The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1868,

state of the N►vvy was one which occasioned serious
anxiety. The fortresses, on which the late Minis-
try had expanded millions, were without artillery,
the British soldier ,was armed with inferior weapons,
and the military service of the country so unpre-
pared, that if no, clange had been devised we must
have been driven to the principle of a conscription."
This was certain] .y a sad condition of affairs, and
one might have tl sought that the Government which
brought it about would have been glad to let the
veil of the past enshroud their shortcomings, in-
stead of forcing them on public notice, and com-
pelling criticism which must be condemnatory. Mr.
DISRAELI observes, with just truth, that " economy
does not consist in reckless expenditure," and
it is very necessary to impress this on the
public mind, now that so much fuss is made
on the subject. Really if we were to
take what some enlightened Liberals say on the
subject, au pied de le lettre, we might conclude that
he was the most successful statesman who cut down
the Estimates right and left without regard to the
efficiency of the services of the country. Her
MAJESTY'S Government do not, however, desire to
speak too much, and one of their chief objects at
present is to effect administrative improvement in
every department of the State. This is the true
spirit in which to act, and let what part 7 may be
in possession of power, let us hope that the niggardly
economy of the last Administration will not be re-
peated, for the public services have greatly suffered
thereby. The Fenian conspiracy in its worst form
has had to be dealt with by this Government, and
they had many calls on their vigilance in conse-
quence ; but happily for all parties Mr. DISRAELI
is enabled to record the complete baffling
of that " dark conspiracy of foreign military ad-
venturers."

The extraordinary and unprecedented course
which the leader of the Opposition has thought fit
to pursue so materially disturbed the business of
the last session of Parliament that the Premier has
just cause to complain ; but be alludes to the sub-
ject in no angry spirit, and discusses the proposal
which led to the excitement more in a national sense
than in a party spirit. To the extreme measure in-
troduced by Mr. GLADSTONE of disestablishing the
Irish Church, Mr. DISRAELI declares that the Go-
vernment has offered, and will offer, an " uncom-
promising resistance." As for the plea that the
proposal is only to be applied partially, the right
hon. gentleman says that if the " numerical
test " is to be applied it cannot be limited
to Ireland, but will inevitably lead to
changes that will disappoint the community,
and interfere with the integrity of existing institu-
tions. To judge from the tone already infused
into the discussions that have taken place, there is
sufficient to justify Mr. DISRAELI in presuming
that the complete realisation of Mr. GLADSTONE'S
scheme would " aggravate religious hostility and
party rancour," and not fulfil the expectations of
its seconders. Doubtless many of the remarks here
made will he freely commented on and unsparingly
criticised ; but the address of the. Premier stands
out notwithstanding as not unworthy of the source
from which it emanates, not unsuitable to come
from the Prime Minister of a great country to the
electors he represents in Parliament, and, through
them, he actually addresses the people of England
collectively. He asks for the verdict of the coun-
try on the past and present policy of her MAJESTY'S
Government, and we believe that the answer will
be given in the spirit of that fair play which the
people of this country love to favour, and are
always proud to uphold. Mr. DISRAELI has com-
ported himself in a dignified manner. He has left
dark insinuations to his rivals, and allowed them
the monopoly of party feeling in its worst and most
offensive attitude, while he has endeavoured in a
calm spirit to enunciate the political views of the
Cabinet over which he presides and the party he
leads in Parliament. Putting aside all secondary
considerations, it is well to meet with a political
manifesto couched in this strain, and it is the more
welcome ,as it has been said of late that the tone of
English politics had deterioraed ; but here is an
illustrious instance of the fallacy of the assertion in
the admirable address of the First Minister of the
Crown.

