The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-08 00:00:00

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, Juno, July, and August. ls.
Buckingham Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free • other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenhaw. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. ls.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flagman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,

10 till 4.
Gallery of Aucieet Masters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri-
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hall

keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily
except on Friday.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and suite honoured the performances of the Hay-
market Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening
to witness the new comedy, "New Men and Old Acres."

The Lord Mayor's procession, on the 9th inst.,
will be quite up to the average, both as regards the state
carriages, liveries, and general adornments and appoint-
ments, The liveries in question are very richly embroi-
dered in geld, the design being oak leaf and acorn. The
colour of the cloth is ultra marine blue, with crimson
facings, the epaulettes being of massive gold bullion. The
vests and breeches are white cassimere, richly laced and
braided in gold. The state hats are elegant in design,
black beaver, trimmed with real ostri:h feathers. colour
white. The design and manufacture of all the liveries,
including the coachman and postilions' wigs, have been in-
trusted to T. S. Freeman and Sons, of 48, Fenchurch-
street, who have also to provide his Lordship's state hat,
and the whole will be on view on Monday next between
ten and four, on presentation of visiting card.
The following are the returns of gross receipts
made by the following New York companies during the
month of September, 1869:
Second Avenue ... 551,300
Third Avenue ... ... 125,936
New York, Harlem, and Fourth Avenue.- 19,778
Sixth Avenue 57,534
Seventh Avenue and Broadway 58;214
Eighth Avenue .. ... 70,022
Ninth Avenue 10,115
Tenth Avenue, C. P. N. and E. Raver ... 58,630
Forty-Second Street and Grand Street... 31,767
Bleeckor Street and Fulton Ferry .. 29,272
Dry Dock, East Broadway, and Battery ...
Hudson River 218,184
New York and New haven ... 149,756

The Times gives later particulars of the disaster
which occurred to the steamer Stonewall, on the Missis-
sippi. it appears that of the 258 persons on board only 38
are known to be saved. The vessel caught fire on the
night of Wednesday, the 27th ult. Her cargo, which
consisted chiefly of hay, was piled on deck. The fire
spread rapidly, and she was run on a shoal, but the depth
of water prevented the peopla reaching land. The night
was cold, the wind high, and a swift current was running.
Few of the sufferers were burnt, nearly all of them being
drowned. Boats from the shore rescued the survivors.
Some of those who are missing may have floated down
the river, but their fate is unknown.

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the maniiia.ture of
Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called "The Royal Irish Distillery."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
HORNING. EVENING.
MONDAY 40 mM past 4 5 min past 5
TUESDAY 26 miu past 5 50 min past 5
WEDNESDAY 12 min past 6 40 min past 6
TutrusEAr lO min past 7 40 win past 7
FRIDAY 18 win past 8 0 miv past 9

At, PROVOST-PARADOL IN EDINDURGISI,

Prevost-Parodol, the editor of the Paris journal
Davis was entertained on Saturday evening at a dinner
of the Directors of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institu-
tion. The gathering was large and brilliant. M. Parodol,
responded to the toast of his health said lie
was deeply affected by the manner in which it
hid been proposed and received. However (said he)
I must tell you frankly that it is not only the cordial
welcome which has moved me—l was moved more deeply
still when I saw you united in such concord and in
such loyal feeling when the name of your Queen was
pronounced amongst you. I must say that I was moved
nearly to tears when I saw your emotion and your
joy as the telegram was read to you describing the
progress of the Queen in the midst of a loyal and
contented people. I may say that I envy no other
thing for my country than the state in which you can shew
such feeling, and bo so united, and live as you like in
freedom and prosperity, and with the honest pride of being
freemen under a Queen. He concluded by humoursly
threatening to introduce toastmaldng into France, and
thus give fresh occasion to his enemies to accuse him of
being too great an admirer of British institutions.
Subsequently M. Paradol proposed the toast of "Tho
Universities of Scotland," which were, he said, highly re-
spected in France. We have, he said, the kind of public
administration which shews at once the benefits and also
the defects of centralization. In France we have
many Universities in the provinces, but they
are not at all what the universities aro in
England or in Scotland. As soon as a professor
rises to some eminence in the provinces of France, he
says to the Minister—l am well known ; I have become a
man of note. Why do you not call me to Paris directly ?
This is the way in France, Here the universities have
prospered for a long time, and men find in their own
districts situations and kind acknowledgments of merit,
which dispenses them from going to the capital. It
is much better to have your intellectual life spread all
over the country than to have it concentrated in one
capital. After more observations in praise of the Univer-
sities he proposed a toast, for which Principal Tulloch
responded. Dr. Hanna, replying to " The Clergy of all
Denominations," declared the clergy ought to confine them-
selves to teaching religion, and allow the schoolmaster to
devote himself entirely to secular education.