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London, England, 1867-11-06 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDOP. WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1.-i67.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6, 18G7

GARIBALDI is again a prisoner, and we may,
therefore, expect that peace and calm will be re-
'
stored to Italy. At the same time one cannot help
a feeling of regret at the sad fate which has over-
taken one so true and so devoted. The folly which
he has exhibited has hardly a parallel in modern
days, but that does not prevent one from lamenting
his misfortunes. Tie made a good fight, according
to all accounts, although it was not destined to be
a successful one, and his bravery and fortitude have
sustained no slur in their reputation by the recent
events which have made the Papacy dominions so
stirring a scene of late. It must be seen by all
who study the affair that if GARIBALDI failed it
was through, the agency of influences quite beyond
his control, and with the French and Italians
against him no one else could possibly have held
their ground. A feeling of intense relief comes
over the mind at the prospect of a general war in
Italy being removed from us, but at the same
time as safety appears to be promised arises
the interest which so many have for so long a period
felt in the career and fortunes of GARIBALDI. He
appears in a different light as a defeated prisoner
from that in which we viewed him as a revolutionary
leader, determined on carrying his purpose; and no
matter who suffered for it he resolved to pursue it
to the uttermost, and to do or die in the attempt.
He has done neither, as it has turned out, and the
event shows the folly and absurdity of people per-
sisting in taking the law into their own hands.
Nor is he more likely to save Italy now than if he
had followed the course of prudence and the dic-
tates of wisdom, and remained iu his island home.
He had warning enough, in all conscience, and
cannot possibly plead for an excuse that he was
taken unawares and rushed hastily into a step that
could not be retraced. The Italian Government
were only too lenient with him at the outset, and
he had every possible facility afforded to him to
escape from his awkward position. We are glad
that GARIBALDI has been made prisoner by his own
Government, and not by the French, nor yet by
the Pontifical troops, for any after arrangement
will be much easier and more satisfactorily made.
The French EMPEROR ought to acknowledge the
great services which the Italian Government have
rendered to the cause of order throughout the dis-
turbed States. It was a very different thing for
the disaffected corps to lay down their arms to an
Italian officer to what it would have been to a
French one, and in fairness and consistency we
hope that NAPOLEON will recognise it .as such. It
is satisfactory to hear that the ultimatum alluded
to yesterday is not borne out by subsequent accounts.
At any rate it is very gratifying to think that the
immediate cause for fear is removed, and that as
there will be no longer any pretext for continuing
the stay of the French troops in Rome, so there will
be no necessity to prolong the vexatious discussions
relating to the rights of occupation and the wrongs
of interference. The question of the temporal power
of the POPE is not for the French to decide, and in any
case they must leave others to settle it for themselves.
The Emperor NAPOLEON has declared that he sent
his troops to Italy most unwillingly, and it now
remains for him to prove this to the world by
speedily withdrawing them altogether. Of course
it will take some time for the disturbed community
to return to calm, but with great care and conside-
ration on all sides, it is not impossible that some
settlement may be made which will improve the
else, and render Italy more secure at home, and
more safe from the much-deprecated interference of
France than she has been since the September
Convention.

