The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-28 00:00:00

public reception.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Aug. 25.

As a proof of the pacific character of the Salzburg
interview, the semi-official Debatte of to-day says :

" According to an agreement between France and
Austria, France has counselled Denmark not to in-
sist upon the retrocession of Duppel and Alsen by
Prussia, and by such a demand render impossible an
understanding with Prussia relative to the North
Schleswig question."
Prince Lichtenstein, the aide-de-camp of the
Emperor of Austria, has left here on a special mis-
sion to Paris.

The solemn transfer of the Bohemian Crown
ieels to Prague takes place to day.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, August 27, Two o'clock.—The following
are the present quotations, which are all lower,
except Credit Foncier :—Threes, 69f. 62c. ; Italian,
49f. 5c.; Credit Mobilier, 312 f. ; Credit Foncier,
1,380 f. ; Spanish Mobilier, 198 f. ; and Comptoir
d'Escompte, 710 f.

Three o'Clock.—The market closed as follows :-
41 per Cents lOO Bank Shares 3305
Do. end month — Italian Loan 4B 95
3 per Cents.
Do. end month 69 65 Mexican Loan l2
Credit Mobilier ~. 316 25 Do. Bonds llO
Do. end Month ... 315 Spanish Threes. -
Credit Penner 1382 50 home Debt
DJ. end month 1377 50 Deferred

DEATH OF PROFESSOR, FARADAY.

The public will hear with sincere regret of the
death of Professor of Faraday, which took place on
Sunday, near Hampton Court.
_ _ _

Michael Faraday was born in 1791, in the parish
of Newington, Surrey, and, like many others who
have illustrated the page of British history, was
entirely a self-made man. After being instructed
in the mere rudiments of knowledge he was appren-
ticed to a bookseller and bookbinder, and continued
to work at his trade till 1812. During this early
period of his.life, however, he showed the bent of
his genius, for in the intervals of his employment
he not only read with avidity such works on science
as fell in his way, but applied himself to the con-
struction of electric and other machines. Having
been. present at some of the last lectures delivered
by Sir 11. Davy, Faraday wrote to that distinguished
chemist, asking him for encouragement, and at the
same time enclosing notes of the lectures at which
he had been present. Sir 11. Davy answered the
request of the young aspirant promptly and kindly,
and in 1813 he was admitted in the Royal Institu-
tion as chemical assistant to Professor Braude.
Faraday soon became the favourite pupil and the
friend of his patron, whom he accompanied in
the autumn of the same year in a visit to
France, Italy, Switzerland, &c., returning to
his place in the Royal Institution in 1815. He
now pursued his investigations of nature with
great ardour, and published the results in
various scientific journals. In 1820 he discovered
the chlorides of carbon, and, the year following, the
mutual rotation of a magnetic pole and an electric
current; in 1823 the discovery of the condensation
of gases ; in 1831 and following years the develop-
ment of the induction of electric currents and the
evolution of electricity from magnetism. The esta-
blishment of the principle of definite electrolytic
action, the discovery of diamagnetism and the in-
fluence of magnetism upon light, obtained for him
in 1846 the Rumford medal and that of the Royal
Society. In 1847 he announced to the world the
magnetic character of oxygen and the magnetic re-
lations of flame and gases. When Mr. Fuller
founded the Chair of Chemistry in the Royal Insti-
tution, in 1833, Mr. Faraday was appointed first
professor. In 1835 he received a pension of £3OO
a year from Lord Melbourne's Government in re-
cognition of his important services to science. In
the following year he was appointed scientific ad-
viser on lights to the Trinity House, and was sub-
sequently nominated to a similar post under the
Board of Trade. He was chemical lecturer from
1829 to 1842 to the cadets at the Royal Military
Academy at Woolwich. In 1823 he was made a
corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences
in Paris ; in 1825 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society ; and in 1832 the honorary degree of
Doctor of Civil Laws was conferred on him by the
University of Oxford. He was a Knight of the Prus-
sian Order of Merit, of the Italian Order of St.
Maurice and Lazarus, and one of the eight Foreign
Associates of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of
Paris. In 1855 he was nominated an officer of the
Legion of honour, and in 1863 he was made an
associate of the Paris Academy of Medicine.
Although the late professor chiefly confined him-
self to experimental researches, there are theoretical
views thrown out with regard to static induction,
atmospheric electricity, the lines of force, both re-
presentative and physical, which are well worthy of
consideration. His papers on the conservation of
force, and on the division of gold and other metals,
are amongst his latest productions. His lectures,
adapted for young minds, delivered at the Royal
Institution during Christmas time, will not easily
be forgotten. The ease with which he descended
from the heights of science and conveyed to the
minds of his youthful listeners the scientific prin-
ciples of " common things" was not the least of the
many gifts possessed by Dr. Faraday. But it is in
connection with electricity, and its relations with
all physical, chemical, and physiological phenomena
that his fame will principally depend. His inves-
tigations on this subject led him to the presumption
that electricity, magnetism, and light are but one
and the same force, varying in effect according to
circumstances, but obedient to laws which will (me
day be discovered.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE
EMPRESS EUGENIE.

