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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Admission, Is.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children under twelve, 6d. 4 L A 111itt .1 LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1868. IF M. VICTOR HI:GO would only recognise the true bent and force of his genius! As Poet, he is facile princeps in the present generation : certainly in French literature, even though among his contem poraries there still survives the veteran LAMARTINE. As Novelist, the author of "Notre Dame" and " Les Nlis6rables" need shrink from no comparison. As Dramatist, his claims upon European consideration are assured and resplendent—thanks to such master pieces as "Ray Bias" and " Marion Jo Lorznc." But —as Politician, even we would say as Critic, his position is simply ludicrous. In evidence of this, it would really only be necessary to rovert to two of his most remarkable achievements as Critic and as Politician. In the litter capacity, his "Na poleon le Petit"—according to our view of it at least —was worse than ridiculous. It evidenced so much at once of the venom of malignity and of the impotence of a rage that was simply beside itself. Similarly, in his capa city as critic, M. VICTOR HUGO, this great Poet, this true Lyrist, Dram ►tilt, Romancist, never made a more preposterous exhibition of his incapacity than when, four years ago, he gave to the world that ex travagant rhapsody of his about SIIAKSPERE. Once or twice in his otherwise brilliant and honourable career he has (seemingly under the influence of some morbid hallucination) prostituted his genius to the composi tion of verses as seductive in their beauty as they have been shameless in their depravity. It was thus with his" Chansons desßues"—songs less of the street than of the kennel, warblings suitable rather for the bag nia than for the salon. It is not, however, with that vilerdegradation of hisrare gif ts as a Post that we would here deal. Our reference now is to the absurdity of the tone in which he every now and then attempts to dictate to public opinion upon matters of political import, frequently matters in no way concerning himself either as an exile or as a Frenchman. Upon these occasions when he takes pen in hand his better judgment takes leave of him altogether. And—re membering in his regard, at these moments, that won derfully terse and witty axiom of BUFFON'S, "Le style c'est I'homme"—we would almost say of him that he is a man no longer. Certainly, not a ra tional man. Style vanishes altogether. Rhetoric gives way to rhodomontade. Reading his political lucubrations at these times, no one would conceive for an instant, who knew nothing whatever of the writer, that they were penned by one who was otherwise a perfect master of his craft ; one remarkable, elsewhere, even in the manner of his composition, for the " curiosa felicitas verborum ;" one with whom in his saner moments words were as dexterously played with as the golden balls, and the glittering kuiva, and the blooming fruit tossed to and fro in the hands of an Indian juggler. Happily for his legion of admirers, whether as Poet or as Romance writer, whether as Lyrist or as Dramatist, M. VIcToR, HuGo but very seldom indulges in these political vagaries against which we are here enveighing. When he does, he is, according to a homely idiom, just simply off his head. It is with him at these moments, as it is with GARIBALDI whenever he has exchanged the handling of a sword for the fingering of a goosequill. He writes in a sort of delirium. We almost look to see the letter, or whatever it may happen to be, dated from a nzaison de sauté. Just such a letter as this, M. VICTOR HUGO has, within the last day or two, written apropos to Spain. It is published in the Litertg, and is addressed—the writer of the comma nica..ion says at the top of it—" To my dear and great friend EMILE DE GIRARDIN." Whether ENIILE DE GIDARDIN—that "dear and great friend" (great, in what capacity we are left to conjecture)—under stands the drift of the meaning of his correspondent we know not. But, most certainly the outer public, the uninitiated, will altogether fail to do so. It must remain an inscrutable and insoluble mystery to metre :Ilan Brother SAM or Lord DUNDREARY. It is pre cisely one of those very things that " no fellow will ever understand." The Siecle declares it to be— what the writer in the Siecle, in his own inner consciousness, no doubt deems it to be—" mag uifique." But if it is so, it is so only in the sense in which one of the most brilliant general officers in the French army in the Crimea pro nounced the same opinion in regard to the cavalry charge at Balaklava—" C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre." So we might say here—if we THE SIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, lB6B. 911 IE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN' at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wellington-street. Strand. , F HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. 90. - lIE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" w CCU W. minus Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden :own THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, at 7, A MODEL UNCLE. After which. at a quarter to 8, KING 0' SCOTS: Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Addi son, Barrett. J. Irving, H. Sinclair, E. Price, John Rouse, G Cumming, W. M'lntyre, and W. C. Temple; Mesdames Heath, Edith Stuart, Fanny Addison, and Mrs. F. Matthews. Grand Ballet Divertissement. must perforce adopt the astounding phrase of the Siecle " C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas l'homme, ce n'est pas Victor Hugo." Read it, or any portion of it, and then pronounce as to its writer's sanity. Allusion is being made to the alternative still in a manner upon the cards just now in regard to the form of Government which is to emerge from the Spanish Revolution. The alternative, that is, of a Constitutional