The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-07 00:00:00

THE SUN,
,LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1865.

EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS.

rri HE GREAT PAGEANT, entitled " the
Capture of Anak," the greatest Giant in the World, will
be repeated every evening, Inv.:ported by all the at ractions of
this establishment, including a host of ballet fairies, Lilii-
putiau army, Master Powell, Miss Clara '1 horn, General Tom
Dot, and the French Giant, surnamed Anak, the Anakin.
Doors open at 7,3o.—Great James's-hall, Regent-street and
Piccadilly.

ANAK, the GREATEST GIANT in the
WORLD.— Special RECEPTIONS EVERY DAY
from Three to Five o'clock, with the little Comic Actor,
GENERAL TO AI DOT. Morning Performance. Admis-
sion, is. ; reserved seats, 2s. 6d.
ANAK— ANAK—:ANAL.
" There were giants in those days:"
Great st. James's Hall, Regent-street and Piccadilly.

ANAK will APPEAR EVERY NIGHT, with
Professor ANDERSON. MACCA.RE, the Misses
ANDER,ON, at the GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL. An-
derson and the World of Magis at Eight, Maccabe at Nine,
and the Great Giant and General Tom Dot at 9.30. " This is
the greatest combination entertainment in the metropolis."
—Vide the Press. Admission, is. ; balcony, 2s. ; reserved
seats, 3s. ; stalls, ss.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall,
Piccadilly.—The only originarand veritable legitimate
CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old
favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com-
pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 38 ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gal-
lery,
Is. Tickets at 'Austin's, 23, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

T II E X F O R D.
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
Then Kford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited%

SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, and a New
CANTATA, by Meyerbeer, will be performed by Misses
Russell, Barrie, Willmobley, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Madame
Maria, and Miss Fitz Henry; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk,
Evans, W. Williams, and Senors Tivoli and Spagnoli, with
full Band and Chorus, THIS EVENING.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

THE BRIDAL of REAUTY, in which the Misses TESSY
and SARA GUNNISS will appear.

The HUNGARIANS —The Brothers and Sister KIRALFI
will have the honour of introducing their National Dances
in costume this evening.

Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

NOTICE.—will shortly be produced, first time in this
country, THE MARKET GIRLS, by J. Offenbach, in which
the whole of the Opera Company wilt appear.

CANTERBURY HALL.
KO KO RI KO.

This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest
hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad-
dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole
talent of the ostab.ishment.

Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by ➢Trs. and Mr. Randall,
Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, Mons. Alex-
andre, mimic. and the Sisters Dashwood.

On MONDAY NEXT the favourite, ARTHUR LLOYD,
will make his Ee-appearance with New and Original Songs.

Director, Mr. F. Jongmans.

All visitors to London at this season should see the above
entertainment.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street.
NEW A DDITION.—FuII length Portrait -31-odels of the
late LORD I'AL3IERSTON, PRESIDENT JOHNSON,
and GENERAL GRANT.
Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Children under :0, half-price ;
Extra Rooms, Sixpt nee.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piceadipy.—G RAND CASINO and MUSICAL PllO-
- is NOW OPEN for the Season.

Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTL
Manager, MORS. GRENET.
The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12
o'clock.

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.

CULVERWELL'S GRAND TURKISH
BATHS,
3, Great Marlborough-street, 3 doors from Poland-street,
Ladies every Monday.
Gentlemen all other days, 2s. each ; 15, One Guinea.
Also opposite the Post-office, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand.

TEETH, 2s. 6d. each.—ESKELL and SONS'
improvements in the co,struction of ARTIFICIAL
TEETH enable them to make and fit in from One to a Set,
in a few hours, without springs or wires, and without ex-
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perfect. Guaranteed, or no lee accepted. Sets, .Z! ; stop-
pings, 2s. 6ct.; extractions, ls.; and the same moderate fixed
prices throughout. Punctuality in all appointments, and
constant daily attendance from Nine to Eight o'clock. Their
Traatise on the Teeth, with printed terms, and all consulta-
tions free, on application to ESKELL and SONS, 13, Tich-
borne-street, Quadrant. Note the address.

TEETri P-A-11q1,13G0 ENTISTRY.
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30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy,
durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
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most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or
inconvenience.

Consultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 gs.,
warranted.
For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
" Lancet."
Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and
448, Strand, London ; 15, Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14 St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbro'. ,

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same name.

