The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-09 00:00:00

MEXICO.

Advices from Vera Cruz to the 14th instant an-
nounce that the- Imperialists had re-occupied Ta-
cambero, completely routing the Republican army
of the centre with heavy loss in men, and capturing
all its artillery.

The town of Zorgolica, in Orizaba, badproclaimed

against the empire.

The Mexican Estafette asserts that the Emperor
Maximilian has determined to send an official per-
sonage to Washington, in order to ascertain the at-
titude of the United States Government towards
Mexico.

FRANCE AND THE MURDER OF M. OTT.

PARIS, SEPT. 9.

It is asserted that the French Government has
addressed a note to the Prussian Cabinet in refer-
ence to the murder of M. Ott, which dwells upon
the fact that France extends her protection to all
her subjects.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, SEPT. 8.

The Cortes have been adjourned until the sth
November, in order to give the new-Ministers time

to prepare measures.

FRANCE.

have now
BOURSE, Sept B.—Two o'clock.—After opening
with a fair advance, the market has suddenly retro-
Tg graded,
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eveaolaunets,
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gaai downward, tendency.
only an advance of 21c. The loss on Credit Mo-
bilier Shares is 3f. 75c. Spanish Mobilier have re-
ceded. The Stock most in demand has been the
Old Mexican Loan, which has attained 514 fr., show-
ing an advance of a per cent. New City Bonds are
doing 472 fr. 50c. Consols come with a fall of
per cent. for the October account. Three o'clock.--
The market has recovered from the weakness shown
at two o'clock, and closed at the following improved
quotations :-
4i per Cents 96 50
Do. and month —
3 per Cents. 69 40
Do. end month 69 40
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month 821 25
Bank Shares 3595
Credit Foncier 1330
Italian Loan 66 30
Do. end month 66 50
RAILWAYS.

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Roman
Mexican Loan 5l 25
Do. Bonds 337 50
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
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France and the Gastein Conventio n

REUTER'S EXPRESS.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 8.
The Journal de Brusselles publishes the follow-
ing as the text of a circular said to have been
addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the diplo-
matic representatives of France in foreign parts,
with reference to the Galstein Convention.
" The newspapers have brought us the text of
the Gastein Convention. It is not my intention to
enter into its stipulations in detail, but it may not
be devoid of interest to examine what are the
motives which have guided the two great German
Powers in these two negotiations.
" Have they intended to consecrate the right of
ancient treaties ? Assuredly not ; the treaties of
Vienna had settled the conditions of existence of the
Danish Monarchy. These conditions are over-
thrown. The Treaty of London was a new testi-
mony to the solicitude of Europe for the duration
of the integrity of that monarchy ; it is torn by two
of the Powers by whom it had been signed.
" Have Austria and Prussia concerted together
for the defence of au unacknowledged succession ?
In place of restoring to the best authorised claiinant
the inheritance in dispute, they share it between
themselves.
ti Do they consult the interest of Germany ?
Their confederates have only learnt the Gastein
arrangements through the public prints. Germany
desired an indivisible Schleswig-Holstein State,
separated from Denmark, and governed by a Prince
whose claims she had espoused. This popular can-
didate has now been set aside, and the Duchies
separated, instead of being united, pass under two
different rulers.

" Have the two Powers wished to guarantee the
interest of the Duchies themselves ? It was stated
that the indissoluble union of the territories was
the essential condition of their prosperity.
" Has the partition, at any rate, had the object
of disintegrating two rival nationalities, and putting
an end to their interior discussions by securing to
each an independent existence ? This is not the
case, for we see that the line of operation taking no
account of the distinction of races, allows Danes to
be confounded with Germans.
" Have the wishes of the populations been consi-
dered ? They have not been consulted in any
shape, and there is not even a question of convoking
the Schleswig Holstein Diet.
" Upon what principle then does the Austro-
Prussian combination rest ? We regret to find
in it no other foundation than force, no other
justification than the reciprocal convenience
of the sharers. This is a practice to which Europe
has now become unaccustomed, and prece-
dents for which must be sought in the saddest
epochs of history. Violence and conquest pervert
the notions of right and the consciousness of nations.
Substituted for the principles which regulate the
life of modern society, they form an element of
trouble and of dissolution, and can only overthrow
the ancient order without solidly building up any
new system."

Girls of Christ's Hospital.

