The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-23 00:00:00

OLD COURT.

There Railways.

Paid. Closing
. fit/sines)
Prwe. done.

st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100
at Caledonian ............ 100 821 Ein 83 21
at Cambrian.
20 Cornwall
et Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 74 76
st Dun„rerth,4Ab.Junc lOO 70 72
21 East London all 73 8
10 Do 15
2J Do 10
et Glasgow &S. Western lOO 105 107
at Great Eastern ..' .00 301 37 361
at Do. E. Angl.No. 2 lOO ...
at Great North 01 Scotland lOO 15 16
et Great Northern .. 100 103 101 1031 1
t Do. A stock.... lOO 100 101 1004.
at Do. Betook
et GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 94 6
et
Gt. Western —Original IGO 53. 51 53,1
A. Do. South Wales 11.3 55 07
et Do. W. 311d.—Oxford lOO 31 13
et
Do. Newport tOti 29 31
at Laneashires orkshirb lOO 1241 .25
at Lcn.,llrigh.ok S.Coast lOO 411 411 44
00 Do scrip
et I on., and Dover lce IG 17
st Do. Metrop. e;x. A lOO 10 12
st Lon. & Main 11 etteru IOC 151 161 115 ;
et Lou. .1 ;7.outlt Westeru itt :01 j.. 4 8.!
Man., dLet., ..1; leb 0 I 53,1 :Ys 1
st Metrepo.it . .
et Do Exteusi,n 100 t 5 s 7

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S DO. 1\ tva rd .. all 31
st Metropolitan Dittrict. xi. 31 33
10 Aletrop. fit. Jolist'b 11 00c1 0
st Lltuiauct
st Do, 13i: mil,. & Dal by
st North Jiritirh
st Do Ed., rth., & Dui._ iov
st I or. Kastern—Berwlek.. 100 1131 111 1131
25 Do. 04. N.E purchase..lo,ll.l -
st Do Leeds .... 100 73 75 73/
st Do York
st Do Carlisle ....
st Do Stook. & Darling 1(0 146 148 147 i
st North Loudon
10 Do .New 1808 . 4 11 2 p
at North Staffordshire lOO 54 56
at North ant' 8.-W. Junction 100 101 103
10 Do New £lO shares 7 . ... ••
st 141,:ininey
st Shropshire Union lOO 57 58
st South Devon'..
at South Eastern lOO 751 75f 751
st Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok allj 13 14
at 'tail V ale
-- Vo. 0 -
- Waterford & Kiikenny lOO
10 Waterloo & Whitehml 8

RAILVIAYS-PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS.

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Justice Brett was occupied the whole of the
day in trying the indictments against the prisoners
charged with stealing a large quantity of paper
from Woolwich Dockyard, the property of her
Majesty.
The case will not conclude to-day.

THIRD COURT.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

John Burmiston and Ann Carter were indicted
for highway robbery with violence.
___.

The prisoners met the prosecutor in Gray's-
in-lane late at night, and the female solicited alms
from him, which he refused, and then the male pri-
soner came up and closed with him, and he was
then robbed of his purse and violently assaulted.
The jury found both prisoners guilty. Burmiston
was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, and
Carter to two years' imprisonment.

FRAUDS ON THE CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' CO3l-
- morning the case of Benjamin Higgs again
came before the Bankruptcy Court. The bankrupt was
for many years in the employ of the Central Gas
Consumers' Company, and some months agc he ab-
sconded, after embezzling nearly £70,000. Shortly
after his disappearance an application for an
adjudication of bankruptcy was made on behalf of some
of these creditors; and, after several adjournments, it
was finally granted and olflcial assignees appointed.
Since that period several formal meetings have taken
place, nothing whatever having in the meantime been
heard of the bankrupt. The sitting this morning was
for the proof of debts. The matter was again ad-
journed. It is stated that Ifiggt..'s family are well pro-
vided for.

The screw steam frigate Bristol, 31, Capt. F. W.
Wilson, recently returned from Bahia, continues
in Plymouth Sound, where her Meets are being
made good.

