The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-13 00:00:00

THE AYR TELEGRAPH.

Ile Berlin Potsdam and Magdeburg Railway Company has
instituted a number of experiments with the air telegraph
u a means of enabling passengers to stop trains in case of
necessity. These have been so successful that all mail
trains on that line will henceforth be furnished with an
apparatus of the kind. Should they realise the expecta-
tions formed of them, they will probably be employed on
all North-German railways,

111. Ledru Roßin's revolutionary manifesto— ii &lug
criticised with unsparing, if not undeserved, severity by the
Liberal Press. The Temps has a very able article against
him from the pen of M. Nefftzer, its chief editor. M. Ledru
Rollin, says the journalist, condemns the deliberative power
in the past, and rejects it for the future, but there are only
two political regimes in the world—discussion and
dictatorship—and in proscribing one we must ascept
the other. The critic satirically comments upon
Lcdru Rollin's didactic aphorism, La revolution n'a
plus d'inconnu. "Happier," he exclaims, " than Mirabeav
who did not foresee Robespierre ; happier than Robes-
pierre who did not foresee Bonaparte, happier even than
the Ledru-Rollin of 1848, who had no suspicion of the
first acts of universal suffrage, the prophet of to-day sect
all, knows all." In conclusion, after a passing shaft
at the manifesto's jumble of geology and anthro-
pology, M. Nefftzer observes that one at least of
the laws which guide revolutions is fully known. They
invariably profit the extreme parties, who triumph for a
day, during which they provoke the inevitable reaction.
It is encouraging to the friends of French constitutional
liberty to notice how much this tone begins to prevail
among the brilliant journalists of the Liberal party.
M. Rochefort is said to be losing ground. He has well-nigh
exhausted the temporary prestige of political martyrdom,
given by his few hours' detention. M. Gambetta, a man of
a very different stamp, is getting, I hear, disgusted with the
violence of his party, which he finds to be practical as
well as theoretical, having been struck in the face by a
mountaineer at a recent meeting. M. Gambetta will very
probably support the candidature of M. Carnet foe
the First Circumscription, in which it is thought
he has a good chance of success, but his own
consent to be put in nomination is doubtful.
There are only three names as yet put forward in the
First Circumscription—Andre, Rochefort, and Terme. In
the Third there are no less than ten, among them being
Cremieux, Duprat, and Laferriere. In the Fourth there
are nine, including Allou, Brisson, Arthur Picard, Simonin,
and Tapon-Fougas, who is also a candidate for the Third.
In the Eighth, Emmanuel Arago, Gent, Herold,
Lavertujon, and Manchon are announced. Of these the
Reforme supports Rochefort, Brisson, and Emmanuel
Arego, while for the Third Circumscription it recommends
Ledru Rollin.

Meetings are being held everywhere, and the elections are
engrossing not only the journals but the salles. The Rappel of
this evening tells us that the central committee of the can•
didates who refuse the oath held a meeting in the course
of the day, at which M. Felix Pyat made a speech. It was
decided that four delegates should start at once for London
to invite M. Ledru Rollin to allow himself tobe put forward
for the Third Circumscription. They are to announce his deci-
sion by telegraph as soon as possible. It was announced at a
meeting in the Salle Moliere that Ledru Rollin would
present himself in Paris in two days' time as a candidate
for the Third, and that Felix Pyat and Barbes intend tie
present themselves in the electoral meetings of the
Fourth and the Eighth. M. Bourbeau, Minister
of Public Instruction has issued an address
to the electors of the Third Circumscription of Vienne,
whom ho formerly represented, and -whose suffrage.
he again invites. The Senatus-Consultum has removed
the disability of Ministers to sit in the Corps LCgislatif.
The Liberti affirms that the question of dispensing with
the Commissary of Police in public meetings is being
seriously discussed in official circles. There is no law to
justify his unwelcome presence, and the Government would
do wisely in removing a fertile source of popular irrita-
tion.

The Emperor, it is said, is in excellent health, ana,
according to the account of a recent visitor, seems quite
disposed to do the honours of Compiegne to the select
parties who are expected to arrive in succession until the
end of November. The Minister will join the first set of
arrivals ; they will go to CompiAgne on Saturday, and on
Sunday morning a Council will be held. The Princess
Mathilde has of late been suffering from fatigue, and was
rather anxious not to appear at these reunions: but the
Emperor has persuaded her to fulfil her promise, and until
the return of the Empress she will play the same part in
the salons of Compiegne that she formerly did at the
Elysee with so much grace and affability.
M. Guizot has lately come to Paris and paid some visits.
The old Minister of Louis Philippe does not take an unfa-
vourable view of things, but, on the contrary, he believes
in the development of a Parliamentary reyinze. He thinks
it will tend to the security of the empire, and his opinion
is worthy of consideration. The Journal de Paris says that
the Marquis de laValette has at last left for London,to assume
the duties of his post. He intends, however, to return for
for the opening of the session, declaring that he is not only
an Ambassador, but a Senator and member of the Privy
Council. He denies the right of the Prince de he Tour
cl'Auvergne to prevent a member from coming to the
Senate, or a Privy Councillor from fulfilling his special
duties to the Emperor.
The Constitutionnel complains that the Age;zce Hams
nsglects to furnish fall particulars of those political.
debates in the Prussian Chambers which are
interesting to the French public. The important
discussion which has just taken place in the Chamber of
Deputies en the question of disarmament has scarcely
been mentioned by the Agence, and yet it possessed
great interest for the French reader.

The Labour and Intelligence Bureau of New
York reported as follows for the week ending Oct. 29 :
Male help required, 647 ; female help required, 1,358;
males applying, 577 ; females applying, 1,191; situations
procured for males, 505; situations procured for females,
1,029. The average wages which females receive is $ll
a month ; the average wages of males is $6 50c a mouth,
over 11114 above board and Yfftfilairg iU both CUM