The correspondent of a contemporary, writing
from Salzburg, Aug. 23, says—At eight this morn-
ing the Emperor and the Empress of the French
started from Salzburg. The travellers were very
exact, and a minute before the clock struck the
band of the regiment of Yagers drawn up close to
the waiting room played " Partant pour la Syrie,"
and at the same moment the two Empresses ap-
peared, followed by the Emperors. The Empress
Eugenie was in a plain black silk dress, with a
small dark hat and short black veil just reaching to
the chin. On nearing the carriage—" the terrace"
above described —she flung back her veil
and kissed the Empress Elizabeth on either
cheek. They shook hands and bid each other
adieu, and just as the Empress was about to step
into the carriage they kissed each other again in
the heartiest manner. In the whole demeanour of
the Empress Eugenie is freshness, vivacity, and—•if
it is not a mistake to say so of a lady—a thorough
bonhoninzie. She is delightfully natural, and the
grace of her manner is something rarely seen. On
entering the open carriage she immediately turned
and curtseyed to those she was leaving with a sweet-
ness, and, at the same time, with a dignity which
was quite beautiful to see. Her eyes were cast
down as she bowed low, but round her mouth was
an expression of gentle womanly tenderness,
.which
no one, I think, could see without being drawn
irresistibly towards her. As she stood she bowed
again to her host and hostess ; once more the ini-
mitably-graceful, reverential curtsey, and the train
bore her away.

It is not at all unlikely that those who read this
may think it exaggeration, and call it fulsome flat-
tery. No one, however, who was present and saw
the charming woman will think so. On the con-
trary, to him what I have said will appear
tame and insufficient, and the description
most inadequate. But I cannot find the right
words to make others understand the fulness of the
charm she unconsciously exercised ; and it seems to
me as if I were detracting from the engaging sim-
plicity of every movement when I add adjective to
adjective in trying to describe what, after all, is
indescribable. You feel—you cannot but feel—the
exquisite grace just as you cannot but feel in your
whole heart and your whole body the freshness of
the morning, but when you try to paint this
freshness you become aware how futile, how ridicu-
lously futile, all your efforts are.
On parting the Emperor Francis Joseph kissed
the hand of the Empress, and the Archduke Lewis
Victor seemed to think that parting was so sweet a
sorrow as to be willing to prolong it, and accord-
ingly performed the operation of kissing bands
several times over.

The two Emperors cordially shook hands, and
Napoleon, mounting the steps of his carriage, stood
with hat in hand, looking over tha balustrade.
His face was as I ha I not seen it yet, lit up
and bright, with an expression of cheerfulness
and satisfaction. The imperturbability of the last
days was gone. His face was all alive, and he
smiled and leant over the carriage to chat with one
of the secretaries of the French Embassy. Does
not this sound odd—" Napoleon 111. leaning out of
his carriage to have. a cheerful chat and a laugh
with —" no matter whom ? It does, I confess,
read as though it were apocryphal, but it is not so.
Truth, you know, is often more surprising than
fiction.

One of the secretaries of Legation brought her
Majesty, just before the train left, a splendid
nosegay ; and as she smiled her thanks I fib:tight
such recognition worth more than the Cross of the
Legion of Honour.

THE WIFE MURDER AT LElGH.—After the
despatch of the Liverpool parcel on Monday, the jury
found Henry Farringdon, charged with the murder of his
wife at Leigh (Lancashire), guilty, but strongly recoin-
'mended him to mercy. The judge (Chief Justice 13ovill)
said he would forward the' recommendation to the proper
quarter, but would refrain for the present from expressing
any opinion as to the character of the offence. sentence
of death was then passed.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Aug. 27:
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian
and Princess Louise, drove out on Saturday after-
noon.