Monarchy or Republicanism. Upon this point, says the writer in the Liberty—who takes the Liberte to call himself M. VICTOR HUGO—" An immense offer of Providence! The opportunity is unique. Will Spain allow it to escape ? An addi tional monarchy on the Continent, of what use ? Spain subject to a King, himself subject to the Powers ; what a falling away! Besides, to establish a monarchy at present is to undertake a work which will last only a short time." Then he goes on—bound ing per saltum to the other side of the dilemma (mean ing the alternative)—" A Republic in Spain would be a loud warning to Europe ; and such a menace ad dressed to Kings is peace ; it would be France and Prussia neutralised, war between the military mon archies impossible for the sole fact of the Revolution being present ; a muzzle placed upon Sadowa as upon Austerlitz, the perspective of butcheries replaced by that of labour and fertility ; Chassepots set aside in the interest of the Jacquart loom ; it would be the equilibrium of the Continent suddenly achieved at the expense of fictions by the weight of truth in the balance." Balance ? We are off ours ! Jacquart loom, chassepots, muzzle, perspective, Sadowa, Austerlitz—where are we? What does it all mean ? this astoundingly rhapsodical rhodo montade I But to proceed—" It would be " —he is still speaking of the acceptance of Repub licanism by the Spaniards—" It would be that old Power, Spain, regenerated by the youthful force, the people ; it would be, in point of view of marine and commerce, life restored to that double sea-coast which reigned in the Mediterranean before Venice, and on the ocean before England; it would be industry swarming where wretchedness lies rot ting. Cadiz equal to Southampton, Barcelona to Li verpool, Madrid to Paris. It would be Portugal at a given moment turning towards Spain by the sole at traction of light and prosperity." Then we are in dulged with an aphorism :—" Liberty is the loadstone of annexations." VICTOR HUGO, immediately after wards abandoning himself to the following noble out burst of what the Americans call—high fallutin— " A republic in Spain would be the establishment, pure and simple, of the sovereignty of man over him self—a sovereignty which is indisputable, and can not be put to the vote ; it would be production without tariff, consumption without customs' duties, circulation without bonds, the workshop without proletarianism, wealth without para sitism, conscience without prejudices, speech without a gag, law without lies, strength without an army, and brotherhood without CAIN." Enough, however, (the wholesome proverb says) is as good as a feast. And so—to the enjoyment of the Siecle, and of those whose tastes are akin, we leave any further considera tion of this astonishing piece of extravagance on the part of as true a genius and as great a Poet as there is to be found now living anywhere throughout all Christendom. IRELAND—INDIA ; Dublin—Bombay. The two countries, the two cities, are far apart topographi cally ; they are still farther politically. We have had Ireland ad nauseam ; even the clergy must be weary of seeing " The Irish Church." There is not one of the twelve hundred candidates who has not said his say on that topic ; not one of the many thousand journals which has not discussed it in editorials. But of India, who speaks or writes ? For India, who cares ? ind yet India supplies Queen VICTORIA with forty times as many subjects as Ireland ; and yet India is as much more difficult to govern as the mutiny of 18.57 was more dangerous to British rule than the rising at Tallaght in 1807. Consider for a moment what the task is. It is nothing less than ruling two hundred millions of Asiatics by about a hundred thousand Europeans. It is nothing less than reconciling Buddhists. and Mahommedans to a Christian rule and to each other. It is nothing less than governing, ten thousand miles away from home, one-fifth of the whole population of the globe, who are totally unaccustomed to British modes of thought and action, and who are totally incapable of self-government. The visionary writers of the Positivist school tell us that it is our duty to clear out of India, and let the country rule itself. It would be a cruelty to do so ; it would be a crime to do so. True, we got possession of the land in the first place too often by cruelty and crime; but having done so, having taken upon ourselves the responsibility of regenerating and governing this great empire, it would be unutterably disgraceful to abandon it. We have destroyed one system ; it would be a sin to forsake the other. True that even now, if the Indians are asked whether they prefer their own rule with all its injustice and corruption, to ours with its rigid equity, they will say that they prefer the first. They cannot understand our strict regard for truth, our inaccessi bility to bribes, our severe legal etiquette, if we may use such a word. But this want of appreciation of the present order of things is no more an argument against it than the child's preference for being allowed to do as it pleases is an argument against parental discipline. We cannot leave India, but we must be careful to consult her feelings and prejudices, so far as we can do so without injury to her. How to do this is one of the greatest problems of the day. Yet it is one, as the Marquis of SALISBURY has just said at Manchester, in which scarcely any one takes interest. Only two election addresses have, he declares, referred to it. Reading these addresses and speeches, we might suppose that there was no such country in the world, or at least that we had no concern with it. But there are signs and tokens that this indifference will not continue much longer. Manchester, which has before now taken the lead in directing Imperial policy, Manchester, which abolished Protection, which is going to abolish drunkenness, is awaking to the vast importance of our Eastern Empire. The Marquis of SALISBURY, who perhaps knows as much of India as any man