy. Mr. BRIGHT is a consistent advocate of the ballot, and declares his conviction that the " true interests of the public and of freedom will be served by the adoption of the system of secret and free voting." In almost every other country that has representative institutions it is in practice, and he thinks it is absolutely necessary for the real repre sentation of the United Kingdom. On the whole, the comments made in this address on the Reform question are more moderate than might have been expected, but doubtless the hon. member reserves himself for the time when he treats the subject in his election speeches. The only part of his criti cism which is at all strong is that which refers to the minority vote, that he considers a " most out rageous violation of constitutional principles and practice." He says nothing to prove the truth of this extreme view of the matter, and contents him self by inveighing against it. The great town con stituencies have effected all the " wise changes" that have been forced upon Parliament, he says, and, therefore, it is wrong to modify their in fluence. This is hardly correct, because it was found quite impossible to get those who repre sented the great town constituencies to agree among themselves or with their leader, and, finally, they had to band over the work of Reform to their opponents to deal with it as best they could. It may be remem bered en passant that Mr. BRIGHT did not seem very anxicus to extend the number of voters to Birmingham, for he objected to the limits of the town constituency being enlarged, and sotne of the Opposition leaders in the Upper House took the same view of the case. Mr. BRIGHT concludes his address by expressing a hope that he may explain still further his views on a future occasion at the Town Hall. Mr. CARDWELL has been speaking at Oxford, and drew the flattering conclusion that nearly all those added to the register would support himself and his colleague when the day of election arrived. Another cause of hope he found in the recollection that so many of the most intelligent and active-minded members of the present Administration were find ing for themselves agreeable residences in her MAJESTY'S distant colonial possessions, and from this he considered that they were :afraid to risk their chance of re-election. Mr. CARD WELL tried to get over the awkward affair that had taken place on his own side in one of the brightest ornaments of the Liberal party being opposed to Mr. GLADSTONE'S politics respecting the disesta blishment of the Irish Church. General regret was experienced by the Liberal party at the time of the grand debate on the subject, in find ing that the name of Sir ROUNDE LL PAL MER was absent from the division-lists, but now the hon. member for the city of Oxford thinks that all is male perfectly satisfactory by the explanation given by Sir R. PALMER the other day of Mr. GLADSTONE'S views. It seems strange that he should think so, for really it would have been more consistent if Mr. GLADSTONE had endeavoured to carry out his convictions when he bad the oppor tunity and was in power than to have waited until he was in opposition to make the attempt. The question of expenditure was taken up by Mr. CARD WELL, and he dilated upon the great advantages to be derived from having Mr. GLADSTONE at the Ex- chequer, entirely overlooking the explanations given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer the other day as to the legacies of increased expense which the right hon. gentleman had left to his successors. Mr. DISRAELI'S famous Mansion-house speech made its appearance at this meeting, and Mr. CARDWELL discovered that the First Lord of the Treasury had changed his tone, for at the beginning of Parlia ment he had spoken of the people below the limit of £lO rental as an "indiscriminate multitude," but on the latter occasion he had said that the extension of the franchise was safer than it would have been in a " more contracted circle," as over refinement and education led to " perversity of opinion and affectation of philosophy." Some of the remarks made since the closing of the Parliamentary Session have gone far to justify this view of the question, it must be confessed. The Conservative candidates for Cambridgeshire have addressed the electors. Viscount ROYSTON, the Comptroller of the Royal Household, said that he came forward because it had been said that he was not going to appear at the electibn for the He had not come before because Mr. county. BRAND had given him to understand that no can- vassing need take place till September. Respecting the charge of inconsistency which was brought against the Conservatives for having passed a Reform Bill, the noble lord very truly said that he wondered at any follower of Mr_ GLADSTONE'S presuming to do so, when that right hon. gentleman changed so often himself and induced his supporters to follow his example. Concerning the question of Ireland, the noble lord declared that the argument for the disestablishment of the Irish Church rested on a wrong basis, because he did not btlieve that the Fenians had ever taken note of the religious part of the topic in discussing the wrongs and grievances of the country. Besides that, the Liberals had been in such a hurry to bring the question before Par- htment that they could not say how they meant to appropriate the funds when their proposed change was effected. There is one point of minor morality in which we as a " nation of shopkeepers" appear to be lament ably deficient. English good faith and honesty in trade used to be a kind of proverb, but if we are to judge from the return just printed by order of THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1868. the House of Commons they will not be so much longer. We have already lost much of our national prestige in the way of large manufactures and ex tensive commercial dealings, thanks to the false theories which have obtained favour among our working men, who no longer put in as good work as possible and do their best heartily. The good old text, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might," recommends a doctrine which has quite gone out of favour, and a wretched system of superfi cial work has taken its place. Employers complain' with some apparent reason, that their men are much more anxious to raise the standard of wages a few pence than to do their work creditably, and to give a fair day's work in return for them, and it would not be difficult to multiply instances of the same lack of thorough honesty of intention and action in many walks of life. The social philosopher might trace many of the complicated disorders which dis arrange our social system to manifestations of this want of integrity and earnestness. Examples of striking individual cases will readily occur to the memory of any one conversant with the facts of our commercial history during the last few years. But the return with which we have now to deal refers to offences of another order, though unhap pily they are very common, as its very lengthy pages show. The extent to which false weights and measures are employed by small retail tradesmen in the metropolis is very little known. During six months the number of convictions for such offences was 659, and this number can only be a portion of the actual sum total, since, in the first place, several large parishes are not included in it ; and, in the second, we must remem ber that great numbers of similar offenders escape detection for every one that is convicted. The extent of the evil is shown also by another re flection. These men were not fined for a single offence, but for an offence which entailed a whole series of petty robberies. The defective weights and treacherous measures had been in constant use before their owners were detected, and the amount of loss inflicted on the class least able to bear it is something very great. We are all well aware that poor people pay at an exorbitant rate for all their petty purchases, and that the old halfpenny or far thing put on the ounce of tea or the half pound of sugar would if charged in the same pro portion on to the pound or the peck astonish a wealthier and more independent purchaser. For this sort of loss, however, the poor man must be prepared, as well as for the less definite but not less certain loss that ensues to the consumer from buy ing goods in " driblets." But he has as goad a right to demand and to expect full weight and good measure for his quarter of a pound or his half pint as the rich man for the contents of his canisters and barrels. It is painful to think of the anxious housewife conjuring how to make the shil ling go furthest in supplying the wants of her large family, and then paying a penny or two of it in unfair profit to a dishonest shopman. It is not in regard to the luxuries of life that these petty frauds are committed, but in homely matters of every-day consumption among the greengrocers, coal dealers, cheesemongers, butchers, and bakers. Some trades figure in the list from whose dealers we should not generally look for such rigid exacti tude as from others ; but if the costermongers of Marylebone and the marine store-dealers of Westminster are not to be too se verely judged, what are we to say of the cheesemongers of St. Pancras and the licensed victuallers of Kensington ? Westminster figures most discreditable in the list. One hundred convictions are recorded, and of these one fourth belong to the licensed victuallers and beer sellers. Westminster, too, claims the unenviable dignity of having the majority of repeated offences. As a general rule the convictions are for a first offence, the culprit being probably too wary to allow himself to be again entrapped after the same fashion. We can hardly suppose, however, that a fine of a few pounds will change the whole character of the man who is [not very likely to give his customers their money's worth, and who will certainly take his dishonest profit in some way or another. Viewed in this light the Return before us gives an uncomfortable impression of the spirit in which a very large proportion of our metropolitan trade is carried on. We have first to take into account the number of offenders who escape detec tion ; secondly, we have to put aside those who have been previously convicted, and who have been too cautious to break the law openly again ; and, thirdly, we must remember that no returns are made from several large 'parishes, South wark, Newington, and Lambeth, which, we have good reason to know, are anything but immaculate in all their dealings. Mr. HUGHES, 111. P., who is always frank and fearless, manfully told his constituents of their errors in this respect, and so drew down upon himself a storm of virtuous indignation. Previous returns, as well as the current reports of the day, give the observer grounds for knowing that a re turn of convictions for false weights and measures which does not include Lambeth and Newington must be regarded as incomplete, and yet with these notable exceptions the convictions in six months are between six and seven hundred. The commercial morality of the metropolis is, we fear, at a low ebb, and the mania for growing rich too fast and for enjoying the fruits of our labours before the due time, which is the great evil of the day, has not failed to affect the small traders. Their predecessors of another generation were content to live decently, and look forward to an old age of competency and comfort ; but the small shopkeeper's wife of Lambeth or Finsbury must now dress her- self and her family in a style which the old mer- chant's relatives never dreamed of. Such a system bears its own fruit, and leads to a thousand evil consequences. Happily, this matter of false weights has already been brought before Parliament, and will, we may hope, receive due attention in the next session. Mgr. Luigi Filippi, Bishop of Aquila, has just published a work on modern spiritualism. His eminence expounds the doctrine of the Church on the subject of good or rebellious angels, and shows that the present facts with which people occupy themselves now-a-days have their prototype in the Old Testament as well as in the annals of the Church. FATHER IGNATlus.