The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-04 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Ocrroßzß 4, 1861.

THERMOMETER, IN THE HHADE. •
63—highest since noon yesterday.
53—lowest this morning and during the night.
64—this day at noon.
134satomrrnR-30.16.
Wrrrn—South-Easterly—fresh gal); with fine weather.

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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1861.

would only have been the very depth of ingratitude
upon our part. For it is to these men, it is to this
class, it is to this particular profession, that we are
indebted for being what we are. Without their
aid we should have remained among the most insig-
nificant States of the earth, instead of being the
lords of one-fifth of the whole habitable globe--
embracing within the compass of our empire vast
dominions in the Old and the New World, in the
east and the west, and the north and the south, in
Europe, Africa, America, and Australasia.
It is not, however, to the pages of our voyagers,
or still more to those of our nautical remancists,
that we need ever have recourse in order to gratify
to the full our appetite for the marvellous in regard
to the maritime service of England. Here, as
elsewhere, the truth of Lord BYRON'S dictum is
wonderfully verified that—

" - truth is always strange,

Stranger than fiction."—Don Juan, xiv 101.

In testimony of this we have but to turn
annually to the astounding statistics given to the
world, autumn after autumn, in the shape of the
yearly official Wreck Chart and Register.
Here is the last of these terrible records, the one
that has but just now been issued—" The Wreck
Register and Chart for 1860 " Like its predecessors
it tells by its appalling array of facts the magnitude
of the perils encountered by "those who go down to
the deep in ships !" Those gallant hearts sung of in
the classic and pathetic verse of the Sailor Fal-

" Tars—who unmoved behold the angry storm
In conflict all the rolling deep deform,
Who, patient in Adversity, still bear
The firmest front when greatest ills are near."

Enough almost might be said upon this point by
simply notifying the fact that, upon a rough
average, calculated upon a series of years, we have
a loss revealed to us through those Charts and
Registers of 800 lives annually, and of £1,500,000
worth of property yearly doomed to destruction.
Year by year, of course the precise number of lives
lost, the actual value of property destroyed, will be
found to fluctuate. But the numbers and the value
as we have here given them may be taken as the
average.

During the past year of our LORD 1860, the
wrecks off the coast of England have—by
reason of the foul weather that prevailed
more or less throughout that twelvemonth—been
unusually numerous. They amounted in fact
to no less than 1,379. Nevertheless it is some con-
solation to find that the number of lives lost in
consequence of these casualties, proves to have been
considerably below the average. Instead of being
800, the total amount did not exceed 536—still a
terrible waste of life notwithstanding ! Whilst,
however, 536 perished—as many as 2,158 persons,
we find, were in 1860 snatched from a watery grave
by life boats, shore boats, and other means, includ-
ing the rocket and mortar apparatus. There are
two or three circumstances connected with the
shipwrecks of 1860 that are sufficiently curious in
themselves to deserve particular notification. For
example—as to the direction of the wind that proved
most destructive, we find that—" 111 vessels were
wrecked during the prevalence of the wind from
S.W. ; 128 from W.N.W. ; and 194 from N.W. 8
vessels were wrecked during absolutely calm
weather; 151 in a fresh 13-eeze ; 168 in a whole
gale ; 101 in a storm ; and 139 in a hurricane."
Again as to the immediate cause of several of these
catastrophes—" 21 wrecks took place from not
heaving the lead; 2 from intemperance; 35 from
general negligence and want of caution; 39 foun-
dered from unseaworthiness ; and 5 from defective
compasses." Everyone of these sources of disaster
being obviously fortuitous and preventible. Besides
this, it is somewhat singular to note the following
items in regard to the ages of the vessels wrecked
—items strangely demonstrative (as has been re-
marked elsewhere) of the very curious fact that
when these ships "should be most vigorous" they
are in reality " most feeble," as will be understood
at once when the reader finds that, " during the
past three years, 377 vessels under 3 years old were
wrecked ; and 472 between the ages of 3 and 7
years ; whilst 644 of them perished between the
ages of 15 and 20." So that we are constrained to
add unhappily, Q. E. D.
Altogether, it is frightful to reflect that during
the last eleven years only there have perished in
this way along our shores 6,863 seamen—chiefly on
board our coasting colliers. During nearly nine
years past there have been 10,336 vessels thus
wrecked along the coasts of the United Kingdom.
Placed side by side with which last-mentioned re-
cords must be given by way of consolation the gra-
tifying announcement that during the last five years
alone, no less than 11,495 lives have been saved by
means of lifeboats, of shore-boats, of ship-boats, and
of the life-saving apparatus. Much, therefore, has
undoubtedly already been done, but obviously, quite
as obviously, more, far more, remains to do. And
the directest way of all in which to do it, we do
conscientiously believe, is by furthering the inte-
rests of the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, by
prompt subscriptions and hearty goodwill, for their
funds are low, and getting lower, by reason of their
unwearied liberality in furnishing lifeboats along
the coast. Let our countrymen only think that the
sympathy they now display may yet even conduce
to save their own lives in the days of peril and dis-
aster. It is said that " who giveth to the poor
lendeth to the Lord ; " but they who support the
LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION are only lending to them-
selves, by insuring the rescue of their own lives and
those of others. Countrymen ! be prompt in your
generosity, and it will be a sweet solace when you
die, whet her it be on land or wave.

SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF EGLINTON
—On Tuesday evening the Earl of Eglinton was suddenly
struck down by apoplexy while in the act of leaving Mount-
Melville House, St. Andrews, where he had been dining
with a party of golfers and friends. Up to six o'clock on
Wednesday night, his Lordship's condition was such as to
excite serious apprehensions.—Caledonian Mercury.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the mar-
riage of Viscount Sandon and Lady Mary Francis Cecil,
eldest daughter of the Marquis of Exeter, took place at St.
George's Church, Hanover-square. As usual on such
occasions the church was crowded with spectators.

The Emperor and Empress, the day before leaving
Biarritz, paid a visit to Beholia, in order to see the famous
Ile des Faisans. This small island has for some time been in
danger of disappearing, owing to the waters of the Bidassoa
washing away at intervals portions of earth ; but works are
to be erected at the joint expense of Spain and France f
preserving it from destruction on account of its historical
interest.

Duels seem to be increasing in Germany. The
Zeit, of Frankfort, states that a hostile encounter has just
been fought near that city between Major Von der Tann,
Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria, and an Austrian
officer, whose name is not given. The Major was shot in
the abdomen, and soon after expired.
ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—The autumnal
recess of this club having concluded, the usual monthly
meetings of members have been resumed. There was a
very full attendance on Wednesday night, including the
noble commodore, Lord Alfred Paget. Twenty-one noble-
men and gentlemen were added to the list of members,
amongst whom were his Grace the Duke of Marlborough,
Lieutenant-Colonel G. P. Evelyn, owner of Le Neve,
schooner, Mr. Augustus Nugent, of the Little Wyvern,
cutter, and Mr. R, Hesketh, of the Peri, cutter. This great
club, which now possesses 230 yachts, amounting to 14,000
tons, is, by the above addition, nearly full. The number of
members, from time to time extended, has been fixed at
900, and there are now only ten vacancies.

A letter from Biarritz says :—" M. d'Escayrac
de Lauture has been received here with all the distinction
to which his adventures in China entitle him. He had the
honour of dining with the Emperor. M. d'Escayrac has
brought back with him a young Ohinese girl, who speaks
French remarkably well,

A Corfu letter of the 21st ult. states that the
health of the Empress of Austria continues improving, and
that her Majesty's spirits are excellent.
HEALTH OF THE EARL OF GIFFORD.—We are
happy to learn that the Earl of Gifford, M.P., is recovering
from the severe illness which has for the last few weeks
confined him altogether to the house.

The Great Western Railway of Canada announce
that the revenue for the half-year ending the 31st of July
will not warrant the directors in recommending a dividend.
The weather in Paris for the last two or three
days has been exceptionally fine. The sun shines out
warmly, and the windows are kept open exactly as in the
height of summer.

It is understood that the lord lieutenancy of
Monmouthshire, rendered vacant by the accidental death of
Mr. Capel Hanbury Leigh, will be offered by the Premier
to Lord Llanover.

The Official Gazette of Turin announces that the
sons of King Victor Emmanuel were present at the cere-
mony of laying the first stone of a monument, to be erected
on the field of Castelfidardo, to commemorate that battle.

Acivices from the Roman States announce that
the steam-frigate Asmodee, with the Siamese Ambassadors
on board, arrived at Civita Vecchia on Tuesday evening.
1 he Ambassadors proceeded at once to Rome.