New Discoveries of Petroleum.

TITUSVILLE, October 4, 1865.
As the interest in almost every section of the oil region
is now so widely distributed, it may not bo amiss to say a
few words relative to the large amount of develop-
ment now going forward and already completed on
West Hickory Creek, a stream next above and parallel
to Pithole, and which bears every evidence of soon becom-
ing a successful river. This stream is about eight miles
in length, and throughout the valley is one calculated to
attract the interest of practical oil operators. The develop-
ments now going forward have already shown the forma-
tions to be of the most promising character, and four wells
are completed with the following results :—The Hickory
Farm Oil Company's well tubed in April last, for a long
time yielding over 100 barrels per day, of very superior
lubricating oil, which has sold all summer at from $25 to
$3O per barrel, is now yielding 20 barrels daily.
On the White farm, two miles higher up the stream, a
well tubed last Tuesday is pumping 30 barrels of exactly
similar oil daily.
The Miles well, two and a half miles higher up the
stream, commenced on Friday morning last, and is yield-
ing 25 barrels of light oil daily.
A well on the John Germon farm, one and a half miles
above the last named well, is about to be tubed at the
depth of GOO feet, with the result, of course, unknown, but
the interested parties are very sanguine of success.
There are several wells now going down still above
those named, by the Fremont Oil Company, Cherry Run
and West Hickory Company, and others, all of which are
having the proper indications. The prices of territory on
this stream are advancing as rapidly as has been known in
any other locality. lam informed by a gentleman owning
land near the Miles well, which he has repeatedly offered
at $250 per acre, that on Saturday last he refused a bona
fide offer of $2,000 per acre for the same. Thus it is evi-
dent that this stream is soon to take its place in the list of
those famous for their hidden treasure.

REMARKABLE OIL STRIKE IN KENTUCKY.—The
editor of the Louisville Journal has seen a letter from
a reliable source, giving some facts as to the great oil well
recently bored in Cumberland county, Kentucky. The
well is on Crocus creek, which flows into the Cumberland
river about 10 miles above Burksville. Crocus is a large
creek, heading in Adair andßussell counties, and flowing in
a south-westerly course some 20 or 30 miles through Cum-
berland county into the river. The indications now are
that the creek traverses the finest old region in the State,
if not in the world. This well commenced to flow at 10
o'clock a.m. on the Bth inst., and has been steadily pour-
ing out the wealth of oil ever since. The streams come
up through a four and a half inch bore, and is thrown
this size five or six feet about the mouth of the well. Its
flow is estimated by some as high as 300 barrels per day,
and by none at less than 100 ; but of course the quantity
is guess work, and will be so until it is reduced to absolute
measurement. The Cumberland river is covered with oil
from Crocus creek to Burksvillc, and far below, and looks
like a river of oil instead of water.

PETROLEUM IN TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA.
—A petroleum excitement is liable to break out in Ten-
nessee and North Alabama at any moment. A correspon-
dent 61 the New York World, writing from the Cumberland
Mountains, in the former State, says :—" As for petroleum,
these table lands and their slopes for more than ten miles
on each side, will probably prove to be the richest
source in our Union. No country will, most certainly,
yield as much of the valuable oil as Venango county,
Pennsylvania, where the petroleum of the carboniferous
and Devonian rocks (the two richest sources of all) contri-
bute together; but the whole of these mountains and their
surroundings contain the petroleum of the carboniferous
and silurian rocks, and being much more extensive than
the Alleghanies in Pennsylvania, and not having been dis-
turbed by metamorphic action, will certainly yield more of
the oil than either Pennsylvania, Virginia, or Kentucky.
PETROLEUM IN INDIANA.—The Indianopolis Sen-
tinel says :—" Oil has been struck at Ilenryville, Clark
county, on the Jeffersonville-road, at a. depth of four
hundred. feet. It is a flowing well, and before the well
was plugged it had run over a large surface. The oil is
of a very superior quality, worth crude $1 a gallon. This
is the first demonstration to prove that oil reservoirs
underly the soil of Indiana, and, of course, will create a
good deal of excitement."

Vaval and Military Intelligence.

