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the E, le sh people for their country's good would
still Col ltinue to flourish. He added that
meeting 3 like that which brought them
together were of great service in counteract-
ing tho mischief done by demagogues, and in show-
ing that the country would not be dictated to by
them, an d refused to adopt the doctrines of Messrs.
BRIGHT, .BEALES, and Co. It is certainly worthy of
notice that great confidence was expressed by all
these si beakers in the working class s, and no doubt
some of this advice here proffered would, if followed,
tend to the advantage of society, and create more
sympathy and communion of interest between the
middle a nd upper ranks on one side and the work-
ing men. on the other.

The curious ingenuity with which in our public
works our legislators and reformers continue to con-
tradict themselves, and to defeat their own objects,
was yesterday brought to light by the meeting of
the Common Council. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE,
M.P., began to catechise Mr. TAYLOR respecting
the new Mansion-house street, of which we have
heard so much and seen so little. Alderman LAW-
RENCE put four questions on the subject. 1.
Whether the Metropolitan Board of Works have
commenced pulling down any of the houses and
clearing the ground on the line of that portion
of the new street from the Mansion-house to
Blackfriars which lies between the Mansion-
house and Cannon-street. 2. Whether any railway
company possesses Parliamentary powers which
enable it to impede in any way the formation of
this position of the new street ? 3. Whether, if
the Metropolitan Board of Works were so disposed
they might not complete and open for traffic the
street, irrespective altogether of the completion of
the street from Cannon-street to Blackfriars-bridge?
4. Whether Mr. Taylor could state in what year
it was probable the new street from the Mansion-
house to Cannon-street would be open for public
traffic ? These questions, as Mr. TALYOR observed,
were all very important, and they were all also very
significant of the lack of system and consistency
in our public improvements. How can there be a
collision between the Parliamentary powers grante d
to any railway company and the long-projected
street which is so greatly required by the ever-
increasing necessities of the City traffic ? Yet Mr.
TAYLOR, in his reply to the questions put to him,
said that most of the properties from Cannon-
street to Earl-street were at present in course of
demolition, but that the great impediment to the
more rapid progress of the work was occasioned
by the Metropolitan District Company, whose
railway would extend from the Thames Em-
bankment to the new street. He should
be glad indeed to see the street from Cannon-street
to Earl-street opened for traffic in connection with
the railway, but he believed that such an opening
could not be made for some years hence. Mr.
TAYLOR at all events is not too sanguine, and is
determined not to raise false hopes, and will not
even fix the possible date of this far distant future.
The prospects of the new street from Cannon-street
to the Mansion-house are more hopeful, not being
impeded by any railway company, and consequently
hopes may be without extravagance indulged
that the property there may be shortly :cleared.
Even this, however, will only be effected within a
twelvemonth, so that although Mr. TAYLOR pro-
mises, on behalf of the Metropolitan Board, that
they will do all in their power to get the property
cleared and the land re-let, so that the street may
be opened without delay, it is likely to be a work
of time. It is no great wonder that some of the
citizens are losing patience and beginning to wonder
when the work is to end, since it is so long in getting
fairly begun. In granting the requisite parliamen-
tary powers, it is surely not too much to ask that
care should be had that one scheme should not
unnecessarily impede the progress of another ; and
n the present overcrowded condition of London
streets, more especially in the heart of the city, we
may well expect that there should be no needless
delay, but that the improvements which have been
decided upon should be pushed forward with promp
titude and vigour.

The new Town Hall of Preston was opened
yesterday, and the importance of the ceremony was
enhanced by the presence of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE,
who appeared to perform the duties of the day. The
Archbishop of YORK and other distinguished per-
sons also came, but the Earl of DERBY was unfor-
tunately prevented from attending from illness. All
went off well, and the Archbishop offered up an
appropriate prayer, expressing a hope that the district
might be preserved from those deeds of violence which
had taken place elsewhere. The Recorder of Preston
addressed some observations to the Royal Duke, to
which his Royal Highness replied that he was
deeply sensible of the compliment paid to him in
requesting him to take part in such a ceremonial,
and was happy to believe that the desire for his
presence had been prompted by attachment to the
Throne, and to the long-established institutions of
the country. The announcement of the Duke to
the effect that the Hall was opened, which was sub-
sequently made, was received with loud cheers.
The general interest of the scene was enhanced by
Madame LEMMENS-SIIERRINGTON, a native of Pres-
ton, singing " God Save the Queen." It is always
satisfactory to hear of these affairs going off well,
and undertakings of this sort possess an interest
and importance that extend beyond the range of
the community to which they actually belong, and
because the value of their success is greatly en-
hanced.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.

