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for such an idea seem forcible enough to carry con

viction with them. He said that we must expect
a great increase of railways on the Continent in a
few years, and that these will "bring into cultiva-
tion vast alluvial plains and soils admirably
adapted both by climate and by virgin
soil to grow wheat, and where wheat can be
cultivated at very much lees expense than can ever
be done in this country." Surely it is the most
sensible and the most profitable course to look
ahead and foresee what may probably ensue from
the chances and changes of life, now so much more
clearly defined and strikingly foreshadowed than of
old, rather than to envelop oneself in old world no-
tions, and believe that all will return to its former
state and condition. Sir LAWRENCE pointed out
to his hearers that they might hope eventually to
derive advantages from the cheapening of food, for
it became the source of wealth to the bodies of ope.
ratives, and thus caused their greater demand for
the better articles of consumption. Now, said
the hon. baronet, other countries may grow better
wheat than you do, but " there is no country in the
world can produce mutton and beef such as you caa
produce ; and depend upon it, the tot thing that

can happen to the agricultural interest is that corn
should be at such a price as to enable the operatives
of Lancashire and the crowded population in large
cities to consume the beef and mutton which you
grow." This is very sensible advice, and it breathes
of that far-sighted observation and deep-rooted
philosophy which sees good in all, and puts gains
by the side of losses to adjust the balance and
rightly recognise the events and circumstances of
life This speech of Sir LAWRENCE PALK's is one
of the best that have recently been made upon agri-
cultural topics. He kept to his subject; he did
not seek for adventitious aid from without, but
within the scope of its limits he contrived to deliver
an inatruclve and interesting address, which may
well serve as counsel and consolation to other parts
of the country besides that for which it was irume-
diately designed, as he observed, " we must look
for the future more to producing beef and mutton
than cereal crops ;" and, by way of explaining the
feasibility of such coming to pass, he states that by
the rapid transit of railways people nowadays can
buy meat and take it to London, Birmingham, and
Manchester very much easier than in the olden days
they could forward it to Bristol. Sir LAWRENCE is in
favour of the malt tax being modified slightly, con-
sidering that it presses with undue weight upon the
agricultural interest. Unfortunately there is no
immediate prospect of this tax being altered while
Mr GLADSTONE remains in cffice, for it is pro-
verbial that the right hon. gentleman always
slights the interest of the landed portion of the
community, and turns his attention to changes
that will affect or benefit the manufacturing
interests. Mr KiKEwica made a few remarks
appropriate to the occasion, and very happily
introduced the fact of the formation of these
societies. He said he had a part in their formation,
and had always recognised their importance. It
was necessary that a place should be found where
the claims of the honest labouring man should be
recognised and honoured. In speaking of the spread
of these societies all over England the hon. member
added, " It is now a pride and a pleasure for men
of the highest ranks to take the place occupied by
our excellent Chairman this day, and I should not
be surprised to see the day when the future King
of England may be the Chairman of a ' ploughing-
match' dinner !" This is the true spirit in which
to view such undertakings as opportunities for con-
necting, at least partially, the separate parts of the
community, of affording neutral ground for the dis-
cussion of important matters relative to great inte-
rests, and, above all, to foster that spirit of good-
will amongst all classes, which is one of the greatest
blessings that society can experience, and without
which the most fair-seeming institutions and
wealthiest population can never really flourish.

Her Majesty's Theatre.

M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.