A captain's good service pension has become at
the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by
the promotion of Captain James C. Prevost, naval
officer in charge of naval establishments and stores
at Gibraltar, to flag rank, by the death of Rear-
Admiral Douglas Curry.

THE SUN, LONDON, TB URSDAY EVENING, SEP !TIME It 23, 1869.

Share; NIKE. Paid.
10 Agra Limited, A
19 Do B
50 Albion
00 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim
20 Anglo-ilungariau
20 Angle-Italian 186 G, limited 1a2a10187505141 21131239114:: 224 p
20 341 13wId.onne-
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40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all 12 13
20 Do issued at 2 pin ~.. 5 5 4
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 39
10 Bank of New Zealand all 111 161
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, and China all 18 19
25 Chartered Merc. of India,
London, and China all 32 31
20 City lO 10 11 101
100 Colonial 25 36 37
10 Consolidated, lien. 4 1 4
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, lim
20 English and A.lll, "iCa 11, lien 10 ... ...
20 English Bauk of ltio tie Ja-
neiro lint lO pr Ip
20 English, ; ruttish, and Alta .
traliau Chartered ......
28; long hung an 1 Shanghai
Bank Girporat ion
231 Do new
100 Imperial, lim 2O 15 10
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 24 4 121
,5 loniannil tv 22
21 Do new 5 6 3
Lud Mortgage of Itulia, lino 4 si :,1
100 Do sp.c. De b 5.1661, 30 all 76 76 c 0
100 London Bank; of Mexico
and South America, litn. 20 7 6
100 Loudon and Brazilian, limh 45 30 27
20 Do new 71 5 41
100 London & River Plate, lira. 40 6 8
2.5 Do new 10 11 2 p 111
20 Loudon Chart. of Australia all 231 241
20 London and County 2O 494 504
50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd. 11 .. •
London Joint 5t0ck......... .
211 3::1
Loudon and South African al 8 9
100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 13 11
50 London & Venezuela, lim 124 ... •••
100 London and Westminster. 20 571 531 63
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10pm..
100 Merchant, lizu
10 Metropolitan, lint
00 Midland, 1im.............. 20 11 I
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lira l5 3d IP
00 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ...
10 Do • . ...... . 42 ... ... 41
50 National. 3O ...
20 New South Wales all 41 42
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 41 42 424 3
50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim lO 61 51
30 Provincial of Ireland 25 9J 92
10 Do new. all ... ...
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 11 11
100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6
25 Union of Australia all 46 41
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of London
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TELEGRAPII COIIPANI ES.
10 AItIIRK-Atlerican TeT.,limi all 214 204 211
10 Anglo Mediter Tel., Rm.... 10 IA 17
et Atlantic Telegraph lO 17 13 18
st Do. 8 per cent.
st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 163 16;
st Electric ec Inter. Telegraph 100 25 257
10 Do. New 8 12 13p
25 Indo-European Tel., lim lO Id pr
5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lim all si 4
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all t ip
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 6} 71
25 Reuter's Telegram all 78 b 1
20 Societe Transatlaut., lim all io i 16t 16j
st Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all 11 2
5 17. Kingdom Tel. Co., lira all 7 71
5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all i t 5 p

10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 15. 161
25 Australian Agricultural
25 Australian Mort. Laud and
Finance, lim.
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 3 ,1
10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 141 15 131
10 Do. New all 111 15
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lint.
5 Bombay Gas, lint.
5 Do. New 4 11 id
50 British American Laud 44 15 17
20 British Indittu Tea, lint all 21 31
20 British Ship Owners 7l
20 Canada Company all 63 t 6
10 Canadian Loan and lurest-
meut, lint 2l ..
...
20 Ceylon Company, lint.
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, lim 6 ,_ _
25 City of London Beal Pro-
perty, lira 9 51 41d
30 City of Milan Impror. lint all b 6
25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all
50 City Offices, lim 25 23 22 d
50 Colonial, lim.
Do.
SO Commercial Vnion (Assur) A pr , r
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, lira.
20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 24 24 211 f
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent.
100 Corporation of London
Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1011
100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 104 i 105!
100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 103 104
10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 21
50 Credit ion.of Mauritius lim lO at 21 a
st Crystal Palace lOO 20 22
St Do. Preference lOO 92 97
st Do. Gp. c Perpetual Deb lO9 100 110
20 Darjeeling, lim.
n, ••• •••,
50 East Indian Laud CAM% vi ••• •••,,

