The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1868.

the House of Commons they will not be so much
longer. We have already lost much of our national
prestige in the way of large manufactures and ex-
tensive commercial dealings, thanks to the false
theories which have obtained favour among our
working men, who no longer put in as good work
as possible and do their best heartily. The good old
text, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with
thy might," recommends a doctrine which has quite
gone out of favour, and a wretched system of superfi-
cial work has taken its place. Employers complain'
with some apparent reason, that their men are much
more anxious to raise the standard of wages a few
pence than to do their work creditably, and to give
a fair day's work in return for them, and it would
not be difficult to multiply instances of the same
lack of thorough honesty of intention and action in
many walks of life. The social philosopher might
trace many of the complicated disorders which dis-
arrange our social system to manifestations of this
want of integrity and earnestness. Examples of
striking individual cases will readily occur to the
memory of any one conversant with the facts of
our commercial history during the last few years.
But the return with which we have now to deal
refers to offences of another order, though unhap-
pily they are very common, as its very lengthy
pages show. The extent to which false weights and
measures are employed by small retail tradesmen in
the metropolis is very little known. During six
months the number of convictions for such offences
was 659, and this number can only be a portion of
the actual sum total, since, in the first place,
several large parishes are not included in
it ; and, in the second, we must remem-
ber that great numbers of similar offenders
escape detection for every one that is convicted.
The extent of the evil is shown also by another re-
flection. These men were not fined for a single
offence, but for an offence which entailed a whole
series of petty robberies. The defective weights
and treacherous measures had been in constant use
before their owners were detected, and the amount
of loss inflicted on the class least able to bear it is
something very great. We are all well aware that
poor people pay at an exorbitant rate for all their
petty purchases, and that the old halfpenny or far-
thing put on the ounce of tea or the half
pound of sugar would if charged in the same pro-
portion on to the pound or the peck astonish a
wealthier and more independent purchaser. For
this sort of loss, however, the poor man must be
prepared, as well as for the less definite but not less
certain loss that ensues to the consumer from buy-
ing goods in " driblets." But he has as goad a
right to demand and to expect full weight and good
measure for his quarter of a pound or his half pint
as the rich man for the contents of his canisters
and barrels. It is painful to think of the anxious
housewife conjuring how to make the shil-
ling go furthest in supplying the wants of
her large family, and then paying a penny or two
of it in unfair profit to a dishonest shopman. It is
not in regard to the luxuries of life that these petty
frauds are committed, but in homely matters of
every-day consumption among the greengrocers,
coal dealers, cheesemongers, butchers, and bakers.
Some trades figure in the list from whose dealers
we should not generally look for such rigid exacti-
tude as from others ; but if the costermongers
of Marylebone and the marine store-dealers
of Westminster are not to be too se-
verely judged, what are we to say of the
cheesemongers of St. Pancras and the licensed
victuallers of Kensington ? Westminster figures
most discreditable in the list. One hundred
convictions are recorded, and of these one-
fourth belong to the licensed victuallers and beer-
sellers. Westminster, too, claims the unenviable
dignity of having the majority of repeated offences.
As a general rule the convictions are for a first
offence, the culprit being probably too wary to
allow himself to be again entrapped after the same
fashion. We can hardly suppose, however, that a
fine of a few pounds will change the whole character
of the man who is [not very likely to give
his customers their money's worth, and who will
certainly take his dishonest profit in some way or
another. Viewed in this light the Return before
us gives an uncomfortable impression of the spirit
in which a very large proportion of our metropolitan
trade is carried on. We have first to take into
account the number of offenders who escape detec-
tion ; secondly, we have to put aside those who
have been previously convicted, and who have been
too cautious to break the law openly again ; and,
thirdly, we must remember that no returns are
made from several large 'parishes, South wark,
Newington, and Lambeth, which, we have good
reason to know, are anything but immaculate in all
their dealings. Mr. HUGHES, 111. P., who is always
frank and fearless, manfully told his constituents of
their errors in this respect, and so drew down upon
himself a storm of virtuous indignation. Previous
returns, as well as the current reports of the day,
give the observer grounds for knowing that a re-
turn of convictions for false weights and measures
which does not include Lambeth and Newington

must be regarded as incomplete, and yet
with these notable exceptions the convictions in
six months are between six and seven hundred.