According:to the appreciation of the Paris papers,
founded upon the despatches and private letters
from Italy, the return of Garibaldi to Caprera has
only had the effect of suspending the revolutionary
movement in the Pontifical States for a few days.
It appears that an insurrection has broken out in the
province of Viterbo. At Acquapendente the barracks
of the Pontifical gendarmes were besieged by a band
of insurgents. The Journal de Rome says that
armed bands had appeared at Canino and on seve-
ral other points of the Pontifical territory. Some
engagements had taken place between the insurrec-
tionists and the Pontifical troops. There were some
killed and wounded.

pondence from Florence in the Moniteur, to which
I alluded yesterday, and dissents from the opinion
formed by some of the Paris papers that it indicates
a disposition on the part of the French Government
to revise the Convention of September. "As to
the feeling of the French Government," adds the
Siecle, " the report, not denied, of another expedi-
tion to Rome, in the case of a serious insurrection
against the Pcmtifical Government, does not allow
of any illusion upon the subject. It is strongly
insisted and believed that the French Government
is determined to maintain the temporal power of
the Pope." Of course the Siecle disapproves of this
determination, but it is supported by almost all the
other Paris journals.
The President of the Reichstag has left Berlin
for the chateau of Hohenzollern, where the King of
Prussia is now residing, to remit to his Majesty the
address recently voted by the Reichstag. The
arrival of the delegates, charged with the discussion
of the project of law for postal reform, was ex-
pected.
The King of Saxony has left Pilnitz, and is now
at Weesenstein.
The railway from Warsaw to Terespol will
shortly be opened for traffic. This line, which tra-
verses a distance of 192 " werstes," will hereafter be
prolonged to the Southern provinces of the Empire
of Russia. At present it is chiefly important,
because it places Warsaw in direct communication
with the strong fortress of Brzecs on the Bug.
One of the attractions of the fair at St. Cloud,
which has just terminated, was an exhibition of rats
by a man named Antoine Leonard, who is well
known in Paris by the appellation of the
" Ratman." He has discovered the secret of
taming rats, and has taught them some
curious gymnastic exercises. The rats are as docile
as a dog, and
,seem to understand what the man
says, for they obey at his directions. One of the
rats is getting grey with age. He has had it in his
possession for eleven years. When Leonard takes
this rat from his pocket, and pretends to run away,

the animal runs after him and caresses him. Two
years ago an Englishman was so delighted with this
rat that he offered a good deal of money for it.

The ratman, however, said he would not sell his old
boarder, which was the only friend he had in the
world.

The vintage in the villages around Paris is nearly
concluded. The produce is somewhat less than the
average. The wine of these localities is of rather

inferior quality, and is sold at a cheaper rate. It
will not keep, and is generally consumed during the
season. The ordinary quantity produced each year
in the various districts is, at Sannois, 60,000
pieces. (The piece or barrel of wine contains
about 300 bottles). At Corneilles, 8,000 pieces.
At Suresnes, 15,000 pieces. The Suresues wine is
considered the best of all the wine produced in the
localities contiguous to Paris. Rueil, 5,000 pieces.
Sartrouville, 4,000. Les Carrieres St. Denis, 5,000.
St. Ouen, 3,000. Stains, 3,000. Epinay sur Seine,
3,000. The hills of Montmorency and environs,
9,000. In some years this wine is sold at three to
four sous the bottle.

The Siecle, which appears to be well informed in
regard to news from Italy, has some remarks worthy
of attention upon the subject, but it always speaks
with a strong bias against the Pope. This preju-
dice, however, is not so strong as to induce it to dis-
close facts. The Siecle says :
The news of these events cannot fail to produce a
profoltid sensation i❑ Italy. If the it;surrection
should only be sustained for a few days, the Cabi-
net of Florence will, in spite of its resolution to
maintain the execution of the Convention of Sep-
tember, 1866, find it impossible to prevent young
Italy from rushing to the assistance of the Roman
patriots.
" The Florence journals announce that most of the
persons arrested in consequence of the manifes-
tations provoked by the arrest of Garibaldi have
been set at liberty. There is no doubt that the
others will also be set free.

The Western Railway Company have opened for
traffic the section of the line from Flers to Vire, a
branch of the main line from Paris to Granville. A
few days ago, when the official inauguration took
place, the Bishop of Bayeux formally pronounced
his benediction upon the station, the engines, and
the carriages. The line, when finished, will traverse
a very picturesque portion of Lower Normandy.
A frightful murder has created consternation at
Lambersart, in the Department du Nord. A widow
lady named Lescan, aged 83, was assassinated in
her house on Sunday last. The assassin or assassins,
knowing that her children and servants were gone
to Mass, entered the house and cut her throat with
a knife. A sum of 500 f. and various portable
articles of value were carried away.