and Finance, Jim. 8 51 40
20 East India irriga. & Canal all
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lim.
100 Egyptian 9 per cent. Vroy.
Uua. by Egypt. Gov all 97 98 t 75
20 Egyptian Cunt.. Trail. lint 6
3 Eng.& Aust rat. copper, Jim 25
15 English aud Foreign Credit 74 4l 3,.1
100 Eng. and Scot. Al aline, line. 8 m ..,1
10 lairbairn Engineering 5 3 2.1
20 Fore-street Wltrehousediin l2 1 2 3
100 For. it Col. Gov. Trust and
Loan Scrip, issued at .685 all 90 21
50 Gcllivara, litti.
10 General Credit & Dies., Hun 71 11 1 1
1.5 General Steam Navigation II 27 2:I
50 Dom..? & Col Marine li. lint. .5 25 .
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all ...
20 liaison's Bay all 1.4 1.; 181
20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar-
seilles, lint.
20 Interim-Financial Soc. hut 5 2 li-
-20 Interim. Land Credit, lim 6 6 40
50 Italian Laud 5 1.1 p
20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 34 31
100 Do. 6p. e. Bits., redeem
1870, issued :0 all 67 1-9
50 Land Securities, lim ......... 21 IL('
25 London African Trading._, 10 7 61
25 Lou. & Caled. Shrine, Inn. 6 ..• •••''
10 Loudon County Land and
Building,
50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 22 21
4 Lond.Gen.Onntibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 21
Lond. and Gla,sg. Engineer
and Iron Ship, 1int.,,,,,,,,, 25 21 16d
20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 id pr
st liadras Irriga. & Canl, Gua.
sp.c. by India Gov.
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency,
50 Merchant Shipping, lint. all 32 17
60 Millwall Iron Works litre. 121 ..•
10 Natal Land and Colonisa-
tion Co., lint.
25 National Discount Co., lint 5 lik 115 101
25 National Prov. Marine, 4 ••• • •
10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 91 101
20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, Um. 6 35 31
10 New Consolidated Dis. lint. 3 14 1;d
5 New Quebrada, 4.5.0 41 11
25 New Zealand Loan & Mer.
cantile Agency,lim - IP
25 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, 1ira........, 5 11 111
10 Northern Assam Tea, lim. 5 7 ,
10 Do. B
st North Brit. Austral., 100 48 53
50 North Brit. & Mercan, 19 191
25 Ocean Marino (Insurance) 5 13 14
50 Oriental Financial, lirn it
5 Oriental Gas, lint
5 Do. New
10 Otago and Southland In.
vestment,
5 Ottoman Gas, lint l5 24
10 Panama, New Zealand, and
Australian It. Mail lim
5 Do. do.
st Peel It. Land & Miner', lim 100 31 34
50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 648 454
60 Do. New 1867
50 Rhymney Iron
1 Do. New
2 Rio de Janeiro City all 19 19 181 19
Do. Gas, lint all 21 241
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 43 5
Scottish Aust. Invest., lint lOO 78 84
Do. 6p. c. Guar. Pref lOO •••
Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint lO 7 61
Societe Gen.del'Empire Ot 8 21 31
50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 •••
25 South Australian Land all 33 34
20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 29 19, 28.
20 Thames and Mersey Marine
(Insurance), lim 2 21 3
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl ..•
10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 1p
10 Do do. do. all
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 5 ip
50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 41 b p
20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24
15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 11 id
20 Universal Marine(lu.), inn 5 3 47p 85
10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all 11 2
30 Van Diemar's Land 2Bl 0 7
100
7 per
cent. y(
Loan all 7gl 801 7,1
50 Warrant Finance, lim. l2 n 101
50 West India and PPacificViceee
Steam, lint 2O 5 3
20 WestLonil on WharTOS and
Warehouses
10
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COLONIAL OOVERNAINNT SECURITIES