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MALTA, Nov. 1.--We are shortly expecting the
fleet back to Malta. Vice-Admiral Sir R. Smart
left Naples for this island, under sail, on the 30th
ult. Owing to cholera having broken out in the
suburbs, and cases having manifested themselves in
the town itself, a quarantine of ten days has been
placed on all arrivals from that port. Her Majesty's
ship Pelican, 17, screw corvette, Commander R. P.
Cator, which arrived on the 26th ult. from Naples
and Palermo, and the Phoebe, 35, screw frigate,
Capt. W. R. Rolland, which arrived on the 27th
from Naples and Messina, were consequently put in
quarantine. On the 30th the Chanticleer, 17, Com-
mander W. H. Fenwick, arrived from the Piraeus of
Athens, and on the 31st the Surprise, 4, screw gun
vessel, Commander G. Tyron, arrived from Nisida,
the quarantine station of Naples, and was admitted
to pratique. Mr. T. Royle, R.N., has arrived here
from the Victoria (flagship), for duty in the Admi-
ral-Superintendent's-office during the absence on
sick leave of the secretary. Three days' quaran-
tine have also' been established on arrivals from
Southampton in the absence of clean bills of health
from that town. The passengers for Malta by the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Syria
were, in consequence of this sanitary precautionary
measure, detained in the Lazaretto on their arrival
here on the 28th ult. The screw steamer Hawk, 552
tons register, Capt. R. Gilpin, belonging to the.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company,
arrived here on the 30th ult., 15 days from London
and 91 from Dartmouth, into which latter port she
had put from stress of weather. Among the pas-
sengers are Mr. Gibson, Government Inspector of
the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph, Mr. Temple,
engineer to the company; and Mr. Saunders, electri-
cian, besides a large staff of foremen and labourers.
The Hawk is to be stationed here in the service of
the Malta and Alexandria Telegraph, and replaces
the Fanny Lambert, which was not found to answer
all the purposes required. Her Majesty's ships in
port are the Orlando, 46, Cossack, 20, and Assur-
ance, 4 ; besides a few small vessels, and the four
ships the arrival of which is above reported. There
are also here under repairs the Russian frigate Per-
esvet, 45, and the Tunisian screw steamer Mahersia.
Her Majesty's ship Terrible, paddle-wheel frigate,
Megmra, screw troopship, and Arethusa, 35, screw
frigate, are expected in the Mediterranean.
The Royal Alfred, iron-cased wooden frigate, 4,056
tons, 800 horse-power, will be completed in her ar-
mour plating and floated out of No. 3 dock of Ports-
mouth yard early in the ensuing month. This ship
first appeared on the Admiralty Navy List as one of
the latest improved 90 gun screw line-of-battle
ships, and was all but completed in that form at
Portsmouth, when iron-clad ships became popu-
lar. She was then ordered to be razeed to a frigate,
divested of quarter and stern galleries, figure-head,
&c., given a conical shaped stern and a swan-breast
stem, and clothed externally, from five feet below
her load water-line upward, with 41-inch rolled iron
armour plates. In the meantime, however, 41-inch
iron-plating on the sides of a wooden ship possessing
no inner iron skin had been demonstrated by experi-
ments at Shoebury and elsewhere to be worse than
useless. Accordingly the Royal Alfred has been again
re-arranged, and in her new and latest form will,
without doubt, be the most formidable iron-cased
converted wooden shiplfloat. She will at the same
time possess serious points of weakness, which are
unavoidable in a converted wooden vessel. Purely
as a specimen of workmanship, or rather, we should
say, as a specimen of the skill of shipwrights in iron
work, the Ttoyal Alfred will surpass every other ship
afloat. The edges of the armour-plating have been
fitted and the platse subjected
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elaborate 'nstly chipping,
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filing, and burnishing which seems unnecessaLy.
Commander Archibald D. W. Fletcher, who com-
manded the Triton in the Black Sea, and was subse-
quently employed in the Coastguard and the packet
service, yesterday joined and took up the command
of her Majesty's 6 gun paddle sloop Spiteful, com-
missioned at Woolwich for the Brazilian station.
The Spiteful was yesterday docked for survey and
examination of defects. The whole of her officers
have been appointed, and the crew selected from the
continuous service men berthed on board the flag-
ship Fisgard. Unless, as it is feared, some of her
timbers may require removal, she will draw her
stores and proceed to sea without delay.
The iron paddlewheel vessel Oberon, in commis-
sion, returned to Woolwich on Saturday from a trial
of her machinery, and will again leave harbour to-
day and proceed to Sheerness, in preparation to
make an official sea trial of Capt. Cochrane's experi-
mental vertical tube boiler.