According to the telegram from Alexandra, dated
Monday, the 4th, the Abyssinian expedition has
commenced under favourable auspices. H.M.
Indian steam transport Malabar, with troops, has
arrived at Suez. Three thousand mules were in
Egypt awaiting transport. Colonel MEREWETHER
has found a good encampment at Zoulfa, and is
sending out reconnoitring parties. In this manner
he will become practically acquainted with the
nature of the route before them, and will ascertain
with accuracy the means of obtaining water,
&c., which will materially assist his progress.
The real difficulty about the Abyssinian
expedition has been the general ignorance
respecting it, not because of the obstacles which it
put in the way of the troops, but on account of the
doleful prophecies and dark conjectures which
abounded in consequence. What with the Guinea
worm, the Tsetse fly, famine, and lack of water,
some persons worked themselves and their neigh-
bours up into the belief that our forces would be
decimated without a shadow of success, and the
more doubtful and uncertain the official knowledge
appeared to be the louder and more confident grew
the prophets of misfortune and mischief. A little
reflection, however, convinced the majority
that a country in which King THEODORE'S
unfortunate captives had so long enjoyed tolerable
health in spite of so many drawbacks and such
continued anxiety could scarcely be so fatal to their
countrymen ; while the seers who declared that
famine was the most dangerous enemy, and who
drew vivid pictures of dying camels and hovering
birds of prey, appear to have forgotten that Abys-
sinia abounds with cattle ; who, according to these
statements, must be in the habit of living on air,
since neither food nor water is obtainable in Abys-
synia I The precautions which are being taken by
the authorities are sufficient of themselves to remove
any needless apprehension. However favourable
the accounts which reach them from the pioneers
of the force, they are determined not to rely in any
degree upon the chance of what they may find. The
expedition is not to advance into Abyssinia until
it has seven months' food actually collected, and a
three months' reserve guaranteed ready as soon
as wanted. The troops of the advanced brigade
are to make three piers for the main portion
of the force at the place selected for debarka
tion, which is Ansley Bay, 20 miles south
of Massowah. This bay faces the north, and
has deep water and good anchorage, and there
is no unusual difficulty about the approach. The
land surrounding it is a sandy plain, with patches of
brushwood, but without forest. G :me is plentiful
and cattle easily obtained, so that the advanced
brigade who arrived there on the 16th ult. were
confident that there would be no difficulty about
supplies. Water, at least drinkable water, is not to
be found within 16 miles of the coast ; but a good
and abundant supply was discovered at that dis-
tance in one of the deep ravines. This is no great
distance to obtain a supply, and it is very possible
that more may be found hereafter, since it is evi-
dent that there is no natural deficiency int he country.
Colonel MEEEWETIIER'S party, immediately on
their arrival, took active measures to prepare for
the reception of the force. The first thing to be
done was to construct a pier to land troops and
stores, and coolies from Aden were summoned to

assist in the work. As we have said three piers
are to be made in all ; one, for landing troops, is to
have a double line of tramway, two miles of tram-
way having been already despatched for the pur-
pose. Everything that could be prepared before-
hand has been done ; even the commissariat
sheds have been fitted in Bombay, and Chinese
carpenters sent to fit them up. The pains-
taking and laborious Chinese will be of
vast service in carrying on their work in spite of
the heat ; and what with coolies from Aden, and
Sikhs and Ghoorkas from India, we shall make a
good many different nations contribute to the dis-
comfiture of King THEODORtJS.
At present all promises well, and the members of
the expedition are in excellent spirits, and sanguine
of the results. The tone of feeling in Bombay is in
striking contrast to the forebodings in England,
and some profess to hope that the main body of the
expedition will never be needed, as THEODORE will
give in at the sound of their approach. The difficulties
of climate and country, which appear so formidable
to Englishmen at home, are not likely to affect Anglo-
Indians ; and though the good folks of Bombay
may be over-confident, it is well that their hopeful-
ness should temper our over-caution. The British
taxpayer, who is beginning to feel some apprehen-
sion as to the possible effect of the Abyssinian ex-
pedition upon his budget, if he exercise a little
patience will have no grounds for complaint. If we
establish a footing iu Abyssinia the affair will very
soon pay itself. The mineral wealth of the country
is so great that we should readily obtain sufficient
ore to pay our expenses, while the future holds out
a promising prospect. Whatever the immediate
effect of this expedition, King THEODORE can hardly
be long on the Throne which he disgraces ; and the
semi-civilisation of his people paves the way for
that commercial intercourse with European nations
which is the high road to civilisation. Already we
have many standing places on that vast con-
tinent which we seem especially fitted to
subdue. The intrepidity and the persever-
ance of English explorers have laid open
the secrets of the interior of Africa, and they are
still redoubling their energies and pushing on their
discoveries in the face of every danger. Our colonies
at the Cape are thriving. Why should we not have
other settlements on the coast, and by and by in
the interior, and try whether modern science and
industry and civilisation cannot be brought to bear
even upon Abyssinia ?