DEATH OF THE VICAR OF HARROW.—We regret
to announce the death of the Rev. John W. Cunningham,
M.A., vicar of Harrow-on-the-Hill, and the 'oldest bene-
ficed clergyman in the diocese of London. Mr. Canning-
ham was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and
graduated in 1802.
PASSPORTS FOR AMERICA.—We are authorized
to state that the United States' Consul at this port has re-
ceived official notice that all persons going to-the United
States will require to have passports from the authorities of
their respective countries, vised by a Minister or Consul of
the United States.—Liverpool Daily Post.
DR. PANTALEONE.—We learn that Dr. Panta-
leone, who for so many years, in his capacity of physician,
enjoyed the confidence of the principal English and Ame-
rican families at Rome, and who was so brutally expelled
from that city in the spring, on the ground of his political
opinions, is about to settle as a medical practitioner at Nice,
where his services are likely to be in request during the
ensuing winter.

The Nouvellist de Rouen says that before the
Tuileries can be made habitable according to the Emperor's
taste, it will be necessary to pull down the Marsan pavilion
on the Rue Rivoli side, as well as the Flora pavilion on the
quay, which is now in course of demolition.
It is rumoured in diplomatic circles that Russia
has sent a comminatory note to the Porte, remonstrating
against the expedition to Montenegro; there is even a talk
of a Russian fleet being sent to Cattaro, and it is said that
Austria is very uneasy at the projected movement.

The whole of the objections of the Conservatives
in the parish of Marylebone were yesterday disallowed by
the revising barrister, Mr. Tyrrell, who awarded costs in
each case against the objector, Mr. Martin, amounting to
between £3O and £4O.

The rectory of Inworth, near Kelvedon, Essex,
rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Samuel Wig,
M.A., has been conferred upon the Rev. Frederick Poynder,
M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, second master of Char-
terhouse School.

THE SUICIDE AT THE AUSTRIAN EMBASSY.—Yes-
terday Mr. George S. Brent instituted an investigation into
the painful circumstances attending the death of Bartholo-
mew Wittmayer, aged 28, the valet of the head-secretary
of the Count Rudolph Apponyi, the Austrian ambassador.
The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide, while in a state
of mind unsound."

A letter from Homburg states that three days
ago the ceiling of the Conversation Room fell in, and that
several persons were injured. No details are given.
The advices from Rio de Janeiro mention the
failure of the house of Pinto and Pimenta, for nearly
£lOO,OOO. They were dealers in imported goods, and the
liquidation is not expected to yield more than 30 per cent.
It appears that it is not in the Mediterranean,
near Marseilles alone, that the tunny fish has been this year
so abundant. The Algiers journals state that large quanti-
ties have appeared on the coast of Africa, and that some of
them aro of extraordinary size, one having reached the
weight of 150 kilogs.

ACCOMMODATION FOR THE STEAM TRADE AT THE
LIVERPOOL D 0 Cii.S.—An application from the Cunard Com-
pany for extended accommodation at the Huskisson Dock
was received by the Mersey board yesterday, and referred
for consideration. Messrs. Haigh and Co. were yesterday
empowered to construct the roof and sliding doors for an
enormous shed at the Huskisson. Dock, by which goods
will be effectually protected from the weather, &c. ;
cost, £8,650.

A communication from Nuits (Cote-d'Or) says :
—" The vintage has commenced here, and is favoured with
beautiful weather, which cannot but have a most favour-
able effect on the grapes. The year 1861 will assuredly be
classed among the number of good years. Considerable
purchases of the best growths have already been made by
foreign dealers at high prices."

An incident of Austrian brutality is given in the
Temps. A few days ago, some soldiers, billeted in a house
at a few leagues distance from Pesth, lost seven florins.
Their suspicions turned on a young Hungarian named Honth,
whom they denounced to the commandant of the district.
The supposed culprit was:then ordered to deliver up the sum
in question, but declaring his innocence, and failing to do
so, was condemned to 300 lashes. Honth fainted several
times under the executioner, and the day after was so ex-
hausted by the punishment that he died of its effects, not,
however, too late to hear himself cleared from the stigma
thrown upon him, by a girl who committed the theft coming
forward and publicly confessing it,