living, has been shelving how intimate is the connec tion between Indian and British prosperity. This nobleman, par excellence a Tory, has been visiting what Mr. FERRAND would call the " cotton lords," and telling them how they may further the interests of " the city of the damned." They must induce Indian cotton growers to pay more attention to quality. They must urge upon Government the con struction of railways, independently of the conside ration as to whether the works will pay. They must get the commercial element represented at the Indian Council, so that not only the eminent lawyer, the skilful engineer, the brave general, the distin guished statesman, but the Lancashire mill-owner shall have some voice in the government of India. Words like these from a marquis, the future hope of the Tory party, are enough to make the dead squires of twenty years ago rise from their graves. There was worse in store. The ex-Secretary of State for India declared that whereas it had been said that a circle drawn from St. Paul's with a radius of thirty miles, and a circle drawn from Manchester with a similar radius, would com prise about the same number of inhabitants; and, whereas it had been held certain that these great masses of population would really before long govern the nation, he would choose that Mangy hester rather than London should govern. If these words had come from plain RICHARD COBDEN, they would have been denounced by every Tory candidate, from Har wich to Galway, , from Shetland to St. Ives. But it is the Most Noble ROBERT CECIL, Marquis of Salisbury, who has said it, one of the foremost states men of the day, who is not surpassed in cl earness of vision, who knows well enough that streng th comes from union, and union from identity of iterests, and that whereas London is a collection :of towns which have no fellowship with each other, Lancashire is consolidated by the presence of the chiefest of English manufactures. But if Lancashire is to provide our legislation, let it also provide us with honourable legisla tors. Unfortunately, we have had legislators from Lancashire who have done the country no credit. There are men in this present Parliament who have been convicted of gross bribery ; there are men who have not been convicted, but who are noto riously guilty of it ; there are men who, having been found guilty, are seeking to regain a place in that assembly from whence they have been expelled. Lan cashire men would do well to heed Lord SALISBURY'S appeal on Tuesday night. " I think that of late years," he said, " there has been much hide-and-seek between the representatives of the people and the constituencies who have elected them. There has been some little hide-and-seek between the leaders of parties and the parties who supported them. And my wish for the future is, that we may get out of that enchanted and delusive ground—that we may be upon a plain ground, where all men shall know each what his neighbour is striving after. And I do hope that the consti tuencies of this country, in the struggle that is impending, whatever their political opinions may be, will elect firm and capable men, having convictions of their own, and not mere supple slaves. Ido hope they will elect men who say what they mean, and who, when they are elected, will do what they say." Let all the people say "Amen." WE believe that our usually well-informed con temporary the Daily News has been misled with regard to the alleged postponement of the general election. We are informed that the Government have no intention to delay the issue of the writs. To have withheld them would indeed be a breach of faith deserving the severest condemnation. There would, moreover, be no excuse for it, inasmuch as the Government have no need to wait for the issue of the appeals from the revising barristers' decision. A special Act of Parliament was passed last session which stipulated that the elections should not be influenced by those decisions. We do not deny that the report alluded to has been widely spread. But the suspicion was without good foundation. Mr. DISRAELI will no doubt find other weapons beside procrastination wherewith to keep off his opponents. A correspondent of ours has already mentioned that the PREMIER will in all probability introduce a measure with regard to the land question in Ireland, so liberal, that it will, he hopes, induce a large number of the Liberal party to refrain from supporting a resolution of no confidence. Mr. DISRAELI'S present policy is not to delay, but to " dish," LATEST INTELL MENGE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 28. The Official Gazette will shortly publish the decree authorising the issue of a loan of a mil lion of reals to meet the present engagements of the Government. Several Democratic members of the Municipal Council of Madrid have moved a vote of censure upon the Provisional Government for having ex pressed, in their official capacity, an opinion rela tive to the future form of Government. The Municipal Body will most likely discuss this mat ter to-morrow. ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Oct. 28. It is denied on reliable authority that an alliance had been formed between the Governments of Russia and Roumania. The rumour of a marriage between Prince Charles and the third daughter of the King of Den mark is also declared to be an invention. OUTWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, Oct. 29. The Syria, from Southampton on the 17th inst., arrived on the 2Gth at 1 p.m., and left at midnight for Alexandlia. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN (HEAVY) MAILS. The Delta left at 9 a.m. to-day for Southampton, where she may be looked for about the 7th proximo. GREECE. ATHENS, Oct. 28. In to-day's sitting of the Greek Chamber the budget for the current year came on for discussion. A fresh vote of confidence in the present Minis try has a majority of five votes. M. B a beet ude , the passed new b y French Mi n i s t er , h a s arrived. LORD LYTTON'S NEW PLAY. The Rightful Heir, now performing nightly to crowded houses at the Lyceum Theatre, has re cently been published by Mr. Murray, of Albe marle-street, and has already, in its printed form, run into a Second Edition. It could hardly be mat ter of surprise that it should be so under any cir cumstances—namely, that the heartiest welcome should be accorded to any new fire-act drama written by the author of " Richelieu," of " Money," and of the " Lady of Lyons." The Rightful Heir, however, can hold its own by right of its own intrinsic merits, and without fear of any comparison. Those who have witnessed the performance of it at the Lyceum, any time since the first night of its production upon those boards, namely, since the third of this present month of October, are empowered to appreciate the fact here stated, simply by the use of their sense of hearing, as portions of an audience at a dramatic representation. Now that the play is published, however, the merits of The Rightful Heir as a work of art, as a drama not unworthy of the author of Richelieu, have become far more dis tinctly and readily appreciable. From the Second Edition of the Play (which is as nearly as possible a literal reprint of the first), we take the Author's Prelace, of which the following is, briefly, the whole : Many years ago this Drama was re-written from an earlier play by the same Author, called " The Sea Cap tain," the first idea of which was suggested by a striking situation in a novel by M. A. Dumas (Le Capilaine Paul). The Author withdraw " The Sea Captain" from the stage (and even from printed publication), while it had not lost such degree of favour as the admirable acting of Mr. Macready chiefly contributed to obtain for it ; intending to replace it before the public with some important changes in the histrionic cast, and certain slight alterations in the conduct of the story. But the alterations once com menced, became so extensive in character, diction, and even in revision of plot, that a new play gradually roso from the foundations of the old one. The task thus un dertaken, being delayed by other demands upon time and thought, was scarcely completed when Mr. Macready's re tirement from his profession suspended the Author's literary connection with the stage, and " Tho Rightful Heir" has remained in tranquil seclusion till this year, when ho submitts his appeal to the prop3r tribunal ; sure, that if he fail of a favourable hearing, it will not be the fault of the friends who take part in his cause and act in his behalf. The Rightful Heir having reference historically to the foundation of the great Anglo-Saxon na tionality now flourishing in North America, is gracefully inscribed by Lord Lytton in the manner f ollowing— TO ALL FRIENDS AND KINSFOLK IN THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH, Tills DRAMA IS DEDICATED WITH AFFECTION AND RESPECT. As gems of poetry, culled almost at random from The I?ightfal Heir, we are tempted to give the sub joined fragmentary quotations : TY VYAN'S TOAST. "No foes b 3 tall ono' to wade the moat Which girds the fort whoso only walls aro mon!" THE POOH COUSIN'S DEFINITION OF POVERTY. Ugh! but the air is keen, and Poverty Is thinly clad ; subject to rheums and agues, Asthma and phthisis, pains in the loins and limbs, And leans upon a crutch, like your poor cousin. If Poverty begs, Law sets it in the stocks : If it is ill, the doctors mangle it If it is dying, the priests scold at it ; And, when 'tis dead, rich kinsmen cry, "Thank heaven !" VYVYAN'S PANEGYRIC ON TIIE SEA. She is not cruel if her breast swell high Against the winds that thwart her loving aim To link, by every raft whose course she speeds, Man's common brotherhood from pole to polo; Grant she hath danger—danger schools the bravo, And bravery leaves all cruel things to cowards. Grant that she harden us to fear,—the hearts Most proof to fear are easiest moved to love, As on the oak whose roots defy the storm, All the leaves tremble when the south-wind stirs. lIIs PRAISE OF TILE NEW WORLD. Yet if the sea dismay thee, on the shores Kissed by her waves, and far, as fairy isles In poet dreams, from this grey care-worn worl I, Blooms many a bower for the Sea Rover's 1 know a land where feathering palm-trees shade To delicate twilight, suns benign as those Whose dawning gilded Eden ;—Nature, there, Like a gay spendthrift in his flush of youth, Flings her whole treasure on the lap of Time. There, steeped in roseate hues, the lakalike sea Heaves to an air whose breathing is ambrosia; And, all, the while, brielit-wingel and warbling birds, Like happy soals, released, melodious fleet T tiro' blissful light, and teach the ravished earth flow joy finds voi,:o in Heaven. A MOTHER'S VOICE REMEMBERED. Gentle lady, The key of some Ciarmed music in your voice Unlocks a haunted chamber in my soul. A SEA CAPTAIN —A SEA KING. True lion of the ocean was the chief Of that good ship. Beneath his fostering eyes, Nor all ungraced by Drake's illustrious praise, And the frank clasp of Raleiyle,s kingly hand, I fought my way to manhood. At his death The veteran left me a more absolute throne Than Caesar filled—his war-ship; for my realm Add to the ocean, hope —and measure it ! ENGLAND'S FIRST SAILORS. Wild Sea Rovers who refuse To yield to Spain'S proud tyranny, her claim To treat as thieves and pirates all who cross The lino Spain's finger draws across God's ocean. We, the Sea Rovers, on our wandering decks Carry our land, its language, laws, and freedom ; We wrest from Spain the sceptre of the seas, And in the New World build up a new England. ENGLAND'S DISDAIN FOR. DANGER. Well, we live still—and all this deluge dies In harmless spray on England's scornful cliffs. - And, trust rue, sir, if war beleaguer England, Small need of ono man's valour : lackA she sAliers, Methinks a Mars would strike in childhood's arm, And woman be Bellona. APOSTROPHE TO ELIZABETH. The noble Woman King! Those words of fire [Queen Elizabeth's proclamation has just been read.] Will send warm blood through