A dinner has taken place to celebrate the forma

tion of the Bristol Working Men's Conservative
Association, at which Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE
made a most interesting speech. The right hon.
gentleman described Bristol as a thoroughly English
city, and it has been associated with the past times
of our country. The discoverer of the Continent
of America went forth from Bristol, and from that
city the first steamer went across the Atlantic and
home. Concerning the all-engrossing topic of Re-
form, Sir S. NORTRCOTE said that he thought
there had been an exaggeration of language
in what both sides had said of it. There
is some truth in this, for people are very apt
to talk as if the working classes were just about to
begin their influence in public affairs instead of
having bad it for long years. It is rather, as here
put, that public men were so much impressed by
the sense and patriotism displayed by the working
classes that they were eager and ready to allow of
their admission to the franchise. As for " the leap
in the dark," about which so much has been said,
the right hon. gentleman very truly said, it is not.
the same in all human affairs, and how
can any one predict the result of this or that step
they are taking or propose to take? We must bear
in mind that in speaking of the working classes"
we are speaking of a large and divided body, and
there is much to consider about the matter. As Sir
STAFFORD NORTIICOTE said, very impressively, a
great deal will depend upon the men themselves,
and they must feel the responsibility that rests upon
them if they hope for success or prosperity in the
great work of public progress. We quite
agree with him in looking to the experience
that has been made with confidence, and believe
that, " under GOD'S blessing, the spirit of loyalty,
and contentment, and good feeling which has pre-
vailed among the working classes of this country,
will carry us safely through the difficult times
which are no doubt coming." It is certainly most
encouraging to find that all the members of the
Government speak so cheerfully and hopefully of
the Reform Bill, which some captious opponents
said they detested in their hearts. Whether

it be Lord DERBY at Manchester, Mr. DISRAELI at
Edinburgh, Sir J. PAKINGTON at York, or Sir S.
NORTIICOTE at Bristol, it is the same story ; they
all rejoice at having had the opportunity of passing
a measure that the interests of the country so im-
peratively demanded, and that the experience of
the wisest and the opinion of the ablest politician
declared to be necessary to the community.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
The chief point of interest of an official character
connected with the affairs of Italy is that on the
day when General de Failly entered Rome with
some detachments of the French army he issued the
following proclamation, soma fragments only of
which had previously transpired :
"Romans,—The Emperor Napoleon again sends
an expeditionary corps to Rome to protect the
Holy Father and the Pontifical throne against the
armed attacks of revolutionary bands. You have
known us for a long time. We come to fulfil a
mission entirely moral and disinterested We will
aid you in establishing confidence and security.
Our soldiers will continue to respect your persons,
your customs, and your laws. The past affords a
guarantee of this.
"The General-in-Chief of the French Expedi-
tionary Corps, DE FAILLY.

"Civita Vecchia, Oct. 29, 1867."
Garibaldi had a narrow escape a day or two ago
of being killed. He went accompanied only by a
guide to an isolated house only three or four miles
from Rome. His intention was to reconnoitre the
positions of the Papal troops, and he was standing
on the steps of the house for the purpose. All of a
sudden two shots were fired which severely wounded
the guide. The General was unharmed. lie im-
mediately returned to headquarters. The two shots
were fired by two Pontifical gendarmes, who, in-
formed of the intention of Garibaldi to visit the
house, had concealed themselves until they had the
opportunity of firing at him.
Reports of alt sorts continue to abound.. Ac-
cording to one of them Garibaldi had marched back
upon Monte Rotondo, in consequence of the ap-
proach of several battalions of Papal troops with
the intention of cutting off his retreat. Anotler
engagement is spoken of, it being added that re-
ports of cannon had been heard in the environs of
Monte Rotondo. The Spanish frigate La Ville de
Madrid was anchored off Civita Vecchia.