A Polish deputy in the Council of the Empire of
Austria was lately condemned in Austrian Gallicia to 24
hours' imprisonment, for having at a funeral taken part in
singing the Boz cos Polska, or national Polish air, which is
considered seditious. As the bill on the privileges of the
members of the Council has not yet been definitively adopted
the Chamber must give him leave of absence to enable him
to undergo the imprisonment.
DEATH OF MR. ARTHUR SMITH.-.-We regret to
announce the death of this gentleman, brother of Mr.
Albert Smith, whom he has only survived some eighteen
months. Mr. Arthur Smith was well known in literary
and theatrical circles as one of the clearest-minded and
most practical men of the day. He had the management of
his brother's entertainment, and all the business arrange-
ments of Mr. Charles Dickens's Readings were entrusted
to his care. He was one of the Committee of the Thame
Fisheries Preservation Society, and the author of a clever
and witty little book called "The Thames Angler." Mr
Smith was in his thirty-seventh year.

PETERBOROUGH GREAT FAIR.--The great fair at
Peterborough, called " Bridge Fair," was held on Wednes-
day.
The day being unusually fine, there was an enormous
number of visitors. The horse and cattle fairs were as ex-
tensive as heretofore. Fat beasts were a ready sale, at from
to Bs. 6d. per stone, and fresh short-horn stores in good
condition made from £lB to £2l. There were a great many
Irish beasts of a much better kind than used to be brought
to this fair, and though there is great risk with them, and
prices were as high as the short-horns, they were freely
purchased for home grazing. The ram fair was well sup -
plied by the best breeders, and full prices were made. Horses
also were an advance upon recent fairs, and, taken generally,
business appeared to have felt the inspiriting influence of
the late harvest.

MR. ALFRED MELLON.— The excellent pro-
menade concerts given at Covent-garden Theatre will ter-
minate with next week. No pains have been spared to
render them attractive both to the general public and to the
lovers of classical music, a Mendelssohn or Beethoven
night varying with an evening devoted to the Voluntears,
and artistes of the first celebrity being engaged in every
department. The last " classical concert" will take place
to-night, and a performance of Haydn's oratorio of the
" Creation" (entire) is announced for Monday.
MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.--
REPUDTA.TION OF THE WIFE.—An instance of the injus-
tice of the law prohibiting marriage with a deceased wife's
sister came before the Leeds Board of Guardians on Wed-
nesday, on the application of Christiana Stead for an order
of maintenance against Thomas Stead, a forgeman, lodging
in Hunslet. It appeared that Stead had been previously
married to the sister of the applicant, and that about two
years ago, his wife having died, he went through the
earemony of marriage with the latter, at the parish church.
Since that time they have disagreed, and, on Stead refusing
to support her, she applied to Mr. Hartley, the relieving
officer, for relief. The officer ordered Stead to appear before
the Board, when he declined to make his wife any allow-
ance, on the ground that they were not lawfully married.
It was admitted that the applicant was the deceased wife's
sister, and Stead said that unless the law could compel him
to support her ho would not do . T he chairman (Mr
Middleton) told him that he ought to be ashamed of himself,
to come before a body of gentlemen and repudiate a woman,
whom ho had taken as his wife, on such a ground. Mr.
Thompson said he was disposed to try the case, and he
therefore proposed that they make an order upon the hus-
band for 3s. per week, and instruct the officer to summons
him before the magistrates if he refused to pay it. Mr.
Kirk seconded the motion, which was carried, after a short
discussion.

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—About three
o'clock yesterday morning a cotton waste warehouse, oc-
cupied by Messrs. Chadwick and Taylor, situate in Old
Factory-yard, Manchester, was discovered to be on fire, and
the flame spread with such rapidity that when the fire bri-
gade of the city arrived there appeared to be little hope of
saving the building or its contents. The men exerted
themselves vigorously for many hours, but it was not until
noon that the fire was got under. The whole building is
more or less injured, and the loss on that and the stock is
estimated at £12,000 or £14,000. The cause is attributed
to spontaneous combustion.
A GENTLEMAN POISONED BY MISTAKE.—Mr.
Hanbury Lee, of Pontypool-park, has died from the effects
of poison given him, at his residence, Plymouth-house,
Penarth, near Cardiff. Mr. Lee, who reached his 81st year
some few days since, met with a slight accident by falling
down part of the staircase. A bottle of medicine was or-
dered to be given the aged patient, and some embrocation
to be applied to his back. On Friday night last the butler
was requested to give his master a portion of the medicine.
The two bottles, one containing the medicine and the other
the embrocation, lay upon the mantelpiece. The butler gave
the deceased the embrocation instead of the medicine. The
fatal mistake was instantly discovered ; medical gentlemen
applied the usual remedies with the stomach pump, but the
poor sufferer, who called his household around him, shook
hands with them, and more than once begged they would
not hurt his butler, who had given him the poisonous liquid
in mistake. He died the following evening.—Bristol _Daily
Post.

