The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The General Comte de Segur, author of " L'His-
toire de la Grand Armee," has just finished his
memoirs, which are said to be full of curious anec-
dotes of the First Napoleon and his Court. The
Count is one of the oldest members of the Academy.
A new paper, with the objet; of promoting a
knowledge of the science of political economy in
France, is to appear in Paris on the 25th of No-
vember. It will be called L'Avenir, and be edited
by M. Boudhon, formerly editor of the Journal des
Actionnaires.

The political direction of the Patrie has, it is said,
been assumed by M. Rouher. The paper has been
bought for 1,800,000 f. by MM. Fremy, De Soubey-
ran, and Sapia. The first is the governor of the
Credit Foncier, the second the deputy governor,
and the third director of the Ministry of Finance.

The Avenir Commercial announced that the num-
ber which appeared on Monday last was the last it
would publish. The Avenir was founded about
seven years ago for the purpose of advocating free-
trade doctrines in France. It was under the man-
agement of M. Benard, who most ably and inde-
fatigably performed the duties of editor, hardly a
number appearing without two or three articles
from his pen.

The Patric of last Monday evening published
letters from Mexico to the 20th ult., according to
which the embarkation and departure of all the
French troops in a body was to take place very
shortly. Marshal Bazaine had concentrated them
in such a manner as to enable them to execute
promptly his instructions in this respect. The or-
ganisation of the National Army, it is added, was
in a sufficiently advanced state to enable it to keep
in check the bands of Juarist partisans, and the
Mexican population, the Patric says, are determined
that the country shall not relapse into anarchy, and
will not again submit to a system of pronuncia-
nzientos and guerillas.

One of the interesting features of the Paris Ex-
hibition will be the collection of periodical literature,
now in course of formation in England. News-
papers, magazines, and pamphlets of all kinds are
to be classified and exhibited ; the issues of the year
1866 only to be included.

BOURSE, Nov. 5, Two o'clock.—The opening
prices were higher, but a want of confidence mani-
fested itself, and now quotations have all fallen back,
and in many cases to lower than Saturday's close.
French Threes nevertheless remain at 68f. 70c.,
without change. Italian Fives, after being at 56f.
20c., are now quoted at 56fr., an advance of 10c.
Taking the deport into account, Credit Mobilier
Shares have still an advance of 3f. 75c., at 588 f.
75e., but these shares were doing at about 600 f.
during the earlier period of the Bourse. Credit
Foncier Shares have lost their report. Railways
are also lower than at the opening, but show little
variation on last closing prices.
Three o'clock.--Italian Fives and French Threes

have been a little more B.]
Credit Mobilier are much
of 10f. The last prices a:

41 per Cents 96 75
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 72
Do. end month 6B 72
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Fonder —
Do. end month 1365

nu towards the close, but
offered, with a further loss
re as follows :

Bank Shares 3575
Italian Loan 56
Do. end month 56 10
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

'A.Yfil.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1167 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 025
Southern 575
Western —
Eastern 546 75
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 422 50
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman.

136 25

THE MAGAZINES.