The commercial morality of the metropolis is, we
fear, at a low ebb, and the mania for growing rich
too fast and for enjoying the fruits of our labours
before the due time, which is the great evil of the

day, has not failed to affect the small traders. Their
predecessors of another generation were content to

live decently, and look forward to an old age of
competency and comfort ; but the small shopkeeper's

wife of Lambeth or Finsbury must now dress her-

self and her family in a style which the old mer-

chant's relatives never dreamed of. Such a system
bears its own fruit, and leads to a thousand evil
consequences. Happily, this matter of false weights
has already been brought before Parliament, and
will, we may hope, receive due attention in the
next session.

Mgr. Luigi Filippi, Bishop of Aquila, has just
published a work on modern spiritualism. His
eminence expounds the doctrine of the Church on
the subject of good or rebellious angels, and shows
that the present facts with which people occupy
themselves now-a-days have their prototype in
the Old Testament as well as in the annals of the
Church.

FATHER IGNATlus.—Father Ignatius had another
overwhelming congregation at the one o'clock ser-
vice on Friday, every inch of the church was occu-
pied, and some hundreds of people stood out in
lAombard-street, having vainly struggled for admis-
Of the congregation at least three-fourths
were men—the large majority evidently busy city
men, who rapidly ran off directly the service was
over. Of the re.nainder a large proportion were
clergymen. Mr. I,yne preached from the fourth
chapter of the 2d Book of Kings, verse 1, "The
creditor is come." lie at once arrested the attention
of his large auditory by the naive declaration that
creditors were a nuisance, a fact which he said would
scarcely be disputed in that great city, where little
&se than debtors, creditors, and money making
were ever thought of. He said the congregations
would be horrified to hear that the rich people win )
assembled in such large numbers there on the pre.•
vious Friday morning gave only £3 to the offertory
collection, while a poorer congregation, assembled
on the following Sunday evening, gave double that
amount. These offerings were given entirely to the
institutions which are under his care, and which, lid
was glad to say, were working satisfactorily.

sion.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER's TELEGRAMS.)

BRAZILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 1

The Royal Mail Steamship Company's ship La
Plata, from the Brazils, &c., arrived here with 96
passengers, £33,887 in specie, and 1,561 packages
of cargo, chiefly coffee.
The British steamer Newton arrived at Bahia on
the 11th August. Her Majesty's ship Falcon, from
Australia, arrived at Rio on the sth, and was to
leave for England on the 9th. The Gnat left Rio
for China on the sth. The Narcissus and Egmont
were at Rio when the La Plata left.

Intelligence from Rio Janeiro is to the Bth.
On the 16th, in consequence of information received
that the Paraguayans were evacuating llumaita,
12,000 allies had advanced against the works and
captured a redoubt, but were compelled to retreat,
during which the Paraguayans opened a terrible
fire upon them. The Marquis de Caxias estimated
the loss of the allies at 600, but other officers state
that the loss was more.

In a second engagement on the 16th the allies
attempted to expel the Paraguayans from a battery
in the Chacos, but were repulsed. A rout ensued,
pursued by the Paraguayans. The loss of the allies
is officially stated to be 550 men killed and wounded.