The admirable concerts at this theatre are fast draw-
ing to a close, in consequence of the stage being required
very shortly for operatic performances. Last night there
was a very full attendance, the great attraction being the
performance of the Danish Guards, the Danish vocalists,
and M. Lotto. Irrespective of the beforementioned artists,
we had a very excellent selection of music, both classical
and modern, so judiciously arranged that the peculiar
taste of nearly every person present was gratified, and that
in a very high degree. The concert opened with Weber's
magnificent overture to " Der Freischutz,"which was given
with great precision and effect by the band ; and then fol-
lowed one of those light and pretty valses identical with the
name of Jullien, viz., " Rosita," Benedict's brilliant fan-
tasia for the pianoforte, " The Prince of Wales," was ex.
ceedingly well played by Mdlle. Mariot de Beauvoisin ;
and M. Lotto, as usual, astonished the audience by his
execution of Paganini's solo for the violin, on the theme,
"Di Tanti Palpiti." This accomplished musician produced
all the original variations, notwithstanding the extreme
difficulty of the composition, his tones being full,
round, and resonant. The prestissimo passages
perhaps created the greatest effect; but, as a
whole, the performance was one of great merit,
Mdlle. Liebhart sang 'Verdi's " Caro nome the it mio core,"
from " Rigoletto," which, with the performance of the
Danish Guards, and a selecti,,n, by the orchestra, from
Mozart's graad opera " Don Giovanni," concluded the first
portion of the concert. The Danish vocalists, during the
first and second part of the concert, sang one of their
national songs " Et Bondebryllup," a melody invariably
sung in chorus by the peasants of Zealand to welcome a
bride to her future home ; which with their other perform.
ances, created the usual enthusiasm. In the concluding
part of the concert a Danish fantasia, arranged by M,
Jullien, entitled " Danske Toner," was admirably per-
formed. All the peculiarities of the Danish Guards' Band
were fully brought out, and the concluding theme, the air
sung by the vocalists and before adverted to, performed
with the aid of Jullien's band, brought the evening's enter-
tainment to a succesbful conclusion.

COVERED WITH BEES.—It is a peculiarity of
bees that they will suffer some men to handle them
with impunity. Wildman was a man who seems to have
had an unusual attraction for them, or command over
them, as he termed it, though it is not easy to comprehend
how a man could have command over four thousand or five
thousand insects. On one occasion he paid a visit to Dr
Templeton, the then Secretary of the Society for
the Encouragement of Arts, to prove to him how com-
pletely bees submitted to his influence. He was brought
through the city in a sedan-chair, and, it is to be pre-
mined, into the doctor's room, for when he presented
himself his head and face were covered with bees,
and a huge cluster of them hung down like a
beard from his chin. Notwithstanding this novel appen-
dage, he conversed with the ladies and gentlemen who were
present for a considerable timewithout disturbing the insects,
and finally dismissed them to their hive without anybody
being stung. The fame of his performances reaching Lord
Spencer, he invited him to 'Wimbledon to meet a large party
of his friends. The countess had provided three stocks for
the occasion. He took one of the hives and emptied tie
living occupants into his hat to show that it was not neces-
sary to destroy the bees in order to deprive them of their
honey. He next presented himself with a colony hanging
about his head and from his chin, and then stepping out of
a window on to the lawn, where he had directed a table
covered with a clean cloth to be placed, he put them back
into the hive. He then made them come out again and
swarm about in the air, after which he caused theca to settle
on the table, and from thence he took them up by handfuls,
and poured them out of his hand, as if they had no more
feeling than pebbles, and finally concluded this portion of
his entertainment by causing them to re-enter that hive.
His lordship was too unwell to be present at these experi-
ments, so, later in the afternoon, he was taken into his
lordship's room with all three of the stocks hanging about
him at one time, one on his head, ono on his breast, and
the other on his arm, from which places he afterwards
transferred them to his head and face, so that he was quite
blinded, and was led in this condition to the lawn in front
of his lordship's window. He next requested that a horse
might be brought round, which was doze, the horse having
been first well clothed to guard against accidents. First
taking the bees out of his eyes that he might see what he
was about, he mounted the horse with the bees hanging
about him, and rode backwards and forwards repeatedly,
until the company had seen enough of his performance,
when he dismounted and placed the bees on the table,
from whence he dismissed them to their respective hives. It
is worthy of remark, that though there were a great many
persons present on this, as on the previous occasion, yet
nobody was stung.—Dickens' "All the Year Round,"

The Indian telegraphs which connect together
Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi, and all the prin•
cipzl towns in India, are now advanced ea3twards as far as
Rangoon, and the routes thence 5 China and to Australia,
by way of Singapore, Java, and Timor, are almost entirely
in comparatively shallow water so far as the submarine
part of the line is concerned, "and do not otherwise,"
writes Sir Charles Bright, " offer any difficulty which
should prevent our having daily telegrams from Hong
Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, end Brisbane within
three years from tLis day."