The troubles and disturbances in the Southern
States between black and white, industriously fos-
tered as they are by those whose interest it is to
keep up an angry feeling, appear to be rather in-
creasing than diminishing. The local authorities
for the most part, it is true, are exerting them-
selves to suppress the open demonstrations of dis-
affection, and to preserve the supremacy of civil over
military law ; but it is difficult, if not impossible,
for them to restore confidence and tranquillity. In
Columbia, South Carolina, a band of twenty armed
negroes, who were marauding in the district, have
been arrested ; and in Kentucky the marshal of the
State has been enforcing legal processes under
the protection of the Federal troops. In
Alabama matters are less satisfactory. The
Legislature, in which of course the Radicals
predominate, have appointed a committee
to present a memorial to the PRESIDENT, asking
him for the aid of the national troops to preserve
peace. The Democratic members objected to this
as a scheme on the part of the Radicals to obtain
the control of the polls. Such a motive is likely
enough to have something to do with the Radical
concern for the public safely, but the condition of
some of the States is not either safe or creditable.
A riot in Camilla, Georgia, occurred recently, in
which the Republican candidate to Congress and
the Presidential elector were wounded. The agent
of the Freedmen's Bureau, whose business it is, of
course, to exonerate the negroes, declares that the
whites were the aggressors, having attacked the
negroes on the pretence that they were
armed contrary to the law. The Sheriff of
the county gives a different version of
the story, and from his account it appears
that the negroes were actually armed, and that he
endeavoured to disperse them on that account. A
shot fired by a bystander who was intoxicated
enraged the negroes, who fired upon the whites,
wounding six persons. The PRESIDENT has ordered
an investigation into this riot, which is happily of
no very serious extent; but it is an unsatisfactory
sign of the times that the blacks are growing so
ready with the use of firearms. At New Orleans,
on the night of the 22d ultimo, a fight occurred
between the Republican and Democratic Clubs,
without any casualties; but the city is in a dis-
turbed state, and the renewal of hostilities is
feared. We can hardly hope to hear the last of
these disturbances until the great question of the
Presidency is settled. Of the progress of the elec.
tionei ring campaign we hear nothing, but it is still
the great topic of the day, and the mainspring of
all political action. In exciting and organising
the negroes, and more especially in habituating
them to the reckless use of-firearms, the Radicals
are, however, playing a dangerous and desperate
game, in which they will do well to pause and con-
sider what they may be bringing on their country.

The usual monthly meeting of the National Life-
boat Association, held on Thursday afternoon at
their establishment in the Adelphi, shows that the
lifeboats of the society have been doigg good ser-

vice during the past month. Although it is yet
comparatively early in the season there have been
of late some heavy gales, with much damage to life
and shipping, and in these the ready lifeboats have
played their part admirably. The crew of the
Buckly lifeboat were instrumental in rescuing no
less than forty-five men, women, and children
during the gales of Tuesday and Wednesday last.
The crew of St. Andrew's lifeboat received a re-
ward of £9 10s. for a most creditable service. They
saved eight men from the wreck of the brig Oscar,
which was wrecked on the rocks a little out of the
harbour. So perilous was the position that the
men had to drop one by one into the sea,
from whence they were hauled up by the
lifeboat. A reward of £45 was voted for the ex-
penses of the lifeboats at Cahere and Courtown on
the Irish coast. These boats went off on the night
of the 7th Sept. during a strong north-east gale,
and succeeded in saving twenty-seven persons from
the ship Tucker of the United States, which had
stranded on Blackwater Bank. Strange to say
the vessel was on the next day totally destroyed by
fire. Had not the lifeboats so valiantly gone to the
rescue, the survivors, had they been able to keep to
the wreck, must have perished miserably by fire.
There is a melancholy incident connected with this
wreck, for four coast guardsmen unhappily perished
by the capsizing of their boat while returning t o
the shore after having attempted to reach the
wreck on the Blackwater. At the meet-
ing of Tuesday, the committee kindly voted
fifty pounds towards the fund being raised for
their families. It is part of the system of the in-
stitution to encourage and reward courageous
efforts of the kind wherever and however' made .
Unquestionably in many of our severe storms a
lifeboat is the only vessel which is fit
to face the peril, and the risk to the brave
men who man it is very much lessened by
the excellence of modern construction. It is a costly
undertaking to keep so large and efficient a fleet a
the institution now boasts of,:as:is shown by pay-
ments amounting to £1,200 being ordered on
Tuesday. The committee have the satisfaction,
however, of giving their subscribers tangible evi-
dence of the good they have effected, their lifeboats
ha-ring during this year alone saved a total of 345
lives and 18 vessels.