The Paraguayans evacuated Humaita on the 25th,
and, unperceived by the allies, crossed over to the
Chaco. The allies took possession, and found no
food, but a considerable quantity of ammunition
and 200 cannon which had been spiked. Those of
the waterside batteries were thrown into the river.
In the rear of the river Tebicuary General Lopez
had raised-defences of a formidable character, ex-
tending to the centre of Paraguay and beyond
where ironclads could operate. To attempt taking
thes3 works and follow Lopez to his arsenals and
base of operations at Villa Rica was considered
impossible, and would have entailed a greater waste
of life and treasure than ever hitherto had been the

possible to carry their views into effect that the
evil lies deeper than the surface, and that there is
much that needs amendment in our social condi-
tions before temperance among the masses is even
possible. " School and University System in Scot-
land" is another subject treated at some length, and
we have besides an astronomical and a physi-
ological essay, while theological and political
disputes supply the remainder of the con-
tents, varied only by a further instalment
of the somewhat tedious tale of " Captain Ord's
Return."

COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE for the partridge
month opens with a severe, but, we must suppose,
a just article on " Military Education," which,
with all the benefits of c)mpetitive exa•ninati,an,
does not come up to the " better" standard cf old
times in the opinion of the writer; and perhaps he
is right, if we may judge by the experience of the
Crimea and some other backward operations. Cer-
tain it is that, next to the far-famed Admiralty
system of do-little but circumlocution, with "a will
of my own," nothing can surpass the stiff etiquette
of our army administration of the Royal horse
Guards and the Right Honourable Secre-
taryship of War. Take any department of
that multifarious division, not of labour,
but of no-come-at-able sort of responsibility,
and everything seems to rival its neighbour for
inertness and unreadiness at the moment the service
requires the business to be done. IVitness our
commissariat at home, and the marching of our
devoted soldiers to death, in the face of a burning
sun and cholera, gasping for water. And this
comes of military education, and heedless disregard
of all but over strict discipline. "The Old 79th
Regiment," and the capture of Manilla in the last
century, forms an interesting digression, and leads
to a description of the island of Ormuz and Bander
Abbas, by Lieutenant C. R. Low, who is well
versed in the navigation of the East and its devious
coasts. The island of Ormuz is celebrated in
" Paradise Lost," where Satan luxuriates :

"High on a throne of regal state, which far
Outihono the wealth of Ormuz or of Ind ;
Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand,
Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold."
It would seem, by Mr. Low's account, that our
transactions with the Persian Government in olden
times were not of a favourable character, for the
Persians delighted in treachery and bad faith, which
they continue to practise to the present day—a pro-
minent feature in the conduct of Eastern transac-
tions. "The Big Guns of All Nations" forms an
interesting article, and what appears to be the ques-
tion of the hour at our Shoeburyness exhibitions,
where we practise with unrelenting assiduity in
firing the best guns to death, in order to test how
long they would last if fair play were given them in
war in downright earnest. At the same time, we
must admit that it is safer to test the best sort of
weapon while no enemy is looking on than to fail
on trial when he is near at hand, ever too ready to
teach us our duty. The writer is of opinion that
extreme size does not always constitute strength, for
like other desirable matters we may have too much of
a gool thing, and he instances that as far back
as the 17th century the famous gun of Bejapoor,
" Malek e Meidan," or " Lord of the Slain," twenty
inches in the bore, and firing off 1,6001b5. weight.

Science now, however, steps iu and shows that we
can throw a heavy shot with a low velocity by
simply increasing the length of the projectile awl
decreasing the charge. We agree with the writer
that on land as well as on water rapidity of motion
will decide battles, and that with the heiviest
ordnance compatible with the service we shall need
the fastest ships and the utmost skill in handling
both. This has always been our opinion, and time
will prove it in the next terrible tug of war, which
will set all idle speculation on the subject at rest.
TEMPLE BAR.—" Kitty" is continued at some

length, and is very exciting in this instalment. It
refers to the change of Laura's position, her father

having left her with her new associates, whom she
miscalls friends. Percy is naturally sketched as

ever intent upon the amusement of the hour, no
matter who may be taken in or deceived by the
transaction. The manner in which the heroine goes
on is certainly most barefaced, but she is a good
delineator of one who is wrapt up in self-interest,
and thinks nothing of so much consequence as the
attainment of her cherished schemes. She has cast
off Myra in the expectation that she will find a
more useful friend in the invalid lady she met in