The Duke of Marlborough dined with the Queen
and Royal family.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Aug. 27.
A charge of an extraordinary nature has been
under investigation by the magistrates at Frank-
ford, in the King's County, for several clays, and
was brought to a close on Saturday. One of the
constabulary stationed at Bluebell, a man named
M‘Loughlin, complained that on the 4th June last
he found sub-constable Devine, another of the party,
tampering with a plate which had been Lid for the
complainant's dinner, with the intention, as he be-
lieved, of putting poison on it. The matter was
referred to the Inspector-General, and, after some
delay, was brought before the magistrates as 3,
criminal charge. Mr. H. G. Curran, RM., and
Mr. M. Berry, J.P., conducted the inquiry. Air'
Dowling, solicitor, appeared for the complainants
and Mr. C. Molloy, barrister, instructed by Air'
Mitchell, for the accused. From the report in the
Express it appears that for a considerable time past
the constabulary at Bluebell have been suffering
from a disease which presented symptoms of
poisoning—a burning sensation in the throat
and stomach, followed by severe vomiting and
diarrhoea. This had been sometimes ascribed
to the water used at the barracks, which was very
impure. So severely had the men been attacked
that it became necessary to remove several of than
for medical treatment to Steeven's Hospital in this
city. Al'Loughlin was examined and described what
he suffered. He did not know of any poison being
used in the barracks to destroy rats. On the 4th of
June, on entering the day-room, he found Devine
sitting with complainant's plate in his hand. On his
advancing into the room Devine laid down the plate
before himself, pushed over his own to complain-
ant's place, and, when the cook came in, handed her
the first plate. Several constables deposed that they
had frequently been attacked with the disease after
meals. Dr. O'Malley gave it as his opinion that the
symptoms might have been produced by doses of
croton oil, and evidence was given that Devine had
purchased strychnine and croton oil in Tullamore.
On the part of the accused evidence was produced
that the water was so bad that it had often to be
strained through a muslin cloth before being used;
that an outhouse where the meat was kept was
fested with rats and dogs, and that Devine had made
up poison for them in presence of INPLoughlin and
other constables ; that Devine himself had been at'
tacked with the disease, and that one of the party
cooked his own food, never letting it out of his sight'
and yet was attacked. The cook also stated that
on the day in question she laid Devine's plate, II
blue one, by mistake at theplace where complainant
was to sit, and that when she brought in the dinner,
observing Devine take over his own plate and look
at it, she supposed that he thought it was not clean
enough, and took it away to clean it. It was als°
proved that an analysis had been made of what had
been ejected from the stomach of one of the men
who was ill, and that no traces of poison were folio'
in it. At the close of the investigation the magis-
trates received the informations, and said they
would forward them to the Attorney-General and
be guided by his advice.
A sad accident occurred at Queenstown on Satur-
day. Two young men, one Mr. G. Scott, son of
magistrate, and a Mr. Bailey, went out for a day's
pleasure in a small sailing boat, which carried n
mainsail and jib, far too large to be safe on such 3
day. They went to Aghadoe and thence between
the forts of the harbour, and were returning, when
a squall suddenly overtook them at the mouth of
the Carrigaline river and capsized the boat. Both
its occupants were drowned.