LATEST INTELLEGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN,
PARIS, Oct. 3.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol-

lowing
" The situation at Madrid is unchanged since
yesterday. Public order has generally been
maintained. The temporary interruption of
telegraphic communication between Madrid and
Barcelona gives rise to some uncertainty as to
the state of affairs in Catalonia. It is, how-
ever, not known that Barcelona joined the move-
ment on the 29th inst., notwithstanding the firm
stand which the Count de Cheste, the Commander-
in-Chief in Catalonia made against iit. The Ad-
ministrative Committee was established at the
Town Hall, and General Bassols took the command
of affairs, as Captain-General, in the name of the
Provisional Government of Madrid. He at once
issued a proclamation, exhorting the inhabitants
peacefully to pursue their usual daily avocations.

Count de Chests left Barcelona on the following
day, with some of his Generals and officers.
According to official advises the transmission of
private telegrams between France and Spain has
been resumed.

The Madrid elections took place yesterday,
though the returns from some districts have not yet
been received.

The whereabouts of Count de Cheste is not

known.

MADRID, Oct. 2 (Evening).
Perfect tranquillity prevails here.
Senor de Orense, a chief of the Democratic party
is coming to Madrid.
The Andalusian troops are returning.
BREST, Oct. 3.

The Transatlantic Company's steamer Napoleon,
from New York, arrived here to-day at 6 a.m.,
with 46 passengers and $2,000,000 franca in specie.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PLIM

(mom on OWN CORRESPONDENT 4
PARIS, FRIDAY, October!.
The Spanish Revolution has had its day, and has
nourished marvelously. Signs are now not wanting to
prove that other topics are about to reassume the
ascendant. There is a general resurrection of diplomatic
questions, and a general return to business on the part of
politicians. The Austrian difficulties are once more
exciting an attention which is not confined to the recon-
stituted empire ; the fall of the Fuad Cabinet must be
watched ; and the question of the fortresses of South
Germany will be amongst the first to occupy the atten-
tion of the Prussian statesmen. Invigorated by the
Spanish affair, the diplomatists are beginning to return to
work. Count Bismarck is said to be well-nigh recovered
from his equestrian misadventure, and is about to leave
Varzin for Berlin. Herr von der Heydt, Minister of
Finance to the Confederation of the North, has already
gone to Varzin to confer with the Chancellor. Baron von
Kanitz, who has enjoyed a holiday of six weeks, has just
passed through Paris in some haste on his return to his
post. As to poor Baron Beust, he never had a holiday,
and is now in greater difficulties than ever. We are waking
up. It is time, as the Liberty jocosely remarks, that M.
Rouher ceased to shoot his friends' dogs !
The fall of Fuad Pasha is now un fait accompli, and
will probably lead to further inquiries. Bad Ministries
are like bad Governments—when they fall it is impossible
to tell what awaits them in the abyss. The evacuation of
Belgrade by the Turkish troops is ote of the deeds
of Fuad Pasha which have given great offence to the
Turks. Haydar Effendi, the Ambassador of the Porte
at Vienna, is implicated in the same affair. He is
reproached with having sacrificed the interests of Turkey,
and in all probability he will not again serve as Ambas-
sador to the Sultan. Bulgaris, the Greek Fuad, is also in
difficulties. It appears that Spain has given the signal
for a few Ministerial examples.
Poor Countess Walewski has been so utterly overcome
by grief and suffering that she has not been able to leave
Strasbourg.
Artillery experiments, apparently those which are con-
tinued with the mitrailleuse, take place every night at
Meudon.

The victory of the insurgents has been followed by a
calm in Spain, and the news from the Peninsula is com-
paratively scanty. The downfall of the Government is
everywhere recognised. All the Spanish representatives
at foreign Courts have sent in their resignation to the
Provisional Junta of Madrid.