,ravelling. It remains to be seen how this shabby

conduct will answer in the long run, and Kitty
is not without some doubts herself on the matter.
" Captain ,Tinderbox" is a humorous sketch in

verse, is entertaining in its style, and very sensa-
tional in its conclusion. The spirited hero was
worthy of a more sincere lady-love, but he contrived
to effect quite a coup d'etat in his mysterious disap-
pearance and astonishing resurrection from the
waves. " The Career and Character of Rajah
Brooke" is the title of an article that is interesting,
and ample justice is rendered to the extraordinary
character of the man. " Heaven, or chance, or
fate, or what power you will, selected the Rajah at
his birth, and fitted him for the work he undertook.
As a hero he lived, as a Christian philosopher he
died." " A Haunted Garden" is a most extraordi-
nary tale, in which the reader is initiated into the
dangers of sowing horse-radish, the luckless owner
of the haunted garden having embittered some of
the best years in his life. Seldom has an impru-
dence in gardening cost more dear, and involved
such awkward consequences to many as this ill-
starred exploit of the horse-radish hero. " Vera"
is continued, and the melancholy maiden has be3ome
more lively in this Fart of the adventures. Some
of the descriptions are good in this tale, and the
foreign scenery is a change to home stories. A
good deal of variety is met with in this number, and
the several stories are diversified in style and pur-
port. " A Night Adventure" is a sketch of Indian
life, which is told in a bold and decisive manner.
" What's he to do?" is a lively sketch of the troubles
a not very wise individual got into. " Sweet Nelly
Huntingdon" is a romantic story, that ends happily
for all parties. " Hatherton Hall" is the name of
some lively stanzas which.tell of the delights of a
country excursion. Some readers may be pleased
to meet with a translation of the documents printed
in Germany relating to the inauguration of the
Luther Memorial.

MACMILLAN'S.—The table of contents in this
month's number of Macmillan is brief but interest-
ing. It opens with an essay on " Women Physi-
cians," which commends itself to the reader by its

temperate and reasonable tone. The writer does
not plead for a hasty or wholesale change, but is
especially anxious that some means should be de-
vised which shall enable women students, if they
study medicine at all, to do so thoroughly. Into
the arguments brought forward on their behalf we
need not now enter, but they are stated with a can-
dour and fairnsss which considerably enhance their
value. Following this essay comes the mouth's in-
stalment of " Realmah," always welcome to the
reader, and this month bringing under our notice
a public question of considerable importance, which
is like all other questions, little and great, that come
under discussion, ably debated by the Council of
Friends. Ellesmere is more than usually brilliant
and versatile, while Milverton is thoughtful, en-
lightened, and even in advance of his age. We are
gliid to find Professor Huxley's admirable lecture
" On a Piece of Chalk," recently delivered to the
working men of Norwich, reprinted in Macmillan.
Other working men will be glad to barn something
of the nature of that marvellous compound which
carpets the broad plain below the Atlantic, and of

that kindred substance which contains remains of
those strange flying and swimming reptiles, the
pterodactyl, the ichthyosaurui, and the plesiosaurus
which are found in no later deposits, but abounded
in preceding ages. Iu the words of Professor
Huxley, "It is by the population of the chalk sea

that the ancient and the modern inhabitants of the
world are most completely connected. The groups
which are dying out flourish, side by side, with the
groups which are now the dominant forms of life."
" The Beust Regime in Austria" forms the subject
of a careful examination into the present position
and prospects of the Austrian Empire. The writer
acknowledges both the merits and the faults of tl e
Minister; and while admitting that he has since
his accession to power rendered the empire good