A WORD FOR THE MIDDLE AGES.—The great
Religious period, again, when Catholicism was the religion
of Christendom, was favourable to able adventurers. Its
thoroughly democratic organisation was the means by
which the lower classes were raised into freedom, and a
career was offered to all ability. The priesthood was the
highest office and dignity ; and the priesthood was acces-
sible to all alike ; and, when this opportunity had once been
opened to the humblest classes, they had gained a social
advantage which could never be taken from them. the
organic period of Christendom, then, was an age of privi-
lege for adventurous ability. However true it may be that
the present is an age, and America a country, for low-born
genius to rejoice in, it may be a question whether there is
any kind of age or country, on the bright side of civilisation,
which men of natural force could not make their own way
very much to their own wish.—Miss HARRIET MAR-
TINEAU in Once a Week.

THE DIGESTION OF A BOA CONSTRICTOR.—
Galignani informs us that the Museum of Natural History
in Paris has just made an acquisition in a singular manner.
About a month ago the boa-constrictor in that establish •
ment took a fancy for its own blanket and swallowed it
entire, so that the administration, considering the chattel
to be beyond recovery, put it to the profit and loss account.
But, lo I twenty-six days later, what should the keeper find
ono morning in the boa's cage, but the identical blanket,
this time under the form of a great roll, a yard and a lalf
in length, and about 15 inches in circumference I The said
roll has been placed in the Museum, to be preserved as it is,
and we may state that the boa is "as well as can be ex-
pected" after this remarkable performance.

•
MADAME BONAPARTE-WYS E.--The publication
of Mr. Wyse's letter, denying any relationship to Madame
Bonaparte-Turr, has revived a good deal of gossip about
Madame Bonaparte-Wyse. This lady is the daughter of
Lucien Bonaparte, who was destined by the Em peror Napo-
leon I. to be the wife of the Prince of the Asturias before
the dethronement of the Spanish Bourbons was decided on
She was accordingly brought to Paris to be educated, but,
being given to satire, used to transmit to her parents cari-
catures of Madame Mere and ker Imperial uncle, whose
weak points she hit off so humorously that he, inter-
cepting some of the epistles, got enraged at the portrait
which his niece drew of him, and sent her home in disgrace.
Her whole life has been a series of imprudent actions, and
to a great extent she is an alien to her family. In 1852 she
claimed, as an Imperial princess, a dotation, but her claim
was rejected. The Emperor, however, presented her with
a considerable sum of money, to relieve her from some
pressing embarrassments.

Oscar Becker has been lodged in the House of
Correction at Bruchsal, in order to commence his term of
punishment. In accordance with his request, his employ-
ment during prison life will be that of a joiner. The prac-
tice of placing a variety of handicrafts at the option of the
prisoners is now generally pursued in German gaols, end
has been found to exercise a very favourable influence upon
the habits and morale of the convicts. In Berlin, for in-
stance, a great deal of the carved woodwork for which the
town of late has gained some reputation is manufactured by
the inmates of Moabit Penitentiary, the majority of whom
did not even know how to whittle a stick before the day of
their confinement.

A LUCKY RAGMAN.—A local paper says :—" A
collector of rags and bones, named Powell, residing in Man •
vers-street, Sneinton, near Nottingham, in the course of
his peregrinations last week bought an old waistcoat, which
as is usual in the business, he offered for sale for 2d. ; but
it was so utterly worthless, that he could not dispose of it.
Taking it home, he tore it up, when to his surprise, he
found in the lining of one of the waistcoat pockets a cheque
for £3OO. He was, no doubt, puzzled what to do with so
much wealth, and the last that w.,s heard of him was that
he had gone to London in order to convert the cheque into
cash."