COLUMN'S UNITED SERVICE.—The contents of
this number may be called outlandish, for they
range over Europe and stretch to the further limits
" of Ortnus and of Ind," not stopping even at Ben-
gal, but touching on and into the very heart of
Burmah, with China to boot, and a glance at
Japan, on its telegraphic route to Australia and New
Zealand ! This is all very well as far it goes, and our
" Communications with the East Indies" forms the subject
of an interesting article, founded chiefly on the Report of
Mr. Crawford's Parliamentary Committee of last session—
the best practical work of an impracticable House of Com-
mons. No doubt the establishment of better and more
direct communication with India, by telegraph, will become
an absolute necessity when the steamers now building for
taking our troops from England to Alexandria, and thence
across the Isthmus from Suez to Bombay, commence run-
ning. The saving of fatigue to our soldiers, of a dreary
voyage round the cape of hurricanes and forlorn hope, re=
during the time from about four months to less than one,
with the freshness of provisions and cheering variety of
scene, will be immense. It will be almost changing a
penal voyage into one of pleasure and geographical know-
ledge. It will have a political as well as a beneficial effect,
for the tawny sons of Egypt will see with their own eyes
the warriors of the North, with—
" Pride in theft' port, defiance in their eye,
They see the lords of human kind pass by."
Nor in these days of political economy, when so much is
talked about saving in theory and spending in practice,
will the new route be less valuable to the health and com-
fort of our soldiers, while it will be cheaper to those who
have to pay the expenses—no small recommendation to
John Bull whether he pays in Europe or in India. Besides
the advantage of shortening the passage to the outgoing
soldier, it will prove a tenfold benefit to the hapless invalid
returning from his long sojourn in the regions of the sun,
with shattered frame and weary heart, to end his days in
the land of his youthful hope and welcoming friends.
Wherever his services have been required and cheerfully
given, still the love of "home, sweet home " is so strongly
implanted in the breast of every true Briton that he is al-
ways on the lookout for the return to England. As the
poet has well said—

" Let the eagle change his plume,
The leave its hue, the flower its bloom,
But ties around his heart are spun
That cannot, will not, be undone."

The names of these steamers, five in number, are appro-
priate. Two from England to Alexandria—the Crocodile
and the Seraphis, and three from Suez to Bombay—the
Jumna, Euphrates, and Malabar—all splendid ships of over
4,000 tons ; each capable of conveying a whole regiment,
1,000 strong, with wives, children, baggage, and military
stores. The like has never been seen for accommodation,
speed, and comfort. It will be bringing India almost to
the Horse Guards, and much good may be the conse-
quence, we trust, and so does every unlucky soldier pant-
ing for his long-looked for promotion. "From England
to Tonghoo, Burmab," is concluded, and a very interesting
account it is. The country is admirably described, with
the quaint manners of the people—the most unpleasant
feature being the long continuance of rain, lasting five
months, and almost flooding the country. We make a
great fuss about cur system of education, but the Burmese
children, boys especially, are all taught to read, write, and
even to cypher by the priests, and all for nothing. What
will Mi. Bright say to this ? It even tops his "incom-
parable" Americans, though their good girls teach the
people, as they ought to do in Lancashire, and no doubt
would, but for their "spinning jenni:s." The Burmese
have some singular customs—one is in burning their
priests, by way of a religious bit of fun. In Burmah there
is a handsome tree called the traveller's tree, which pro-
duces water where the leaf is broken off, and there is also
a water vine, a creeper which grows on the mountain side,
and when discovered supplies a large quantity of water to
the parched and weary wayfarer. These aro two
of the wonderful provisions of nature, for which
the Burmese gives thanks to the great Spirit that
rules over and fills everything. The Burmese is a happy,
good-humoured fellow on the whole, with little thought
for the morrow. His condition is much improved since
the English took him under their protection. The ex-
ports of Bnrmah are teak and rice. "Abyssinia and the
British Captives" is another paper of surpassing interest,
and a country which we suspect neither Johnson nor
Rasselas know much about in their days of erratic travel.
The information given here is from the report of Mr. Con-
sul Plowden to the Earl of Clarendon some ten years ago,
but the character of King or Emperor Theodore is singu-
larly graphic, and we must say far more favourable than
we could have ever hoped to find it. He seems to bo a re-
markable chief altogether; he is not only a self-made so-
vereign, but a self-taught man—one who enforces obedience
by practical example ; in short, a reformer that would suit
Mr. Bright to a T, for he likes to have everything his own
way, and finds fault with everything he don't like ! We
hope ho will yet relieve the captives. There are many
other articles which we have not room to specify ; but we
must not omit Massino d'Azeglio's estimate of Garibaldi—
" a heart of gold with the head of a buffalo,"—reminding
one of Bernadotte's description of the great Napoleon, an
iron hand with a velvet glove.

THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—The story of "A
Life's Mystery" is continued and occupies a promi-
nent position in this number. In its peculiarities
and its extravagances it exceeds the former instal-
ment, and the heroine proves herself to be a most
singular young woman who has become involved
in some questionable proceedings. The other tale, " Out
of Charity," is apparently approaching a conclusion, and
the unlucky Eva seems at last on the right track to dis-
cover her unknown parents. " The Lusiad" of Camoens
forms the subject of an interesting paper. The tragic
vicissitudes in the life of Portugal's greatest poet are
familiar to most students of literary history. He died in
a Lisbon hospital after having been frequently in want of
bread ; his only means of support during his previous ill-
ness having been that a faithful Indian servant went out
begging at night to procure money to keep his master.
" I saw him die," said a monk, " in an hospital in Lisbon
without having a shroud to cover his remains, after having
sailed 5,500 leagues, and borne arms victoriously in India."
So much for the honour which a prophet receives in
his own country ! " Across Ross-shire" is continued
pleasantly enough, with sundry quotations from
legend, romance, or poem. "The organization of the Mili-
tary in Prussia" is the title of an article which will just
now be read with interest. The writer attributes the suo-
cesses of Prussian arms less to any particular superiority
of the weapons than to the perfection of her military orga-
-nization. " Guilty or Not Guilty ?" cites a curious page
from the history of the French Revolution, and the verdict
of impartial readers is likely to be the latter. The Lakes
of Killarney are described at some length, and abrief paper
chronicles the melancholy fate of Alexander Somerville,
once well-known in connection with the League and now
lying ill and helpless in a Canadian hospital.

THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—" How I Rose in
the World" is the title of the first story in this part,
though we are glad to find the element of fiction
less prominent than usual. A paper on " Country
Commissions and Country Cousins" very amusingly
describes the inroad on the usual routine of peaceful
citizen life by energetic, excitable country cousins, who are
bent on seeing all that can be seen, and doing all
that oan be dono, during their stay in London.
Divided in their minds between the pleasurable excitement
of shopping and sight-seeing, and the fear of thieves and
fire, which they consider inseparable from great cities,
after having turned the whole house upsido down, and
rushed about from morning till night, they retire to their
sylvan shades, exhausted and worn out, firmly convinced
that London is a bedlam on a large scale. "Stonehenge
and Old Sarum," " A Literary Camp Follower," and "An
Excursus for Practical People," are among the remaining
papers.

THE MONTH. —The Month contains in this num-
ber several very interesting articles. One of its
principal attractions is Lady Georgiana Fullerton's
historical romance, " A Stormy Life ; or, Queen
Margaret's Journal." The life chronicled is a stormy
one indeed, for it is that of Margaret of Anjou, wife
of our hapless Henry the Sixth. It is written with all
Lady Fullerton's power and pathos, and the clouds are
gathering thickly round the fair young head of the brilliant
and wilful Queen. A sketch of Messina and Catalina,
from the pen of Lady Herbert of Lea, will be read with
interest. "The Story of Alexandrine" is not, as its name
might seem to imply, a romance, but a reality—the life of
Madame de Ferronays, which is to be continued in the
next part. The series of "English Premiers" has come
down to Lord North; and, not inappropriately, next to it
in the table of contents comes an essay on French Criticism
on America. Altogether the number is more than usually
attractive. •

HER MAJESTY, &c.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday.
The Queen with Princess Christian drove in the
grounds this morning.
Princess Beatrice rode in the Home-Park.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, at-
tended by Lieutenant Haig, went to London this
morning.

Prince Christian went out shooting, attended by
the Gentlemen in Waiting.

Countess Blucher, Lady Charles Fitzroy, and Sir
James Clark have arrived at the Castle. Mr. Helps
left to-day for London.