When the Empress last visited the Exhibition
her Majesty went in a public vehicle and quite un-
attended. On leaving the Empress crossed the Pont
de Zena, and it began to rain, but her Majesty pro-
ceeded with indifference. According to the etiquette
here, persons with umbrellas keep on the footway,
but a gentleman recognising the Empress, who was
in the middle of the bridge, rushed forward, regard-
less of ceremony, and, taking off his hat, said, "An
English Sovereign inspired, in similar weather to
this, an act not allowed by etiquette. Your Ala-

jesty is as much beloved and as indulgent. She
will forgive like Queen Elizabeth, and "—the Em-
press smiled, and, finishing the sentence, said—" she
accepts the umbrella."
A labouring man, named Legros, is about to be

tried before the Court of Assize of the Doubs sitting

at Besancon, charged with the murder of an old
gentleman named llemandre and his servant girl
at the chateau de Rigney, near the village of that
name. M. Demaudre was formerly a magistrate,
and was much respected in the locality. Legros.
the prisoner, is a man of very bad character, and
there is a chain of circumstantial evidence against
him, tending to prove that he was guilty of the
murder, the motive for which was robbery. The
poor girl was about to be married, and the banns
had been published. The murder took place on the
6th of April. The village of Rigney contains about
800 inhabitants, and the chateau is very ancient
and of great architectural beauty.
Henri Pierre Langier, a farmer of 38, has been
convicted before the Court of Assize at Draguignan
for poisoning his wife by means of strychnine. The
evidence went to prove that, on the morning of the
31st of March last, the previous wife died suddenly
in great agony. She was quite well at seven o'clock,
and as she died before eight there was little doubt
that she had been poisoned. The medical men also
made a post-mortem examination, and declared that
the stomach of the deceased contained strychnine.
One strong point of suspicion against the prisoner
was that at five o'clock on the same morning he had
told the barber of Bargemon, the village where
the prisoner and his wife resided, that his wife
was dangerously ill, although the illness
did not commence till two hours afterwards.
It was supposed that the prisoner gave this account
in order to prepare the residents of the village for
the melancholy event. He pretended to be in great
alarm about his wife, but it was remembered that
he did not send for a doctor. When the police came
to the house to make inquiries about the death, the
prisoner pretended to be in an agony of grief, and
sighed and sobbed aloud. It also was proved that
the prisoner had bought strychnine at several shops
many months before the death of his wife occurred.
The only evidence as to the inducement to the crime
was that the prisoner had never liked his wife, but
only married her for her money, and he pretended
to be greatly disappointed because his wife had not
borne him a child. The prisoner had abandoned a
young girl whom he had seduced before he married
the deceased, and afterwards he had said that he
wished to get rid of the latter in order that he
might be married to the girl. The prisoner had
often beaten his wife, and one witness deposed that
he had been heard to say that he must kill his wife
in order that he might have another, who would
bring him a child. The jury gave a verdict to the
effect that the prisoner was guilty of the wilful mur-
der of his wife, Madeleine Isouard Langier, "by
the administration of substances calculated to cause
death." The full details of the trial have not
transpired, and the reason why sentence of death
was not pronounced is not known. The Cour
condemned the murderer to hard labour for life.

The weather continues bright and beautiful, and
not cold for the season.

La Liberte (not a very reliable authority) says
that the audience granted by the Emperor to Gen.
Marmora did not result in consequences so favour-
able to the maintenance of amicable relations be-
tween the Cabinets of Paris and Florence as might
have been expected. The General, it appears, gave
his opinion that under present circumstances it was
impossible for the Italian Government to retire from
the Pontifical territory before the troops of the
Holy Father. Also that a rectification of fron-
tiers, which would give the promise of Viterbo to
Italy, was equally indispensable, as well in a national
as in a military point of view.
The Emperor of Austria has conferred the Grand
Cross of the Order of Marie Therese upon Prince
Napoleon, through the medium of M. de Metter-
nich.

On the occasion of the reopening of the courts of
law in Paris mass was said in the Sainte Chapelle
by the Archbishop of Paris.

iIIEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN.

(Front &twit News-Letter.)