A heart-rending accident is reported from Lausanne.
M. AndrS D6rivaz, formerly mayor, and his son, left
Vevey in a small boat to return by the Lake of Saint
Gingolph. A squall upset the skiff at three in the
afternoon, shortly after they started, but they were able
to hold on by the boat. In this way father and
son were carried at the hazard of the waves. They
hoped to reach shore, but a violent south wind drove
them into the middle of the lake, where they were tossed
about during the remainder of the day and all the night.
The disaster becoming known, a boat was put out for
rescue, but was unsuccessful, and ran great risk of itself
perishing, but it placed a lantern on the shore as
a guiding light. It wa3 perceived by the two,
who then conceived some hope ; they were exhausted
and immersed in the water, and were dying of
cold. Towards midnight the father, who could hold on
no longer, bid adieu to his son, kissed him, and died.
Imagine, says the narrator, the position of the young man,
clinging to the boat with one hand and bearing up his
father's corpse with the other. This continued till day-
break. Between four and five in the morning he found the
boat drifting to the Vaudois shore, and his cries of distress
-at once brought aid.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

POLICE lIVTELLIGENCE This Day.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT A CHEMIST'S.—Charles
John Thompson, a young man, was charged, before
Mr. Tyrwhitt, with the following robbery.
. Mr. William Parkas, assistant to Mr. Wallis,
chemist, of No. 45, Upper Marylebone-street, said
that while in the surgery the previous evening he
heard a noise in the shop, and on going there found
the prisoner inside the counter. On asking him what
he *anted there, he replied, " Only a haporth
of horehound for an old woman who has got a
cough." Suspecting the prisoner had stolen some-
thing, he caught hold of him, and found that he
was trying to hide his left hand under his coat. He
made the prisoner sit down, and afterwards found
on the chair where he had been sitting a bowl con-
taining 4s. 6d., which had been taken from the till.
He then gave the prisoner into custody.
Police-constable William Balls, 67 E, said that
while taking the prisoner to the station he dropped
two shillings on the pavement.
The prisoner coolly denied the charge and said
that h's only object in going into the shop was to
get some horehound.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner that the
police might have an opportunity of seeing him.
FURIOUS DRIVING.—Thomas Francis Corry, cab
driver, 9,213, was charged with being drunk and
furiously driving a horse and cab in Jermyn-street.
The case having been proved by Hamilton,
56 C,

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner what he had
to say.

The Prisaner—l had a glass or two to drink, but
I had an awkward horse to drive.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Oh yes, its always the horse.
You will have to pay IQs. or 7 days.

WESTMINS rER.

ROBBING:A POLICEMAN. —A tall, showily-dressed
young woman, giving the name of Emma Nelson,
was placed at the bar charged with robbing Thos.
Lane, police-constable, 387 B, of a purse containing
eight half sovereigns.
Prosecutor said—l was coming across Hyde-
park at half past eleven last night when I noticed
the prisoner, and as I was passing she turned round.
She then followed me and asked me where I was
going, and I said " home." She then asked me if I
was going to treat her, and I said that I was not in the
habit of treating strangers, but 1 did treat her, and
we went to the White Hart, at Knightsbridge,
where I treated her to some gin. We cAtne out of
the public-house,' and we walked into Lowndes-
square, where we stood talking .for some time,
when all on a sudden I felt her drawing her hand
out of my inside coat pocket, and then I missel my
purse, containing eight half sovereigns, from my
pocket. I told she had robbed me, and
seized her, when she made a violent resis-.
ance, and the purse dropped at her feet. I kept
my hold of her with one hand, while I picked up
the purse with the other, but it then only contained
one half sovereign. All the rest were gone. She
still struggled violently to get away, and I called
for another policeman, who came to my assistance,
and we took her to the station.

Prisoner—Didn't you behave very rude to me ?
Policeman—No, I didn't.
Prisoner—Didn't you treat me to rum as well as
to gin at the public-house ?
Policeman—Yes, I did.
Prisoner—l know nothing about you—how
should I.

Policeman—Yes, you do. You know you took it.

Mr. Elliott, the magistrate, said he should com-
mit the prisoner for trial, and ordered the clerk to
take the necessary depositions.

THAMES.