all the veins of Freedom Till England is a dream ! SIR GREY DE MALPAS' DAY-DREAM. On this side, desolate ruin ; bread begrudged; And ribald scorn on impotent grey hairs ; The base poor cousin Boyhood threats with famine— Whose very dog is butchered if it bark : On that side bonded knees and fawning smiles, Ho! ho ! there —Room for my lord's knights and pages! Room at tho Court—room there, beside the throne ! Ab, the now Earl of Montreville ! His lands Cover two shires. Such man should rule the state— A gracious lord—the envious call him old; Not so —the coronet conceals grey hairs. He limp'd, they say, when ho wore hose of serge. rut, the slow march becomes the robes of ermine. Back, conscience, Back! Go scowl on boors and beggars — Room, smiling flatterers, roo:n for the new Earl ! APPEAL AGAINST A MOTHER'S ABJURATION. Do not—do not hear her, Thou who, enthroned amid the pomp of stars, Dost take no holier name than that of Father! Thou has no other son ? 0, cruel one ! Look—look—thes3 letters to the priest who reared him See where thou call'st him "Elmond"—" child"—" life's all !" Cau the words be so fresh oa this frail record, Yet fade, obliterate from the undying soul? By these—by these—by all the solemn past, By thy youth's lover—by his secret grave— By every kiss upon thine infant's cheek — By every tear that wept his fancied death Grieve not that still a first-born calls thee "Mother!" WATCHISG FROM TILE PRECIPICE. From bough To bough he swings—from peak to slippery peak I see him dwindling down ;—tho loose stones rattle ; He falls—he falls—but 'lights on yonder lodge, And from the glaring sun turns steadfast eyes Whore still the sea-gulls whooll now crawls, now leaps; Crags close around hiva —net a glimpse nor sound ! 0, diver for the dead—bring up but bones, And round the skull I'll wreathe my coronet. FRANCE. PARIS, Oct. 29. The Moniteur, in its bulletin of to-day, referring to the discussion of the Army Bill in Austria, says : "The number of 800,000 men is perfectly in accord ance with the number of inhabitants of Austria and with the general state of affairs in Europe. The thoroughly peaceful intentions of the Austrian Government, and the entirely satisfactory state of from the mutual good feelingspolitical a a u f a d ffairs resultingrelations of the Powers cannot fai giveto on the Austrian Army Bill, ly to purely technical cha racter. shor t t o the be discussion held, a Everything calculated to spread uneasiness will therefore be discarded from the discussion, as the public mind is at the present moment quite made up that all the requisite conditions exist in Europe to insure peace and tranquillity. BOURSE, Oct. 28.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 44 per Cent. End of month... ---- ItaPan Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 50 Mexican Loan ... 231 Credit Mobilier End of month... 278 Spanish Throes Credit Foncier ...1456 25 Home Debt 3l 75 End of month... ~,„ Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans Northern l BlB6 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5671 Western Eastern • • 5774 Sardinian Austrian 5721 L.mbard 41 31 North of Spain 6O Saragossa Roman 43 LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. —NEW BOOKS. --Messrs. Frederick Warne and Co. annou nc e the follo wing new books for the forthcoming season :—" The Nobility of Life, its Graces and Virtues," a splendidly illustrated volume ; " Falconshurst, or Birt h day Tales" (Rev. 11. C. ~A dams);O neyea" r , A or 'Three Homes"poBoolc (J. M. Peard); " Ralph Everybody" (Cooke) ; Luttrell" ([I. St. John Corbet) " Sea Fights and Land Battles, from Alfred to Victoria;" "St. George's Key," a book for boys (W. E. Coghlan); "Aunt Louisia's Birth day Gift Book ;" " Two Years of School Life," by Madame De Presseusd; "On the Edge of the Storm," by the antlr)r of " Mademoiselle Mori;" and anew series of Aunt Louisa's Toy Books, entitled "Alphabet of Fruits," "Frisky the Squirrel," "Country Pots," "Pussy's London Life," and " Hector the Dog." SCURVY.—Another scurvy-laden ship arrived in the Thames on Sunday last, and three of the crew were at once conveyed to the Dreadnought hospital ship. This vessel left England at the end of last year, and was not therefore provided with certified lime or leinln juice, in accordance with the provisions of the Duke of Richmond's Act. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, London, W.O —[Ad- Tertisetnent.) LOST YOUTII Oh, when did poet-dreams Ever shape forth such fairy laud as youth! Gossamer hopes, parlod with the dews of morn, Gay valour, bounding light on welcome peril— Errors themselves, the sparkling overflew, Of life as heallon2;, but as pure as streams That rush from sunniest hill-tops kissing heaven— Lo ! ti tat is youth. Look on my sou!, old man, Well—is it not more grey than those blanched hairs ? TRUER THAN-THE DIAL TO TILE SUN. The dial needs the sun ; But love reflects the image of the loved, The' every beam be absent! NATURE'S BLESSINGS. Fortune stints gold to some ; impartial Nature Shames her in proffering more than gold to all— Joy in the sunshine, beauty on the earth, And love reflected in the glass of conscience; Are theso so moan ? Place grief and guilt beside them, Decked in a sultan's splendour, and compare ! The world's most royal heritage is his Who most enjoys, most loves, and most forgives. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (Fnot OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, October 28, The famous map, or rather the tria juncta in uno, have made their appearance, _p,:er the French nation is now deriving instruction b>-the eye. Each representation is accompanied by some comments designed to explain the position of the Empire at each of the three periods to which the maps refer. Under the Restora tion it is shewn that the treaties of 1815 were framed with the object of surrounding France on all sides with huge fortresses, which by their strategic position rendered all action impossible. Even the Alps were no longer a protection, for Piedmont was then the advanced guard of Austria. Under the Government of July the position of France was considerably improved, many of the fortresses were destroyed, whilst France her self had acquired others. The Holy Alliance was broken, Piedmont was detached from Austria ; but the Ger man Confederation, strengthened by Austria and Prussia, still formed a compact nation of 70 million Germans. It is under the Second Empire that the final stroke has been given to the freedom of France. She has obtained her natural frontier on the side of the Alps, Italy has been released from Prussia, and the Germanic Confederation has been dissolved. Prussia is sensibly augmented, but the equilibrium of Europe has been strengthened rather than destroyed. Whilst Germany could formerly oppose to France a united population of 70 millions, only separate and independent States now present them selves. The journals, no doubt, will be full of immense articles discussing this eccentric appeal to the nation. But, really, the verdict to be pronounced is very simple. There can be no hesitation whatever in disposing of such a series of statements. These snaps and the com ments which go with them may be published with the best possible intent, but they are none the less a deplor able instance of the insincerity to which despotic Govern ments are so frequently driven. Granting even that Germany is less united since Sadowa than it was before— which is more than doubtful—it is clear that this result was brought about, not by the will of the Emperor, but in spite of it. Everyone knows that Austria was expected to win in the war of 1866, and there is no doubt that the Emperor laid his plans accordingly. How, then, can he appeal to this " dismemberment" of Germany as the work of the Second Empire, when it was the most serious reverse which he has experienced during his reign. The gossips are not now in favour of Queen Isabella going to Brighton ; the talk is to the effect that she is coming to Paris. It is thought that the Villa Beau regard, near Porchefontaine, will be engaged for the ex-sovereign. This residence was formerly occupied by the celebrated Miss Howard. It is strange that the penchant of this generation for saying what is not true should be so confirmed that we cannot even learn the facts relating to the health of princes and statesmen. Is Count Bismarck recovered, or is he worse ? One " authority" says that he is well, another that his return to Berlin has been retarded, another that his health gives rise to uneasiness. There is, however, a decided balance of evidence on the side of the unfavourable reports. The health of the Prussian statesman has, there can be little doubt, given way materially during the last few days, and though he is still said to retain the direction of affairs, the Prussian Chambers are about to open without his assistance. Theatrical on dit : The Emperor of Russia is about to proclaim the freedom of theatres, and is about to found ten popular houses in St. Petersburg. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Extreme Sea Thursday, r.' 4 l F. 0 October 29, B. T. W. Ito F. D. WR. to 8 a.m. 12 9 Nairn 29'30f. 33 38 , i o.rb o'o7 2 W.S.W. 4 3 S.S.E. CO. o'o3 2 Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough 29'53f. 43 41 W.S.W. 4 8 S.W. r.b. 0'261 3 Yarmouth 2964r. 50 49 W. 3 6 S.W. r.b. o'3o' 4 Helder r Cuxhaven,. Skudesnses .1.00 7 67 Ardrossan 29'518. 46 42 N.W. 7 9 8- Greencastle 59'61r, 41 40 W.N.W. 4 7 N.W. r.hc 015 Holyhead Liverpool Valeu ti a 29'925. 48 46 W. N. W. 6 10 NV. • - z. W. r.c. 0'75 7 Cape Clear 29'97r. 47 44 N.W. 11 1 0 S.W. r.c . jo'9s 8 Roches Pt. 20'96r. 45 44 N.N.W. 4 8 S.W. r.0.'0'57 3 Penzance ~ 1.'04f. 53 51 N.W. 3 8 W.S.W. o.rc' o'Bs 3 Plymouth Weymouth 29'92f. 53 50 W. 8 6 W.S.W. o. 0'45 5 Portsmouth 2985 f, 761. 759 W.N.W. 6 7 W. r.o. o'sl 5 London 29"77f. 50 48 W. 6 9 S.W. 0.rc;0'39 CpeGrisNez 2914 f. 54 54 W.S.W. 11 5 W. c.r. 1 0'22 7 Brest _ 30'158. 55 53 W.N.W. 4 8 W.S.W. r.0.10'22 3 L'Orient 3317 f. 54 54 S.W. 9 8 W. c.r. o'o7 4 Rochefort Biarritz .. • . 30•431. 46 46 S. 3 c. 5 Corunna — -- Brussels Paris Strasbourg — Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 a.m. local time) L..SPLAICATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to L 2 deg. a tea level. The letter r.. rising; 8 falling; F., steady—indicate directicn of motion of the mercury within last II hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Barometer corrected and reduced to L 2 deg. a tea level. The letter rising; f.. falling; e.. steady—indicate directic nof motion of the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather: b.—blue sly; c.—clouds, detached; f.—fog; 1.--llgh t nil g ; m.—misty, hazy ;o.—overcast, ; r.--rain;s.—snow; t.—thunder. Rain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance, REM ARIC S. Since last evening barometrical pressure has very rapidly diminished on all coasts, except in the W. of Ireland, where during the night the decrease has ceased : at Nairn also a slight rise is observed since one a.m. There has been a change of nearly eight-tenths of an inch on the N. and E. coasts since yesterday : at Nairn the reading is 113 in. below that at Biarritz. Temperature has fallen on the W. coasts : at other stations it has risen rapidly—especially in the S. of England. A south-westerly gale was felt yesterday in these islands ; its force was most violent in the Irish Sea and in the S.W. of Ireland. The gale is still blowing very violently at several stations, but its direction is W. an d N.W. Very heavy rain has fallen—principally in the S.W. The weather is cloudy, except on the E. coast, and it appears still unsettled. The sea is rough at Cape Clear. Warnings were issued last evening to all coasts. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TOWER HAMLETS.