THE STATUE OF FATHER. MATUEW.—The un-
veiling of the statue recently erected in Cork in
honour of Theobald Mathew, the epos le of temperance, took
place on Monday, and tt ..s the mast imposing ceremony
which ever took place in that city. Having traversed the
principal streets in the city, the procession arrived opposite
the statue in Patrick-street, tti/d after an inaugural address
by the Mayor, the statue was unveiled amidst the deafen-
ing cheers of the many thousand persons present. The
entire proceedings passed off without disturbance or acci-
dent of any kind, and were totally devoid of any sectarian
or party spirit.
THE COST OF CAEROWYN, By Mary Howitt.
3 vole.—" Mary Howitt has powers as a narrator which
may almost be termed unique, so singularly graceful and
felicitous is her pen. There can be no doubt of the exceed-
ing beauty and interest of this story. It is at once origi-
nal, fascinating, and instructive to a high degree. The
most attractive personage in the tale, Simeon Hughes, is
one of those creations that la ill be remembered of all readers
like the Adam Bede of Miss Evans, or the Jeannie Deans
of Sir Walter Scott,"—,Styr,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

SPAIN.

MADRID, OCT. 11 (Evening).

The Minister of Finance is unable to effect any
credit operations under the conditions voted by
Congress, and will therefore await the deliberations
of the new Chambers.

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.
The following telegram has been received at Mr
Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Coccpany, Oct. 12 :
OUTWARD MAILS.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12,
The Behar, from Bombay on the 29,11 September,
reached Suez at 7 p.m. yesterday.
The Delta, with the heavy portion of the Bombay
and Mauritius mails, left Gibraltar at 6 p.m. on the
10th, and may be expected at Southampton on the
15th inst.
The Baroda, from Southampton on the 4th inst.
with Calcutta and China mails, reached Gibraltar
on the 9.h at 1 a.m., and left at 9 a.m. for
Alexandria.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 12.
The Canadian steamer Hibernian, from Quebec
on the let inst., arrived here at 7.30 morning.

FRANCE.

PARIS, OCT. 12.

The Constitutionnel of this morning has an
article signed by M. Limayrac relative to the dies
quieting rumours concerning Austria. The writer
says :—" The Convention solely affects Rome, and
in no way modifies the position of other parts of
Italy. Without doubt agitators may continue to
work in Venetia, and committees may issue procla-
mations speaking of an offensive and defensive
alliance, and of war in the spring. But this is not
cl new state of things, and is one for which the Con-
vention is not responsible. All sensible men must
understand that France has no desire to complicate
the Roman question by the question of Venice, and
to kindle in the north of the Peninsula what she
seeks to extinguish in the south.
The Gazette des Etrangers states that the Queen
of Holland, on her way to Nice pass the winter,
went through Chambery, and visited the romantic
residence where Rousseau made botanical researches
with Mme. de Varrens. Her Majesty touched the
keys of the old harpsichord which Rousseau used
in composing the airs of his "Davin du Village."
BOURSE, Oct. 11.—The market has been firm,
and prices show but a trifling variation from those
of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at
65f. 400. Mobilier are unvaried at 913 F, 75c. Rail-
way Shares have been rather offered, and some of
the lines are quoted slightly lower. The market
closed as follows

41 per Cents . . 92
Do. end month....

3 per Cents -
Do. end month....
_65 45

Credit Mobilier.: .. 913 75
Do. end month.... 912 50

Bank Shares
- - - -

Credit Foneier ....1185

Italian Loan 66 25
Do. end month 66 60
Ditto Threes .. 40 76
New Mexican .... 60 60
Russian
Austrian .. BO
Spanish Threes —
florae Debt .. —

Roman

Deferred

'AM
Cash. Account.
Orleans . 1 ... ..... 837 50 .. 840
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 .. 900
Southern
Western
Eastern .... 495 .. 493 75
Sardinian 337 60 .. 341 25
Austrian ..
Lorobard
North of Spain ..... ... 386 25 .. 387 50
Saragossa 472 50 .. 472 50
Ditto to Barcelona

BAIL

THE WE

MAIL.

The Royal Mail steamer Macgregor, Laird, Capt.
R• J. Lowry, arrived in the Mersey, at 11.20 a,m.
yesterday, with the mails from the West Coast of
Africa, Teneriffe, and Madeira. The following are
the latest dates :—Benin, August 25; Fernando
Po, 30 ; Cameroons, 31 ; Old Calabar, Sept. 3 ;
Brass River, 4; Bonny, 7; Lagos, 10 ; Accra, 12;
Cape Coast Castle, 15 ; Cape Palmas, 18 ; Sierra
Leone, 22; Bathurst, 25 ; Teneriffe, Oct. 1 ; Ma-
deira, 3. The Macgregor Laird also brings 36
passengers, 1,723 ounces of gold dust, and £3,870
in specie.
At Bonin, trade was very dull, although the
health of the river was tolerably fair. The barques
Medea, Benin, Eigle's Wing, and Jane were all
loading for Liverpool.
The intelligence from Fernando Po is still
gloomy. The smallpox continued to decimate the
population, and in consequence al commerce was
very near at a standstill, The Peep-o'-day was
loading fcr Bristol.
From Cameroons we learn that since the dept...
cure of the last mail trade had been re-opened with
the natives, but up to the very latest advices very