An inquiry of considerable interest to ratepayer 3
and Poor-law officials was commenced yesterday hi
Mr. Robinson, Poor-law Inspector in the South
Dublin Union workhouse, by direction of the our
missioners. The object is to test the truth of certain
charges of gross irregularities and frauds in the Ina'
nagement of the expenditure in the period between
the 29th of September, 1865, and the 25th of March
last. They were brought under the notice of the
authorities by a discharged pauper named O'Briee'
who had been employed as a bookkeeper in the
assistant master's office. In consequence of his °a°
presentations a preliminary investigation was held
by the Inspector, who took stock in the house, and
reported that it did not at all correspond with theentries in the blotting-books, that there was a dell'
ciency of some articles and a surplus of others, hn
that in the aggregate the number of articles in the
house which were not charged against the master far
exceeded the number on the books and not forth'
coming. For a long time the number of persons 013
the relief lists has not agreed with the number on
the admission and discharge book, or with the Pru'
vision check account. When the house was counted
at the end of March it was found that the number
of persons relieved was less by about 214 than the
number on the provision check account, and less by
100 than the number on the diet books. O'Brien
further charged the master with irregularities as'
regards his lodgments, which amounted to little
more than had been received for the sale of 191g!'i
irrespective of the sums realised by the sale of 0';
iron and metal, clothing, &c. The clerk and master
having been called upon to explain, the former
replied that the multifarious duties of his office'
which had been increased since his appointment'
obliged him to employ O'Brien, knowing that be
understood workhouse accounts, but that he was
determined in future to pay for the services of no
trustworthy person out of his own means. 0
justification offered by the master was that at t",
time of his appointment the house was in a state o'
insubordination and disorder, and that by direction
of the guardians he had concentrated his energies
upon the one object of reducing the establishroe°
to a proper state of discipline, which he had success'
fully done. As regards inaccuracies in the accouot3'
the assistant-master, who has resigned, was resP°ll.!
Bible for them, and had been repeatedly censured.hfi
the board for the unsatisfactory manner in vible
he kept his books. The discovery of these irregu;
larities has come upon the public by surprise, as thi,
Guardians have the reputation of being extreme.;
vigilant and careful. They certainly are s° is
matters relating to the religion of the paupers, all
ihli
a change of entry in this respect could not poss
escape detection, but the dry details of bookkeePiog ji
and commonplace items of account, which luer,c,
show how the money of the ratepayers has bee ° tca
pended, do not afford material for such animate
discussion as Poor-law boards delight in, and lre
therefore not so likely to engage their attentl'of
O'Brien was examined at some length in fiuPP°l4
late
his indictment against the officers. 2bo t
assistant-master also gave evidence to the effieics,
that he could not tell the value of the articles 1.130
posed of by the master, but that the lodgmentsbeea.
not been so regular as they ought to have was
The storekeeper and other subordinate official ti „Ist°
examined as to sales of cast clothing and
re-
articles. The master offered an explauati°ll, g3l
specting a charge of appropriating a sum. orti
which bad been found in the possession of a Pnt Poe
Ile stated that the money was given to hh° at re'
time by Mr. Place, one of the guardians (w
cently died), and that he had it still. The 'lll
was adjourned until Wednesday next.

MR. COXIVELL AT NEwßußY.—Yesterday al g
noon Mr. Colwell made an ascent in one of his balloolie
from Newbury, on the occasion of the annual show of
orticultural Society in that town. Owing to th° s°
ll-
H_,
ness of the supply pipe temporarily laid down the balleutia
was not fully inflated by the hour fixed for the ascent',:Lon
Captain and Mrs. NV &Agate could not join Mr. Cope"
this account. At a quarter-past five the balloon rose, B'o_,
glided away' at a good elevation over Oroc,khatn-coroto;s
taking a south-easterly direction towards Reading. 1110
many as 4,000 people assembled on the grounds whet° .vg
show was held, and the balloon ascent assisted in Via'
nearly £1.50 to the society's exchequer,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Gold from Australia and America, as well as
silver from the West Indies, continues to flow to this
country, and in large quantities. The export de-
mands are comparatively small, and hence there is
an accumulation of the precious metals at the Bank'
of England. This is an important feature in con-
nection with the Money Market, which, in the ab-
sence of active trade, demands continue quiet, and
without any particular alterations.
The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
tion for the seven months, ended 31st July, have
just been published, from which it appears that the
total declared value of the exports from the United
Kingdom for that period was £103,175,914, against
£107,815,664 in the corresponding period of
1866, and also showing a decrease of £4,639,750.
The decrease is most perceptible in beer and ale,
cotton manufactures, haberdashery and millinery,
hardware and cutlery, linsey. manufactures, iron
and unwrought steel, silk manufactures, sheep and
lambs' wool, and woollen and worsted manufac-
tures. The importations of the principal articles
have been larger as regards quicksilver,
rice, Pepper, sheep and lambs' wool, cocoa,
coffee, corn, rum, and unrefined sugar, but smaller
in raw cotton, hemp, hides, provisions, tallow, tim-
ber, Indian corn, brandy, tea, tobacco, and wine.
The shipping accounts exhibit a decrease in the
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of
the United Kingdom for boch the entries inwards
and the clearances outwards, and in the coasting
trade a similar result is also perceptible.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben-
tures are steady at 23k 24i ; but the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds have declined I, to 20k 24.
The sum of £B,OOO was taken to the Bank of
England yesterday.
The Maid of Judah has arrived from Sydney with
gold representing £61,168.
The following has been received respecting the
New Granada debt:—" Messrs. Baring and Co.
have received a remittance on account of New
Granada Dividends of £376 102. from the Custom
House at Carthagena, and the agent there states
that the Government of Colombia has expressed
officially to her Majesty's Minister at Bogota,
its extreme disapproval of the conduct of Pre-
sident Cucaza in misappropriating the bond-
holders' money. The total amount of duties at
Santa Martha belonging to the bondholders for the
month of July was but P 927.15, owing to the
great falling off in importations—a natural conse-
quence of the revolution. Of that amount the
agent had received only $8751.60, which he could
not remit by this mail, as there was not a bill of
exchange to be had. A formal protest has been
enclosed against the with holding of the payments
due to the bondholders at Santa Martha, and the
total amount unpaid is stated at 34,189.85}.