—On Tuesday afternoon a deputation, numbering many of the more influential supporters of Mr. Beales, waited on Mr. Ayrton, M.P., and his committee for the purpose of urging a coalition between himself and Mr. Beaks. A long consultation ensued, the upshot of which is understood to be that a large meeting will be held, both can didates being invited to attend to give expression to their feelings on the subject. CHELSEA.—On Monday night Sir Henry Hoare and Mr. George Odger, two of the Liberal candidates, addressed densely-crowded meetings of electors; the former in the Kensington Vestry Hall, the latter in that of Chelsea. The two gentlemen in question have at length agreed to submit their respective claims as candidates for the borough to ar bitration, and three men of standing have boon appointed on either side. BADNORSHIRE BOROUGIIS.—Mr. George Augustus Haig, the Conservative candidate, after an active canvass of three weeks, has intimated his intention of retiring, and Mr. G. Price, the Liberal candidate, is now unopposed. 131:cxs.—In consequence of the minority clause, Mr. Har vey, jun., Conservative member, has retired. Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Du Pro, and Mr. Lambert will, therefore, be returned without opposition. BIRMINGIIAM.—The chairman of the Liberal Election Jommittee announced, at a meeting held on Tuesday that the canvass was in such a state as to insure one of the three Liberal candidates polling the lowest number being at least 4,000 ahead of the higher of the two Conservative can didates. DUBLIN.—Sir Dominic Corrigan, President of the College f)f Physicians, has issued his address to the electors as the second Liberal candidate. In his address ho avows himself for disestablishment, land reform, and free education. A large sum has been subscribed by the Liberal party and by the medical profession towards the expenses of the con test. NOTTINGHAM.—At a meeting of the general committee of the. Nottingham Parliamentary Registration Association the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That this meeting pledges itself to abide by and obey the award of tho arbitrators when given, if given before the 3d November next, and resolve that, whether the arbitration be then con cluded or not, the aggregate meeting for the choice of can didates for the Liberal party bo held on Tuesday, the 8d November, and that admission to such meetings be by ticket ; and that, in the event of the failure of the arbitra tion, all the candidates may, if they desire it, go to that meeting unpledged." • NORTH DERBYSIIIRE.—Mr. H. P. Arkwright, of Wil lerslov Castle, Matlock, has is::ued his address to the elec tors of North Derbyshire, as the Conservative candidate. BRlGHTON.—Contrary to the statement made in a previous impression, the Herald now says " that Mr. Moor's address has given great dissatisfaction to the Conservative party in Brighton, and that his adhesion to Mr. Gladstone's policy of the ecnfiscation of the revenues of the Protestant Church in Ireland will prevent his obtaining any support from their ranks." A Conservative will very likely come forward. SOUTH NORTIIUMBEELAND.—Mr. 11. G. Liddell, who has represented the county since 1852, seeks re-election. While strongly opposed to the disestablishment of the Irish Church, h e is "prepared to give a most careful consideration to such modifications of the establishment as a recent inquiry of a commission may have shown to bo necessary, in oreer to concentrate its energies, extend its uses, and rem dy its known defects." PLY-AA:TM—The committee of the Literal Association have resolved to adopt legal proceedings against any person who troy have already, or shall hereafter, ( ifend, either by intimidation of, or provontin, Any olootril from voting no- Ortilug to his intention, ina r t I t 44 aMittibt HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, OCT. 27. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, went out yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty drove to Bir k Hall, attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole and Miss Macgregor. The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, tended by the Countess of Morton. MR. M. GIBSON AT ASIITON. Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., met his constitueo on Tuesday night at the Ashton Town Hall, an d was most enthusiastically received. Mr. ReP er presided. Mr. GIBSON said--Many of the newspapers we re complaining lately that the country was getting surfeit of political speeches, and probably he might also come unde r th e i r censure for repeat i n g vi ba ci others might have sa id ; b u t i t was unavo id a ble, a 1 3,. they must rememb er t h a t great pol i t i ca l trud" ought to be repeated again and a(min, i n order t° make an impression upon that solid and densenos. of prejudice which they knew too often existed la this country. (Cheers.) One of the great qu eer tions which pressed mos t urgent l y at the presell4 time related to what he would call the danger° . condition of Ireland, which Lord Stanley All fessed was the question of the hour. (Cheers.) Englishmen must feel that the time had CO when they could no l onger b ear t h at t h e chronic discontent which existed in Ireland—putting t he kingdom to vast expense an d opera ti n g as th e constant cause of anxiety and apprehensio n ' should continue. The one great question ne Ge , s : sary to be d ea lt with—he did not say the question —was the question of the Irish Chore.: (Loud cheers.) They w i s h e d t o see rc ligil equality establi s h e d i n I re l an d , an d a n e ll put to the odious principle `of religious aseendan e ; (Cheers.) Speaking as a P ro t es t ant an d a meali er of the Established Ch urc h, h e expresse d hi s atre" opinion that the Protestant religion was not Pro' moted by the mai n t enance o f t h e S ta t e Establish' ment in Ireland. Th e cr y th a t was ra i s ed, by the disestablishment of the Irish Cho re t they would remove th e grea t secur ity agelllso the spread of th e i n fl uence o f t h e Rom Catholic Church, was a n o ld one ; it was coy' a menced at the time of the Catholic E 013 , r3w ,,, - ; pation in 1829. (H ear , h