There are so few really accomplished performers
on the stage at the present day, despite the in-
ducements which it offers, either as respects fame
or fortune, that it was a subject of sincere inte-
rest to find that Miss Bateman had returned to
the scene of her former triumphs from the
quietude of private life, and on Monday evening
she appeared before a brilliant and crowded house
in her favourite character of Leah. As to the play
itself, it is utterly worthless, whether as regards the
plot or the language ; and the conduct of Rudolf,
vacillating, weak, and inconstant, renders him an
object unworthy of the passionate love of the
Jewess, while Madelina, whom he eventually weds,
is satisfied to accept his hand without hesitation,
after finding his affections (if they can bo dignified
, and by the grace with which
her
genius, by the bright-
by the name) are directed to another. But Miss
sßnheaestsehomaf
her
Bateman
invested
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stathege d imagination,
forcen
the aon p offart of Leah, has made the
feeble text glow and sparkle under her interpre-
tation, and the play becomes invested with a
reality and depth due to extrinsic influences alone.
In the first act the presence of the Jewess is little
more than momentary, but her gestures speak with
more than the eloquence of language tho terror
under which she suffers, and when the Christian
priest lays his protecting hangs on her the shudder
passing over her was most expressive. But the
great scene is that in the fourth act, where, en-
countering Rudolf after he has left the church the
husband of another, Leah pronounces the fearful
curse. Sometimes, when speaking in level pass-
ages, Miss Bateman intones too much, but here
every word, every action is apposite and true to
nature, and the alternating tones of bitter scorn,
vehement denunciation, and womanly emotion, ter-
minated in a noble burst that held the audience
wrapt in earnest attention. In the closing act,
where the poor wanderer returns, dying and broken-
hearted, there was a touching and quiet pathos that
won from not a few the tribute of tears.

UNIVE.RSITY IN7ELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. 5.

ALL SOULS' COLLEGE.

At a meeting of the Society of All Souls' College
this morning Edward Ridley, 8.A., was admitted
an actual Fellow, after the expiration of one year's
probation.
At the same time the following were elected
Fellows, on a year's probation, viz.: —William
Reynell Anson, 8.A., Balliol ; Walter George Frank
Phillirnore, 8.A., student, Ch. Ch.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 5.
THE ELECTION OF VICE CHANCELLOR.

In Congregation this morning the Rev. Dr.
Thompson, Master of Trinity College, was elected,
without opposition, Vice Chancellor for the ensuing
academical year.

THE RUSSIAN NICHOLAS RAIL TVA Y,

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

M. de Reutern, the Russian Minister of Finance

has lately been at a loss for money. This is no un-
usual position for a Minister of Finance to find
himself in. Nations, like individuals, fall occa-
sionally into pecuniary embarrassments ; but with
good management and strict honesty the diffi-
culty may be tided over and affairs be re-adjusted.
As with private men, so with great empires—in
such straits they generally test the good-will of their
neighbours, and ask for a loan of money. To
comply with such a request is an evidence of
confidence reposed by the lender in the borrower.
In private life such loan may be a proof of
friendship ; in public transactions it is an evidence
of credit, and the sacredness of both sentiments is
imperilled by any breach of faith on the part of the
borrower. When, last year (1866), M. de Reutern
was in want of money he raised a loan, which was
subscribed both in England and on the Continent.
The bonds for that loan were issued at 84. In the
present year (1867) M. de Reutern again wanted
money, and again asked for a loan. And how did
he act? Regardless of his faith to the bondholders
of the 1866 loan he issued bonds for the new loan
at 76, and gave, besides, the Nicholas Railway
as collateral security for the twelve millions
sterling he sought to raise. How could M.
de Reutera blind himself to the fact that,
whilst damaging the interest of the bondholders
of 1866, he at the same time dealt a deadly blow to
the Russian national credit ? If Russia be as solvent
now as she was last year, why issue bonds for the
new loan at a lower rate than those of the former?
and why add a pledge as security? But the evil
effects of this terrible error of judgment—to give
M. de Reutern's conduct no worse name—were
quickly manifested. For the Russian loan of the
present year 600,000 bonds were issued. Let us
see what favour they found in the commercial world.
Though such eminent bankers as Baring and Hope,
of London, and Pinand and Hottingen, of Paris,