—Father Ignatius had another overwhelming congregation at the one o'clock ser vice on Friday, every inch of the church was occu pied, and some hundreds of people stood out in lAombard-street, having vainly struggled for admis- Of the congregation at least three-fourths were men—the large majority evidently busy city men, who rapidly ran off directly the service was over. Of the re.nainder a large proportion were clergymen. Mr. I,yne preached from the fourth chapter of the 2d Book of Kings, verse 1, "The creditor is come." lie at once arrested the attention of his large auditory by the naive declaration that creditors were a nuisance, a fact which he said would scarcely be disputed in that great city, where little &se than debtors, creditors, and money making were ever thought of. He said the congregations would be horrified to hear that the rich people win ) assembled in such large numbers there on the pre.• vious Friday morning gave only £3 to the offertory collection, while a poorer congregation, assembled on the following Sunday evening, gave double that amount. These offerings were given entirely to the institutions which are under his care, and which, lid was glad to say, were working satisfactorily. sion. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER's TELEGRAMS.) BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 1 The Royal Mail Steamship Company's ship La Plata, from the Brazils, &c., arrived here with 96 passengers, £33,887 in specie, and 1,561 packages of cargo, chiefly coffee. The British steamer Newton arrived at Bahia on the 11th August. Her Majesty's ship Falcon, from Australia, arrived at Rio on the sth, and was to leave for England on the 9th. The Gnat left Rio for China on the sth. The Narcissus and Egmont were at Rio when the La Plata left. Intelligence from Rio Janeiro is to the Bth. On the 16th, in consequence of information received that the Paraguayans were evacuating llumaita, 12,000 allies had advanced against the works and captured a redoubt, but were compelled to retreat, during which the Paraguayans opened a terrible fire upon them. The Marquis de Caxias estimated the loss of the allies at 600, but other officers state that the loss was more. In a second engagement on the 16th the allies attempted to expel the Paraguayans from a battery in the Chacos, but were repulsed. A rout ensued, pursued by the Paraguayans. The loss of the allies is officially stated to be 550 men killed and wounded. The Paraguayans evacuated Humaita on the 25th, and, unperceived by the allies, crossed over to the Chaco. The allies took possession, and found no food, but a considerable quantity of ammunition and 200 cannon which had been spiked. Those of the waterside batteries were thrown into the river. In the rear of the river Tebicuary General Lopez had raised - defences of a formidable character, ex tending to the centre of Paraguay and beyond where ironclads could operate. To attempt taking thes3 works and follow Lopez to his arsenals and base of operations at Villa Rica was considered impossible, and would have entailed a greater waste of life and treasure than ever hitherto had been the possible to carry their views into effect that the evil lies deeper than the surface, and that there is much that needs amendment in our social condi tions before temperance among the masses is even possible. " School and University System in Scot land" is another subject treated at some length, and we have besides an astronomical and a physi ological essay, while theological and political disputes supply the remainder of the con tents, varied only by a further instalment of the somewhat tedious tale of " Captain Ord's Return." COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE for the partridge month opens with a severe, but, we must suppose, a just article on " Military Education," which, with all the benefits of c)mpetitive exa•ninati,an, does not come up to the " better" standard cf old times in the opinion of the writer; and perhaps he is right, if we may judge by the experience of the Crimea and some other backward operations. Cer tain it is that, next to the far-famed Admiralty system of do-little but circumlocution, with "a will of my own," nothing can surpass the stiff etiquette of our army administration of the Royal horse Guards and the Right Honourable Secre taryship of War. Take any department of that multifarious division, not of labour, but of no-come-at-able sort of responsibility, and everything seems to rival its neighbour for inertness and unreadiness at the moment the service requires the business to be done. IVitness our commissariat at home, and the marching of our devoted soldiers to death, in the face of a burning sun and cholera, gasping for water. And this comes of military education, and heedless disregard of all but over strict discipline. "The Old 79th Regiment," and the capture of Manilla in the last century, forms an interesting digression, and leads to a description of the island of Ormuz and Bander Abbas, by Lieutenant C. R. Low, who is well versed in the navigation of the East and its devious coasts. The island of Ormuz is celebrated in " Paradise Lost," where Satan luxuriates : "High on a throne of regal state, which far Outihono the wealth of Ormuz or of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold." It would seem, by Mr. Low's account, that our transactions with the Persian Government in olden times were not of a favourable character, for the Persians delighted in treachery and bad faith, which they continue to practise to the present day—a pro minent feature in the conduct of Eastern transac tions. "The Big Guns of All Nations" forms an interesting article, and what appears to be the ques tion of the hour at our Shoeburyness exhibitions, where we practise with unrelenting assiduity in firing the best guns to death, in order to test how long they would last if fair play were given them in war in downright earnest. At