The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATUUDAY EV ENINQ, AUGUST 10, 1867.

he was received with great enthusiasm. There LATEST INTELLIGENOB.
was a grand fete in the city, and the Bosphorus was
(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
illuminated.
M. Rodolphe Cuvier, a relative of the illustrious
Curier the naturalist, has just died in his 84th year,
at his country house at Montbeliard, Cuvier's birth-
place.
Private accounts from Madrid continue to record
insurrectionary movements and excitement in Spain.
The arrests of suspected persons are very numerous,
particularly in the provinces of Cadiz, Andalusia,
Xeres, and Tarifa. Among the persons of note
arrested is Pablo-Gornerz a Moure, a violent De-
mocrat, who it is supposed will be summarily shot.
It is evident that there will shortly be an important
insurrectionary demonstration in Spain.
There is a wicked mystification in Paris just now.
The men who sell photographs in the street offer a
portrait of M. Peak, the Hungarian statesman,
as a genuine likeness of the traitor Lopez. The
portrait they sell of the Emperor Maximilian is
probably an equally good likeness of somebody else.
The Gazette du Florence says it has received with
the post-mark of Milan a republican proclamation
from. Mazzini headed " Universal Republican
Alliance," from which it is evident that there is no
foundation for the alleged concert between him and
Garibaldi, with a view to create an insurrectionary
movement at Rome. In this circular it is stated
that the party are not satisfied with the movement
which is under organisation for an outbreak in
Italy. They disclaim any participation with the
present movement " with the elements which
divert it," or with the " Ancient National Commit-
tee." What Mazzini seems to want is a Republican
insurrection, but, according to the latest accounts
from Rome, the late agitation is all over.
A circumstance may be mentioned in reference
to the Exhibition, which of itself proves very con-
vincingly that vast progress has been made in
France in works of art, taste, and industry. At
many stands are articles marked " hors concours "
—out of competition, meaning' that the manufac-
turers of them having obtained the highest possible
rewards it was useless to compete for more. This
is the case as regards the beautiful manufacturing
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alone was nearly eight
millions of francs. It has
manufactured something like eight millions of covers,
and the silver
employed upon the metal would
weigh 77,692 kilogrammes, or more than double
that number of English pounds. The establishments
of Messrs. Christophe and Co., at Paris and at
Carlsruhe, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, employ
1,418 persons, of whom 400 are women. These gen-
tlemen are philanthropists as well as manufacturers,
for they have organised a fund for sick or disabled
workmen, and lend them money without interest
under certain circumstances. In short, the estab-
lishments are like one family. Although some of
the articles are most costly and beautiful, yet the
million may be provided with covers and other
articles at a wonderfully cheap rate. In addition to
the assistance to workmen just spoken of, Messrs.
Christofle and Co. give pensions to their widows.
They have rendered inestimable services to art and
artists—to art by encouraging its development in
every possible shape in the execution of their manu-
factures ; to artists by encouraging draughtsmen,
designers, architects, modellers, engravers, chasers,
and statuaries—in fact, workmen in all the multi-
farious branches of art. These services have been
appreciated, for, in addition to gold medals given
to the establishment, one of its chiefs has been
deservedly rewarded with the cross of the Legion of
Honour. If all employers were to act like these
amiable and enlightened gentlemen there would be
very few " strikes." Upon various exceptional
occasions—for instance, when provisions become
unusually dear—they spontaneously increase the
wages of their workmen. Of all the wonders
of the Exhibition their department is pro-
nounced by all to be the most wonder-
ful, and the arrangements they have adopted
for the comfort and prosperity of their workmen in
the precious metals deserve to be recorded in letters
of gold.
The negociations between France and the Holy
See for a literary convention have been attended
with success, and a treaty of that kind was signed
on the 21st of July by M. Sartiges, on the part o
France, and by Cardinal Antonelli for the Pope.
It is expected also that the two Governments will
agree to a treaty of commerce and navigation.
The Emperor has sent a letter to the Marquis du
Chasseloup Laubat, President of the Geographical
Society, with a sum of 50,000 francs towards the
expenses of the French expedition to the North
Pole, which I described. His Majesty also expresses
a hope for the success of the expedition, " so inte-
resting for science and so deserving of the greatest
encouragement."
The Russian Prince Nicolas Tabowski has com
#ted suicide at Turin.