' service, he believes that by making the Germans
the keystone of his new Austrian edifice Baron
Beust has prepared its certain dissolution. Should
he persist in this mistaken course the time will come
when, his critic believes, the Emperor will have to
choose between his Minister and his empire. Miss
Yonge's interesting romance of " The Chaplet of
Pearls" proceeds with animation. The hapless
young bride and bridegroom are:still far apart, and
are each surrounded with special dangers and diffi-
culties. Mr Dicey busies himself in considering
what sort of candidates for Parliament will be likely
to win the suffrages of the new electors; and Aubrey
de Vere contributes au "Autumnal Ode" c)ntaining
many beautiful passages.
THE Sr. JAMES'S.--The new series of this maga-
zine has certainly increased its attractions, and
there is plenty of light and varied reading for the
railway traveller or the loiterer by the seaside. The
most prominent feature is naturally the novel by
the accomplished editress,which, although as yet in
its earliest chapters, indicates considerable promise.
The three chapters of " A Life's Assize," now be-
fore us, play, however, an important part in the
story, and the hero, escaping from one great danger,
accepts a false position, which will inevitably bring
upon him serious evils in the future. "At Home
and Homeless" is a chapter on the little buyers and
sellers that haunt our London thoroughfares with
match-boxes, watch-guards, water-tresses, oranges,
and all the mysterious etceteras of street merchan-
dise. Many of these urchins have no place of de-
finite abode, and sleep under arches or in the pur-
lieus of the markets. Those who want to know
more of their ways of living cannot do better than
turn over this paper. " Chatterings on Fashion,"
have something to say both for and against the
whimsical goddess. The chatterer den.:,uuces her
absurdity and dogmatism, but holds that she saves
us a great deal of trouble by deciding for us all
minor points of social life; and he affirms, moreover,
that if each of us had to decide for himself or herself
what should be now eaten, or done in daily life, we
should generally decide badly, besides wasting a
great deal of time over the planning. This is
certainly a new view of the case, and does credit to
the ingenuity of the discoverer. " Silent Sympa-
thy" is a brief but suggestive paper on the foible-
ness and insufficiency of words in dealing with a
great sorrow. " Speech is silver, silence is golden,"
says the Eastern proverb, and this is especially true
in moments of severe trial. " One Hundred Planets"
is the title of a paper for the astronomical student,
and takes an interesting survey of some of the mar-
vellous phenomena of the heavens. " A Modern
Saint George" is discovered in the life and charac-
ter of the late lamented Rajah Brooke, of whose I

exploits an able and graphic account is given. Few
Englishmen not immediately connected with the
affair are familiar with the whole story, yet it is
one that well deserves to be known and remembered
al a proof of what an individual can accomplish
even in these days of routine. The last session was
certainly not remarkable for its c3urte3ies of lan-
guage on either side of the house, and an
article on the " Amenities of the Session" retnin Is
our moribund M.P.'s that if the new Parliament
should justify the fears of critics by its indifference
to forms- and precedents appeals to the manners
and habits of the older system will have lost much
of their weight. " Asleep and Awake" is a paper
which gives us some curious statistics respecting
extraordinary somnolence and equally extraordinary
wakefulness.

LONDON SOCIETY.—This serial as usual presents
us with a good stock of amusement, and is just the
book to take up in a railway journey, or when
lingering by the sea side. The paper on the " Pre-
sent State of the Market Matrimonial" offers some
good advice to fast ladies, and deplores the reckless
extravagances of the present day. " How Violet
got a Beau" is a lively sketch of amusing adven-
tures. " The Physiology of the Dance" presents
the reader with illustrations and descriptions of

them in verse, showing how customs change with
passing years. " Newgate Market" gives an account
of that place, which is soon to become a thing of
the past. It is given in a concise manner, and will
interest some to peruse it. " The Piccadilly Papers"
are as entertaining as ever, and " Two Hours in
Gaol" contains a notice of the dreary lives spent by
those hapless sons of crime who are compelled to
keep to a particular line of life. "An American