,ttle business had been transacted. The river con-

tinued to be rather unhealthy. The ships Eliza-
beth Emily was loading for Bristol, and the Guar-
dian for Liverpool.

At Old Calabar there was a pretty fair amount
of business going on, and the general health of
the place was good. The ships Hannah Silkeld,
Golden Age, and Ejzxbeth were loading for Liver-
pool, and the Lucetta for Glasgow. _

The news from Brass show that although the
river was healthy, trade was rather dull. Bishop
Crowther had been to Brass, and left again for the
Niger on the Ist of Sept. on board her Majesty's
steamer Investigator. The ships Express, Mary
Black, Invincible, Serafina, Sparkling Wave, and
Albro, were loading for the Mersey.
Advices from New Calabar state that the health
of the place was good, but that trade was rather
languid. The Barkhill, Lively Lass, Earl of Derby,
and Princo Will, were loading for Liverpool.
From Bonny we learn that the oil season was
almost over, and that there was very little doing in
general trade. The health of the place was but
middling. The ships Laugl4ing Water, Belle of
the Ocean, Pride of Canada, and Coquette were all
loading for Liverpool.
The news from Lagos has a more peaceful aspect

than that brought by the previous mail. The wars
which have existed for so long a period among the
natives, to the serious prejudice of the European
trading interests, now present every appearance of
coming to a speedy termination, and it is expected

that communication between the coast and the in-
terior would very shortly be re-opened. There was
a fair amount of trade being transacted, and the
health of the place was satisfactory. The French
frigate Armonique, the Mozambique, and Don An-
tonio, of Hamburg; the French ships Phidias and
Fleche ; the English ship Pride ; and the Italian
ship Juliett, were at Lagos.
Trade was exceedingly dull at Accra, and the
Europeans were suffering from sickness. The On-
dine, of Liverpool, and the Accra, of Amsterdam,
were loading in the river.
At Cape Coast Castle trade continued to be very
dull, and the health of the place was tolerable. It
was currently reported there that the King of
Ashantee was about to sue for peace. A soldier of
the 2d West India regiment was executed on the
3d September for the murder of his comrade. The
Macgregor Laird was detained 22 hours beyond
the contract time at Cape Coast Castle, awaiting
Government despatches.
Trade was inactive at Cape Palmas. The Libe-
rian mail schooner Sarah Jane, carrying the Libe-
rian mails, was lost off Rocktown Point, near Cape
Palmas, on the night of the 17th September. The
crew and passengers, together with the mails, were
saved. The Royal Mail steamer Calabar, arrived
at Cape Palmas on the 15th ult., and left for the
Leeward the same day. The brig Packet, of Bris-
tol, and the Hind and Doria, were loading.
There is no improvement to report iu trade since
the departure of the last mail, and business ruled
dull and lifeless in the extreme. The colony was
generally unhealthy. The Spanish ship America,
which was captured off Madagascar by her Majesty's
ship Ariel ; and the Melvira, alias Charles, also
captured on the south coast by her Majesty's ship
Dart, have been condemned as slavers. The case
of the Italian ship Ricardo Schmidt, arrested in
Sierra Leone harbour on suspicion of being engaged
in the slave trade, was under investigation by the
Mixed Commission Court when the mail left. The
barque W. H. Randall was in port. The Mac-
gregor Laird was detained 13 hours beyond con-
tract by order of Governor Blackall.
Sickness was very prevalent at Bathurst, and
trade very flat. A considerable quantity of cotton
had been planted, and much more land was under
cultivation than last year. The French barques
Sans Norn and Niger were in pert.
Teneriffe was healthy, and trade was pretty fair.
The schooner Pet, of Swansea, was in port.
The Island of Madeira was very healthy, and
about the average amount of business passing. The
English serew steamer Ranger was in port. The
mail steamer Athenian arrived on the Ist, and
sailed for Teneriffe the same day.