undertook to negotiate the loan, the success was
only such as may be expected to follow a distrust
of the borrower. These great bankers took on
their own responsibility 150,000 bonds, or, in
other words, one-fourth of the number issued, and
what account do we find of the remainder?-291.
229 were placed in France, and a vague report said
that 1,000 were placed in England. The placing of
the remaining 158,771 bonds was left to exercise the

ingenuity of some gentlemen of the Stock Exchange.
.___

When we consider that the bankers who took
150,000 bonds had a commission of 4 per cent. on
their nominal value, which was equivalent to about
7 per cent. on their real value, we cannot regard
the Russian loan of 1867 as a very flattering speci-
men of the financial ability of M. de Reutern.

But there remains the Nicholas Railway, which,
being the property of the Russian Government, M.
de Reutern pledged as security for the loan raised
this year. This Nicholas Railway, burdened as it is,
is about to be sold. La Grande Societe des Chemin
de fer Russes is to be the purchaser. M. de Reutern
seems determined to make the Nicholas Railway do
him good service. Ile is again in want of money,
and the Grande Societe, which enjoys the reputation
of being a private company, but which, from its
organisation, looks at least semi-official, is elected
to the honour of relieving the Minister of Finance
from his difficulty. 'We learn that the Nicholas
Railway will be ceded to the Grande Societe des
Chemins de fer Russes for the term of 84 years.
And upon what conditions ? The Grande Societe
steps into the place of the Government, as-
suming all their rights and responsibilities.
It may be well to mention that the Nicholas
Railway is a line running between St. Peters-
burg and Moscow, and has been hitherto used
for the transport of troops. Mr. Wynans, an
American, has a contract with the Russian Go-
vernment for keeping the rolling material of this
line in repair. Now that the Government wish to
sell the railway it becomes necessary to cancel Mr.
Wynan's contract. The Government have offered
Mr. Wynan three million roubles as compensation
but he has refused, from which we may conclude
that the American gentleman finds his contract
profitable. Now, let us examine the terms offered

by the Russian Government to the Grande Societe
in this railway transaction. The first and most
important condition is, that the company shall

undertake the annual payment during 84 years
of the sum of 3,115,540 metallic roubles, the same
to be applied to the payment of the interest and to
the liquidation of the Government loan of 1867.
The company undertakes to place at the disposal of
the Government a new issue of bonds, the rate of

interest and other conditions to be fixed bythe Go-
vernment. And what advantages do the Govern-
ment offer the company? The Government pro-
mises to give a sum, the amount to be hereafter
fixed, for the repair of the line, the improvement of
the stations, and the increase of the material, but
on condition that the estimates for these expenses
be submitted to the Government, and distributed in
equal portions over the years 1868-69. These terms
would not offer any great attraction to an Eng-
lish company, but one is tempted to laugh
upon finding amongst the conditions laid down in
this transfer of the Nicholas Railway that, should
the net revenue of this line exceed the sum required
to pay the obligations contracted by the loan of 1867,
the overplus is to be transferred to the revenue of
the Warsaw-Nijni line, and should the revenue of
all the lines exceed the amount of interest guaran-
teed on the shares and bonds then the overplus is
to be divided between the Government and the
company. There is a financial solemnity in the
suggestions of a possible division of profits between
the company and the Government, which cannot
fail to excite the risible propensities of any one ac-
quainted with the financial position of the Grand
Societe des Chemins de fer Russes.

According to the official report published this
year at St. Petersburgh, we find that the company
has a capital of £28,346,791, yielding a net revenue
of £483,533, being equivalent to 1 88-100ths per
cent. Such a return speaks volumes for the work-
ing of the company, after an existence of 10 years.
To this company belong the lines runniug from
Warsaw to St. Petersburg, and from Moscow to
Nijni. Upon these lines the Government have