Her Majesty's iron screw storeship Supply, Com-
mander C. Bawden, employed on particular service,
arrived on Sunday evening at Woolwich from the
Mediterranean, laden with 220 tons of War Depart-
ment stores, naval and victualling stores from Malta,
and the heavy baggage of Sir W. Cgdrington, late
Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Gibraltar.
She sailed from Malta on the 18th ult., arrived at
Gibraltar on the 25th, in quarantine, left again on
the following day, arrived at Spithead on Friday
last, and sailed direct for Woolwich on Saturday.
She encountered a series of head winds the whole
way, and experienced exceedingly rough weather in
crossing. the Bay. In addition to her cargo she
brought home some naval invalids belonging to the
Arethusa, aftd some deserters. The Supply will
shortly be paid out of commission, to be docked for
repairs.

The hired transport William Napier yesterday
Excel-
lentcommencedCruiser,
stors at Woolwich, for
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ands
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Portsmouth. , y
Superintendent
of War Department
Her Majesty's screw troopship 2,812 tons,
700 horse power, Cap-t. Frederick H. Stirling, ar-
rived at Portsmouth yesterday from China, with
military and naval officers, and invalided and
time-expired soldiers and seamen on board.
The Tamar's sailing dates are from Hongkong,
August 12 ; Mauritius, September 2 ; Cape of Good
Hope and Simon's Bay, September 24 ; St. Helena,
October 3 ; Ascension, October 9 ; St. Vincent,
October 20. Fine weather was experienced during
the passage home, but the time was somewhat
lengthened owing to the faulty condition of the
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ship's boilers. Twenty-six deaths occurred onboard
since leaving Hongkong, chiefly among :the women
and children accompanying the troops, from dy-
sentery. Lieut. Lyster, of the Royal Engineers,
who embarked at llongkong, died on board just
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professional attainments and greatly
esteemed by his brother officers, also died during,
before theehisleifipenagrinriveeerd
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the passage. The naval and military passengers and
invalids comprise :—From Hongkong—Lieut. Mon-
sel, 2d battalion 11th Regiment ; Lieut. Nicholson,
2d battalion 9th Regiment; two purveyors' clerks;
invalids for Netley-38 men, 13 women, and 20
children ; time expired, for depots-14 men, 6
women, and 4 children. From Port Louis, Mauri-
tius—Capt. Maunsell, 2d battalion, 11th Regi-
ment ; invalids for Netley-49 men, 4 women, and
9 childrem; time-expired, for depots-10 men, 2
women, and 1 child. From the Cape of Good Hope
Coßegiment ; Capt. F. 0. Bar-
nard, l. 6
t h Young,Regiment 67th ;
Lieut. England, Ist West
India Regiment;
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Lieuts. Cardew and Renwick,
67th Regiment ; Medical Staff—Assist.-Surgeons
C. E. Smith and Tracey ; purveyors' clerks,
Blackburn, and Hutchins ; invalids-59 men, 5
women, and 11 children ; time-expired, for depots
—5O men, 2 women, and 2 children, Staff.-Surg.
Beath had medical charge of the invalids on
board. The naval and civil portion of the passen-
ger and invalid list, chiefly embarked at Hongkong,
consisted of Dr. Palmer, R.N., Assist.-Surg. Inman,
R.N., Assist.-Surg. Rawlings, R.N., Sub-Lieuts.
Stewart and Doughty, Second-Masters Dobson and ,

Wanham, 95 seamen and marines, 16 soldiers, vari-
ous ; 4 women,. and 7 children; Messrs. Blackmore,
Hutchins, and Nightingale, and families ; Mes-
dames Major Bray, Caine, Racket, and Routh, and