100 IC4
British Columbia, 6 per
0011.4872....
Do. 1895.. lOO r..—
titaiAlov.6p.o.Jan.i.t July
1877-84 ........ losi
Do. 6p. 0 'Yob, &Aug lOO 1121 lufiCsl 1031
Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 102 104
Do. p. 0. Jan. & JulY lOO 92i 931 94
Do. 5(3. o. Inscribed sh•• HO 90 92
Cape (}.Hope. 6 p. 0•1873.• 108 102 104
Do.Apl.&Oot 100-1900 lOO Hi Ha
Do. do 1880-90" 100 107 109
Do. Jan.&July, 1891
Do. 6 per cent. 16 April
and 16 Oct., 1900 .....
Ceylon Nov 1875,0 P.c lOO 108 110
Do. 1872, do lOO 105 10?
Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1878.
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 ... ........
Do. 1882, May and No.
Do. 1845, Feb. & Aug lO 106 198
Melbourne Corporatn.,
1'367-75, 6 per cent lOO 100 100
N.8.G0v.6 p.0.Ja.4..1u1y lOO 103 104 PSI 4
Natal 6 p ot, Apl& Oct OO , 111„t
Do 6 pe. 51-ty Az No( l,O 1( 6 101
N. S.W. 5 p "e., '7l to '7B lOO 99 1(1
Do. 5 p.c. 1818 to 18Ve... 100 109 100 100 i
Do. 5 p.c. rd. 6, to 75
N.Zealand, 6p. (3.1891 lOO _ _
--- Do. 5 per cent. ..
---- DoJan,Aprl,July, Oct lOO 91 92
- Do 6p c. Mar /tb_lept 'Cll lOO 108 110
Do Jure & Dee., F^9l •• 100 109 •11
- (Do Prov. r 1 Auckld. 1 ItO
- ( serie3l‘t 2, leti3 ..
- Nova Bootie Bp. o.Jan
and July. 1876 • 190 10 003
Do 186..............100 102 104 1034
Queenolnd. 6p. c. 16245.. 100 107 108
-- Do 1891 ...... •....... 100 107 1(8 108
Tasmanian 6 pet x. 1895.. .. 108 107
Do 1893 '97 ...... .• •• I 143} 107
Victoria 6 per-c0nt.1891.. 19 115 116
-..! Du, AprilanclOct 1&o 1112 113 114

GENERAL SICKLES AND TUE SPANISH
GOVERNMENT.

"The note which General Sickles presented to the Spanish
Government on the question of Cuba has produced such an
unfavourable impression that he is at a loss what to do
next. So great was the indignation manifested by
the Spaniards at what they considered a national
affront, that the General requested further instructions
from his own Government, and in the meantime desired to
withdraw the note altogether. The Spanish Government
has shewn great determination in the affair, and resolved
that Cuba shall not be taken from them if they can
prevent it at any cost. It is the general impression that
General Sickles has exceeded his instructions hi the matter
and that the American Government will not consider itself
responsible for his acts, or compromised ty his interven-
tion. The General reckoned too much on the embarrassed
position of Spain, and did not allow for the national pride
he offended. He admitted in the message he communi-
cated to his own Government that the Spanish people were
greatly offended at the course he had taken, and he seemed
surprised at the excitement he had occasioned. In all
probability the Americans will not seek a quarrel, but will
endeavour to compromise the affair. In a little time Spain
and Cuba must come to some settlement, and so long as a
foreign power does not interfere in an arbitrary manner,
there is no doubt the Spanish Government would agree to
a separation if the proposed terms were consistent with
their honour.

MR. CHARLES I?EADE ON THE GREG! I
BOAT RACE.