French barristers are sometimes rather facetious
and concise in their arguments. At a trial of an
Arab soldier, named Mohammed-on-Said, before
the Council of War at Algiers, the counsel for the
prosecution contented himself with a very few words
to the Court in support of the prosecution, and
finished by the remark—" Mohammed-on-Said has
his place reserved for him at the hulks. I hope,
gentlemen, that you will not allow it to be vacant."
The counsel for tha prisoner was equally brief.
He said " Said is innocent, and the really guilty
man is beyond your power." The prisoner, who
was charged with various acts of swindling, was
convicted, and was sentenced to ten years hard
labour, a fine of 3,000 f., and the restitution of the
amount obtained by swindling.

Yesterday was a perfect summer day. The sun
shone uninterruptedly all day, not a cloud was to
be seen, and it was very warm, although the fields
were covered with frost early in the morning. To-
day the weather has veered round to winter. It
has been dull, cloudy, and very cold, with occa-
sional rain.

Spanish emigrants.

Two theatrical artists of some note have died
his week. The wife of M. Villaret, the tenor of

plays under the name of Mdlle.
the Opera, who
Godfrend, and who was only married three months
ago, has succumbed after a short illness. Mdlle.
Eleonore has died very suddenly. She was at her
duties at the Delassements Comiques only a few
hours previously.
The monument erected to the Virgin Mary at
Sainte Barbe, near St. Etienne, was inaugurated
on Sunday last by the Archbishop of Alby. It is
in the architectural style of the 13th century, and
is the work of Montagny.

BANE OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Oct. 3.

" The Italie of Florence affirms that the Italian
Government has sent to its diplomatic agents i❑
foreign countries a note relative to the present posi-
tion of the Roman question in consequence of the
lide events."

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

Ths Siecle then refers to the important corres,

[HE SUN, LON uO.N, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1867

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE PAPAL STATES.

ITALY.

SPAIN.

TURKEY.

roin Europe.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3.
Petroleum—Standard white, 35.

QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 4.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

PARIS, Oct. 4

The Moniteur of this morning says :—" The
measures which have been adopted by the Italian
Government to protect the Pontifical frontier
against the entry of hostile bands have, up to
the present, afforded the best results, and are
still being rigorously maintained. Notwithstand-
ing the strictest surveillance, a few agitators suc-
ceeded in introducing themselves into the Papal
States—notably at Acquapendeute and Loriano—
where, after assembling together, they attempted
to raise disorder ; but, having been encountered
by some detachments of Pontifical troops, whose task
was facilitated by the attitude of the inhabitants, the
insurgents were promptly defeated and dispersed.
The most complete tranquillity has not for one
instant ceased to reign at Rome, and the general
state of the public mind is most satisfactory."
FLORENCE, OCT. 3, Evening.

The Opinione of this evening says :—" Our intel-
ligence from the Papal frontier announces that
Acquapendente was yesterday retaken by the Pon-
tifical troops. They also captured some of the
insurgents, others taking refuge in Italian territory.
Several localities in the province of Viterbo are,
however, still overrun by bodies of the insurgents,
and the inhabitants show themselves undecided,
seeing the movement yet undeveloped. The rumour
that disturbances have taken place at Rome is de-
void of foundation."

FLORENCE, Oct. 3, Evening.

This morning the King received the delegates
and officials of the foreign goods who aro repre-
sented at the International Statistical Congress.
The Diritto of this evening publishes the follow-
ing telegram, as received from private sources :
" General Garibaldi embarked yesterday for Leg-
horn, but on his arrival he was re-arrested an d
again conducted to Caprera. He is now under the
surveillance of a Government vessel."

THE PRUSSIAN AND WURTEMBURG
SOVEREIGNS.

FRIEDRICIISHAFEN, OCt. 3.

The King and Queen of Prussia arrived here yes
terday, and were received by the King and Queen
of Wurtemburg. Their Majesties then proceeded
together to the Royal Castle amid salvoes of artil-
lery. After dinner the Prussian Sovereigns re-
sumed their journey to Hohenzollern.

MADRID, Oct. 3 (Evening).

The Ministerial journals express the belief that
no danger whatever would attend the return of the

CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 2.

The Grand Vizier leaves to-day on his mission to
Crete, on board the Government steamer Sultanich.
During his absence Fuad Pacha, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, will also act as Grand Vizier.

The North American Legation in this city has
obtained from the Porte the satisfaction the United
States had demanded for certain grievances which
had been complained of by the American Consulate
in the island of Crete.

AMERICA.
(Atlantic Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 6 p.m.
The gold market is excited by the news received

Closing prices :—Gold, 1451 ; Sterling Exchange
on London, 109 ; Five-Twenty United States
Bonds, 112 k ; Illinois, 1211 ; Erie, 641. Cotton—
Middling Upland, 22.

The Royal Mail steamship China, from New
York, arrived here at 2.50 a.m. to-day, with 47 cabin
passengers and $5,014 in specie. She landed 99
sacks of mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at
3 a.m. All well.