the same time, we must admit that it is safer to test the best sort of weapon while no enemy is looking on than to fail on trial when he is near at hand, ever too ready to teach us our duty. The writer is of opinion that extreme size does not always constitute strength, for like other desirable matters we may have too much of a gool thing, and he instances that as far back as the 17th century the famous gun of Bejapoor, " Malek e Meidan," or " Lord of the Slain," twenty inches in the bore, and firing off 1,6001b5. weight. Science now, however, steps iu and shows that we can throw a heavy shot with a low velocity by simply increasing the length of the projectile awl decreasing the charge. We agree with the writer that on land as well as on water rapidity of motion will decide battles, and that with the heiviest ordnance compatible with the service we shall need the fastest ships and the utmost skill in handling both. This has always been our opinion, and time will prove it in the next terrible tug of war, which will set all idle speculation on the subject at rest. TEMPLE BAR.—" Kitty" is continued at some length, and is very exciting in this instalment. It refers to the change of Laura's position, her father having left her with her new associates, whom she miscalls friends. Percy is naturally sketched as ever intent upon the amusement of the hour, no matter who may be taken in or deceived by the transaction. The manner in which the heroine goes on is certainly most barefaced, but she is a good delineator of one who is wrapt up in self-interest, and thinks nothing of so much consequence as the attainment of her cherished schemes. She has cast off Myra in the expectation that she will find a more useful friend in the invalid lady she met in ,ravelling. It remains to be seen how this shabby conduct will answer in the long run, and Kitty is not without some doubts herself on the matter. " Captain ,Tinderbox" is a humorous sketch in verse, is entertaining in its style, and very sensa tional in its conclusion. The spirited hero was worthy of a more sincere lady-love, but he contrived to effect quite a coup d'etat in his mysterious disap pearance and astonishing resurrection from the waves. " The Career and Character of Rajah Brooke" is the title of an article that is interesting, and ample justice is rendered to the extraordinary character of the man. " Heaven, or chance, or fate, or what power you will, selected the Rajah at his birth, and fitted him for the work he undertook. As a hero he lived, as a Christian philosopher he died." " A Haunted Garden" is a most extraordi nary tale, in which the reader is initiated into the dangers of sowing horse-radish, the luckless owner of the haunted garden having embittered some of the best years in his life. Seldom has an impru dence in gardening cost more dear, and involved such awkward consequences to many as this ill starred exploit of the horse-radish hero. " Vera" is continued, and the melancholy maiden has be3ome more lively in this Fart of the adventures. Some of the descriptions are good in this tale, and the foreign scenery is a change to home stories. A good deal of variety is met with in this number, and the several stories are diversified in style and pur port. " A Night Adventure" is a sketch of Indian life, which is told in a bold and decisive manner. " What's he to do?" is a lively sketch of the troubles a not very wise individual got into. " Sweet Nelly Huntingdon" is a romantic story, that ends happily for all parties. " Hatherton Hall" is the name of some lively stanzas which.tell of the delights of a country excursion. Some readers may be pleased to meet with a translation of the documents printed in Germany relating to the inauguration of the Luther Memorial. MACMILLAN'S.—The table of contents in this month's number of Macmillan is brief but interest ing. It opens with an essay on " Women Physi cians," which commends itself to the reader by its temperate and reasonable tone. The writer does not plead for a hasty or wholesale change, but is especially anxious that some means should be de vised which shall enable women students, if they study medicine at all, to do so thoroughly. Into the arguments brought forward on their behalf we need not now enter, but they are stated with a can dour and fairnsss which considerably enhance their value. Following this essay comes the mouth's in stalment of " Realmah," always welcome to the reader, and this month bringing under our notice a public question of considerable importance, which is like all other questions, little and great, that come under discussion, ably debated by the Council of Friends. Ellesmere is more than usually brilliant and versatile, while Milverton is thoughtful, en lightened, and even in advance of his age. We are gliid to find Professor Huxley's admirable lecture " On a Piece of Chalk," recently delivered to the working men of Norwich, reprinted in Macmillan. Other working men will be glad to barn something of the nature of that marvellous compound which carpets the broad plain below the Atlantic, and of that kindred substance which contains remains of those strange flying and swimming reptiles, the pterodactyl, the ichthyosaurui, and the plesiosaurus which are found in no later deposits, but abounded in preceding ages. Iu the words of Professor Huxley, "It is by the population of the chalk sea that the ancient and the modern inhabitants of the world are most completely connected. The groups which are dying out flourish, side by side, with the groups which are now the dominant forms of life." " The Beust Regime in Austria" forms the subject of a careful examination into the present position and prospects of the Austrian Empire. The writer acknowledges both the merits and the faults of tl e Minister; and while admitting that he has since his accession to power rendered the empire good ' service, he believes that by making the Germans the keystone of his new Austrian edifice Baron Beust has prepared its certain dissolution. Should he persist in this mistaken course the time will come when, his critic believes, the Emperor will have to choose between his Minister and his empire. Miss Yonge's interesting romance of " The Chaplet of Pearls" proceeds with animation. The hapless young bride and bridegroom are:still far apart, and are each surrounded with special dangers and diffi culties. Mr Dicey busies himself in considering what sort of candidates for Parliament will be likely to win the suffrages of the new electors; and Aubrey de Vere contributes au "Autumnal Ode" c)ntaining many beautiful passages. THE Sr. JAMES'S.