The London correspondent of the New York Tribune en-
closes in his letter of the 28th ult. tho following remarks
by Mr. Charles Reade, the novelist, on the great boat
race :—" It could hardly be believed in the United States
to what an extent I, an Oxford man, sympathise with you:
gallant fellows. But I send you my observation.% The
Harvard boat goes down a little by the head. As ribs
faced the tide, coming to start, the water nearly ran ovet
her.. The crew were not in high condition, generally
I have long seen this with regret. But it is a point or
which they were touchy, and I could not approach it
without offence. Proofs : Boil en Loring's neck, blood
loss lips, especially of Simmons, and a general want 91
that sprightliness that results from high condition. They
were, however, hard in muscle—harder than the Oxford
crew. Yet Simmons had diarrhoea en the day ,and fos
forty-eight hours previously. In the race, Oxfori
did not wait for them, as they sometimes de
for Cambridge, but pulled all they knew fro=
the first. A little above Hammersmith Bridge they
were distressed, but got second wind afterwards. Their
beautiful finish, as shewn in practice, disappeared in th,
race, and little remained of their form but their true timo
the quick advance of the arm, and the keen catch at firs'
of the stroke, which have won them the day so often
Harvard pulled the handsomer stroke of the two. N.B.—
In practising just the reverse. The ridiculous theory a
the London press is answered by this, that Harvard kepi
the same form in practice and in the struggle. Oxford die
not. These remarks are at your service. I think you ma 3
rely upon their accuracy. As to the dip forward of the boat,
my opinion was shared to the full by a distinguished oars
man, with whom I compared notes, with the craft and he:
behaviour in sight.—Yours, very sincerely, CRA.IILE!
REAM—London, August 28."

What relation is the door-mat to the scraper ?—A
titer fa(r)th cr.

The darkest scene we ever saw, was a darkey in P
dark cellar, with an extinguished candle, looking for
black cat that wasn't there.—American Paper.

A gentleman, seeing a fine painting representing a
man playing a lute,, paid this high compliment to the
artist:---" When I look on that painting I fancy myself
deaf."

"Please accept a lock of my hair," said an old
bachelor to a widow, handing her a large curl. "Sir, yoi
had better give mo the whole wig." "Madam, you arc
very biting indeed, considering that your teeth aro pone,

An elderly unmarried lady, a near relation of
Humboldt's, and bearing the same name, had become sc
reduced as to be obliged to support hcr6elf by needlework
The corporation of Berlin has just granted her a life
annuity sufficient to relieve her cf all anxiety for hel
declining days.

Z.. ',mem to his "Rhetoric," Whately says,
"The words the communion of saints' are generally read
RS if implying a separate idea, whereas it is but an expla-
naticn of the preceding the Catholic Church.'"
If this be true, of course it ought not to be read as if it
constituted a clause by itself.

TERMINATION OF THE .JOINERS' STRIKE, Al
ELY, CiiM7PN.—The strike of the carpenters and joiners at
Elaclaurn, which commenced in June last, has now ter-
minated, and it is expected that the men will shortly re-
commence work. The ca too of the strike W.^...R the demand
ef the men for the nine hours movement, to whi,;ll the
employers offered tj c ecuuter plan cf petyment by the hout
The o crativcs arc now applying for work cu the mast•Lrs'

TEN POUNDS E EFTSED FOR A NEWSPAPER.—The
following is an extract of a letter fro in a passenger by the
Tycho Bralt6 strainer, which rinilcd from Liverpool for
Shanghai July 15, dated Table Bay, August 1-1, 1869 :
"We are now at anchor in Table Bay, off Cape Town. We
sail again to-night. Lovely weather. We have beaten the
mailbeat, which left Southampton five days before us, and
I have a whole squad of fellows copying my Times. One
offered £lO for it, but I had refused a lot of offers before.
so I am going to keep it ; ethers have placed their boats ai
my Eervice for being allowed to copy."