Watering-place and its Frequenters" presents a
change of style to the other contents, and " Visits
to Country Houses" is an agreeable sketch.
ST. PAULS.—An article on " American Recon-
struction" dwells very strongly on the wrongs in-
flicted on the white men of the Southern States
by the forced elevation of the negro, and still more
on the cruelty of thrusting the latter into a posi-
tion for which he is in every way unfitted. " Oh,"
exclaims the writer, in justifiable indignation,
" that we might imagine the shades of Wilberforce
and Clarkson, of Buxton and Brougham, regard-
ing and realising these new Constitutions, and
contemplating the fate of two million unfortunate
slaves, just liberated from slavery, and desired to
form Governments, and to rule themselves and
their white brethren 1" " Who was the first
Printer ?" is a question discussed at some length,
and finally answered by the decision that Koster
was the first printer with moveable types, though
the art was carried to much greater perfection by
his contemporary, Gutenberg ; though it is uncer-
tain whether he derived the first principles of the
art from Koster's works, or discovered them spon-
taneously. " Our Architecture" is the subject of
a not very complimentary discourse ; and, indeed,
it is our national weak point in the arts. " The
Norfolk Broads" disclose a region full of attrac-
tions to the sportsman, and fresh to the tourist.
"A Struggle for Mastery" is a painful domestic
picture, in which we see the interior of a house-
hold blessed by the perpetual presence of two
mothers-in•law. The editor's story of " Phineas
Finn" proceeds in its accustomed easy and life-like
strain.

THE MONTlL—Several topics of interest are
discussed this month. Among them Cottage
Hospitals are an excellent provision for the benefit
of the sick poor. Fr. Secchi, who has lately taken
part in the Norwich scientific gathering, completes
his valuable essay "On the Sun." The two works
of fiction running through the numbers are con-
tinued—" Anne Severin," a story of the present day
in France ; and " Eudoxia," a picture of the sth
century. The " Library Table" is well supplied
with works of all kinds.

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.—The Gentleman's
maintains its improved character, giving us a very
pleasant and readable miscellany. The novel
" Not in Society " possesses some originality, and
is written with animation. "In the Gallery"
takes us into what is certainly not the least impor-
tant portion of the Houses of Parliament, though
the reporters are theoretically ignored by all the
dignitaries of St. Stephen's. No single profession,
observes the writer has, considering its numbers
produced more eminent men in the last forty or
fifty years than that of the reporters; and he forth-
with cites a long list of notabilities, eminent in
poetry, law, science, and literature, beginning with
Coleridge, and ending with Charles Dickens. " The
Autumn Holiday" is a paper on the need of rtst
and recreation,which all of us feel at times, and " A
Walk through King's College Hospital" is graphi-
cally described. "Ou Some Lost Papers" is a

sketch worth reading, while Mr. ' Original' Walker
tells us how to acquire the ;netts sana in co►pore
nano. Among the other topics which crowd on the
reader's attention are a " Kentish Hopyard," " A
Salmon Stream," " The S3ience of Croquet," and

_
The Milton Enigma."
The monthly parts of the " Boys of England,"
and its companio " The Young Men of England,"
are replete with interesting tales and valuable in-

formation. The new tale by W. T. Townsheud,
" Frank Frolic," is particularly praiseworthy, as it
incites in the minds of its readers a healthy tone, and
the example it sets before them is bright and good.
The miscellaneous articles are all excellent, and it
is highly satisfactory to find that such excellent

publications are altogether superseding those which
nave hitherto exerciz..ed such baneful influence upon
the youth of the country.