PAVING RATES IN POPLAR.—Mr. Charles Young,
solicitor, attended before Mr. Paget to answer four
summonses taken out against Henry Gaylor,
Thomas Leyland, George Greening, and James
Toser, for non-payment of their apportionment of
the paving rate in the Poplar district.
Mr. Barth, clerk to the Poplar District Board of
Works, was the complainant, and be and Mr.
Parker, surveyor, proved the apportionment on the
defendants, amounting in all to £l5l 4s. 10d.
It was urged by the defendants that the rating
was too high, and by one of them that the people
of Poplar wanted bread, not stones.
Mr. Charles Young said the Poplar District
wanted new paving, and that it was materially
improved by the sanitary and other improvements
of the Board. The value of the house property
belonging to the defendants and others was in-
creased by the new paving.
Mr. Barth said the great majority of owners of
property had cheerfully paid the paving rate with-
out making any objections.
Mr. Paget said his duty was ministerial only,
and he must confirm the apportionment of the
Board. He ordered the following sums to be paid
with one guinea costs in each case :—Gaylor, £l9
10s. 3d. ; Leyland, £43 11s. 3d. ; Greening, £l5
13s. 10d. ; Tozer, £.12 9s. 6d.
RUNNING OVER A LADY'S FOOT.—Edward Laws,
a carman, in the service of Messrs. Hindes and Co.,
beer and wine merchants, in Seething-lane and
Mile-end New Town, surrendered on bail to an-
swer a charge of furious and reckless driving, and
running over a lady's foot, in the Bow-road a few
weeks since.
Mr. Paget said there had been two cases before
him recently of reckless driving and running over
women's feat.
Mr. John Layton, jun., solicitor for the com-
plainant, said that the case of Mrs. Jacobs, of Step-
ney-causeway, whose foot was run over by a con-
fectioner's cart, had been already decided, and
the defendant, Manning, of New-cross, had been
fined. He also compenspted the injured woman.
This was the case of a Mrs. Mason, the wife of a
surveyor in Archibald-road, Bow, who was injured
a few weeks ago. The defendant was driving a
horse and cart, and he drove up against Mrs. Mason
and crushed her foot. She had been under medical
treatment ever since, and was now for the first
time present.
Mr. Paget recommended an arrangement, and
the parties retired. After a few minutes conver-
sation Mr. Layton, jun., received a cheque for £25
from the Messrs. Hindes, as compensation for the
injury, and the solicitor announced to the magis-
trate the case had terminated.
ALLEGED CRUELTY AT SEA.—Mr. Pelham, soli-
citor, came before Mr. Paget with a Chinese sea-
man, with the English name of John Hanson, who,
he said, had been assaulted by Captain Walker,
the master of the ship Francis Hilliard. There
were a aeries of assaults committed on the China-
man. He was struck on the 2d of June on the
high seas, one of his teeth knocked out, hit under
the ear, and rendered insensible. Oa the 22d of
July, when the ship was coming round Cape Horn,
the captain kicked the complainant, beat him over the
body, and threatened him. At a later period, 35 miles
from Queenstown, Ireland, the captain caught the
Chinaman with both hands, nearly strangled him,
and struck him about the he4d and face. The
Chinaman's nose was cut and he bled freely.

Mr. Paget said he would grant a summons, and
requested Mr. Pelham to fix upon a day.
Mr. Pelham—Yes, sir. I will fix on the 22d of
October.

Mr. Paget—Where is the ship?
Mr. Paget—lo the Victoria Dock.
Mr. Paget--That is in Plaistow, Essex. I must
refer you to the magistrates in Essex.

INQUEST AT BRIGIITON.—Au inquest was held
yesterday at the Abergavenny Arms, near Kemp-town,
Brighton, before the coroner, on the body of the poor
woman Lund, as we mentioned on Thursday, near the
Ovingdoan-road. It appeared from a post mortem ex-
amination, conducted by Dr. Barker, that her death was
occasioned by disease of the heart, and the evidence en-
tirely negatived the current rumours that she Lad met
with her death either by violence or by starvation. The
body was identified as that of a tramp who had been seen
for a few days hanging about Brighton, but no light was
thrown upon her name or where she came from, although
the police have bean unremitting in their inquiries.

The two eons of the Viceroy of Egypt, with their
suite, arrived at Goblentz on Thursday afternoon, on
board the steamer Mayenee, and took up their quarters at
the Giant Hotel.