- -
WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE, ?—The inspec-
tors of the Irish prisons report that 107 men and 5(35 women
who were sent to gaol in Ireland last year had been pre-
viously in prison 21 times or more. Eight of the men and
32 of the women had been in prison more than 100 times
Three of the men had been in gaol 16) times, one of
the women 199 times, another 224 times, and one of these
gaol birds was committed for her 267th time. These
persons, chiefly committed for drunkenness or disorderly
conduct, spend most of their days in prisons, supported at
the public expense. Imprisonment for debt is occasionally
made to eke out a living. When the Lord Lieutenant on
the marriage of the Prince of Wales cleared the Dublin
Marshalsea Prison of those who were supposed to be un-
fortunate debtors, two persons were most reluctantly
turned out. A ',benevolent magistrate allowed them
pensions which provided them with food; to meet other
expenses they had themselves arrested in order to obtain
accommodation in the Marshalsea free of charge.

A. LAY CONFERENCE IN IRELAND.—The Lay
Diocesan Conference for Killaloc was held on Wednesday in
Nenagh, All the delegates who have been elected in the
united diocese were present. The Bishop opened the
meeting, and said he would take no further part in the pro-
ceedings, leaving it to the laity to choose representatives
for the General Synod, to be held in Dublin on the 12th
of October. His lordship announced that he had received
a letter from Colonel Vandcleur, ALP., stating that he
would contribute £5OO to any fund which might be got up
for the maintenance of the Church. On the motion of
Lord Dunboyne, seconded by Lord Dunally, the chair
was taken by Lord Rosso. Lord Dunally expressed the
opinion of the laity that in the approaching General
Synod, the three orders, bishops, clergy, and laity,
should sit in one house, and that tho laity should
have a preponderating voice. He complained that at the
last Synod in Dublin the Bishops sat in a room upstairs.
Resolutions were passed defining the arrangements for
voting. Delegates were then chosen, and, on the motion
of Sir W. Osborne, a resolution was adopted expressing
the opinion of the meeting that in the General Synod the
lay representatives should be in the proportion of two to
one of the clerical.

KISSING THE BABY.—It was once the lot of the
writer to dwell in the white tents of Camp Harrison, in
Georgia—in that lower part of the State where families
are always far between, and much more so in war times.
For long weeks we had not seen a woman or a child. At
last the railroad through the camp was repaired, and in
the first train there was a lady with a wide-awake, kicking
baby. Some hundreds of rough soldiers were around
the cars, and Captain Story, of the 57th Infantry,
was the biggest and roughest among them, if
we judge of the tree by its bark. The lady, with
the baby in her arms, was looking from a window, and he
took off his hat and said, " Madam, I will give you five
dollars if you will let me kiss that baby." One look
at his bearded face told her that there was nothing bad in
it and saying with a pleased laugh, "I do not charge
anything for kissing my baby," it was handed over. The
little one was not afraid, and the bushy whiskers, an
eighth of an ell long, were just the playhouse it had been
looking for. More than ono kiss did the captain get from
the little red lips, and there was energy in the hug of the
little arms. Then other voices said, " Pass him over hero,
Cap," and before the train was ready to move, half a hun-
dred men had kissed the baby. It was on its best be-
haviour, and kicked and crowed and tugged at whiskers as
only a happy baby can. It was an event of the campaign;
and one giant of a mountaineer, as he strode past us with a
tread like a mammoth, but with tear-dimmed eyes and
quivering lips, said, "By George, it makes me feel and act
like a fool; but I'vo got one just like it at hgire—
iinicton's JournA,

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.
WEDNItSDAT.