Two O'CLOCK.
the
Darin the early part of the day the market for
was English funds was slightly depressed, and there
of a few a decline of per cent., but on the appearance
buyers a recovery ensued, and the latest
prices of Consols are consequently 94 11-16th
3th-16th for transfer, 94i if for the 10th of Sep-
tember, and 95 for the October settlement.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 941
I ; annuities, April, 1885, 13 1-16th ; India
5 per Cents., 113. 13 ; and Enlaced ditto, 1031.
N° improvement has taken place in the transac-
tions in the Foreign Market. Mexican have ad-
vanced to 14i ; Spanish Certificates f, to 15}
16 ; and Greek to 13 ; Italian remain firm, at
449 ; Turkish 5 per Cents., at 31 ; and
Spanish Passive at 20 I.
wa
-Very little animation has prevailed in the
y Share Market, and prices have generally shown
Rail-
less firmness
adi . Caledonian, upon the declaration
tnf vidend of 5-4- per cent., have receded 4. Me-
ropolitan have declined 11. Lancashire and York-
Great W
Sh4e estern and Midland each 1, and
Northern
113,111t0n and North-Western each I, while Great
A stock have improved 1, and South-
astern
Change of importance.
, Bank
shares are dull. London and County have
declined 55i, London Joint Stock remain at 38,
Land English, Scottish, and Australian
chartered
''ave improved to 17k.
harms ha
Securities are inactive. United States
° Bonds are 731 an advance of if ; but Erie
°uares have receded f, to 44fr 451 ; and Illinois,
t() 771.
Miscellaneous and Finance shares remain without
,4ne7 material alteration. Anglo-American Telegraph
eo nig marked 161 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
I,_enta., 68i 70 ; National Discount Company, 11i ;
of eainsular and Oriental Steam, 48k; and Viceroy
%Ypt's Mortgage Loan, 691.

MINING MARKET.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Attiexed are the current quotations :
C... 11, iverton Xioor ...... 4i 51 North Treskerby ll 11
,J;ia.ontales Gold .... 4i 51- Prince of Wales ...... 478 496
,Jllfror4
1.1 ~. A.tualgamate 61 7/ Providence Mines... —--
East,-48t Basset ............ 16 17 South Caradon ...... 360 370
Caradon ....... 5 5/ Tincroft .... . .......
Zasttast Lovell ..
West Chiverton ... 61 66
Russell ......... West Seton ......... 155 165
Groat Laxey -
Great Retal I ick I
Great Wheal Vor ... 161 17i Wheal Chiverton .. 61 7
liarko Valley
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FINSBURY.—One fire took place on the premises
of Messrs. Spicers, Marcus, and Co., manufacturers
of fancy leather goods, &c., No. 9, Eldon-street,
Finsbury. It commenced from some unknown
cause in one of the private houses, and in the course
of a few minutes the whole place presented a large
sheet of flame. Numerous land steam engines, by
Shand, Mason, and Co., had arrived, and plenty of
water having been procured the firemen went to,
work but the flames could not be conquered until
the building in which the fire began was burned
out, and Nos. 7,8, and 10 severely damaged by
fire, water, &c. The loss will fall upon the West-
minster, Royal, and Royal Exchange Fire-offices.
ISLINGTON.—A very destructive fire, which for a

time lighted up the whole of the northern portions
of the metropolis, happened in the premises belong-
ing to Mr. J. Bell, picture-frame manufacturer,
which, in spite of the early arrival of the engines,
destroyed the workshops 60 feet long by 34 feet
broad, and severely injured several of the adjoin-
ing premises. Insurance not known.
CAMBERWELL.—A fire, which it is supposed was
the work of some vile incendiary, took place in
some unfinished houses belonging to Mr. W. Eloden,
Lavender Hill, Wandsworth-road, which resulted
in the destruction of two ten-roomed houses, and
damage to those adjoining.