ROWING MATCH BETWEEN JOHN MACKINNEY
AND G. DREWETT.—Another great match has been added
to the list for the present season. John Mackinney, of
Richmond, and George Drewett, of Chelsea, are matched
for £lOO, to row on Nov. 19 from Putney to Mortlake.
SWIMMING.—THE LEANDER SWIMMING CLUB
—On 'Wednesday evening last a race for a silver medal, fair
breast swimming, took place at the Lambeth Baths, be-
tween the first-class swimmers of this club, and after some
very excellent swimming, was won by young Grove, who
carried off the prize for the second-class swimmers, given
by the same club, last week. First Heat—Grove, 1; Wat-
son, 2 ; Shote, 3, :Second Heat—Evans, 1 ; Haines, 2.
Grand Heat—Grove, 1 ; Evans, 2—Grove winning by
four yards.

THE PUBLIC BINS OF LIVERPOOL.—At the
meeting of the Livei pool Town Council on Wednesday, Mr.
Tobin drew the attention of the council to certain gratifying
statistics in connexion with the baths. He found that in
1842-3, when the baths were first established, they were
visited by 11,700 persons, and during the past year by
303,000 persons; also, that the receipts in 1842-3 were
£159, whereas the past year they were £6,400. Such facts,
Mr. Tobin observed, must be a great encouragement for
the building of baths and washhouses in other towns, in
which, he hoped, there would be erected buildings as com-
modious according to their size as those in Liverpool.
DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT AT DONCASTER.—A most
diabolical, but, happily, unsuccessful attempt to set fire to
a workshop and stable at Doncaster has just been discovered,
and it is apparent that the perpetrators of the outrage had
calculated with some certainty on the success of their plan.
Mr. Quartermaster Bull, of the 3d West York Militia, has
a stable and other outbuildings adjacent to his residence in
Carr-lano. Doncaster, The building is divided into several
parts, and in a portion of it he has an engine, which he lets
to Messrs. Candy, machinists; and in another part he has
some valuable models connected with the machine trade.
On Friday last he turned his horse out to grass, and, hav-
ing no further use for the stable for the present week, be
locked the door, and did not re •enter it until Wednesday
last, when, to his astonishment, he made the startling
discovery that some person or persons had attempted to
set fire to the stable by introducing, through a small
hole above the manger, some combustible material, which
had first been lighted. The straw, which was almost
clean and a foot in depth, had been burnt to a cinder,
and the manger and wood-work all but destroyed ; but
for want of ventilation the fire had smouldered on and
eventually died out. Had it not done so the whole
of the models in the room above would have been de-
stroyed, and Messrs. Candy's plant also consumed. Mr.
Bull was insured in the Yorkshire Fire-office to the extent
of £1,400, so that had the place fallen a prey to the act of
an incendiary he would not have been a loser to any great
extent. Mr. Etches, the chief constable, and Mr. Gregory,
the assistant-superintendent, both of the borough police
force, have taken steps which it is to be hoped will, with the
aid of a reward, bring the perpetrators of this cowardly act
to justice. No motive can accurately bo assigned for the
attempt, as Mr. Bull is much respected by all who know him.

PEDESTRIANISM.—We last week noticed that a
pedestrian, named Elston, had commenced the task of
walking 60 miles a day for six successive lays, and we have
now to inform our readers that the young man completed
his arduous undertaking on Saturday last, a little before six
a.m. The weather throughout the week was generally
unfavourable for pedestrian performances, and on Satur-
day afternoon and evening there was incessant rain for
several hours, and about the time Elton completed his task
it came down beautifully. This, however, did not lull the
excitement of hundreds of men and boys, who stood about
in the drenching rain, waiting patiently over an hour for
the arrival of their pet pedestrian. He came at last, and
although pretty much exhausted, not more so than anyone
might reasonably expect to find him at the finish of a 360-
mile walk in six days. Immediately on reaching the
Anchor Hotel ho went to his room and changed his clothes,
and afterwards joined a namerous party of young people at
the hotel, and sang them several songs.— West Sussex
Gazette.