The naval invalids were transferred yesterday from
the Tamar, immediately after her arrival at Spithead,
to her Majesty's ship Victory and the Royal Naval
Hospital at Haslar. The time-expired and invalided
soldiers were landed from the ship alongside Ports-
mouth dockyard this morning, and forwarded on to
their respective destinations, under the supervision
of Capt. Stuart, Unattached, Acting Assist.-Quar-
termaster-General, the invalids going to the Great
Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, and the time-
expired men to the regimental depots. The Tamar
awaits orders from the Admiralty relative to the
future movements. If not paid out of commission
she will require a heavy refit before she will again
be in a condition to proceed on further service.
The following appointthents ;were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Hon. R. W. Craven, midship-
man, to the Spiteful ;.the Rev.W. G. Tucker, M.A.,
chaplain to Haslar Hospital, to be chaplain of
Greenwich Hospital, under the Act 28th and 29th
of Victoria, cap. 89 ; the Rev. G. Jackson, M.A.,
chaplain of Bermuda dockyard, to be chaplain of
Haslar Hospital, vice Tucker; and Jas. M'Graw,
promoted to the rank of first-class assist.-engineer.

CAPTAIN MAINE REID has recently addressed the
the following communication to a contemporary :
" The inclosed, which I clip from the London Review, ap-
pears to be 'going the round of the papers': Captain
Mayne Reid's new novel of The Headless Horseman' is
spoken of as about to be dramatised for representation at
Astley's. The prairie hunter capering about without his
head will, it is thought, prove the greatest theatrical sensa-
tion at present announced.' May I request space in your
columns to say that, the paragraph above quoted is the
earliest information I have received of the fact (or fiction)
to which it refers. That the story in question being an
entirely original conception, and not yet before the public,
I defy any theatrical playright, or scribe of the Hippo-
drome, not gifted with clairvoyance, to give a correct
dramatic version of it. That having suffered considerable
damage through the dramatising of several of my novels
(' Scalp-Hunters," War-Trail," Half-Blood,' and Qua-
droon,' under the spurious title of Octoroon,'—a name
not even known in Louisiana !)' done not only without
my consent, but without the more scanty courtesy of con-
sulting me, I have this time taken the precaution (called
for by the incompleteness of our Copyright Law) to
dramatize the story myself. With your permission, then,
I beg leave to intimate to all theatrical managers, that it
must be 'hands off' with the 'Headless Horseman !' This
silent gentleman has yet many months of weary wander-
ings before him—many journeyings through prairie and
chapparal—many perils by flood and field—and until these
be passed, it is hoped that no unhallowed hand will be
be laid on his bridle-rein.—MAYNE REID."

LEONARDO DA VINCI. —The anatomical drawings
and writings of Leonardo da Vinci are amongst the
choicest treasures in the Royal library, at Windsor Castle.
They are contained in about 200 detached leaves of note
books, and appear to be the records of studies commenced
as his needful training in art, and would perhaps have
been employed in the great Treatise on Painting, which
he afterwards projected. But ho carried his researches far
beyond what was required for these purposes, and arrived
at results which entitle him to a place in the foremost rank
Of discoveries in this branch of science. Vasari, after de-
scribing (with a little pardonable inaccuracy) these works,
reports the opinion entertained of them in his day. "It
appears," he says, "almost incredible that this sublime
genius could at the same time discourse, as he has done, of
art, and of the muscles, nerves, veins, and any part of the
frame, all treated with equal diligence and success." And
Dr. William Hunter, who saw them in the last century, in
the royal collection, thus expressed his appreciation of
them :—" When I consider what pains he has taken upon
every part of the body, the superiority of his universal
genius, his particular excellence in mechanics and hydrau-
lics, and the attention with which such a man would
examine and see objects which he was to draw, I am fully
persuaded that Leonardo was the best anatomist, at that
time, in_ the'world." Those drawings and writings it is
now proposed to publish lu tftocimile,on account of their
toi.Lined artistic and scientific value ; and h.r Majesty the
Queen has been graciously pleased to permit their publica-
tion, in the interest of these studies. The whole work will
consist of about 250 plates, in folio, with the text of the
31s. printed in full, an English and a French translation,
and all needful notes and elucidations. Mr. Panizzi, prin-
cipal librarian of the British Museum, has undertaken to
superintend the text ; and Dr. Sharpey, secretary, Royal
Society, professor of anatomy and physiology in Univer-
sity College, London, will assist in the preparation of the
scientific economy. It will be issued in twenty parts, at
the price of ono guinea each; and the publication will
commence early in the year 1866. Subscribers names will
be received by Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row,
London.