--The new series of this maga zine has certainly increased its attractions, and there is plenty of light and varied reading for the railway traveller or the loiterer by the seaside. The most prominent feature is naturally the novel by the accomplished editress,which, although as yet in its earliest chapters, indicates considerable promise. The three chapters of " A Life's Assize," now be fore us, play, however, an important part in the story, and the hero, escaping from one great danger, accepts a false position, which will inevitably bring upon him serious evils in the future. "At Home and Homeless" is a chapter on the little buyers and sellers that haunt our London thoroughfares with match-boxes, watch-guards, water-tresses, oranges, and all the mysterious etceteras of street merchan dise. Many of these urchins have no place of de finite abode, and sleep under arches or in the pur lieus of the markets. Those who want to know more of their ways of living cannot do better than turn over this paper. " Chatterings on Fashion," have something to say both for and against the whimsical goddess. The chatterer den.:,uuces her absurdity and dogmatism, but holds that she saves us a great deal of trouble by deciding for us all minor points of social life; and he affirms, moreover, that if each of us had to decide for himself or herself what should be now eaten, or done in daily life, we should generally decide badly, besides wasting a great deal of time over the planning. This is certainly a new view of the case, and does credit to the ingenuity of the discoverer. " Silent Sympa thy" is a brief but suggestive paper on the foible ness and insufficiency of words in dealing with a great sorrow. " Speech is silver, silence is golden," says the Eastern proverb, and this is especially true in moments of severe trial. " One Hundred Planets" is the title of a paper for the astronomical student, and takes an interesting survey of some of the mar vellous phenomena of the heavens. " A Modern Saint George" is discovered in the life and charac ter of the late lamented Rajah Brooke, of whose I exploits an able and graphic account is given. Few Englishmen not immediately connected with the affair are familiar with the whole story, yet it is one that well deserves to be known and remembered al a proof of what an individual can accomplish even in these days of routine. The last session was certainly not remarkable for its c3urte3ies of lan guage on either side of the house, and an article on the " Amenities of the Session" retnin Is our moribund M.P.'s that if the new Parliament should justify the fears of critics by its indifference to forms - and precedents appeals to the manners and habits of the older system will have lost much of their weight. " Asleep and Awake" is a paper which gives us some curious statistics respecting extraordinary somnolence and equally extraordinary wakefulness. LONDON SOCIETY.—This serial as usual presents us with a good stock of amusement, and is just the book to take up in a railway journey, or when lingering by the sea side. The paper on the " Pre sent State of the Market Matrimonial" offers some good advice to fast ladies, and deplores the reckless extravagances of the present day. " How Violet got a Beau" is a lively sketch of amusing adven tures. " The Physiology of the Dance" presents the reader with illustrations and descriptions of them in verse, showing how customs change with passing years. " Newgate Market" gives an account of that place, which is soon to become a thing of the past. It is given in a concise manner, and will interest some to peruse it. " The Piccadilly Papers" are as entertaining as ever, and " Two Hours in Gaol" contains a notice of the dreary lives spent by those hapless sons of crime who are compelled to keep to a particular line of life. "An American Watering-place and its Frequenters" presents a change of style to the other contents, and " Visits to Country Houses" is an agreeable sketch. ST. PAULS.—An article on " American Recon struction" dwells very strongly on the wrongs in flicted on the white men of the Southern States by the forced elevation of the negro, and still more on the cruelty of thrusting the latter into a posi tion for which he is in every way unfitted. " Oh," exclaims the writer, in justifiable indignation, " that we might imagine the shades of Wilberforce and Clarkson, of Buxton and Brougham, regard ing and realising these new Constitutions, and contemplating the fate of two million unfortunate slaves, just liberated from slavery, and desired to form Governments, and to rule themselves and their white brethren 1" " Who was the first Printer ?" is a question discussed at some length, and finally answered by the decision that Koster was the first printer with moveable types, though the art was carried to much greater perfection by his contemporary, Gutenberg ; though it is uncer tain whether he derived the first principles of the art from Koster's works, or discovered them spon taneously. " Our Architecture" is the subject of a not very complimentary discourse ; and, indeed, it is our national weak point in the arts. " The Norfolk Broads" disclose a region full of attrac tions to the sportsman, and fresh to the tourist. "A Struggle for Mastery" is a painf u l d omes ti c picture, in which we see the interior of a house hold blessed by the perpetual presence of two mothers-in•law. The editor's story of " Phineas Finn" proceeds in its accustomed easy and life-like strain. THE MONTlL—Several topics of interest are discussed this month. Among them Cottage Hospitals are an excellent provision for the benefit of the sick poor. Fr. Secchi, who has lately taken part in the Norwich scientific gathering, completes his valuable essay "On the Sun." The two works of fiction running through the numbers are con tinued—" Anne Severin," a story of the present day in France ; and " Eudoxia," a picture of the sth century. The " Library Table" is well supplied with works of all kinds. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.—The Gentleman's maintains its improved character, giving us a very pleasant and readable miscellany. The novel " Not in Society " possesses some originality, and is written with animation. "In the Gallery" takes us into what is certainly not the least impor tant portion of the Houses of Parliament, though the reporters are theoretically ignored by all the dignitaries of St. Stephen's. No single profession, observes the writer has, considering its numbers produced more eminent men in the last forty or fifty years than that of the reporters; and he forth with cites a long list of notabilities, eminent in poetry, law, science, and literature, beginning with Coleridge, and ending with Charles Dickens. " The Autumn Holiday" is a paper on the need of rtst and recreation,which all of us feel at times, and " A Walk through King's College Hospital" is graphi cally described. "Ou Some Lost Papers" is a sketch worth reading, while Mr. ' Original' Walker tells us how to acquire the ;netts sana in co►pore nano. Among the other topics which crowd on the reader's attention are a " Kentish Hopyard," " A Salmon Stream," " The S3ience of Croquet," and _ The Milton Enigma." The monthly parts of the " Boys of England," and its companio " The Young Men of England," are replete with interesting tales and valuable in- formation. The new tale by W. T. Townsheud, " Frank Frolic," is particularly praiseworthy, as it incites in the minds of its readers a healthy tone, and the example it sets before them is bright and good. The miscellaneous articles are all excellent, and it is highly satisfactory to find that such excellent publications are altogether superseding those which nave hitherto exerciz..ed such baneful influence upon the youth of the country. TILE CLIPPER RACE FROM CIIINA.--AIeS3CS. Shaw, Lowther, and lkfaxton yesterday received a telegram from Falmouth, announcing the arrival off that port of their ship, the Ariel—the first of the competing clippers from China. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, - :. :.~ (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) _ PARIS, MONDAY, August - - Politics, banished from the deliberations of the Connel' General, have appeared at several of the banquets given , according to custom, at the close of the sittings. So far AS I Can judge from the specimens already in print, these poll. ticalepeeches have been after-dinner effusions of the genuine type. Eulogy of the Emperor, carried to an almost ridiculous degree of - extravagance, is all that the orators felt them• selves justified in uttering. At Rouen, M. Roulandf formerly Minister of Public Instruction and now a director of the Bank of France, declared that the Government of the Emperor had ensured social order, distributed political liberty almost to profusion, organised the military power in accordance with the dignity and the interests of a great nation, and augmented the national resources. Of the maintenance of social order, and espe' cially of the military forces, there can be little doubt ; but it is simply satire to talk of the " profusion of political liberty " whilst journalists are summoned almost dailY before the sixth chamber, and the inquiry into the discre . ditable Nimes affair is now going on. But M. Lafon da Saint Mtir was not satisfied with the bare statement re' specting the profusion of political liberty ; he wag inclined to think that the nation had taken a leap in the dark. He had evidently not been " educated " for a new press law and right of public meeting. The profusion of liberty seemed to him to be so great that he was rather afraid of dangerous consequences. The papers which are started to be immediately suppressed, and the public meetings which are "assisted" by the Commissioner of Police, seemed to M. Lafon to be a step in the direction of anarchy. At but one of these banquets was the question of peace touched upon. M. B6hic spoke of the matter is very guarded terms, taking care, like Marshal Valliant, to reserve the contingency of the honour of the country_ being involved. The inquiry at Ntines respecting the invasion of a private meeting by the Commissioner of Police is assuming a serious aspect. Your readers will remember that the Commissioner was accompanied by armed soldiers, the audience was forcibly turned out of the room, anda respec• table citizen, M. Sagnier, severely wounded by a sword or bayonet. The father of M. Sagnier was so excited by the news that he died. In the very bitter controversy that sprang up in consequence of this affair, the question as to who wounded M. Sagnier was much disputed. The Liberal papers maintained that it was the lieutenant in command of the troops ; the official journals held that it was a private soldier. So far as the inquiry has proceeded the evidence is against the lieutenant. Most of those who were present declare that he gave the wound. Many of them bear witness to being personally favoured with blows from the butt-ends of the soldiers' rifles. M. Jules Favre appears for the originators of the meeting, and is received every day with an ovation upon the conclusion of the . sitting. The Emperor, I believe, has decided to pay a visit to the Maritime Exhibition at Havre. His Majesty leaves for Ch6.lons on Wednesday, returning on the evening of the 6th. It appears that the Minister of Finance, in order to enable the army to participate in the benefits of the new loan, sent 15,000 coupons of five francs each to the camp at Chttlons. The sum was readily subscribed. A speculator got wind of the proceeding, and by the help of . the soldiers managed to buy up almost the entire quantity. A duel took place yesterday between M. de Cassagnac and M. Lissaragnay. The weapon chosen was the small sword. M. Lissaragnay received three or four wounds, one in the side being somewhat serious. This last wound rendered M. Lissaragnay insensible for several minutest and of course the contest wai declared at an end. The affair was much more serious than is usually the case with Dress duels. Madame Victor Hugo was buried at Villequier on Saturday. The funeral cort4ge was small, but Victa Hugo himself was not with it. His exile could not be relaxed even for the interment of his wife. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Tuesday, September 1, 8 a.m. 29'89r, 29'9+8r. 29'95r. 29'99f. 30'02f. 30'14r, 54 53 i 56 62 62 59 jW.N.W. 5 4 4 2 3 , 31 S. W. N.W. 0.c.1 r.c.! o. c.l c.o. U.co case. The new Ministry has postponed the elections for deputies and senators until January next. The U.S. gunboat Wasp will be allowed to go to Ascen sion to convey Mr. Washburn and family from Paraguay. The troubles in Corrientes had not terminated. Urquiza had placed 2,500 men upon the centre of the Rio frontier in observation of the Government troops, under General Mitre. The Montevideo banks resumed operations upon the basis of the decree of the IGth ult., suspending specie payments for 20 months, and the issue is to be reducel to double the emission, and 3 per cent. to be called in monthly. The Buenos Ayres Standard says that both en gagements in Paraguay resulted in favour of the Paraguayans. The attack upon numaita ended in a disastrous retreat, owing to the terrible execution of the Paraguayan artillery. The fire was irresistible at all points, and the Paraguayans rent the air with their shouts as they butchered the unfortunate Brazilians, who were hemmed in on all sides. The precise number killed was not known, but the divi sions were literally cut to pieces. At Rio transactions of all kinds were limited. Money was abundant. Banks' discount 9 per cent., but should the Government issue stock at a low figure the floating capital of the country will be absorbed into policies, and discounts attain a fabu lous price. Exchange closed at 18 to 18f. At Buenos Ayres trade was dull, and little doing in produce. Exchange, 501 to 51. BOMBAY MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 31. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Massilia left for Southampton ou Sunday, at mid night, where she may be expected on the 4th of September. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD.—The second number of the sketch of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli is met with, and the same conciseness of style and general know ledge are displayed that were apparent on the previous occasion. At the conclusion of these pages we meet with an important extract on the subject of Reform, taken from a speech delivered twenty years ago. Mr. Hume had brought for ward a motion, in which he laid great stress on the claims of property, and in criticising it Mr. Disraeli declared that no plan could be more hard and unsatisfactory to the great body of the people than one which recognised property alone as its basis, that being a failing in the measure of 1832. " Letters from a Staff-Officer with the Abyssinian Expedition" are brought to a conclusion, and they will be found to convey a very fair idea of the state of things and the fortunes of the venture. Speak ing of the Abyssinians it is said that they are a brave and hardy race, but their vanity and love of g may "mania." One thing mentioned he b r eies wor called thy of fnotice, which is that the assertion has been contradicted that the British soldier is not so well adapted for the vicissi tudes of " campaigning" as the Indian one. Cor nelius O'I)owd continues his disquisitions on public matters and social questions with more or less pungency and force, and chooses several subjects to discuss in this portion. "Madame Aurelia" is the first part of a new story, which promises well so far and is well described. It brings in a good many characters, and seems likely to be entertaining as it proceeds. An impressive passage is that in which the secret of influence is described, and great stress is laid upon the way in which the personal character of a man makes itself felt in the " voice." It is ".more than half the secret of the orator, and more than half the secret of the secret itself lies in what musicians would call its timbre, the after-ring of its vibration." An interesting article is that on " Bun sen," and it truly says that he was fortunate in personal advancement. "Blessings fell on him like dew wherever he went ; honour and love attended his steps." In some points he met with failure, it is true, but Madame Bunsen has presented to the world the image and reflection of an honourable career and an enviable life, and he has left to his country a noble possession, the " tradition of a spotless, honourable, and pious life—inspired from beginning to end with the truest devotion to the Fatherland." In this the sixth part of " Historical Sketches of the Reign of George the Second " we meet with the " Young Chevalier." An effective description is given of one of the most " extraordinary, splendid, and hopeless expeditions ever recorded in history." It had been better for his fame had the " Young Chevalier" been all we ever knew of this hero, and if he had not survived to see his latter days as they were. Still painful memories and pitying thoughts attend the spot where Charles Edward, " with all the Catisars, has slept for nearly a century, and his daring exploits flash with meteor rays across the dark horizon of history." It is said here that had he died after quitting Scotian] it would have made the story complete—" an epic beyond all competition of poetry, but death under such cir cumstances Inuit be a crown too splendid for the exigencies of common humanity. It does not come when its presence would complete and perfect the round of life." One of the most pleasing remi niscences of his career is that, with a price of thirty thousand pounds on his bead, he went safe'y from cabin to cabin, and from guide to guide. FRASER.