TILE CLIPPER RACE FROM CIIINA.--AIeS3CS. Shaw,
Lowther, and lkfaxton yesterday received a telegram from
Falmouth, announcing the arrival off that port of their
ship, the Ariel—the first of the competing clippers from
China.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS,

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(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
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PARIS, MONDAY, August
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Politics, banished from the deliberations of the Connel'
General, have appeared at several of the banquets given,
according to custom, at the close of the sittings. So far AS
I Can judge from the specimens already in print, these poll.
ticalepeeches have been after-dinner effusions of the genuine
type. Eulogy of the Emperor, carried to an almost ridiculous
degree of -extravagance, is all that the orators felt them•

selves justified in uttering. At Rouen, M. Roulandf
formerly Minister of Public Instruction and now a director
of the Bank of France, declared that the Government of
the Emperor had ensured social order, distributed political
liberty almost to profusion, organised the military
power in accordance with the dignity and the interests
of a great nation, and augmented the national
resources. Of the maintenance of social order, and espe'
cially of the military forces, there can be little doubt ; but
it is simply satire to talk of the " profusion of political
liberty " whilst journalists are summoned almost dailY
before the sixth chamber, and the inquiry into the discre.
ditable Nimes affair is now going on. But M. Lafon da
Saint Mtir was not satisfied with the bare statement re'
specting the profusion of political liberty ; he wag
inclined to think that the nation had taken a leap in the
dark. He had evidently not been " educated " for a new
press law and right of public meeting. The profusion of
liberty seemed to him to be so great that he was rather
afraid of dangerous consequences. The papers which are
started to be immediately suppressed, and the public
meetings which are "assisted" by the Commissioner of
Police, seemed to M. Lafon to be a step in the direction of
anarchy. At but one of these banquets was the question
of peace touched upon. M. B6hic spoke of the matter is
very guarded terms, taking care, like Marshal Valliant,
to reserve the contingency of the honour of the country_
being involved.

The inquiry at Ntines respecting the invasion of a
private meeting by the Commissioner of Police is assuming
a serious aspect. Your readers will remember that the
Commissioner was accompanied by armed soldiers, the
audience was forcibly turned out of the room, anda respec•
table citizen, M. Sagnier, severely wounded by a sword or
bayonet. The father of M. Sagnier was so excited by the
news that he died. In the very bitter controversy that
sprang up in consequence of this affair, the question as to
who wounded M. Sagnier was much disputed. The
Liberal papers maintained that it was the lieutenant in
command of the troops ; the official journals held that it
was a private soldier. So far as the inquiry has proceeded
the evidence is against the lieutenant. Most of those who
were present declare that he gave the wound. Many of
them bear witness to being personally favoured with blows
from the butt-ends of the soldiers' rifles. M. Jules Favre
appears for the originators of the meeting, and is received
every day with an ovation upon the conclusion of the.
sitting.

The Emperor, I believe, has decided to pay a visit to
the Maritime Exhibition at Havre. His Majesty leaves
for Ch6.lons on Wednesday, returning on the evening of
the 6th.

It appears that the Minister of Finance, in order
to enable the army to participate in the benefits of the
new loan, sent 15,000 coupons of five francs each to the
camp at Chttlons. The sum was readily subscribed. A
speculator got wind of the proceeding, and by the help
of . the soldiers managed to buy up almost the entire
quantity.

A duel took place yesterday between M. de Cassagnac
and M. Lissaragnay. The weapon chosen was the small
sword. M. Lissaragnay received three or four wounds,
one in the side being somewhat serious. This last wound
rendered M. Lissaragnay insensible for several minutest
and of course the contest wai declared at an end. The
affair was much more serious than is usually the case with
Dress duels.

Madame Victor Hugo was buried at Villequier on
Saturday. The funeral cort4ge was small, but Victa
Hugo himself was not with it. His exile could not be
relaxed even for the interment of his wife.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

Extreme

Tuesday,
September 1,
8 a.m.

29'89r,
29'9+8r.
29'95r.
29'99f.
30'02f.
30'14r,

54
53 i
56
62
62
59

jW.N.W.

5
4
4
2
3 ,
31

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N.W.

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