The Princess of Wales.
SANDItINGHAM, Monday.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,
attended by the Hon. Mrs. F. Stonor, General
Knollys and the Hon. Mr. Stonor, arrived here this
afternoon. Her royal highness left Marlborough
House about one o'clock, and was received at the
Bishopsgate station of the Great Eastern Railway
by Colonel Palmer, and was at once conducted to
the saloon carriage, the special train leaving at
1.58 under the care of Mr. Scott and Mr. G. Attock,
Colonel Palmer also accompanying the royal train
to Wolferton, where it arrived at 4.40, stopping only
at Cambridge and King's Lynn. Her royal high-
ness and suite performed the remainder of the jour-
ney in private carriages. Her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales will continue at Sandringham for
a few days, the Duchess of Cambridge remaining
her royal highness's guest, and next week the Prin-
cess of Wales is expected to visit the Queen at
Windsor Castle'.

THE NEW ROYAL ACADEMY.

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The plans for the new Royal Academy building will, it
is understood, soon be laid before the members ; so that the
entire future of the institution will be, in effect, determined
by what is done in the course of a few weeks. Few who
know anything about the Academy will hesitate to receive
as of the highest importance the arrangements of the edi-
fice in which the artists are to be housed. It is not too
much to say that at least half the policy of the Academy
wasapologised for, if not dictated, by lack of proper accom-
modation for branches of art which have grown to import-
ance since the fanatically-classical architect designed the
structure in Trafalgar-square, with more regard for Vitru-
vius than the wants of his employers. Mr. Wilkins, in de-
signing the Royal Academy, neglected ventilation to
an extent almost as great as that which appears
in his other public work, the London University building
in Gower-street. The lighting of the interior of the
former is most unfortunate ; while the planning of the
rooms were singularly infelicitous. These defects led tO
endless trouble and the exaggeration of much bitter feel-
ing; they put power in the hands of obstructive members
to keep from the exhibition those newer branches of Art
to the relationship of which with the Academy we have
on particular occasions referred, to wit, that of the water-
colour painters, who are now so numerous that, besides
two close societies, they supply another large and free ex-
hibition, to say nothing of what appears at the British
Artists' Gallery, and is often the most valuable part of it.
contents. What has befallen Sculpture from the hands of
the Royal Academy is known to every one. Even worse
is the lot of Architecture, the practitioners of which,
although eagerly seeking academical honours, generally de-
clined to have their works hidden in corners of Trafalgar-
square. Engraving—an art which not long since flourished
in this country, where some of its developments, as in
mezzotint and line, were unrivalled in Europe—is now
quite in the dark. To the treatment of etchers by the
hangers we have more than once called attention as being
preposterously unjust. Those defects are serious enough
to provoke the gravest consideration for the new plans;
they must be remedied, so far as forethought can be effec-
tual. Finally, with regard to the Exhibition, provision
should be made for the display of pictures by foreign artists,
so that utter ignorance shall be in future the sole apology
for such monstrous follies as occurred at the last Exhibi-
tion, where the noble " Moonrise" of M. Daubigny, and 11.
Legros's grave and dignified Scripture-piece, found n
shameful level near the coiling, and a light that was equally
bad for both. It is said that the perpetrators of these cruel
follies had never heard of M. Daubigny, and did not un-
derstand the art of M. Legros any more than they appre-
ciated the ability of Mr. Whistler and Dr. Haden as etchers
These assertions may be correct, but we believe that en
explanation of such acts of injustice is to be found only in
the carelessnesi of the Academical officials. At any rata
it is of the greatest importance to the Academy that scan-
dals of this sort should never be placed in the hands of its
enemies. The best security will be a well-lighted and ex-
tensive suite of exhibition-rooms, so adapted that nothing
less than deliberate malice shall be able to hang good pic-
tures over doors, as was the case this year with regard to
Mr. Robinson's " Quirang, Isle of Skye," Mr. A. Moore 'S
" The Shulamite," and Mr. H. Moore's " Pilot Cutter.' ;The
schools must be accommodated simultaneously with the
Exhibition. We do not consider the lectures which are
delivered at the Royal Academy are of sufficient import-
ance to compel the erection of special apartments where
space is so valuable. The library should bo heedfully card
for, and cannot be allowed to remain at its present small
value ; it should be made accessible to all artists. Practi-
cally it is now generally available, but this is due to the
courtesy of the present librarian, not to the arrangement
of the Council.—Athenaum.