—Fraser this month is not peculiarly interesting, but rather the reverse. Its main sub jects are weighty, and there is little or no attempt to relieve them. It opens with a lengthened article in favour of Teetotalism, which it is unhappily never difficult to support by illustrations from the facts around us. Those who advocate the suppression of the liquor traffic, however, would find if it were Nairn . Aberdeen Leith .... ifii;idi Scarborough Yarmouth .. Helder .... Cuxhaven .. Skudesnres Ardroissim Greencastle Holyhead .. Liverpool .. Valentia Cape Clear.. Roche's Pt. Peuzanc e Plymouth .. Weymo uth Portman, nth London .... UpeGris Nez Brest .... .. L'Orieni:::: Rochetort Biarritz Corunna Brussels Paris Strasbourg.. Lyons ...... Toulon .... Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time► 30'01r. 30 C 4 r. 30'13r. 30'14r. 30'16r. 3)'22r 30'3er. 3J'2Br. 30'28r. 30'24r. 30'21r. 30'18r. 30'32r. 30'26r. 30'27r. 30'26r. W. S. W. Z. W. N. W. N.N.W. W. .W. N. N.E. N.W. W.& W. S.W. S. W. W. S. W. S. S. W. S. W. W. N. W. 'W.N.W. W. W.N.W, W. W.S.W W. W.S.W, N.W. B.W. EXPLANATION, llaro ter corrected and reduced to n deg. a sea level. The letter r., rising; f., falling; s., steady—indicate direction of motion of tn s mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in tan'A L Extreme Force with Its Direction during last 24 hours. Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; I.—lightning : m.—misty, hazy : o.—overcast, dull ; 2.—rain; s.— sn ow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 houll' Sea disturbance. REMARKS. In the N. barometrical readings are a little lower than they We l ! yesterday, and in the S. are somewhat higher. The greatest pressur e : are in the S.W.: there is a difference between readi n gs a t Brest an° Nairn of more than four-tenths of an inch. Temperature is high er in the N.W. : it has slightly fallen on our Channel coast. The wil l ': yesterday were generally moderate from the westward, and are 1 1 light and westerly over these islands, but northe r ly i n the west France. In the S. the weather is tine :on our N. and E. coasts it cloudy or overcast. The Paris correspondent of the Times, who is genera' well informed on Spanish subjects, reviews at some lengthg the present state of the peninsula. He thinks the love 0 ' the Spaniards for their Queen may be truly measured 1 1 the degree of prosperity they have enjoyed under her ne lt long reign. Beginning with a civil war, it has been little better than one series of insurrections and revolution s ' and that it will be ended by some great catastrophe that" is no reason to doubt. The Spaniards are bitterly disar pointed at the result of their Sovereign's government. F or her .they carried on a civil war for six years, when Feral" nand VII. died ; but by the mass of the nation she is O W despised and execrated. It is certain that an insurrectio rl impended when the generals were arrested, there being 011 agreement between the Progressists and the modera te Liberals. The deportation of the generals has prov e( ' fatal to the enterprise for the present. Meanwhile lb change of Cabinet becomes probable. It will be ago g( ' thing to get rid of Gonzales Bravo, than whom a We llB man probably never held so high a place in any country; but no verygood things are to be expected from his succe ss° ' if he is to be the Marquis Coficha. Sartorius is anothet man spoken of. This politician was at the head of at: in 1854, and his Government may be summed up in t°- comment that it was the worst Spain has ever kriel: which is assuredly saying a great deal. As for the Cogel family, they are men of selfish views and little pol itics consistency. It would appear, then, that a change o f Ministry, no matter what leader be selected, w ill 11() t do anything for the good of the country, and it is diffie w e to imagine how, under these circumstances, it can iner e° the stability of the throne. of The workmen of Antwerp leave the sawgrincle ro Sheffield altogether in the shade. Crucifixion is tbe u l d mode of dealing with men who do not conform to t's strict rules of artisan etiquette. Two men who ha d bee. g engaged to work at a woody and refused to paY " footing." In consequence they were seized after wt" bound hand and foot to a large wooden cross, and tortureno until they consented to treat their fellow-workinell• in of the two was so seriously injured that his life sv be danger. Five of the ringleaders were charged w ith . 0 ,1 offence before a magistrate. Their plea was just e rig- ice as effective—they did it only in joke. The practical vice was dealt with in a practical Mannar, the five b sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from 011 e six years. mrl Lord Russell has addressed a letter to Mr. Ile' t he July, Clomnoyle, upon the approrchinr? election counties of Meath and Louth, explaining, for the be lle t i d of his agents and tenants, his views as to Voting. 1 says : " I have a right as a landlord to exp ect my tenants will duly pay the rents the l've agreed to pay, and also that they will bett fairly by the land, and if they do not impro ve it '-rod they will at all events not leave it in a re a dy Wc state than they found it. I shall be uey also to make fair allowance for any improvements t h ey have made in any lease they may require. But, in reg to their votes, I have, as landlord, no claim whatever' can only wish them to vote according to their o wn op ion' and shall not interfere in any way with t heir deci°,;(l Parliament has conferred votes upon those wh o are de vi fit to elect members of Parliament, and it would bo O r o political offence to control the froeclom of 99nivrodr" 30 7 20 r. 3010 s, ,~ 0 0111 ri 247 Par It cline 714, t o E Con, tia ra 'it 1 ai 2 Irat e 2 3 ti qtlot tales tati o at 2( ; T 1 Cant cr ea , beri( 011 ] Ttleg Ti from Ti 24th N D,: N 4