HACKNEY.—Another took place in the premises
of Mr. A. Marks, a hatter, No. 169, Goldsmiths'-
row, Hackney, which destroyed the warehouse and
contents.

SPEECIIES OF 711 E EMPEROit NAPOLEON
AT ABRAS AND LILLE.

The Moniteur of yesterday announces that the
Emperor and Empress left Paris on Monday morn-
ing by the Northern Railway to be present at the
fetes in Lille, commemcrative of the union of Flan-
ders with France. On the way the Imperial party
stopped at Arras for a couple of hours. " Numerous
deputations from the most distant parts of the de-
partment," says the Monitcur, " had assembled in
order to salute their Majesties. During this short
visit their reception was most enthusiastic and
hearty." The Mayor of Arras presented the keys of
the city to the Emperor, and delivered an address,
to which his Majesty made the following reply :
" Monsieur le Maire,—lt is with pleasure I find
myself among you after such a long period, and I
have seized with avidity the occasion of a national
fete to come and learn your desires, and to assure
you that my solicitude for all the interests of the
country shall never fail You are right to feel
confidence in the future ; it is only feeble govern-
ments which seek in foreign complications a diver-
sion from home embarrassments. But when force
is derived from the mass of the nation we have only to
do our duty to satisfy the permanent interests of the
country, and while holding aloft the national ban-
ner, to guard ourselves from being led away by
ill-timed impulses, however patriotic they may
be. I thank you for the sentiments you have
expressed towards the Empress and my son. Rest
assured that they share my devotion for France,
and that their greatest happiness would be to put
an end to all misery, and to alleviate all misfortune."
The Emperor and Empress arrived at Lillo at
half-past four. " Notwithstanding a drenching
rain," says the Moniteur," the gaily-decked win-
dows from the station to the prefecture were all
tilled with ladies waving their handkerchiefs.
More than 500,000 persons lined the route traversed
by the august ;visitors, and cheered them with an
enthusiasm which has never been surpassed. An
address was afterwards presented to the Emperor
by the mayor.

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yes-
terday by the Emperor Napoleon to the address
presented to his Majesty by the /11 ayor of Lille:—
" When, some years ago, I came for the first time
to visit the department of the Nord, everything
smiled upon my wishes. I had just espoused the
Empress, and I may say I had also just wedded
France before eight millions of witnesses. Order was
restored, political passions were lulled to rest, and
I foresaw for the country a new era of greatness
and prosperity. At home the union existing
among all good citizens presaged the peaceful
dawn of liberty ; abroad I saw our glorious flag pro-
tecting every cause of civilising justice. During
the last fourteen years many of my hopes have been
realised, and great progress has been accomplished.
Dark spots, however, have darkened our horizon.
But even as good fortune has not dazzled me, so
transient reverses will not discourage me. How
should I be discouraged when I see from one end of
France to the other the people greeting the Empress
and myself with acclamations, in which are unceas-
ingly associated the name of our son ? To-day I
do not come here only to celebrate a glorious
anniversary in the capital of ancient Flanders,
I also come to learn your wants, to heighten the
courage of some, to confirm the confidence of all,
and to endeavour to increase the prosperity of this
great department, by still further developing its
agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. You
will aid me, gentlemen, in this noble task ; but you
will not forget that the first condition of tho pros-
perity of a nation like ours is to possess the con-
sciousness of its own strength, and not allow itself
to be depressed by imaginary fears, but to rely upon
the wisdom and patriotism of the Government. The
Empress, touched by the sentiments which you ex-
press, unites with me in thanking you for your warm
and sympathetic welcome."

LIVERPOOL COTTON 111ARKEI—This Day.

Cotton opens dull and drooping ; prices irregular.
Sales probably 8,000 bales.

THE POTATO DISEASE.—In North and East York-
shire both growers and dealers report the potato disease
to have appeared very generally this season, attributed to
the prevalence of continued wet weather and a low tem-
perature. The most faulty crops are upon the strong clay
lands, which are most retentive of moisture, and the early
sorts of potatoes are stated to have suffered most, and in
many cases to have gone bad after being taken up. It is
hoped the present hot and dry weather will cheek the
disease.