The dreadful murder of a whole family at Pantin, near
the fort of Aubervilliers, has excited the greatest conster-
nation and horror here, and the full particulars of the sad
affair are eagerly sought after. It appears that the spot
wkererthe crime was committed is near the cotton-mills of
M. Cartier, and a watchman in the factory heard the
screams of a child at twelve o'clock at night. About the
same time the porter of a railway station heard cries, and
distinguished the voice of a man. The blade of
a knife has been found in the field, and at some
distance the handle also. The approaches to the Morgue
were crowded all yesterday, and it required the efforts
of a large body of police to keep anything like order. A
woman keeping a lodging-house yesterday morning identi-
fied the bodies at the Morgue as those of persons having
called at her house on Sunday evening, on arriving in
Paris by the Northern Railway. They ordered dinner and
went out, promising to return ; but she did not see them
again. The police authorities aro using every exertion to
discover the murderers of these unfortunate persons.
Public report attributes the crime to some question of in-
heritance. The bodies will not be exposed to view until after
the inquest has taken place, but the people persist in crowd-
ing round the spot, and will do so most probably for some
days to come. The Figaro states some curious particulars
respecting a young man named Jean Kinck. A lady with
five children came to his hotel on Sunday evening to in-
quire for him, but ho was out. He only returned on Mon-
day morning, stayed a few minutes, and has not sinco been
seen. He is no doubt in some way or other implicated in
this tragic affair.
The public uneasiness and excitement is not yet allayed
by any manifesto on the part of the Government. The
ominous silence which has given rise, as I told you, to the
wildest rumours—foremost among which is a coming
coup d'etat—is maintained unbroken. If the Emperor is
really anxious to form a Constitutional Government, to
satisfy the ardent aspirations of the people for civil and
individual freedom, and to assure them of the sincere
good faith of his recent professions, why does
he not act ? However retired his chamber,
however reticent his attendants, he cannot certainly fail
to be aware of the alarming rumours current during the
last few days, he cannot be impervious to the vigour and
confidence of the attacks of the Liberal press. Yet wo
have no ground for anticipating that he will either convoke
the Chambers, or form a fresh Ministry, both of which
measures are immediately necessary if he would tranquil-
lise the public mind. The official papers arc nearly as reti-
cent as the Emperor himself. The Patric has nothing
whatever to say on the general question, and restricts itself
to satires upon M. Keratry, and M. Marion, the latter a
deputy from Isere, who approves M. Keratry's design of
invading the Chamber of Deputies on the 26th October.

The Constitutionnel takes advantages of the fracas which
occurred among the communists at Lausaune, to declare
that while brutal intolerance exists among the irrc,con-
cileables, absolute liberty is to be found under the Govern-
ment of France. The Constitutionnel forgets that the mal-
contents under the present regime do not all come under
the head of communists or irreconcileables.
It is said that the Prince Imperial is very much disap-
pointed at not being permitted to accompany the Empress
on her voyage to the East. Sho was inclined to
consent, but the Emperor was not to be persuaded.
The young Prince was so charmed with his visits
to the Camp of Chalons and the Corsican expedition that
he indulged in dreams of future travels. Some little
excursion will be planned for his amusement, probably the
trip to the Rhine before spoken of.
The Congress of the Provincial Press has summed up a
list of reforms which it considers desirable. Foremost
comes the abrogation of Article 75, followed by the abro-
gation of the law of public safety. Then we have a list of
communal and departmental reforms, all pointing in the
direction of decentralisation. A demand for full liberty of
instruction and of association makes up a programme very
desirable, but not, I should imagine, very acceptable at
headquarters.
The duel between ➢iM. do la Ponterie and Loret took
place in the isle of La Grande Gatte. M. de la Ponterie
was slightly wounded in the face, and M. Loret declaring
himself satisfied, the affair terminated.

We hear (says the Guardia») on what we deem
sufficient authority that a statement in Lord Byron's band--
writing will shortly lxr published, which will settle for ever
the unhappy question which hes lately been raised in the
papers relative to Lord and Lady Byron.

A. Cork correspondent telegraphs that a robbery of
arms has been committed in the house of a respntable far-
num. near Midleton. Two men, of military appearance, with
their faceS blactieuca, ent.rod by nous° and went directly
to a place whore two guns were kept. Without mating
any observation they took the guns away. No arrest has
been made.

It is not a little singular That the whole of the
south-west of England, as far to the east as London-bridge,
Reigate, and P,rtsmouth, is in an abnormal c9mlition in an
Episcopal point of view. The Bishop of Exeter is doad;
the Bishop of Bath and Ricks has resigned; the Bishop
Winehoster is arrangin; for his resignation at
an e::rly thee; and the new Bishop of Salisbn,y is no! )et
::etually consecrated, if to thi; is add, d the Let that the
Bishop of 011ieliester is half-way between eighty ar.d ninety
years o:d, perhaps the Lamont-al condition of the south of
England may be regarded as inc:uding SUSECX as well as
Surrey.— Guardian.

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