Calamitous Fire and Loss of Three LiveS'

Last night a fire broke out in the extensive corner pre-
mises belonging to Mr. Lazarus, a clothier, carrying On
business at 44, Hampstead-road. The discovery was made
by a gentleman, who, in passing the building, noticed
smoke in dense bodies pouring out of the front shop. 11°
at once raised an alarm, and by some means a boy and an
infant were extricated from the back of the building. The
bystanders were then infcrmed that the proprietor of the
house and his wife were out, and that three children were
still in one of the upper rooms. Conductors Hutchings,
Rummens, and Arnold arrived with all possible expedition►
when the two first-named entered the third floor; but the
smoke was so hot and dense that the lamps of each becatne
extinguished, and had it not been for the assistance
rendered by one of the neighbours Conductor
Hutchings doubtlessly would have perished. Tll°
conductor with his comrade again entered at another
window, but they found the same difficulty of searching
the room, as the smoke again put out their lamps, and
they were at length obliged to give up the attempt as hope-
less. Several of the land steamers quickly attended, and
under the direction of Captain Shaw and the Salvage
Corps the engines were called into operation, but the fire
could not be extinguished until the front shop was burned
out, the front room first floor very much damaged by fire,
and thesrest of the house damaged by heat and smoke. As
soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled to enter, Con-
ductor Hutchings entered the place and found Emanuel,
Marian, and Sophia Lazarus, aged respectively ten, nine,
and eight years. They were at once taken to the hospitelt
when it was found that, on the road to that institution,
they had all expired. This fire was caused by an escaP°
of gas.

CANTERBURY HALL.—Amongst the novelties at
the Canterbury Hall are Mr. Nathan Hughes' pictures of
the " Riot in Hyde Park," and of the " Catastrophe in the
Cathedral at Chili, Santiago." Mr. Hughes prides himself
upon being the " swiftest painter of the age," and 11515
thrown out a challenge to the painters of the world to
cover canvas with him with the same rapidity. The pic-
tures were exhibited at the Pantheon in Oxford-street, by
day, and the public of the South-west of London now bay°
an opportunity of seeing them by night. The victory l°
not always to the swift, to bo sure; but curiosity will Pro-
bably be excited to witness the extraordinary re-prodUctiort
of an extraordinary scene—" The Hyde Park Riot." /Pro-
fessor Silvester continues to present his " Mystery," wille"'
has been pronounced unfathomable by the American preest
and which Canterbury Hall audiences seem hopelessly 'till-
able to solve. The "Mystery," however, is only one of
series of brilliant illusions by the Professor.
During his stay at Biarritz the Emperor, with hi°
usual liberality, opened his purse to every want that
deserved his attention. Thus the Prefect of 0°
Basses-Pyrenees received a sum of 7,000 f. for 01
poor, the society of the St. Helena medal wearers '3'
the department 1,000 f., and that of the Friend!
of Art of Pau 500 f. His Majesty has devotee!
46,000 f. to the different works which he has ordered
in the commune of Biarritz. Several other cora:
manes have likewise partaken of this liberality f°'
the repair of their churches. For the opening 1/130
of roads 10,000 f. have been given to the comnilin_
of Sare, 5,000 f. to that of Isatsou, and 8,000 f• t"
the communes of Biarritz, Bidarray, and Louhoseo:;
The Empress also placed in the hands of the Apoi
Cestac, manager of the Refuge at Anglet, a sum
500 f., and gave 200 f. to the Petites Sceurs ,0

Pauvres of Pail.
A telegraphic reply. has been received from thee
Emperor Maximilian to the messages which bath
been addressed to his Majesty respecting the ile%l
of the Empress. • The Emperor expresses aPPrn_
of the course which is being pursued by the rh3T
cians at Miramar, but says nothing of a
on his part to leavelViezioo. intentio..
any