ear. ) I t was a 131 ; and unfounded c r y th en, an d h e conten d e d that l a was so now. Mr. Gibson then entered at O r length into the history of the Irish Church, fc) ci the purpose of showing that, as the endowmcnts r , b3 been transferred by the State from the Roman the tholic to the Anglica n Ch urc h i n I re l an d at s , / time of the Reformation in England, it was le equally compet en t f or th e S tate to ta k e awRY te a endowments she had conferred. He c ontras' e f the policy adopted t owar d s I re l an d i n res pect the Anglican Ch urc h w i t h th e po li cy a dePt ed° i o by William 111. towards Scotland. The Pe e P e , of Scotland rebelled s uccess f u ll y aga i ns t the P r e vious attempts which h a d b een ma d e to iEDP ° e d an Anglican Church up on th em , an d h e belie / it the people of Scotland wou ld re b e l aga in if be could be conceiv e d th a t t h e a t tempt s h o uld repeated. (Cheers.) The Irish rebellion was successful, and the Irish Church remain ed The consequences they k new h a d b een that Soo t, land was united in the closest bonds of friendshiPa with England ; :the population was contented 3° :3 , prosperous, while Ireland was chronically died affected and had made no progress. He arg ll , 4 that the adoption o f th e po li cy a d voc ated " o ,' Mr. Gladstone would go a far way towards making Ireland what Scotla n d was . H e cr i t i c i se d at e° , length recently-p u bli s h e d reports and reconline ll d—e if tions of the Irish Chur c h C omm i ss i on. Ile sai d . to the tithe rent-ch a r ge was t o b e pa id to an y Per° in Ireland in respect of religious objects, it wa s o violation of the prin c ipl e upon w hi c h t h a t tit' rent-charge was originally granted not to aPPI ' priate it to the l oca lit y i n w hi ch it wa s c; lected. He ridiculed th e id ea of tha t being called a "National Ch urc h" w hi c h wou ld " 4 0 if the commissione rs ' recommen d at i ons W er e carried out, muddled u p i n a f ew corner s of the country. Mr. Gibson afterwards spoke at O de , length on the subject of the Reform Bill. li e te , dared his uncomp rom i s i ng oppos i t i on to the paying clauses of the bill, and denied that ratell e ing ought to h ave any thi ng to d o w i th the franc l3 . oo at all. The abolition of these clauses, the adoP ti of the ballot, and the large redistribution of 0 , 118 3 were indispensable to complete the work of form. Mr. Gibson concluded by saying t " th e was a determined struggle going on betweell iThe t two great political pa r ti es i n th e St a t e . 1‘ he might be the result he k new no t. Whether 'l ee, present Administration was to continue in ° l5 , or whether it was to b e re pl ace d b y another eatsi cutive, he could not t e ll ; b u t o f thi s h e was c l u l sure, that experie nce p rove d th a t t h e practical national policy of England must be based I . ll ' 11 0 ' f ' the principles of th e Lib era l party. ( • t he hear.) He believed in the wisdom an d a t justice of the f u t ure P ar li ament, seeing ti I' it would represe n t a muc h larger d)r,`,.00 of the people th an any P ar li ament b a d before ; he believed that the Parliament whi ell b g large measures adopted a policy which would 1)1. ,1 about a cordial union b e t ween I re l an d and Eagl l 0 0 , —and he believed further th a t th e i r legislatjo Via, guided as it must be by th e Lib era l p a rty g e rally cf this country and th e o pi n i on o f that c° o f try —would tend to the happiness and prosperi t l or this country, and raise our nation among th e 0 . tions of the world. (Cheers.) Mr. Gibau° d swered some questio ns , an d th e mee ti ng conelu A i ; with a unanimous vote of confidence in the r/0 hon. gentleman. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. GItAVESEND, Thursday Morns' Wind, N.W.; fine. Arrived, Oct. 28.—Engartho, from Bolin • city o f n3 C •; Lyle, from Bassein; Galullnere, from Colombo; P r °,.„," . I ; 3 N Louisa, from Quebec; Elizabeth, from Riga; Geo. Pw.cloOl from ,Cronstacit ; Sourcoff, from Guatemala; ; Fer°' ' r Rotterdam; Mary Ann, from Smyrna; Admirala from Guernsey. t o; Arrived, Oct. 29—L eopar d , s t eamer, f rom Botterl o v Chloe, from Calais; Palmyra, steamer, from 'Write ; Poe) ther, steamer, from Boulogne ; Baron Osy, steamer, nite r, Antwerp ; Chas. Howa r d, s t eamer, f rom M a l a ga; Fr ' from Genoa ; Shealti e l an d C rescent, from Gu er ' f ) , 3 o Elizabeth Brown, f rom P aysan d er ; E dw i n F 05, ,,ft Bombay (via Havre) ; Fl ec h a, steamer, from G" -11 Somersetshire, steamer, from Melbourne Sailed, Oct. 28—Echo, steamer, for Calais ; N° l4ll steamer, for Christiania. oil" Sailed, Oct. 29— Blanche, steamer, for D u nkirk; " r badour, steamer, for Rotterdam.. i° rn Wind, W. by N., very freshl) EAL, Thursday gv . W fr Passed—Au rora, screw steamer, from Lon d on , A°r terdam. Anehored—Emul a ti on , from London, for Cho-F1 yO Ol Put back —M ost of the outward bound that t il° terday. Advices from New York state that the 1 1 ) 1 sury Department had commenced to sell ee i e i4 tb public tender. Th e sa l es b egan on the . 4 .. .pr0 inst., and were to continue f o r ten su cce :: o 3' days, the amoun t to be disposed of on eac h -3 0 sion being 300,000 dollars. During t he tea three days the amount applied for reP re ' €.-13 10,750,000 dollars. According to a statement in the Canadiall 1 ( „of the delegatio n f rom t h e C ana di an Govereelcet:ioll in this country on the question of the incorP °l. i ,joli of the North-Ne a t T err it ory with the D eel- o ef of Canada are not disposed to agree to anY payment being made to the Hudson's 133 Y , a re pany. " Indeed," it is said, "we believe ma position to state that the expectation that t'of money will now be p a id b y th e Govera re ; 3 o - Canada to that corporation may at once be 0 00 doned, and that a n announcemen t to tha t e will most likely be forthwith made." 1 ee Pe A to ta: la f ha tia t eOll tab de ll le r , tai th e Go 04 th e Jai a 1,(!) h I ..,4, 1 I e,,