In the report just issued relating to Christ's Hos-
pital, Mr. Hare states that all the early and chief
gifts of the property held by the hospital are ex-
pressed to be for the benefit of poor children, with-
out distinction of sex ; nor does the hospital during
the early period of its institution appear to have been
appropriated more to boys than to girls. For many
years past, however, up to a recent period, only six
girls were admitted (at Hertford) every year, be-
sides those received under specific trusts. The
education of a boy so as to advance him in life was
thought to be of so much greater material advan-
tage to a family than the education of a girl, that it
was a common expression that a governor " threw
away" his presentation oil nominating a girl. But
the purpose of the foundation was the public good,
and Mr. Hare considers that the general good would
have been better promoted if at least an equal share
of the funds of the hospital had been expended in
the education of girls. one of the governors has
remarked, if but one of the \two parents of a family
be sensible, well-informed, and well-educated, it is
better for the character and welfare of the children,
and therefore better for the public, that this advan-
tage should be on the side of the mother of the
family. In 1858, when there were 61 girls in the
establishment at Hertford, it was, at the request of
the governors, examined by the Rev. F. C. Cook,
one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. He
had to present a sorry account of the condition of
the girl' school. He found it below the level of a
good parish school. He made a series of sugges-
tions for its management, regarding it merely as a
place where girls should be thoroughly educated for
domestic service, for apprenticeship to milliners, to
be nurserymaids, or the wives of respectable arti-
sans ; and he presented another series of recommen-
dations applicable, if the governors, considering the
resourees at their disposal, should deem it proper to
educate girls for the position of nursery governesses,
assistants in middle schools, dressmakers of a supe-
rior order, Queen's scholars in training colleges, or
other employment which a respectable tradesman,
or a professional man with a small income, might
look forward to without humiliation as a fair pros-
pect for his daughters. But in the following
year, 1859, a sub-committee of almoners reported
to the General Court that the alterations neces-
sary in the girls' school in order to place their
education on an equality with that of the boys',
would involve the complete remodelling of the sys-
tem of instruction and the entire reconstruction of
the girls' buildings, and that it might be doubted
whether an education of such a character would be
a suitable one for girls of that station of life of which
the establishment at Hertford chiefly consisted. The
sub-committee recommended that, as far as possible,
the girls' school should be discontinued, and the
number of boys increased. The General Court,
though not abolishing the presentation of girls, re-
scinded the rule which required that six girls -be ad-
mitted every year ; and the consequent has been that
the number in the school has been reduced to 26,
who are retained, it would seem, in obedience to
specific trusts. Mr. Hare considers that it might have
been hoped that an observance of the terms of the
foundation, which make no distinction of sex, a re-
gard to the sacred name of the hospital, and a grate-
ful recollection of the bounty of many female donors
would have guarded the governors against a disre-
gard of the claims of female children for education ;
but that they should not be blamed for the neglect
of a duty which it was not in the spirit of their time
very clearly to perceive, and which, if they had more
clearly seen, they probably would have been unequal
to perform. But he submits to the Charity Com-
mission that it is of great importance that this error
be not continued now that the public mind is awak-
ened to more enlarged views of social duty. No dif-
ficulty would be found in obtaining the aid of some
of those persons who have so honourably distinguished
themselves by their endeavours to improve the edu-
cation and condition of women in establishing a
scheme for a system of education, perhaps in several
homes rather than in any large concentration of num-
bers. Mr. Cook included in his higher scheme
French, Latin, and the elements of geometry, with
great attention to English composition ; and even in
his lower scheme he included music and drawing, the
first as conducing to good and cheerful order, and
having an undoubted effect upon the character and

tone of girls, and the second as of real practical use
to them as needlewomen. Both schemes comprised
instruction in needlework, washing, cooking, and
every kind of household work. It might be desir-
able, he thinks, to receive the girls at and maintain
them to a later age than heretofore. The change
might be made gradually and experimentally by
adapting or renting houses in the metropolis, with-
out any preliminary expenditure on buildings.

SERIOUS AFFRAY AT, BONN. A few evenings
since a serious disturbance occurred at a place of
public entertainment, at Bonn, and assumed such propor
tions that the inspector of police called in the aid of the
military, who had to use their sabres. Two persons were
killed, one of them being the prime mover of the fray, who
had stabbed sevoral persons with a long poniard ; six
others, two of whom were watchmen, received dangerous
wounds, and were conveyed to the hospital in a hopeless
state,