;ua,ranteed an interest of 5 per cent , so that the
difference between 1 88-100ths which the lines at
present pay and 5 per cent. is paid by the Govern-
ment. And thus the indebtedness of the company
to the Government will be constantly increasing
until its net revenue exceeds 5 per cent. This must
be kept in mind whilst we take into consideration
the exact value of the terms proposed by the Rus-
sian Government in the transfer of the Nicholas
Railway. Stripped of technicalities, it amounts to
an invitation to the company to undertake the
yearly payment of a large sum, for which
no equivalent is offered unless we should con-
sider as such the honour of becoming proprie-
tors of this heavily-burdened Nicholas line.
But some matter-of-fact Englishmen may ask
whether the shareholders have no voice in the
matter. Of course they have a voice in the ques-

tion, but shareholders in all countries seem to be a
credulous class, and in the present instance the hope
of sharing large profits with the Government—
which will take place when the joint revenues of
a

the lines exceed 5 per cent. !!—the shareholders
overlook the fact that they will be called on to meet
an immediate demand for eleven millions sterling,
and which they must meet themselves should the
directors of the company not be clever enough to
entrap fresh flies into their net. As the chairman
and half the directors of the Grande Societe are
Government officials no doubt the terms offered
will be painted in the most attractive colours. This
may succeed at St. Peterburg and ➢Toscow, but we
venture to predict that the capitalists of Western
Europe will be very chary of making investments
in Russia until M. de Reutern abandons his present
sinuous financial policy for one more statesmanlike
and straightforward.

GAS EXPLOSION.—This morning, at eight o'clock,
an explosion of gas took place at the King's Heads Wal-
worth-road, which completely shattered the front of the
house, taking the lamps with it, and sending the frame-
work in splinters to the other side of the road. The pot-
man at the house and a shoeblack sustained so serious in-
juries that both bad to be convoyed to the hospital.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE ROMAN QUESTION.

PARIS, Nov. 6, 5 a.m.
The Moniteur of this morning says :—" Garibaldi
was arrested on the evening of the 4th at Figline
by the Italian authorities, and on the following
morning was taken to Fort Varignano with his two
sons. The Roman States are now completely free
of the invading bands.

" The Italian Government has ordered the Royal
troops which had occupied certain points of the Pon-
tifical territory near the frontier to return to Italian

territory."
Telegraphic communication has been re-established
between Rome and Florence, and between Rome
and Naples.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Nov. 16.

The Reforma mentions a report that the Deputy
Bertani has been taken prisoner by the Pontifical
troops.

FRANCE AND ITALY.
The ConstitutionneZ of this morning publishes the
following article, signed by M. Paulia Limayrac,

upon the Doman question :

‘4 The news we awaited yesterday has arrived.
A great scandal, which was at the same time an
audacious violation of international law, has ceased.
The honour of a treaty, signed by France, is safe.
The revolution committed an act of folly ; civilisa4
tion has done its duty.
"It must undoubtedly be regretted that so much
blood should have been shed, but the struggle was
inevitable; and if this is not the time, in presence
of the conquered, to say up to what point they have
been guilty, one is still forced to admit that they
were the aggressors, that they had placed themselves
above all law, and thus they not only effected an
unjust work, but might further have caused terrible
complications to arise between France and Italy,
perhaps involving Europe.

"We are assured that the Pontifical army
behaved admirably, and rendered by its courage
the support of the French soldiers useless. The
Italian army upon its part has kept the engage-
ments made by its King in the proclamation in
which he affirmed the rights and dignity of his
Crown against all revolutionary intriguers. The
soldiers of Victor Emmanuel have given a denial to
the sad prognostics of their enemies.

" The military work is finished, and the diplo-
matic work is about to begin. The difficulty that
has just disappeared has been for some days a sub-
ject of so much disquietude throughout the
world that France, Italy, and the European Powers
cannot abstain from setting themselves to work to
seek a solution to a question always full of danger.
" We have once more seen what evil the fana-

ticism of the revolutionary parties is able to bring
about. Let us now hope in the wisdom of the
Governments and the peoples."

BAVARIA.

MUNICH, Nov. 6.

The Emperor of Austria telegraphed yesterday
to King Louis, declining the offer of a Court dinner
and gala opera. The Emperor will only pay a
simple visit to the King, and leave here again this
evening.
The coolness between the two Courts continues.