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medical authority) that they probably ate it because
they could not get anything else. lam a great be-
liever, nevertheless, in nature as guide and caterer in
eating. She not only provides oil and fat for the inha-
bitant of the Polap regions, but takes away from him
the extreme disgust we should feel at such food. In-
deed, I believe that the palate is the truest regulator
of our diet. What we like best agrees with us best
in moderation—there is the rub. Dainty dishes are some-
times abused, because they tempt us to eat too much.
Their daintiness is not their defect. The same bulk of nasty
food would disagree with us much more than the same bulk
of nice food. Some people, indeed, profess that they don't
carp what they eat. They are generally mistaken ; but if
not, all I can say is, they ought to be ashamed of them-
selves.—Once e Week.

" DIRT CHEAP !"—The living of Hurstroonceaux
—where the estimable Archdeacon Hare laboured fur so
many years—has just been sold fbr £7,300, which the auc-
tioneer said was " dirt cheap." Dirt, indecd, tbougl► iu a
sense not intended by the knight of the hataiuer ; for can
anything more defile the purity of a Church than this sell-
ing of souls for the pos'session of £1,200 a year ?—The
Liberator.

CRYSTAL PALACE.--ONE SHILLING DAY, Thurs-
day, Oct. 3,—Atnissions on payment, 2,572 ; ditto by sea-
SOLI 494'64 834. Total visitors, 3,406,

N EW S.

PARIS, OCT. 4.
A Council of Ministers was held yesterday, under
the presidency of the Emperor.

TURIN, OCT. 4.

Letters from Venice state that a strong naval
expedition, with troops on board, had left that
port for the coasts of Dalmatia and Fiume.

ROME, OCT. 3.

The Pope has received the Siamese Ambassadors.
The ex-Qiieen of Naples was present at the funeral
service performed in honour of the Bourbon soldiers
killed last year while fighting against the Garibal-
dians and Sardinians.

CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 3.

The Porte has consented to the raising of the
blockade of Montenegro, provided that Prince
Nicholas and his Senators signed an engagement
henceforth to respect the Turkish territory.

Namik Pasha has been appointed Governor of
Bagdad.

BELGRADE, OCT. 3 (EVENING).

A Servian officer has just sent a challenge to the
Austrian Consul-General for his disrespectful beha-
viour towards the Prince of Servia.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

The Paris papers of this evening announce that
the King of Prussia will arrive at Compiegne next
Sunday evening.
The Pays of this evening states that it has rea-
son to know that the news that Austria would
effect a large reduction in her army is unfounded.
The Constitutionnel of this evening publishes an
article signed by its chief editor, M. Grandguillot,
entitled "The Visit of the King of Prussia."
This article commences by recalling that, in the
course of the last ten years, almost all the Sove-
reigns of Europe have visited France, and ex-
presses hopes that these meetings of the Sove-
reigns will lead the peoples to esteem and under-
stand each other.

" France," it continues, " sees nothing else in the
visit of the King of Prussia."

Replying to the construction put upon the visit
by the German press, which considers it as a mere
act of courtesy in exchange for the visit of the
Emperor of the French last year, M. Grandguillot
says,—" It is, we think, difficult to admit that the
Sovereigns of the two most influential and solidly
established Continental Powers should meet solely
to exchange a few commonplace courtesies."
M. Grandguillot considers the treaty of commerce
now negotiated between the two countries to be of
immense importance, " because political treaties
only reconcile sovereigns, while commercial treaties
reconcile nations."
The article terminates as follows :

‘, King William of Prussia is one of those princes
who are able to understand their country and their
age. The firmness and the uprightness of his cha-
racter are proverbial. He comes of the race of those
princes who, boldly declaring to their people that
they trample under foot unjust prejudices and blind
hatreds, and that they disdain the favour of an
ephemeral popularity, only seek the impartial ap•
probation of posterity."

TURIN, OCT. 3.

It is not true that Prince Carignan will repre-
sent King Victor Emmanuel at the coronation of
the King of Prussia at Konigsberg.
General Rocea will deliver to the Sultan the
Collar of the Order of the Annunziata.
The anniversary of the battle of the Voiturno
has been celebrated with great enthusiasm in Sicily:
Perfect order prevailed.
News has been received here from Palermo stating
that a popular demonstration was to have taken
place in that city to express the popular wish that
the Italian army should proceed to Rome. In con-
sequence, however, of the precautionary measures
adopted by the authorities it did not come off as
intended.

PESTII, OCT. 3.

It is asserted that military auditors will provi-
sionally try civil causes in the Comitat of Pesth,
and that a military Court will administer the penal
laws.