&Mt'

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Oct. 1.
'The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
and attended by Lady Churchill, honoured the
Countess of Fife with a visit at New Mar Lodge
yesterday.

A PILOT BOAT RUN DOWN.

--41.

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday.
A fatal collision occurred in the Channel last
night, as the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Syria
was on her way to Southampton from Gibraltar. At
6.40 p.m the Syra stopped off Durstone Point, and
took a pilot on board ; at 7.15 she ported her helm
Lo another pilot cutter, which was on her port bow,
the cutter being on the starboard tack. When the
cutter was close to the steamer on the port bow site
backed, and seeing that a collision was inevitable,
the engines were stopped. The cutter struck the
steamer on the port side, the port paddle wheel
going over her, and she sank immediately. A boat
was lowered, which pulled round the fragments of
the wreck, but no signs of a human being could be
seen ; the boat returned to the Syria, and finding
that any further search was useless, she proceeded
on her voyage at 8 5 p.m. The Syria was at the
time steering E.N.E., wind E.N.E. right ahead.
The cutter was a Cowes pilot-boat, No. 43, and
the pilot in charge of the Syria, James Andrews, is
the uncle of the unfortunate pilot on board the ill-
fated vessel. It is supposed that there were four
persons on board, all of whom have, of course, lose
their lives.

SIATE OF TRADE.

-4,

MANCHESTER, Oct. 2.—The excitement and ac-
tivity in the Liverpool Cotton-market during the
past few days, and particularly to-day, have
caused spinners and manufacturers to advance
their quotations, but they have failed to produce A
corresponding feeling among buyers, and we have
a very quiet market. Shipping yarns are strong
in price, with a fair amount of offers, and
but for the advance the business done would have
been more extensive. Buyers would give
little advance, but they decline to give the extreme
rates demanded. For cop yarns sellers are asking
id. per lb. advance on Tuesday's prices, but it 15
not generally obtainable, except on 32's twist and
weft. Home trade buyers, therefore, have not
operated freely, and only a moderate business WO
been effected. Manufacturers are, of course, want'
ing more for their cloth, and shirtings are about 3d.
per piece dearer. But this branch of the market
appears more difficult to move than that for yarns,
and the advance stops business to a great extent.
There has been less inquiry than there was even
yesterday, and for what business has been done in
some instances no advance has been realized. At
the same time manufacturers have refused orders to
make at prices which they would have accepted oil
'Tuesday.

SCOTCH HOTELS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Srn,—Having recently seen letters in the London
journals respecting the high charges of Scotch
hotels, I beg to state that during a recent tour ill
that country, including the Shetland and Orknei
Isles, Lewis, and Skye, during which
sojourned at fifteen hotels or inns, I 'web'
experienced high charges for board or lodg-
ings even in the towns ; for the general price
of one breakfast was is. 91 or 25., tea is. 6J. or
ls. 9d., dinner 2s. 6d.: 3s. 6d. at Poplin's, Perth,
where I was charged 3s. for a bedroom. Elsewhere
the price never exceeded 25., with ls. or Is. 611.
daily for attendance. At the Royal Hotel, Wick,
I was charged 9d. for gas, but no where else. Thnl
was charged for one evening.
These charges do not exceed the two dollars e
day charged generally at the American hotels 111
1859, and I deem them to be moderate.

If travellers require luxuries they must pay lot
them.—l am, sir, yours obediently,

CHR. Co OKE.

London, October 2.

MATRIMONY AND BAPTISM.-110 Rev. Mr. pod'
ington, curate of Bere Regis, has refused to marry a young
woman named Jane Payne Butler, because she had ano
true Christian name"— i.e., had not been baptised—ne-
less she went through a course of three months' instruction
preparatory to being baptised. The Rev. O. Smith, a conger.
gational minister, has written to the Bishop of Salisbury
on the matter, but his lordship says, "1 have no power to
give, in a summary way, any authoritative interpretation
of the law in the case you put." In the meanwhile Jani°,
Butler is going through her course of instruction, which
has been reduced to 14 days.— Sherborne Journal.
PIEBALD FRENCH PARTRIDGES. —TWO piebald
French partridges were shot at Iloningham, Norfolk, 00
the estate of Mr. E. L. Fellowes. They were young birds
of this year, cock and hen. The wing feathers are streaked,
with white, and they have, each of them, a broad bar e'
white across the top of the tail ; on their backs they hal!
also some whit, feathers; when flying they looked almost
white. They evidently belong to the same brood, as the
were " driven" from the same field, and have been ob'
served by the keeper about the same spot since the be:
ginning of the season. The birds are now being stuff(/'
by Sayers, at Norwich.—Field.