STArE OF TRADE.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

MALTA, AUG 9.
The Bangalore left at 7 a.m., and the Pera
.eaves at 10 p.m. to-day.

The former may be expected at Marseilles on the
11th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the
18th inst.

The Tanjore, from Southampton, July 27, ar-
rived Ang. 4, at 11 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. on the
sth for Alexandria.

The Nyanzt, from Marseilles Aug. 5, arrived on
Le 7th at 6 p.m., and left at 10 p.m. for Alexandria.
GIBRALTAR, Aug. 9.

The Euxine, from Southampton 4th inst., arrived
to-day at 1 p.m., and leaves at 6 p.m. for Alexan-
dria. All well.

TN DIA.

BOMBAY, August 9.

The screw steamship Great Victoria, the pioneer
of the new line of screw steamers between Bombay
and Liverpool via the Cape, arrived here yesterday
after a fine passage. She sails hence for Liverpool
on the Ist October, calling at Port Elizabeth to land

mails and passengers.
The Swed;sh brig Ida, of Southenburg, sprung a
leak, and was abandoned in lat. 36 45 N. long. 0 37
E. The crew were landed here from the ship
Venskabel.

Exchanges are quoted :—London 90 days' date,
50i to ; Paris, ditto, sf. 28c. to 29c ; Marseilles;
ditto, sf. 29c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par to
die. ; Cadiz, ditto, par. ; Malaga, ditto, to dis.
Barcelona, ditto, pm. ; Valencia, ditto, par.

MANCHESTER, Aug. 9.--The market has been
generally quiet at to .day's prices. For yarns made
from American qualities of cotton a slight advance
of price is asked, and in these a fair business has
been done. The market for cloth has been rather
firmer to-day, though the change has not led to any
actual improvement in price. Buyers of cloth show
no disposition to give out orders at full prices, and
in some instances even lower offers have been made
than on Tuesday. The business to-day has been
small—less than for some days past ; but recent
operations have relieved stocks a good deal. There
is no improvement in advices from Calcutta, and
the latest are not very encouraging to buyers hero.
CARDIFF, 9th.—No material alteration has taken
place in the steam coal trade since last report, ope-
rations at the docks being of such a character as fail

to give satisfaction to the proprietors of the district.
The shipments to several of the Continental houses
are not to the extent they were at the correspond-
ing period of last year, and orders are but slowly
received. For home coal there is an average trade
done with coasting buyers, and the local consump-
tion is beginning to show a slight increase. The
improvement which took place at the commence-
ment of the present quarter ja the iron trade con-
tinues, to a certain extent, unabated. The Ameri-
can demand increases, and it is confidently believed
that the demand from Continental markets will
gradually increase for some months to come.
LEICESTER, 9th.—There is an improved tone im-
parted to trade generally this week. The wool
market presents a more cheerful feeling, and the

prospects of a bountiful. harvest tend to restore
confidence. There has been a little more inquiry
from the trade, and staplers are firm in holding
stocks, knowing that prices must be maintained.
Growers also seem to take a wise course in holding
back their wools for a better price. What has been
offered has not been at less rags than formerly.
While there is more doing in all branches of the
worsted yarn spinning department at previous quo-
tations, there is still an absence of sr eculative feel-
ing. Fancy yarns are a good demand, and worsteds
and cottons continue firm. Silks are slightly lower.
Fancy goods are also a much better inquiry, and
mixed worsted fabrics more looked after, although
buyers act with extreme caution. This improved
state of things seems to have been brought about by
the prices of the raw material having assumed a
more settled state, as instanced at the recent Liver-
pool wool sales, the effect of which has been such as
to be already felt in the Leicester trade. The boot
and shoe trade continues fully employed.

It is stated in military circles that Capt. Jervis,
whose case has boon recently before Parliament, will be
reinstated.
FIRST TOWER HAMLETS ADMINISTRATIVE BAT-
TALION.-Itt reference to the st dement that Colonel C.
Buxton had advanced uniforms to nearly 500 men of the
Ist Tower Hamlets Administrative Battalion, the 12th
corps, which is connected with the battalion for adminis-
trative purposes only, desires to make known that its mem-
bers reclothe theuiselves at their own expense entirely, and
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