A PARIS PEAR ODY.—" The largest subscription
yet received," says the Nord, " in aid of the families
who have suffered by the cholera is that of 50,000 f., given
by M. Greffulhe. The great fortune of the donor explains
the importance of the gift, without, however, detracting
from its merit. M. Jean Louis Greffulhe is, in fact, one of
the richest capitalists in France, as his property is estimated
at one hundred million francs. M. Greffulhe, who, without
being a banker, employs as an occupation that immense
capital, operates often, to the great advantage of trade, at
a discount inferior to that of the Bank of France. M.
Greffulhe is an old gentleman of more than 80, if a man
in the full possession of both energy of body and mind
can be called old. Ho has left the residence which he for-
merly occupied in the Chaussee d'Antin to reside in the
handsome Hotel Soltykoff, in the Rue do St. Arnaud, given
by the Emperor to M. Billault, and sold after the death of
that Minister. Two nephews of M. Greffulhe are both dis-
tinguished members of the French Jockey Club ; one of
them usually officiates as judge at the races at Paris and
Chantilly."

EDINBURGH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.--At the pre-
sent municipal term a change will take place in the
office of Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Mr. C. Lawson, who
has filled the civic chair for the statutory period of three
years, now retires, to the universal regret of the citizens of
all parties, whom he has thoroughly conciliated by his
kindly disposition and temperate rule. The manner in
which he has supported the dignity and pretensions of the
Scottish capital at Court on occasions of State and in the
struggles with Dublin for precedence, and his splendid
hospitality, of which even royalty has not hesitated on re-
peated occasions to partake, have won for himself a cha-
racter as a chief magistrate which it will be difficult on the
part of any of his successors to emulate. The election of a
new Lord Provost takes place on Friday, when Mr. Wm.
Chambers, head of the popular publishing firm, is to be
proposed, with the expectation of a unanimous election.
Mr. Chambers served in the Town Council for a year after
the passing of the Burgh Reform Act, and in the interval
has filled various public offices, gaining for himself a posi-
tion and character which will enable him to aspire to the
civic curule.

ZINC MANUFACTURE IN ILLINOIS.--The existence
of rich zinc ores in various parts of the country has long
been known, but the process of manufacture has required
.
such large preliminary outlay and great skill conducting
the complicated process that but little attention has been
given to it. The fewattempts made were generally failures,
and the belief was confirmed that metallic zinc could not
be successfully manufactured in this country. Perseve-
rance has at last triumphed and the La Salle Zinc Works,
situated 90 miles southwest of Chicago, aro in a full tide of
prosperity, proving American zinc an accomplished fact.
ENORMOUS INCREASE IN THE EMIGRATION FROM
LivEnrooL.—According to the official returns of the Go-
vernment emigration officials at Liverpool, yesterday, it
appears that a large and, indeed, sudden increase has taken
place within the past month in the exodus from that port.
It appears that during the month just ended there sailed
from Liverpool to the United States " under the act" 25
ships, with 798 cabin and 7,518 steerage passengers, of
whom 2,09 G were English, 118 Scotch, .1,181 Irish, and
2,120 foreigners; to Canada there wens fivo ships, with
113 cabin and 1,886 steerage passengerv, of whom 539
were English, 387 Irish, 17 Scotch, and 113 other coun-;
tries ; to Victoria there were two ships, with 47 cabin
and 517 steerage passengers, of whom 201 were English,
35 Scotch, 267 Irish, and 16 other cowatries ; makino•
total of 32 ships, with 958 cabin and 9,-V1 steerage pas-
sengers. In " short ships," or ships not sailing under the
act, there sailed to the United States five ships and 526
passengers ; to New South Wales one ship with 28 passen-
gers ; to Victoria one ship with 26 pe.;songers ; to the
West Indies two ships with 19 passemg ers ; to South
America four ships with 123 passengers ; arid to Africa one
ship with 49 passengers, being au increases over the same
month of lag year of 3,261.
The friends of John Mitchell, for. merly an Irish
rebel, subsequently an American rebel, raw Ns recently editor
of the Confederate organ in New York, ; tud lastly a pri-
soner in Fortress Monroe, are making strt :roams efforts to
secure his release.

Edwin Booth, the tragedian, was 1. atc 1y united in
marriage, in Philadelphia, to Miss H. Haug; the daughter
of Jules Hauel, the perfumer.