NEW PAROCHIAL BUILDINGS FOR ST. PANCRAS'
—The guardians of St. Pancras have accepted the tender
of Mr. Renshaw for the erection of their new infirmsd
at Highgate for the sum of £36,000, and that of Mr. 13'
Mann fur the erection of their new schools at Leavesdoilf
Woodside, near Watford, for the sum of £37,545. Both
buildings have been designed 0
by and will be carried out
under the superintendence of Messrs. Giles and Bivelh
architects.

MR. BRIGHT IN DEVONSHIRE. —Mr. John Bright'
M.P., visited Exeter on Thursday afternoon, on his wsl,
to Cornwall. In the course of the afternoon he received
an influential deputation of Liberals. The hon. gentle
man appeared in excellent health, but declined to taao
a speech, remarking that he had been compelled to
decline similar requests at many other places, and he ha
A
laid down a rule to do nothing more than hie duty,
it was clearly not hia duty to come to Exeter to address
the citizens. Said he, " You do not want me here;
have two such men as Coleridge and Bowring that
scarcely any other place can equal them. I sat by gr.
Coleridge's side when he delivered his speech on the Irish
Church, and it was one of the most beautiful speeches
I ever heard. It had a great effect upon the House gr.
Coleridge's morale has such weight. Morale will alwAY°
have its weight, but when you get brains and morel°
combined it is irresistible." Mr. Bright added that some'
times it was an evil to have an election pending over such
a length of time, but in the present instance the people iv°ll3,
so educated in political subjects by the Liberal press the
it could not fail to be highly advantageous to the
Liberal party. The Tory press could not discuss tlO
leading questions of the day. "They bad given otter
the attemptin his neighbourhood." He thanked the de-
putation for their kind expressions, and for the compliment
which they had paid him. On the same evening be
rived at Plymouth, on his way to Penzance. A &puts-
tion from the Liberal Committee waited upon him at the
Duke of Cornwall Hotel, requesting him to attend a public
meeting. Mr. Bright said ho had pledged himself to sir
stain from political work at present.
ROAST DONKEY !--Everybody who has eateti
roast donkey has pronounced it excellent. In flavour it
is said to resemble turkey, though the colour is consider'
ably darker. The accomplished g ,urntet is aware what
animal it is that contributes most largely to the composi-
tion of the best sausages in the world—the Lyons sausages'
The animal in question is a very clean feeder, cheap, hardP
and subsists easily at little cost, and it seems within possi-
bility that donkeys may be reared on the poorest common
not only as beasts of burden for the use of the poor, but s'4
a luxurious addition to the banquets of the rich ; and since
Prance, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, and other
countries have taken to hippophagy, the donkey may 13°
expecte:l, at an early period, to make a suc essful invasion
of the United Kingdom in a new character.—_Macmillan!
Magazine fot October.

BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY.—Yesterclai
morning, at a very early hour, an upright boiler, at tl'ci
Elsecar Ironworks, exploded, killing two men. The worlgs
belong to the Messrs. Dawes. A labourer, named Richard
Salter, and a crabman, William Noland, were the 01°
killed, and they were sitting close to the boiler at the time
it exploded.
CORNISH TICKETING, Thursday.—At Redrutb
this day 2,535 tons of copper ON realised £9,239 6s. 6cl"
an average of £3 13s. Fine copper, 157 tons 4 cwt., pr°'
duce 61 standard, £lO3 25., an advanoe on last sale of 22°.
Wynnstay broke down so badly at Walsall that it is 11°•
likely ho will reappear ou tbo Turf.